later we talked to andrew laconia, newr of hampshire on his endorsement of senator amy klobuchar. ♪ ♪ at video of the new hampshire presidential primary officially getting underway at midnight eastern with votes in dixie much. notch.ksville it is new hampshire primary day. welcome to "washington journal." we would love to hear your thoughts. republicans, call (202) 748-8001 . democrats, it's (202) 748-8000. independents, it's (202) 748-8002. that's the same wjtwitter we are at c-span and we can post your thoughts on /c-span., facebook.com last night we were live from dixville notch as they opened the polls and quickly got the results. here's how things fared. republican ballot, donald trump getting 15 votes. bill weld, for votes. mary maxwell, one vote. democratic ballot, amy klobuchar with six, elizabeth warren with four, andrew yang with three, bernie sanders with two, tom steyer one, joe biden one, tulsi gabbard one. wins themberg republican right in and on the democratic ballot he was a right one,ete buttigieg got bernie sanders got one for a whopping total of five votes in dixville much. .- dixville notch they voted for bloomberg on the republican right in and democratic primaries. "usa today" capturing joe biden saying that new hampshire vote could be critical, fortunes fading. part of hisas closing argument yesterday in new hampshire. [video clip] >> a guess who else is in new hampshire tonight? donald trump. what a coincidence. what a coincidence. i have to tell you, sometimes it feels like he's following me around. he seems very interested in who the nominee of the democratic party will be. >> we love you, joe. >> i wonder why he is so interested. you know? i'm not sure. i have been the object of his affection for so long now. [laughter] heon't care how many times comes to new hampshire, he's not going to win here in november. jeannie shaheen is going to clear the slate. jeanne shaheen. neede way, the old joke, to be in a fox hole, run into it with me, billie jean, where are you? the best. she said hey, joe, make it short , get to the point, tell them what you think, right? , isaid he's here to ask you need your help and thank you for offering it. stick with me for 24 more hours and i promise you that we will do just fine heading across the country. we will win the nomination. [applause] y'all ready -- let me ask question first. [laughter] are you ready to get rid of it president that calls generals to their faces losers, dopes, and babies? who calls germanic brain injury at headache? i know i am. a president who pins a medal of freedom on rush limbaugh? ready to get rid of a president who has marched a decorated war hero out of the white house for telling the truth and has real courage and escorted him out? [applause] ready to get rid of a president who is still trying to destroy obamacare, who doesn't believe in climate change, who kicks millions of parents and children off of food stamps? i know i am. host: one final poll from quinnipiac university. february 5 through the ninth. bernie sanders leading in the poll. joe biden has 17%. mike bloomberg, 15%, even though he's not in the primary. pete buttigieg, 10%. amy klobuchar, 4%. jim roberts point this out, the most stunning finding is that joe biden's lead has to drop from 27 -- dropped to 20% and percent from 51%. its primary day, love to hear from you. republicans,. ,- republicans, (202) 748-8001 democrats, (202) 748-8000, and new hampshire voters, (202) 748-8003. newark, new jersey, are you on the line? todd inill go to brentwood, california. go ahead. the democrats have a lot of problems, but the biggest is this nasty divide between the establishment and the radical socialist left. the establishment can be accurately described as terrified of the insurgents. the sanders camp in turn is furious. fear on one side and anger on the other, which is a continuation of 2016 accept this year it's six months earlier in the cycle and three years angrier and it won't go away because it's all true. the party is rigged against sanders and the sanders people know it, that is why they are so. this. the dnc staff in milwaukee, bernie haters like john podesta, they changed the rules to allow white billionaire bloomberg into the debates, which they wouldn't do for people of color like cory booker, kamala harris. bernie sanders, winning there in 2016, think he will win today? caller: nobody cares what i think. sure, of course i do. gotop of all that, you have the fall of joe biden. he's a bad candidate, he just is in his heart's not in it. and you've got the rise of bloomberg trying to buy it from the outside. i see the democrats having a whole lot of trouble. everybody does. up they are not pointing this nasty divide between the establishment and the radical art. you know, bernie has too many radicals. he does not look like his supporters. he looks good on tv. you put his supporters on tv, you have a much bigger problem in their furious. thank you. host: todd, california. the lines are democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8000 (202) 748-8001. --(202) 748-8001. .ndependents, (202) 748-8002 we have temperature on c-span tonight at 7:30 eastern and we will simulcast part of the wn you rtb coverage as well from new hampshire. here is bristol, tennessee, democratic line. lacey, good morning. yes, joe biden, i would like to see him when. anyway, the fact is i think if they run anybody other than joe biden, it will go back to donald trump, the election. lots of folks are talking about, you know, trump telling them that if you don't vote for me the bottom will drop out of it. it never has in a democratic administration. as a matter of fact, fdr was elected four times and the bottom never dropped out. they will keep believing him anyway. , i have nothing against him. i think you would probably make a fine president. but i think without joe biden they don't have a chance. host: when do you get a chance to vote in tennessee? caller: i'm not exactly sure, precisely, here in this county. all right, lacey, tennessee. this is the front page this morning of "the washington times." host: here is part of bernie sanders'closing arguments yesterday in the granite state. [video clip] >> i'm here to ask you to bring out your friends, your family, your coworkers to vote tomorrow. to try to create the largest -- largest voter turnout and history of the new hampshire primary and i am asking you to do that two reasons. begin the end of donald trump. [cheers and applause] if we win here in new hampshire after winning in iowa, i think we have got a great chance to win in nevada. i think we have a strong shot in south carolina, california, and the states that follow. so, if we win here tomorrow at eight we have got a path to victory for the democratic nomination. and when we win the democratic thenation and put together strongest grassroots political movement this country has ever seen, we are going to defeat donald trump. applause]d do more thaning to defeat donald trump. what we are going to do is begin the process of transforming this country. with your help we are prepared to take on the greed of wall street, the insurance companies, the drug companies, the fossil fuel industry, the military-industrial complex, the prison industrial complex, and the entire 1%. new hampshire primary underway, bernie sanders yesterday. jan tweets this -- host: the lines, republicans, (202) 748-8001. (202) 748-8000, for democrats. .ndependents, (202) 748-8002 new hampshire residents, (202) 748-8003. joan. good morning. caller: i have been a joe biden supporter for years and years and years. he just seems to be fading. i am considering mike bloomberg as my next choice. i will vote for whoever the democrats nominate. bernie would be my last choice. supporters ands backers that are traveling with him, speaking on behalf of the campaign, i just find them to belligerent. i'm tired of hearing hate. i'm tired of hearing angry. i guess some of the age group that anger turns me off. like i said, whoever gets the nomination, i will vote for. but bernie would be my last choice, not my first. host: you don't sound real hopeful there, regardless of who democratic candidate is. so that you are resigned but not hopeful. i have been a democrat my whole life. i'm 77 and i have always voted the democratic ticket always. my goal is to get trump out of office. they could run a 50 ford fairlane and i would vote. i would vote for the ford fairlane over donald trump. so, it's just whoever the nominee is will have my vote. jasper, indiana, republican line, go ahead. jasper, indiana. leroy, go ahead. indiana? you are on the air. go ahead. caller: i'm sick and hired of elections. the candidates should concentrate on their platforms instead of criticizing other candidates. that is childish. right, linda is up next in marks, mississippi, democratic line. caller: yes, good morning. host: good morning. i am voting for a think joe biden is the best one in the democratic primary to bring this country together. bring ite ability to .ogether, to heal it and he has the experience, foreign and domestic. i don't, you know, bernie, .ernie is too old, too angry i just can't vote for him. i just can't. , ihe gets the nomination think that's another interest for trump. host: do you think a joe biden's age is a concern at all? caller: no, not really. all of them are old men, including trump. joe will let you see his medical records. trump would not. he fights tooth and nail to keep you from knowing. , think a 73-year-old man that's not a healthy man at his age. it don't matter. my thing is just to be able to do the job. he is 70, he may get a younger vice president. next.we will go to betty, palmetto, florida. about blacks voting for vice president joe biden, he's a decent man, he will show you his taxes, he was the spiritual advisor under president obama. theare the head of household, i would never vote for any of the women. i don't think they should be running for no president. i really don't. i'm not voting for nobody but vice president joe biden. he's decent, which show his taxes, would not put the poor children in camps. the wall? i can't believe this. people putting president trump back in? he's got children. he has a wife. everybody on this earth have a mother. how can you treat people the way he does? and he gets away with it with the federal government. tax.show our income i'm 88 and i'm still filing. i'm 88 years old woman. i don't go around for the handout. for grandchildren, no welfare, no food stamps. i raise to jobs in the house. don't live off the government. live off what god made you to do. i'm just imperiled on the black race of the united states not voting for vice president joe biden. before the program we were showing you president trump's rally in manchester. ,"is is "the union leader "trump place to another capacity crowd in manchester." on november 3elp we will defeat the radical socialist democrats, we are going to win new hampshire in a landslide. this is a truly incredible time for americans. we have the best economy we have ever had. prospairing. the most prosperity we have ever had an by the way, we will keep it that way. that's ok. we just built the most powerful military anywhere in the world. it was totally depleted. now it's all new jets, brand-new missiles, rockets. everything you can imagine. and if it hasn't been shipped yet, it's going to be shipped soon. tuesday, i delivered my address on the state of the union. i had somebody behind me mumbling terribly, mumbling. mumbling, mumbling. wagh wagh ho ha. mumbling. this tracking. this very distracting. very distracting. speaking. a woman is mumbling terribly behind me. angry, there was anger back there. we're the ones who be angry. not them. we should be angry. not them. we proudly declared that we are in the midst of the great american come back. our country is stronger today than ever before. president trump last night in manchester. we mentioned the quinnipiac hole, the caller talked about it as well. vice president biden dropped in that poll, a drop in support among african-american voters, headline reflected in other polls, half of african-american voters abandoning him between january and now, now with 27% among blacks. mike bloomberg has jumped from 7% to 22%. keep in mind, mike bloomberg is not in the new hampshire prop -- primary. he was written in to dixville notch last night. again, quinnipiac university poll through sunday. independent line, next we go to david in williamsburg, georgia. good morning. i'm calling for the independence. silencesent the roaring of the silent majority. we are tired of hearing people come out here, first caller this morning, his first, he just ranted. let me put a few facts out there for you. by republicans are being led a communist conservative puppet of vladimir putin. the senate is being led by moscow mitch. i'm going to use fax i got from c-span. the national institute of health says that we are throwing away half of our deficit, i hundred billion dollars for porkbarrel put theow mitch to health care marketplace in .exington, kentucky the man is corrupt. bernie sanders wants to get single pay health care where we get the money grabbing insurance companies out of our business, out of our health. we are getting unhealthy because of what they are doing to us in washington. bernie wants to set it right. he wants to balance the budget. he is our dog in this fight. want,s whatever you socialists, the same people calling us socialists are the same ones who think the 14th word in the preamble to the constitution is socialism. you have got to stop and sort of look at the facts. when i say silent majority, if you look at the number of independents that make it every ones whereg on the you sit back and go i'm not going to vote, that's over 100 million