Cspan two. S on the sunday morning we want to turn our attention to politics and the latest recordings released late last week by the showing donald, trump supposedly talking about being his own publicist as the miller. M john do these recordings matter . We will let you know in just a moment. In onand comments, coming the line for democrats. 202 also, share your comments on facebook, facebook. Com cspan, or send us a tweet, http twitter. Com cspanwj. More on these recordings is Available Online. Quoting laura ingram, a conservative regular truck talk show host says the media is treating this like its watergate. It doesnt matter, he told chris wallace, questioning whether or not it matters at all. It is stupid, but this is going to heres a portion is released by the Washington Post, last week. Host donald trump claims that that is not his voice. We will hear from him and in his interview from friday, John Cassaday is writing about it this morning. This is the headline a trumpf character should not be underestimated, he knows how to play the media, his status as a novice and outsider , but him a label leg up ultimately voters will have to decide whether he passes the smell test. Does he have the character and judgment to be president . Politico, he denies that he was his own commentator. From rock dots lakeland,n, from florida, does any of this matter . Caller i do think that it matters. Its pretty obvious that thats. Is voice on the tape the media is allowing him to get away with whatever he wants to do. To me, that recording that he made, you watch it and you see those professionals saying that thats his voice, the media is still sitting here trying to we dont know if its him or not. We will wait until donald trump gets on television this morning and he says its not him, then we take his word for it . To me, the media, you guys are being duped by him continually. He has not been challenged by any media outlet since he started running for office. You let him talk, you let him say what he wants to say. You dont directly challenge him, he talks over you, he is his way and you guys allow it to happen again and again. Trump is playing this game and you are letting it happen. Why arent the journalists doing their jobs . You for the call. Trust me, donald trump is welcome here for any extended interview. We had one interview with him that ran for and a half minutes. The requests continue. This is from one of our viewers saying no, the tapes dont matter, what matters is that clinton should not have a third term to destroy whats left of the republic, much of the media liberal. Crossing the line, trumps private contacts with women over. He years donald trump and women, invoking a familiar cascade of casual insults hurled from twitter accounts, radio shows, or camping podiums host vincent is next. Great neck, new york. Line for independent callers. Caller this is a big deal. Donald trump is a clear and present danger. Hes clearly mentally unstable and unsuited to be commander in chief and its time for the American People to wake up and realize that this man is simply not playing with a full deck. He needs to be in a straitjacket and not in the oval office host . Oval office. Host thank you for the call. This lets go to al, joining us this morning from charlestown, rhode island. Republican line, good morning. Your thoughts . There tot everyone out hear what im saying, its so important. Every news company, every newspaper, every tv station owned by the secular jewish left is out to destroy him because they cannot take the competition. For hillarythe fix clinton because she will do whatever they want. Just like zuckerberg. Facebook. A little kid who comes out and keep theng to republicans or conservative voices off his facebook program. The jewish left to owns all of , the republicans are so stupid because they dont see what he does to them. Its unbelievable. Sheldon abelson, longtime supporter of Many Republican candidate, has written this piece in the oped page of , dearWashington Post gop its time to bet on our host robert cost is going to be joining us later this morning with his take on the campaign. Mavis, fort lauderdale, florida, good morning to you. Good morning. I would like to say that the tapes to matter. It does show im independent, i voted republican. I voted republican because republicans stood for something. Small government, low taxes. Does hasg the party been going out the window in this election. As an independent who has voted for republicans, its amazing to our principle is gone and we are just prepared to say it doesnt matter. Nothing really matters now when it comes to the Republican Party. Giving it to trump Carte Blanche . That was only a suggestion. The cost ofnt to do it, but now hes open to doing it . I dont understand why they arent standing up and standing firm. We need to get someone else to represent the Republican Party. Mr. Trump has no principles at all. Mavis, thank you for the call. Donald trumps 1991 phone call. Likely to hurt his campaign the revelation was unlikely to make any difference in the bid. Or the white house mr. Sheridan says that she doesnt need to lie about it, as most people admitted it. He seemed to know. It relates to be seen whether or not it actually matters. Jody has this point from twitter this is from friday mornings today show, and a question to donald trump. [video clip] is this you . Mymp it doesnt sell playboys at all. I have a lot of people trying to imitate my voice. You can imagine that. This sounds like one of the many scams. Doesnt sound like me. The posting knowledge that it was you but it was a joke . Have noo idea trump idea. They said that you would do this routinely. That you would plant stories saying to you are john miller or john barron. That it was you on the phone. Did you do that with regularity . Me on thet was not phone. It doesnt sound me and it was not me. When was this, 25 years ago . The early 90s. Trump you are going so low to talk about whether i made a phone call 25 years ago under a presumed name . Yes. Trump ok. The answer is no. Lets get on to more current