Transcripts For CSPAN Washington Journal 11112019 20240713 :

Transcripts For CSPAN Washington Journal 11112019 20240713

Magnuson talks and well talk your call and you can join the conversation. Washington journal is next on this veterans day. Good morning on this november 11, 2019, veterans day. We are at Arlington National cemetery today for ceremonies honoring those who have served and their families in the u. S. Military. You are looking at the tomb of the unknown soldier in arlington. Vice president pence will be there this morning, 11 00 a. M. , for a wreathlaying ceremony. Innwhile, President Trump is new york city this morning for a veterans day parade. Go to cspan. Org for details. We begin this morning in the first hour with the public hearings this week on the impeachment inquiry. Republicans demanding that the whistleblower at the center of the impeachment testify at those hearings. We want to get your reaction to that. Should the whistleblower testify . Democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. N independents, 202 7488002 text us at 202 7480003. Or go to twitter, cspanwj, or journal cspan. Org or facebook. Com cspan. The Top Republican on the Committee Said the letter to adam schiff, writing that because President Trump should be afforded the opportunity to confront his accusers, the adam schiff, top democrat on the committee, responded in his own letter, saying that the committee host what do all of you say this morning . Look at how republicans reacted on the sunday shows. It we begin with Lindsey Graham,. O was on fox sunday this is what he had to say about the whistleblower testifying. [video clip] find outortant that we what happened around the firing of the prosecutor and the conflict of interest that hunter biden had. Without the whistleblower its impossible to bring this forward without knowing who the whistleblower is and having a chance to cross examine them. So, if they dont call the whistleblower in the house, this thing is dead on arrival in the senate. Graham. At was lindsey it will hurt was also on the sunday shows. Willerate republican urt, a moderate republican, was on the sunday shows. [video clip] having this whistleblower law on the books is important. Its an important checks and balance at not only on the intelligence community, but in our government. I do want to see adam schiff answering questions about what his engagement was with the thetleblower before allegations were transmitted to congress. He has misled the American Public earlier in the year on the he knew about and contact that he had with the whistleblower. Want to protect the identity of the whistleblower . Its important for chairmanship to answer questions about it. Those impeachment inquiries getting underway this week, wednesday, 10 a. M. Eastern time. The committee will hear in andic from bill Taylor George kent. Coverage begins at 10 a. M. On cspan three, cspan. Org, or download the free cspan radio app. Friday on cspan2 two at 11 a. M. Eastern time, the committee and all of you will be able to hear u. N. Ambassador to the ukraine, maria von the rich. She will be testifying on cspan 2, cspan. Org marie , who will be testifying on cspan 2, cspan. Org, or the radio at. Eugene, what do you think . Radio app. Eugene, what do you think . Caller he should not be testifying. Legally we are supposed to protect his identity. The intimidation by the president and his minions should be illegal. They should be prosecuted for trying to reveal that identity. Host carl, what do you think . Caller first of all, im a veteran and i want to wish my a veterans day. Itsnk its sad that impeachment on trumps veterans day. Court. A kangaroo democrats have the veto power anyone the republicans want to have to witness. That is solely unfair. Its a farce. Im telling you. You know . Trump is not a politician. Maybe he dont follow the mold that politicians follow. But hes doing a lot for this country. He was the people in the media was impeaching him before he ever set foot in the white house. This is a very sad day for our country. I would like to wish all of my fellow veterans happy veterans day. As we said, the impeachment hearings getting underway. Publicans demanding that the whistleblower at the center of the inquiry testify. All things related to impeachment you can find on our website, if you go to cspan. Org impeachment. Vance, richmond, hello. Caller can you hear me . Host yes, we can. Have been the past i cut off by cspan. I just wanted to say that, you know, who governs . The individuals who are longterm ambassadors . The people in the Central Intelligence agency . The contractors . Do they govern us . Or do our elected representatives, are they the ones who govern . Host your point being . Yes, former cia director thank god for the deep state. Two years ago we were told that we were conspiracy theorists if we even used the term deep state. There is a deep state. The imprimatur of people like John Mclaughlin. My point is that this is not a whistleblower. Detat a deep state coup. It has been that since the very beginning of the Trump Administration. They dont like his policy with regards to syria. They dont like his policy with regards to ukraine and russia. They have been trying to get him out ever since he became president. Basically because of these deep policy differences. This is the thing i really want to bring out. His opposition is not just democrats. Its the neocon republicans. They want to put mike pence in. From the very beginning, mike pence has been in opposition to trump on these policy issues. Issues, butpolicy for the First Six Months of his administration, he had a chief petcock, whohua seaman,ied to katherine who worked directly with pierce stroke in the fbi. Pence is part of the coup plot against trump as much as the democrats with adam schiff. Robert is watching there, an independent caller. You are next. Caller i am a vietnam veteran. I used to live in maryland several years ago. I reported veterans that