Host he was on the sunday shows on abc this week and heres what he had to say about extending this extra 600 a week. Well, those the original benefits will not. We actually original Unemployment Benefits actually paid people to stay home and actually a lot of people got more money staying at home than they would going back to work. So the president s been very clear, our republican senators have been very clear we are not going to extend that provision. We are going to be prepared on monday to provide Unemployment Insurance extension that would be 70 of whatever the wages you were prior to being unemployed, that it would reimburse you for 70 of those wages. Hopefully as a way to get people back on their feet. We are prepared can i stop you right there, sir . They said thats going to be impossible to administer and people will face real gaps before f before they get money. We looked at that. I have been on the phone with secretary scalia, secretary of treasury steven mnuchin, we believe in a combination of working with secretary mnuchin and secretary scalia well be able to find a way to actually provide a threshold that will meet that guideline. Yes, some of the state benefit Computer Systems are antiquated. Well have to work from a federal government standpoint. Secretary mnuchin is willing to step in and help with that. Its our goal to make sure that its not antiquated computers that keep people from getting their benefits. As we look at trying to make sure that we get this economy back going again and actually the president s done an outstanding job there. We had an estimated 40 Million People that were going to be unemployed. It never even got close to that number. We are still well beyond where we would hope a healthy economy would be, but its improving very quickly. So the secretary and i have been on capitol hill, as you know, over the weekend. Well be back there again today putting the final touches on a bill that leader mcconnell plans to introduce tomorrow. Honestly, i see us being able to provide Unemployment Insurance, maybe a retention credit to keep people from being displaced or brought back into the workplace. Helping with our schools. If we can do that, along with liability protection, perhaps we put that forward, get that passed as we can negotiate on the rest of the bill in the weeks to come. Host mark meadows, former congressman and now chief of staff at the white house on whether on this debate about extending these enhanced Unemployment Benefits. Democrats are saying they want to continue with that extra 600 a week. What do you say . Greenland, new york. You say yes. Go ahead. Caller yes, i do. Because i drive a school bus. My company has gone bankrupt. I have no job. I have to wait until all the schools go back, which we dont know when we are going back in new york. And i have to find a new job and im only getting 176 a week. I cannot live on that. So we need this help. Host you are getting the 176 a week from the state . Caller correct. Host that extra 600 from the federal government . Caller correct. Yep. So that was definitely helping out my family. Definitely. Host are you making less than you were as a School Bus Driver on these Unemployment Benefits combined . Caller no, im making the exact amount i was getting paid. With the extra 600. Host you were able to cover your bills. Were you able to save any money . Caller a couple dollars. But my bills were paid. We are on track and everything is good. But this all is going to run out this week. Host if you had to live on 176 a week, what could you not pay . Couldnt pay anything. I have my cell phone bill, caints buy my groceries, it would be horrible. Absolutely horrible. Horrible. Host new york. Ruby in alabama, you say no to extending the 600 a week. Why . Caller because i know so many people that have financial advisors, they are just shutting their businesses down and the employees are drawing more than they would have if they way more. And i think people that need to have this funding, it should have been fixed differently so that people that really need it could get it. But people that dont need it, that have financial advisors, they dont need extra 800. But i just cant understand why im on social security. I dont get any extra money. And i dont think that its right that other people that does not need it, it should have been done on percentage or something of what they were making. But thats the way i feel. And i think its terrible. People are getting it that does not need it and people that needs it that cannot get it. Thank you. Host ruby in alabama. Lets go to gale in milwaukee. Gale, good morning to you. Caller good morning. Host morning. What do you think about these enhanced Unemployment Benefits . Caller well, first of all i have been a recipient of the enhanced benefit money. And what im most upset about is if i hear one more person, especially the people in congress, talk about people were making more money by choosing to stay at home, first of all, unemployment states very clearly if you im currently i still have a job. I dont know for how long, but i still have a job. But my hours were cut about 75 . If you are asked to come back and you choose not to, you lose your Unemployment Benefits. So for people to stand up and spout off about how people are choosing to stay at home, i dont choose to stay at home. My employer says i cant come back yet. What are people supposed to do . First of all when i hear too people are making 1,000 a week. I hear that on the television all the time. When people are making 1,000 a week and thats just way too much money. First of all i dont know who is making 1,000 a week because if you do get the 600, people never mention taxes come off of that. You dont get 600. Second of all, here in wisconsin, on my limited hours, my unemployment benefit is a max amount of 370. Because im working a few hours a week by average is 58 a week. People need to stop assuming that everyone who got this extended benefits was making out like bandits. If people were