subjects. I know its warm i know its a wonderful for your listeners. Donald trump, denying that he is john miller. York news is writing about it as well. Does pretending to be john miller make him a liar unfit for the presidency . If we eliminated every politician who like to us we would be down to Mother Teresa and she is dead. Story from the new york daily news. Hillary clinton is the subject of an editorial this morning. Herhillary myth ignores reputation as the public has called her on dubious ethics with a penchant for lying, lying when its necessary and when it isnt, her lies are so numerous and palpable it takes 13 minutes for a new video to show a fraction of host back to your calls on these recordings with donald trump and whether you think they matter. Mike . You are next. You. R good morning to i think the media bias is revolting. Take a look at the title you are showing on your screen and what. Ou just said these recordings . Mileage, it is only this recording. This shows that you are against trump. Cspan, you are supposed to be not biased. Please act that way. We need that here in america. Host with all due respect, wheres the bias . Caller these recordings. According to the new york city news, and other outlets there have been repeated phone calls that were made as a publicist as john baron or john miller. Reported, however only one has been played or made public. Believe me, if more were there, they would play them. There is one that you are talking about this morning. It should be this recording. Host do they matter, even if its just one . Caller its a big difference. These makes it sound rampant. Host do you think its donald trump on the recordings . Caller doesnt matter. 25 years ago . Host i understand. Do you think its donald trump on the recordings question mark yes or no . Do you think that donald trump made those recordings . Caller i have no idea. I dont care. Him he has said it is not and other people are convinced. I wonder if people the truth. Same thing about this editorial about the lies of Hillary Clinton. Those are factors as well. Caller the you are member of call he made 25 years ago . Host thats not the point. Caller yes, it is the point. For and im not running president. We appreciate it. We are grateful and what makes this rogue and work are all points of view. Let us know what you think we are doing right and wrong. We are a very transparent network. Thank you for the call. Ray, massachusetts, independent line. Good morning. Are you . Ow good. Hope you let me talk a bit. I dont think it matters. What i think matters is that the republicans ought to think about what is going on with their party. They can when the congress and lets talk about only 26 or 27 of the people voting. Number two, you had my fellow neighbor from rhode island call on the jews. Remember trump telling everyone to raise their right hand . Reminded me of hitler. Didnt it . And hes talking about muslims and mexicans . This you want to have another third world war . America. I think in the next election you will see these democrats come out and all these republicans will be out of office and looking for a job. Host stella has this tweak host this from another viewer host next on the line for independence, tesla from flushing, new york. Caller good morning to you. I wish that all men did not lie in life, but he loves his own voice so much. I did it, with this naked difference . I doubt it. Lets be honest. Something happens 25 years ago. He promotes himself. We know his character. Most americans know this character. It doesnt make a difference. If the lives cost the life if the lies cost the life of people , he would be talking about benghazi. On lies thatus destroy peoples lives. I think that personality is him as a character. Host ok, thank you for the call. Another tweet from a viewer saying that he could have left it out as left it off as a bit of fun, but this suggests hes ashamed of it. Robert cost, joining us later this morning, has more on the potential thirdparty bid by a band of exasperated veteran consultants and members of the intelligentsia actively plotting to draft an independent president ial candidate they could keep trump from the white these gop figures are commissioning private polling, funding sources, potentially contenders according to interviews with more than one dozen republicans. Ashley, next, to joining us on the line for democrats. Houston, texas, good morning caller . Person good morning. Caller personally i think that trump is a complete narcissist. He refers to himself in the third party all the time. And thats dangerous. Hes psychologically unstable. Thats an indication of such. Himself. About everything is about trump. I thank you. Host steve, your next, good morning. Caller how are you . Like to say, i want your viewers to understand, i watch the news and i have been for over a year. Whether hes right, wrong, or whatever. To know why the republicans in do notocrats in Congress Want him in . Everyone to think of this. You know what would happen to the congress with a republican democrat . If donald trump became president . You know what that would make them look like, if you did a great job . The country went down the chute , you and this guy, you know what that would make them look like . Thank you very much. Writingoomberg politics about Hillary Clinton. Keeping in mind that the next round of primaries is tuesday, kentucky. That was of course several months ago. Hillary clinton is facing a convergence of controversies and questions old and new that are in the general election. Founded by her husband, raising nottions as to whether or Hillary Clinton would be able to disengage from the tangled, personal, and business ties of bill clinton. A republicanled House Committee is aiming to release its report on the 2012 attack in benghazi. Both Party Conventions are getting underway, the fbi is working to conclude an investigation into the use of a private mail server while she Service Secretary of state. Linda, republican line, nebraska. Good morning. Im sorry, maine. Good morning, linda. Caller yes, good morning. I