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Night, that President Trump said more information is forthcoming about his allegations, that president obama wire tapped his phone before the election. Several members of the house, including the chairman and the Ranking Member of the Intelligence Committee, also commented on these claims as well yesterday. For our first hour, we want to get your thoughts on these claims by President Trump and what you think of them. If you believe President Trump and what he says about the wire tapping claim, 2027488000. If you dont believe him, 2027488001. And if youre not sure, you can call us at 2027488002. You can post your thoughts on cspanwj. Also give us your thoughts on facebook this morning when you go to facebook. Com cspan. Washington times picks up the story from an interview that the president gave last night on fox news when it came to his wire tapping claims. This is the story that he said yesterday he didnt mean to suggest that president obama actually tapped his phones, but he insisted some very interesting items will be coming to back up his claim that the Previous Administration snooped on him and his campaign. Host again, that enter introduce was on the Fox News Channel and the president talking about these wire tap claims. Heres what the spread heres what the president had to say. President trump i dont want to do anything thats going to violate the strength of an agency. We have enough problems. The c. I. A. Was hacked, and a lot of things taken. That was during the obama years. That was not during us. That was during the obama situation. Mike pompy is there now doing a fantastic job. But we will be submitting certain things, and i will be perhaps speaking about this next week, but its right now before the committee, and i think i want to leave it at that. Tucker why not wait to tweet about it until you can prove it . You devalue your words when you cant provide evidence. President trump because the New York Times wrote about it. Not that i respect them, i call them the failing New York Times, but they wrote about it using the word wire tap. Tucker but youre the president. You have the ability to gather all the ed you want. President trump i do, but frankly, we have a lot right now. I think if you watch if you watched what he was talking about, how he mentioned the word wire tap, you would feel confident you could mention the name. He mentioned it. Other people have mentioned it. But if you take a look at some of the things written about wire tapping and eavesdropping, and dont forget, when i say wire tap, those words were in quotes. That really covers because wire tapping is pretty oldfashioned stuff, but that covers surveillance and many other things. Nobody ever talks about the fact that it was in quotes, but thats a very important thing. But wire tap covers a lot of Different Things. I think youre going find some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks. Host thats the latest from President Trump about these claims of wire tapping by the Previous Administration. Well show you more that took place on capitol hill amongst members of the House Intelligence Committee and other sources, but we want to get your thinking, or at least your thoughts on these claims, and if you believe them, dont believe them, maybe youre not sure. If you are one that believes the president and what he says, 2027488000. If you dont believe him, its 2027488001. If youre not sure, 2027488002. You can post on twitter. Bill king did this morning, and cspanwj, a tweet, saying outside of trump supporters, he says, nobody believes the wire tapping charges by President Trump against president obama. Those are the ways that you can reach out to us for this hour, as we take a look at this and other things happening within the last 12 to 24 hours, considering the trump administration. Chicago, illinois, is where well start. Connie says she doesnt believe it. Hi, connie, go ahead and tell us why. Caller hi, pedro. O, i dont believe it. The only thing i can say positive about trump is that he is consistent, and he consistently lies. We all know that he is the original birtherism creater to. I have to side with Bernie Sanders that hes a pathological liar. Everything that comes out of his mouth is a lie. Now you have lawmakers saying that you cannot they dont know whether to believe anything he says. No, i dont believe it. President obama has held himself with dignity and respect all throughout his eight years of his tenure as president , and here this guy comes along and want to smear and put tar on his reputation, and i find it repulsive. Its revolting. And no, i dont believe donald trump, and i never will. Its a really, really sad day that we have something as low as him sitting in the oval office. Thank you for taking my call. Host lets go to jim from georgia, says he believes the president. Jim, go ahead. Youre on. Caller yeah, i have my own ideas on how he was tapped, according to edward snowden. E n. S. A. Has been has had ability to wire tap every individual in this country simultaneously, and i dont think that trump tower was any exception. Host so youre basing that on mr. Snowden. And what do you think about the charges overall and the president making these charges . What do you think he gets from this . Caller well, as far as what he gets from it, he gets his attitude out there that this country is in trouble. I mean, when theyre spying on both political parties, its clear what the d. N. C. And with trump that there are nefarious people behind the scenes that are trying to destroy this country. That pretty well covers that. Host in the Washington Times oped section this morning, andrew napolitano, judge napolitano, you probably see him on fox news, makes this argument, saying that president obama and did he spy on President Trump, saying in 2016, mr. Trump says the surveillance of him took place, mr. Obama needed only to ask the n. S. A. For a transcript of mr. Trumps telephone conversation to be prepared for the digital versions that the n. S. A. Already possessed, because the n. S. A. Has the digital version of every telephone call made to, from, and within the u. S. Since 205, if mr. Obama wanted transcripts , the n. S. A. Would have been dutybound to provide them, just as it would have been provided to provide transcripts of mr. Obamas calls today if mr. Trump wanted them. But if mr. Obama did order the n. S. A. To prepare transcripts of mr. Trumps conversations last fall under the pretext of National Security to find out whether mr. Trump was communicating with the russians would have been a good excuse, there would exist somewhere a record of such an order. For that reason, if mr. Obama did this, he no doubt used a source in which hed leave no fingerprints. Again, the thoughts from judge napolitano in the Washington Times this morning. You can read them there. Lets go to linda from miss miss that she doesnt believe the president. Hello, linda, go ahead. Caller no, i dont believe the president. Because the first caller took my thunder, stole my thunder. President obama owe bided by the laws and regulations while he was there for eight years. No one had to tap donald trump to know that hes a crook. He tells on himself all the ime. All of his cabinets have had contact with russia. And if the body is working, the head knows too. So no, i dont believe president obama tapped it. That might be the guilty conscience of him to know he said and said things he shouldnt have done, and he said that because of paranoia. Hes a 70yearold man that is not going to change his habits, tweeting in the morning. Get some sleep, donald. Maybe the man needs a rest. Host lets go to kay, new york, also doesnt believe the president. Hello, kay. Caller hi. Sir, its so funny what the woman said before, not funny, but she said, the person stole her thunder. Yeah, i truly believe, i dont believe that president obama wire tapped trump in any way, shape, or form. You know, i believe hes using this to divert, you know, whats on him with russia, and i truly believe, yes, putin has something on donald trump, and, you know, i just dont understand where people come from that, you know, clap when he talks and so on and so forth, you know, because, number one, you know, its obvious, it doesnt take a Rocket Scientist to know, you know, the man is corrupt. Hes not a very good person. Anything that seems to come out of his mouth, sir, is a lie. You know, its just hes doing this, sir, to divert from himself. Hes very disturbing to me, sir. Hes very, very, very disturbing. I think something is wrong with him. He wants to, for whatever reason, you know, taint president obama. You know, its obvious he wants to do and reverse every everything obama has done while he was in office. I just truly, sir, no, i dont believe that president obama would do that, and i really dont like donald trump, sir. I dont like him. Host ok. Lets go to maria, fresh meadows, new york, says she believes the president. Youre next, maria, hi. Caller hi, yes, i do believe that the president is investigating a situation, and that first woman and the woman that just spoke now, im very disappointed in the way they speak about our president. He was elected by the people, and thats the way it is. Talking about the russian situation and any of these people have listened to the reports coming in from people, different investigators, not trump people, but different investigators have come over again and again that the russian situation is closed, there was no connection. I dont know where these