7488000. If you support Hillary Clinton, use 202 7488001. Donald Trump Supporters use 202 7488002. All others use 202 7488003. You can always send us a tweet cspanwj. And we welcome your comments on our facebook page. The news yesterday from the commission on president ial debates, the independent organization that has been generalthat president ial debates since 1988 announcing the news yesterday. They had to meet basic qualifying standards. Here is hard whether commission lays out. Of toucheo because newly eligible to be president. They had to achieve Ballot Access in sufficient states to win a theoretical el toro Electoral College majority. Gary johnsons team the past. And they had to have at least ,5 of the National Electorate using the average of five selected polling organizations most recent publicly reported results. That is the sticking news that is the sticking point. The board determined that the polling averages called for in the third criteria are as follows Hillary Clinton, 43 . Donald trump, 40. 4 . Gary johnson, 8. 4 . And jill stein, 3. 2 . Andrdingly, Hillary Clinton her running mate, tim kaine, and donald trump and his running mate, mike pence, qualified to participate in the temper 26 president ial debate and the october 4 Vice President ial debate perspective way. No other candidates satisfy the criteria. The criteria will be reapplied to all candidates in the second and third president ial debates. That is from the commission on president ial debates. You can imagine the reaction shortly afterwards. Press release that came from Gary Johnsons campaign. He said that i would say that i am surprised that the commission on president ial debates has chosen to exclude me from the first debate, but i am not. After all, the commission is a private organization created 30 years ago by the republican and democratic parties for the clear purpose of taking control of the only nationally televised president ial debates voters will see. He told us on newsmakers last month about what the absence will mean. [video clip] the projected audience for the first president ial debate will exceed that of the super bowl. There is no way we have any chance of winning if we are not in that game, meaning the president ial debate. Host gary johnson and jill stein out of the president ial debates. Lets hear your thoughts. We go to rob in new york city, Hillary Clinton supporter. Good morning. Caller good morning. Thank you to cspan. It is really ridiculous and a disgrace that we do not allow the independents to appear at the debate and express themselves and to speak their mind and to advance the debates. I also want to say quickly that r. I. M in new york city. I know new york city. Donald trump that i am in new york city. The of city. Donald trump is a new york city slicker of the worst kind peewee have the right talking about donald trump as a regular guy. He is the furthest thing. He drives around in limos. He iskirt chasing scared chasing young girls. Who knows what he was doing in those limits. He is not president ial material. Any words that come out of his mouth have no meaning except to further his own cause. Host he will go to a donald trump reporter. Donald trump supporter. Al. What do you think of this . Am completely on the other side of the spectrum against Bernie Sanders, but the dnc ripped him off. The establishment has now ripped off gary johnson as well. Those are establishment issues. Until you can change a lot of the political arc, we will not get a lot of change in this country. One of the things that need to be looked at a lot of people were saying that donald trump was the originator of the birther controversy. Sidney blumenthal, who works with the clintons, went to numerous News Agencies and asked them to check into obamas circumstances of birth. I am not a birther, but it is a shame that they are now blaming it on trump. It is just the incumbent elite class. That is why i am for trump. Host al talking about the that camenjure see out yesterday. The Washington Post headline that the nominee admits obama was born in the u. S. Here is what donald trump had to say yesterday morning. [video clip] clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. I finished it. I finished it. You know what i mean. President barack obama was born in the United States, period. To get back tot making america a strong and great again. Host donald trump yesterday. Here is the front page of the New York Times analysis. Trump gives up a line but refuses to repent, writing it was not true in 2011, when trump mischievously began to question president obamas birthplace allowed in television interviews. I am starting to think he was theborn here he said at time. It was not true in 2012 when he took to twitter to declare an extremely credible source called his office to inform him that mr. Obamas birth certificate was a fraud. It was not true in 2014 when mr. Trump invited hackers to hack obama is College Records and check place of birth. Any of it. R true, yet it took mr. Trump five years of dodging, linking, and joking finallynder to reality on friday after a Remarkable Campaign of relentless deception that try to undermine the legitimacy of the president. The first president ial debate coming up in new york. We will have live coverage on cspan. The exclusion of jill stein and gary johnson. We will hear from jill stein supporter sheila in connecticut. Good morning. Caller good morning. I am very upset. Am astein supporter i deal stein supporter. I refuse to watch the debates unless she is included. Journal, washington that the public and president obama has to insist change the rules so that candidates get free airtime. Look at her on the screen with her hair do now. They are doing a disservice on msnbc and the other stations not your station, not cspan, think god for that