michael is in alabama, democrat. go ahead. caller: good morning. it has been months since i was able to talk on c-span. in-depthe been several surveys. these are the two main concerns are have of any president and you hit it. this wonderful journalist or historian hinted at one of orse, the cabinet members partisan or even more partisan of that president. i see most residents choosing yes men or women, yet, they seem -- when they claim to get things done, it is usually by, one hand watches the other, you do what you have got to do. , evend fight rahm emanuel though he is a fellow christian, the secretary of the interior under reagan, the first one, and ed manes is connect sample and i'm too young to remember the corruption of vice president iiro agnew under nixon but heard his name so much on the evening news when i was in kindergarten and elementary paull, and countless wolfowitz, and the last george w. bush administration and education secretary who gave us, what i call, although she meant well, no standardized test leave which did not flexibilit

host: jason is in alabama. you are next. caller: i just want to ask about all of the protests, was that fakeness when they were crying -- fake news when they were crying after hillary lost? yout: i am not sure what were talking about. i am sure that people were upset. i am not sure about that story. host: rico in michigan. caller: i am more concerned about the fake and news from the mainstream media because they are pushing their own agenda. i will give you some examples. keep pushing the message and they israel approves the iranian .eal and a totally do not they claim hillary was leading in the polls and unemployment at an all-time low and 95 million people are not working and are not looking for work. newsare using an important and claiming that global warming is caused by people and there has always been global warming climate change for millennia. host: ryan, good morning in there.d, hi this morning? you are on with our guest. news versus the real news, the major networks, owned by democratic much as other media outlets

from alabama. m guest: i have a couple of tim's point. he brings up a very important point around the education system. at the five promises from america's promise people need young caring adults, quality ducation, safe spaces, and one of those main pieces. one of the focal points around increasing graduation rates, e're not going to be a healthy driving nation if we're failing to educate large portions of our population. not all young people have education.ess to and i think the piece brought up around racism. up in a it came previous caller. we need to begin to have a real conversation, a hard a nation, around the topic of racism. the mayor of boston one or two weeks ago began to have a conversation around the racism. again, i want to emphasize that we need to have at the table. host: your report was very so rehensive, identified many areas where people of color feeling unstress or safe. do you get started considering how massive the be? lem may guest: great point. i think there were so many in the hat came up report and where do you be

host: that was janice from alabama. here is the story from the front page of the "washington journal." it is a look at the performance of the stock market over what he 16. at the start of the year, it -- over 2016 trade at the start of the year, it felt about a thousand points. since then, it has rallied significantly. it overcame its worst start of the year, and the dow jones posted its best finish since 2013. we are taking your phone calls on the biggest news stories of the year. aaron is up next from minnesota on the independent line. aaron, good morning. caller: good morning. the story you are looking at that says putin will not retaliate. i am assuming that is on how we -- what a bunch of would they be? obama said we need to get the --sian to get terry's oh dignitaries out of our country because of the hacking. saident on the air and putin did the same. i do not know if they even retracted that story. comey and clever said that there said that there was no evidence of hacking impacting the u.s. election. the one th

host: mobile, alabama, you are n line, bill, on, go on, please. ekt caller: i watched fake news 50 years ago. in tuscaloosa. at the public library and across the street marchers, ivil rights bill connor up on top, it was raining. the library were looking out, they said, don't go out there, so i did. on the porch, on my side of the street, the library news man, was a camera man and the guy who was the organizer, a black guy. was saying to the black guy, you got to get me something, this is nothing. what do you want me to do? get the marchers over there where the dogs are. to go over there where the dogs are, they might bite us. me something, or we're going back to new york, wife got nothing. marchers near the dogs, the dogs start doing what leash.o when on a host: your point is -- we're running out of time, what is the point? been faking have news since time began. i mean, i can't speak to that particular example. i don't think you need to invent instances where the police and civil th were abusing rights protesters. maybe we can bring it back to e

david in gatson, alabama, a democrat, you're next. >> yes. i would like to give a big shout out to c-span and dr. birx, i think her work is great. i'm a 54-year-old white male, i have a modest income. what would be the best way for somebody like me to give to this foundation and to get involved in it? because i have kids and grandkids coming up, and i'm going to try to really educate them on it. but i would really like to help, you know, support the cause. what's the best way of doing that? and thank you for your work. >> david, thank you, because that's what pepfar really is, says the translation, and you're doing something every day, because you're paying taxes that make this program successful, and we're deeply grateful to you, we're deeply grateful to the american congress, and we're deeply grateful to two administrations, a republican and democratic administration, who continue to support this program. i think that represents the best of all of us. what you just said represents the best of all of us. the best thing that you can do is wha