people get their information, and im very disappointed, because this is our president , and they ought to be ashamed of themselves the way they speak of our president. As far as president obama, for eight years we had to suffer with what he did. We suffered. And we were quiet. We didnt go out picketing. I am an independent, and im what isappointed in president obama has done while he was elected as president. Host maria, back to President Trump for a president. Why specifically believe these claims . What leads you to believe the president is telling the truth . Caller why do i believe him . Because President Trump accepted the responsibility of being president. If you listen to him, he was a very wealthy man. He was living he had all the things that he ever needed. He gave that up to be our president and to take our country and put it back where it belongs, to get rid of criminals coming into our country. And i believe him, and he will test this to the bitter end. In the end, we may find thats not exactly obama, and might not be obama himself, it may be somebody in his campaign or, you know, lurking with him. But i believe that hes going to investigate and get down to the bitter end of it and find out what it is. Host thats maria. Again, were asking your thoughts on these wire tapping claims by President Trump. If you believe them or dont believe them, or maybe youre not sure, one of the bits of information that came out yesterday, this reported by politico, the f. B. I. Director on the topic of the Russian Investigation next week will testify publicly. Austin writhes writing, saying he briefed leaders from the Senate Judiciary committee and the heads of the House Intelligence Committee announced that he agreed to testify publicly before their panel next week. Lindsey graham also held a hearing, in which he pleaded for the f. B. I. To stop stone walling congress on this topic. They say that lawmakers are centering on two questions. Theyre determined to get answers im sorry, lawmakers in both chambers are commanding they clear up the president s claim that the former president wire tapped trump tower, and both panels are using their leverage to ensure to get what they want, raising the prospect of issuing subpoenas, mentioning the House Intelligence Committee was both nunez who n, devin claim out yesterday and specifically talked about these claims by the president and how they feel about them and as far as where they are as believing the president , and heres those comments from yesterday. That evidence still remains the same, we dont have any evidence that that took place. In fact, i dont believe, just in the last week of time, the week we talked to, i dont think there was an actual tap of trump tower. However, as i expressed last week and remain even more , cerned about this, which one, the people tied to the Trump Campaign that could have been leaked, similar to general flynn, and secondly, the unmasking of americans names potentially for political purposes, which were continuing to ask more about that. I want to join in saying that, to date, ive seen no evidence that supports the claim that President Trump made that his predecessor had wire tapped he and his associates at trump tower. Thus far, we have seen no basis for that whatsoever. We still want the Justice Department to respond to our letter. Weve given them until march 20. Were both willing to use compulsory process if thats necessary, though neither of us, i think, believe that will be necessary. Certainly at the open hearing that we have on march 20, we will be asking the director if he has seen any evidence that substantiates the president s claim. It deeply concerns me that the president would make such an accusation without basis, and we think its in the Public Interest that this be addressed very openly by the director, and we certainly expect that he will. Host up next, tom, gaithersburg, maryland, says he believes the president. Tom, good morning. Thanks for waiting. Go ahead. Caller good morning, my friend. I do believe the president. I dont understand why theres a controversy about this. The New York Times reported on it on several occasions. One person went on National Television and said that the Clinton Campaign knew about the wire taps. So i dont understand why the president isnt making any extraordinary claims that havent been reported. Now, i have a theory on how on why top Congressional Republicans are saying that theres no evidence. Host ok. Caller if i wanted to do this, and i was a very powerful person in washington, obama or somebody directly beneath him, i would create a special access program, and i would limit the distribution of this material to three or four or five people, and that then, it was also and so congress would have no knowledge of this program. It was reported in the New York Times, again, and the Washington Post also reported that obama was leaving bread crumbs throughout the Intelligence Community to hinder trumps presidency. I cannot even understand the people who are saying that trump is lying, when he is really just repeating what the New York Times, Washington Post, and robbie mook, Hillary Clintons own campaign manager, ave said either in print or on National Television. Host next to new jersey. Josephine does not believe the president. Hi, josephine. Caller good morning. I know everybody keeps reporting the New York Times said this, well, i would appreciate it, pedro, if you would read the article, because it never says anything of this sort. The man, ive watched him for over 50 years, and he lies about his wealth. Hes only worth 250 million. He lies about the president , where he says hes not a citizen. This man doesnt know the truth if he even stares it in the face. Hes a habitual liar. And more important, this man is cutting the state department. The state department is the agency that keeps us out of war, so you know what direction he wants to go in, world war three, so long as his sons dont fight, your sons can go and fight, but nobody else. Sad. Very, very sad that we live in a time. And he idolizes andrew jackson. If he dont know history, please go back and read it. Andrew jackson was a failure, and everything hes doing, hes emulating. Its very, very sad. Host ok, josephine, thanks for the call. Thanks for the segue as well, as she mentioned the department of the state department. And the budget cuts it might see. The president released it yesterday. If you go to our web sited, right at the top of the web page, you can click on the link and get information about the budget that was released by the president yesterday, a skinny budget as its called, as it only gives the initial information about what hed like to do as far as the various departments are concerned. When it comes to increases that are planned, some of these have already been announced, particular when will it comes to the areas of defense, homeland security, and veterans fairs, 52 billion requested for defense. Homeland security, 2. 8 billion. Veterans affairs, 4. 4 billion. Those are the major increases. Almost every other department seeing a cut. This also by a chart from the Washington Post this morning. The caller mentioned the state department, a 29 potential cut of 10 billion. Environmental Protection Agency , 31 cut. And the list goes on of the various departments the president would like to see cut in the budget, this specifically to programs, also adding that the national arts, chemical safety board, corporation for public broadcasting, United States institute of peace, and others would also see cuts as well. Again, thats in the President Trump<\/a> said more information is forthcoming about his allegations, that president obama wire tapped his phone before the election. Several members of the house, including the chairman and the Ranking Member<\/a> of the Intelligence Committee<\/a>, also commented on these claims as well yesterday. For our first hour, we want to get your thoughts on these claims by President Trump<\/a> and what you think of them. If you believe President Trump<\/a> and what he says about the wire tapping claim, 2027488000. If you dont believe him, 2027488001. And if youre not sure, you can call us at 2027488002. You can post your thoughts on cspanwj. Also give us your thoughts on facebook this morning when you go to facebook. Com cspan. Washington times picks up the story from an interview that the president gave last night on fox news when it came to his wire tapping claims. This is the story that he said yesterday he didnt mean to suggest that president obama actually tapped his phones, but he insisted some very interesting items will be coming to back up his claim that the Previous Administration<\/a> snooped on him and his campaign. Host again, that enter introduce was on the Fox News Channel<\/a> and the president talking about these wire tap claims. Heres what the spread heres what the president had to say. President trump i dont want to do anything thats going to violate the strength of an agency. We have enough problems. The c. I. A. Was hacked, and a lot of things taken. That was during the obama years. That was not during us. That was during the obama situation. Mike pompy is there now doing a fantastic job. But we will be submitting certain things, and i will be perhaps speaking about this next week, but its right now before the committee, and i think i want to leave it at that. Tucker why not wait to tweet about it until you can prove it . You devalue your words when you cant provide evidence. President trump because the New York Times<\/a> wrote