, call 202 ts 7488002. Cleveland residents, want to hear from you. 202 7488003. Orn us on twitter, cspanwj, go to facebook. Com cspan. We will get your calls just a minute. This is your chance to tell the republicans that are gathering here in cleveland what you think should be done to make america safe again. For thisheir theme afternoon, the kick off the 1 00 p. M. Eastern. More on washington with this weekends convention. Is makehe overall theme America Great again, that has been donald trump stream Donald Trumps theme throughout his campaign. Make america working in his tomorrow nights theme, make America First again is wednesday night, and on thursday night is e again. Rica on the speakers you will hear from today when the Convention Kicks off at 1 00 p. M. Eastern, these are the evening speakers that you will hear from. Robinson of willie duck dynasty, former Texas Governor rick perry, marcus luttrell, bestselling author and former u. S. Navy seal will be speaking, as will scott mayo baio from joanie loves joshi. An actor and former calvin klein model will also be speaking. A couple of Immigration Reform folks will be speaking, including jameel shaw, whose son was killed by an illegal immigrant, Michael Mccaul, a Republican Congress and from taxes will be speaking. Sheriff of Milwaukee County, david clark, will be speaking as well. You will hear from sean duffy and Colorado Senate candidate darryl glen, u. S. Senator tom cotton, u. S. Senator Jeff Sessions of alabama, rudy giuliani, and the long it from melania trump. Host with tonights program, what do you think . How can rub against and democrats make america safe again republicans and democrats make america safe again . It is about a mile away from where we are, and those police from cleveland in the county in the state, but also Law Enforcement that has been wrought in from across the country how do we make america safe again . Bill is first in virginia beach, a republican. Good morning. Good morning. Im 67 years old, and i have seen a lot of my lifetime and i was just i would like to say that it seems to me that most of the people who are demonstrating outside the convention or anywhere else are probably unemployed. They have too much free time on their hands. A lot of times, they are just putting themselves in harms way and taking a chance of maybe getting themselves heard. Hurt. T if they have a brush with people with opposite opinions or the police. I would like to see this country to the point where people can have a meeting or convention that is peaceful and safe, without demonstrations outside. Causing a lot of friction. Wish,s probably a utopian but that is what i wish for. Thank you. Host bill, thank you. Larry, in memphis, tennessee. What do you think . Caller im a black army veteran, 59 years old, and i have seen shootings like that have been going on lately. The only difference that you were seeing on camera now. Heres the problem. When bad police do bad things, instead of the police trying to protect them, if they arrest them and put them in jail, you wouldnt have this problem. And white people have to have different experiences in this country. Most white people do not understand that. Off what this is me pisses me off. Have a good day. John, an independent. What do you think, republicans gathering here for the first day of the Republican Convention. Make america safe again, how do we do that . Caller first of all, we need to impress on critical thinking, if you hear something on your favorite news channel, i would advise you to check three or four different sources and find out if what you are hearing is actually what is going on, and not taken out of context. Another thing is, we need to stop the greed. We have taken capitalism to extreme where now it has become a vampire capitalistic system, sucking the life out of everything to maximize profits, its antihumanity, antienvironment. Poverty, you will make america safe and people will have less conflict. And free education, its not free. We are not giving these Children Free education. Are educating our population, and the returns we will get from that will make america safer, and set an example for the world. With that example, we can be in leadership again. Right now, all we are is the footstool for vampire capitalism. Thank you for cspan. Host before you go, john, which candidate can do what you are saying . Caller Bernie Sanders. Host you mentioned free education, are you voting for Hillary Clinton . Vote 70 ,ssissippi the republican down here, so im going to write in Bernie Sanders and elizabeth warned. If we dont take progressive move towards changing the way we relate my neighbors are not my enemy. People in poverty cannot have the political clout to create poverty. The only way you have seen wealth is when you undervalue labor. When you have a disparity such as we have here in america, you have people that are disgruntled, and rightly so. I have relatives in Law Enforcement, i love and respect these men. When they speak, i listen to them, because they are smart, they have actually put that Police Officers behind bars. But they are in that club of blue, and rightfully so, they defend their brothers and sisters in arms, and protecting our community. But if we just concentrate on the disparity of incomes, the tensions will come down, and education some news broadcast organizations push forward that if you are giving something free, education we are not giving something free. We are investing, and we will get returns exponential to what is put in. Host all right, john. I heard your point. Let me hear from peggy who is next, an independent in hayward, california. Good morning. Caller good morning, thank you for cspan. To make america safe again, we should invest in