we go to birmingham, alabama. good morning to gilbert. thanks for waiting. gilbert in birmingham, go ahead. caller: yes, good morning, merry christmas, and happy new year's. as i sit and watch you read about jeff sessions and the marion three, i had not heard of that before, but it is no different in birmingham and across alabama. the oppressions we suffer, it seems like they have gotten more covert than they were over here. as i follow janet yellen and her increased interest rate and give guaranteed interest rate three times before the year 2017 is out, and as i watch the differences between america and china, i can see on the horizon another crash like 2008. people are not going to be buying houses if the interest rate gets out. this thing with china, we do not make things in america anymore, but we get into a trade war with them. once again, merry christmas. host: here is audrey in rome, georgia, on our republican line. caller: hello. host: good morning. caller: i have several comments. i don't think the u.s. could survive another four years as things are

host: lucy in alabama, democrats line. caller: good morning. my question is in reference to government, the governor of alabama. what chances would he have of getting a pardon from president obama? well, that is another case where i do not represent governor siegelman so i do not have any information but i know he has a pending petition. he is a lot like governor okoye bench. -- governor bogor is it. host: there is no limit to how many pardons a president can issue? guest: that is correct. caller: i just want to express something to america. i am a veteran, for it an elite force, air defense force. after spending my military career i got out of the military and into gaming. i have supervised games for 20 plus years. i have also been a manager of walmart. i have had a number of jobs where i had fbi background. hometown, chicago, and tried to get a job in gaming. made a mistake of walking by a vehicle, a 1999 caravan with no engine, no wheels, and a for sale sign. at 12:00 on broad day i was accused of attempting to break into this vehicle. i hav

from we have a call alexander city, alabama, on our republican line. i am telling you what, i cannot believe this joker over here. you have now proven there is suppression of the vote. millions of people went out to vote, stood in line. just because you do not agree with our choice, and i would say this if it was hillary you were against, because the american way is you get out, and your vote counts. but now you are pushing a bunch of baloney. your job should be to represent the will of the voter for the state you are representing. your job should never be -- well, let me think about it, you know, i do not really think that , you know, trump, he is not really good for america. so i alone want to change it. so my vote did not count after all. the american voting system is a joke. host: let's let chris suprun respond. guest: good morning, and thank you for voting. keep in mind, when you vote for president, and i do not know the rules in alabama, but there should be in line on your ballot that says you are voting for the electors for a candidate. i think

the counter extremism project run by the former alabama bass d -- ambassador in new york developed the software technology. you go, remember how you would watch the daily show and they would show only specific clips of specific words, that content software now exists to police any website if you want to take down anything that says kill americans or go kill americans you can identify by that software. >> as far as the communications decency act. is that something that has to be made by congress? >> i'm encouraging the trump administration to seek an amendment to the communications decency act that would require silicon valley content providers that are shielded from content liability to take down the content. >> have you had a chance to talk to the administration? >> not yet but i'm hoping to have a chance to do so. whether you're democrat or republican the idea that we somehow or other can do better to prevent online radicalization and to avoid having more loan wolf attacks in the united states is beyond my comprehension and this is something that any democrat or republican or indepen

caller: jeff sessions from alabama, i follow c-span for 20 years so i have seen him speak a lot. alabama is not necessarily known as the heart of civil rights outside of martin luther king's push. i do not know if jeff sessions grab the civil rights mantle and carry it proudly forward. i do not know if he is the man to carry that staff proudly forward. host: you may be interested that the attorney general will be at a politico playbook breakfast this morning at the top of the hour. she will be sitting down with politico playbooks co-authors dick schaap and and and a polymer talking about her 10 year, and president obama's legacy. coverage begins on c-span2, c-span. work, and c-span radio. in clarksburg, west virginia, and. -- ed. share your thoughts on this anniversary. thoughts, the most important one and i'm not very much on this con duchenne because it seems like it is like the bible -- constitution, because it seems like it is like the bible. people can twisted how they want to. life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, i think that is the most important for one simple rea

richard in birmingham, alabama. hello. caller: yes, i was continuing to -- that host: richard, did we already talk to you? caller: yes, we did. for that.ogy john in tennessee. adamsville, tennessee, hi there. good morning. i would like to say that the college has been very successful and if it wasn't for college, you would never see a politician in utah or south dakota and y other small states that is exactly why they set up the electoral college was to the large state from eciding who the president was going to be. that populations would ongregate in certain areas and that certain areas would outgrow others. gives all this way it the states a piece of the game couple of states. host: okay. thinktalking about if you changes are needed to the electoral college, see the process play out today on c-span starting at 11:00. one of four locations, illinois, , harrisburg, pennsylvania, michigan, and virginia. hat is at c-span.org, courtesy of the c-span radio app. jacksonville, rom florida. caller: hi. i want to mention that pres

bobby instion from spanish fork, alabama, independent. good morning. good morning. great guest. i would like to call people's attention and hear your guests thoughts and opinions and insights on the following topic, which i think is one of the most positive things that donald trump has done so far, and that is to appoint dr. peter navarro, professor at harvard, phd, with traits with china. when i lived in asia, it was a laughingstock among the asian people up how badly the united states has been beaten in a huge for the of trade deals last several decades. i have fred navarro's books. i encourage everyone to read them. the guy is phenomenal. with a balanced weight less professional economist, he goes case-by-case with listing the specifics on the real dangers to america's national security because of china getting the upper hand on this. i would love to hear her thoughts. guest: by conversations with peter navarro, you have reflected some of whatguest: hed about. he essentially made a career out of trying to show how china has eaten the lunch with u.s. and trade. he essentially,

