And whether we should abolish citizensarned born as president. You can weighin by social media. At can post a comment facebook or leave an email. Here is the piece in the writes. On post. She we will read more from this piece. We will take your phone calls as soon as they start coming in. Citizenhe natural born test the abolished . A couple of comments here. Lots more comments are coming in. We will go to calls. Good morning. Are you there . We can hear you. Caller i learned you had to be a citizen of the United States, born in the United States to run for president. It said you had to be born in the United States. You had to be a citizen of the United States. Thats what i was taught. I mustve been taught wrong. Ahmed writes from twitter this morning. Write rcus goes on to we have marked on the line from ohio. You should be a natural born. His only in issue because ted cruz made such an argument about president obama. At least he was born in the United States. Sorry, rules of gatsby changed when its a white person. Person is a black pointed toward them, its fair game. Its not fair game because its a white person. The rules always change. We live in the most bigoted country in the world, whether white people want to minute when. Ad read votes becauseed children in the Republican Party are mad because of black man won an election. Bigoted, theye so will never win another election as far as president is concerned. Virginia, a democratic caller. Hello . I just wanted to point out some of the hypocrisy dealing with ted cruz. He was born in canada. With that cartoon that was on about him and his daughter. He used his daughter to attack hillary that he uses that same cartoon. Him into the law or the Second Amendment they way they want. Thats what i want to point out. Host thank you for calling. Carol writes a couple of colors are mentioning ted cruz. The big discussion continued over the weekend. As the headline in the wall street journal this morning. Reflects cash him, its a real question mark. He is with the great authorities on the subject. From teds standpoint, he has to solve this problem. The democrats will sue him. If he is the nominee, he will be sued by the democrats. One of the great lawyers at harvard with strong opinions on been it has not determined. I am talking about your opinion. I would want the Supreme Court ruled. We will hear from ted cruz in just a minute. That was published yesterday. We do have george on the line from ohio. Should same. Nk it i think it should be the same. As what obama had. Obama did his. Is it because hes republican . Caller georges calling from ohio. Well do the numbers up on the screen. If youre a democrat, taking comments by social media. Bruces on the democratic line in florida. Caller how are you doing . Let me tell you something. The only reason that this is coming up is because its a republican running for president that is not a citizen of the United States of america area thats the reason they are trying to change the cost of tuition. Republicans tell you weve got to follow the two shouldnt. Now they are trying to change the constitution because they want to elect somebody thats not a citizen. Have a good day. Host we have more from facebook. Brent in westm virginia. Caller good morning. I turned on the television and heard all this race baiting. It to the issue. One pest, the requirement a natural born citizen to be the president does not need to be abolished. It is not an issue for ted cruz. It never has been. This is everybody is forgetting in all of this nonsense. Anyone who says this birth issue is an issue is either ignorant of the law or they are willfully trying to lie to the American People for their own gain. Its not a question. Donald trump is 100 wrong. Mother was an american citizen. Cruz in birth to ted 1970. He is an american citizen. That is the end of the issue. The majority of legal experts in this country agree on that. Minority sayook there might be a question. Was running for president and said the Supreme Court may need to settle the issue. Is that your view . Caller i dont think its necessary. I am certain how they would rule. This is a settled issue. This business started when 10 rooms took the lead in iowa donald trump. This business about hypocrisy, i never believed the birther stuff. I dont believe it of ted cruz. I believe barack obama is a citizen of the United States or n. Host we want to remind you that the president delivers the state of the union speech tomorrow night. We will have live coverage at 8 00. Good morning. Thanks for joining us. This is the headline for your piece in usa today. Guest he has been telegraphing that this is going to be a nontraditional speech. They are being cryptic about what that means. They suggest its going to go beyond the laundry list of proposals that president s usually give. I think there are a couple reasons. He is in the last year of his presidency. Would gett a lot he accomplished legislatively anyway. Its his last state of the union. To talkts use that about where weve been in the past year. How far weve come from the recession and the housing crisis. Hello . Let me jump in and ask you about looking ahead versus looking back. What is the history with that . Reagan askedt recently at the beginning of his last state of the union said hes not going to talk about his legacy. Put on yourwas working shoes. We still have work to do. President clinton in 2000 had a lot of futuristic rhetoric. Technology and where the United States is going. Checked al gore a few times in that speech. He talked about the things that the Vice President had accomplished. He was running for president of the United States that year. President clinton was trying to give them a boost through his stated the union speech. Companionhave a piece. Tell us about the history of these guests in the gallery, this particular list. Guest