Chair discusses the coronavirus. Join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington host good morning. It is monday, july 13, 2020. A threehour washington journal ahead and we begin the day the race from the for the white house and we are three weeks away from Vice President joe biden announcing his running mate. We want to hear from democrats who do you think joe biden should pick to be on the 2020 ticket . Democrats in the eastern or central time zones can call in o 274 88000. You can also send us a text. Please include your name and where you are from. A good monday morning. As a reminder, joe biden has said he would pick a woman to be his running mate in 2020, so that helps narrow down the list, but were asking democrats who runninge joe bidens mate. This piece takes up the 11 most logical picks. The top three, congresswoman val demings of florida, senator Elizabeth Warren of massachusetts, and the number one pick, senator, harris of california. Aaron blake writes she has been favored from the start and there is no changing that in light of any color chart and others came urgent biting to pick a minority. Reservations exist, she has shown she secure more messenger. On the senates floor recently speaking about police in this country and Law Enforcement and efforts to rein in Law Enforcement in this country. She also did an event for the Joe Biden Campaign last week it was called the get up, stand up event, and she talked about joe biden as president and what he would do in this country. Senator harris joe talks about the future of the country, knowing that we have to be committed to the wellbeing of our children, the strength of our society. He just outlined what he is going to do around the economy in a threepart plan. He talks about working people, the need for collective bargaining, the need for 15 understanding that we want to be in the business of exporting problem products, not jobs. Service. Just give lip he does what he talks about doing. Here in d. C. And i have been watching firsthand what donald trump has been doing to destroy our country. He has been selling hate and division. A new president , and we need a new president who will bring dignity to the office, and bring compassion. Dost Kamala Harris last weeken talking about joe bidens 700 billion Investment Plan that he ruled out. We are expecting more plans on climate and clean Energy Something to watch for on the campaign trail. What to watch for in this first hour of washington journal, we want to get from democrats only who should be joe bidens pick as a running mate . Fred is up first out of camp hill, pennsylvania. Good morning. Yes. R the first the person i would like to see Vice President. Riting pick is susan rice she is extremely intelligent, has a good Foreign Policy foundation, and i think she would be a good person to help lead the country. She is a woman of color, and this is what mr. Biden said he wanted to pick, and i think she is an allaround good person and would be a good candidate. What you think about the two names that get mentioned at the top and come up in polling as the top likely picks among democratic voters, Elizabeth Warren and senator, harris. Caller senator Kamala Harris . I dont like Kamala Harris because she was against mr. Biden during the primaries, and so was Elizabeth Warren. They were trying to put him down. I dont want someone to build him up. I dont trust Kamala Harris. I really dont. I do trust susan rice. Host we mentioned the polling. A brief rundown of recent polls when it comes to joe bidens vp pick. The cap the takeaways, Elizabeth Warrens and Kamala Harriss profiles dwarf the others that have been floated. He either is that neither lawmaker is a runaway favorite. Poll, neither secured a majority of support. Warren has ranked highly in several polls, particularly among younger voters. She was up six points with 30 support compared with harriss 24 followed by abrams, Amy Klobuchar and others. Has withdrawn her name clover chart has withdrawn Amy Klobuchar has withdrawn her name from consideration. Omaha. Montross, virginia. Caller we go through this. Host im a resident of virginia. I will try to do better on that. Caller thank you very much. Dont waste too much time on it. There is a Vice President ial candidate i would be interested in him picking and it is not on this list. The name is Tulsi Gabbard. I choose her. She is a person of color, a woman of color, and also she is active duty. Im a veteran. We are both antiwar. That is the one i would want to see. That would give me a reason to vote for the guy in the first place. Other than that, considering the two major party candidates, i will probably vote for Howie Hawkins in the green party. Host before you go, you mentioned Tulsi Gabbard i assume you supported her in the primaries. Caller yes, i did. Host when did you start supporting Tulsi Gabbard . In in theat came debates. Eviscerate some other candidates, some of the warmonger candidates, the corporate candidates, and said that is the one. I want her. Host that is larry in virginia. This is tim out of wisconsin. Only democrats for the first hour. Go ahead. Cspan,good morning, good morning america. I completely agree with your first caller. Susan rice has everything. Articulate, as experience, is a woman of color, and i implore all democrats take a look at her. When she speaks, she speaks clear. She is not divisive. She is the best candidate. Joe, if you are listening, i hope