Host good morning. It is saturday, march 9. The Senate Passed a 468 billion spending bill, funding for about half the federal government set to lapse today but the white house has put preparations for a partial Government Shutdown on hold since President Biden plans to sign the legislation today. Decisive wins on super tuesday by President Biden and former President Donald Trump. We want to hear your top news story of the week. Our phone number for republicans is 202 7488001. Free democrats for democrats, 202 7488000. Independents can reach us at 202 7488002. If you would like to text us that number is 202 7488003. Include your name and where you are writing from. On social media, facebook. Com cspan and on x at at cspan wj. Nikki haley decided to suspend her campaign. Here her comments. [video clip] i am filled with gratitude for the outpouring of support we have received from across our country. The time has come to suspendcampaign. I said i wanted americans to have their voices heard. I have done that. I have no regrets. And although i will no longer be a candidate, i will not stop using my voice for the things i believe in. Debt will eventually crush our economy. A smaller federal government is not only necessary for our freedom. It is necessary for our survival. The road to socialism is the road to ruin for america. Our congress is dysfunctional and only getting worse. It is filled with followers, not leaders. Term limits for washington politicians are needed now more than ever. Our world is on fire because of americas retreat. Standing by our allies in ukraine, israel and taiwan is a moral imperative. But its more than that. Further, there will be more war, not less. While we stand strong for the cause of freedom, we must bind together as americans. We must turn away from the darkness of hatred and division. I will continue to promote all those values as is the right of every american. President , but in our great country, being a private citizen is privilege enough in itself, and that is a privilege i very much look forward to enjoying. In all likelihood, donald trump will be the republican nominee when i congratulate him and wish him well. I wish anyone well who would be americas president. Our country is too precious to let our differences divide us. I have always been a conservative republican and always supported the republican nominee, but on this question, as she did on so many others, Margaret Thatcher provided some good advice when she said never just follow the crowd. Always make up your own mind. It is now up to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not supportthat. At its best, politics is about bringing people into your cause not turning them away, and our conservative cause badly needs more people. This is now his time for choosing. Host some of the other big news stories we have been following at cspan include the fact that that bidenfrom rematch is set but also that no labels have decided to push ahead with a unity ticket. We also had news of the Supreme Court restoring donald trump spell it Donald Trumps ballotsweden joining nato as well as usaid the higher gear with those air drops. The state of the union was thursday night and during that speech President Biden highlighted the american economy. One of the pieces of news we had related to the economy included the latest job numbers. Heres a story from the Washington Post. The u. S. Job market remains resilient. The 39th consecutive month of gains but unemployment rises. The u. S. Economy added 275,000 jobs in february, a sign of continued strength for the jobs market. The Unemployment Rate rose from 3. 7 in january to 3. 9 according to the labor departments jobs report friday, extending the longest stretch of unemployment below 4 in decades. The report marked the 39th straight month of job gains in what economists an exceptionally strong recovery from widespread job losses wrought by the coronavirus pandemic. We are starting off with ray in ithaca, new york on our republican line. Caller thank you for taking my call. The number one story of the week is the Supreme Court with a 90 decision that allows President Trumplots. You would of anger and if any candidate was taken off. Host thank you. Next duke in stonington, maryland on our independent line stonington, maine. Good morning. Caller good morning. My top story of the week as far as im concerned is the state of the Union Address. I have never entirely listen to an entire state of the Union Address in my life. I have always listened to bits and pieces or see with the news had to say but as far as im concerned joe biden knocked it out of the park. I was on the fence as a nikki haley supporter. I never in one million lifetimes would vote for donald trump. Like i makes me sick. I cannot stand to look at him. He wants to be a dictator. Joe did a good job. Im throwing my support behind him. Is he perfect . No. Not by a longshot. But i will tell you hes the lesser of two evils and i will vote for joe. Thank you. Host thank you. On x mlb agrees with you in that regard. President s state of the Union Address is the biggest story. The president made it clear that he sees the election as an existential struggle between democracy and extremism. President ess thursday to launch a series of attacks against former President Trump, a competitor he did not mention by name but make clear what the dire threat to american democracy. Energy has allies and aides had hoped he would display to warn what could happen should ukraine continue to lose ground to russia, invoking an overseas war of his address, an unusual introduction to his speech that was in many ways a political argument for his