people. we are getting sort of fed up with it. friends,sit with my when i explain the facts to them , to the conservative party, they ain't even got enough of a clue as to what causes an abortion and they want to run on the issue. they stop and think -- you are telling the stuff we ain't heard and we are glad to hear it in a powerful way. thank you to c-span. mentioning one little note, could you add a conservative/liberal line so that real republicans and real democrats and real independents can have a solid voice and it doesn't get bloody -- doesn't get muddied up by the radical parts of our life? good idea, david. we do mix it up like that sometimes. we do have a line for new hampshire residents today. it's (202) 748-8003. republican line, new york. caller: i want to say something. the democrats like trump, they say liar, liar, liar, but tell me one guy, one politics they don't lie to the public? they liars, all the way they liars. one thing another one i want to bigis, mr. trump has got 1916.s all the time until people say he's no good. but the other people, the 500, 600, they get nobody, nobody. russia because they had big potatoes for trump. her: amy klobuchar, one of rallies, this headline, "roaring into contention, it has become an familiar ritual after impressive debate, a rush of fundraising, then nothing, america passes or by. whether it is because the election is in full swing now or other candidates appear to be fading, she's gaining traction in new hampshire -- host: here's a flavor of one of her rallies yesterday. [video clip] a president that can put themselves in the shoes of the people out there, right. once you get that, you bring back the sacred trust between the president and the people. i thought about this because i remember this old story of franklin delano roosevelt. he was beloved because he got our country through some really hard times and when he died, they put his body on a train in georgia and they took the train to washington and spontaneously people would come to the train tracks as the train went by to show their respect. there's an old story of a reporter who just sees a guy standing by the train tracks and the guy has his hat in his hand and he is just sobbing. the reporter says to the guy, sir, i hope you don't mind me asking, but did you know the president? the guy says no, i didn't know the president, but the president knew me. the president knew me. [applause] that is what's missing right now. with our country. , i wille you this restore the sacred trust between the president and the people. so, if you are struggling to stretch her paycheck to pay for the rent, the mortgage, i know you and i will fight for you. if you are struggling to pay for your long-term care for your parents and at the same time get childcare for your kids? i know you and i will fight for you. if you are trying to decide, do i buy the food to fill my refrigerator or do i fill my prescription for insulin? i know you and i will fight for you. that's what being president is about. amy klobuchar, yesterday. the hill, the headline, i want to read just a bit from this because they point out fundraising, amy klobuchar making a late charge, drawing the biggest crowds of the year, pulling in $2 billion after 14 hours and glowing reviews of her debate performance in manchester. just reminder, coverage tonight begins 12 hours from now on andan radio here on c-span, on c-span.org. we will be simulcasting the wi mu rtb coverage. polls closing in new hampshire at 7 p.m. eastern and other parts of the state a little later. we will have it all beginning tonight at 7:30 huron c-span. back to your calls, this is teresa in florida. caller: thanks for taking my call. it's been about six weeks, giving me time to get my thoughts out after listening to trump. reminds me of jim jones from jonestown. bad, megalomaniac. ok, here we go. trump was a democrat before he was a republican. they call people who love trump, the radical left? well, we've got the radical right. the trump administration, think about it, go back in history. bush and cheney on steroids. 2004, bloomberg was a republican. bush. supported george w. he supported the invasion of iraq. people, come on, use your heads. 24/7 bloomberg has ads. moneyspending billions of to suck in the african americans sure, it's easy to get sucked in . there's obama. that's legal. you can publicly take that and reuse it. people, wise up. focus on the real people. trump, my god. it's unbelievable what he's doing and the people are so brainwashed. man, i came from new york. i'm 85 years old. we knew him as a con man, a liar, a thug. he's not right that he's got a reptile brain and the republican party loves him. he's associate half, just like they are and they will do anything to stay in power. democratic line is next and we will hear kevin in cookeville, tennessee. tsipras creepers, a sociopath? my goodness. want to say that the democrats have got it all kind of backwards. i think bernie sanders, if the delegates want to put him -- if they had put him in our last time he would have beaten trump. this time he has the fire to win, but the number that's will not do that. they won't let him win. will actually win again. got news for you, sorry. all i have is a. -- have to say. host: flanders, new jersey. all of these people, it seems like a big personality contest about who they hate war. doesn't anyone sit down to decide what the issues are in the country? people needing jobs everywhere you go, then set -- help-wanted signs, and a couple of years ago when they were laying off on a laying off, laying off? people being realistic, hating trump but loving your country. thank you for taking my call. host: (202) 748-8001 four republicans. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. independents and others, (202) 748-8002. if you are a new hampshire resident, (202) 748-8003. baltimore, maryland, republican line. caller: good morning. again, republicans, just completely dissatisfied with trump. i'm from new jersey, much like the other women he's got a laundry list of problems that have followed him since the 80's. another caller called in about anger on the democratic side. i think people should be angry. america is doing very well, but paychecks aren't changing. some of the policies coming out on the left are very mainstream. they are talked about is if they are far-left, but if you go back 70 years to someone like fdr they would be right in line with that kind of thinking. a congress and a house that was much more willing to work on social programs than they are today. big you can blame one party or the other, they all have to work together. they are a team, a dysfunctional team. everyone is hoping that their team will win and that everything will be right, but the reality is that the president and congress doesn't work together and that needs to be changed. one of the ways the president and congress have to work together is on the budget. the president proposes the budget, the congress passes the budget. president trump introduces budget yesterday and here's the headline from "wall street journal," the trump budget cuts projects federal deficits would be cut in half as the share of the economy by 2024, in half again by two thousand 29. white house officials say that they are serious host: by the way, our capitol hill producer tweeting that the democratic leaders in the house and senate will be holding a press conference this afternoon on the president's 2021 budget request. we will cover that live, look for it on the c-span networks. independent line next, brad, las vegas, nevada. in las vegas, go ahead. caller: sir, how are you doing today? host: doing fine, thank you. thatr: i just want to say i don't see anybody that is going to beat trump. i mean biden is, he seems to be fading out of the picture. it's going to be bernie sanders versus trump. trump's not going to lose that battle i don't think. but you know, i don't know what your current topic was. i don't know what you are currently talking about when i called in. what was the current topic? host: talking about the primary. caller: ok. yeah. so i just don't see any way that , i mean, i don't see, i don't see any of them beating trump. , what are your thoughts on that? appreciate that, brad. rhonda, good morning. caller: good morning fellow fix it. i feeling so optimistic about the election this year. i love michael bloomberg. that is somebody republicans and democrats can get behind. we need somebody who's going to clean up this mess and bring some integrity back to the white house. i like clover sharp. i love her. i would love a bloomberg clover sharp ticket. you know, let's get excited. we have the power to change our democracy and reinstate our constitution that the republican party has trashed. hey, guys. this is really serious. they are trashing our constitution. we cannot allow this. let's all get together and just look to michael bloomberg. i know you're going to love him. god bless you guys, bye-bye. ont: michael bloomberg not the ballot in new hampshire, focusing on later states, including south carolina. he did win the early votes last inht that opened at midnight hart's location and dix hill match. -- expel notch -- dixville notch. is a look at that in hart's location. [video clip] maxwell, one. donald trump, 15. >> 15 to bill weld, four to mary maxwell. ,> and on the democratic ticket sanders, two,ix, tom steyer, one. warren, four. yang, three. joe biden, one. tulsi gabbard, one. >> who got six? >> clover shar. >> clover shar. >> elizabeth warren, second place, andrew yang finishing third. side, cloveratic shar has taken hart's location with donald trump for the republicans. host: that's the county last night from hart's location. notch, this is where bloomberg was the winner. >> on the republican side --[video clip] republican side, republicans, one vote cast that was a right in for michael bloomberg. >> republican? >> yes. >> the red one. >> that's one vote for michael bloomberg. >> on the democratic side? >> it was one vote for buttigieg. one vote for sanders. two right in votes for mike bloomberg. host: in case you couldn't keep up with the tally, going back, here was the final vote, a few more folks in that town, hart's location, donald trump wins that, with 15 votes. democratic ballot, amy klobuchar the winner, six. senator warren, four. bernie sanders with two. dixville match, as you just heard, michael bloomberg winning the right in on the republican ballot. on the democratic ballot. pete buttigieg and bernie sanders picking up the other two in dixville match. back to your calls, new hampshire primary day. we are hearing, from jared in brooklyn. good morning. morning, i'm a 19-year-old guy from brooklyn, new york and i am extremely nervous about bernie sanders, who comes from the same area that i do. two reasons. one, he's a socialist who wants universal health care. bureaucratsaid of deciding what doctors can or cannot prescribed to them. prescribed to them.ns in europe what happens is rationing of medicine. my father, who had three bouts of cancer, would not i doubt have gotten any care in europe and would probably not be alive anymore, god forbid. as a 19-year-old i will have to pay a lot more taxes to pay for these stupid programs. we already have such a big debt. we don't need more. that's very disturbing. the older people that want more and more stuff, you are killing me. host: why do you think that folks your age do support bernie? caller: i have no idea. there's a saying that when you are young, when you are old and you don't have a brain? something like that. if you are a republican and you are young, no heart, something like that. host: right, right, yes. caller: clearly the people my age don't have a brain. host: i want to point out some demographics from the associated press. in newg demographics hampshire. the primary is a 100-year-old tradition in new hampshire. the lowest percentages have only a third of those, born in the state. one of their original potential voters either resided somewhere else for years ago or were not old enough and from 2016 to 2020, 70,000 residents turned 18 and became eligible to vote, 46,000 older residents died and in the same time 100 and 46,000 voting age adults moved in and 150,000 moved out. next.ton, virginia is we hear from john. caller: yes, hello. i hear about the democratic guys wanting to bring the country together but the first thing that they did not first debate for the pro-life people was led ofjoe biden, professor catholicism saying he wanted to dump the hyde amendment. don't they understand that that is a redline for pro-life people? they just don't want their taxes to go for abortions? that's a big deal. democrats, unlike bill clinton, they do nothing to reach out. the other thing is i think that bloomberg is probably the biggest threat to the republicans, trump maintaining the presidency. i got a lot of issues with trump, but he's very pro-life. you know, in my catholic case, i might stay home instead of going if the democrats put up someone that was reasonable. but none of their guys are reasonable except like maybe bloomberg or something like that. if they got a long way to go they think they can win. trump has really done a lot for the country, even though the guy has a lot of fault. steve, next up, hyannis, massachusetts. steve, good morning. for taking theou call. this is about the democrats, not trump versus bloomberg. what kind of party are the democrats? are they radical left or billionaire party? they have been both in the past. we saw what barack obama sold us. he said that obamacare was perfect. we'll then why aren't the democrats running on it? he also spent a trillion dollars on infrastructure, yet that is what we are still talking about. leading and is there may