202 5853882 for independents. You can also email us or send it via twitter, cspanwj facebook. Com cspan, or journal cspan. Org is our email address. Here is an article from the hill newspaper. Host andy 16 recipients for the newest batch of president ial medal of freedom honorees, president oakland the, opera daniel, sally ride, bayard loretta lynn, kahneman,niel patricia ward, arturo sandoval, gloria steinem, ernie banks. Postrmer washington editor receiving the medal of freedom. It says here 91 years old, who remains a Vice President at large at the newspaper. Respected for his tenure at the editor from 1968 through 1991 during the papers heyday. Some of the other nominees, other winners this year are the late senator daniel anyway of nouye of i host 202 is the area code or who would you nominate for the president ial medal of freedom . 202 5853880 for republicans, 202 5853881 for democrats, and 202 5853882 for all others. Here is the picture of the president ial medal of freedom. You can see right here. We have already gotten a lot of comment on our Facebook Page. We want to share some of those with you now. Reno says Bradley Manning or edward snowden. Along with the same julian assange. Patrick none of the politicians in washington. Andsachs says dr. Ron Paul Michael Anderson agrees with him on that. Carsonsays dr. Ben should be awarded the medal of freedom. Allison says would not give it to clinton, gloria, or oprah. Down here it says george zimmerman. One, iin says no think this is a waste of taxpayer money, and the president for the time could be better used working with congress to get our country moving again. Thehmo says all of troops bush sent to their deaths in iraq via his unnecessary war of choice. Those are some of the Facebook Comments we have received so far. In other news, while we wait on your calls, the u. S. Has ordered nonessential staff out of the consulate in pakistans area. Of actuation of nonessential host politico recess is not preserved. Voters are not so please with the congressional august vacation, with an overwhelming 80 majority claiming that the members host that is an politico this morning. We began with a call from louisiana on our republican line. Linda, who would you like to see nominated . I tell you what, i think any of our servicemen should be awarded. Disappointed on some of the names. Oprah winfrey has never done anything for anybodys freedom. She has, like obama, only done her share to divide the country. I am sick and tired of all the commotion going on in washington with obama. As far as im concerned, he does not even have the right to award anybody anything. He needs to be out of office. Is linda in louisiana. This is james in rome, georgia. Democrats line. Medal i would award the of honor to all of the peacemakers, the people who are trying to stop these wars that are going on. What you learn from this the peacemakers are the ones who shall inherit the earth. All you hear about it the republicans talking about warmongering. John mccain interfering in other peoples business and things. Need a department of peace. Thank you. Host some of the other recipients that president obama has awarded the medal to include senator edward kennedy, sandra day oconnor, sidney cody a sidney cody a Sidney Poitier of resident george w. Doris awardees include day, Arnold Palmer, tony blair, george tenet, harper lee, brian lamb. Josh is in lancaster, california. Democrats line. Hi, josh. Caller good morning, this is josh. Im in monterey california. Nominate ly host the president did nominate him. Caller yes, well i would definitely give the peace award to him. The reason being is because they set up that march in washington. The only reason that Martin Luther king came along in the picture is because of the fact that he was the one that gave the keynote speech at that particular event. Host josh, what do you know about Bayard Rustin that you would want to share with the audience . Did comen fact, bayard and stay with me for a week one time peer that is when the Governor Brown was just coming on board. And he is an organizer. Way back when, they started segregating the army and stuff like that, though so bayard played a role into doing that. Host from politico apples tim cook, tech execs meet with barack obama to talk surveillance host pete, des moines, democrat. President ial medal of freedom, who would you nominate . Caller i would like to nominate jerry garcia. Host why yo . Why . Caller because i think he was the most prominent musician of our time. Host and what is your question . Caller does the person have to be alive to be nominated . A lot of posthumous awards are given. Caller ok. Thank you, love the show. Host thank you for calling in. Irene in the saint pete. Caller hi, how are you . Host i am good, how are you . Caller great. Sayt off, i would like to dr. Benjamin carson host i should note he has been awarded the medal of freedom by president w bush. Caller i think he should be nominated the next medal of freedom and the medal te that. He is a very influential person who is someone very big on education, whether it be self education. I really believe dr. Carson should be awarded that. Furthermore, i think were focusing too much on the award and is not the process if you are truly dedicated to your craft and what you do, we dont look for awards. We do this because this is what we want to do to further ourselves as americans. Host irene, did you see dr. Carson . He was on book tv this past weekend. Caller no, i did not see because i have been very busy because i am also part of the am,tical world where i which i am actually working with the mayor. M very busy during that doing that, sorry not to that. But dr. Carson is a wonderful asset to america and totality. He is an asset to us. Like i said, a person who focuses on the attributes and what the gain is personally, you have to focus on the people. It is all about the people. The people are together, everyone is together. Host