Give us a call this morning. Republicans, 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. And a special line this morning for nevada and South Carolina voters. That number, 2027488003. You can also catch us with us on social media, twitter, on facebook. And a very good saturday morning to you. We begin this morning talking about the primary, the debates, want to know what questions you would ask if you were moderating the debates, what questions would you ask the candidates. A lot of discussion coming off the most recent debate, the democratic debate on thursday night about the questions that were asked there and what wasnt asked in that debate. From the conservative brightbart. Com, a piece saying that the pbs moderators on thursdays debate failed to ask Hillary Clinton any questions about the Clinton Foundation, despite news earlier in the day that the state department had sent it a subpoena for documents about its activities during her tenure in office there. The liberalleaning mother jones, a story noting there are no questions in thursdays debate on Climate Change during that pbssponsored debate in milwaukee, wisconsin. That, despite the Supreme Court dealing a meaningful, though likely temporary blow to the centerpiece of president obamas Climate Policy on tuesday. And then from the Huffington Post, some concern about a lack of questions about reproductive rights and abortion. The lack of questions about Reproductive Healthcare in the primarys 60s debates, according to the Huffington Post, has spawned a twitter campaign, askaboutabortion. It confuse the both antiabortion and abortion rights advocates. They see as a crucial issue that the Democratic Candidates have an opportunity to address the story, noting that pbs asked clinton, who got just 45 of womens votes in New Hampshires primary on tuesday. What are women missing about you, the moderators asked sanders whether hes worried he will be the instrument of thwarting history if he prevents clinton from becoming the nations first female president. The fact that both candidates talked about their prochoice records in their responses points to a desperate need to ask the candidates about abortion directly. That from the Huffington Post story that was published yesterday. That story offering up 10 questions that the moderators could have asked about the abortion issue. Were asking you what questions you would ask about any issues, whether you think theyve been addressed not enough or not at all in any of the 15 debates that have happened so far this cycle. Start with nick this morning from fairview, ten, line for independents. Nick, good morning. Caller good morning, sir. Good job. Listen, abortion, Political Correctness, and economic dope addiction, what i mean by economic dope addiction, everybody wants to get on the dole, whether it be through wealthy people or poor people, and its just if its not addressed, then its just like any other dope that can kill us, and Political Correctness is a violation of the first amendment, and then also abortion is theres no doubt its a living entity, and if its a living entity, its a human being, and were committing a genocide thats equivalent to the nazis and these people that are really pushing it, and no better than the nazi party. Host whats the specific question you would ask . Who would you address it to . Caller well, mainly to sanders and hillary, you would say, is the fetus a living entity or not . And then they may follow up you hear me . Host yep. Caller ok, and the followup would be that, if it is, and its got to be a human being, if its not, medical science is not telling people the facts. Host all right. Thats nicks question from tennessee. Stuart is up next, gaithersburg, maryland, line for democrats. Stuart, whats your specific question and what candidate would you ask it of . Caller im a democrat, and ask it to sanders. One of the key things is that we have a very polarized government at this point, and republicans cannot allow even the simplest things. Barack obama came in, he had the house with democrats. He was able to move things at that time. Once they came through, especially the tea party came in, it threatened to shut down the government, as well as threatened the government to default, which we also decreased in our ratings. You have a lot of problems. Now, for anyone to bring on, say want a revolution, ok, that sounds very good. But revolution is saying im going to get the house and the senate on my side and i can do what i need to do. And im going to have enough votes. The point is, when it doesnt happen, and the house is the way it is now, how are you going to move things forward . How are you going to do that . How are you going to make things in the polarize the government . Thats the question, because when it comes to the white house, the first thing, like anyone, hillary or anyone, they have to get they have to do the job on the first day, the very frs day theyre going to have to work. No more having a reprieve of year, year and a half. You need someone to run on the first day. Host all right. Stuart in gaithersburg, maryland. Hendrick is up next, belfast, new york, line for republicans. Whats your question . What would you ask the candidates . Caller good morning, mr. Mcardle. I am very happy to have you that you have this program, ecause as a former immigrant of 84 years age now, having lived in this country about 55 ars, i have watched the very sorry. Im a little nervous. Host thats ok. Not a problem. Caller we have voted ever since we became citizens in 1964. We voted in every one of them. The thing that has always bothered me is that people are running for the office. That is not the way the country was set up. If you remember that washington was actually dragged into it. He didnt want it. So in other