be 80 million people that will come out and vote for him, but who will the democrats be in 2020? host: for mike bloomberg, do you think it is effective for him to obamamself to president as he has done in a recent series of ads, including ones airing this week? pointing outhe -- the things they have worked on together? something that obama said about being pragmatic. bloomberg is doing double duty. not only does he have the money, he has to be the money. he's running to save whatever establishment is on that side of the political stream. puts devalerg, if he patrick on the ticket, he might win or he might make a run for it, but like i said, 80 million people are going to come out to vote for donald trump. in massachusetts where donald trump does not reside, but i see african-americans across the country believe in what trump is saying. that's just, what i see, kanye west running for president because he sees the political math. beat romney with 97% of the african-american vote, he needed 95 to win. donald trump eat hillary clinton with 90% of the african vote going for her. that's where i see it. bloomberg will do whatever he can to win that political concept. that, steve.for reminder, coverage tonight of the results from the primary get underway at 7:30 eastern with polls getting underway -- polls closing at 7:00 in new hampshire . we will be simulcasting wn you are tv. we will hear from joe, next in staten island, new york. high, the young people want to many stuff, like the bernie, like the parents, you get people like bernie. it's stuff. [indiscernible] you. that's it, thank host: tom, good morning. caller: yes, high, hi, good morning. good morning. let's put it this way, i have watched, i have seen what's going on with the democratic party. if we are going to talk about mike bloomberg, before he left new york as the mayor, they were calling him eight all bloomberg -- eight off -- adolph bloomberg. the liberals didn't like him. i don't know how that side of the democratic party would deal with it. as far as it goes with trump, you know, you know, trump's trump and you know, the thing is, they got to come up with somebody that is going to be the middle of the road that is not what to say, you know what, guess what, you know, we're all going to pay for people that don't at least share in the burden of paying. -- i justi just host: -- host: do you think that democrats of someone who can bring the level of the -- level of enthusiasm that trump brings from his supporters at these rallies and at the polls? think that the problem the democrats have is that as long as they say ok, you know what, i understand, it's like we want to bring everybody in to our area. same with the republicans, same thing i guess, apparently. the truth of the matter is that, you know, everybody really does have to pay their fair share. i mean if it means something like, for you to get some of know, basically these, you know, if we're going to be a commonwealth, we have to be a true commonwealth. not that, you know, some people are paying and some people aren't. the middle class gets stuck in the middle of it and, you know, they are paying, paying the price. like people say, the rich have loopholes and the poor don't have anything. it's got to give somewhere. it's been the middle class for years and that's a difficult thing. you know? , mean i'm just thinking bloomberg could have a chance, but if he throws the gun thing and there, he's got a problem. he's got a problem of some democrats, republicans, and s.dependent host: pete buttigieg coming in with a razor thin lead. bernie sanders contesting the count in iowa, still. here is pete buttigieg from yesterday. [video clip] let me ask you to form in your mind and visualize the image that guides a lot of my thinking in this campaign. the image of what it's going to be like in a moment in our future. the first time that the sun comes up over new hampshire and donald trump is no longer president of the united states. [applause] are you ready to bring that day about? doesn't it feel good to think of that they coming? won't it be nice to put the chaos behind us? won't it be good to put the corruption behind us? who is ready to put the tweet behind us? but there is so much more at stake. the president is in this state right now, speaking i believe as we are gathered and if you look at the news today, i know the federal budget proposals are not the most sizzling thing to hit the airwaves, but it's worth paying attention. [inaudible] [laughter] well said. from a president who says that social security, medicare, transportation and things we cared about would be safe, the budget shows the exact opposite. cuts to health, cuts to environmentals to enforcement and protection to keep the air and water clean and communities safe. he is even said social security ought to be on the chopping block. that makes no sense. and we know what is going to happen if he gets a second term. the president thinks that he can say one thing and do the other, claim to protect these vital investments that help keep america growing and then just turn around and do the reverse. just like he campaigned saying he was here for the working people, the forgotten men and women and turned around and the only promise he has actually cap cut taxes forto big corporations and the wealthy. we are atwitter, c-span wj. a couple of comments here, this one -- buffalo,ior, republican mind, you are on the air. we will try that. there we go. i discover c-span by accident. you know, i work in hospital. themorning during impeachment inquiry i heard a lady i guess you have on talking about the constitution, like political range. it's about protecting a bridge where they believe the bridge is safe. safe from a title wave. i start thinking a lot about the constitution of the united the right sidee is undermining what's so expensive. it's explosive. , thisncident or accident slowed down and the constitution will be destroyed. that is what brings it together, you know? the president's lawyer saying that he can't do anything wrong if it's in the interest of when his own election? that scared the hell out of me, you know? i cannot ever vote for republican again. without the constitution, america is just a piece of land. the constitution holds it together to make it the united states of america. halifax, massachusetts, next. stephen, republican mine. just want to try to understand the people calling in that are against trump and everything. i just don't understand too much of the thinking. i have been following this from the beginning, from his election to his, had he say, to everything that's going on in this just campaign. a false accusations from the democrats thrown at him, his kids and everything. the false, what is it, the pfizer reports that were falsified? and then he went from the house, a total sham, we know that. not democratic or republican way, i see the best person to run the country. trump has kept some of his promises. i don't agree with him tweeting and doing the other stuff he says all the time, but he is looking out for us. the steele dossier? i mean, come on, paid by the democrats. we know. you have for losey, romney's kids, adam shifts employees that were hired at that think tank, , which up a big company i think is funneling the money that we gave ukraine. let you go there, its first in the nation primary in new hampshire, on primary day we will get the perspective of a longtime new hampshire reporter, fred spinner, now at politico. and we will meet the cochair for the pete buttigieg campaign in new hampshire. the primary is celebrating 100 years this year and we spoke with john clayton, the executive director of the manchester historical society about the role the city has played in the primary process. >> we are at the museum here to take a look at manchester and the path to the presidency. my name is john clayton. i'm the executive director here at the museum and we recognize that this primary is first in the nation but our take is that we are crucial because of the airport, the population density, the hotels, the media, everyone comes here in the end and we explored the ways that manchester embraced the process. it's the first in the nation since 1920 but it wasn't until 29 that it got traction. they changed it so that you wouldn't vote for the delegate that pledged to vote for the candidate, you would vote for the candidate themselves. but the fellow that won the republican national primary technically didn't enter himself, dwight eisenhower was -- he had a big fan in the governor of new hampshire, who put eisenhower on the ballot. eisenhower won the primary without having sets it -- set foot in the state and he came here to say thank you ike driving down the street in manchester. 1963 was another big year because of jack kennedy. paul fisher, an inventor, his most important invention was the astronaut 10. jfk -- astronaut pen. jfk brought a lot of attention to the state. 1972, whereyear was this newspaper played a big role in the out come of the election. own, hea moment of his rented a flatbed truck, stood outside, and the question is, did he cry? others say he cried, he wiped away a snowdrop. muskie was out of the race six weeks after. it demonstrates what a profound effect new hampshire can have on the primary. we can fast-forward through the reagan years and go to 1992. paul tsongas from massachusetts was the favorite, but bill clinton was running hard against some real obstacles, overcame those, branded himself the come back kid for a second place finish, and served two terms as president. those of us from manchester take great pride in engaging in this process. you have to meet the voters where they are, at their local work waste, diner, saloon. candidates become better when they leave new hampshire and move on to other state. our joy is to celebrate these candidate, meeting with our friends and neighbors, and behind the counter, the indignity of campaigning at times as demonstrated by forger theident george w. bush at -- former president george w. bush at the bisquick pancake flipping contest. where else can you get rudy giuliani tossing baseballs or bill richardson at the merrimack? mitt romney shaking hands with one of the new prosthetic limbs being produced here courtesy of this man. interviewingon long time union leader paul dissed also, it is very important in new hampshire and they are better candidates when they leave. association,storic manchester to the path to the presidency, political junkies stick around and we will have this to celebrate with them. host: from our studios in manchester, new hampshire, we are joined by trent spiner, covers politics for politico but he is very familiar with the political lay of the land in new hampshire having reported for the union leader and wme are. as the voting gets underway, what is different about this year's primary and what felt the same? guest: what is different is that everyone is so confused. the party thinks because of the confusion, the number of candidates there are, the turnout will be lower than 2008, saying,cause voters are abt, anything but trump. i am happy to vote for who the eventual nominee is, even if i policy.elieve in their the party has been saying maybe people will not turn out as much today but they hope people will turn out in november. that is really different. sort ofre always confused to vote for. the difference between bernie sanders and hillary clinton was clear and we sell that with sanders winning 60% of the vote -- saw that with sanders winning 60% of the vote. in new hampshire, hundreds of thousands of people will vote and in the last week with iowa, such a muddled field, people redoubled their efforts in who they want to vote for. a number of events over the last , and everyone i talked to , besides be undecided the real fanatics. undecidedmed to be and trying to understand which candidate to vote for. host: it seems the ground is shifting for a number of senate -- candidates, bernie sanders surging in one paul, amy klobuchar gaining funding after the debate, and pete would adjudge -- pete buttigieg having "won" the caucus even though bernie sanders is contesting that -- are there more people undecided? guest: i have been covering this from the beginning and you have seen all the surges. kamala harris surged, cory booker surged, and the question is who is surging tonight? it feels like this is the latest breaking situation i have ever seen. here is the other thing with these polls. eventually you dig into the polling, get past the top lines of this person is in first place, if you read down lower than that, at least 50% of people are truly undecided. the other thing is how they ask the question. are you guaranteed to vote for this person? who are you voting for or likely to vote for? the thing about new hampshire residents is sometimes they like lying to pollsters or they can be crotchety about sticking with their candidate to the end. there are people who decide the very last minute there is no way to poll those people. , buter give my prediction there is an argument for any one of the five top candidates to win. host: trent spiner joining us today. i will put the numbers on the screen, republicans, (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000. .ndependents, (202) 748-8002 and if you are calling from new hampshire, (202) 748-8003. another primary the president certainly will win, but what is the effect of the president showing up? ask,: depending on who you it is different. if the president and his campaign are very well organized , compared to 2016 when it was not organized. they have outreach offices and a strategic land of how to turn out voters, but they are focused on november. i have asked them, what are you doing to influence the democratic primary and they say nothing. we see them all is the same and it does not matter who we run against. wantink america does not their policies. the rally was just across the street from where i are now -- where i am now. this rally had people stretch halfway down the street -- stretched halfway down the street and roads blocked off. other candidates were holding rallies of their own. it is nothing we have ever seen before in new hampshire. if republicans try to stay out of the new hampshire primary, president loves counter programming and that is exactly what it was. it drove a lot of people into the city. around 11,000 people showed up, which is a big deal. host: trent spiner at politico. com, nine places to watch new hampshire, the cities and towns where you find clues to the outcome of the first in the nation primary. what should we be looking for? what are the signs we should look for early on in terms of a clue to who might in? -- when? -- win? guest: i was hoping to write a story of 100 -- 150 places to watch. here is what to watch out for, college towns, that is where you see the highest number of new voter registration. 