about it. Not that i respect them, i call them the failing New York Times<\/a>, but they wrote about it using the word wire tap. Tucker but youre the president. You have the ability to gather all the ed you want. President trump i do, but frankly, we have a lot right now. I think if you watch if you watched what he was talking about, how he mentioned the word wire tap, you would feel confident you could mention the name. He mentioned it. Other people have mentioned it. But if you take a look at some of the things written about wire tapping and eavesdropping, and dont forget, when i say wire tap, those words were in quotes. That really covers because wire tapping is pretty oldfashioned stuff, but that covers surveillance and many other things. Nobody ever talks about the fact that it was in quotes, but thats a very important thing. But wire tap covers a lot of Different Things<\/a>. I think youre going find some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks. Host thats the latest from President Trump<\/a> about these claims of wire tapping by the Previous Administration<\/a>. Well show you more that took place on capitol hill amongst members of the House Intelligence Committee<\/a> and other sources, but we want to get your thinking, or at least your thoughts on these claims, and if you believe them, dont believe them, maybe youre not sure. If you are one that believes the president and what he says, 2027488000. If you dont believe him, its 2027488001. If youre not sure, 2027488002. You can post on twitter. Bill king did this morning, and cspanwj, a tweet, saying outside of trump supporters, he says, nobody believes the wire tapping charges by President Trump<\/a> against president obama. Those are the ways that you can reach out to us for this hour, as we take a look at this and other things happening within the last 12 to 24 hours, considering the trump administration. Chicago, illinois, is where well start. Connie says she doesnt believe it. Hi, connie, go ahead and tell us why. Caller hi, pedro. O, i dont believe it. The only thing i can say positive about trump is that he is consistent, and he consistently lies. We all know that he is the original birtherism creater to. I have to side with Bernie Sanders<\/a> that hes a pathological liar. Everything that comes out of his mouth is a lie. Now you have lawmakers saying that you cannot they dont know whether to believe anything he says. No, i dont believe it. President obama has held himself with dignity and respect all throughout his eight years of his tenure as president , and here this guy comes along and want to smear and put tar on his reputation, and i find it repulsive. Its revolting. And no, i dont believe donald trump, and i never will. Its a really, really sad day that we have something as low as him sitting in the oval office. Thank you for taking my call. Host lets go to jim from georgia, says he believes the president. Jim, go ahead. Youre on. Caller yeah, i have my own ideas on how he was tapped, according to edward snowden. E n. S. A. Has been has had ability to wire tap every individual in this country simultaneously, and i dont think that trump tower was any exception. Host so youre basing that on mr. Snowden. And what do you think about the charges overall and the president making these charges . What do you think he gets from this . Caller well, as far as what he gets from it, he gets his attitude out there that this country is in trouble. I mean, when theyre spying on both political parties, its clear what the d. N. C. And with trump that there are nefarious people behind the scenes that are trying to destroy this country. That pretty well covers that. Host in the Washington Times<\/a> oped section this morning, andrew napolitano, judge napolitano, you probably see him on fox news, makes this argument, saying that president obama and did he spy on President Trump<\/a>, saying in 2016, mr. Trump says the surveillance of him took place, mr. Obama needed only to ask the n. S. A. For a transcript of mr. Trumps telephone conversation to be prepared for the digital versions that the n. S. A. Already possessed, because the n. S. A. Has the digital version of every telephone call made to, from, and within the u. S. Since 205, if mr. Obama wanted transcripts , the n. S. A. Would have been dutybound to provide them, just as it would have been provided to provide transcripts of mr. Obamas calls today if mr. Trump wanted them. But if mr. Obama did order the n. S. A. To prepare transcripts of mr. Trumps conversations last fall under the pretext of National Security<\/a> to find out whether mr. Trump was communicating with the russians would have been a good excuse, there would exist somewhere a record of such an order. For that reason, if mr. Obama did this, he no doubt used a source in which hed leave no fingerprints. Again, the thoughts from judge napolitano in the Washington Times<\/a> this morning. You can read them there. Lets go to linda from miss miss that she doesnt believe the president. Hello, linda, go ahead. Caller no, i dont believe the president. Because the first caller took my thunder, stole my thunder. President obama owe bided by the laws and regulations while he was there for eight years. No one had to tap donald trump to know that hes a crook. He tells on himself all the ime. All of his cabinets have had contact with russia. And if the body is working, the head knows too. So no, i dont believe president obama tapped it. That might be the guilty conscience of him to know he said and said things he shouldnt have done, and he said that because of paranoia. Hes a 70yearold man that is not going to change his habits, tweeting in the morning. Get some sleep, donald. Maybe the man needs a rest. Host lets go to kay, new york, also doesnt believe the president. Hello, kay. Caller hi. Sir, its so funny what the woman said before, not funny, but she said, the person stole her thunder. Yeah, i truly believe, i dont believe that president obama wire tapped trump in any way, shape, or form. You know, i believe hes using this to divert, you know, whats on him with russia, and i truly believe, yes, putin has something on donald trump, and, you know, i just dont understand where people come from that, you know, clap when he talks and so on and so forth, you know, because, number one, you know, its obvious, it doesnt take a Rocket Scientist<\/a> to know, you know, the man is corrupt. Hes not a very good person. Anything that seems to come out of his mouth, sir, is a lie. You know, its just hes doing this, sir, to divert from himself. Hes very disturbing to me, sir. Hes very, very, very disturbing. I think something is wrong with him. He wants to, for whatever reason, you know, taint president obama. You know, its obvious he wants to do and reverse every everything obama has done while he was in office. I just truly, sir, no, i dont believe that president obama would do that, and i really dont like donald trump, sir. I dont like him. Host ok. Lets go to maria, fresh meadows, new york, says she believes the president. Youre next, maria, hi. Caller hi, yes, i do believe that the president is investigating a situation, and that first woman and the woman that just spoke now, im very disappointed in the way they speak about our president. He was elected by the people, and thats the way it is. Talking about the russian situation and any of these people have listened to the reports coming in from people, different investigators, not trump people, but different investigators have come over again and again that the russian situation is closed, there was no connection. I dont know where these people get their information, and im very disappointed, because this is our president , and they ought to be ashamed of themselves the way they speak of our president. As far as president obama, for eight years we had to suffer with what he did. We suffered. And we were quiet. We didnt go out picketing. I am an independent, and im what isappointed in president obama has done while he was elected as president. Host maria, back to President Trump<\/a> for a president. Why specifically believe these claims . What leads you to believe the president is telling the truth . Caller why do i believe him . Because President Trump<\/a> accepted the responsibility of being president. If you listen to him, he was a very wealthy man. He was living he had all the things that he ever needed. He gave that up to be our president and to take our country and put it back where it belongs, to get rid of criminals coming into our country. And i believe him, and he will test this to the bitter end. In the end, we may find thats not exactly obama, and might not be obama himself, it may be somebody in his campaign or, you know, lurking with him. But i believe that hes going to investigate and get down to the bitter end of it and find out what it is. Host thats maria. Again, were asking your thoughts on these wire tapping claims by President Trump<\/a>. If you believe them or dont believe them, or maybe youre not sure, one of the bits of information that came out yesterday, this reported by politico, the f. B. I. Director on the topic of the Russian Investigation<\/a> next week will testify publicly. Austin writhes writing, saying he briefed leaders from the Senate Judiciary<\/a> committee and the heads of the House Intelligence Committee<\/a> announced that he agreed to testify publicly before their panel next week. Lindsey graham also held a hearing, in which he pleaded for the f. B. I. To stop stone walling congress on this topic. They say