host: jerry hagstrom runs the hagstrom report. here is one of his recent bulletin's. american farm bureau, calling for action on a new farm bill during a lame-duck session. the house agriculture committee chairman, republican of oklahoma, declined comment. this was a couple of weeks ago. have things really involved? you point out that the house -- if the house does not pass the farm bill and go to conference with the senate before the end of the year, all the work done so far would be for naught and the process would have to start over again. guest: yes, i think i can say that the house agriculture committee chairman does want this done. he has spoken about it since that. that was the day after the election. all the agricultural leaders on capitol hill, the chairman of chairman synodag committee -- the senate ag committee, the ranking member on the senate side, everybody wants to get the bill done. but it is true that if they do not finish it, they have to start over. because the bill dies at the end of the congress. so the idea of going through all of the hearings ag

then it jerry hagstrom a lame- duck congress and the farm bill. "washington journal," live tuesday >> we are live for a discussion on the future of network news and how it is being shaped for the digital age with former nbc reporter, ted koppel. as you can see, they are seated. this event is hosted -- we expect this event to begin shortly. >> from the national press club in washington, d.c., this is the kalb report with martin kalb. [applause] >> hello and welcome to the national press club. i am marvin kalb. the conversation with ted koppel about democracy and the press. if i use the word twilight to suggest that network news, as we have known it, is on its way out and as something new is emerging. whether what is new will satisfy the urgent needs of our democracy cannot be noted at this time. let's hope that it will. without a free and occasionally rambunctious media, we will not be living in an open society. the free press and an open society are intimately linked, one dependent on the other. network news -- if network news is in its twilight,