2016, that was a huge help for sanders to win by more than 67 -- 60% of the vote. new registration in college towns could be assigned for sanders or andrew yang who has been targeting that demographic. there are a couple of traditional blue-collar towns in new hampshire, including nashua, on the southern border with manchester,s, and where it is very working class the results -- class. the results last time favorite hillary clinton. it will be interesting to see how joe biden is doing. if he is doing well in those blue-collar towns, that is a sign he is doing well. i will be looking for what we citiesobama-trump towns, , places that voted for barack obama in 2008 and 2012, and trump won these places. hampshire,emont, new a small mail town -- mill town along the river. left, nobodymills moved in, so there are pockets of things happening. , there is venues really one big venue where candidates do events, so all these different candidates were there. between the venue and the parking lot, there is this abandoned building with paint coming off, paint peeling off of it and trees coming out of the windows because it has been sitting for so long. it was kind of a sign of what president trump campaigned on, there are left behind cities. you remember his inaugural speech. there are towns like claremont, new hampshire, laconia, new hampshire, who did the open, -- obama-trump pivot. people like amy klobuchar have spent a lot of time in those towns so i will be watching to see how those candidate are doing. we get a pretty good sense of who will be winning this election, by 9:00, 9:30. host: our line for new hampshire (202) 748-8003. in merrimack, new hampshire, ellen. caller: i am wondering why your title of "the journal" this morning is called the 2020 new hampshire democratic primary. this is for everybody. as do you have the heading the democratic primary? call a couple of people yesterday that were wondering if it is for the rest of us. it is not just for the democrats host: absolutely. we are focusing on the democratic party because that is where the most contested race will be. do you have a question or comment? caller: i am just wondering why you would participate in something that says it is the democratic primary. it is the new hampshire primary. host: stephen on our democrats line in los angeles. caller: good very early morning. i have a question for your guests i am a cancer -- just. -- guest. i am a cancer patient and my medication cost $147,000 a year. when trump released his budget cuts, don't people feel like they will get less behind in similar situations? are a representation of your moral value, and by taking giant cut out of medicare of social security, which is -- the majority of americans pay for their coverage, does not now -- not -- does not not leave them further behind than they were before its people are not feeling economic recovery outside of the stock arc it, and most -- market, and most people do not own portfolios? guest: stephen's question is one i have heard dozens of time. health care is perhaps the number one issue, although i think climate change could come right behind it or even tie it. that story stephen told, as heartbreaking as it is, happens to numbers of other people, and candidates have used folks just like stephen to speak at their events, to open up their events to get the crowd, give the crowd perspective of what is happening in america, and use those stories, stories like stevens, to draw a distinction -- stephen's to draw a distinction between what is happening in their campaign and to president trump. host: in miami, florida, this is sean. caller: good morning. you had one caller about 15 minutes back talking about trump will get 75 million to 80 million vote. i believe it will go higher. i also want to bring this to your attention. bill barr is coming out with the sanctuary city problem. we have 28 million illegals in this country and barr will start cleaning up this country. laws are being broken with immigration. that is where trump will take this election over. if they run to bloomberg talking about election -- immigration, that will be a swamp. people will wake up. these new yorkers moving on to florida and carolina, they are bringing their liberal policy but we do not want them. host: a couple of things. first of all, president trump, you talked about the and thetion campaigning campaign thinks they can win in new hampshire this time around. guest: they think they can win in new hampshire. he lost by not very much, a very small percentage last time around in 2016, so they are investing a ton of money. i was talking about their campaign operation and it is extensive. they have a database of voters. they have a good idea of who to target, and they have been doing counter programming. this was never something you saw in 2016. donald trump just swept into town and people showed up because he was famous. this time is different. people are organizing events and you see trump outside of almost all the democratic events. when the democrats had their dinner on friday, there were several hundred trump supporters. that is a level organization we have not before, and to the caller's point that maybe he will get more vote, there is something i will be watching to see if that does happen. host: who would you say on the democratic side has run the most organized campaign? guest: forget my opinion, because i am wrong about everything. i profiled democrats from across the political spectrum and asked that question. three out of five said elizabeth warren had the best campaign. another convention that was the major kickoff to the campaign, and it was clear that she had one of the best organizations. ,here were so many people busloads of college students who came up to support her. then again at this big dinner on friday, she had the biggest organization. they all had their teal collared shirts, signs, matching synchronized led bracelets that lit up in the crowd. she has a very sad -- solid operation. sanders has the biggest operation, more than 150 staff members. he is outspending everybody. he has paid canvassers to go knock on doors. i have been to some of their canvas kick out where they go knock on doors and callout voters, and there is a ton of passion. between sanders and warren, it is a battle of who will turn out voters, and that is the most important thing in the primary. a lot of voters are just tuning in now, and somebody knocking on one's door can make a big difference. democrats line, connors ville, indiana. caller: good morning. i want to make three quick points. yang and patrick would make strong vice presidential candidates. the second point, i will make a huge statement -- i believe bernie sanders was our president, he would be the greatest since franklin delano roosevelt the only concern -- roosevelt. the only concern i have is he is 80 and a health liability. tom steyer, what peter judge has that tom steyer -- put a judge -- pete to judge has -- pete buttigieg has that tom steyer does not have? guest: tom steyer has spent so much money here and led off with this funny anecdote. there was two girls, eight and 10, and they could repeat the tom steyer add they saw on youtube word for word, impeach donald trump, that kind of thing. he spent so much money here, everyone knows who he is. he has great name recognition because of the advertising on social media and television. he was outspending everybody. if you ask me why he hasn't fixed up steam in new hampshire, -- picked up steam in new hampshire, i could not tell you why. he fits the bill. people are interested in the environment and that is his number one issue. he has got a lot of money, but has not been able to pick up traction in new hampshire. i would be surprised to see him pull out of the low single-digit , and he has an operation in south carolina so he will be moving on. everyone is looking for electability, and if you finish in new hampshire with just a few percentage points, it is a hard argument. rajish,dependent line, herndon, virginia. caller: i am pretty much in a blue state that i am independent. the reason why i think everyone will go for trump is because he has an actual plan for immigrants, a merit-based system. there is not a single democrat that has a merit-based system. all they have is a lottery and sympathy based system. an influx of drugs coming for these kids that my kids have to go to, and the threats of all of these things, i don't care what country you come from. candidatehe only talking about a merit-based system like canada and the united kingdom have. what we have is a broken system. we have green card lottery's were people trade. they go to these international countries and have to pay people to do these applications, do not know what country they are applying for. host: does immigration come up as an issue? guest: a huge issue. all of the democrats have a -- merit-basedm system included in their plans and that is something they discussed a lot. even in new hampshire where there is not a ton of immigration, it is an issue that people find very important. democrats are supportive of it and are supportive of a merit-based system. numbers of issues, it is 3, 4, 5, but something people absolutely care about. host: a couple of comments on text, (202) 748-8003. to the trump rally last night, democrats can only wish they had that kind of enthusiasm. bloomberg can bring over moderate, republicans -- liberals, and conservatives. he can reach across the aisle. is his presence being felt? two things, on the trump rally, the democrats have their convention, -- there big convention, there big test of getting their motive -- their big convention, the big test of getting the motivation. i would say there were 10,000 in the arena. the turnout for trump was very different. for trump, not everyone was from new hampshire, but the stadium was completely packed. i believe he set a new record at more than 11,500. this is just one anecdote of two event, but as a journalist at both of them you can see the difference in terms of enthusiasm. the second thing, bloomberg, here is the thing -- and i keep saying this -- it is all about electability for new hampshire democrats, so they are gaming out the system to figure out who can win not only new hampshire, nevada, south carolina, but when they hit bloomberg wall some are calling it on super tuesday, will there be enough momentum and money to compete against bloomberg? the nightmare situations democrats are gaming out is let's say there is a less experienced candidate who does not have as much money, for example pete buttigieg. what if mike bloomberg drops $200 million in negative advertising across mayor pete buttigieg? democrats are concerned about that. they just want someone to win. someone asked joe biden, can all of you still in the race just combine? can you pick who the president and vice president will be, who the cabinet secretary's will be, and just beat trump? that is kind of the sense among democrats. host: mel in ohio on the republican line. just anecdotal question this morning. perhaps you have covered it. tell us about the little town in new hampshire that votes first each year and what the track record has been, the accuracy of their vote. guest: i am going to get in trouble for saying this, but i do not pay attention to those early voting towns. it used to be a big tradition and it has turned into a kitschy thing that the national media likes to focus on. notch, for example, there were five people. nowhere else in the country -- and god bless these people -- but nowhere else in the country would everyone cover a polling place with my people. i think at this point it is a punchline, and i will get in trouble for saying that. host: no trouble from us. we haven't talked about amy klobuchar, the washington post writing about her -- klobuchar hopes to turn her new momentum into vote. what have you seen of her campaign? guest: i spent about three days with senator klobuchar and profiled her operation. they are understaffed and underfunded. as you saw those polls come out just last night, she is now in third potentially. i have heard from voters that she had a great debate, and they were enthusiastic about that they are worried -- that. they are worried about biden and people who are more moderate voters are looking for her as a potential replacement. the argument for her is, i am not as old as biden or soerienced as pete buttigieg she has spent time trying to connect herself with senator shaheen and senator hassan. she dropped their names almost 40 times. she has seen this opportunity that no one else is using to say , you have elected these two people for all kinds of different