all right, that is irene. Jill jimmy post on our Facebook Page the current crop is mostly made up of the ruling class was stowing their own with congratulations for being better than a us little people. Liberals got the class they were clamoring for. Oprah winfrey . Synnex cockles composer mike in savannah, georgia. The next call comes from mike in savannah, georgia. Caller yes, definitely Oprah Winfrey. Not my choice, but she deserves to be nominated. Just to answer some of the people calling in about oprah, these are people who listen to Rush Limbaugh and all the fox people who tend to divide people. They do not call those people out. But oprah has been generous to a lot of people in this country. They want to call her out at some cap type of divider, but that is the fate of this country right now because there is a black president and people realize that their privileged status privileged status is in jeopardy. And they are reacting in this manner. I definitely nominate eric holder for standing up to the right wing extremists in this country and upholding justice for everyone. Justice for all, not just for seven people. People, tryingse to pass laws to segregate people and for people in different classes. And basically saying up to the right wing. I definitely would nominate him host all right, mike, we got the point. The president is holding a News Conference this afternoon. It will be live on cspan. And the hill politico have questions. Here are a couple from the hill host those are in the hill newspaper, and in politico this morning that is one of the questions that they pose to the president. William, reading, pennsylvania. Republican line. Caller good morning. First, i am american, and second i am republican. I would nominate all the Service People in america that serve our country. People that serve our country got killed, came back with no arms, no legs. They are nominating people who make billions of dollars. These people in this country should be ashamed of yourself. The only one should have pride of the serviceman who go out there and kill for you. Thank you, god bless america. Mitchell joins nbc hillaryvolt against clinton film theater this is from the huffington post. Host thats again from the hope and then post the huffington post, and this is from politico host tony is in memphis calling on our democrats line. Good morning, tony. Who would you nominate . Former governor of georgia, andrew young. Host former mayor of atlanta, you mean yo . Caller yes. Ambassador andrew young. Of dr. Kingnd man for changing this world, risking his life, risking a family life. He is one of the greatest americans that ever lived. Host thank you for the call. He has been awarded. He has gotten the president ial medal of freedom already. This is a list. This is from nndb, and it talks world. Racking the whole they listed here several of the winners of the president ial medal of freedom. About 20,000 people have been awarded this medal since harry truman invented it. They have got somebody on this list, very quickly, alphabetically host those are some of the winners of the president ial medal of freedom. Bob then linkin park, michigan, republican line. Hi, bob. Are you with us . Caller hello . Host please go ahead. Were listening. Caller i was a sheriff joe of ohio. Host do you think that would be a little controversial . Be,er it probably would but him and his cold cases have proven that obamas birth and theates are fake draft registration is also fake. We dont even know for sure what this guys role name is. Is. Eal name host that is bob in lincoln park, michigan. Twitter comments monti says medals are given as repayment for political favor spirit should be given to those leaving fights for liberty and justice for all. Tweets i was going to say nelson mandela, but looking it up, he is already a recipient. Andsays Charles Ramsey angel cordero, the guys that freed the cleveland girls. And this that says nancy reagan and Arnold Palmer . Clearly the medal of freedom has little to do with freedom and much to do with celebrity. Andrew is right here in washington. Hi, andrew. Caller good morning, thank you for having me. Of of all, i hear a lot it seemed that i hear about people calling in, calling for the armed serviceman to be nominated. I agree, that would be wonderful. Us i have never heard of being nominated or winning this award in the past. Im not sure why it would be now. But my self personally, and im not a catholic, i would nominate pope francis. I think he is doing a wonderful job so far in his new office. And that is who i would nominate. Host holly, philadelphia, good morning. Caller i figured you might cut me off soon, but i figure sometimes, like i said, some kind of serviceman or a correction officer or how about a nutritionist . Thank you. Host thank you very much for calling it. Allington from the open article from the Washington Times this morning host in a brief telephone interview on thursday, jesse benton did not dispute the authenticity of the taping. I am not 100 positive, i am not confirming that, but i am not denying it either, he said. In a separate event to reporters, he said host thats a different candidate before endorsing any campaign. He also worked with host this is in the Washington Times and another paper this morning. And from the hill newspaper host back to your calls on to whom you would award the president ial medal of freedom. Billy is in miami. Hi, billy. Caller yes, good morning good i would have to say without it work onob kuntz for his gay civil rights, and also harvey milk, the mayor of San Francisco host the supervisor out there . Caller yes, the supervisor who give his life. Host who is bob kuntz . Caller he is a gay rights activist in florida. He is known in miami. You can google him. Host thank you for calling in this morning. Next call is jim and we are zero, florida on our republican line. Is jim in florida. Caller i would nominate the champion of the