reelection. President biden thursday night did make that in his vision for the country versus that of the former president. Heres a portion of those remarks. [video cli i was told i am too young. I have been told im too old. Whether young or old i have always known what indoors. I have known our northstar. We have neve lived up to that idea but we have never walked away from it either and i will not walk away from it now. I am optimistic. I really am. I am optimistic. My fellow americans, the issue facing our nation anger, revenge, retribution are the oldest of ideas but you cannot lead america with ancient to lead america, you need a vision for the future and what can and should be done. That was President Biden thursday night at the state of the union. We have tyrone in new york on our democratic line. What is your top news story of the week . Caller the money he is getting for his bail. Its crazy to me that a man out on bail is running for president and can win. Theres people i gave him this money for this the people that gave him money for this e. Jean carroll situation have ties to russia. People need to Pay Attention to where hes getting this money from and who he will be beholden to. We need to Pay Attention to the people we are putting in office. Its unbelievable to me you can become president if you have felonies but you cannot vote if you have a felony charge. We need to Pay Attention to the people we are putting in office. Host thanks. More information on that story that tyrone was mentioning. Heres a piece from abc news. Trump secures a 91 million bond for judgment in e. Jean carroll Defamation Case. He also filed a notice of appeal in the case. It says former President Donald Trump has secured a 91,630,000 bond for a judgment in his Defamation Case brought by the writer e. Jean carroll. He obtained an appeals bond from an Insurance Company to cover the 83 million judgment in the case interest according to a court filing friday morning. He also filed a notice of appeal of theudgment to the u. S. Court of appeals for the second circuit. Either paying the judgment or posting a bond for the full amount was required for him to move ahead with the appeal. Now lets go back to your calls. Mary is an fort washington,land on our democratic line. Caller good morning. Like the previous caller said, number 45 is so bad and dangerous we dont have any problem only against him. Myary genocide going on in gaza now. I dont think 30,000 civilians had anytng to do with th on that day from hamas so this is just absolutely disgusting. They vetoed three cease fire moves. Why are we complicit in this . Then we have the russiaukraine more going on, which has been lost a year ago. They have no one to fight anymore. They have ongoing corruption. I hope they dont send any money anywhere because that is what is needed to stop this tragedy goingi cannot bear it. I watched the video of a mother hugging her child who died of malnutrition. Israel will not even allow maternity kits to come through. I want everyone to imagine themselves in gaza. Thats was going to be needed. From the river to the sea, Everybody Needs to be free. That does not make me antisemitic. Thats all i have to say. This war needs to stop. Killing needs to stop and America Needs to vote blue to make sure this animal we have running for office does not get in. Host i want to provide a little bit more information. President biden also brought up aid to gaza during his state of the union in made an announcement there would be new temporary aid port set up. Heres a story from the associated press. Biden orders the u. S. Military to set up a temporary aid port to gaza. He ordered the military to set up a temporary port off the coast of gaza, joining International Partners in trying to carve out a route to deliver food and other aid to desperate Palestinian Civilians cut off by the war and by his really restrictions on humanitarian access by land by israeli restrictions on humanitarian access by land. Biden renewed calls said is really Prime Minister netanyahu to change how he conducts the war, including by allowing more aid to gaza and more to protect humanitarian workers. Theres also a text message we received from tony in michigan. The horrific conditions being caused in gaza by the u. S. , the ridiculous stunt building a pier off the coast. That last bit is referencing news that one of the eardrops of the airdrops killed some people in gaza this morning. Next up is john and michigan on our independent line in michigan on our independent line. Caller good morning. My top story is that the rnc is being controlled by trumpers. I dont know how all that will go will work out. Theres my top story. That is it. Host f thank you thank you. Good morning. Caller uz good morning. Joe barclay. That is how you act. Trying to put trump and in jail. Tara reid. We never heard her story. But thank god for Marjorie Taylor greene. Those documents are in the capitol. Lets show the American People what a creep joe biden is. Host lets go to jim in florida on republican line. Caller i would like to congratulate the president on his speech. He touched on all the things the American Public are concerned about, immigration fentanyl, energy problems, inflation. All those things he talks about and hes going to fix. He should fix them because they were broken on his watch. Thank you. Host we have sam in michigan on our democratic line. Caller the big story is global climatehange. My story of the week was the state of the Union Address. I think he did a wonderful job. Crat my whole life and intend to keep doing it. I wonder if anybody could tell me who the grayhaired woman was that seemed to almost be