At the republicans quake at the budget busting list. Ne lines are open at democrats, call 202 7488000. Republicans, call 202 7488001. , call 202 7488002. Join us on facebook. Com cspan. This budget blueprint includes just over 1. 1 trillion, calling for a 54 billion increase in by 54 spending, offset billion in domestic and other spending cuts. Among the agencies included in the elimination list, the appellation regional commission, the National Endowment for the outs for the arts, the corporation for public broadcasting, which includes pbs , the overseas private investment corporation, and the u. S. Institute of peace. The front page of the new york trump takes a gamble and cutting programs his base relies on. The spending plan the blueprint bottom line is roughly the same as president Barack Obamas last budget request, but it marks mr. Trumps first major attempt to dismantle what his aides dismissively call the administrative state. The 1. 1 trillion spending plan in visits envisions deep cuts to many programs and increases spending on the military and on border security. We must begin with an excerpt of the White House Briefing with former congressman Mick Mulvaney. [video clip] you described this is a hard power budget. Its probably one of the most compassionate things we can do. Cut programs that help the elderly . You are only focusing on half of the equation. Onare trying to focus recipients of the money and the folks who give us the money in the workplace. We arempassionate to say not going to ask you for your hard earned money anymore. Single moment you in detroit, ine us single mom of two detroit, give us your money. Unless we can guarantee to you that that money is actually being used in a proper function. Thats about as compassionate as you can get. Host Mick Mulvaney, the full briefing is available at cspan. Org. This is what the New York Times, looks like as we listen to mark from orlando, florida on the democrat line. Caller good morning. That fors example, the funding of the f35 program you would have been cheaper to build that plane of solid gold. And it still doesnt work. They try to cut the cost down on it by eliminating the proviso two there needs to be engines built for the plane by two Step Recovery separate companies. Boehnersated in john district in ohio. It would eliminate jobs there. The department of defense funding is a slush fund. You have Navy Admirals going off Expensive Hotels and prostitutes paid for by the contractor out of the near east. Its just we just throw money at it, and were going to cut meals on wheels. Host you are referring to that leonard, who is now in a california jail. 27 people have been charged in that investigation and more are possible. Caller yeah. Corruption in this country i hate to say this, but im 65 years old. The culture of corruption were supposed to be a christian nation, and we forget that there is a commandment that says that shall not lie, thou shalt not steal. Im sorry be so pessimistic. As long as the Defense Department gets unfettered spending, and now were using patriot missiles that cost a couple Million Dollars apiece to imt down a 300 drone sorry. Im speechless. Have a great weekend. Host a conversation on this friday morning, your reaction to president trumps budget blueprint, 1. 1 trillion. The republican line for milo from idaho. Caller one of the programs that i have seen mentioned that is being cut is foreign aid in foreign spending. I have a good reference, a crs 98916 if you go to page 30 and 31, you will see how much money we spent on foreign aid and foreign spending since 1926. 1,000,777,000,000. Annual average of 26 billion. Lets take our money back, put it back to our infrastructure, so we have more money to spend ourselves. A long story short, none of the countries of the world ever contribute to america in our time of need. China is not on the list of contributors. They lead the worlds economy. Beengn aid spending has growing for too long. If you can bring it up steve, go ahead and do it. I appreciate your time, god bless america. Host this is a photograph from the New York Times of Mick Mulvaney, a longtime fiscal hawk. Is from jodey, we are trading meals on wheels so the president can go to maralago for one weekend . Wheres the president s sacrifice . Hud and the education state does not put america first. Its mean and hurtful to all except the military. Millet the elderly and and children must end, its not showing any results. President trumps proposed budget takes a cleaver to domestic programs with many agencies taking percentage spending cuts in the double digits. For dozens of smaller agencies and programs, the cut is 100 . Community Development Block grants, the weatherization assistance fund, the low income home assistance fund, the National Endowment for the arts, the corporation for public broadcasting, all will be asked if congress adopts trumps budget. Also proposed for elimination are lesserknown bureaucracies. The story is Available Online at usa today. Com. Lets go to patrick in florida. Independent line. Caller good morning. Thank you for taking