you pick susan. Host kathleen parker, columnist with the Washington Post, recently brought up susan rice as a potential name that has not been spoken about as much but should be. Kathleen parker writing to other susan rice and former obama Senior AdvisorValerie Jarrett. They are both qualified on both international and domestic front. Neither has expands running for high office, but there are more important things. Should the wolf worst come to pass, either woman could skip initiation. Nationaled as obamas security advisor. She is on friendly freighted with political baggage more so than it. Recall 2012 when rice stepped in for secretary of state Hillary Clinton, reporting on five sunday news shows that day. If you want to read Kathleen Parkers column in the Washington Post. Helen is next here in d. C. Who should joe biden pick . Caller how are you today . Host i am doing well. Caller i believe joe biden should just wait until he puts out who he wants to be his Vice President. Dont try to rush him because i dont like the fact everyone is going online trying to figure out who he wants to pick as Vice President. It doesnt make sense. Host he has said he expects to announce sometime around august 1. That is why theres a lot of discussion right now. Caller this is not august. It is still july. Why are you all talking about this . This is how trump gets into his playing games with people. He is playing cnn. Like i said, he should be able to pick his Vice President when it is time, and dont rush it. Saying you are comfortable, you would be comfortable with whoever he picks . Caller i think i know who he is going to pick personally and when i decide believe when you come on the television believe when you come on television, who you think he should pick caller host i got your point. Caller do you want to say who you think he will pick . Caller no, i dont. Host i want to endorse what the first caller fred in pennsylvania said susan rice is the perfect candidate and im not disparaging, saying there are not other viable candidates, but they have a rule already and they could find another role in the cabinet. He is comes bola susan rice. He has worked with her before. She is professional, experienced on matters of department of state. Virginia, to say to montrose, dont vote green party. That is how we got trump in the first place. Vote for joe biden. That is my comment. Rice from on susan the new york times, their latest wrapup of the vp search. The question on how serious susan rice is being that it, very seriously, they write. In theirw york times wrapup of who is the who is in the mix and who should be in the mix and the latest on those percent running mate. Diane. Obama. Caller good morning. Beolutely, positively, must susan rice. I have seen interviews with her. I love them. She is great, intelligent. She has knowledge of working for the white house. She has worked with biden before. It has to be susan rice. I can see anybody else. Host robert in bellingham, washington. Good morning. Democrats only. Lodi think bidens who do you think should be bidens vp pick . Caller i am another susan rice supporter. I think Valerie Jarrett be a good pick, too. Ricee watched his susan a number of time spent she is articulate, knowledgeable. I think she would be fantastic. Support joe biden from the beginning of the primary . Caller no. Im in Bernie Sanders of, but i definitely will support joe biden. No doubt about that. Host as a Bernie Sanders supporter, square some of your support for susan rice and what you see in her . Her belief in humanity. The fact that we are looking at a philosophy of helping people, all people, especially with the coronavirus. We need someone that is very intelligent, knowledgeable, and is going to be have things , and havee ppe systems at work like the unemployment extensions, and all of these things that are going on that we are seeing. It is really chaotic. I mean, i have been in my house for four months now. I need to see some kind of stability. The only way that i can see we stability isget get some intelligent people in there that are professionals. Susan rice is definitely a professional. So is Valerie Jarrett, for that matter. Biden,y supportive of and supportive of whoever he picks because we have to get trump out. Host robert in washington. Chalk Janet Carroll up as another susan rice supporter, but rights almost anyone would have more knowledge in the constitution, or geography than the president. Host again joe biden saying he will pick a woman and that he expects to have that picked by august 1. Talking aboutre it today, three weeks away from that date. We are asking democrats to win this money. , mississippi. Youre next. Beler my first pick would michelle obama, and my second pick would be Bernie Sanders. He is a man, but the reason i say Bernie Sanders is because he a win, andntee them so would michelle obama. She could raise a lot of money, and so could Bernie Sanders. He is going to need it. Host is it the money that guarantees the when . Caller no, but he is going to need money, and lots of it to counter against trump. Trump is already doing all of Campaign Messages out there , and most of it is lies, but people believe it, and they will have to fight back. They will have to have money to do it. Host ben in mississippi. Mel is a democrat in salt lake city, utah. Good morning. Who should joe biden pick . Caller good morning. It would be any of the eight women qualified. They are all