Announcement to formally declare the crisis in national emergency. Later, philip chino and Philip Shenon and the release of documents related to the assassination of credit of president john f. Kennedy. Silence give equal complicity. I have children and grandchildren to answer to, and so, mr. President , i will not be complicit or silent. Arizona republican jeff flake used the speech to announce his retirement. Senator tothe only speak out against President Trump. Bob corker also plans to resign when after the president yesterday. More on the speeches yesterday. We want your thoughts about that and what it says about the current state of washington, d. C. Republicans, call 202 7488001 , democrats, call 202 7488000. Call 202 s, 7488002. Our honors post on twitter page. Twitter. Com cspanwj. Senator flakes 18 minute speech most scathinghe criticism of trump today. He spoke with bewildering sadness. Speech can be available for you to view at cspan. Org. Heres a portion of it from yesterday. [video clip] flake a new undesirable order, that phrase being the new normal. Adjust to the present course of our National Dialogue with the tone set at the top. We must never regard as normal the regular and casual undermining of our democratic norms and ideals. We must never meekly accept the daily sundering of our country. The personal attacks, threats against principles, freedoms, and institutions. The flagrant disregard for truth and decency. Provocations most often for the fattiest pettyest reasons. Not having to do with the fortunes the people we been elected to serve. None of these appalling features of our current politics should ever be regarded as normal. Ourselves to allow lapse into thinking that that is just the way things are now. If we simply become inured to this condition, thinking it is just politics as usual, then heaven help us. Consequencesof the and without consideration of the rules of what is politically safe or palatable, we must stop pretending that the degradation of our politics and the conduct of seminar executive branch are normal. They are not normal. Reckless, outrageous, and undignified behavior has become excused and countenanced as telling it like it is, when it is actually just reckless, outrageous, and undignified. When such savior emanates from the top of our government, it is Something Else. It is dangerous to a democracy. Host you can watch the whole speech at cspan. Org. Not the only senator speaking out against President Trump. Bob corker, who had been exchanging sharp exchanges with the president over the last few days via twitter and yesterday in an interview on nbc news. Thoughts on the speeches that were made yesterday and the statements that were made yesterday. What you think about what it says about the current tone in washington. Republicans, call 202 7488001 , democrats, call 202 7488000. Independents, call 202 7488002. This is the Senior Senate staff writer. Good morning. Guest good morning. Host how does this play out among the president supporters and detractors . Obviously,e was decidedly to camps two camps, republican senators and democrat attenders. Is one of the people in the senate who has white respect on both sides of the aisle, even if his positions are generally too conservative to ever agree with democrats on most matters, with a large exception probably being immigration. There. S the reception but outside, what you had was the groups that were that are associated with steve bannon, the former white house adviser, who is gone back to breitbart news, and others who are basically celebrating. There were people saying in so many words that basically the band wing of the Republican Party has won again, because flake and now sees going to retire after corker, who has been likewise critical announced he was going to retire. And they managed to defeat Luther Strange in the republican primary for Jeff Sessions seat. There are groups planning victories, but the general sentiment on the hill is people are not going to be too pleased to see flake go. Host senator flake and in critical of the president during the campaign and as president. As far as the announcement, was this respect was this expected . Maybe the short answer is eventually. That flake had been saying he was still running , and whenever he would be asked by reporters, his response was that he was raising money and that he was certainly still running. But there were concerns that were coming about his poll numbers and the way that they had plummeted in terms of approval among republicans in arizona. Aere was going to probably be point, maybe early next year if with her would have needed to be some real conversation about whether flake would needed to be replaced on the ballot. To avoid the possibility of kelly ward winning the republican primary, which republicans generally view is unelectable candidate. Host the senate wants to work on tax reform. Other issues including a budget and things of that nature. Think this changes the dynamic of the senate and its ability to work on these major issues done . Guest i dont see this really meeting all that much in terms of tax reform. Is is sortor flake of on the partisan pendulum flake is going to be someone who is going to be inclined to support just about any tax cuts will probably agree with the more conservative budget scoring of the tax cuts, in terms of visual eventual economic growth. I think what your viewers should be looking out for is whether flake and maybe some others start voting against or be harder on executive and Judicial Branch nominees, who have sort of ties to the trunk organization the Trump Organization or ties to the president s family, or to close to the trump world itself. Im wondering if lake and others might decide that needs to come to an end. Host one of those people making it difficult include senator corker, who had sharp words for the president yesterday. He had several tweets leading up to the present visiting capitol