leading the president into the house chamber. She was at the camera and joe was behind her and she kept coming toward the camera and i dont know who she is. Thank you. Host dont know the answer that. Alvin is in cumberland, virginia good morning. What is your top news story . Caller good morning. I watched biden the other night during his speech. He touched on a couple good things. A couple different things. But as far as the war and stuff and fentanyl and illegals coming across the border he is the onewed this to happen and hes getting on there and trying to say that its all republicans falter, which it is not. It has all been on his watch. And the little girl that got killed, you he did not know what to say when the lady told him that, you know, that she got killed on his time. And he is still letting the men. Hes talking about how the republicans blocked his bill about protecting the border. He is saying all this stuff now that its time for another reelection. Why wasnt this done in the beginning . Why now . Different things. He is too old to be running. He has to be coached every little word he says. Hes not doing it on his own. Of course hes going to say what Everyone Wants to hear. Im going to vote donald trump all the way. The economy was good, gas prices were down, the minimum wage, they raised it and every time they raise minimum wage, it triples your groceries in the prices. How can you say the economy is going good and those people in our country that are hungry and starving . You cannot afford a 400,000 homeicle. What about my grandkids down the road . Host i want to brirom former President Trump speaking to supporters after his strong showing on super tuesday this week. He did take some shots at President Biden during that speech as well. [video clip] they call it super tuesday for a resume. Thig one. And they tell me that theres never been one like this. Theres never been anything so conclusive. This was an amazing night, an amazing day. Its been an incredible period of time in our countrys history. Its been sad in many ways but i think it will be inspiring because wedoething nobody has been able to do for a long time. [applause] we have watched our country take a great beating over the last three years and nobody thought a thing like this would be possible. We would not have russia attacking ukraine. We wouldnt have israel being attacked. Iran was broke when i was running things. They did not have money for hamas, they did not have money for hezbolwe had no inflation. Inflation is destroying the middle class. Its destroying everything. If you look hundreds of years back, inflation is called a country buster, and thats what its doing to our country. Whathappening with inflation has been unbelievable. Experts say the only thing doing well is the stock market and thats because our polling numbers are so much higher than joe bidens. Host theres news also from the Republican National committee after super tuesday. Heres the story in the Washington Post. The rnc installs trump leaders in a merger with his campaign. Top advisers will steer a Party Committee facing a dramatic fundraising shortfall. Donald trump, likely to be the nominee, and stay fresh overhaul of the partys central committee. The Republican National committee elected trumps choices of Michael Watley and laura trump the former president s daughterinlaw, who accompanied by eric trump as the two highest ranking officers at the rnc friday. If we scroll down further into this story, it mentioned that now, with the rncs mergers with the Trump Campaign, advisors hope to make up the deficit through fundraising vehicles allowed to col checks. They are expected to work jointly with the Trump Campaign on Field Operations in swing statesut the vote efforts, and legal challenges to trump procedures. The rnc. Paid millions of dollars of trump oscar legal bills in 2021 and 2022 until he declared his candidacy. The committee declined to consider a proposal from henry farber to prevent the committee from resuming such payments. Next, we will hear from richard in newport, North Carolina on our independent line. What is your top story . Caller guest good morning caller good morning. First of all, its not the Democratic Party. Thats a it is the democrat party. Its always been known as the Democratic Party. Thout. Next, joe biden. I wonder how much drugs they pumped into him to make him bounce around like that on the stage. Host thats your top news story . Caller pardon . Host thats your top news story . Caller no. Biden should be charged with accessory to murder for letting all these illegals come over with the drugs and killing people. And they are coming out shooting and beating people in the head and everything and killing them. Its all in his head. Hes accessory to murder. Anyone tha man should be put in an insane asylum or something. Host paul is in new albany, indiana on our democratic line. Caller yes. I was glad to see joe biden speak at the state of the union. Thats my top news story because he spoke facts. Some of these people who complain about the illegal aliens coming to this country unless these people are native americans, they have no room to talk because they came here and took and bought stolen land from native americans and so they really dont have any standing to talk about that. Host bob in hermann town minnesota says speaker johnson and republicans in congress are standing in the way of a great bipartisan border bill and playing politics with National Security just to give trump an issue to run on. James is in meridian mississippi on our independent line. Go ahead with your top story. Caller i was a truck driver. First year of joe biden,