Made in his administration. Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus will serve as chief of staff. , former ofn Breitbart News, will be chief counselor and strategist. We want to get your thoughts in the first 45 minutes on these appointments, what they suggest to you about the administration of present elected donald trump. 202 7488000 for democrats. 202 7488001 for republicans. Independents, 202 7488002. If you want to post on twitter, do so. You can also post on our facebook page. Journal haseet the pictures of both of these appointments. Not to serve as chief strategist, steve bannon, he is formally of Breitbart News. There is some biographical information. Priebuscomes to reince and his ties to the president elect, saying that the relation developed during the campaign providing a bridge to the gop establishment. He urged mr. Trapp not to run as an independent and and to sign a pledge to support whoever was nominated. He also gave access to donald trump to the party get out the vote machinery. When it comes to Stephen Bannon and the relationship he has with donald trump, saying he has known mr. Trump for years. Right partners into a strongly prodonald trump media voice during the campaign. He was brought on as the chief Campaign Executive in august, part of a Major Campaign shakeup. There is some reactions to these appointments, particularly coming from capitol hill this morning. Of only the appointment Reince Priebus but steve bannon paul ryan saying that he is very proud for his friend Reince Priebus and offering congratulations. Also when it comes to those who the spokesman for ,he Senate Minority leader harry reid, saying Donald Trumps choice of bannon as his top eight signals that was atmises will be represented the highest levels in trumps white house. What they might suggest about the donald Trump Administration. 202 7488000 for democrats. 202 7488001 for republicans. For independents. There are people posting on twitter. Who isthis, anybody chief strategist knows it is a donothing job. Steve bannon is the only one who can russell Donald Trumps twitter only from him, that should seriously alarm the free world. We will talk to you. Joe is up first. Georgia, republican line. What do you think about these appointments . Caller i have been calling cspan 30 years. I think they are good. One suggestion, steve moore as the chief economic advisor. He was on fox saturday. For 22s to cut taxes million Small Businesses. Donald trump will be the Small Business president. And very much previous Reince Priebus and i think they are very good. I think steve bannon is the best appointment he could make. I have known steve 14 years. Host joe, what do you like about Reince Priebus specifically . Caller he has great people skills. He knows how to get along with people inside washington and outside washington. He has a great personality. He has traveled the country. He knows the people on the inside being the chairman of the rnc. I think youll be excellent. Mainly he has incredible people skills. I think that will serve donald trump extremely well. Host steve bannon, what do you like about him . Caller i like the fact that he is very conservative. Benin is a dedicated conservative and highly respected in the conservative community. I think they are just too. Im so fired up, i cant barely sleep at night. Wasirst birthday present donald trump being elected. Saint rose, louisiana, our line for democrats. Herman, go ahead. Caller i am a retired veteran who celebrated the weekend. Laste a question, cnn had week. I have been trying to get through her a while. Host before we go down that road, can we get to our question as far as these appointments . I really dont know too much about them to pass any type of statement on that. Host ok. Lets go to cj from minnesota. Republican line. Caller thank you for allowing me to be on. And allowing me to talk with you on this matter. I dont have a lot of knowledge about those people you are talking about, but if that is what the president wants, that is what the president wants. Host nothing you know about Reince Priebus or steve bannon previously as far as their roles in the campaign . Host i have caller i have never heard of them before now. Priebussar as reince relationship to the rnc and Steve Bannons previous job at Breitbart News and now working for the Trump Administration, that is where they are coming from as far as their background. Caller i think i trust Donald Trumps judgment. He wants to do a good job, and all the people that get into this position are going to help them further their cause. I pray that it works out for him as well as the country because whoever he picks is going to make the improvements, and if they dont, im pretty sure mr. Trump will have a say so and fire them just like he always does. Host lets go to stand in new york. Go ahead. Caller this Reince Priebus guy from what i have been reading the last day or so seems to be another washington insider. I am a democrat that voted for donald trump. Last night on 60 minutes, they asked a bunch of questions to mr. Trump, and one of them was about a special prosecutor for hillary. They are out and says, good people, and i dont want to hurt them. Both hurtilm them. When good people steal 13 million from haiti . My what they give money to their kids . Would goodell people sell plutonium to the russians . Host any thoughts on the appointments he has made . Caller this Reince Priebus guy, if he is a washington insider, that is not what i voted for. Donald trump said he was going to drain the swamp, not jump in with them. Hillary clinton needs to be up in front of a judge and jury. Caller that is stan in new york. 202 7488000 for democrats. For republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. One of the chief job requirements of the chief of staff, revising the white house is number one. The chief of staff often plays a Critical Role in setting white house strategy on everything tom the legislative agenda public facing communications as well as the administration of foreignpolicy priorities and controls president ial access, being gatekeeper to the president can mean anything from deciding which decisions need to be personally made, which will be delegated, and controlling who gets meetings with the president. Lets go to ken in arkansas. Independent line. Caller how are you doing . Host you are on. This country has years back about 60 or 70 with trump. Hasnt know what the heck happened to america. I mean, i am an African American , and im kind of afraid myself. Host off of twitter, this is carol, donald trump will have a diverse candidate, dan and is harvard educated, humble and pleasant. Identifies Reince Priebus as great. Larry from North Carolina, democrats line. Caller i love your show. It is fair and balanced. You take calls from both parties. I appreciate that. I voted for donald trump. I think his judgment has been good choosing mike pence and the selections he made. Host why do you think those elections are good . Caller i think that they have a proven track record. Reince priebus has proven to be a genius in the moves that he has made as well as the importance of the media with bart. Par breit i think they are both good candidates. I am very excited about the future of the company the country now, the potential to do some great things for the country. Trumpsom mr. Perspective, saying these are hollow quiet highly qualified leaders that led to our historic victory, and now i will have them both with me in the white house as we work to make America Great again. Colorados sandra from calling on our line from democrats. Go ahead. Caller thank you for taking my call. It is kassandra. Host sorry about that. Caller i dont know enough about some of these people that trump is i him if state of shock and in a state of shock like many of my friends are. I know people that are actually afraid right now. They are pretty happy having health care, and it was not perfect. It was a beginning. I know a lot of people that have expressed fear to me. I think it is a terrible thing. This is a country that i love. I have always been really proud to be an american. I have lived a diverse lifestyle. I have always been really proud. It seems so completely apart right now. I cannot imagine what would bring it together. Certainly not trump. Bannon will bring that awesome Goldman Sachs populism. Democrats line from mississippi. Go ahead. Caller im concerned with who donald trump is picking because of the simple fact that he has got to pick who he is got to pick to get what he wants done. I was concerned when Hillary Clinton did not pick Bernie Sanders. I dont understand why we are worried about that now when she should have gotten bernie, and we democrats would have taken control of the white house. Host you have no initial thoughts on these selections that have been made so far . Caller no. He has got to get done what he has got to get done. I dont think we would be right for criticizing him for getting done what he needs to get done. He has an agenda. For 202 7488000 democrats. 202 7488001 for republicans. And for independence, 202 7488002. Your thoughts on the naming of Reince Priebus as chief of staff in the donald Trump Administration, Stephen Bannon as chief strategist and advisor. Court forlook at the the future of the court under the donald Trump Administration. The Washington Times starts with the Supreme Court, saying it is not uncommon for the court docket to change when one party replaces the other in the white house. That change in direction is magnified by the high court seat donald trump will fill after Senate Republicans refuse to Obamas Barack selection of merrick garland. They will consider a case considering a transgender teen who identifies as mail and wants to use the boys bathroom at his virginia high school. Donald trump referenced his thinking about the Supreme Court, specifically about judges who are interested in possibly overturning roe v wade, a Court Decision on abortion. Here is some of his thinking from yesterday. [video clip] trump i am prolife. The judges will be prolife. What about overturning the law . Comment i am prolife mr. Trump . I am prolife. In terms of the gun Second Amendment, they will be very proSecond Amendment. Having to do with abortion, if it ever were overturned, it would go back to the states. Then some women will not be able to get an abortion . Mr. Trump it will go back to the states. Perhaps they will have to go to another state. We will see what happens. It has a long way to go. Just so you understand. Host one more story about the courts and donald trump. The