my call. 1980s, 40,000 in the now its 250,000. I guess they dont mind asking the single moms or coal miners to pay for that. , which was never brought up during his president ial run, especially by the film willad capital of the United States. We have officials coming to florida to bag jeb bush beg jeb bush to get control of the pill mills. He said no. Publicly tocame out say please get control of these. The prolife christians said no. They said your premiums are going up because they just handed the pill mill epidemic to the private insurers. Drain thenald trump swamp, he brought in every sleeves sleaze. Him Goldman Sachs the game is longterm capital, they give us the mexican case of billions and billions to the federal taxpayer, not the cut a time from them. Talking about their structure, supposedly since nation any nine, we hasnt raise since 1999, we havent raised the gas tax. I want to know how many states have raised their own gas tax. They run to the federal to get their money, and then run to cspan and complain about government spending. Yesterday, the Washington Post, had a preview of the budget plan, with this headline. Showing where the cuts would take place. Would increase on Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security, and the department of defense. This morning, this headline Congressional Republicans sharply criticized the trump budget. It reads as follows. Proposedsaying the hike in Pentagon Spending wasnt big enough, well rural conservatives and others attacked plans to cut a wide range of federal agencies and programs. Ie bad mood was tempered consensus that the budget wasnt going very far on capitol hill, where lawmakers reminded everyone they alternately control the nations pursestrings. Closest allies said his budget has virtually no chance in congress. Pointing to what they excited to be vociferous opposition from democrats. Good morning. Know, from the end of world war ii to the collapse of the soviet union, i have been saying for years that the greatest threat to our National Security is the state department. War, there was never a communist dictator that the state department didnt like. The 40s, castro in the 50s, ho chi minh in the 60s have all been described by our state department as agrarian rermers. They are not agrarian reformers. Eyre murderers, communist dictators. Or they were. And thats my opinion. And thats my comments. Thank you. Tweet from fsr saying meals on wheels gets only 3 of its funding from the federal government, 97 comes from the states and private charities, calling a red herring argument. Making reference to foreign aid in the state department, that was one of the issues that came up yesterdays briefing with budget director may willingly Mick Mulvaney. [video clip] were reducing aid to foreign programs, that should come as a surprise to no one watched the campaign. ,he president said specifically im going to spend less money on people overseas and more money on people back home. Host lets go back to joe in naples, florida. Republican line. Caller this Budget Proposal is wonderful. Its exactly why we voted for trunk cash for for turump. We need to downsize the government and for the priorities on the American People. The epa has gotten too big, with too many regulations. We need to not have heard of the agency, but it has gotten too big. Military, rebuild the so increasing the Defense Budget is wonderful. Hes doing everything that we need to do is the first step. I would like to see these agencies dismantled, we need to cut them and a lot of people forget the Obama Administration added quite a few jobs the first year because of the great recession. The government got to bloated. We need to get it back in line for the American People and the priorities we have. Thanks for adding your voice. You mentioned the epa, this is an editorial from usa today, proposed cuts reflect campaign promises. The caller before me must be a trump advisor. I think its sad how they are cutting from the most vulnerable. Yesterday, iabout was speechless. Your axa going to cut funds for meal you are actually going to cut funds for meals on wheels . Lunch forng to cut kids in elementary and Junior High School . Youre going to cut funds that help low income people with their gas and electric bill . You are going to cut assistance for Homeless People . Im speechless. This is the United States of america. Mr. E gentleman , usesi Mick Mulvaney the people who pay the taxes they are to spend the money they see fit. Host monique from washington, d. C. , thanks for the call. Umps cronies tr want tax cuts for more money. You want to who push previous jobs overseas and made money. The epa is among the biggest budget cuts, a 31 reduction followed by state, agriculture, labor, the department of commerce, the firm of education receiving a 13. 5 cut. Transportation, interior, energy, and increases for the Social Security administration,. 2 , a 5. 9 increase in the Veterans Affairs budget, 6. 