our Police Officer training. I think a Six Months Training Program is just inadequate. They are professionals, compare them to nurses. Nurses get a minimum of two years, and they dont carry a gun. I think if we gave them a little more education, perhaps a year, they would be better able to face what is out there for them. This terrific world we live in. Thank you. Host thank you, thank you. The officers that were killed in baton rouge that followed the shootings of dallas Police Officers, and before that, the fatal shootings of black citizens in this country by Police Officers, theres this piece in the l. A. Times this morning the notes that between the two attacks of dallas in baton rouge, Law Enforcement officers from georgia, and michigan were shot incidents that drew far less attention, but add to the sense that is a dangerous time to be a cop. The dow shootings, 31 lawenforcement officers have died in the line of duty so far this year, compared with 18 officers that died at this point in 2015. Just the statistics on Police Officers dying. We have the number of black citizens that have been killed as well. This conversation on this monday morning, as her publicans are slated to begin their convention this afternoon, 1 00 p. M. Eastern, and then again some of the come back in the evening and 80 4 p. M. At 8 00 p. M. The lineup of speakers to talk about National Security, that is the theme today. And that, with thousands of delegates here, lawmakers from across the country republican operatives and top officials gathering. We want you to tell cleveland this morning, how do we make america safe again . Let me hear from beverly in north carolina. Democrat. Caller good morning, how are you . I see that the republicans have changed their logo from great again to safe again. How we can make it safe again . Not walk around with ak47s on your shoulders. Make these laws to the point where you have to have some sort of permits to buy a gun. Everyone has a gun. We are concerned about isis, isis people can walk in and get a gun right beside you without any permit or any id, thats one way. Another way is to respect each other, talk to each other, respect each other. Cops must respect people just like people respect cops. That when you do have a problem with the policeman killing a human being, he should come to trial. No das, no deals. When that happens, you get a lot of people angry about no fair. Inwant to just be safe again this country, i dont know how we are going to be safe again. We have so many ridiculous laws. But if we are going to be safe again, were just dont have to learn how to respect each other, if we dont love each other. Tart talking to each other start looking at each other as human beings. And as far as donald trump is concerned, how can he even think about making some country this country safe again, when he is just the opposite . He is about a police state, hes about carrying guns, doing what you want to do. He is about hate. Thats all i have to say. My prayers are for america. I dont know was going to happen here. Host ok, that is beverly. Go to tony industry types, maryland, and independent. Tony, good morning. Caller good morning. Im not sure if it will be a good morning. These shootings seem to happen every other day. They seem to benefit the Republican Party, which is very odd. Me personally, this is my opinion, i believe these shootings of the police are staged. They are staged to me. I dont see any evidence to contradict what i just said. Along with a few of these terrorist attacks also. I believe they are staged. Im going to tell you something. Host that is tonys opinion industry types, maryland. Were going to get more of your thoughts here as we continue on the washington journal, from cleveland, ohio. Lets go to peter back in washington with more details. Peter donald trump reacted to statement after the shooting in baton rouge, this is what he had to say. President obama just had a news conference, but he doesnt have a clue. Our country is a divided crime scene, and it will only get worse. Ae washington times, as page about security in light of what has are happening in the country. Security front and center at the convention, donald trump, who will officially claim the republican president ial nomination on thursday, has dedicated the conventions first night to arguing that he can restore a feeling of safety. Publicans said the turmoil of recent weeks with terrorist inspired attacks here and abroad , and heightened tensions between police and racial minorities undercut the leadership of this white house. How many Law Enforcement people have to die because of a lack of leadership in our country, mr. Trump said in a twitter posting sunday afternoon. Pete the press and delegate hotels, police were on foot and horseback. Clevelandhill, police say suspend open carry during the convention. The patrolmens association is pushing the Ohio Governor to suspend the rnc during the rnc state laws that allow people to carry open arms. Police Union President steve loomis said the states open carry law makes it much more difficult to ensure the convention is secure. Ohio Governor John Kasich reacted after the shooting yesterday in baton rouge. [video clip] john kasich i spoke to the ohio highway patrol, to be informed of the terrible loss of life the Police Officers in baton rouge. Our hearts and prayers go out to the families, and lets be clear, these kind of vicious attacks on Police Officers will only serve to drive a wedge and destroy the very fabric of our society. To the families, god bless, and thank you. That was the governor of ohio yesterday, reacting to what happened in baton rouge. On the democrat side, Hillary Clinton put out a statement, saying we must not turn our backs on