that lawmakers are centering on two questions. Theyre determined to get answers im sorry, lawmakers in both chambers are commanding they clear up the president s claim that the former president wire tapped trump tower, and both panels are using their leverage to ensure to get what they want, raising the prospect of issuing subpoenas, mentioning the House Intelligence Committee<\/a> was both nunez who n, devin claim out yesterday and specifically talked about these claims by the president and how they feel about them and as far as where they are as believing the president , and heres those comments from yesterday. That evidence still remains the same, we dont have any evidence that that took place. In fact, i dont believe, just in the last week of time, the week we talked to, i dont think there was an actual tap of trump tower. However, as i expressed last week and remain even more , cerned about this, which one, the people tied to the Trump Campaign<\/a> that could have been leaked, similar to general flynn, and secondly, the unmasking of americans names potentially for political purposes, which were continuing to ask more about that. I want to join in saying that, to date, ive seen no evidence that supports the claim that President Trump<\/a> made that his predecessor had wire tapped he and his associates at trump tower. Thus far, we have seen no basis for that whatsoever. We still want the Justice Department<\/a> to respond to our letter. Weve given them until march 20. Were both willing to use compulsory process if thats necessary, though neither of us, i think, believe that will be necessary. Certainly at the open hearing that we have on march 20, we will be asking the director if he has seen any evidence that substantiates the president s claim. It deeply concerns me that the president would make such an accusation without basis, and we think its in the Public Interest<\/a> that this be addressed very openly by the director, and we certainly expect that he will. Host up next, tom, gaithersburg, maryland, says he believes the president. Tom, good morning. Thanks for waiting. Go ahead. Caller good morning, my friend. I do believe the president. I dont understand why theres a controversy about this. The New York Times<\/a> reported on it on several occasions. One person went on National Television<\/a> and said that the Clinton Campaign<\/a> knew about the wire taps. So i dont understand why the president isnt making any extraordinary claims that havent been reported. Now, i have a theory on how on why top Congressional Republicans<\/a> are saying that theres no evidence. Host ok. Caller if i wanted to do this, and i was a very powerful person in washington, obama or somebody directly beneath him, i would create a special access program, and i would limit the distribution of this material to three or four or five people, and that then, it was also and so congress would have no knowledge of this program. It was reported in the New York Times<\/a>, again, and the Washington Post<\/a> also reported that obama was leaving bread crumbs throughout the Intelligence Community<\/a> to hinder trumps presidency. I cannot even understand the people who are saying that trump is lying, when he is really just repeating what the New York Times<\/a>, Washington Post<\/a>, and robbie mook, Hillary Clintons<\/a> own campaign manager, ave said either in print or on National Television<\/a>. Host next to new jersey. Josephine does not believe the president. Hi, josephine. Caller good morning. I know everybody keeps reporting the New York Times<\/a> said this, well, i would appreciate it, pedro, if you would read the article, because it never says anything of this sort. The man, ive watched him for over 50 years, and he lies about his wealth. Hes only worth 250 million. He lies about the president , where he says hes not a citizen. This man doesnt know the truth if he even stares it in the face. Hes a habitual liar. And more important, this man is cutting the state department. The state department is the agency that keeps us out of war, so you know what direction he wants to go in, world war three, so long as his sons dont fight, your sons can go and fight, but nobody else. Sad. Very, very sad that we live in a time. And he idolizes andrew jackson. If he dont know history, please go back and read it. Andrew jackson was a failure, and everything hes doing, hes emulating. Its very, very sad. Host ok, josephine, thanks for the call. Thanks for the segue as well, as she mentioned the department of the state department. And the budget cuts it might see. The president released it yesterday. If you go to our web sited, right at the top of the web page, you can click on the link and get information about the budget that was released by the president yesterday, a skinny budget as its called, as it only gives the initial information about what hed like to do as far as the various departments are concerned. When it comes to increases that are planned, some of these have already been announced, particular when will it comes to the areas of defense, homeland security, and veterans fairs, 52 billion requested for defense. Homeland security, 2. 8 billion. Veterans affairs, 4. 4 billion. Those are the major increases. Almost every other department seeing a cut. This also by a chart from the Washington Post<\/a> this morning. The caller mentioned the state department, a 29 potential cut of 10 billion. Environmental Protection Agency<\/a> , 31 cut. And the list goes on of the various departments the president would like to see cut in the budget, this specifically to programs, also adding that the national arts, chemical safety board, corporation for public broadcasting, United States<\/a> institute of peace, and others would also see cuts as well. Again, thats in the Washington Post<\/a>. Theres some more details that well share with you during the hour. Back to the topic of the wire tap claims by the president , if you believe or not believe him. Someone who doesnt believe him from minnesota, this is ted, hi. Caller yeah, just wanted to mention, they did release transcripts of the conversation tween flynn and some foreign dignitaries. They also released copies of trumps conversation with the australian Prime Minister<\/a> and another foreign leader. So clearly there was surveillance, but i dont think it was wire tapping. I think it was a lot more sophisticated than just surveillance, so that article you just read from, was it the Washington Times<\/a> . Thats probably whats going on. They do keep records of everybodys conversation, including this phone call, and if somebody from the white house called and said, hey, we want to know what ted had to say on cspan, they just bring it up and say here sister is. So its not wire tapping. Thats an oldfashioned term. Theyve got surveillance thats way more sophisticated than that. And if they want to take somebody like trump out, well, they just do it. Its pretty obvious. Host andy from ohio says he believes the president. Go ahead. Good morning. Caller yes, sir, nobody had to tell me that they did this, that they chose to. Mr. Trump didnt have to. President trump didnt have to tell me. Didnt ral democrats have to tell me. Im 70 years old. Ive read the paper. I know what a liberal democrat that smiss theyre smarter than the people in this country, theyll do anything. This is a man who wants to build up our selfdefense. Hes the last person in the United States<\/a> that the russians ould want to be president. Highway stupid do they think we are . Host jim see next from maryland. Jamie is next on on our line from dont believe the president , from maryland. Caller the caller before that, i just wanted to say, i dont think that you have to be in the secret service or anything to understand that our leadership are like puppets. If you have a conversation with a higher level official, especially in places that we have concerns, places like andrureb china, then i think you should automatically assume that your conversations are being monitored. So i dont think thats something that president obama ordered. I just think that the folks that they were talking to were people of concern. Like i said, highlevel officials in russia. So if you were to pick up the phone and call them, your conversation is going to be monitored. Thats not up something that president obama asked for. Thats something they happened to catch. I think that thats basically it. I dont think that there was anything personal about it, but furthermore, i want to say that trump himself made his own self a person of interest when he said the things that he was saying on the campaign trail, when he was saying that, basically implying that he would like to see grureb after Hillary Clintons<\/a> emails and she was really in there and that kind of thing. The entire world saw trump say that. He might have made his own put his own self in the hot seat by making those comments, you know . Host so thats jamie. And heres what were talking about, asking about the wire tapping claims and if you believe or dont believe them. Again, weve set aside the lines this morning. 2027488000 if you believe the president. 