choosing not to go back to work they should not be on unemployment to begin with. Thats against the law. Host gale in wisconsin who says yes. What republicans are saying, according to the new york times, is proposing altering the jobless benefit program to replace the 600 flat weekly payments with a plan that would replace about 70 of a workers lost wages, a change democrats are unlikely to endorse. Democrats strongly oppose any effort by republicans to give Many Employers new protections from lawsuits from their workers, patients, or students. Go to carol next, frankfurt, illinois, you say no. Good morning. Welcome to the discussion. Caller good morning. Hi worked for 50 years, raised two children by myself. Never had a penny of unemployment. If i needed another job, i found another job. Ok. And there are plenty of jobs out there. For people to help. I drove around the other day to pick up something and i couldnt get over how many stores have help wanted. Ok. I think its ridiculous. If anything should go through the payroll tax cuts should. I have talked to plenty of people staying on unemployment because they dont want to give up the money, ok. I think thats ridiculous. Theres probably a lot of stuff going besides that. Ridiculous. Stead people should try to work and give themselves some pride in this. These are taxpayer dollars. Essential workers are out there working and working, putting in a lot of hours. With the payroll tax cut, they would get some extra bonus, almost like a pay raise, and the employer would get the money. By giving unemployment, we are not giving anything. People are just staying home. Host wall street journal reports this morning that in new york, new york employers have added back just over 500,000 of the 1. 7 million jobs lost between february and april. According to their labor department. The state Unemployment Rate jumped to 15. 6 in june from 4. 1 in january, and more than two Million People are receiving Unemployment Benefits. Thats an example of one state in new york. Debbie, franklin, indiana. You say no. Good morning. Caller good morning. I say no. Im on social security. My husband is also social security. And i dont see that they should be able to get that much each week. I just dont. Host ok. Speaker of the house nancy pelosi who is negotiating for democrats was on cbs face the nation. Heres what she had to say about at they want to see with any economic aid bill that would get passed through congress. The treasury secretary said this morning that republicans will introduce a bill on monday. When do you expect to begin negotiating . Well, we have been anxious to negotiate for two months and 10 days when we put forth our proposal that does three things, honors our heroes, by supporting state and local government with the Health Care Workers food suppliers, teachers, teachers, teachers. Transportation workers, sanitation workers and the rest. Secondly, that opens up our economy by having testing, tracing, treatment, and distancing to end this virus. Third, to put money in the pockets of the mesh people american people. Unemployment benefits, direct payments, etc. These are things the public have voted for republicans have voted for in previous covered packages. Its nothing new. It was more because more was needed. For them to come now when we are right on the brink, when people are hungry in our contry, children, millions of children are food insecure, many families who never thought they would go to a food bank are going toe food banks and we need more money for food stamps and emergency nutrition programs, and they are resisting that. And again that they would now be trying to that they are in disarray and that delay is causing suffering for americas families. Host by the way the bloomberg is reporting this morning that the president S National Security advisor, Robert Obrien, has tested positive for coronavirus. Barry in dallas, texas. Good morning to you. And you think that the 600 a week in extra Unemployment Benefits should continue. Why is that . Aller ok. Host we are listening. Barry . Caller yes, im here. Host please go ahead. Caller ok. Heres my thing. I like working. You know what im saying. And i have no problem with being on unemployment. My thing is this, can you hear me . Host yes. We can. Stop watching the television. Just listen and talk through the phone. Caller ok. Heres my thing. You saying that the 1,200 per week the 1,200 for a month package host you got to just listen and talk to the phone otherwise you get distracted when you are watching and listening to the tv. Kathy in fayetteville, georgia. Tell us your story. Caller yes, maam. This is the first time i ever applied for unemployment. In my entire life. Im 52 years old. First of all, i would like to say is the government came up with this 600 a week because that was the quote average salary. So its not that they decided to give all the lower income working people a lottery ticket, basically. A winning lottery ticket. That was the average income. Im in favor for 400, 300 a week. The issue about the 70 income, its already been discussed, is that the antiquated system that most unemployment Computer Systems are on is it would take weeks up to months for everybody to figure out that 70 , per person, calculate it ut, sub tract out the state sub tract out the state that the state is paying and come up with the remainder. You still have a Million People applying every week. So you are going to have a backlog. On top of that they are approving your claims every single week on top of that. They dont have the staffing to do that. That would just delay everything even worse. Host paul in connecticut. Paul, you say yes. Whats your argument . Caller yes, i do. Thank you for having me. First of all im a retired Union Ironworker. I used to work for like five Different Companies a year. So i can relate to living on unemployment. When i was laid off, i always take the max unemployment, which maximum unemployment which was 00 some dollars a week. I can till any