words, the people that are coming forward, it seems so very often they want the job. Theyre not necessarily interested in fixing the country. And that is what i would ask him, why do you want to run . Thank you for this marvelous program. Host and before you go, whose answer are you most interested in getting an answer to that question from . Caller well, my initial interest was in ben carson. I looked at his life, coming similar ry, very background as many blacks, but he worked his way up, and he became a worldrenowned surgeon , i mean, known all over the world. Last night he said hes done 15,000 operations, and presumably allowed 15,000 people to go away with a life. That they might not have had before. And so, when we look at ben carson, right now i got a letter from him basically asking to help him, but it ounded sort of flike a 10yearold kid complaining about what was done to him. And that tells me that ben carson really isnt ready. As much as i admire the man. So i would ask the same question of mr. Trump. Youve got everything. Why do you want the job . And what will you do for the country . The question that or the statement that hillary always makes is ill be there for you. Thats not what the country is all about. The government is there to make sure that all of the people have what they need, roads, waterways, and all the infrastructure, etc. , defense. If you look at the constitution , and i have a copy of the constitution in my hand, those are the prime responsibilities of the government, not tear of the people. The people are not the care of the people. The people are supposed to take care of the government. Host mentioning donald trump, donald trump out with a new ad airing in South Carolina ahead of the primaries that are happening town there, the first in the south primaries. Heres Donald Trumps latest ad. Mr. Trump im donald trump, and i approve this message. Jeff shaw was 17 years old and gunned down just out his home. His killer, an illegal immigrant gang member. His dad is supporting donald trump for president because he knows he will end illegal immigration. Trump is the only one saying you going to be dealt with, were going to enforce that. Were going to enforce that. Thats a beautiful thing. I believe donald trump wants to make us great again, and he loves america. Host were talking with our viewers this morning about those debates. 15 debates after tonight will have happened in this 2016 cycle. What are the questions that you would like answered . What do you want asked in those debates . People weighing in on twitter as well. One says, to sanders, can middleclass incomes be restored without addressing job outer sourcing and importing by u. S. Corporations . Karen writes, for clinton and sanders, are you in favor of any restrictions on abortion . If so, what . And b. C. Venice says the question would be, id ask the g. O. P. What they would replace the Affordable Care act with. When are you going to stop Voter Suppression . Some of the questions coming in on our twitter feed. Its cspanwj if you want to follow along. Tony from columbia, South Carolina, line for democrats. Tony, good morning from South Carolina. Are you starting to see some of the campaign ads down there . Caller oh, yes, plenty of campaign ads, and the media is overrubbing the town. Overrunning the town. Host whats the one question you want answered . Caller well, you know, my issue is once again immigration, illegal immigration that is. I would like to pin each one of the republican candidates down on exactly what their plans are. Ive heard what trump has to say. Id really like to hear the rest of them plan to do about this. If i can tell you my own personal story, my father and i had a main street auto parts business in the small town in upstate South Carolina, york, South Carolina. We went to church. In the mid 1990s, wall street money came in, put Big Chain Stores in and put us out of business. I had to go back to work doing the same thing i was doing before, selling auto parts for 9 an hour. All right, the last job i had at Advance Auto Parts in lexington, South Carolina, allnew hires are required to be conversational in spanish. Theres no reason why someone in the state of South Carolina should be conversational in spanish in order to get a 9 an hour job. We outsource the good jobs, we bring in cheap labor to take the bad jobs, and were losing our country. Host can i ask you, theres been a lot of discussion about the immigration issue, particularly in the republican debates, a lot of back and forth among the candidates already. What arent you hearing that you want this question asked again . Caller well, you know, i really want to know, is there going to be an amnesty for the people that are already sneer i mean, lot of them are honest, hardworking people and theyre living in countries that are definitely poor infrastructure, lower stands of living than the United States. But coming to the United States, i dont really think theyre helping our society. Theyre not assimilating that well. There is a lot of crime and abuse that goes on. Human trafficking, drug trafficking. Theres a heroin epidemic in this country. Most of thats coming up from mexico. You know, it needs to be stopped, it really does. And, you know, i want to hear some definite, solid plans how the rest of the candidates, besides mr. Trump. I voted democrat my entire life, but this year im going to vote for mr. Trump in the primary. Host tone any South Carolina, were talking about the tony in South Carolina. Were talking about the questions you would ask if you were a moderator. With 15 debates after tonight, there are some people in this country saying that there are too many debates at this point. Mass live has an editorial up, the editorial headline, more debates are not merrier