Hawkings. We will take your call and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington host good morning. At the house is in recess and democrats continued expected to continue their closeddoor depositions. Four Current White House order to testify, but the four expected to be a noshow today. Later this month or early next month, we expect to begin the next phase of the process, open hearings. That is our starting point, do you think these public hearings will influence, sway, or any change your view on the impeachment of President Donald Trump . You can give us a call at 2027488000 for democrats. 2027488001 for republicans. If you are an independent, 2027488002. You are also we are also taking your Text Messages, tell us your first name and where you are texting from. 2027488003 or send us a tweet cspanwj. We are also live at facebook. Com cspan. A lot to talk about over the next three hours with a heavy focus on the impeachment process and your calls and comments. Want to begin with this story from the hill. Com. While House Democrats promised open hearings soon. Here are some of the details. Democratic leadership offering reassurances the public phase of the impeachment inquiry would begin soon while republican allies of the president using beginningnces with the House Democrat leader steny hoyer of maryland on face the nation. He said open hearings were forthcoming, the process depends on what facts the probe uncovered the same e republicans begin attacks. Kellyanne conway assailing the house closeddoor hearings. Democratic leadership defended as necessary to keep witnesses from coordinating their testimony. Chair of the House Foreign Affairs committee appeared on abcs this week and had this to say. [video clip] there will be public hearing soon, this week, we will be having the last of the witnesses come in. Everything is transparent. Republicans keep moving the book goal post. When we are transparent, it is not good enough. The president will have every right. They cannot complain about not having open hearings and when they have open hearings, complain about that as well. Week is onethis of the shows we air on cspan radio. Phone lines are open. Our question with the open impeachment process about to begin, the specifics to be determined. What do you expect to learn . Your view on this . Daniel is joining us, good morning. Independent line. Caller thank you very much. Basically, i wonder when so many people call in your line and say things like i think trump is doing a good job and he is the best president , what i dont understand is you never ask them the safetythey happy features for the british britishm petroleum blowout are being eliminated by trump and are they worried he is going to do offshore drilling all over the world . Are they happy half the wetlands protected are going to be developed . Are they happy pesticides that were banned are going back on the market . Ask them why trump is doing a good job. You never do that. Let me ask you the question we are focusing on this morning as the impeachment process continues with open hearings, do you think you will learn anything new, do you think it will sway Public Opinion . Caller a journalist and you should ask questions when people call you and say they love trump. What do they love about mr. Trump, journalist . You tell me. Host said last night on his show all you have to do is read the transcript of the call, you do not need never trumpers for other witnesses to say what it means or said, it is very well stated for all to see. From albuquerque, new mexico, jim, you are next. Caller good morning. Whatss from the hearings, we would find is a lot of information all the way around. Right now, you can see where the are kind of slanted in one leakingn based on the and what we would find is more the truth. I remember seeing on cspan four weeks ago during volcker all the reporters includinging there, cnn and the rest of them and he said when what volcker was in regard to text regarding the quid pro quo that bill taylor was getting that information from the ukraine, who got it and that is what he was asking about. Host that he has this comment on facebook, the truth not given to me by any newscaster, but by my own eyes, ears, sense of integrity, and common sense. I challenge gop reporters to do the same. Impeachmentecial page on our website. You can count on us to carry it live also streamed on the web and cspan radio. Front page of the Washington Post had this headline, loyalists intend to thwart the inquiry. Here are some of the details from a team of reporters from the Washington Post. One of the acting chief of staff allies is prepared to deliver what the president wants, but failed to achieve so far in the impeachment inquiry, unquestioning loyalty from aistration staff concerted defiance of congressional subpoenas in coming days. Two of his subordinates will follow suit, proving their loyalty and creating a critical firewall regarding the alleged use of foreign aid to illicit a favor. Are pressing for details about why the White House Budget Office effectively froze ukraine Funds Congress had appropriated. Front page and inside the Washington Post, those available online. Mark joining us from prince georges county, maryland. Good morning, independent line. Caller to answer your question specifically, i think the public hearings are a good idea, but it is not that there are some nuances we might get out of the hearings, but the bulk of what happened, we are already aware of. I dont think the two camps in particular are going to be swayed by public hearings because the information is largely out there. The issue is the camps have gotten behind their horse, so to speak, and there is no budging them. As much as i would like to think it would make a difference, i dont think this will go anywhere because there are democrats and republicans in those hearings and it has not swayed anybody at all thus far. Host thanks for listening on cspan radio. A couple of political headlines aheadsa today, one year as 2020 draws closer, biden tested in iowa as rivals again. 