Will discuss the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing in the future of u. S. Space policy with several members of congress. We will also give you a chance to share your thoughts about Space Exploration by phone, facebook, and twitter. Is next. On journal , it isood morning tuesday, july 16, 2019. The house will reconvene at 10 00 with President Trump and his twitter feed set to take center stage. Prepared a resolution taking aim at the president and womenmments telling four to go back to where they came from if they are unhappy with america. This morning we are getting your thats and your reactions. ,emocrats 202 7488000 republicans 202 7488001, independence 202 7488002. You can also get up with us on social media during on twitter it is cspanwj. You can start calling you now as we show you the front page of todays wall street journal. Leading with a column about the four members of congress targeted by the president. That is congresswoman ion Ayanna Pressley, that is rashida tlaib, that is congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez. That is minnesota congresswoman ilhan omar, who is a naturalized u. S. Citizen. From the republican side of the aisle, reaction on twitter to the president s comments is mixed. Heres a few of the comments from republicans. Former Ohio Governor john kasich tweeting out that what the president said about Democratic Women in congress is deplorable and beneath the dignity of the office. All, including republicans, need to speak out against these kind of comments that do nothing but divide us and create deep animosity, maybe even hatred. A congressman of michigan said im appalled by the president s tweet. There is no excuse for inflammatory rhetoric from both sides of the aisle. We have too many challenges that we ought to be working on together immigration, the debt ceiling, the border crisis. The president s comments are flat out wrong and uncalled for. I would encourage why politics to start governing more. Senator steve daines from montana saying montanans are sick of hearing radical democrats trash our country and our ideals. I stand with the president. One more from congressman ralph there is noing question members of congress that the president called out had absolutely said antiamerican and antisemitic things. I will pay for their tickets out of this country if they would tell me where they would rather be. We have more responses from capitol hill yesterday and some of the press conferences the president held. We especially want to hear from you. Your thoughts on the president s tweet that has caused so much controversy over the past three days. Todd is up first out of california. An independent. Go ahead. Caller how are you . Host doing well. Caller the trump tweet is not racist. Im a black american, born in new york to two u. S. Citizens. We are all from another country. All he is saying is if youre not happy here, youre free to leave. Congress, members of the squad, they consistently say things that are antijewish, communist, and i believe they do hate america. I agree with trump and i do not think trump is racist. I did not vote for trump last time but i will in 2020. Host why didnt you vote for him last time . Dissatisfied with politics in general and obama left a bad taste in my mouth. This is before trumps policies were clearly laid out and now i can see how he is helping the country. Host that is taught in california. This is an out of jamaica, new york. A democrat. Good morning. Caller good morning, thanks for taking my call. I believe that anybody should leave this country, it should be cropped. He has had it should be trump. He has had wives that were immigrants. His mother was from scotland. His grandparents were from germany. He should be impeached. The caller before me is disgusting. Host do you think democrats will make that move in the wake of these tweets and the president doubling down yesterday. We had congressman al green promising to force a vote on impeachment this month. Caller i do not know what they are going to do but trump is a disgrace to america. Everything about him is a disgrace. Host charlotte, north carolina, republican. Good morning. Caller good morning. Host go ahead. Caller i want to speak in favor of the president and against the cabal and all of the people in this country that act like they do not like this country. The ones that raised the mexican flag when they attacked the offices and the ones that went out and tried to blow up a place the other day, the cabal did nothing but speak against this country and i agree with trump. Host what is the cabal you refer to . Caller the four women in the house that have consistently gotten much publicity about negative things. I disagree with your previous caller. Even though trump does have immigrants in his family, i do not see any of those immigrants standing up and talking negatively about this country. I think trumps policies are positive and i continue to support him. Host that group of democratic lawmakers referring to themselves as the squad. They held a press conference on capitol hill yesterday to respond to the president. We are getting your thoughts this morning as the controversy spills into a third day. For democrats, republicans, and independents, showing you what happened when the president on the response from members of congress. Event that was supposed to talk about technology to moment in the United States, the president opening up to the press for questions and one of the questions he was asked about was whether his tweets were racist. [video clip] does it concern you that tweet was seen as racist . I disagree with lindsey graham. Hese are congresswomen what am i supposed to do, wait for senators . He said aim higher. What am i going to do, waited to we get somebody else in a higher position . These are people that hate our country. They hate our country. They hated, i think, with