8 for Homeland Security and a 10 increase for lets gose department, to karen. Good morning. Caller i did vote for donald trump, and im giving him the benefit of the doubt that he doesnt know what paul ryan in them are trying to do. They are trying to make this bad so the older people wont vote for him again. You know paul ryan dislike him. What i dont get is how Mick Mulvaney this is how lack of knowledge in the real world they have. He says he doesnt want to take taxes away from the woman who has two kids and give to Something Like meals on wheels. A single woman with two kids doesnt really pay tax. Day,get at the end of the they get that earned income tax credit that she will probably get back 5,000 or 6,000. She gets food stamps, she gets section eight, she gets all these things. And the meals on wheels, those are older people, elderly people , get one hot meal a day. And a lot of times, that the only visitor they have for that day that can kind of check on them. I dont get that part. Hes going to give billions back to the Insurance Company executives. How much money does one group of people need . And at whose expense . Republican, but my sister, who happens to be a irat in the last call agree with you. They are cutting the wrong things at the wrong peoples expense. Host speaking as a supporter of donald trump, if you have the chance to tell him something, what would you tell him . Caller im trying to tell them right now. Host he watches the program sometimes. Caller thats why i started out with im a trump voter, a trump supporter. Im at the rallies all this. But i feel like once we got him things the right we never intended for it to be old people and their one hot meal a day. We never intended for it to take School Lunches away from kids. And to give billions back to these insurance executives and believe me. They are not hurting. They are not hurting. This year, for the first time, i got obamacare. Before, i didnt have any insurance. I could go and get a mammogram of the grants. Im 63 years old, i could get it for free. I had my mammogram in january. In february, i got a bill from the insurance for 334. Ive talked to a different people between billing and the insurance, im trying to be legal and i have insurance, why do why have to pay 335 for a mammogram . I only make 900 a month. So please, mr. President. , us oldou in there people, we talked to our kids because we wanted somebody in there cutting the fraud and abuse. Not old people. Host karen, thank you for the call from norman, oklahoma. The president earlier this week was in michigan, speaking about american jobs. This is the headline from the trump is times, gambling in Cutting Services that aim his base. Opponents label it as taccone and draconian and shameful. This reaction from the House Democrat leader, Representative Energy flows in from california. [video clip] federal government should be a statement of our national values. What is important to us as a country should be reflected in how we allocate our resources in the budget. This budget is not a statement , president f anyone trump has shown he does not value the future of our children and working families. He fails to recognize that the health of america, the strength of america does not just depend on our military might, which is very important. Springs, our strength from the health, education, and wellbeing of the American People. Our strength depends on the power of our diplomacy, the health of our economy, and the vitality of our community, all of which are undermined by the president s budget. Of dollars in defense while ransacking americas investment in jobs, clean energy, and lifesaving medical research, it will lead our nation weakened. We all understand and respect our responsibility to defect protect and defend the American People, and to have a smart and strong Defense Budget. Budget and actions that are reckless and rash. Host yesterday from House Democratic leader nancy pelosi. Alice joining us from new york on the independent line. Good morning. Al is joining us from new york on the independent line. Good morning. Caller i grew up in new york, and donald trump had one of his golf resorts, . 25 million a head membership. I have dealings with this guy before, he owed us more than 1 million in back taxes, and you never paid. He pays his lawyers to fight back. To get to this point, this budget is cold, and to be honest with you, a billionaire in the government right now, and the government run by billionaires and megabillionaires, this is cold. This is called the art of the deal with donald. Anybody who thinks he doesnt make a deal and doublecross you is out of their minds. Lawyers toleet of defend him, a tiny makes a deal. He cant even make a deal with american banks anymore. Word toxic, as far as his goes. , i thinku cut me off it is pretty cold wind for the last eight years, republican mantra was cut taxes and they will create jobs. , we cut taxes over and over and over again, and the jobs come back because that is the cycle of business. He goes up and down. His part ofp the deal is to tell you one thing, promise you great things the world that he doublecross is you. Host before we let you go, you elected official . How did you follow what trump did or did not do in your town . Caller i tried to be an elected official. Iran for the town board. Host thanks for the call. Share with you how this is playing out on the editorial pages. First from wall street journal, trumps reviewing budget. The annual budget is more than 4 trillion, the white house is proposing to shift in your 1. 