2027488001 if you dont believe him. If youre not sure, 2027488002. Even as all this was going on, it was yesterday where the revised travel ban from the white house saw a stay come out from a court after an argument by hawaiis attorney general. The daily news reporting its the ninth Circuit Court<\/a> after peels that you probably heard several times during the course of these conversations, also saying they wont reconsider the president s original travel ban, writing that they wont hear the case regarding the original travel ban that the Court Announced<\/a> on wednesday. That decision came hours after a revised ban was blocked by a federal judge in hawaii, and last month, it was last month, a threejudge panel from the ninth circuit concluded that the president s initial executive order was likely unconstitutional. The administration withdrew the order, which limited travel from seven muslimmajority countries, substituted it, barring travelers from six muslimmajority nations and suspending the refugee program. And following the broad injunction dense the policy, the president went on the offensive, calling the judges impartiality into question. Part of that judgment occurred while the president was traveling last night to that rally in nashville. If you didnt see it, go to our website and you can watch it there. It was during that event with supporters that he responded to the ruling of the Hawaii District Court<\/a> judge on the new travel ban. Heres the president from yesterday. President trump moments ago, i learned that a district judge n hawaii [boos] part of the much overturned [boost rcuit court [and i have to be nice, otherwise ill get criticized for speaking poorly. About our courts. Ill be criticized by these people, among the most dishonest people in the world,. Will be criticized ill be criticized by them for speaking harshly about our courts. I would never want to do that. A judge has just blocked our executive order on travel and refuse scombreeze coming into our country from certain countries. The order he blocked was a watered down version of the first order. That was also blocked by another judge and should have never been blocked to start ith. This new order was tailored to he dictates of the ninth circuit, in my opinion flawed uling. , an is the opinion of many unprecedented judicial overreach. Host again, several times the president mentioned the ninth district court, including the court after peels. If you go to the court of appeals website for the ninth district, it gives you a map of some of the states that are included, hawaii and alaska included, while california and many of the western states. Again, you go to the court after peels website, you can find that. By the way, if youre interested in learning more about the ninth district, the house Judiciary Committee<\/a> holds a hearing concerning redistricting of that court, how it works, how it operates. And if youre interested in learning more, you can see that live today, 10 00 on cspan3, also view it at cspan. Org and listen to it on our cspan radio app. Back to the president s wire tapping claims. Will free brooklyn, new york, says he willie from brooklyn, new york, says he doesnt believe the president. Willie, youre on. Caller yes, i dont believe that, because why are we going to waste our time tapping somebody that only worries about themselves, you understand what im saying . And for president obama to do that, i just dont understand that. Its a waste of time. Host so when you say worried about himself, expand on that. What do you mean by that . Caller ok, trump is for trump. Thats what i mean. Ok . Thats what i mean. Thats how i feel. Im from new york. Trump is for trump. I dont know about anybody else, but thats how i see it. Host ok, lets go to kay in finley, ohio, also doesnt believe the president. Kay, youre next, hi. Caller hi. Totally agree with the last gentleman. Trump is all about himself. He is never wrong. Dont believe the wire tap story. He just likes to bait and switch subjects. Any time something comes up that is against him or against his ideas, hes got to bring Something Else<\/a> up to change the subject. Like right now, some of this was about the russian stuff, some about the healthcare bill. Because he knows its going to benefit the rich. Its going to be unfair to poor people and older people. Just when people need to get more help when they get older, they want to take more away from them. So he changes the subject like he always does and makes it so makes it seem like hes the one thats being hurt, or hes the one thats done against. Well, thats not right. It makes you wonder where he gets all his information at. The one lady said people should support him because he won. Well, he didnt get the popular vote. And why should you support him when all hes been wanting to do is take away regulation, stuff from the pefment a. Thats going hurt lakes and rivers. What about his own grandchildren, my grandchildren . What are they going to grow up to with rivers and scomplakes stuff . They cant even go to them or have clean drinking water, because all the regulations he wants to change the e. P. A. Healthcare laws, he wants to change all that and make it where, you know, it benefits the rich. Theyre going to get tax breaks on stuff because oh, they really need it. Host ok. Paul, clearwater, florida, says he believes the president , hi. Caller hello and thank you for taking my call. I appreciate it. You know, im a republican, and i voted for trump. And the people that are against the tapping, its the credibility, who has more credibility . President obama or President Trump<\/a> . People that voted for trump are going to believe trump and people that voted for president obama, theyre going to vote theyre going say that it wasnt tapped. But if we listen to the president of the United States<\/a>, he said in a couple of weeks hes got some evidence. You know, hes the president. Hes going make a statement, a false statement. Host so youre paul, youre saying that he has credibility on this issue. Caller whats that . Host youre saying that President Trump<\/a> has credibility on this issue. Caller yes. Scommoip youre basing that on . Youre off. Lets go to joseph, charleston, south carolina, also believes the president. Hi, joseph, good morning. Caller well, pedro, let me clarify. I dont have an option here, but im on the fence, and heres why. Have you ever heard of the aumm resolution, the authorized use of military force resolution. It was passeded under bush under 9 11. A lot of people arent aware of it. It gives the president , whatever president , doesnt matter, democrat or republican, quite a bit of latitude and exercise of certain powers during war. Now, we can say were at war with afghanistan, or war in afghanistan right now. Now, the president can do a lot of things, including wire taps, which, as you know now, nobody has to go out and perform a physical act to conduct the wire tap. It includes Monitoring Surveillance<\/a> and the interception of any kind of communications. So, the justification possibly would be that trump has a relationship with putin and russia. General nicholson, our commander in the region, in afghanistan, has already stated that russia is trying to undermine our efforts there, which would lend itself to the fact that russia is tied to terrorism against the United States<\/a>. Its possible that president obama would have interpreted that as justification to onitor trumps communications. Therefore, a warrant would not exist, so nobody can find a warrant. Now, i dont know if this will reveal itself, and i dont even know if he actually did it, but its quite possible, a distinct possibility under the aumf resolution. I personally feel, if it happened, a deep throat will reveal himself one stay tell us a story. But it is a possibility under the resolution, i think. Host what do you think about the president making the claim in the first place . Caller well, let me tell you something. Im an independent, pedro. I think hes way overusing twitter. I think hes a kneejerk reaction president. He doesnt get his brain in gear before he lets his mouth run. I do wish he would cease use of twitter so much. But once he makes a statement, you know, hes got a big ego, and you know that. We all know that. Hes not going to withdraw it. Its going to take a lot to make him say, hey, i made a mistake. We all know that, i dont care if youre republican or democrat. We know that. Host ok. Lets move on to larry. Memphis, tennessee, says he doesnt believe the president. Good morning, larry. Caller good morning. Let me tell you why. He waited inside, to get inside, and they showed host larry, go ahead. Youre on. Caller they actually showed the people outside, it was only people outside protesting. This man is a serial liar. If anybody believe him, theres something wrong with him. Like he said, if he shoots somebody in new york, his people would still vote for him. He told the truth about that. These republicans believe whatever this man says. Have a nice day. Host thats larry. He is also commenting on these claims by the president , the current president , about wire tapping by the Previous Administration<\/a>, getting your thoughts on if you believe or dont believe it. Its 2027488000 if you believe it. 2027488001 if you dont believe it. The viewer who called before said hes on the fence. We have a line to help you with that, too, if youre not sure, 2027488002. You can let us know those thoughts. Issues of healthcare, specifically the replacement plan by the republicans, repeal and replace the Affordable Care<\/a> act. It was written this morning, changes to this plan need to happen in order to attract the interest or support of skeptical republicans. He did not t receive his previous comments, calling it a binear choice for republican lawmakers, so now that we have our score we can make necessary improvements and refinement to the bill, referring to the estimate on the effect of the number