there are 23 invited guests in the first ladies box. Usually 24. Seatare leaving an empty to symbolize the victims of gun violence who cant be there. Thats an interesting innovation. It goes back to president reagan again. Remember, he was the hero of the potomac air crash in 1982. The plane crashed into the potomac river. He rescued a lot of people from that plane. President reagan invited him to sit next to nancy reagan. Ofput him out as an example american character. Every president since then has invited guest. Out heroes and wrecking dies them. They talk about certain themes in the speech. Year, we have the victims of gun violence. We have veterans and immigrants and Small Business owners and people who have gotten health care. You can expect the president. Ill point them out host thank you for the time this morning. Again, it 00 eastern time we will have our preview program. The speech starts at 9 00. We will hear the response from Governor Haley from south carolina. We will take your calls. Calls on ang your piece ruth marcus wrote in the Washington Post. It has to do with the 14th amendment and whether the natural born citizen test for the presidency should be abolished. We are getting varied views on this. Lets go back to the phones. Thank you for waiting. I am so fascinated how the Republican Party is talking about natural birth. They asked obama about his citizenship. Now they want to say its not relevant. This guy was never born on u. S. Soil. His mother is a citizen. She had him. Hes a citizen. But hes not eligible to be president. Liken run for governor arnold schwarzenegger. Thats it. I am just loving this. They are destroying cells because they are evil. Caller good morning. When obama came , they raised so much. People, ity of the does not matter to them. Trump, he would be one of the worst things to happen to this country. , he was all over president obama. He had a kenya. Everything the president obama. Dden, ted cruz i am mad because of the way they ran president obama down for eight years. Here is another headline on aspects of the story. This is the Washington Times. The substance of the issue is clear and straightforward as a legal matter. Child of u. S. Citizen abroad is a natural born citizen. Interesting, three weeks ago every republican candidate was attacking donald trump did today, they are attacking me that suggest something has changed in the race. You are leading and i will. Odd thatrina said its it wasnt until 2014 that you announced your total citizenship with candidate did you said you did not know about it. Back and try to find out more about your parents . Did they vote . My mother did not because she was a u. S. Citizen. Theories. Et has my mom was born in delaware. She has been an american citizen all 81 years of her life. The law is simple and straightforward. Its come up much of times in our nations history. John mccain was born in panama. He was born on a military base. George romney was born in mexico with his current mormon missionaries. Pretty goldwater was born in arizona before it was a state. Goodarents were citizens this question is straightforward. , theits designed to do focused on real problems. Host back to your calls. Caller good morning. Set thesince obama has president of not having both parents be natural born citizens, we must let ted cruz have this pass also. I think john j was correct to be foreignd about interlopers. If youre going to allow obama to be president because his subject,s a british you have to allow crews to run for president. His mother was from up the road. I think the cat is out of the bag. Your parentsboth had to be born american citizens. Apparently obama got a pass. This. Let me ask you some of say this is not a relevant question. Is this a legitimate issue to talk about . Point, probably not. We have changed the precedent with obama being president. It probably is the republican establishment who doesnt like ted cruz because of his act remedies in the tenant. Senate. Askld trump is going to questions about this. Host thanks for calling. Write that while its a felting topic, people president obama had been unfairly attacked by bursars. We have steve on the line in virginia. I want to weigh in as a naturalized citizen. I came i am from the czech republic. I came here i became a citizen in 1989. I believe this provision is in the constitution for a good reason. To prevent it was britain from regaining control over its colonies, but thats something happen now. Now. T going to happen somebody who comes here and becomes a citizen has to pledge of allegiance to the constitution and swear off allegiance to other countries. , you know, this person, even though he is an american and may have lived most of his life here ive lived here more than 30 years. This person will always have a special place in his or her of hisor the country origin if they live there and while or even if he didnt in some cases depending on how he or she grew up. Wantuestion is do you this country to be a melting pot or a salad bowl . Thats a rather interesting topic that you might consider one day. , theyildren of immigrants went through the melting pot process. Generation immigrants, in most cases, they will have their feet in both places in both countries. Going to regain control over its colonies, but i think this provision should be and unless it is changed the constitutional provision is changed. Host what do you think of ruth losess point that we potentially people in the United States . Dealing with results that are both bizarre and selfdefeating. Caller i read it. She is right. It is unfair. But life is not fair. Danger of a u. S. Givingnt whos preferential treatment to, i dont know, germany, china, or australia is real. We have to weigh that unfairness that ruth marcus is writing about in the Washington Post against this issue that is real. Host thank