35 of that to defense from other priorities. The notion that this is a wholesale much less cruel restructuring of the federal government is a fantasy. James joining us from murfreesboro, tennessee, independent line. Caller good morning. Thanks for cspan. The budget the donald trump is offering is going to kill people. Hime people who voted for in west virginia, and the appellations, they are going to die. , whenpeople dont know they are taking care of all their Health Insurance, he came andrallied in tennessee, these of the same peoples go to take their insurance from. When their children go hungry and their kids start dying at old people start dying, and theyre going to funerals, donald trump does not care. Paul ryan has been trying to kill the poor ever since he has been in office. Thats all i have to say. Host more tweaks. This is from david. The gop cares about one thing, and it is in the elderly. Is there tax cuts. Another caller saying let the soup lines and poorhouses return, make America Great again. Going back to the wall street journal, editorial, the larger lesson is how this spending choices are going to be if they refuse to reform entitlement as they gobble up even more federal dollars, mr. Trump is not helping by taking medicare and Social Security often reform table. Accounting for about two thirds of the federal budget, the Defense Department getting a 54 billion budget increase. Thats Available Online at wsj. Com. Just tuning in, we are your reaction to the first draft of the president s budget, called the skinny budget. Additional details coming out in the spring. In the spring. Democrats, call 202 7488000. Republicans, call 202 7488001. Independents, call 202 7488002. Mike on the independent line, you are next. Caller thank you, cspan. I was listening to the lady complained about please, mr. Trump, dont cut our Social Security, our health care, and the whole nine yards in this budget. That that is will be cut veterans will be cut . Old people will be cut . Shes finally seeing the donald trump is the witch doctor that everybody thought. Thank you. James from North Carolina, good morning. Republican line. Caller good morning, cspan. It morning, america. My name is james smith. I live on the west coast of florida, though i happen to be in North Carolina right now. I will be back in a few weeks. Im going back to florida. Say i i wanted to havent called in over five years. Enoughone, i am not old to know much about Herbert Hoover. But being a student of american history, particularly modern 1776, i find that Herbert Hoover was one of the most appalling, disgusting president in our history. We have a number of hoover republicans that are now serving , not only just the congress, and the house, but also the senate. Died 16 years ago. She lived across the state. I found out that she was getting meal in the late 1990s and 2000 from meals on wheels. I called them. They are mostly donations, because i even sent checks to them. She passed away, but the meals on Wheels Program for my it started when my mother was 83 years old. In the late 1990s. Its a great program. They also not only get the meal, but they get someone to visit them when they are by themselves. Wasn apartment that furnished by Volusia County and the city of daytona beach. Subsidized her apartment rent. Much opposed to some of our politicians, and particularly senators cruz, senator marco rubio, and particularly this guy that i that to as judas von ryan goes by the alias of congressman paul ryan for cutting meals on wheels and some other things. Host thanks again. But cuts coming from the president s congress blueprint. The president proposes, but it is congress who will dispose. The headline from the Washington Post, is gop lawmakers there is this from dave held 30 you are doing a disservice not correcting your viewers. School is taking away lunches and meals on wheels is a still program. Is a state program. The budget has just proved that the president wants to rid the country of the weaker. Let us look at the numbers again. Where the money will be spent and where the cuts will be the most severe. The biggest increases will be a 10 increase in defense spending. The department of Homeland Security will get a 7 increase and the department of Veterans Affairs will be a 6 . The biggest cuts will be the epa, 31 . And the department of education, just over 13 . From omaha, nebraska, joe on the democrat line. You are next. Caller the truth is beginning to emerge. They are going to be feeling the effects. For most of them who are in the workingclass, their families are going to be feeling the effects. It has been a good ride. As a retired military officer, i sat back and watched this train wreck. , itget ready workingclass is coming your way. Thank