of those covered by Health Insurance<\/a> and what the g. O. P. Proposal will cost. He also adds that typically 218 votes are needed to pass in the house, but five pending vacancies have reduce that had threshold. No democrats are expected to support the bill, and with 237 Republican Party<\/a> leaders can afford no more than 21 defections. They will whip it, and they will find 40 nos and another 30 or 40 undecideds. That was representative mark meadows, republican of north carolina, chairman of the hardright House Freedom<\/a> caucus, who has called for changes to mollify conservatives. All that said, the House Budget Committee<\/a> today meeting on the proposed plan by the republicans. Now they will have a c. B. O. Score as well as part of this consideration as well. They meet today to look at this , in light of the c. B. O. Numbers, thats at 10 00 this morning. You can see it live, cspan2. Go to cspan. Org for more information and our radio app, if up to the see the latest back and forth on where republicans are when it comes to the healthcare proposal that was released. Thats the place to do it, and thats the hearing to watch. Carl, chicago, illinois, says he doesnt believe the president. Youre next, hi. Caller yeah, hi, pedro. Look, lets get straight to the chase. Donald trump is a pathological liar. Probably 80 or more of what he says you can easily demonstrate its not true. I know a lot of people believe him, but ive listened to a lot of people who said they believe him, and what you find is they want to be lied to. Even when they explain it to themselves, they say, well, he didnt mean it literally, but i just like the way he said it. They dont believe a lot of it their own self, but they want to be lied to. But this guy is just a he lies for no reason. And i mean, you can demonstrate this. Like i said, a lot of what he says, you can find other times where hes in the opposite direction. Hes just a liar. We need to just quit, is he telling the truth . No, hes just lying. Accept it. Hey, this guy is an outright liar, thank you. Host burbank, california, on our believe line. Youre next, hi. Caller hi, how are you . Host fine, thanks. Caller i absolutely believe trump, and i thank god for donald trump. And you know what . I have a question. Im thirdgeneration new yorker, and i wish these people would stop speaking for me, because we are fed up with whats going on in this country, and this country is going to hell in a hand basket because of the corruption and the deceitfulness and the lies and the money manipulation that the democrats have been doing for years and years. Kobe and Hillary Clinton<\/a> and whole Democratic Party<\/a> obama and Hillary Clinton<\/a> and the whole Democratic Party<\/a>, i wouldnt put it past him for trying to run him, ruin the presidency. And i have one question for the democrats. Why do they never talk about our borders . Why do they never talk about the drugs in this country . Why do they never talk about the welfare system, how corrupt and deceitful most of the people are that are on welfare. Host so back to the wire tapping claim. So youre saying specifically why you believe telus why you believe donald trump specifically. Caller why do i believe it . Who else would have the power to do what they are doing and to expose the things that they are exposing that nobody else would know about unless it was somebody very powerful that could do these things and expose things that shouldnt be exposed as far as the white house is concerned . And also trump tower. This is something that has to be done by somebody very powerful, and obama was doing a lot, a lot of terrible things just before he got out of office. 150 billion giving to the oinians, all the tarmac, linton, and the other one, meeting on the tarmac in the plane. All this stuff was being done. Host one more thing. To your thinking, what do you say about republicans who are distancing themselves from the president s claim, including, you heard yesterday from the Top Republican<\/a> on the Intelligence Committee<\/a> kind of questioning this, as well as the Ranking Member<\/a> democrat as well. Caller i have a question to your news media, too. I have a question for all you reporters. Why are you so against donald trump trying to bring back america and make america safe and make america prosperous and to be and to look to the American People<\/a> to have good healthcare and to have better scols, and why is the media so against that . I really to want hear that. Why are you against borders . Why are you against not bringing manufacturing back to this country . Host ok, well go on. Marcus, laurel, maryland, says he doesnt believe the president. Good morning. Caller good morning. How are you doing . Host fine, thank you. Caller thank you for cspan. I really appreciate you guys programming. No, i do not believe donald trump. Its absolutely ridiculous. This is what it is. When he tweeted at i think 6 45 in the morning that i just found out that president obama had my wires tapped at trump tower, people have to understand, if he doesnt actually mean wire tapping, then what does he actually mean . He didnt mean that president obama himself went in and did the wire tapping, yes, of course not. But do they think that he now understands that, as a president , that he only now understands that conversations could be digitized and transcripts of those could be provides, because if he just found out, thats a whole lot he didnt know in his 70 years of being in america. So if they take him literally, they take him literally, if they dont take him literally that she means he just found out a whole bunch of stuff that he was supposed to have already known. And one guys point about the last caller, why is the media against trump . Its not that. Its not that most people are just against trump, he happens to have a personality that most people dont like, most people dont agree with, most people didnt vote for. Most of america would not want america to be ran by donald trump. But yeah, he is a pathological liar, and no, it didnt happen, or else he would have already had the information and would not have to be an investigation. Host lets go next to new york, shawn, calling in on our line for those who arent sure. Hello. Caller good morning, pedro. How are you . Host fine, thanks. Caller well, were done digging out up here, i think, got over two foot of snow, but were a hardy bunch. Host so youve had a lot of time to think about this topic, i suppose. Caller well, yeah, between going out and shoveling, yeah. Host what do you think about these claims . Caller i think theyre definitely possible. I mean, i would say the wire tap word may be, id say is a blanket for surveillance, and we all know were being surveiled from time to time. I mean, its just part of the times now, because we have to watch out for terrorism. So i think its definitely possible, and i would lean more toward that it is possible, that it did happen he was surveiled, or maybe the trump tower could have been surveiled possibly. I think everybody just needs to calm down and let the investigations go through. And if the president does have some proof, which did he say on tucker carlson, that some stuff may be coming out in the next couple of weeks, we should all just sit back and wait and see hat comes out. You know, and just also another comment, pedro, i would just like to say, i would assume a lot of the callers are from the Democratic Party<\/a> are liberals, you know, just relax a little bit, give this president a chance. Host ok. Well go next to senator lindsey graham, one of the people commenting on the topic of wire tapping and related topics as well. Here he is from yesterday. I just want to let the American People<\/a> know that this subcommittee, with support of the chairman and the ranking committee, that were going to get an answer to whether or not the Trump Campaign<\/a> was surveiled, was a warrant ever requested, was one issued, and i hope to be able to answer the question, is there an active investigation on the criminal side of the Trump Campaign<\/a> regarding ties to russia. The director of National Intelligence<\/a> said a couple of weeks ago that he had no evidence of collaboration between the Trump Campaign<\/a> and russia. But the best way to find out is to have people in charge today with that responsibility to tell us. And were going to get there. I dont know how we get there, but were going to get there together. Were going to do it as republicans and democrats. We got a Ranking Member<\/a> and a chairman to support us. Host next is darren from illinois. Go ahead, youre on. Caller yeah, no, i absolutely do not believe Donald Trumps<\/a> allegations against president obama. Hes been lying throughout his whole campaign, covering things p. He havent been honest. Hes just not i believe the worst thing tt therican people did was vote for donald trump. Host gay in texas, says she believes the president. Tell us why, gay. Caller well, why not . I mean, you had watergate. And that was a long time ago. And there are two reporters talking been 20 years about how they have found that there is proof, and they work for the a. P. And i am so sick of everyone, if you were to call president obama, obama, or barack, and accuse him of being all of these names that theyre calling the president donald trump, then they would be in trouble. Host so, gay, to the wire tapping, you brought up watergate, but specifically the case of these claims by the president. What makes you believe him . Caller because i just have a very good instinct about people. And i honestly believe that he is telling the truth. There is something to it. There wouldnt be so much information being leaked out, so many peoples names being out there. And i believe these two reporters that have been working on this and investigating it. Theyve been reporters for 20 years each. One of them is john solomon. And i really honestly believe that theyre telling the truth. Ot like the other reporters. He is our president. Host thats kay from texas. We mentioned budget matters before, taking a look at the budget that was released yesterday. This is reported on the hill, saying the president will ask congress for 1. 