It is election day in one state in this country, that is alabama. Special election in alabama to unexpired term of jeff sessions, now attorney general, and the man who was appointed to that position has been filling that role is senator luther endorsement of President Trump. President trump tweeting twice today about Luther Strange, fox news hit with him earlier this morning, on crime, the gh etc. Ers, big day in alabama, the president said, vote for Luther Strange, he will be great. More on the special election ofalabama, we turn to howard a. Morning, why does Luther Strange have the endorsement of the president is he facing in this special election . Guest all right, thanks for me, john. One of the big reasons Luther Strange is Donald Trumps ing yout is hes be in know, Luther Strange is running the campaign has for he would be the best Donald Trumps agenda. As that. Ts simple host who is he running against today . Ajor competition in this primary, we should note it is a primary today, right . There will the road. Ections down guest right. There is eight other candidates strange in the ace, so former alabama chief Justice Roy Moore would be considered stranges main rival in the race. There is also congressman mo rom the northern part of the state. Here is state senator trip kitman from the south everyone part of the state, the only in hern alabama candidate the race. Or six othert five candidates running today. Al. Com breaking down the candidates. Page, em on the web al. Com. Also, the democrats running in the seat. Us through the expectations for today and the schedule todays after election. Is widely t, it expected for there to be runoff just epublican side, has roy ecent polling moore at about 30 solidly the race. Expectation he will be the top vote getter, but wont go over the 50 necessary avoid a runoff and Luther Strange, the most recent poll him about i mean, roy 12 points behind roy moore. Expecting to see a runoff Luther Roy Moore and strange in september. The democratic side, there is or may not avoid a runoff. Most high hes the profile candidate in the race. The only problem, hes won Robert Kennedy, jr. , who i guess no one seems to about, but just running on that name has shown higher ing, you know, than expected. He g jones is kind of hasnt run a very visible although he did pick up the endorsement of joe biden last week. You go, alabama, of course, a very red state, how the general s election supposed to be . Guest i wouldnt say, it is say, yeah, to its were all expecting the whoever n candidate, the runoff to win the seed. But you know, you never know, trump lly after donald and also, if you just consider what happened last week in charlottesville and doug jones, you know, he prosecuted, prosecuted the 16th street in the Baptist Church bombing, so i would expect him to play that up the general election. Al. Com, ard koplowitz, thanks for breaking down todays primary. Guest thank you, john. And the phone lines are yours now, open phones on washington journal. Issue you wantcy to talk about, phone numbers again, democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. Anne up first in washington, democrats, for annewhat is on your mind this morning . Caller good morning, thank you call. Aking my im thinking of the harlottesville incident and what it is about, the statues, statues from the southern generals who were in civil war. E now generals, Southern Confederate generals they susseeded from the nation, we would be two nations today, or both, with them nd their influence over the whole nation, but we could have been two nations. Those nations succeeded and they succeeded from the nation, they did not want the nation to be. We continue to honor them . How would we feel if we as had gone and fought and saw germans statues flags and host Government Spokesperson merkel condemns role of supremacy in the charlottesville violence. Caller i am calling because our athers, what happened with the , this is chaos, going to get us blowed up , dont nobody see that. Host what do you think of the president s comments yesterday . Caller it was a joke, a lie, he care, he would lie before he tell the truth. Did he lie . Ay caller he wanted to say he was act like hes against the kkk, and the national, whoever they are and all that. Against them today, when you were promoting them running. As a lot of i am from texas, you know them people down there tell they can do whatever they want to do to the black people because trump is president now. Host debra, part of what the president had to say yesterday. President trump as i said on aturday, we condemn in the strongest possible terms of bigotry anday violence, it has no place in america. Many times e said before, no matter the color of live under the same laws. The same great by the we are all made same almighty god. E must love each other, show affection for each other and condemnation in violence, bigotry and rediscover bonds of love and loyalty that bring us together as americans. Racism is evil and those who its name are in criminals and thugs, including neonazi, white supremacist and other hate grou groups. A nation founded on the truth that all of us are created are equal in the eyes of our creator, we are equal we are equal and constitution. Those who spread violence in the name of bigotry, strike at the core of america. Host here is the front page of is ys daily progress, that the