you. Host more reaction on capitol hill. Here is paul ryan yesterday. This is a beginning of the budget process. This is what i have immersed myself in for two decades. When the president submits a budget from it is a beginning of the process. It goes to the Budget Committee and the Appropriation Committee and we will have a full hearing about how priorities will be met. Do i think we can cut spending and get waste out of government . Absolutely. Where and how, at his something we will figure as time goes on. Host paul ryan meeting with reporters yesterday outlining the first line of contention on the budget. John in baltimore on the republican line. Caller i just went to make three quick points. And thank you, you have been liberal with our collars. Host we have been going back and forth. Haver i just mean you been allowing people to make their points. Host go ahead. Budget,regarding the one of your collars mentioned hoover. Coolidge, hoover, they were all Propaganda Machines for the industrialist and the billionaires who supported hendler during the war. Duringsupported hitler the war. You can see the series from olivers tone. They all oliver stone. Even after the war, they went back and for reparations. And sued for reparations. I know several people over at some of these military bases who are getting the soldiers ready for going to war. You can imagine that the industrialists are in control and seeking their cues from coolidge and hoover. There is going to be money. You need to be careful to not fall victim to the Propaganda Machine that will be coming up to get you to believe, same as ,he rushe same as the bushes they will want you to believe that we need to bomb someone and go to war. I am republican that i did not vote for trump. Careful when you think about your kids going to work. Host from smiley. If you want to see the values of a president , look at his budget. And another, it from richard who says the people voted for Hillary Rodham clinton. The Electoral College gave us a does. Send us your tweets. You can also join in on the conversation on facebook that comes lash cspan. Facebooknother on. Com cspan. Monday starts the confirmation koresh. For judge senator grassley is the chair of the committee. You can also listen to it on cspan radio. It will be streamed live on our website at cspan. Org. This is the opinion section of the New York Times. Mr. Trumps teardown budget is the headline. And the concluding sentence reads this document is at once scary and uninformative. Taken at face value, it it would propose pain for pain sake. Cuts thatp spending will be needlessly deep in order to accommodate tax cuts. That is Available Online. From arkansas, lucille on the democrat line. What is your take on the budget . Caller this is my first time to call into cspan and thank you so much are having me. It is a wonderful program. Well, i never thought that reincarnatedbe and come back to life in the United States but that seems to be what we have got. I am 81 years old. And i have lived a long time here and i sure did not vote for trump. That is all i have this day. Thank you very much. Host lucille, thanks for calling in. What motivated you to dialin . Caller i am so sick of trying to play genocide with the elderly and the very young. Int thank you for weighing and do not be a stranger. Call back in. Caller thank you very much. From craig is next michigan on the independent line. Caller good morning. Regarding the budget, i have no issue at all. I am independent and serve it is. That too is a shame many people in this country, not only have not read the constitution or the federalist papers. If they did, they would find out that the federal government was created by this eight by signing into an agreement by the states by signing into an agreement. Ax ton actually take an 90 of washington, d. C. Donald trump is fighting a lot of stuff and it is mostly the establishment people. The whole situation is wrong. You will have to do it a little bit at a time. When people realize that instead of depending on something, and onught and relying themselves, that was one of the founding principles of this country. Just like the refugee program. It was created right after will board you. And that is illegal. The people in this country are the government. Not the other way around. Thank you. From stelae. The military prepares heroes to protect the countrys interest when needed. That is the purpose. On our facebook page, here are some of your comments. This is from eric london who writes poverty is rampant in this country but let us add to it while we beef up the military and build the wall that mexico is not paying her. Maria says the budget is like the Health Insurance coverage. And bob allen says this is not a budget but a license to steal. Donaldcs the budget of trumps gop predecessor. The military needs more trimming. And suzy says i would seriously consider the meals on wheels budget cuts as soon as donald trump stops commuting to maralago every other weekend. Caller good morning. Called i have have never actually called into this program but i very interested in people will complaining about meals on wheels as if the program itself gets 100 funding from the federal government. That is not the truth. A lot of states only get a percentage of the meals on Wheels Program from the federal government. Each state, some were successful than others, get a majority of their funding through private partnerships and community funding. Per state. Frustrating to hear people complain about the meals on Wheels Program. I have not heard anyone mention the head start program. 