jobs. now they are in the senate. i am like them. you know what they are like. i will give you the same presidency they would give you if they were in office, so you should elect me. host: avery in brandywine, maryland, independent line. caller: my question is regarding pete buttigieg. as someone who is african-american and homosexual, i am worried about his overall appeal especially in the bible belt red states and with the african-american community. he seems to hit the check marks on paper -- he is charismatic, brings a different perspective, knows how to hold a sentence and uses the dictionary quite well. how does that resonate, his homosexuality? how does it connect to those voters he needs to connect to? question.t is a good he mentions his husband in every speech and jackson has been campaigning for him, helping to open offices. with pete buttigieg supporters, they love that they see them kind of as a superstar couple. i have heard democrats are concerned about the red state factor, how will it play out? as part of the new hampshire democrats trying to game who can win and beat donald trump, that comes into consideration. host: fred spiner, reporter with politico, lots of experience in new hampshire. follow his reporting tonight. thanks for being with us. guest: thank you. host: we will hear more about pete buttigieg next. we will be talking with maurice sullivan, the cochair for the pete buttigieg campaign. later in the campaign, cokie giles, vice president of national nurses united, bernie sanders supporter. ♪ >> the new hampshire primary is today. watch results in candidate speeches starting at 7:30 eastern starting at c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the .ree c-span app busur c-span 2020 campaign is traveling across new hampshire, asking what candidates should address. >> the issue that is most important to me is taking care -- making sure we do not go to war and working with our allies to make sure we secure the united states. >> candidates take on wall street and be able to say the investors. >> i would like to see candidates focus on issues of racial justice, whether it be police brutality, systemic racism within our government, and issues of reparations. >> i am mostly concerned about social programs, the maintaining of social programs such as social security. i know everybody swears on the bible they will not touch it, but you know that will be the next thing they will try to dismantle. i would say that is because number one. >> i am most interested in ensuring that kids in schools, , but they have access will still get funded as best as they can, no one will take art education out of the schools, .eep kids culturally aware >> this is from the road on c-span. >> article two is adopted. indo you solemnly swear that all things pertaining to the trial of the impeachment of donald john trump, president of ,he united states now pending you will do impartial justice according to the constitution, so help you god? the senate will convene as a court of impeachment. >> what we have seen is a descen t into constitutional matters. >> the base upon which this has moved forward is irregular to say the least. >> donald trump is not guilty as charged for the second article of impeachment. >> for the third time in u.s. history, a president has been a beached and acquitted -- impeached and acquitted. c-span has provided live coverage of the impeachment of president trump. you can find our video and related resources at c-span.org/impeachment. c-span, your place for unfiltered coverage of congress. host: back to manchester on this primary day in new hampshire, primary, in the nation and we are joined by the chair for the p to judge campaign -- pete buttigieg campaign, boras sullivan. -- maura sullivan. you spent time in iraq. listeners know we are live. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. who does pete have to win over in new hampshire to win tonight? you know,hink, as roughly 40% of our electorate are independent voters. that is one of the reasons pete has been doing so incredibly well, because he has proven he is the candidate that can excite progressives, moderates, independents, and even future former republicans as he says. he has built a broad collation that it will take to win and beat donald trump. we have not only got to be able to win but we have to govern, and that is where that coalition comes in. i cannot tell you the countless number of granite staters i have teamorganizers for pete's in new london, stratham, hampton, who were republicans hampton, who were republicans, who switched their registration before the deadline to be able to vote for pete, and are not only fording for pete but are organizing in -- voting for pete, but are organizing. host: the former mayor of south bend, indiana must have felt fairly comfortable in the small and medium-sized towns. indicate pete's record in terms of his experience going into being commander in chief? how does that translate from being mayor of south and to president -- mayor of south bend to president of the united states? guest: a great question, and what i hear from voters, i have been all around talking to undecided voters and listening to what is on their minds. as we know, america is made up of cities and towns. pete has eight years of executive experience running one of those cities. he has dealt with real problems on the ground that americans ground that americans face, and he will bring that executive experience to washington. second, pete is an afghanistan veteran. when he served in afghanistan, when i served in iraq, nobody asked if we were democrats or republicans. we had a mission and worked together to accomplish it, and did not always agree at first with one another, but we worked together and figured it out. pete will bring that problem-solving ability, the ability to work with people you do not necessarily always agree with, to washington as commander in chief. host: the democrats line in salisbury, north carolina, this is howard. caller: top of the morning to you. i am african-american and i have nothing against any gay people or community whatsoever. i say to each his own. own. but with pete, he have a problem concerning when it comes to dealing with people of color. i have seen a clip where he didn't take care of the chief directly in people's eyes, and they referred to him about this particular issue. issue. they said, do you want me to vote for you? and p to judge -- pete buttigieg came off saying, i don't need your vote, talking to an african-american woman. how can he get around that for african-americans to give him an opportunity that i feel as though he does not deserve? host: maura sullivan. guest: thank you for the question and thank you for taking the time to call in. pete has been very clear that systemic racism is a real issue in our country. i think if you look at an ample dutch a number of the locals who have gotten to know him in south and, they are supporting him. unlike his competitors, they are supporting him. when voters, after iowa and new hampshire get to know pete, they will see the strong support and the reason that so many residents of iowa and granite stators are proud to support him. -- a comprehensive plan to address systemic racism in our country, he is proud of that plan and has been talking about it throughout the granite state. we will bring that to washington. host: john on the republican line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i know weke to ask, are on the topic of pete buttigieg, but after new hampshire depending on who wins, who do you think will drop out? thanks,thanks -- guest: john. where are you calling from? host: i just lost john, not sure where he was calling from. guest: john, thank you for the question. i think it is hard to say, and candidly in our campaign, we are not focused on that we are focused -- that. we are focused on our own race and talking to as many voters as possible and talking to undecided voters. pete was in plymouth yesterday and the snow was coming down. in exit or late last night -- night, so many people streaming out of the gym because they were happy to see him. just getting pete's message of values and inclusion and bringing a broad coalition where everybody is welcome. we are seeing on the granite state that he is exciting progressives, moderates, independents, and republicans. that is what it will take do not only win this primary, win this general election, but also what it will take to govern, and that is what we are focused on. ,ost: we go next to dan independent in waynesboro, tennessee. business i, in my -- and i have family members that are gay and lesbian. they are very concerned about pete buttigieg because of his safety. he will not be welcomed in the countries that obama could go to , and there are 75 countries that he could not do relations with and have foreign policies with because his safety in those countries would be at risk. dan -- any concerns, maura? guest: no. i think we see in the history of our country the change takes time. there were a lot of people not that long ago that, when i was in new hampshire in 2008 skinnyning for another former community organizer from the midwest with a funny name that thought america wasn't ready to elect barack obama, and boy, did we prove them wrong. we are confident in what we are hearing from voters, a message of inclusion and belonging where everybody is welcome. mes you mentioned, comes for historically marginalized position. there are so many people attracted to this campaign. people feel like they belong and america will be so fortunate to have him as commander in chief. host: pete good a judge already campaigning -- pete buttigieg already campaigning. did people have familiarity with him already? guest: yes. shouting lot of people . there is even some of the families that have brought their children to some of the campaign shops -- stops wearing their and edge edge shirts wearing -- it has been energizing across our state to see young moms who have never been involved in politics before , the students i met in keene last week who are coming up from boston university every single weekend and knocking multiple packets a day, the high school student lily i met in hampton who was on her second shift of the morning. the organizers in conway and in keene who are working their hearts out for pete because they believe in him and are so excited about what he is going to do not only for the country but for the world. the energy is electric and we are so proud to be a part of it. host: gary, democrats line in minnesota. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i have a question about the new hampshire primary in general. is it prohibited for a registered republican to vote in the democratic primary, as mr. trump suggested they do? gary. hi, thanks for calling in. people have up to a certain thent of time before primary to switch their voter registration if they so choose, however on the day of the primary, independent voters that make up roughly 40% of the electorate can draw either ballot, republican or democrat. key to winning the democratic primary, and that is one of the reasons we feel so strongly about pete, he is appealing to progressives, independentnd voters as well as future former republicans. host: the quinnipiac poll we talked about this morning, peter baker tweeting their latest saying the polling in new hampshire, bernie sanders 26%, 8%.igieg 20%, klobuchar as the cochair of the buttigieg campaign, are you happy with what your campaign polling is showing? guest: we are just not that focused on poles. -- polls. i think we will have a really good day. the crowds coming out our nashua,reaking, 1800 in which is the largest single -- hundreds in an exeter gym. that is what we are focused on. pete is here. he is not from new england. there are two senators from our neighboring states in this race, but we have been working hard. we have been on the ground early. we set up 15 offices throughout the state within the 10 counties in new hampshire, and pete has gone to places other candidates have not gone he has done five events in sullivan county, five in carroll county, talking to voters in places that trump won but also obama won. we have been consistently doing that over most of the last year. this is not something that started recently. consistency, that is why we are feeling like it will be a good night. host: rich in pennsylvania, democrats line. caller: my question to the lady campaignu think pete's needs to attack the 2020 budget billion which adds $740 to the military-industrial complex while making cut to federal education funding such as student loans? disability, federal disability , being thatg cuts military,rmer formally in the military as an intelligence agent, i would like your thoughts on either the camping needs to start attacking trump on this budget, and as far as -- one last thing -- how many trump supporters are over 50 and how many of them are on disability? how many of them have children going to college and cannot afford it? host: a couple of issues. in andthanks for calling thanks for the question. the issues of the budget are one of the biggest things that we .ave to deal with in washington certainly the short-term nature of our defense spending has been challenging for our defense community. right now we are focused on this primary and this race, and one of the reasons people have so pete is hisnce in temperament and judgment and executive experience. knowing him, i know he will thoroughly review everything that comes across his desk in the white house and that we are making the best decision in the white house, and allocating resources, question assumptions about how we have done things in the past, and make sure we are setting ourselves on the right course