hill. Guest i would probably put in people amp of basically the way the mathworks, with their only being 52 republican senators if lake , corker, lisae murkowski in alaska and collins in maine, if the five of them decide they want to do something again, they are not ideologically lined up on policy all the time. If the five of them decide they want to stop something they believe trump is doing this over the top, they can do that. They have the votes to do that themselves. Liszewski, thank you. Again to the phone calls from you, viewer. They will be on the screen talking about not only the speech and criticisms from senator flake, but senator corker as well. Robert and south carolina, democrats line, your first. Go ahead. Caller the question i have to seems to beor flake well taken. The American Public and senators feel that donald trump has done , outrageously nationwide. Today not moved to have him impeached for something . Thats my question. Ist republican line, paul up next in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. Caller good morning. By some ofprised these comments that were made by senator flake and sen. Corker i think when you have a president that is populist, and thats nonpolitician a , i think you can expect some of these comments. That doesnt surprise me. I believe both men are decent senators and i think they will put their constituents and their when it comes to voting on the issues such as tax cuts for health care. They are both going to be in the senate for the remainder of this congress. I think there is equal to survey the Democrat Party, because you have a number of Young Democrats who are critical of the leadership that is too old and too white. You have senator feinstein was running for reelection in california and she can get the support of Young Democrats there. She cant get the support of Young Democrats there. Theres always going to be changed. Host did you find years of agreement senator flake . Caller some of it. I think there is legitimate chrysostom. This president is unlike any president weve ever had. He shoots from the hip, he relies on his tweets. Part of the reason for that is against practically zero support from the liberal media. Its not there. As his way of getting the message out. Coarseness is a number of aspects of our society. Host thats paul in pittsburgh. Twitter, the comment this morning about the senators speech saying i loved it, which i wish the rest of the gop wasnt complicit. If you go to breitbarts front , heres the headline Establishment Republicans fall like dominoes, Luther Strange, bob corker, jeff flake, gone. Lets go to tony in connecticut on the independent line. Caller good morning, cspan. , but i agree with the senators and the reason why i agree with them is because what mr. Corker started out that heesterday was should let them write the bill and then they should comment on the bill and the next thing you know, he was getting attacked. Thats not the way you run the senate. Everybodys always talking about the president might lose his rights. What about the senates right . The senate is a different body. They have 100 senators and each one of those senators as just as much power as the president. Ts what our constitution was written. Here, he justight wants to go together. These other republican senators need to step up in criticizing and telling what hes doing wrong so he can do the right thing. Host vivian in fredericksburg, virginia, democrats line. Caller good morning. Thank you for taking my call. I dont know what it says about us as a country, because we are looking bad. What has trump done . He hasnt done anything but lie. And cspan, went you do a series on what has he done . , his and his familys business is done overseas. These on fox news talking about how hes a champion. Why doesnt he start with their products . Why dont you bring them back . And that comment about the liberal media, why are they liberal, because they will not spew his lies . He lies daily, his staff lies daily. They couldnt tell the truth of their life depended on it. Fredericksburg, you heard our interview talk about the polling mr. Flake was experiencing, this is the New York Times saying his private polling has steadily become worse this year intensified by his chrysostom of mr. Trump and his firm stand against the president is alienated Republican Voters but has long dissuadeack record to democrat voters in the statement, to his side. Host k in baltimore, maryland. Caller im thinking your senator flake and corker are so upset about President Trumps behavior, he must have been beside themselves when bill clinton and an intern under his desk. Im wondering why the question today with a thought for today is people calling in not about the fact that Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National committee paid for the false dossier against President Trump back when they were running for election. Host we will talk about that later on with the guest from the House Intelligence Committee. Paul in lake como, pennsylvania. Independent line. Good morning. Caller good morning. Me can you hear me . Host you are on. Caller i agree with the lady who was on their wholeheartedly. I think that as far as mr. Corker and mr. Flake is concerned, its their own them redemsi call , ok . They want to go one way and they want to go another way. They decided they are not good to be able to get voted back in, theyre going to get out. But first of all, i was not put here on this earth to judge these people. Im a christian, and thats the way i believe. Host what did you think about senator flakes comments specifically, particularly when you said about the president . Caller i think he was just off the wall. I now think you should have been saying that stuff. Host how you mean . Caller could i say one thing . Would you, cspan, we willing to have a good old Southern Baptist minister on your program when onning to answer questions whats happening in the world today . Because of all the signs of the Second Coming of the lord are in place right now and the main one is wars and rumors of wars. Host ok, will look, think it is very democrats line. Caller good morning. The independent line in the last crap bill is full of clinton. Has nothing to do with what were talking about. How to donald trump get elected in the first place . He doesnt pay tax, he doesnt do his business properly. He knows puerto rico 33 million, which he couldve used to help defray some of the cost and give their grid running, and how in the world this man become president . Hes a pedophile and Everything Else. Host the thoughts of senator flake and senator corkery yesterday . Caller senator flake and corker has the right intimidations, they have the right ability, and god bless them for having the chutzpah to call for about. Nobody else is, nobody else has. Do you think they shouldve stayed in office is that of retiring instead of retiring . Caller they dont need to be in office. Its not about election, its about moral right, ok . And what we need to have before us as leaders of america. Host thats wilma instigators were, florida. The Washington Post takes a look at the next steps in the announcement from senator flake yesterday, saying the partys organizedts quickly campaigns to raise more money than republican incumbents. Host in connecticut, republican line. Josh is up next. I think the flake and corker homes. They get in and they dont even care. Is exactly what trump voters were voting against. The person has no common sense and is just infuriating. People just dont even think. Says theuy calls and senator has as much power as the president. Obviously immoral on. People not know how this system works . Im not even concerned. As far as im concerned, flake incorporate were out anyways. He quit a job he was going to lose. In your mind, there was no truth to what senators flake or corker was saying about the president yesterday . Caller theres a little truth in what everyone says, but the overarching what he was trying across it just doesnt ring true. Its exactly what trump voters are voting for is someone that talks the truth exactly how normal people would say it. Is talking how normal people talk and saying what they are thinking. And thats an issue. Host one viewer on twitter or noblething great about flake or corker criticizing on the way out and still voting with the gop 95 of the time. Joy in florida, independent line. Caller good morning. I think the gentleman who spoke before me as part of the problem. Everyone thinks they know more and better than the previous speaker. What we need to be looking at is how we look to the world. President trump seems to have gotten into the white house with one purpose in mind to erase obamas existence as a president. Thats all hes done. Is that give orders erasing everything that obama has done. Whether or not it was good or bad. What they need to look at is what is he doing . ,es dividing the country everyone is so educated and so right, and everyone else is wrong. Thats dividing the country. Everybody, he doesnt have anything good to say about any citizen. Even gold star familys. Look at the man. Privatell running his business. This is the United States of america. People come here not to create a king, and thats what trump wants to be. Host thats joy in florida. 20 minutes or so comments from you about the statements from senator flake yesterday, when its directed at the president. Even agree, disagree or otherwise, republicans, call 202 7488001. S, call 202 7488002. Democrats, call 202 7488000. Sen. Corker to nbc news and capitol hill. It was years part of that dialogue. [video clip] standing up in front of the American People in stating untruths that Everybody Knows to be untrue. That he does, which everybody sees through. The dividing of our country, the namecalling, for young people to be watching not only here in our country, but around the the president of the you would is think he would aspire to be the president of the United States and act like the president of the United States. The just not going to be the case, apparently. Its up to others who serve in light of capacity try to conduct themselves in more becoming a leader. Statement corker a senator corker making a statement. Leading up to that visit, the senator and President Trump exchanging tweets that each other and leading up to that, you can find those on the twitter accounts for both of those people. , we of those statements talk about the statements themselves in the larger issues at play when it comes to going to whats going on in washington. Diane is next in woodstock, georgia. Republican line. Caller good morning. Thanks for taking my call. I would just like to say that i respect flake a lot for what he said yesterday. I really agreed with everything he said. I wish he would have been more critical, im on the opposite end of the spectrum from what his beliefs are. I really respect him for saying what he did say. And hopefully, other republicans will start to come around and realize that supporting this president and pretending that everything is normal just isnt working. Host when you say you wish you were more critical, aside from what he said yesterday, what would you like him to say or address . Progressive, as a good grief. You should already have been impeached by now. As for as im concerned, a lot of people that have a brain in their heads believe that. This is ridiculous. The right now, the republicans they have the house, the senate, and the presidency, and they just dont want to rock the boat. Host you are calling in all republican line. Are you not republican . Caller no, i called in on the democrat line. Host i mustve seen that wrong. Thank you. Mark from like jackson, republican. Say i im calling in to was very impressed was senator corker and what he had to say. I feel its unfortunate that he wont be running for reelection. Think that he is the very type of candi