constitution, dr. Ron paul. Keys andt his Prosperity Organization going on , he has got the ron paul channel going on. I would definitely nominate him. Some more winners in athletic order here, just grabbing the cs. Host francis collins, who heads the nih. Some of the other winners of the president ial medal of freedom. Again, about 20,000 have been given out since the harry truman administration. Next call from maple heights, ohio. Youre on the air. Caller good morning. Host hi. Anler i would like to see honorary medal of honor gone to Bishop CharlesHarrison Mason of the church of god and christ. He has been with the church over 100 years, he knows some of the president s as well as dr. Martin luther king. He gave his last speech to mason temple. He had fought for the rights for a lot of people as well as blacks as well as whites, religious rights, and everything of that nature. He is very welleducated, you can google him up and read about the history of the church of god and christ, which is now superseded of bishop blake of california. He deserves one. Host thank you for calling in this morning. More on the list billie jean king, Martin Luther king, elaine host some more names on the list. This is available on nndb, tracking the entire world. This is from mediais closest alec baldwin set to host a new msnbc primetime show. Host mick is in indiana on our independent line. Mick, good morning. Who would you nominate for a president ial medal of freedom . Caller good morning. I would like to nominate jimmy hoffa, the union leader. I believe union people and the people that built this nation are constantly overlooked and given a bad rap. Thank you. Host thank you for calling in. From the Washington Times if this article home prices rise helping a fan he earned 10. 1 billion in the second quarter. Fannie earn 10. 1 billion in the second quarter. Host as we continue to take your calls on to whom you wouldn award be president ial medal of freedom, the numbers are on the screen if you would like to dial in. Jo is in hammond, louisiana on our republican line. Caller hello, how are you doing . Might be on the list already, his name is john c durand. He was a in immigrant in the United States. He invented and developed the rifle given to most of the soldiers in world war ii. Host i dont see of him on this list, but that is not mean this is not the complete 20,000 here, so he could be on their. On there. Thank you for calling in. Again, the president has announced 16 additions to the president ial medal of freedom ranks. The additions to be awarded later this year. Bill clinton, Oprah Winfrey, ben bradley, Danielle Inouye host virginia sue in oklahoma, democrat. Good morning. This is so wonderful. There are so may people on a rail a daytoday basis. I said sally ride, but i would ,lso like to nominate my father bill duke. He was in world war ii, and he came home and he ran for city marshal when i was 10 years old, and he retired eventually as chief of police. He was definitely one of the most be so people i ever met. I do note duke know if we were related or not, although he knew my father. An charlie duke was also astronaut, and i do not know if he was nominated or not. But i am proud of oklahoma, proud to see the sign of sally ride. Thank you for this wonderful opportunity to say good morning to our nation and lets all try to walk with a little bit more peaceful attitudes and spread a little freedom of attitude around in this world. Host virginia, what do you do in oklahoma . I am retired, but i have a labor of love project could i build benches out of scrap lumber for people. I have gone through a lot of changes in my life. I graduated in 1965. A shout out to all the guys sir, i just love your demeanor. I dont often get cspan always, but i am a morning night person. Again, thank you for doing this. Everyoneone, remember, is fighting a battle of their own each day. Host virginia sue, where are some of your benches . Caller my neighbors and my relatives. It is too long a story for you to go into. But it was because one day i was sitting under a tree for my apartment, and i thought people that dont have cars, i thought you know, everybody anyway, i decided to Start Building one bench at a time and made a mess in the process, but it is a recycling kind of thing. I dont charge money for it. I am excited to have this opportunity. And im excited for the people that have been nominated. Loretta lynn, i used to look like her. I used to goods sing like her. One of the first women in radio in oklahoma, by the way. That is about all the time i need to give you. [laughter] i appreciate your questions. You for calling him. That is binge builder virginia sue in bethany, oklahoma. Is brendan. Caller i feel like marc emery should be nominated host who is marc emery . Caller he is an individual from from canada who is currently serving time in prison for sending marijuana seeds through the mail to send it saves of the United States. Host why would i qualify him for a president ial medal of freedom in your view . Caller i feel like he was just being a capitalist, and also the fact that he was willing to take to other people and serve so that they would not have to do any time themselves. That, you know, any individual that is trying to promote, like, Economic Growth in the United States with such a business like marijuana that is starting up should be able to, you know, get the president ial medal of freedom. Have been really cool to watch this morning. Likeoy how you have just, some of the stupid questions. I love the washington journal. I try to watch it is much as i can. Host thank you for watching. Shorty tweets and why not bill moyers, amy goodman, cindy sheehan, bernie sanders. Who says Rush Limbaugh singlehandedly rested the monopoly of the media from the left. What a complete waste of time this topic is great we are living under tyranny. Even usingritical the term medal of freedom. 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