5 billion this year to begin work on the wall that he promised to build along the u. S. Mexico border. Its part of a 30 billion supplemental spending request thats being sent to lawmakers on thursday, according to the white house budget director. The request could trigger a fierce partisan showdown over the controversial wall proposal, as well as the president s broader efforts to crack down on illegal immigration. Now, that 1. 5 billion is going to be outside the other budget requests, saying the hill story also reporting that the president is going to ask for 2. 6 billion in funding in his fiscal 2018 budget. Thats also being released today. And document is the president s top line budget for next year, doesnt include projections over a decade, and the full funding request for the wall could come as early as may when the president releases his broader budget proposal. Again, if you want to take a look at the initial budget that was put out there, go to our website at cspan. Org. Weve included a link that you can click and kind of take a look at the president s thinkingn what he nts fund and what he wants to cut. Agai cspan. Org is where you do that. Gary from ohio doesnt believe the president. Good morning. Caller hello. Host hi, go ahead. Caller hi, pedro. Thank you for cspan. I just want to say that we have all these departments, youve got the d. O. J. , the d. O. I. , the f. B. I. , the c. I. A. , and you have all these other spinoffs from their departments, and nobody can find no evidence of hat donald trump claims. Another thing, as far as the healthcare bill, thats just smoke and screens. Theyre not going to repeal obamacare, theyre just going to make it better. The bill theyve got doesnt even have anything to repair obamacare. And as far as donald trump being president , people should have stepped back and watched him on the campaign trail. You cant believe nothing that he says. Hes been proven a liar over and over. Just yesterday he was quoting that he read it in the Time Magazine<\/a> that he was being wire tapped and that it was told to him the day before he became president , so i would just like to say that anybody that believes that man needs to think twice, and if this would have been another president , like barack obama, they would already had impeachments against him. Thank you. Host lets hear next from henry, south carolina, says hes not sure. Caller yes, good morning, pedro and america. The reason i say that i am unsure, because this administration has tried to make it to the pointf where people dont know what to believe. People that say they believe donald trump, when he has people talking about alternative trues, which is nothing more than a sin nism for lies a synonym for lies, and to me, president obama has more integrity and moral values in his pinkie finger fingernail that donald trump has in his whole body. We mustnt forget that even when president obama was president , nowdonald trump was talking about how he had investigators over in hawaii, and you just wait, you just wait, theyre finding fantastic stuff, unbelievable what theyre finding, and nothing came out of it, nothing at all came out of it. And so this didnt start since he became president. Its been way back. And as the previous caller said, if america had its eyes open, they would see this stuff, and instead of us being wrapped up now investigating a lie, an alternative truth, what need to be investigating is the truth, which is russia hacking, which is calling, causing the institution, the very fiber core of this nation, to disintegrate. America is losing its greatness right in the face of this lie of lets make America Great<\/a> again. And people wont admit it. If you watch trumps audience especially here in the south, im from south carolina, and its basically just full of white people. And im not saying that in a negative way, but im just going, he feeds into that psyche of lets take our country back. From who . Host ok, thats henry in south carolina, bringing up the topic of hacking and russia. Yesterday, it was two russians charged when it came to hacking yahoo . Kevin johnson, jessica writing that the four men face 47 criminal charges, including Computer Fraud<\/a> and economic espionage. Its the first time the u. S. Government issued criminal charges against russian officials for cyberhacks, and the two officers of russias federal security service, known as the f. S. B. , allegedly paid hacks to break into yahoo s system as part of an intelligence collection operation and tli pockets of fall, according to federal prosecutors. The acting assistant attorney general making the announcement yesterday. Thats usa today writing about it. Theres also a story that you can find in usa today, taking a look at why the country, russia, outsources its spy work to hackers. This is Elizabeth White<\/a> writing in the pages this morning, aying that host lets go to mike, california, says he believes the president. Go ahead, mike. Caller yes, good morning. Thank you, cspan, and good morning, america. I absolutely believe our great President Trump<\/a> is telling the truth. People just cant stand it that he won, and they need to get over it. Theyre coming up with every little picky thing to pick on our president , trying to pull him apart, and see what they can find. Thats our media. Our media has been crooked since walter cronkite, and thats a fact. But the problem is, with the democrats, they know the jig is up. And theyre going to be found out about their insider trading, and they dont want to audit the Federal Reserve<\/a> board. Host so back to the president s claims. What do you base your belief on, that its the president telling the truth . What do you base that on . Caller well, number one, he said give me two weeks, were investigating it, everybody, hold back, bite your tongue, and lets let me prove to you whats going on. I mean, everybody well, i shouldnt say everybody. Half the country knows obama is the most corrupt president weve ever had. I thought jimmy carter was bad. But, you know, he took over from ford. Ford took over from nixon, who started the e. P. A. He was corrupt. Jimmy carter was corrupt. And obama, i cant believe this guy is getting away with what hes doing. Host ok. Mike in china lake, he brought up the e. P. A. Thats one of the agencies that might see cuts under the president s proposed budget, the state department could sustain cuts. And it was the secretary of state, while traveling in asia, taking a look and talking about the state department and the cuts that could come, saying he said today the departments current spending quonet was not sustainable, and he willingly accepted the challenge that trump has driven him, cutting a quarter of his agencys budget. The president s budget for the fiscal year on october 1 will cut 28 of the budget for u. S. Diplomacy and foreign aid. Speaking in tokyo at the start of a trip to asia focused on the threat from north korea, secretary tillerson defended the cuts as a necessary correction to historically high budget that had grown to address conflicts abroad in which the United States<\/a> was engaged, as well as disaster aid. Host reuters reporting that this morning. Well flare douglas, texas, for those who believe the president. Douglas, go ahead. Caller yes, sir, thank you for taking my call. Id like to piggyback on what mike says. I think he was pretty much spot on. Id like add a couple of things really quick. I do believe that something happened there, and lets give him a chance to come up with the information that he has in a couple of weeks. But i want to make a couple of quick comments, and that is all of these callers that dont believe that hes been wire every single one of them has called him a liar. This is a constant talking point, a constant accusation of calling donald trump a liar. Hes a liar, hes a liar, over and over again. And i dont think thats wise. Its not a good way to win an argument. Its childish, name calling. And i would like to say one more thing is that Matthew Watters<\/a> has given a very bad example for argument to be calling. I wont even mention the names thats used, but its very foul word thats used to call donald trump a name. Host ok, lets go to ray, connecticut, says he doesnt believe the president. Hi, ray, go ahead. Caller yes, good morning. Thank you for taking my call. A firsttime caller, longtime listener, and its programs like cspan that, you know, and your coverage that really is getting to the heart of why i wanted to take a little different tack. I wanted to talk about henry in south carolina. I thought his comments were spot on. Obamak that president should take a play from trumps playbook and sue him for libel and defamion. I think that that would be something that is in keeping with his profile as a person. s, that is. Finally, i believe that President Trump<\/a> is clearly the least intellectual or i should say the most intellectually