wanted to thank you for cspan. I love your show. I think that they should stop trending trump. I think they should give the man a fair chance. I dont see that happening. I think you will be great. Hillary, i truly think, has got some issues and shouldnt be running. Thats all i want to say. Another viewer saying according to John Cassaday he admitted to using the name john miller, so why lie . These are Available Online and run 14 minutes on washington website. Heres more from 1991. [video clip] again thisrecording morning from politico, donald trump vehemently denying that he was the man named john miller, acting as a trump media spokesperson. Fox news reporting on antitrump republicans, looking at one potential candidate who says hes not interested, mark cuban. The group of republicans trying. O lower him into the race he told the Washington Post that his loud him persona combined with his ability to connect with voters could make him a winning boater on an independent ticket. The team owner rejecting advances, the saying that he could withstand trump in the election saying that she could come after me and he knows i would put him in his place. I dont see it happening, there isnt enough time. Romney, democratic line, these recordings, do they matter in any way for donald trump . Caller i think they matter because ago see her character. Thats all i have to say. Host ok. We will go to sam. Waldron, arkansas. Caller good morning, cspan. Thanks for taking my call. First thing, im more likely to elect your tailor and your suit for office. Thats a goodlooking look. Host give my wife all the credit. I cant take any. Its all her. [laughter] caller i appreciate that. On to the topic, yes, the clear lack of character, the inability to expect except responsibility for what could be a prank, the default posture, the pure narcissism of always denying responsibility for actions, it just underscores the lack of character and it is just sad that our climate and temperament in this country has brought us to the white where these are our choices. Thank you. Thank you. Conservatism, whats next after donald trump . Bernie,listen to joining us from deerfield beach, florida. Good morning. How are you . Thank you for being cspan. Up. Public needs to wake donald trump wont release his tax returns because he beats everybody by paying as little as possible. If he didnt have suspicious tax returns, he wouldnt be audited. Serial liar. A he is playing america for a sucker. He has no power to do anything. Its all up to congress. Congress will not do these crazy things. If you elect trump, you elect of loudmouth empty chair. Thank you for taking my comment. Thank you. Carl, republican line, california. Caller i want to speak about what the guy said a while ago, about the use the words used to describe. You could take to reporters and look at the same story and the words that they use to describe the story, left or right, thats common. I could see that. Say, i have been voting since i voted for john f. Kennedy. This is the worst year ive ever seen. My goodness, this is the worst president president ial election of ever seen. Liar who habitual doesnt know what the truth is. Bombastic,s obnoxious guy from new york. Ive never seen anything like this in my life. Thank you. Thank you for the call. Jan has this point of view that is definitely him, he cant deny it. This from karen picking john miller as a pseudo name doesnt show much. Agination a look at paul vida felt this morning. The washington transit chief is betting on a new approach. Congress is back this week. Among the issues, the opioid crisis. Paul ryan outlining what the house and senate hope to accomplish. Of our fellow citizens die every year from drug overdoses than they do of car accidents. Today the house continues to work on legislation that addresses the heroin and Opioid Epidemic across this country. You heard from susan brooks and bob dole, authors of two of these initiatives. By the end of this week we are acting on 18 bills to deal with this. I will be signing one of them today. A transnational Drug Trafficking act bill. Allowing prosecutors to go after drug traffickers in Foreign Countries if we believe that their drugs will make it to our shores. The one reason that we call this an epidemic is because it cuts across all demographics. It affects families everywhere in america. These athletes get injured in that they are prescribed medication area if they know if they are the path to dependency and addiction. Yesterday we passed a bill to help families and students deal with these dangers. You can be born with the dependency. It happens every 25 minutes in this country. To eat ands struggle breathe. Yesterday we passed a bill introduced by evan jenkins to help protect infants and make sure that they get a healthy start. The next step here is that we take all the bills we are passing out of the house and go into a Conference Committee with the senate. I hope that each and every one of you will be back here when we sign this bill. This Opioid Epidemic is something we have to get on top of. Im very proud of the republicans and democrats who have come together to address the situation because this really is about peoples lives. Whole communities that are being torn apart. I believe that we can win this fight must. Lawmakers return this week. Joining us live on the form on the phone, sarah karlin smith, following the issues on politico. Thank you for being with us. Caller thanks for having me. Let me begin by what the white house has said. The criticism here is that there is not enough money to back up at the house and senate are trying to do. What are you hearing . Caller so, the white house earlier this year called on congress to provide 1. 1 billion in funding to address the Opioid Epidemic. The bills passed by the senate in march and by the house this week dont provide any new money to address the epidemic. Appropriators to provide money, but its a much lower amount. 100 million in the house bill. Course, appropriators will have to go through that process and give the money. Its not given as a bil