newspaper out of charlottesville, virginia. With, blame y went joins sorrow. The newspapers around the continuing to talk about the story about the violence in charlottesville, virginia. Republic talking about the president s statement, thugs, frontracist page of the post tribune out of indiana. Experts dont think it couldnt happen here, the headline went. Vegas review las journal, trump calls racism evil. Headlines around the country. Want to hear what is on your mind. Allen in washington, d. C. , line independents, go ahead. Caller yes, hello. Is ks for cspan, this critical now. Place n west virginia, a voters ande trump we were speaking about this was speaking estival, about the Affordable Care act they were upset about it saying everyone will die yshould people to have if they are not taking care of themselves. It was difficult to bite my ongue and listen to, but i wanted to hear what they were saying. Told my story about the story i wanted to talk about was my wife was only one tears question, are you taking more han two prescriptions, more than two prescriptions and she said yes and he hung up and help you, had to go to the dc high risk pool. Were obamacare, we prevented from having onversations because of preexisting conditions, saved ethennedous amounts money. Ous amounts of they were professionals of some of , hr person taking care them, family. They never had to make that call o an insurance company, insurance broke sxer tell them they couldnt have insurance or a highrisk pool. Host allen, what do you think the future of health care fight be in the wake of the failure of that vote in the senate . Caller i think they are hearing constituencies, back in the district, i think is. Is where the power people in the districts sit in offices and occupy them and make healthcare is in most of the industrial world and have health care as part of historic package of things that came with Social Security is that in world war ii, the healthcare was brought in by because of the inflation control, could raise wages during the war and they thought, have healthcare and that is how Kaiser Permanente got started. At some could go back point and get historian to speak care the origin of held coverage intention, history professor told me his mark in many, many years ago started health care intention to workers happy when industrialization was just starting. Host we appreciate suggestions future segments, keep them coming. Albany, new york, line for republicans, go ahead. Caller hello, sir. Calling is hy im and ive been hearing what is going on in charlottesville, thought it was disgusting. I think that the president s weak, i thinkt was two days too long, too late. Know, i just cant people cant see, toother words, Pay Attention what is going on. Dont just be a person who is there and watch. Participate. Write. Demonstrate. Get involved, talk to the white house, talk to congress. I called speaker paul ryans office and i told him what i saw and what i was watching on t. V. While that car, when it lived tape, i was watching when that went on. Host are you a republican who upported President Trump or candidate trump at one point . Caller to be honest with you, no, i didnt. Be honest with you, no, i didnt. Here is the situation i want to sir, if you know about this at all. Call tempting to try to Governor Terry mccall and ask him. Hen they committed that violence, okay, did they succeed, suspend their right, called to r teclarnational emergency, could he say because they stepped over and committed violence hey can suspend rights because become danger of national ecurity interests, can they suspend their rights to protest violence . F that host a lot of reflection on not just the violence, but the well, a lot nse, as of local papers here in virginia ocusing on that story today, seeing how that played out in charlottesville and what could done, what couldnt have been done, a lot of stories in todays paper about that. Breezewood, pennsylvania, line for democrats, go ahead. Me er hello, can you hear all right . Host yes, sir. Caller all right. Older than m a lot probably some people calling in. The people marched and were allowed to do so freely. No violence. Failure happened is the of the police to keep the people separated. A lot of idnt have ngos back then and we didnt open source george soros millions of dollars for trump. They give false facism, face iism and fascists of that day said blend of s a government corporations. Mark sxet see how they are. Host you blame the police for ot keeping protesters, counter protesters, how much blame do you assign media and coverage of what happened in charlottesville . Do you think that made a difference . I believe that the media enjoys flaring up tensions on both sides. You cant blame the media for happened, those people showed up on both sides, showed a fight. G for to stop all ing that. People and then you had black saying hate speaks shouldnt be protected. Should be protected. Host john in pennsylvania. In ing in pennsylvania, pat the township, line for democrats. Go ahead. Morning. Good ive heard in a lot of previous lives matter, refer to as a hate group. Up ite and part of anybody. Ry welcoming to black lives matter doesnt mean lives matter. Just because you love your mom doesnt mean you dont love your dad. A lot of misunderstanding about black lives matter. Host how did you get involved the group . Caller it was