or better. The editorial noting that modern american political debating traces its roots to 1858 when abraham link sandon Stephen Douglas staged a series of seven senate forums throughout illinois n. Those days, audiences had sketchy or no access to what had unfolded in previous debates, so every meeting had the feeling of opening night. Thats obviously not the case today. A debate in one primary state is viewed by the nation and the world, and the current schedule of forums makes this an ongoing, repetitive fact boils down to gotcha moments and who won who oneups who rather than substance. Reducing this would be opposed by major media, so many of which want their turn to air the candidates and to supply moderators and panelists. Whether so much debates are numbing voters to their meaning and souring them on their choices and the entire process is a good question. To want hear from you this morning about the debate process about your questions that you would have. Mike is up next. Wilmington, North Carolina, line for understand penalties. Mike, good morning. Caller good morning. Thank you for taking my call. Let me just preface this with a statement. I dont understand why the taxpayers are signed. Ive been in that conversation for a while, and everyone knows at theyre leftwing liberals, and they live in Million Dollar homes and sit up there and take tax money for funding that. I know part is funded by the taxpayers, but now what i would ask, i wish one of them asked Bernie Sanders when he was talking about a rigged economy, what about the rigged delegates . I know theyre onto it now, but hillary ended up and with the super delegate rigged so that the candidates the democratic bosses, the ones that they want will end up being the candidate. Host good timing on that question, because later in todays show, from 9 15 till 10 00, were going to focus our entire 45 minutes on that delegate and super delegate process. Ben pershing is the National Journal, managing editor there, is going to come in and break down the super delegate process, where it came from, and how its working out this cycle. Well be talking about that. Gut go ahead. Didnt mean to jump in on you. Caller yeah, its ridiculous. Bernie sanders, im an independent, but i lean center ight, and i enjoyed his speech and agree with a lot of what he says, but the delegate system is rigged. Theyre not going to ask hillary anything about benghazi, nothing about emails, nothing about the clinic. Theres a million things. I thank you for taking my call and allowing notice speak. I enjoy cspan. Thank you for cspan. Thoip your concerns about pbs, thats part of that breitbart story that we read earlier at the top of the show, the story noting that the comoderator of the debate, judy woodruff, happens to be a donor to the Clinton Foundation and faced criticism from the pbs ombudsman in 2015 for giving to the clintons. The story noting that pbs has covered the potential conflict of interest for Hillary Clinton, who has been accused of using her position as secretary of state to direct donations to the foundation. Emails to that effect are suspected of objecting her private email server. If up to the read more on that, that story is in breitbart. Back to the phones. Freddy in South Carolina, line for democrats. Freddy, whats your concern . What do you want the candidates to answer . Caller i want the candidates to answer how they plan to pay for it. I watch the debates, and when hillary pulled better than pulled Bernie Sanders how hes going to pay for, it hes not telling the people how he plan to pay for it. And i think its unfair to hillary that he can run out and say this and not show how hes going pay for it. And i want to hold their foot to the fire, making them how they going pay for it, just put up or shut up. Make bernie say how he plan to pay for it, saying exactly what hillary is saying. I never seen two candidates thats about 85 of the same thing. But hillary is saying how shell pay for it and go at it, man, and do what we need to do. Bernie, sake stuff, and until you make him show why you going to pay for it. Host thats freddy in South Carolina this morning. Weve got half an hour left in this segment to talk about this, taking your calls, lines for republicans. A special line for nevada and South Carolina voters as a bit of a snowstorm moves in here on capitol hill here in washington, d. C. , a bit of a whiteout behind us that you can usually see. The United States capitol out the window there, can barely make out the top of the dome in that picture. Beverly is up next. Village mills, texas, line for republicans. Beverly, good morning. Caller good morning. How are you this morning . Host good. Go ahead. Caller id like to ask Bernie Sanders, when he makes all these illegals illegal citizens, and when they find out, even though i know some of them are receiving government benefits, how when they found out they can receive government benefits and live off welfare, how are we going to pay for that . The system is already broken. Thank you. Host all right, and sheila is up next, portsmouth, virginia, line for democrats. Good morning. Youre on the washington journal. Caller good morning. How you doing . Host good. Sheila. Go ahead. Caller ok, my sque to the people my question is to the people who running across the board. What is they going to do in a case where we have been trying , do things through obama asking people to help, assist in voting, but the republicans keep going up against them, not to pass through a lot of things. And i feel that a lot of people address the ears that these two accommodate the people in the community that are poor, hard working people, that they cannot even buy medicine and they have to make a decision on eating. What can they do to find out about all these