for the next 10, 20, and 30 years. theill face threats from country we have not faced for. ,e have cybersecurity threats threats of bioterrorism, a rise in china. pete has the judgment, the temperament to evaluate the next court -- best course of action for our country and economically, diplomatically, and if necessary, militarily. host: after the new hampshire primary, he says mayor pete be the one to beat. he has the stamina and future vision we need, the youngest candidate in the race. why is that important for new hampshire and the long haul for pete buttigieg? guest: thanks, randy. he certainly does have the stamina. the morning after the iowa caucus when some of the candidates were still coming into the state, pete had already landed, been in nashua, received the endorsement of one of our prominent local leaders in the granite state, the mayor of nashua, had done coffee with ,ocal activists, the newmans and was on 25 town halls later that day. campaigning takes a lot of stamina, but sodas governing. we face a lot of challenges in the world and the work will only begin on the first day of the buttigieg administration. nobody works harder, and he has a whole team behind him and around him working their hearts out around him. stamina is one way i would describe him. host: our independent line, scott, gilbert ville, massachusetts. is going touestion follow a little bit from this pretext. politicians are notorious for telling everyone what they want to hear, but they never really deliver on that. it seems that when they get into office, they get the lobbyist supporting them and the next thing they are backtracking. how is buttigieg going to be different as a nominee and provide the economy and jobs when the main concern is just beating donald trump? guest: it is a great question, and i hear your concerns. fold, take that in two address the values issue and talk a little bit about jobs pete -- jobs. of formers the value military officer to everything he does he lives -- does. he lives by values of honor, courage, integrity, and those are the values he brought to his campaign. if you look at the rules of the road, you will see discipline, respect, teamwork, joy. one of the times i knew those were really getting traction, and how grassroots really oriented they were and how much they penetrated is when i had volunteers and voters telling me when i was knocking a packet in hampton over a week ago about how they were drawn to heat's campaign-- pete's because of his values and everybody involved. he comes from the experience of being the mayor of south and for years,uth bend for eight in a city trying to figure out how to create jobs and dealing with the economic realities people face. one thing i hear from voters most is how excited people are about pete's plan to create jobs in the new economy that are green energy jobs. $250s a plan to invest billion over the course of three years to create jobs in not only cities across america, but also rural parts of every country where we need to reinvest and reinvigorate our economy. next, dan ridge, tennessee, republican line. caller: i have been investigating mayor pete and going on the internet and looking, doing a lot of back channels and trying to see what i can found i does find out. -- find out. i am concerned his internet record is being scrubbed. where did he go to basic training? he did not go to basic training, did he? he was sent right to afghanistan for a desk job. somebody pulled strings to get pete buttigieg into afghanistan. i know he worked on the obama campaign so i'm questioning whether or not the obama campaign is working on him. they want him to be the white obama, you can clearly see that. he talks in platitudes and talks around the subject, never gives a true answer. i want to know who has manufactured this man, because he is trying to be just like obama. host: what can you tell her about the allegations over pete buttigieg's military record? guest: thank you for calling in and thank you for your question. that simply is not true. pete earned the direct commission to the united states handand earned his right for a note to support the consultation of the united dates. he put -- united states. andut his life on the line served in afghanistan. and i'miraq veteran very proud to be here cochairing his campaign as a fellow veteran. i had veterans reach out to me throughout the last few weeks, as late as yesterday evening, from all around the country, who are so proud to have one of our iraq and afghanistan veteran running for president. we will be so proud when he is in the white house. host: maura sullivan, thank you so much for being with us. guest: 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are awarding $100,000 in total cash prizes. the winners for this year's studentcam competition be announced on march 11. back live to manchester, new hampshire, the primary underway. joining us next is the national nurses united vice president, and a supporter of presidential candidate bernie sanders. inc. you for being with us this morning. you are not from new hampshire. you are a nurse from bangor, maine. obviously, health care is a big part of the senator's campaign. what are you hearing from people that is resonating with you about senator sanders and his approach to health care? i have been at: registered nurse for 42 years, and practically every day i work, i hear stories of people who are suffering because they don't have health care, or adequate health care. what bernie has been talking years is what30 our organization has been working for for 20 years, so we are very, very pleased with what his plan is for the health care. profit has driven health care, and it is just not working. host: do you think the medicare for all type proposal that bernie sanders endorses -- is that a realistic goal for the country? can it be paid for? guest: well, i think what we are doing right now is unsustainable. this country pays way more than other countries who have health care for all, and we have worse outcomes, so yes, i think it can be done. i don't understand why the richest country in the world is not with all of the other industrialized countries. you are on the ground in new hampshire from neighboring maine. what has been your responsibility over the last week or so? what have you been doing? i have done canvassing, both in maine and in new hampshire. what we have been doing is getting out, trying to answer questions people have. as you might expect, my emphasis comes from the health care part of it, which affect everybody. i have heard nothing except agreement that we have to do something different with our health care system. what are some of the things people are telling you about the personal stories with health care? when they think of medicare for all, the type of programs bernie is proposing, would help them? guest: one very sad situation. there was a gentleman, 58 years old, and he did not have health care. he had children, college-age children. ,e was diagnosed with cancer and given his options, he decided to do nothing, because he did not want to use up what money and perhaps the value of his home, and leave his family homeless. rather thand to die to get assistance for his diagnosis. and i guess i can't leave without talking about my son, matthew. he is 37. at 10 years old, he became an insulin-dependent diabetic. because he had surgery at 18 months old, to remove 5% to 10% of his pancreas -- that was the treatment at the time. he actually had too much insulin is a toddler. two years ago -- longer than that. 10, 12 years ago, when he was no longer on my insurance, he was working, but he had jobs that did not cover insurance. he was rationing his insulin. he ended up going into a near coma and being admitted in one years time twice in the intensive care unit. the resulting blood sugars and eyes, kidneys, heart, which is what happens with high blood sugars -- he had half of one foot amputated two years ago. , he wouldare for all have had insulin. he would have had what he needed to care for himself. host: he is 37 now. he never had the opportunity to take advantage of the affordable care act under your plan, or whatever. no, this was before the affordable care act. he would have been kept on until age 26. he was aged 22 when this happened. -- he does paye for health insurance now in his job, but because of his pre-existing and his diagnosis, he pays -- between his premiums and his diabetic supplies for his pump, he pays a thousand dollars a month for that. our guest is a nurse, vice president of national nurses united, a bernie sanders supporter. we welcome your calls and comments. if you are in new hampshire, you 40 -- canhe line 202- use a special line. what is nurses united? guest: this is a union of registered nurses, the largest registered nurses union in the country. has your union come out in support of bernie sanders? guest: yes, we have. primarily because of his policies -- what his values are is the same as nurses. we fight for our patients. we fight for our community. we fight for ourselves. in bernie sanders, we find a kindred spirit. we are on the same page. a caller from alan's town, new hampshire. christine, good morning. about thisear a lot medicaid that is going to be almost free, and i want to know who this woman who has complained about her son -- i am sorry about her son, but this is not her forum. i want to know who bernie things is going to pay for this, us? it is not going -- you know it is going to go into our pockets. the only person who is going to be paying for all this free stuff -- it is not free. we are going to be paying through our taxes. do you have an answer for that? seeing that it is tax season and i look at my w-2, i see that i am already paying for medicare and social security, pain in my share for my later years that are coming up soon. and also, i'm guessing i'm already paying for my health care between the names, co-pays, deductibles. but 30% of what we pay in this country goes for private insurance to the ceo's, and i'm sorry, i will mention my son again. his insulin has quadrupled in the last three years. the same insulin he has been taking for the last 27 years. big pharmaceutical companies have huge profits. that's where a lot of the money is going to be coming from. the plans, to know where it comes down to paying for medicare for all, if you google medicare, it is laid out there as to how we pay for it. and i would be willing, and a lot of people out there that either don't have insurance and work -- they would be willing to pay a percentage to have health care that costs nothing when you go in, and have it done. next,we will go to terry woodbridge, illinois, republican line. caller: good morning. i hope everybody is nice and warm. i want to make a couple of questions really fast, so please let me say -- there is only three real fast. one, i think the most important thing to put somebody in the white house, which i never hear a candidate ever say, is what is best for our country. sanderser two, bernie has been in capitol hill how many years, and how come he has never brought this up? get it going when he had a democrat president. bernie's math,e, saying he is already going to tax income $30,000 and up to help pay for this medicare for all -- the math don't add up. there is no way he is going to end up with that much money. by giving illegal immigrants free hospitalization, free education, and everything, that's not what is best for our country. i will wait for your answer. host: several things there. a little bit about medicare for all, but do you want to touch on bernie's experience as a senator, his track record? what is your view? guest: with bernie, he has never changed what he wants to see out there. when they like fdr brought in, and later with johnson, with the health care plan come with social security -- these were all social programs that would help all of us. if you are a society, you have to take care of society issues, social issues. part of the time, democrats are not always on the same page, because when you look at the d.c., the largest expenditure of money is the health care system. they go to both democrats and republicans, and give the money for their campaign. they keep that down. , heas bernie has said cannot, as president, make this happen. it has to be all of us, because it is in all our interest to have health care, and it should be a human right. host: bernie sanders comes to this as an independent senator. do you think that being that independent helps him or hurts him, as far as winning over the rest of the democratic party? part of what may be, if i had to say anything that hurt bernie, is his integrity. if a bill comes up and everything is good except for two things, he does not necessarily sign onto that. he is independent. he is unchanging. he has stayed with his mantra for all of these years. but people are excited about bernie's candidacy. they are behind him. they want to see him progress. but again, as you said, you cannot do it alone. it has to be grassroots organization. all of us have to be behind him for our senators and our congress to do the right thing for the most people, not the wealthy, not the ceo's, not the billionaires. next to forto lauderdale, florida, l.a., on the independent line. i just want to support cookie this morning, because she is giving out very good information to your viewing audience. one of the things i think our current president is doing with his latest budget -- he is cutting $2 trillion from the budget, and he is cutting medicare and medicaid. thing i don't understand about this whole situation -- the people that he is going to hurt the most with this are red states. these people are some of the .oorest supporters of his what he needs to do is just pull bit, and not