Could sway the president ial election. We begin our program this morning asking what is the best way to bring jobs back to the rest else and to the rust belt and who do you trust to do that . You can also catch up with us on social media. On twitter. On facebook. A very good sunday morning to you. We begin talking to viewers in ust belt aboutr the best way to bring back jobs. The young the Unemployment Rate in this region is different. 6. 7 percent. In ohio, 5. 1 . Indiana, 5 . Michigan, 4. 7 , the national rate. With those numbers in mind, the leading candidates for the presidency traveled to those states this past week to talk about jobs and the economy. Some of the headlines generated from those visits include this from political uprising from the rust belts. In the New York Times today, rust geltnald trumps allu belt allure. Pittsburghp was near when he talked about the legacy of jobs being lost in the rust belt. Donald trump pittsburgh played a central role in building our nation. The legacy of pennsylvania Steel Workers lives in the bridges and skyscrapers that make up our Great American landscape. Loyalty wasers repaid with total betrayal. Our politicians have pursued a policy of globalization, moving our jobs, our wealth, and our factories to mexico and overseas. Localization has made the financial elite globalization has made the financial elite very wealthy. I used to be one of them. Id hate to say it. It that it hasy left millions of our workers with nothing but poverty and heartache. Isn subsidized steel something into our markets, the politics have ruben have proven to do nothing. We have watched it from the sidelines as our jobs vanished. Many of these areas have still never recovered and never will unless i become president. Host we are talking about the thislled rust belt morning. Talking to viewers in that part of the country. Ohio, illinois, pennsylvania and those states. We are asking what the best way to that area. Jobs donald is up first calling from michigan. Good morning. Caller good morning. A member ofi was unions and management for many years. I was involved in supervision in a lot of these plants. Problems on both sides. Al companies have to make profit or they would not be in business but the people that work there have to make a living wage so they can support their families. The 1960s and 1950s and so forth, the unions were incredibly strong and i hate to say it that in many, many cases, they would defend very bad workers and they would encourage not working and they would cause a lot of problems that way. When the a turn japanese started sending their products over here. They were laughed at originally but they were very well made and good quality. And they started taking hold. They were extremely efficient. Our companies were not. I can verify that. And the management started wanting to move. Originally, there was a strong , during theexico reagan administration, that wanted to move a trial area into mexico. I do not really know how that happened. But anyhow, most people do in your city today . Caller it is a beautiful town on lake minnis on lake michigan. We have a lot of tourists and some industry. It is not like it used to be. Ludington is a small town. Anded to work near lansing jackson. Basically a town we decided to retire in because we love it here. Host are you paying much attention to the candidates this cycle . Did you hear any of the speeches . Speeches,have heard my friend. I voted for Richard Nixon three times. Now but theret was a time when i was a hardcore republican. I have seen both sides. Frome seen managements go giving into unions all of the vicious. Ecoming , i wontre i retired say where from, and this manufacturing part of this small taking the to mexico jobs there for . 55 an hour. Therenly paid the people up to 10 hours a day but they could work them longer. You cannot compare that to the american worker. You cannot make a living like that. I appreciate the view from ludington, michigan. Thank you for setting the stage for our discussion today. We are speaking to viewers just in the rust belt area. We will show you those that map for our purposes this morning. We won to hear from callers in those states about how the best way to bring jobs back to those states and who you trust to do that. The New York Times story today Donald Trumps rust belt a llure is datelined from greensburg, pennsylvania. The story notes that mr. Donald trumps make America Great again resonates with many of the regions workers whose hopes have been pulled down by the disadvantaged mills and coal mines. Labor power helped keep the area solidly democratic in the past but it is no longer. We want to hear from you, our viewers, in those rust belt states regarding your views of jobs in the area. Bob is with us. Caller good morning. We need to get rid of obamacare. Here the factories of our friends were set. Ack on their hours who is in thene arer crust said our taxes too high for industry. We are one of the worst countries for taxing our industry. They can go overseas and get better deals. If they do that, let us tax that money because it doesnt seem fair either. I trust the republicans because we have had eight years of what with the democrats . I believe get rid of obamacare and quit taxing our industries so that little Companies Like ma and pa kent hired people like hireused to can people like they used to. Those are my thoughts. Host going to clinton, pennsylvania where ray is where ray isd waiting. Caller i am retired now but i used to work in a deal plant plant. Teel the entire plant was six miles long . Caller yes. They would make steel, finish the products and ship it off the river. Host what is happening there today . Caller it is gone. There is nothing left. Our legislative district here the representative was the 218th vote, he was a democrat, that passed nafta. The Steelworker Union here in there was a guy on your program not too long ago that said it was george bush one that passed nafta. It was not. It was bill clinton that passed nafta. Hes kind it