were being physically and psychologically abused at the va hospital. They got to the point were at the secretary of Veterans Affairs involved. Think the whistleblower should be made public. From this point until now my life has been hell in the v. A. For being a whistleblower. And im a combat veteran. I know what its like. These guys should be protected. Host jacqui spear was on abc this week and this is what she had to say. [video clip] was on thedemann call and will be in a position to testify. You have a much more direct person to speak to about the event. Actual have the transcript that the president himself provided that is corroboration. What we have to prove, though, is corrupt intent. We prove that by showing first of all that the money was withheld. Concealment. Concealment by virtue of having the transcript in a special server. Concealment because you have persons in the administration prevented from testifying. Go further and you have this diversion by the president , trying to focus on the whistleblower, who has the right not to be congresswoman speercongresswoman jackie , on the sunday shows. From the New York Times, this four authors. By host host powder springs, georgia, democratic caller. What do you think . Caller good morning, how are you this morning . Host im doing well. You . Caller im just fine. The thing about the whistleblower that people dont understand, if i suspected one of my neighbors of holding a woman prisoner in his home, or several women prisoner in his sex trafficking or some other illegal action happening inside at home, and i suspected it wasnt sure, the whistleblower law allows me to to thewhat i think authorities so that they can investigate, to see if anything horrible is happening there. My name is supposed to be withheld. Nothing bad will happen to that person if it isnt true. But something bad will happen to me if im suspected of making a false complaint against somebody. But im also, as a teacher, i was required by law to report any time that i suspected that there might be childabuse going on in the home. That was the law. I had to do that. To report, if i suspected, if i even thought it was possible. I would place myself in jeopardy if my name was released to the public. People get angry when you Say Something and they dont approve of it. This whistleblower law is not only to protect this man, this whistleblower law should not be taken down just because the republicans are trying to challenge the process of this inquiry. Is what the whistleblowers attorney said back in october. Host bill, republican line, pennsylvania. What do you think . I think the first thing i would like to say is happy veterans day to the that. Heres the thing that we cant celebrate veterans day, cant celebrate thanksgiving or christmas. Through all of this. Do one thing for me, if you would, greta. Of Vice President biden saying that if he doesnt have the prosecutor fired, if they dont get him fired, he is going to hold up a billion dollars. Now everything that they are saying that this whistleblower biden did trump, exactly the same thing. This is such a case of a good defense is a strong offense. They are attacking trump when, really, who they have the goods on on tape is joe biden, saying that if he doesnt drop the prosecution bill, the former Vice President said that he was holding up aid because they were not doing enough to fight corruption, which would have hurt the former Vice President s son, because he was on the board of a company that was supposed to be investigated for corruption. How do you respond when people say that that is different than the president of the United States allegedly asking for an investigation into a political rival . Caller so you say. Show the clip, let the viewers make their own determinations. We think that this is nothing but a pile of garbage. No one is going to watch it. No one is interested in the full impeachment except a couple of jilted Hillary Clinton fans. Sorry, thats all this is about. Host you and other people can go to our website, there is the former Vice President at the council for foreign relations, where he talked about his role in ukraine. This is the clip that folks like bill are talking about. And watchnd it there for yourself. You can watch the entire event as well. Peggy, washington state. Democratic caller. Hi. Er good morning. The whistleblower should be protected. First of all, impeachment, either criminal trial or legal process, the president doesnt have the constitutional right to impeachment is neither a criminal trial or a legal process. The president have the constitutional right to confront his accuser. Thank you. Host tom . Caller the president is exactly 100 of the time. It anybody from jesus time knows you, roman time, knows that can confront your accrete confront your accuser. Call dr. Phil. Its a scam. Adam schiff is a scam. Host why do you say that . Anybodyhe wont let talk or ask questions from the and from the other side. Or bring their own witnesses. Thats obvious. Why would you ask me that question . Host i want to know your opinion. Caller i just gave it to you. Host ok, thats the point of the show. Trump backers turn up heat point of schiff the show. Trump backers turn up the heat against adam schiff. Host politico reports that democrats have three questions at hand. The first is this host you can read more from politico. Com. Democrats unveil three questions to guide public impeachment hearings. All things impeachment you can find on our website. Every event, debate, hearing, news conference. You can find it if you go to impeachment. Chris, rockville, maryland. Republican. Hi, chris. Caller good morning. A couple of things. The impeachment circumstances, the whistleblower, i think he should testify. I enough information has come out to connect this particular whistleblower to what looks like, you know, some deep ties to the cia, to brennan. I think that the public, by not hearing more depth on this, is going to be like i am. Somewhat