by showing her with a refined hairstyle. And on other stations, they are showing her with a hairstyle that is very unfair for her. She also advertised she has a website that says jill 2016. Com, so people can sign up to open up the debates. Why is this not happening with everyone else out there . I am very disappointed. I was a bernie supported. And i think my friends told me when he was called in to talk to president obama, and he decided to back hillary, i think something happened in that meeting. Very unfair. So i am just thoroughly disgusted and will not watch the debates, because it is going to be very boring. Way. For jill stein all the she is a smart cookie. She knows what she is talking about. And i love to listen to her. Host we appreciate your call. Dr. Jill stein was on this program a couple of times. We showed you some of Gary Johnsons reaction. This is a tweet from jill stein with some video included. 76 of the u. S. Want open rnc tryyet the dnc and to silence our voices. [video clip] there are a lot of everyday human beings getting marginalized by our very corrupt medical system. When you have two Political Parties funded by predatory ands and fossil fuel giants war profiteers, we have a problem. I am building a wall, ok . [laughter] i do not know why that is funny. I will do very well with the hispanics. I represented wall street eyes a senator from new york. You know what they would do to guys like that . They would carry him out on a stretcher. I would like to punch him in the face. If you look at what polls show, 60 are calling for an independent thirdparty because democrats and republicans do not represent ordinary people. To surrender control to the foldout Political Parties is to say this is ok. Host video from the jill stein campaign. News yesterday that jill stein and gary johnson, the libertarian candidate, excluded from the first president ial debate, and their running mates excluded from the vp debate october 4. A press release from jill stein says join us at half there to hofstra to protest the president ial debates. We are escalating our reaction barak, her and running into the debates. Lets go to missouri. Caller thank you. I am a middleaged white guy. Christian. Ex marine. And i am a democrat. The only thing i agree with the republicans are is i am thoroughly disgusted with obama. That on a child is not the answer. I cannot believe these christian republicans would be so naive to vote for him. He is a nazi. He is doing the same thing adolf hitler did when he came to power. It will come down to either hillary or donald trump host when you call him a not see, what do you mean by that . Caller he wants to rule with an iron fist. He looks up to putin. Him, heisagree with will kill you. He says he wants to be the law in order president that means martial law. There are so many issues. But it comes down to hillary or donald trump. Host a mention of russia on our topic on president ial debates. Saying how is this different than russia, what rush is doing, when they exclude opposition and we do too . Another donald trump supporter from florida. What do you think about the news from the commission on president ial debates . Caller this stuff about trump is getting hilarious. But to directly answer your question and i would like to make a comment about the birther issue, since you brought it up look at how many people were there during the primaries. Let them on the stage. Did of the primary people not even register 1 , and they were able to get at least on the secondary. Maybe that is the answer. Maybe there should be a secondary debate, like they did with the republicans. But you brought up the birther issue. Papers to ato Bring Grade School to enroll your child into elementary school, shouldnt you have your papers you try to run for the highest office in the land . Hisck obama had to have birth certificate reissued. Reissued. Document. Brandnew that is not an original. It had to be made for him. Ownthere were reports his family had said, mistakenly, probably, that he was born in kenya. So you cannot ignore this stuff. Just think of the embarrassment of our nation if we actually did birth. Ck on this mans and it turns out he was not even born in the United States and got elected president. Host have you ever had to get any official records we issued . Reissued . Caller yes. College transcripts get lost. All kinds of different records have to be reissued. Fine. That is paul in fort lauderdale. We are focusing on the news yesterday that the president ial debates, the first one monday the 26th, gary johnson and jill stein will not be included. A big audience expected. You heard Gary Johnsons expectation of a super bowl sized audience. Bloomberg writes that the first obamaromney debate generated more than 10 million posts on twitter, making it the most tweeted u. S. Political event. In reagancarter spar pulled 81 million viewers. 114 millionon, super bowl. 2015 jill stein reporter, ralph. Good morning. Caller yes. Jill stein supporter, ralph. Good morning. Caller yes. I am so tired of the republicans and democrats. Democrats say they support the little guy, but they let in 11 million Illegal Immigrants. Whitecollaracing guys, and you wonder why they are angry. Then you have her advocating tpp. On the other side, republicans say they will control the borders and the house and senate and presidency, but they did nothing. , am not an abortion advocate but we need some limitations. Lies. Are getting is the medias feeding the lines, and our politicians are owned. Youre telling me somehow these bankers are stupid and can contribute 200 200,000 to hillarys campaign but do not expect a return on investment. Host lets go to a Hillary Clinton supporter. This is lee. Caller good morning. I support her because of her caliber. And she always reports to be fair