spend too much money on military, and help the people. these people are hurting. save medicare. save medicaid. help his supporters. i thank you so much. host: cookie giles, any thoughts? guest: first of all, he said cookie, and i get that a lot. ie.nickname is cok my real name is corley. -- cora lee. only my mom calls me that. president trump promised he would never cut social security, medicare, and medicaid, and the republican party has been after that forever. there is a lot of money in those programs. i know a lot of people -- my parents lived in florida. they are living on just social security. there is no pension. they don't have savings accounts. how would those people be expected to continue living? increase the amount of income you tax. that would work. you are one of the 600 billionaires in the united states, tax some of them a little higher to help pay for these programs. -- it isee, military important that we stay safe, but i do think there is an awful lot of money spent, and not for your military men and women. it is for big corporations that make equipment for the military. host: when you hear the president or the president's supporters call president sanders and his supporters socialist or communist, what is your reaction? guest: i think as bernie continues, he will get more of a platform. definition of the communist, fascist, and isialist, what a socialist is everybody contributes to a public schools, fire department, police department, garbage pickup, libraries. medicare. social security. those are all social programs. that is what socialism portrays. our country is a capitalist system. net primarily is those who have it get to keep it. such incomewe have inequality in this country. we will hear from john, democrats line, in johnstown, pennsylvania. caller: good morning. whenever anyone calls up and asks, how are we going to pay for this program, till them to say what we pay for the military. the military budget is unbelievable. just the last carrier that was built cost $12.4 billion. a 50 story building in san francisco costs $1.5 billion to build. you can see where the waste is. and she is right about the social programs. the military is probably one of the biggest socialistic programs we have. never anyone asks you how are we going to pay for this, the same way we pay for the military. thank you, and goodbye. host: any follow-up to that? guest: i guess i left the military out. we all pay for that. we all pay for aid to other countries. everything we are taxed for. -- some of the talking points from the republicans and big pharma and the insurance companies has been sending out "how do we pay for this," and panicking people that they will have to pay more. of all the things my taxes pay for, i would be willing to pay for health care for everyone, not just for me, for everyone. republican's next, nine, annville, pennsylvania. caller: i have been a nurse for 28 years, and rm, and whenever i hear this medicare for all, i just have to question how much the folks who are saying that understand how medicare works. you know, currently, medicare does not cover a hundred percent of everything for people on medicare. of outpatient doctor visits, those types of things. so most people in this country, the seniors that are on medicare, they have to purchase a supplemental plan, or they choose a medicare advantage plan , and so there is some other coverage that they need. medicare will not cover everything. and also, when they talk about -- i mean, nurses -- is ms. giles willing to take a pay cut? hospitalseimburses and providers where they lose money. that is why many providers don't accept it. medicare, they are lucky if they break even. that is another reason why providers may not participate with medicare. it is the third-party party payers or the insurance companies that are providing a reimbursement rate high enough open, totals to stay develop new treatments, research to happen, and to pay for increases in salaries for the workers. time i i said, every hear "medicare for all, i am like, do you know how medicare works to begin with? it is not this wonderful thing that everything you need done is covered 100%. and as a nurse, i don't want it. so that is a misnomer that all nurses want medicare for all. host: ok, susan. we have to move on. guest: thank you for your call. i guess what i would like to start with is the medicare for all bill that bernie has is primarily an improved and expanded medicare. my parents are, just like you spoke -- they have an anthem part b, and they have to pay $6,000 a year in order to cover everything. they don't get a bill when they have cancer infusions, things like that. the new bill that he is bringing out would cover vision, dental, hearing, and long-term care, which is where a lot of the medicaid goes into. that is where a lot of that is spent. advantage,edicare that is very low money, if any, but it does not cover specialists. down in florida, when i was taking my parents to different providers, if they were private, they said we do not accept medicare advantage, because that is the lowest reimbursement. as far as whether we're willing to take a pay cut, nurses are primarily a female organization. over the years, we have fought to get our wages to where they are. we don't plan on taking a back step there, anymore than we expect the doctors to, anymore othere expect any of the tax paid for professions in the country. and you are right. i don't speak for every nurse. i speak for my organization. we feel that this is the best vehicle to have health care for everyone in the country. bernie sanders one the 2016 primary in new hampshire. did you support bernie sanders in 2016? did.: yes, we host: go ahead. guest: i spent a lot of time in new hampshire, canvassing, i want to say something. i have canvassed in very many states, and new hampshire has the best, most organized system of canvassing of all the ones i have ever seen. they do a fabulous job getting people out down there. host: we heard from our previous guest from "politico" that the senator has the largest paid organization down there. what has it been like as a volunteer for bernie sanders in guest:pshire to mark when you look at somebody who can move what your message is, our nurse values -- it is so exciting to see him get so many people behind him -- young people, middle-aged, old people. that is what i saw sunday, when i was canvassing. i had a few bad addresses and went to some republican homes that were not for bernie. bernie -- i had an older couple. they had three dogs in their house. the lady came out onto the steps , and the dogs would keep barking. she was pumping her fists, all excited about voting for bernie. bernie came out of iowa and with pete buttigieg. were you concerned at all about how that was handled, coming out with a close race? do you think the democratic national committee handled that well? this is my personal opinion. i felt bad for them. maine was ago, caucus. one of our bigger cities is bangor. they had all sorts of problems. it was not anywhere near what iowa was. . felt bad for the system using the new technology, untested and untried, turned out not to be a good idea. i'm happy with where bernie was. what i like about bernie is he is -- he gets his point across, and he can excite people without knocking down other people. host: we go to illinois, independent line. caller: good morning. very interesting guest. i have been in the medical field for over 50 years. here are my concerns. proposal -- not that the ,roposal is flawed, but first with any -- would any other private insurance be allowed? d arere part b and part means tested. would they be means tested? politically viable is any proposal where different incomes are paying more or less the same service? would that work? would a person at a higher income be willing to pay more for food? not income taxes, but more for food? if you have medicare for all, how could the hospitals not be ultimately nationalized? they have different cost structures. and medicare has become so broad that it covers visits, transportation to visits. host: bill put several items on the table there, and our nurse will respond. thanks for the call. guest: ok, you said the word nurse. that is where my focus and expertise is. i do know a few things in there. -- iknow that in canada don't want to call it medicare for all. they copied hours. they do allow people to buy insurance for things that are not covered. province, when they passed it, they decided the list of what would be covered. if you want to have plastic surgery, or you want to have something that is not on that list, they do private insurance. i'm going to have to come up for most of your questions, refer you to medicare4all.org. everything is spelled out in there. while hitting medicare into our country. it is not going to happen the next day. it is going to happen over time, lowering the age in increments. but i think something is important. we are not talking here about who gets this half million dollar home. we are talking about a right. that should be a right for everyone, just like education k-12. i would like to see that expanded. k-12 is a right. so should health care be. national nurses united, supporting the campaign of senator bernie sanders. their vice president joining us from manchester. thanks so much. coming up next, our program continues on this primary day morning. we are joined next by one of senator amy klobuchar's supporters, the mayor of lanconia. ♪ ♪ >> the new hampshire primary is today. what results am candidate speeches starting at 7:30 p.m. eastern, live on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the radio app. our c-span campaign 2020 bus is traveling across new hampshire, asking voters what issues 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declared her candidacy over. you know what she did? she kept fighting. she visited all counties multiple times throughout the state. she kept talking about issues that affect people here in the granite state. she has been a great listener. she has been tough, witty, approachable. i think it is really shown that when granite stators get to know senator klobuchar, they see someone that is a unifier, a democrat who has a history of winning in red states, and someone who has the best opportunity to beat donald trump, come november. host: you mentioned the word grit. what do you think is behind some of the rise in the polls in new hampshire? unfortunately she was bolted to her desk during the impeachment hearings, so it prevented her from getting to new hampshire and iowa as much as she would like to do that. i think she has a tremendous team on the ground right here. and sometimes it takes granite stators 3, 4, five times to meet the candidate, to get a good feeling for who they are, and what they are all about, and to pose a rhetorical question, if this candidate were to become president of the united states, how would my life be affected? when people ask that question about amy, they see this is someone who has a strong record of pulling people together, and i think people in new hampshire and throughout this country are tired of the divisive politics, and they are looking for a unifier right now, and someone who does not just talk about unifying, someone who has a track record of doing it. amy has that, and i think that is resonating with people right now. host: there are a lot of undecideds still in new hampshire. what has been her closing argument to them? and looking ahead to a potential race against donald trump, what is her argument for winning over trump supporters, previous trump supporters? guest: i think there is a lot of disappointment in some pockets throughout new hampshire and throughout the country. donald trump has not delivered on the promises he made in 2015 and 2016. when we look at what is going on with our education system, with the skyrocketing cost of education, the neglect of our infrastructure in this country, and then we have someone like amy, who says, in the first hundred days, we are going to rejoin the paris climate accord. we are going to pay attention to climate change. host: it is one man's opinion, but i think amy klobuchar would in november.butt caller: we are still talking about the primary, right? i think bernie reflects his faith, and i think a lot of us should do that. pay your jesus said taxes, you know? and jesus was anti-death penalty. and jesus told the rich to give up everything they own, and give it to the poor, and follow me. and jesus did not charge for health care. in numbers, chapter five, verse 11 through 31 was a priest how to do an abortion. so god is not pro-life. host: mayor, we talked last segment with a bernie sanders supporter about a great deal of edicare forders' m all proposals. what is the klobuchar campaign's position on how to fix health care in the u.s.? guest: i think one of the things driving hi health care coast right now is the cost of pharmaceuticals. i think one of the obstacles we have right now is, is there a possibility to import lower cost, high quality pharmaceuticals from canada? i believe within the first 100 days, there will be an executive order from president klobuchar to address that issue immediately. second of all, i believe senator klobuchar would be taking steps for universal health care. that is not medicare for all. there is a role for private insurers in health care. all may of medicare for be appealing at some level. certainly, there has to be a fiscal impact of that. i think the cost of it probably -- many of us have paused about the cost of that. how do we as a nation afford that right now? i think are better policy right now is to build on the affordable care act, which made tremendous inroads in addressing the inequalities of health care throughout this country. it