To condemn that and discourage it. Nbcs Steve Handelsman has the latest from the key state of florida. Reporter its a good turnout, marco rubio hopes that can save him. Dont stay home. No one stays home. We dont know how close this is going to be. Reporter many say their votes go to donald trump. Because i think that hes a person who can change this country. I want to see somebody strong, a strong president. Not a weak one like we have four eight years. Reporter the current president weighed in not naming trump. Our country has to toughen up. But the violence and vulgarity at rallies. And we heard silence from too many of our leaders. Reporter paul ryan criticized trump two weeks ago but trump claimed that gop leaders now accept he will be the nominee. The biggest people in the party are calling. Reporter ryan said he called to say the party elite wont pick the nominee. The republican primary voters are going to make the decision. This is not our decision to make. Reporter john kasich
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Quorum call quorum call mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the republican leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection, so ordered. The republican leader is recognized. Mr. Mcconnell id like to say a few words about a staffer ill be very sad to lose tomorrow. Denzel mcgwire is one of the most genuine people youll ever meet. Shes always got a smile on her face and a ready joke. And shes the only Senate Staffer i know of who can plan on a personal listen to this a personal birthday song from Speaker Boehner every year. She is also got a determination thats strong as steel. She is a master negotiator. And all members, even the speaker, have learned its wise to say in her good graces. She has worked for some of the most respected members of this body, including jon kyl and judd greg and shes taken on some of the thorniest issues offers her more than 20 years here in congress. I
And vote for republicans because they give a comfort zone for their racism. It has been said that the gop makes satan look like a student. They use the common white men for their games, their only for the rich, the corporations. Host we will continue with more of your calls and comments in the next hour. As we focus on the start of the 140 congress a reminder, we will have a life of our program on tuesday, kicking off the new congress, starting off at 7 00 am eastern time. Our sunday roundtable, what to expect for the 114 congress in the year ahead in politics. Youre watching and listening to c spans washington journal on this sunday morning, january 4. The c span cities tour takes book tv and American History tv on the road, traveling to u. S. Cities to learn about their history and literary life. This weekend, we partnered with Time Warner Cable for a visit to austin, texas. We are in a private suite of linden and lady bird johnson. This was the private quarters for the president and
Guest i think it puts a lot of very challenging position. Despite all the good economic news, a lot of people are so anxious about their personal economic situation. As much of the as you can look at these national trends, the average person worrying about the future, it is very hard to tell them you should be happy, when they are anxious about their mortgage payment. Host Interest Rates continue to stay at low levels. Would you agree or disagree . Guest we started to look into how people were feeling compared to how things are going in the state what we found was that partisanship in the polls drives a lot of negativity. Republicans are much more likely to say they feel good about their economy. We see this with a good number of questions. It has become it is a standing partisan question. If democrats are in the white house, with republicans think that things are going poorly, and vice versa. Our concern is this partisan mindset is starting to seep into how people think about the econ