19 cut for education. That is a huge program. That was just something that really got to me as i was watching this morning. I am not hearing anything about heads start. Is essential for a lot of people across this country to trump talks about wanting do some sort of childcare read it and funding in that manner but headstart is a huge program for a lot of single working moms. So, i do not know this budget in particular takes me really nervous. Because it is not addressing a lot of issues. So, that is all i would like to say. Says theichigan color government is not responsible for giving you Social Security and medicare. They should be cut also, right . And this from another viewer. Meals on wheels is a state program. Donald trump is doing what he promised. Steveella says nice of to encourage a negative color to call back in again. We actually encourage all of our collars to call back in again. It is a town hall forum. More from Mick Mulvaney yesterday, the white house budget director on the issue of the wall along the u. S. Mexican border. You will see some of the wall being built this year. The wall will take longer than two years to build. As to the source of funds, that is up to the president , the treasury, and the state department. At ombthe guys and gals who take the money that we have and allocate the budgetary process. Host Mick Mulvaney yesterday. The Washington Post writing about the trouble budget it would hit the area Transit System including the metro system. Gary ongo to the republican line from pennsylvania. Caller i have a comment on the budget but fir, when som gal comes in and calls our president hitler, it does not make sense to encourage her to call back. That is terrible. I did not vote for donald trump. I dont think i would ever vote for him, but he is doing what he promised and i am liking it. Next time, i will vote for him. But there has got to be 10 of deadwood in every program. And meals on wheels, i donate to my church and my Church Donates to meals on wheels. People should be donating if they want to whine about it. That is all i have to say but i watch every day. I do not call berry often but you got my i do not call very often but you got my dander up. Host we have a lot of firsttime callers this morning. Was it the earlier color that motivated you . He hung up. The12 budget seeks to fund mexican wall and effete isis. We go to cindy in dayton, ohio on the democrat line. Caller good morning. Question towards president i know they have buto this with obama care disabled ande the the people over 60 . You know, and the children. It is not right. The way the plan is, it is hurting them. The ban has been working so far. The work on isis the people contributing to our country, let that be. Host thank you for the call. And it are chuck schumer, this reaction with the tweet yesterday on the president s budget blueprints. Democrats in congress will emphatically oppose these cuts and urge our republican colleagues to reject them as well. Another story getting a lot of attention is inside the New York Times, next tillerson in tokyo for the first of three stops. Saying the u. S. Needs a different approach with regard to north korea. Mark toner spoke to reporters later in the day providing clarification about what that meant. The comments of the secretary of state are on our website. Jennifer from manassas, virginia on the democrat line. Good morning. Caller im 18 years old. And i have a couple of things to say about the new budget cuts. I am very young. And most of the things that are going to happen are not going to affect me that my children and maybe my brother. But i still think the things he are he is cutting is not what you should be cutting. The free lunches or the reduced lunches, they need that. When i was in high school, i knew kids who that was their only lunch. Their parents could not afford food. This upsets me that this is going on right now. It is dividing our country. Is fact that he is president really dividing our country and it is very wrong. And it really upsets me. I am a young democrat. Know if mynot political views will change but for now i am a democrat and i am strong on it. So, thank you for listening. Host are you a senior in high school . Caller i graduated last year. State, to help from the i got really a head in high school and i am graduating from my Community College this year. As an 18yearold. I did not stop going to college. I am graduating super early. Host good luck to you. And john mccain is the republican chair of the Senate Armed Services committee reacting to the budget calling for more