is not to tear it down, to knock 150 people -- 150 million people off their insurance. it is about keeping people insured, taking sure they get the best health care, the best outcomes possible, i think sure it is affordable. maintaining the premiums. it is also making sure the deductibles are manageable. that is one of the challenges we have right now. we are looking at a holistic approach to building upon the affordable care act, making sure that people who have pre-existing conditions have access to high-quality, affordable health care. that is the way to address some of these issues. not tearing it down and putting it on the backs of all taxpayers and absorbing costs that even senator sanders is not willing to estimate what the cost will be. kathy inost: next is englewood, florida. bill andpeak on this see if klobuchar has signed onto that. everybody needs to read this bill. about christian religion, tell him to read the 10 commandments, if we are picking bible verses, especially out of the old testament. host: kathy, what is the new way forward bill? caller: go and research it. it is written for open borders, bringing people that have been -- illegal immigrants will get more freedoms, and walk away from crimes. we will have to bring them back into our country. host: let's pick up on immigration. what is senator klobuchar saying? guest: i think what we are looking for and what was long overdue is copperheads of immigration reform in this country right now. i think it is also a priority of senator klobuchar to halt family separation, to end separation. i think unfortunately our immigration policy right now has been characterized by children in cages, particularly on the southern border. i don't think anyone of us in this country believes that strengthening our borders is a bad idea. we have to strengthen our borders. we have to address the opioids and other drugs coming across our borders right now. that is a very important issue. but simply saying a wall is going to stop all of that -- i think we saw a good stiff wind on the southern border knocks over portions of that wall. that really is not a solution. it may sound appealing to people to build a big, hi, beautiful wall, but ultimately comprehensive immigration reform needs to be addressed. the person who can do that is someone who can speak to andblicans and democrats, someone from not necessarily one of the coasts. someone from the midwest, who understands what people in our midwest and southern states are really facing and trying to get their arms around. that is why amy is the candidate to address these issues. i just point to her record of successes, and her ability to work with republicans. that is something we desperately need in this country. if our democracy is going to continue to thrive. host: you are mayor of lanconia -- i'm sorry, laconia. test: you put an extra n in here. onst: unlike winnipesaukee -- lake winnipesaukee. what is the biggest issue affecting your community locally? question,t is a good and i think it is really a couple of things. we are in the midst of a tremendous economic room, and what i would consider the legacy effortsbama economic put forward by his administration. but we have many pockets throughout this country, and i would consider laconia and surrounding areas to be part of that, who really have left -- have been left behind in the boom. we are a tremendous city with a great deal of pride, but we struggle to attract and maintain industry. we are very similar to cities throughout this country who perhaps feel they have been left behind during these thriving economic times, and that is really important. i think we are also running into issues of homelessness that we need to address. one, we don't have enough housing, quite frankly. and what housing we do have is extraordinarily expensive. so we have a problem with wages that seem to have fallen behind during this economic boom, to the point where people just cannot afford to rent or own homes. and that has created a problem. thirdly, one of the biggest issues we have been confronting for quite some time is opioids, and how we as a community are going to confront this problem. i think we tried for many --ades to lock our way up arrest our way out of this problem. it did not work. now we are focused on treatment and recovery, and making investments earlier on in the continuum of care to address these issues. that is what i think about right now. these are issues that i think all small city mayors have to deal with across this country. even large city mayors as well. but these are issues that are particularly important to my community. host: we go to greenville, north carolina, robert on the independent line. caller: as far as the health care situation, canada has it for half the price, and they are covered. you notice a lot of comedians come from canada? because they are happy. to don't have to worry about health care, like we do. if canadians can do it in europe can do it, there is no reason why we can't do it, except for the republican party. party, is the trunk against anything that benefits middle-class and hard-working lower-class people. that is the problem. it is the trunk party. were not dealing with the republican party anymore. we have to understand that. mitt romney is in the party. that is not going to help us. they are going to lie to us. thank you. host: mayor? thanks for the call. i appreciate good humor out of can do as much as anybody. i think there is an opportunity to learn from other countries who by many metrics have better health care delivery systems. it does not mean we have to adopt them wholeheartedly, and i don't think anyone is making that suggestion. certainly, senator klobuchar is not. but when you talk about moving toward universal care, making sure everyone has the opportunity to be covered under high-quality health insurance, making sure our outcomes are consistent with the fact that we are the most affluent and powerful country in the world -- those are some aspirational goals i think we should be striving for. i know senator klobuchar feels that way as well. host: through the independent line, teaneck, new jersey. good morning, c-span and mayor. onust wanted to comment senator klobuchar. i have been observing her and following her since her days of wearing glasses, so i really go way back. with heren impressed demeanor, her delivery of the issues in terms of discussion of climate change, health care. i was an administrator in health care for over 42 years, so i can understand some of the issues and concerns that she has been expressing over the campaign trail. i have not really made a definitive decision yet for who i'm going to support in the primaries. but senator klobuchar, in my household, appeared to be just -- just right. she just has -- there is something about her image, she .resents herself it's very attractive to my household. and of course her record as a senator, as a prosecutor, going back, is very impressive. also, just one last point. ticketl bring a lot to a . leaving the ticket, hopefully. as it relates to the midwest, she speaks their language. to win the presidency, you have got to win the midwest. simple as that. host: thanks, bill. guest: bill, i think your points are excellent. frankly, you sound like the portion of the new hampshire electorate that is really getting behind the senator right now. it is why we are seeing her really launch in the polls. aiming for that top three finish , i think, is a terrific goal right now. certainly number two through five as far as candidates go is a very fluid situation, with many democrats in the state to this day making up their minds, entering the voting booth and still being stuck between two or three candidates. but, you know, the more people get to know amy, the more they get a sense of how authentic she is, how humble she is, how smart she is, how she engages with people. and they see that she has that certain -- what some may call that "it." she has got it. she is what we need right now in a country that is so divisive, where politics has become so toxic. she stands her ground. she is firm in her beliefs and her values. yet she is not afraid to put out the hand, to find compromises, to build relationships and bridges between diverse parties. i think that is really her strength. host: to sterling, virginia, republican line. good morning to vincent. caller: good morning. callerly, the previous and yourself are very devoted to amy, and i have observed her, and i must say i am impressed with her character. i truly am as a republican and a conservative. there are a couple of issues i have with her. i don't know her stance on the military. not that i think even as a republican we need to spend as much money as we spend on the military. but that is one problem. i also think that she is a little bit soft. whoever is going to compete with trump is going to have to be feisty, so i lean more to elizabeth warren, because donald trump is not going to spare any punches. comes in that area, that is where he is going to focus. i don't know enough about her. i like her. i am not a democrat. i am proud to say that. but if she were to appeal to a guy like me, which she does, she has to come with a couple more things. vence, and is good, again thank you for the christian and the commentary. i think you used the word character when you first got on the line, and i think that is important. this is a person of true character, and it is refreshing to see on the national stage. it gives me hope for the future of this country when someone with character leads. when you talk about toughness, does she have the ability to counterpunch with someone who is bombastic and aggressive, and will be on the debate stage in the general election, i would point to just a couple of things. she is a former prosecutor who spent eight years as a district attorney. to be a successful district attorney, having been an assistant district attorney myself, you have to have the ability to stand in a high-pressure atmosphere and be able to counterpunch. she has got that ability. i would not doubt her for one second. i think of her softness there, her sense of empathy and compassion, as a very powerful motivator for me personally. but on the other hand, if you are going to debate senator amy klobuchar, you better be prepared to fight, because she is very strong, very smart, very dedicated, and i have the utmost confidence she can handle herself quite well with the president. host: we have the u.s. house coming in in just a few minutes, at 10:00 a.m. eastern. ,e will go next to pennsylvania lewis, democrats line. you for receiving my call. i'm calling -- i am a democrat, but i don't care who wins. i don't care republican or democrat. my problem is the people's health. you've got a lot of betterments and a lot of older people, and you want to cut all these programs for these people. myself, i am a veteran, and i plus weather, and i got three sons who was in the service. but i am concerned about people's health. you got a lot of people taking dialysis, a lot of people who have got cancer. i am concerned about the people. whoever gets in there, i am hoping we will get someone in there that is not going to just people that have worked all their lives, and just kick them to the curb. and thank you, sir, for accepting my call. host: thank you you, lewis. dickinson,nie in maryland, republican line. good morning. morning.ood i'm actually in north dakota. host: my apologies. thanks for calling. all, for all of our democratic congress and candidates, you are using our non-volunteer taxpayer money to send over to all of these third world countries to help them try to build their countries to be like us. when you turn that money around and put it back into our country -- build a huge veteran center in the middle of the united states, so every homeless veteran can have a place to go and have medical care and a place to live, and rehabilitation services, and counseling services. how about the homeless people that you are talking about in your state? why don't you do something to raise the wages? that is on you. that is not on our democratic hopefuls and a republican president. that is on you. you are the one who has to start this ball rolling. host: i will let you go. any comments? those well, i appreciate comments, and you are right, it actually is our responsibility. i think many of us who choose public service, particularly at the local and community level, see it as a responsibility to address these concerns. i think one of the best ways to find successes at the local level is to work collaboratively with people not only that agree with me, but also may disagree with me, but we may share a common goal of solving certain issues, and trying to find solutions to the most difficult problems. i think we know that at the local level, where party means less than the quality of our ideas, the ideas we bring to the table and our willingness to work together. i think that is what we need more of at the national level, and that is why i think of senator klobuchar, and why she is such a tremendous candidate, and why i am supporting her. she has a record of doing that, of working with others collaboratively. and that is so important right now. when it comes to military issues, and veterans issues, i think about senator klobuchar's relationship with senator john mccain. he served as a bit of a mentor for her in the senate. host: mayor hosmer, the u.s. house is coming in. peaker's rooms e. washington, d.c. february 11, 2020. i hereby appoint the honorable henry cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2020, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. with time equally allocated between the parties and each
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