each other. We must not be indifferent to each other. We must all stand together to reject violence and strengthen our communities. Our thoughts and prayers are with the friends and families of the Police Officers who were killed and injured today. President obama went before the cameras yesterday, and this is what he had to say about the Police Killings in baton rouge. [video clip] sosident obama it is important that everyone, regardless of race or Political Party or profession, regardless of what organizations you are now of everyone right focus on words and actions that can unite this country, rather than divided further. We dont need inflammatory dont need careless accusations thrown around to score political points or to advance an agenda. We to temper our words and open our hearts, all of us. We will we saw in dallas this week as a Community Came together to restore order and deep in unity and understanding. We the kind of efforts we saw this week in meetings between Community Leaders and police, some of which i participated in. Where i saw people of goodwill pledged to Work Together to reduce violence throughout all of our communities. That is what is needed right now. And it is up to all of us to make sure that we are part of the solution, not part of the problem. President obama in washington yesterday, reacting to those Police Shootings. Gatherings today are about a mile away from where we are, in the cleveland area at the Skylight Financial Groups space. Whereicken loans arena, the convention is taking place, is about a mile from where we are. You can see right there, the map on your screen, that is the road to get to the quicken loans arena, where republicans will kick off the convention around 1 00 p. M. Eastern, and again, there seem today is make america safe again. We turned all of you this morning, so the republicans here in cleveland and around the country, and democrats as well can hear what you think how do we do that . Go to stephen in cleveland, ohio. A democrat. Stephen, what do you think about all the security in this town, amid the tensions across the country and around the world with the terrorist attacks . Caller heres my opinion. , you needhat security that security badly. The terror attacks, thats a story i dont know too much about. I keep up with it, but i dont know much about it. Never tell you what i would do around the country. I would take the handcuffs off the police, i would hire 10 more policeman and then i would take the handcuffs off the police and let them do their jobs. You dont need to take the police out of the community, you need to take the drugs and the guns out of the community. The community is suffering from broken families and disrespect. Officers those police in baton rouge, and god bless those Police Officers that died in dallas. Thank you. Lets go to david in albany, new york. A republican. Good morning. Caller good morning. A couple of quick comments, how much can you say about this . The call came in earlier about vampire capitalism, ive heard that several times. How about vampire bureaucracies or vampire socialism . There is also a problem. Grown sonment has that political elite has grown so large, everybody is struggling to get into that class, they are abandoning capitalism. Authoritarian nature of government is also part of this problem. I couldnt give you the whole argument in this minute or three you are going to give me, but thats my feeling about it. If you to look anywhere in the world where you have enormous overwhelming governments, france, russia, argentina that is where most of the trouble is starting. You have illuminated capitalism, you havent encouraged it. That is sort of my message. When you do bigger economy. A lot of these problems would evaporate with more opportunity. The idea that were going to have more governments, more authoritarianism, and that can fix this problem, thats the wrong way to go. Thats my comments. Thank you. , moving on tot dave in sugar heights, ohio. Where sugar heights in relation to cleveland . Caller its right next to cleveland, just about. I havent been, is it a suburb . Caller yes, it is a suburb. Host what do you think about all the security in your area, and every thing that is happening across the country . Republicans with their message today, make america safe again . I first will say good morning to cspan and their wonderful workers, especially good morning to the wonderful cspan audience. Im just so happy that they have this avenue where people can make uncensored comments. That is a wonderful thing in a democracy. 4, ig been born on july feel a special affinity to our country. More important, i think we have to take a look at reality. We are at a 50 year low in crime , whether that be murders, Police Shootings, etc. , etc. However, part of the asha know if you would call a problem. But we have two or 300 Media Outlets today, which i was young , we only had the three networks. So the coverage that comes on all of these avenues really can get people riled up a little bit. I think people have to put that in perspective. And as far as guns go and shootings, we have to remember its unfortunate, and i feel sad for all the victims, but 70 of the shootings are suicides, and the other 29 are basically domestic situations or business partners. And coldblooded murder is really extremely rare. You have to keep that in mind. Basically, we are pretty safe. I know the president had brought this out time and time again, he gets very little publicity. We have to keep in mind, we are safe. I want to say thank you everybody for coming to cleveland for this wonderful convention. Remember, everybody coming here brings us joy, either by coming in were leaving. Thank you, have a good day. Host dave, before yo