money for the defense saying the budget proposed today will not be sufficient to stem the damage inflicted by years of budget cuts under obamas white house. Michael joins us from new york on the republican line and you get the last word. Caller i am 66 years old and i am on Social Security and all of the benefits. Appalling that all of these budget cuts affect nothing but the poor and people on Social Security. Decades in this country to get the benefits for seniors and for people that are disabled that need them. Meals on wheels and everything else. Cut is ally want to of these entitlement programs from the people that need them the most. I am a republican, that i can tell you right now as a vietnam veteran if someone had cut benefits to my grandmother when i was in vietnam, i would have laid my gun on the ground and walk home if i could have. This is appalling. And if donald trump or anyone in the Republican Party thinks they will promote their Political Party on the backs of the poor people in this country, they are sadly mistaken. They will never be elected to where they are again in the history of this country. And i can tell you right now, all of the veterans across this country and all of the people serving in the military should be ashamed of our president that for the to cut benefits very reason they are in combat or the very reason they were veterans. Host thank you, michael. And to all of you for your calls and comments. You can continue to send us a tweet or join us on facebook. What do you think about the u. S. Supreme court . A new survey today available on our website at the span. Org. Joining us is robert green, a pollster. Thank you for being with us. Through some of the highlights. According to the survey which you conducted on behalf of cspan, 90 said the Supreme Court decision affects their lives and 82 said Supreme Court appointments were an important consideration in their vote in 2016. Did these numbers surprise you . Robert the only thing that surprised me was that as big as have numbers are, they gotten more intense in the eight years we have conducted research on this subject periodically for cspan. For instance, eight years ago, the first time we did this, the agree, was in the 30s. Of americans strongly agree that the decisions have an impact on their everyday lives the other thing i was struck i and you see that in the 81 number that you mentioned, or 82 number that you mentioned is that it is bipartisan, cutting across the parties. Everyone feels strongly that the happenednt what with the Supreme Court was an important factor in their vote. Host can you watch us can you walk us through the methodology of the survey . It was conducted very recently. These are fresh numbers. We conducted online interviews from march 7 to march 9 next week last week. We conducted 1032 interviews of likely voters. The margin of error is 3. 05. 95 confidence level. If it was possible to interview all americans, and it is not but if it were, 19 times out of 20, the results would not very by three points from what we see here. It is sound stuff. Host let me put another number on the screen. 71 . That is the number of people in the survey who follow news about the president s nominate for the Supreme Court. We mention that number because presumably, we could have some additional vacancies in the coming years under this administration. Robert yes. Quite a large number, 71 are following we had a followup that showed seven in 10 americans are following news in recent weeks concerning the nominate but by a three to one margin, people are following this nomination more closely than they have in the past. Host with an eye on what we could presumably expect on monday when the judge will raise his right hand and swear to tell the truth as he testifies before congress, based on the people that you questioned, what will they be looking for next week . Robert first, they will be following closely. There is always a lot of attention paid to potential nominees to the Supreme Court. I believe it will be even more than what we have seen in the past. What we see at of the data is that the intensity, which was not considerable eight years ago, is not less now. Ast will americans see direct connection between the high court and their personal lives . Robert i do. They tell us they do. It shows up and how they vote. This is outside of the pull but i think it is interesting how often on cspan and other places, when citizens are or in some sort of news setting, how often Supreme Court nominees or appointments to the Supreme Court matter in how they look at issues. The one thing i will say is that the public this is part of what we look at in the survey, the public would like to know a lot more about what the word is up to and they dont have the opportunities that they like to. Host you teedo my next question perfectly, robert rain. It is no secret that this Network Since its inception 38 years ago this month has been an advocate for cameras in the court for the oral arguments. There are roughly 7475 oral arguments that take place during the course of the year, the