13 of the candidates on friday evening we carried it live on our cspan on our website. Sunday news programs. [video clip] the house did not vote to authorize and impeachment inquiry, just democrats did. Democrats have a majority in the house, this is not as nancy pelosi pledged and promised. Withemocrats voted republicans. It was on political lines because the people in the house politicals a exercise. Will the president stop blocking officials from testifying before the house . You have seen a number of officials testifying. That is over the objection of the president. The president has every right executive privilege. What we have not seen is the fullness of the 8 or 10 hours adam schiff is growing mushrooms in the dark in this secret process. Cure what has been a flawed process where the president has not been afforded due process rights. I promise i will get to that. I promise i will get to that and i will specifically ask congressman jim himes about that. Host he should public he should probably be overseeing the whole process. Will the president tell john bolton not to appear . Ambassador bolton publicly and his lawyers said he is not sure he will appear, that has nothing to do with the president. What is the president calling for . I am not sure the president talked to ambassador boehm. We will continue to exert executive privilege where we feel it is necessary. The houseboat does not make a difference in terms of a flawed process somehow becoming open and transparent and they should have done this from the beginning. 6 ago tuesday, nancy pelosi said we will move toward and impeachment inquiry, it took them five months to hold a vote. Where is the substance . On what basis are we impeaching an elected president of the centraltates where our governing principle is the rule of law . Here is the transcript, go read it everybody pretty host that is from kellyanne conway. I expect to see more evidence of President Trumps innocence, calling it sham impeachment, a comment from sherry in massachusetts. House approves the impeachment inquiry in a fiery debate that took place last week and here are some of the details. Republicans challenged Speaker Pelosi to hold a floor vote complaining the inquiry hasnt followed past precedent and violates the president s due. Rocess rights gop lawmakers continue to call the inquiry a sham while complaining the newly unveiled rules still limit their authority, including by requiring consent of democratic chairs to subpoena witnesses. The resolution allows republican members to submit written demands for testimony and other evidence. Alexandria,ext from minnesota, good morning. Caller good morning. I want to thank you for taking my call and i want to say i do believe this impeachment inquiry is a sham. I just dont believe that adam schiff, who has got no credibility at all with just about anybody would think he should be in charge of stating that the republicans cant talk, cant ask questions, they are cut off right away with any questions they were wanting to ask, that is not fair. This should have been open to the public right from the beginning, not held downstairs in a closed room with Police Officers or Capitol Police or anything else guarding the room. This whole thing is absolutely ridiculous. View from this viewer on our twitter page, adam schiff and his cohorts fabricated the entire story. They did not expect to get caught because they never thought trump would release the actual transcript. Ukraine trying to woo the president using flattery, favors, as well as deals involving coal. Wade joining us from South Carolina, good morning. We will go to mike from missouri. Good morning, mike. Caller good morning, steve. Myself, i think i already know what happened and i know we are going to see more of trumps lying and deviousness. I thoroughly believe the Republican People need to get a grip on the american language the english language and they need to figure out what shall supply the taxes means. That little word shall or they dont understand that and the other word they dont understand is though. We will give you the missiles, but we need dirt on joe biden, though. Whatever joe bidens son did is no different than the same day donald trump was sitting bragging about the beautiful chocolate cake with the guy from china, the very same day ivanka was getting patents in china, the very same day, that whole thing is garbage. I go with the first caller this morning and i cannot believe people are proud that donald trump has turned american that weinto beggars have to give money to and i just wish the Republican People would see things the way they are. Host this is a tweet from the president a few minutes ago. What i said on the phone call with the ukrainian president is perfectly stated, there is no reason to call witnesses to analyze my words and meaning, this is another democrat hoax i have had to live with with the date since the day i got elected, calling it disgraceful. From kokomo, indiana. Caller thanks so very much that you took my call. I want to answer those guys complaining about President Trump. I am going to vote for President Trump. The only reason i am doing that is because look at the alternative. Tv, theon the warren the lady, everybodydicare for and it costs about 53 trillion. That is the reason i am voting for mr. Trump. Thank you very much that you took our phone call. Host you mentioned senator elizabeth warren, we covered her friday evening and this is the headline. The editorial from the wall