a passion. It is possible i am wrong. The voter will decide. When i hear the way they talk about our country. When i hear the antisemitic language they use, the hatred they have for israel and the love they have for enemies like al qaeda, i will tell you that i do not believe this is good for the democrat party. It is not the party i have known over the years. R. President does it concern you that many people saw that tweet as racist and White Nationalist groups are finding common cause with you on that point . It does not concern me because many people agree with me and if they want to leave, they can leave. It is not say leave forever, it says leave. Host the president from the white house. Two hours later the socalled squad, that group of four lawmakers holding their own press conference on capitol hill. Here is some of that press conference. [video clip] have noticed that when he said go back to where you came from, there was an uproar through all of our communities, because every Single Person who is brown and black at some person in their life in this country heard that. Made the comments, i know that every single muslim who has lived in this country and across the world has heard that comment. I will not dignify it with an answer because i know that every single islamic folk islamaphobe, every Single Person who is hateful, who is driven by an ideology of othering as this president is, rejoices in us responding to that. Time therepect every is a white supremacist who who kills a white man in a school or a Movie Theater synagogue, ie or a do not expect my White Community whetherto respond on they love that person or not. , it is beyondime time to ask muslims to condemn terrorists. We are no longer going to allow the dignify occasion the dignify occasion the digni fication of such ridiculous statements. Host if you want to watch the president s remarks, you can do so on a website at cspan. Org. Use the search bar on the top of the page. Taking your phone calls. Phone lines for democrats, republicans, and independents and also in social media. I think theng president s comments were stupid and uninformed, but im not surprised because his comments fall in line with criticisms from former cabinet members, ambassadors, paul ryan, that trump does not know much. Saying what have they done . Criticizing the United States is not illegal or against the law. Another says we of the Republican Party standard stand with the United States dirk adding we will reelect him next year and all you people will be able to do is whine. Getting your thoughts on phone lines, democrats, republicans, and independents. An independent from flushing, new york. Good morning. [indiscernible] we have debated what is right and what is wrong. [indiscernible] it is a war between the white and brown people this is about policy. Do you think we are getting any closer to not calling each other names . Caller [indiscernible] the issue should be what is better for this country . Host this is bill out of new york. A democrat. Good morning. Caller my comment on that is that these women stand up there i have my tv down. They stand up there and they were doing what President Trump said. They were condemning everything about the immigration problem. All he said, and you people in the news media, you do not narrate the whole article. He said if you people basically what he said is if you do not agree with what were trying to handle the problem, go back to wherever you came from, fix the problem there in those countries, then come back and tell us how to do it. He did not say go back where you came from. That is all the news media lets out. Host here is the president s full tweet on this. This is what sparked the outrage to begin with. On sunday. 8 27 a. M. Interesting does he progressive democrat congresswomen who came from countries whose governments are complete and total catastrophes, if they even have a functioning government at all, now telling the people of the United States how our government is to be run. Why dont they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came and come back and show us how it is done. I am sure nancy pelosi would work out a free travel arrangement. Caller i did not hear that part about nancy pelosi. It is all just propaganda from both parties. Where the democrats or republicans are any better than the other. If they could fix that immigration problem within eight hours and they got together, sat down, and change that law which said if you step on american soil im pretty sure when i was a young kid in my 20s and the cuban crisis came up, we were supposed to help invade cuba. We did not send our air force. I do not know if we felt guilty or what, but after that it was all over the daily newspaper at that time that they were fixing the Immigration Law so that cubans, if they came here wanting asylum and set foot on our country, it was ok. Says no, politician you should not do that because if you do that you will have to give every country the same right. Host in terms of changing the Immigration Law, here is the new rules on asylum that went into effect starting today. The Trump Administration moving dramatically to limit Central American migrants ability to seek asylum in the u. S. And its border with mexico. An escalation, but the wall street journal writes, of the president s effort to stem the flood of border crossers. Under the rule, migrants who passed through another Country First must seek asylum there rather than at the u. S. Border, where they will be ineligible to do so. The rule issued by the department of justice and Homeland Security does take effect today. Immigrants Rights Groups pledging to challenge that new rule in court. That is from the wall street journal. Their lead story today on that change in the asylum law. Tom is nextel florida, republican tom is next out of florida, republican, go ahead. Caller i think the president i do