time the hall gave me a call and said we have a job i was gone. Because i always made more money working. However, what we are seeing now, is the issue is there are a lot of people that are not making enough money. All of a sudden this is like manna from heaven for them. This extra money. I can tell you, a few extra dollars makes a big difference in your quality of life. And even adam smith wrote something about people figuring out what is the best economic deal for them out there. So there is nothing new about that. With people that say no is that people should reduce their wages, reduce their standard of living to go back to work. Dont think thats right. They deserve a decent living like everybody else. And we are not talking a lot of money on an individual basis. Yeah, over 100 Million People it adds up. They are a look at they ought to look at whats going on on the how these people are getting by on the little bit that they are paid. And the second thing is that most of the people, in my opinion, that are not too eager to go back to work, probably had a zero benefit package. As a Union Ironworker i had a good benefit package. The only way i could get that benefit package was by working, i believe it was 1,200 a year. So there was no incentive for me to sit around. And every so often a job would come up where you make a little less money in your envelope, and yeah, i would work. That was a way to get hours because our benefits were still paid. The result of that today is i have a pretty decent pension with my local 15 in hartford, connecticut. And secondly, i have good medical coverage. And the people being criticized for not going back to work dont have this. Host ok. Pauls story in account k the flags up on capitol hill this morning are at halfstaff to mark the death of representative john lewis. Yesterday many of you saw his last trip across the selma bridge in alabama. Usa today notes that it was on bloody sunday in 1965 when the late congressman and hundreds of marchers came to that bridge to demand an trend end to restriction that is blocked black citizens from vogt. On that day Law Enforcement beat the peaceful protestors with clubs and showered them with tear gas. Many of you know the story of john lewis nearly losing his life as he led that march across the bridge. You can watch if you missed any of these moments on our website, cspan. Org. Today the congressmans body is on its way from alabama to the nations capital. There will be a Memorial Service at 1 00 p. M. Eastern time. Then he will be lying in state at 6 00 p. M. Eastern time. Before that happens, though, the congress the casket will be touching down at joint air force base, andrews, and the speaker the house plans to meet the lewis family and the late congressman there before his body is taken to several spots around washington, d. C. Including the black lives matter plaza in here in washington, d. C. , and then up to capitol hill for that Memorial Service and the lying in state, which will be done outside, according to usa today. Because of the covid pandemic and the family requesting people not travel across the country to for this visitation period. It will be opened to the public. And also former Vice President joe biden is expected to make an appearance as well here in washington to pay his respects. Our coverage here on cspan. Rob in orlando, florida. What is your story . Caller yes. My store have i is this. I have applied for unemployment in march. And still have not been paid. I live currently in orlando, florida, which is home to all the major attractions and does a lot with tourism. When there is no telling when well be get back to work. Desantis and his cronies, delaying peoples payments and trying to insinuate that people are somehow lazy and dont want to get back to work is just not only insulting, but its really laughable. Because there is no jobs. You cant get a job anywhere. And that little money that they are talking about, that we paid in to for ourselves with our own money, and they are sitting here complaining, complaining, complaining that these people we are so lazy trying not to get to work. Have these senators and congressmen, they are taking public dollars right now from us. And be off work continuously. They are going on vacation again in the august recess. So for that to happen and for them to take money from our pockets and give it to themselves and refuse to pay us and make us look like we are down, lazy people, not ready to work, just like the gentleman said, you need at least 30 hours to have Health Insurance in this country from your employer. You need to at least 30 hours a week for Health Insurance. We are not getting any of that. Everybodys on their own. It makes no sense for those taking ourtting here money and not giving it back to us. Its absurd. Host ok. John in salem, oregon, john. You say no to extending these benefits. Caller with the extra 600 a week because i have a disabled mother and she and turf take care of her and take time off of work every week. Nd i dont get no extra money. Basically i have to work two jobs. And i cant get caregivers because they are getting more money for not working to take care of my mother. That means i have to do double anyway. It ticks me off. Thats all i got to safmente host michelle in arlington, texas. You also say no. Good morning to you. Caller yes. I definitely say no. Whenever i lost one of my jobs i have been working two jobs for a long time, i just picked up hours more hours ass at my other job. I have coworkers that are not only working, but they are also drawing this unemployment. To the point where they are buying new phones, new cars, going on vacations. They are living it up while im here struggling every single day just to make bills. Its ridiculous people who have been working this whole time working this whole time dont get anything extra. The people sitting at home get extra. Now not only are they getting extra, but they are back to work. And still getting that unemployment. They are able to save t