survey said what about how americans feel about cameras in the court . Fourt three out of americans support cameras in the Supreme Court courtroom. Is a strong majority, similar to some of the other numbers we have spoken about this morning. What is most striking that over is that over eight years, there has been a strong increase in support of cameras from 61 of all voters to 76 in the latest survey. That is pretty impressive. Subject that is public up that is doubling up from the ground. They want to know more and they care more than they did in the past and they cared then to see the oral arguments. It is very important. I will speak to that for a moment. The Supreme Court has, it seems to me, a problem in that it is interpreted by the media, the president , the congress they never allow their work to speak for itself. Televising oral arguments would let people see that they operate in a serious and constitutional manner. I think it is Something Like congress. It is strange that they would let the ability for people to know that they are working seriously they leave that outside of their control. It, they have to decide to do it. They have done it in all 50 states. The british do it. The canadians do it. I think it is important. Otherwise, people will make assumptions that are unwarranted. Particularly when they make controversial decisions, it is important for people to see that they are thinking about this very seriously. Host robert green, the principal and pollster. The full survey is available on our website. You can check it out on cspan. Org. Thank you for being with us. Oft about the experiences the most recent member on the Supreme Court, elena kagan. Here is how she described it. We will come back with more as washington journal continues. [video clip] let us talk about the confirmation process. You said the president advised you not to reach the newspapers. Supreme Court Nominations are so politicized. I am wondering what your reflections are about it now having come out the other end. Kagan i think having come out the other end and having been approved, it is hard to say that the process was too bad, right . I got through it. General people treated me well and treated me fairly. And even the people that voted against me for whatever reasons i thought gave me the respectful hearing, both when i went around to do the courtesy visit to all of the senators. I think i did 82 of them. Theyeople i thought were called courtesy visits and people were in fact very courteous. And then during the hearings, i thought people asked me good and fair and important questions. And i actually enjoyed that part of it. I am not sure that i expected to. But it was an opportunity to talk about something that i love and something that i have been thinking about for a long time which is the role of a judge in the society and the role of the Supreme Court. It. I enjoyed that part of i had a good time doing it. Intense, the senators, what they really want to know, you cannot tell them. What they really want to know is kind of they want you to give a thumbs up or a thumbs down on the 10 hot cases of the last 20 years or they want you to give them a sign on how you are going to come out on the next 10 hot cases they think will be coming down the pipeline. And people do that on all sides. They do it from the demo the democrats do it, the republicans do it. They have a different set of chases and a different set of litmus issues but they all want to know it and you have to keep on saying i cannot talk about that. But i can talk about some more general issues. Sometimes, you thought they really do not care about this. They really do not hear what i think about constitutional interpretation. They just want to know how i am going to come out on this case. And that is something im not going to be able to tell them. But i think a lot of the senators are very thoughtful, are very smart, are very educated about a wide range of legal issues. Colloquies with them. With both the people who were really putting it to me, and with the people that were tossing me softballs. How have you processed those 37 no votes . Kagan it does not matter at all. You are the same justice whether 37 noare 39 no votes, votes, or zero no votes. I honestly think it is just part of the process. There has been white a number of us now. Some appointed by republican president s. Some appointed by democratic president s. Who have had a significant number of no votes. The process has become in part politicized and youre just going to have some opposition. I like to think that it does not have much to do with me. Me i think that is true of and of a number of my colleagues the number of no votes does not have much to do with you that has to do with the political situation at t the number of no votes just much to do with you. It has to do with the political at the time. Has to do with a whole world of they other than what think of you. Washington journal continues. Host we want to welcome scott represents pennsylvania in the center part of the state
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