with everybody. I do feel she would not eject jill stein i feel she would not object jill stein and gary johnson from participating in the debate. I feel the green party should have a platform. But i support Hillary Clinton. Ever since hillary was in college, while donald trump was fighting against blacks entering into their apartment complex, hillary was down in alabama, fighting racism against the Public Schools of alabama not admitting black children into integrated schools. Hass so unfair how hillary been treated all these years. When i hear people talking about ed she iset crook and how unfair she is and the things she has done, i know they are uneducated. They do not know anything about her. They have not read about the history. Otherrealize there are women here in alabama that were angry with her when she was going through the experience accusedl, when he was white house,n the and she stood by her husband. Most women do not leave their husband just because they have had an action marital affair. Affair. Tramarital wet we want to let you know will be covering Hillary Clinton tonight, who will be in washington, d. C. At 7 30 eastern. We will have live coverage here. The wall street journal has a support among them people. Young voters cool to clinton, it writes. They write that Hillary Clintons once commanding lead among young voters has collapsed , a factor making the president ial race much closer in recent weeks and prompting the Clinton Campaign to move quickly to keep a core democratic constituency in the fold. In its most visible response, the campaign has begun sending the partys most popular stars to College Campuses to urge students not to sit out the election or back thirdparty candidates. Elections are not just about who votes but who does not vote, and that is especially true for young people like you, First Lady Michelle Obama said. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders will campaign for Hillary Clinton, they write. And massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren a liberal icon, will attend events this weekend at two ohio universities. Lets hear from a gary johnson report a gary johnson supporter. Eileen, how are you . Caller how are you . Host doing fine, thank you. Caller yes. I am really angry. My right to hear my candidate of choice has been taken away from been taken away from jill steins people. They want to hear what she has to say. The nation wants to hear what they have to say. Both of them. It is vitally important. Harry johnson is on all of the ballots gary johnson is on all of the ballots. We do not want what is coming up, especially if it is trump. Man onhe most dangerous the planet, as far as i am concerned. I want everyone to check your ballot. Make sure you vote for someone other than the two top guys. Host this is part of the statement from gary johnson after the news yesterday. Cpd may scoffhe at it together enjoys only 9 or 10 , even nine percents year voters,sents 13 million more than the total population of ohio and other states. Americans are tired of rate systems and the monopoly on debates created by the cpd is a skillfully executed example. Lets hear from cary, North Carolina. Jim, good morning. Donald trump supporter. Caller good morning. How are you . Host doing fine. Caller wonderful. I am curious. The previous caller even though i lean towards trump, i just show hisould taxes if he is serious to the for showing asked all of your papers if you want to be president of the United States. What about trump showing his taxes . If he is really serious and has nothing to hide. I believe he should do that. Thank you. Host thank you. Oklahoma city is next. Cindy, Hillary Clinton supporter. Go ahead. Caller good morning. Thanks for taking our call. It is important for us americans to have a voice about our country. And i appreciate the opportunity , just as the opportunity should be provided for those people who have put themselves, immersed themselves, in the effort to become a leader of this country. They have gone through the homework. They have done the groundwork. They got people really for them, because they are for what they are saying. They should have a voice. On our major news channels. So we can hear what mrs. Hillary clinton and donald trump have to say to these other people. I think there should be a combination of these. And i do support mrs. Clinton. I think she has been through a lot in her life and will be a wonderful leader of our country, if voted in as president. In the meantime, i feel like we all need to pray for our country, so that the best indidate will be chosen, jesus name. Host do you think it is fair to exclude jill stein or gary johnson from the first debate . Caller of course not. People should absolutely be given a voice. They have put in effort. They have raised a mass of supporters. Why s lets see what people are saying on twitter. This oneh says competition is healthy. Independentouldnt they . Host s should be on the debate independents should be on the debate stage. This one says we are a twoparty system, unlike in europe. They have not gone through rigorous primary, only serve as spoilers talking about the independents. Will thecircumstances Debate Commission allow any Third Party Candidates into their president ial debates. Firsts just about the president ial debate on september 26. Will have live coverage on cspan and cspan radio. We go to maryland. Hillary clinton supporter. Caller good morning. My opinion is mr. Johnson and mistimed and ms. Stein should be included in the first debate. Host are you worried, being a Hillary Clinton supporter, another horse on the stage could minister impact of Hillary Clinton . Caller i am aware that, but we live in america. , lastion is unamerican time i checked. I do not think it and handsets our i dont think it electo