challenged president that we have ever had. You can listen to a lot of his callers, the ones calling in for most of can clearly them probably have not achieved in eighth grade reading level, much like President Trump<\/a> himself. Host lets move to jane in port orchard, washington. Good morning. Im not sure. I listen. I try to discern. I listen to both sides. I threw those who call trumpet pathological liar. Knowt know if they even what a dictionary definition of a pathological liar is. I think maybe they parrot what somebody else said. Everybody begins to jump on the bandwagon and say pathological liar when they dont even know the definition of it. On the other side, i can see people who believe everything. They are wanting to believe so much because there is such a desire for hope to save this country, as myself too, being 74 years old. I want to believe he is telling the truth. Sometimes, i can hear statements of exaggeration or uncertainty, so i tried to listen to all of it and then come to a conclusion. I believe we have to give the man a chance. I give obama a chance, i give sh a chance, i voted all three ways. I voted independent, democrat, republican. I had hopes of seeing the country revived again. Some of these big terms like make America Great<\/a> again, i think people are hoping for that. That term came out of that thinking. I think we have to give him a chance. Ofhas only been a couple months. Lets not titled demographic call logical dust pathological liar. Him a pathological liar. Why do we just observe meanwhile and be an american citizen and dont look at black and dont look at white and dont look at hispanic . He is our president. Thank god. I believe he is going to be doing good. S tont him a couple buck help out. Host the front page of the Washington Post<\/a>. A below the fold story taking a look at actions going on in syria. Saying that the military has drawn up early plants that would deploy up to 1000 more troops into Northern Syria<\/a> in the coming weeks. That is according to u. S. Defense officials according to the matter. ,he deployment, if approved will potentially double the number of u. S. Troops in syria and Police Increase<\/a> the possibility for direct u. S. Nvolvement in the conflict days gave the pentagon 30 to prepare a new counterisis plan. Kim from iowa. You are next calling on the line for those a dont believe the president in the matter of wiretapping. Caller no, i dont believe him. Going to put it as pathological liar. Obama did a great job. He is not our president no more. Trump is our president. I dont understand why he has to come to the American People<\/a> and fib all the time . It is ridiculous. He needs to grow up. With the mainstream media, i enjoy it. , watch nbc, cspan, and cnn and they are telling the truth. Fox, i dont care because they have some conservative reporters starting to do the alternative facts too. To all of the callers and the voters that voted for trump, he is prying trying to put everyone in a senile stage. He broke every law. Ournt see how he is still president. All of the laws he has broken dealing with russia, the iran deal, the money with china. It is not right. Kim from iowa. A lot of things happening even in the last 24 hours newswise. Constant discussions between republicans amongst themselves about the gop replacement plan for the Affordable Care<\/a> act. Place inhose taking hearings, including the House Budget Committee<\/a>. It play out for yourself at 10 00 this morning. ,ou can watch it on cspan2 this markup of the budget by the budget committee. You can watch also on cspan. Org and cspan radio. Wendell from michigan believes the president. Wendell from michigan . Hello . Lets go to ray. He is in stafford, virginia. He says he doesnt believe the president. Caller good morning. Here ifresident you accuse someone without any , we are spending all this money, no evidence , no one even far looks at the legality of this. He is setting a precedent that is just the base. He is not providing of the evidence any evidence. You think that you have the evidence and then y turn around and say, wait two weeks, and then you turn around and there is still no information after two and a half weeks. People can get mad and call him a liar, but we knew this when he was a campaign. He stated he had this big plan on how to defeat isis and he will chair the plan because he does not want no one to steal it and then all of a sudden, a couple weeks ago, ive asked my top generals to come up with a plan. This guy has constantly chon shown that he cannot be trusted. To follow him blindly without questioning anything he does is ridiculous, it is crazy. Host lets go to aussie in harrisburg, pennsylvania, says he is not sure. Caller not sure that donald trump is capable of telling the truth and he is unqualified to be president of the United States<\/a> of america. Have show the American People<\/a> sold the American People<\/a> down the river. For a few russian rubles, they have been acting in concert with the russians prior to this election. Be manifested in these hearings that will start on e th of this month. They he all acted in concert with the russians, the greater good of the russians. Acted and committed treason, punishable by prison or death. Host joe says he believes the president. Caller good morning. The truth is a obama is a liar, he was against cops, he let people out of guantanamo bay. Executive orders and he lied about the health care. Come on, people. Host why do you believe President Trump<\/a> about his claims . Caller well why would i believe obama about the russians . He tried to rig it up to say the russians did it, who is the real liar here . Obama destroyed the country, destroyed it. Nevermind, just executive orders alone. Look at all the cops getting killed. Give me a break. Cassandra on our line for those who dont believe the president. Cassandra from colorado . Hi there. Ok, i think we are having a connection problem. In chesapeake,x virginia. Hello, max. Caller hello. I actually called on the line that i do not believe the president because for the little fact that he made the claim, but youve also got counterclaims by the dni, who would have known, by the gang of eight, by the fbi director. Numbers, we have a number of counterclaims of credible people in the public trust who have records of telling the truth and public service. I believe them. Brian is next in bel air, maryland. Caller good morning. How are you doing . Host fine, thank you. Caller yes, i do believe President Trump<\/a>. Administration has been dirty from the getgo, underhanded, they did a lot of bad deals. , they releasedl proners om guantanamo bay. The people that wanted to kill americans and hurt this country. That lead to believe President Trump<\/a> when he says he was wiretapped . Caller when you have loretta lynch, head of the department of justice, doing meet and greets on the airfield, that screams it , that is just like the proof of the administration and how they work. On top of it, i get tired and take it personal, people dont know me, they get on the air and accuse me of Different Things<\/a> and the one caller that said we are not educated are smart enough to know better, which is totally false. I get so sick of hearing that narrative. It is all they go for. Aboutmocratic party is character assassination and if that dont work, they start screaming racism, which is totally untrue. Host that is brian in bel air, maryland. Two guests joining us, to members of congress. Conversation will start with tom garrett from virginia. He will talk about health care, the status of the bill by the republicans. Similar conversations will take place with mark pocan of wisconsin. Those conversations coming up when washington journal continues. This weekend on American History<\/a> tv on American History<\/a> realturday night on america we look back to 1987 anthe confirmation heangs for judgrobert bork. Judge bork is wrong on civil rights, wrong on equal rights for women, wrong on the right to privacy, wrong on freedom of speech. President reagan is wrong to try to put him on the supreme court. Record p. M. Six eastern on american artifacts, we will visit the National World<\/a> war i museum in kansas city, missouri. When the museum was being constructed, the city and congressional leaders went to the u. S. Congress and asked for this to be designated as the national museum. Because of the scope of the collection, the significance among other museums in the world , congress designated in 2004 the museum as the national museum. 6 30, historian Catherine Quentin<\/a> following her retirement from the army in 1865, she returned from her home in the Finger Lakes Region<\/a> of upstate new york , where she settled into the role of activist, philanthropist. For aid andd funds benefits. Remained active in womens suffrage and other important reform crusades. For a complete schedule, go to cspan. Org. Sunday night on afterwords. The history and Science Behind<\/a> body fat in the book the secret life of fat. She is interviewed by the medical reporter for the New York Times<\/a>. Your brain sets what your weight is. Does it change as you get older . It is almost a force of nature that we seem to accumulate more fat, a great many of us. , the fat busting hormones decline with age. Testosterone levels decline with age. In both women and men, we have less of it as we age. You cant really eat what you did when you were 22. That big plate of food will make you fat as you get older. 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