states that have more poverty -- a lot of them are in the south -- mississippi, alabama are two huge ones. they get a ton of money from the federal government for medicaid because they have more poverty. it makes this funny math equation, it shouldn't, but it doesn't have anything to do with politics, and it gets to this tends to get thrown in there. host: the washington times has a mayor, wee l.a. things he said about donald trump before the election and after -- the question is is donald trump a city president as opposed to president obama, who had a good relationship with metropolitan areas? guest: it remains to be seen it i hesitate to predict anything with child because he has been so unpredictable. trump becausewith he has been so unbreakable. i would be surprised if he was a obamaresident as much as has been. he has bypassed governors, thickly in red states -- particularly in red states with governors that do not want to work with him, and gone to houston,hat are blue, austin, for example, and worked with citizens to eliminate veteran homelessness. cities got on board with tha

eric in juliet, alabama. good morning to you. caller: i am from joliet, illinois. host: illinois. caller: i think nancy pelosi did a good job. democrats, i do not think they should have to change too much has just like the obama elections in 2008, and in 2012 it kind of tethered off. the same thing will happy with donald trump. i think with 2018, i do not think he will have the same amount of voters that he had in 2016, and on 22020, he is not going to have the same amount of voters. people came up the hill to vote for him but as they see he is not going to provide for them like they hoped, the votes will tear off and we will be back. host: speaking of president-elect donald trump, the wall street journal, donald trump plans to hold a victory rally in cincinnati, part of a broader thank you to her. we will have -- thank you tour. we will have coverage of that on c-span2 and c-span.org, and you can listen in with the c-span radio out if you are not near us grain -- radio app if you are not air a screen. then there is an article about his choice for hhs secretary, tom price, republi

after that, president-elect donald trump speaks at a victory rally in mobile, alabama. congressman kevin grady of he is the chairman of the house ways and means committee which taxes policies in congress and he is just returned from washington where he has met with members to talk about strategy ,or the new session that begins a special focus on tax reform and on the health care act. thank you for being with us. rep. brady: thank you. >> let me introduce the two reporters. rachel is returning to newsmakers this week. and also, from the wall street journal, making a return. richard, you are up first. >> you are meeting with the house ways and means republicans after the rest of congress had gone home. what did you accomplish? what did you come out of that you didn't have going in? we had several very good days. america voted for change. we have a new president to wants to make america competitive again. tax reform is key to that. so we focused a whole day on the bill to promote the tax code. focusing on how to create more

clinton administration prosecuted and convicted almost a dozen local officials in a small county in alabama. it was clear they had been stealing elections for years. this is a heavily democratic county. heavily african-american. stealingumbents aren't votes from other republicans, they were stealing votes from other democratic challengers. the person called the justice department was a young african-american reformer who wanted to replace one of the county officials to try to clean up the government. local organizations like the naacp and others rather than helping this challenger raised all these charges that investigating and prosecuting this voter fraud was an attempt to suppress black votes. they sided with the vote steelers and i was just astounded at that. in the end fortunately these individuals were all convicted. african-american turnout in the county went up after the election. host: john is next on the republican line. good morning. caller: good morning. first-time caller on the republican line. i saw an investigative report last week about illegals voting in california. of the 1

day, let's say the water gets poisoned in flint or west virginia or oil gets dumped on the ground in alabama or georgia, you know what they are going to do? they are going to call fema or the federal government to come help them. they are not that dumb. that is all i have. host: thanks for calling. westchester, pa. caller: good morning sir. host: what are your thoughts on this whole story of the russian hacking? what should the u.s. response be? caller: my thought is if you look at how it is going around the world, for the past two been we americans have destabilizing russia. in terms of their economy, we have been hammering them with sanctions. to me, the russians are just retaliating. it is a tit-for-tat kind of deal. we try to drive their economy to the ground. they try to find a way to affect our own democracy. they are getting back at us what we did to them. [indiscernible] i hear people say we should retaliate. we retaliate now and then they will tallied again. this is not going to stop. host: thank you for calling. back to calls. janet from kansas. thank you for waiting. caller: thank

host: let's go to alabama. good morning. caller: good morning. i was wondering what was going to happen to these lower income people caught between working service jobs that are only available now since insurance was attached to mainly manufacturing jobs and everything else. those people are barely making it from week to week. it's not going to do them any good to have a health care savings fund. if they get a voucher, they're probably not going to be able to afford it. i was interest for a long time and i got injured. my husband was on disability could h. he was covered by medicare. i was injured severely and i had no shirts. i cannot afford $1500 to pay out. i listen to people call in. there are people who can never go to a doctor because of expenses and they will be lost in all this. host: i thought you are done. amy goldstein, pick up on that. guest: it's something that's really fundamental. one of the things that the aca has done is that for the first time given working-class people and people a little bit into the middle class subsidies. he