confused. Adam schiff did this on purpose and he did it for weeks. Without any kind of real i guess pushback from republicans. Because the American People, like me, thinking that something is really terrible and maybe it wasnt. Maybe it is entirely different than it appears. My vote is to allow him to speak. And be cross examined. I would also say this. There are some things that if i was the president i wouldnt have done. The Joe Biden Hunter biden thing is pretty obvious. You dont need to investigate it. You have a pattern that was investigated before of a Family Member connected with official trips in the United States. Being paid by those governments for doing some sort of influencing. That doesnt need to be investigated, thats already out there. I wish the president hadnt brought it up. The other thing, the reason i understand joe biden was put in charge of the situation, after 2014 and the overthrow of the president of ukraine and the new president taking hold was the United States did deliver aid and the eight got lost. I understood that 1 billion or so ended up in some bank somewhere and disappeared. If it were me on face value, i would want to know that wasnt going to happen again before i released aid. Thats what i think. Will point you to the front page of the New York Times this morning, who has a story about the former Vice President s role in ukraine. What did joe biden do in ukraine . It has the back story about how president obama appointed him to end corruption and what sort of influence the former Vice President had on president obamas thinking towards ukraine. Front page of the New York Times for those of you who might be interested in that back story. Alan, good morning to you. Caller i have an washing cspan for years. I watch it when i get a chance. Its very informative. Anyway, i have to say this. Really sick and tired, every morning when i turned the tv on, its some crony there from the Obama Administration or wherever. Its always an attack on the president. What have theke, democrats done in the last few years . Investigate, investigate, investigate. They are still doing the same thing. The stories of the impeachment deal, this whistleblower as i recall, a liberal constitutional attorney, al horowitz, was in an interview saying that regarding the constitution, the president is immune from that. The point i want to make is, something this important, democrat, republican, i dont care who it is. There are 60 billion people like this and they dont have the right to know who the whistleblower is . Common sense would tell you host how do you respond to the other side of the argument fit, adam schiff, who says that what the whistleblower said in his complaint has been corroborated by others. So, his testimony is unnecessary and redundant . Mr. Schiff has the right to his opinion. The point is open it up, make it transparent. That isnt being done. Hes selecting people saying what they can and cant say. Even though that was the Republican Administration from a couple of years ago, i get that, but i also pointed out that any member was allowed to be in the meeting. He has violated that. Deal ands a slanted adam schiff, far as im concerned, is a liar. Regardless of what you think about the situation, lay it on the table and be fair. The other gentleman made a good point. Have an investigation. I guarantee you that if you do a fair, honest investigation, that alien dollars went somewhere. About it, hiss son knows about it and i believe that president obama knew about it. I dont mean to be mean, but we need to start being honest to one another, lay everything out there, do the right thing, quit this back and forth. The American People deserve better than what we are getting right now. Every day its the democrats, cnn, the clinton network, msnbc, sleepy eyes, these people again host we heard your point. Democratic caller, kingston. Of a moderatere democrat. I have a lot of moderate friends that travel and they say the more moderate democrats that they talk to, they travel to kansas city and st. Louis,. Arbondale they think the whistleblower isnt even a whistleblower. They are all kind of turning trump. Rallyould like trump to in those cities. If you get into illinois, he could draw a million people, democrats from the chicagoland area if you would just go down. O carbondale, dixon, moline there are a lot of moderate democrats, just people who, people like other moderates that you talk to that are going trump. The whistleblower isnt really a whistleblower. If you read about it. Most people know that, a lot of democrats know that that are moderate and might turn trump. There are a lot of trump signs going in the area. Everyone i know that travels that is a democrat tells me that. Thank you. There . Re you still we lost her. Mike, iowa bank, what do you think . Mike, iowa, what do you think . Is shiftless. Seriously, were going to believe that guy . And you are going to believe the Washington Post or the you are on cnn and peddling this crap. Host this is cspan. Not cnn. Caller what . Whatever. You are peddling this on the post, the times, all this. These flyers are in their. Then youve got msnbc. They are the biggest frauds on the freaking planet. Faceless. S trump got that right. Come on, lets talk about things. Good. How about money that trump gave to the veterans day parade today . Why arent we talking about this stuff . Things that are good for the country that trump has done . Talking aboutbe Veterans Issues for the last two. Ours of todays program as we said at the top of the program, the president will be in new york city for the veterans day parade this morning. Go to cspan. Org for more details. There is the public impeachment hearing this week. Lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee will hear taylorp diplomats bill and george kent wednesday morning at 10 a. M. Eastern time. We will have coverage of that on cspan three, on our website, c

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