and twisted arms. Representative who was later voted out to pass nafta. Ont passed in the house november 17, 1990 three and went into effect january 1, 1994. Caller you can bring up the videos but bill clinton and al gore went out to the midwest, the rust belt and campaigned against nafta. That it was bad and republicans were pushing it and we would lose a lot of jobs. When he became president , he turned 180 degrees and twisted arms. Why would you vote for Something Like that . That heesentative said promised all sorts of economic aid for our area which never came of course. Era we are in another where trade deals are a new part of the discussion. The Transpacific Partnership. What are you hearing from politicians today . Do you trust politicians anymore today regarding trade deals . Trust because no of nafta. Bill clinton said it would destroy jobs. Like ross perot said you will hear a giant sucking sound down in mexico and that is where they have come. We lost over 5 million jobs in this country not all manufacturing but also surrounding manufacturing, Little Stores and shops. I want to ask you a question. Nafta do Carrier Corporation out in indiana . 1500 jobs. For good did it do them that company to go down to want to ray, mexico and leave down , mexico and leave them here. Host we will take that question to our viewers as we continue our discussion with the viewers just in those rust belt states. There is a map right there. We are only talking to viewers in those states because that has been the focus of the president ial candidates over the past weeks. Several speeches and chores. Hillary clinton was in ohio last week and she spoke about this issue of trade deals and companies that try to exploit American Workers. Hillary clinton when Companies Take taxpayer dollars with a one dollar with one hand and give out pink slips with the other and ship hundreds of jobs overseas, we will make them pay back those tax benefits and we will reinvest that money into workers and communities and we tax slap a tax an exit on those companies who are avoiding paying their fair share of taxes. [applause] we will defend american jobs and American Workers by saying no to bad trade deals like the Transpacific Partnership and unfair trade practices like when china dumps cheap steel in our markets. I am going to a point a trade prosecutor i am going to a ppoint a trade prosecutor. Host that was Hillary Clinton in ohio this past week. We want to hear from viewers in that part of the country. Your thoughts on how to bring jobs back to that region. Raymond is with us. Caller good morning. And havesign engineer been in business for 40 years. Articlethe 1970s, the [indiscernible] had aappened was that gm ceo who was known as a being counter. Nter. When thatu happens, there is no innovation for new products. They write a lot of us off. Now, new products are stifled. Now . What do you do caller i still design. Who came in . The japanese. And they said that they would do it. Gone downhill from that point on. Counters are a big problem with all of the inner city. Ginny is in lancaster, ohio. A republican. Good morning. Caller good morning. Way not know what the best to bring back jobs. If i did i would be running for president but i do believe donald trump can do it because he has people that work for him. Clinton, you need a dictionary to know what she is talking about. Host what did you do in lancaster, ohio . Caller i dont work anymore but i was a paralegal. Host what do most people do . Factories . Caller some factory jobs. There is anchor hocking. The biggest employer is the hospital. Thank you for that view from lancaster. David is in grand rapids, michigan. A democrat. What is the best way to bring jobs back to the rust belt states . A big stain ons the democratic side of the aisle. I grew up in a neighborhood on the west side of the grand rapids that was where the houses were balked were ought by the workers from ge. We need to penalize companies that go away. There are two things about nafta. The promise of education. I never saw that happen. All of those promises from bill clinton regarding high paying jobs. To lowpaying jobs would go mexico but that just never happened. Those lowpaying jobs stayed here. People trying to buys homes are working at burger king. Clinton behillary tainted by that . Caller the speech you just played it all sounds good and and a. And dandy. Ifis the answer to nafta we cannot repeal nafta, we have to penalize companies. Profits ising of what is driving this. These companies that have made profits for decades or centuries dont they have enough money . Does it come into be nice to your employees . Where does the heart come in . I just see a bunch of selfishness. Bill clinton helped them do this. Always be a lifelong democrat but i believe the answer is that we have to come up with some ideas to penalize the people that use nafta which is the law of the land. Host will you vote for Hillary Clinton . Caller you know it. And Climate Change is the number one issue. There is no place to work if we are frying our planet. Int let us go to steve chatsworth, illinois. We are talking about the best way to bring jobs back. What you think about the term i want to caller talk more about the dnc party and what they want to do. Party wants to have tpp, fracking, they want to destroy our planet even more. For the Bernie Sanders reporters dnchat is exactly what the party wants to do. You can google it. I googled it yesterday. Host we will go to hayden in belfry, ohio. An independent. Your thoughts on the best way to bring jobs back to the rust belt. Caller i am a communist so i believe that capitalism is to blame for this issue. Capitalismis him goes against human nature and exploits the workers. People like the democrats and republicans will not do any will not do anything because they are part of the capitalist system. Host how did you become a communist growing up in belfry, ohio . Ofler i see the suffering the workers and around be in terrible conditions. The various chemical plants here. Read