washington journal this morning saying that mr. Trump promised to appoint judges in the mold of Antonin Scalia of who entered office with at least 16 vacancies on the federal court of appeals, and another 25 judges will become eligible for retirement. The federal trial courts have 81 a confused, an unusually high number driven by republican control of the senate. A dozen more trial Court Agencies are expected soon. Good morning from jacksonville, florida. Line for democrats. Hello. Caller hi. Steve bannon has been manager of Breitbart News for several years, and he has been at Donald Trumps side since before the one the nomination. Breitbart news is a platform for the alt right. According to employees of Breitbart News who quit because the site had become a vegan for neonazis beacon for neonazis and racists and antisemites, and that is who donald trump has chosen to be beside him at the way. We have elected a racist. Host the Southern Poverty Law Center when the announcement for steve bannon came out said that steve bannon was the main driver behind Breitbart News becoming a white f no nationalist propaganda mill. Anthony on our line for democrats in washington, d. C. You are on. Caller i want to make a comment saying that one of the main things for donald trump when he was running talking about draining the swamp, unifying the country, and obviously i knew that his cabinet that there would be some concerns for his cabinet picks. When you talk about draining the swamp and you pick establishment folks and these extreme rightwing media people and place them in your as president cabinet as president , that is not unifying the country. Especially if we are talking about rainy and Rudy Giuliani and chris christie, this is not an indication he will unify us. I did not think he would anyway. But now we are seeing what is actually happening. This is not an indication. Host similar reaction on twitter saying, Reince Priebus is to work with paul ryan to get the gop establishment onto the truck train. I thought he was going to drain the swamp. You can post on twitter and facebook. Make sure to take time to follow us on those websites. You can call us, 202 7488000 for democrats. 202 7488001 for republicans. For independents 202 7488002. We will go to steve on our independent line. Caller thank you for taking my call. I think Reince Priebus was a great choice. I dont think that president elect trump could have one without him and Kellyanne Conway. Steve bannon, obviously he feels comfortable with. I think Ronald Reagan had nancy to protect him and a real feel of those people around him. I think steve bannon fits that mold as well as his family. I would like to see Kellyanne Conway have a role. But i think she may want to have fromwn business and help that standpoint. I would like to Say Something to all of the people who seem to be so worried and fearful of the Affordable Care act. Nothing will be done without a bridge. On repealhung up versus fixed. The main thing is to make it right for everyone. They will always build a bridge. It would never pass without a bridge. Dont fall for the fear. Everything is going to be done in an orderly manner. There are a lot of people there to protect you. Dont fall for the broad brush that makes everyone from washington, d. C. , bad people. There are a lot of people that really do work for the American People. Host lets hear from josh from baltimore. Republican line. Youre next. Caller i agree with the last caller. I dont think the sky is falling just yet. The inclusion of steve bannon on the cabinet, i feel like because he is a media figure and because he is going to sort of polish the image, i think it is going to lead to not just a schism with the American People but also how they get their news between democratic news and republican is. It creates an obfuscation and in we make quality decisions this Midterm Election and upcoming elections. Host give us an example of how you think news will be delivered because of Steve Bannons inclusion . Caller i think donald trump has changed the world with twitter, which i dont actually have, but having more and more outlets that have poor journalism and how do i say this, and skewed facts. People have very democratic facts, and republicans have their facts. Whether it is television, internet, twitter. It creates a circumstance where we cannot talk to each other. When you settle facts on the is a situationt where you dont know who you are voting for, what you are voting for, the facts are plastic. On thehat is josh republican line from baltimore, commenting on the selection of Reince Priebus, current head of the rnc, and about to become as to trance steve of mr. Trumps chief of staff. We will continue on these calls. If you are on the line, stay there. Joining us to talk about issues of congress, the lameduck session of Congress Comes in today. And those people who just won election to congress who have training to do as they get ready to take their positions next year, joining us to walk us through what happens to these newly minted members of congress is Bradford Fitch of the congressional management foundation. Guest good morning. Host could you tell us a little bit about your foundation and its role . Guest we are about to enter our 40th year. 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