street journal, warren has what they are calling a fantasy plan. Her financing and planning ideas have no relation to reality. Linda from staten island, new york, welcome to the program. Caller good day. I appreciate cspan. The issue at this point is Law Enforcement. More laws or any amendments from the house. I am sincerely suggesting to washington, d. C. For Judicial Intervention to issue an unction of the show called socalled impeachment inquiry. I would ask congress to act and strike down the 11th amendment clause, the immunity clause because currently minorities are judges aftero sue a court claim and no court group should be allowed to abuse any citizen and they are not above the law, either. It is unnerving to watch washington officials abuse their authority and witness democratic leadership obstruct a Government Administration while the government leadership does nothing to protect the office of the United States presidency. I pray for this country and my countrymen and women. Host thanks for the call. Kevin mccarthy, the House Republicans leader on face the nation yesterday defending the president talking about the process as it unfolds in the house of representatives. [video clip] i think the whistleblower should come forward in an open hearing and bring the 6 people he talks about inside his complaint that he said talked about other issues as well. Leader, are you completely turning down the opportunity to submit questions in writing, that is not sufficient . As an american and that everybody should know and have accountability, you are talking about the removal of the presidency. We watched adam schiff lie that he did not know to the public. So you are not clear on that . You are not open to that . I am not clear. Are you open to that because it would bypass adam schiff . What i am open to when you are talking about the removal of the president of the United States undoing democracy and what the American Public voted for, i think that individual should come before the committee. He needs to answer the question, we need an openness that people understand us. Is theevin mccarthy House Republicans leader appearing on face the nation. This is a text message from julius writing why dont you point out it was republicans who change the rules to have secret meetings when it benefited them and their impeachment process. Send us a text message at 2027488003. In case you missed it yesterday in the New York Times, it is also available online, on the morning of Inauguration Day 2017, the president tweeting an opening message to the United States, it all begins today. Forll see you at 11 00 a. M. The swearing in, the movement continues, the work begins. The New York Times has taken an extensive look at President Trumps 11,000 plus tweets since taking office and the team of reporters writing the following, then mr. Trump entered office, twitter was a Political Tool that helped him get elected. In a digital howitzer he relished firing. He has fully integrated twitter into the fabric of his administration, reshaping the nature of the presidency. In a presidency unlike any other when mr. Trump wakes to twitter, goes to bed and is comforted by how much it revolves around him, the person most singled out for praise was himself more than 2000 times. The president is tweeting more than ever, the second week of october was his busiest with 271 tweets. He has taken to twitter to demand action 1159 times on immigration and his border wall, which is a top priority, 529 times on tariffs. Twitter is an instrument of his Foreign Policy, he has praised dictators more than 100 times while complaining twice as much about americas traditional allies. Twitter is the Trump Administrations the fecteau personnel office. He has announced the departures of more than two dozen top officials, some fired by tweet. More than half of the president postings have been attacks. No other category comes close. That from the New York Times. Porter in raleigh, north carolina, republican line. Open hearings when they come, well it in any way change your view . Caller no. Ivanka trump is a really good president , thank you. Think trump is a really good president , thank you. Ofler i just saw the clip Kevin Mccarthy calling adam schiff and republicans calling. Chiff pelosi every day, the president lies. Another thing about the ukraine the business he called, he admitted it on national tv, his chief of staff had a speech saying there was a pretty quo. Ble quid pro another thing is Robert Mueller. Obstructions. I cannot understand why republicans dont want to believe that. I just have a gut feeling he is going to turn around and do something else. I understand you cannot indict a sitting president , but what about his children . They want to talk about the bidens. Let that go. Host rosie from texas. This text message from a viewer in michigan, if donald trump is innocent, why doesnt he cooperate with the investigations . Why doesnt he show his taxes. Adam schiff is the chair, he is featured this morning in the style section of the Washington Post. Script fs toughest joining us from fort lauderdale, florida. Democrats line. You. R good morning to hasnnot understand what taken place with this impeachment. It is only damaging the democratic party. I dont think it is a popular decision and i dont think it makes sense for what they are impeaching this man for because he actually laid out what was said in the telephone conversation. I am saddened by this because the party is going down a slippery slope and becoming an embarrassment. That is why i cannot really see myself voting again for a democratic party. This man promises a lot of stuff and you see they are coming true. Rob innother text from west virginia, why isnt biden also under investigation for his quid pro quo with his son . Wha