marx. I decided the best choice would be to become an anarchist communist and abolish the bourgeois state and establish a worksworkers unoiion that to progress the rest of humanity. Host we are taking calls from just the rust belt states. We showed you that headline earlier. But uprising in the rust belt. Clinton country both times in the 1990s and in the pocket of al gore in 2000. While the county narrowly went to george w. Bush in 2004, the area was back to supporting democrats in 2008. Hillary clinton won there and then barack obama won in the fall. Though he lost in a veritable slam landslide. Republicans have gained nearly 1500 registered voters in cambria county. That trend is playing out statewide in pennsylvania. The question that is posed in that article is are there and enough cambria counties out there for donald trump to win that state and other key states in the rust belt. Let us go to rich in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. A democrat. Readi am part of the ricting. Ecting redist not understand that donald trump is a fraud. Every project he is every isduct he is involved with made overseas. He talks about his suits and how he cannot find anyone to make them. He did not want to pay the workers enough to make his suits here. Rubio saidty, marco he did not look very hard for a company there. Him asaid he could show company in florida to make his hats though he will have to pay more for them than he can get them for in bangladesh or china. Host voters are talking about their support for donald trump. We had callers earlier today saying that bill clinton and nafta were part of the reason why they lost jobs in the region and they do not trust the clintons. There is a frustration out there after eight years of a democrat as president. Amongu seeing that debate people in your area of pittsburgh . Caller i am seeing that debate but the problem is from day one, obama was told that anything he would do would be opposed. Bel ryan is still going to the speaker and he has already said that and it everything donald trump wants to do, he will oppose. Donald trump cannot do that as president putting terrorists on products. Tarrifsng on products. That money has to be appropriated to build Donald Trumps wall. But paul ryan has said he would not do that. People say donald trump could not do any worse but oh, absolutely he could do worse. The democrats have to turn it around and get out of these bad trade deals but donald trump is not the answer. Host we have also been looking as we talk about bringing jobs back to the rust belt states. Lost steelabout the jobs. Sandwich says that donald trump is not going to bring back the dirty low skilled jobs. If you want jobs back, go back to school and be retrained for the jobs that will be here. We want to hear from the viewers specifically in those six states of the rust belt. We want to hear your thoughts about what is happening in your part of the country and who you trust to bring jobs that. Us go to john in philadelphia, pennsylvania. Caller thank you for having me. First of all, my daughter is working on the Democratic Convention as an electrician. I spent 20 years in the union. I did not know this was a rust belt stage. Only way to bring jobs back fix the system. There is no other way. We have all of these resources like natural gas, including fracking, destroying our water system which is going to be the most precious commodity. Not be going to war for oil, it will be over water. 20 years. First of all, the welfare system. If you took all of the outsourcing in america and brought that into america, that would create jobs right here. I am sure there are a lot of people that go us money from getting into other that owe us money from getting into other countries business. There is no way donald trump is going to build a wall. That is ridiculous. I hope people come to their senses and start voting. That is what we have to do. Vote. People need to create jobs and change the system. The system is broken all the way around. Will keep taking your calls from viewers in those socalled rust belt states. We want to show you some other headlines. Here is the front page from the Washington Post. Fbi agents interviewed Hillary Clinton for three and a half years threeandahalf hours yesterday. That investigation is drawing to a close. The Clinton Campaign spokesman said that clinton gave a voluntary interview this morning about her email arrangements as secretary. Looking into that investigation more in our next segment of the washington journal. We will be talking about campaign 2016 and a sunday political roundtable. On the front page of the New York Times, and other papers, this obituary. Iesel who became an eloquent witness for the 6 s killed in the holocaust, died at his home on saturday in manhattan. He was the author of several dozen books and was a charismatic speaker. 1980 six he was awarded the nobel peace prize. You can in 1986, he was awarded the nobel peace prize. We continue our discussion with the viewers in the rust belt states. What do you think of that term . Caller i have no problem with that term. Let me get to the point. You are conducting this program without basically defining and describing the origin of nafta. I will read quickly about four sentences from wikipedia about nafta. Halloween diplomatic negotiations dating back to 1990, among the three nations in george h. W. Bush h w bush, canadian Prime Minister brian already, and the mexican president carlos salinas, each responsible for promoting the agreement. The ceremoniously Side Agreement in their respective capitals on this ever 17th, 1992. They signed the agreement and then it needed to be rather faded white each nations legislative branch. If you are going to run a program like you have there, you should be responsible enough to correct people who come in with comments that are completely wrong. Nafta. Did not originate he simply followed through on an agreement that had already been signed by the three nations including the u. S. On george h. W. Bush. He was