not know what the big deal is. Ryan, mitt, paul romney, they are throwing stones. Your movie stars have already stated they want to move, they want to move. Nobody comes up with any ideas. Host as a republican, what you think of those republicans who have come out against the president , have condemned the president s comments . Everybody has their own thoughts. Do you have thoughts on that and how it will impact them . Caller begging your pardon . That any thoughts on how might impact members of congress who are speaking up against the president . Caller it is not going to affect them. The president is right. If one of these women have come up with one good idea to do anything constructive , all they do is throw stones. I agree with the president. If you do not like it, audios. Host here is some of the comments from republicans who have decided to criticize the president. Pete olson, the tweet President Trump posted over the weekend about fellow members of congress is not reflective of the values of the million plus people in texas is 22nd district. We are proud to be the most diverse Congressional District in america. I urge the president to disavow his comments. Another from mike turner out of ohio. Im confident every member of congress is a committed american. The president tweets were racist and he should apologize. We must work to rise above the hate and not enable it. Senator tim scott of South Carolina saying that no matter our political disagreements, aiming for the lowest common denominator will only divide our nation further. The senator tweeting out his statement as well. At a press conference at the white house concerning financial policy for the United States, secretary the Treasury Steven Mnuchin also asked about the president s tweets. Here was his response. [video clip] do you find the president s tweet racist and what you make of White Nationalists praising those tweets . I do not find them racist. The president speaks for himself on that and i think he was clear. We are focused on cryptocurrencys. Host and from the New York Times today, carl holds with his News Analysis piece on the republican response to the president s tweets, calling it a muted republican response, sending a signal for 2020 that it is trumps party. We want to get your thoughts on line four republicans and democrats and independents. Shelton has been waiting out of shreveport, louisiana. An independent. Good morning. Caller i want to start off by ising what is happening there is a lot of redbaiting going on, trying to marginalize what people are fighting for in our society and trying to make it into something bad. We do not want no stagnated government. We want things to move forward , just like the establishment of social security. We want universal health care. We want everybody in this country to be covered and have health care in this country. We want education for every child in this country. Host at the press conference on capitol hill, congresswoman Ayanna Pressley saying the president tweets are a distraction distracting members of congress from the issues you are talking about. Do you agree with her . Caller of course. What have they done on health care . What have they done on causes for the poor . What have they done in terms of raising the minimum wage . They attacked unions, they try to start another war, they have not done one thing on the environment. People have gave their lives to try to make this country better. Evers ther king, mr. Medgar evers, the three civil rights workers in mississippi. People have stood up and said we should make this country better. There is nothing wrong with trying to fight and make a supposedly that is fighting for everybody and live up to that. Host shelton out of louisiana. This is stephen out of new york. A democrat. Good morning. Caller this is a cold wakeup call for all decent people. If you agree with and find no fault with someone whos as racist things, no matter who they are and what good you think theyve done personally, you are a standing racist. If you cannot condemn trump for telling three congresswoman of color to go back to their country, this is their country. This is all of our country. White, black, gay, straight, do, atheist. Entile, racism must be condemned if we are all to move forward. If you do not think this is a big deal, you are a racist. For all of the socalled christians, would jesus put people in cages, grab women by the vagina, or make racist statements . We have to wake up now. Host dianas next out of gallup, new mexico. A republican. Good morning. Caller i have questions about the liberality of tweets the legality of tweets. I believe congress should move to strike down the decision that tweets were a legal form of communication from the president. I think that should be ended and i think they should move to take away outside of the regular channels of government, i think they are far too important and i think they are too extraneous. You do not think the president should be able to tweet . Caller i believe that tweets should not be considered official communications. Host the president has said that he likes twitter because it allows him and unfiltered access to the American Public. Caller that may be true. Nonetheless, they should not be considered official government declarations. Host what should we consider them . Caller they should have the freedom to use the communication but they should not be considered an official government statement. It is a tweet. It is outside the normal host got your point. On the issue of twitter, the Washington Post looking at whether President Trumps tweets from over the weekend violate twitters policies when it comes to hate speech. Twitter announcing last month that it would label tweaks from World Leaders when they violate company standards. Ordinary users are subject to more serious discipline, including potential deletion of their accounts. Twit