you for calling. Ruth marcus did write that this as the 14thult amendment results both bizarre and selfdefeating. A chinese born grad student studying in the u. S. Would be eligible to run for president as long she met the 14 year residency requirement. Adoptedchinese born citizen who live her life in the u. S. Would be barred. New jersey now, democratic call er. Caller thank you for this opportunity. Secondly, president obama does not need a pass because president obama had one citizenship and that is in the United States of america. Im glad i got to see that interview before i got on. Because its about how ted cruz thinks. Citizenshipdual until 14 months ago. Until 14 months ago, he saw himself a citizen of the United States and a citizen of canada. Reportertigative asked, what was your parents involvement in canada . Did your mother vote . He said no. The question to ask everybody in the United States who is listening to this program today is to ask ted cruz has he voted in canada . If he thought he was a u. S. Citizen, he would have renounced that Canadian Citizenship many years ago. Thank you and god bless america. Host thank you for calling you. Jeremy writes, no, it shouldnt. I dont want the prince of saudi arabia to come to my country and destroy the constitution anymore that it is being destroyed right now. Phillips says, no way. Jim says you need to be born here or to u. S. Citizens. Havesays they should received the Early Childhood and secondary education in this country and Higher Education as well. Be required told pass a confidence of civics exam to even run for any office at council, from city county commissions, and on up. In usa today this monday morning, the trouble with a trunk and ted ticket. With donald trump topping most polls, activists contact my readership radio show to suggest that they join forces and run as a team. There is an insurmountable obstacle. Aside from the fear that any chief executive installing the ambitious ted cruz would make him of the might find it difficult to secure a Life Insurance policy. The biggest problem remains the donalds embarrassing obsession with president obamas birth certificate in his abortive campaign of just four years ago a fixation that should lead him to count ted cruz is ineligible. Nathan is calling from baltimore. He is a republican. Good morning, nathan. Caller good morning good first o. First of all, i would like to give kudos to donald trump and the Republican Party and a lot of these burglars for not discriminating with their scrutiny of individuals who are running for the highest position. They gave president obama the blues a few years back and now they are giving senator cruz the blues. I think that goes to say that they are consistent in their actions. Host what you think about this question . Caller in terms of the question, i think this is a serious, legitimate issue here. It is being used as a political monkeywrench. There needs to be some clarity here so individuals who are voting are interested in the clinical process need to move forward. Its been brought up as a distraction. Occupying the is american citizens tabletalk. Needs toely think this be reconciled so that a lot of folks can move forward and make some prudent decisions. Host thanks, nathan. , massachusetts, hey bob. Caller good morning. Host what do you think about all this . Caller im not too sure. As long as the parents are from this country, they should be allowed. The thing that really comes across to me very strange is and all these Illegal Immigrants coming across our southern border come over here and have a child and that baby is part of our country now. Its a natural citizens of this country. The other people around world have babies on the other side, they are american. Why is there a double standard there . Why arent you a citizen of the place you are born in . Says the New York Times this photo of a man at the organ activistsccupied by is seeking political actions of possibly reshape some of the land of the west. That is in the New York Times this morning. Thethe Washington Post, extradition of el chapo to the u. S. Would take months at least. Mexico must ensure that the escape druglords stays in prison. The Rolling Stone piece published over the weekend and altered by sean penn is making news about journalism ethics. One of the lead items in usa today says Rolling Stone is stirring up a big ethics debate here. There has to be something wrong with this picture. Rolling stone still bruised from erroneous reporting on a campus rape scores an exclusive interview with el chapo. Misgivings andal editors note that through his given the right of first refusal after reading a finished version and some names have been changed. Seating such control to guzman was professionally inexcusable rights andrew seeman. Piece, down in the journalist say that the guzman interview was a bona fide scoop and could help restore rolling image. Tarnished tony is on the line. Caller good morning. Thanks for taking my call. I would like to be corrected if what i am hearing is wrong. What im hearing is that an american womens can go over American Woman can go overseas, mary, or have 80 by a member of isis, a baby i am member of americaing that baby to , and have that baby grow up to be president of the United States i would like to be corrected if im wrong and what im hearing. Host why are you thinking about it in those terms . Caller because you are saying that its ok for ted cruz to do this, so why isnt it ok for someone else in a different country with a totally different believe that we have that has a child by an American Woman . What would be the difference in having her child become president of the United States . Host moving on to georgia, republican, eric. Caller good morning. Host what would you like to say . Inler i would like to weigh on this ted cruz birthplace nonsense