highly qualified. I think he cannot make a mistake with these women that are at the top of their professions. I mean, they are the best. Lets go, joe biden. Host there are a lot of different lists. Food you put in your top it . Harris, cash, law harris. Kamala just about any of them. Look at their history. That they have done. I like the womens perspective. I think that needs to be out. I think women need to voice heard more often and louder now. With all the things that are happening, we need a woman in in human one of the top jobs the nation in one of the top jobs in the nation. Mel in utah. We mentioned the Washington Post list. Cnn used at large at to be at the Washington Post, used to be the head of the fixed column, and current rankings in the fix have Elizabeth Warren as second. Ranked war and is seventh. Here are the reasons. I know other vp rankings have the senator from massachusetts is far more likely to be bidens pick. I much more skeptical. She is loved by liberals, but her political style is at odds with biden and is significantly more liberal than he is in my does a one race is a huge issue, does a white man month to get white woman to be his running mate . School reopens, something the Trump Administration has been focused on, sending betsy devos to the sunday shows, this is Elizabeth Warren talking about it and what it would mean under a Joe Biden Administration and how it might work. [video clip] warren advocates deserve an advocate in the white Vice President dr. Biden and First Lady Jill Biden they would not get one, just to. You cannot just snap your fingers and reopens schools. Forcing schools to reopen without providing them with the resources they need to do so safely or the flexibility to be able to respond to outbreaks in their community is both dangerous and reckless. Reopening schools is going to and planning that puts the safety of teachers, children, staff first, and that is why it is critically important that teachers and school staff have to be at the table for these decisions. We need a secretary of education to helpk with teachers the states and districts develop reopening plans based on the best available Public Health information instead of spending her time sending buckets of emergency taxpayer money to private schools. We need real leadership in the white house starting with the president to significantly reduce the spread of this virus. We need a congress that will act fast to invest real money in stabilizing our state and local governments, our childcare, and instead ofhools blocking critical aid to schools and two states. There are a lot of ways to accomplish these goals, but time is of the essence. We know we face an uphill battle here, but this is the fight that we have been called to. The fight to build an america that provides educators with the support and respect that will that they need and deserve an america that builds a better tomorrow for every child from birth so that regardless of their zip code, their family income, race, or ability, they are safe and their opportunities look pretty much like everyone elses. And america, that can only be possible with joe and joe biden. Jill biden. Host senator Elizabeth Warren in a recents in conference she twitter page. A few comments. Joe writing in he would be smart to pick warrant. Howot know against biden goes against Voter Suppression and russian interference. This from the media the media to whip updiligently enthusiasm for bunker biden. You can give us a call. We are asking democrats only who should joe biden pick as his running mate. David. Flint, michigan. You are next. Caller good morning. He has so many good choices warren and all of them. I dont really care about the race of the person that gives it. Race is dying out a little bit and we want good leaders. I think susan rice would be my reportingce and for for i hope cuomo runs for president because i think he would make an excellent president. Now, i think President Biden and his wife will be great. I think you will be a great president and his wife will be a great first lady. A greatmichigan we have governor, whitner, and she is doing an excellent job. It seems like Republican People dont really aspect women they act like women are secondclass, but our governor is doing an excellent job in michigan and im happy for the women. Host quick question before you go. You said you want cuomo to run. Is that because you dont think joe biden will win in november or you only think you would serve four years . Caller no, i know biden is going to win and were going to support biden 100 , but then i think well be ready for a different style. We will see. Biden might be good for eight years. I know he might be good for these four. I think we probably would do good to get a younger person in there after the four years. Host pennsylvania. Met. Good morning. A democrat. Caller good morning. Before i say who i want to pick, let me say this, and i cannot believe what im hearing from fellow democrats the person you dont want is susan rice. Foxhese democrats turn on news and the field they they have with this band got it but guys in ben guys benghazi thing . We do not want susan rice. She has as much charisma as my foot. I think it is a nobrainer. I think it is Kamala Harris, and i dont care if she does not have Foreign Policy experience. You saw the Senate Judiciary committee. She was one of the senators that had Brett Kavanaugh crying. This is someone we need, someone tough,