after the i have several black friends who invited me to the group and i accepted. Host and what is your entail . Ment caller ive been on a couple of protests, marches, ive done them, as well. Or host what did you think about hat happened in charlottesville . Caller it was horrible. Ive never seen anything i started the night before, when the group showed up at a peaceful es Church Service and the next day it was astounding it me the the lady got killed, like the 1960s all over again. Host elizabeth in hilton, new line for republicans. What do you want to talk about, elizabeth . Wanted to talk about i for obama, im a christian, a southerner, parents grandparents were sharecroppers, grandparents, im not prejudice. With hate to be grouped in sides, you s on both know, why cant we just be americans . Hy cant we love the lord and have him in our hearts and we wouldnt hate each other so much . Host elizabeth, why do you feel like you are being grouped in with these folks . Why do you feel you are being grouped in with these folks . Live alone for years old and i world el like the whole is in chaos. People read k if the revelation a few times, i and it e it coming on all starts in america and were within, not out. He bombs from other countries probably wont do us as much as what is go og here in our country. We are not portraying a decent all with all the going on. Uff we threw god out, throw out anything with morals. These people lice like elizabeth warren, shes by satan, she is so liberal. Abortion is fine, they had a lady on aboutther wrote. He host we lost elizabeth. Democrats, good morning. Caller yes, good morning. Call. You for taking my these socalled religions need to go to their bible and look in colossian 2 14. Brought out the old testament, new testament what we supposed to live on. I hate when they said, some of black. Nds are if you have to say it, youre racist, im sorry. Have to say that some of my friends are black, ill bet nine and a half out of 10 alabama. T, come from anyway, these socalled religious people used to go to church, pick up a book. vivian, you say caller only pictures of lynching, those people leave 40s h with children in the and 50s and go to the lynching party. Second, youn, just a say you believe 9 out of 10 people in alabama are racist, do you think that is prejudice way alabama . G the state of caller i believe they are racist, if they are white, they racist, a few blacks but pictur. This was in the 40s and 50s. Host we got your point. Time for a couple more calls. Jennifer in preston, virginia reston, virginia. Caller i am from virginia. I have family that fought for the confederacy and subsequently for the united states. But oh underscore national dont understand is the confederates rose up against our republican president and our troops and committed treason against our country. Country proud that our supported the that our state supported the confederate cause. My family had officers in the confederate army. I want those statues ripped down. I want i dont want my party becoming all about racism, which is all i hear from the party. We had no election in virginia the become looking the republicanen governor and Lieutenant Governor donald trump,e who i think is a racist, i am going to have to vote straight ticket democrat. That one woman who came on and said all white people are racist, i am white and i am republican and i am not racist. I am sickened by the white supremacy. Donaldid you listen to trumps come in . Caller i did, but it was too little, too late. He won the presidency by robbing those folks up. Those folks who showed up in charlottesville, in my state. They are emboldened by him. Big klane having these rallies in my state right now . It is because he is the president and he has emboldened these people. I am a republican but i am not going to vote republican again until my party distances itself from donald trump. He is not a republican. He is not a republican and i will not for i will not vote for anyone who is a apologist for him. Host our last caller on todays washington journal. We worry back at 7 00. In the meantime, have a great tuesday we will be back at 7 00. In the meantime, have a great tuesday. Coming up in about an hour, a forum on government efficiency and reorganization. We will hear from a pair of cbl officials. That is live on cspan, cspan. Org and on the free cspan radio app. This week at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan, tonight, the future of the internet. The white house interim chief digital officer. We are talking about how certain platforms provide people with information that they are ready think. It is not likely it is not like facebook set i will keep showing you conservative content. They said i am going to show you things from the people you know and im going to show you content from the pages you like. 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Weve got more on the race from washington journal. Howarde will turn to couple lets howard koppowit z. Who is he facing in the special election . Guest thank you for having me. One of the big reasons luther trumpshas donald endorsement is he is the incumbent and Luther Strange has ,een running on the mainframe that he would be the best candidate to forward Donald Trumps agenda. I guess it is as simple as that host who is he as that. Host who is he running against . Today. Primary, guest there a