>> this week on "political capital", tom daschle and tom davis preview president obama's state of the union address. more about conflicts in syria and iran. and the debate with chris christie. we begin the program with former senate majority leader tom daschle. thank you for being here. obama with relatively low ratings. what does he have to do to turn things around? >> he has to show energy. he has to show passion or the things he wants to do in the second term. there is a feeling of lethargy. he has had some setbacks. he needs to reading gauge and re-energize. and i think he will do that. >> the focus, we are told, will be on income inequality, which is very real. the critics say that it is derisive and that obama offers no solutions. >> whether he offer solutions or not, you cannot ignore it. there are too many studies about it. there's been a lot of attention internationally. i think it would be bad to ignore it. we have to adjust that. we have got conservatives and liberals talking about it. they have different ways of addressing it. but clearly, there is a universal recognition.

with me now is tom davis. thank you for being with us.bama with comparatively low ratings before the state of the union. what does he have to do to turn it around? >> he has to stand a positive note. he has to avoid divisive issues. half of the country likes him. have of the country does not like him at all. >> are there issues that will work for that? >> i think he can talk about the budget. i think he can talk about a lot of things. i don't think inequality works for him. i do not think it is a winner for the democrats. it is for the progressive group. but romney did a couple points better in some areas. people in wealthy suburbs are going to dissipate on them. >> what should be the tone of the republican response? >> it should be respectful. you should draw the line on where you're going to work with the president. call attention to the issues. foreign policy. obamacare, in terms of how is this working. that is the whole area of the campaign. talk about the budget. i think that is a republican unifying theme. >> how do you think the no

. ♪ >> this week on "political capital", tom daschle and tom davis preview president obama's state ofon address. more about conflicts in syria and iran. and the debate with chris christie. we begin the program with former senate majority leader tom daschle. thank you for being here. obama with relatively low ratings.

former virginia congressman tom davis joins me now.st of all, we want to declare that your wife served in the cabinet of the governor. but this is a personal tragedy, as well as a legal issue. let's talk about this indictment, though. the indictment does not read well. it may not be violating the law because of the very lax gift policy in virginia. it's not against the law to accept things as long as you don't do something on behalf of someone, is that correct? you're a lawyer. >> you have to disclose, but i can't think over the last 30 years where the disclosure requirements were enforced against anybody. so he's certainly pushed the limits i think with the amount of gifts he took from one person. on the disclosure side, at best that's a misdemeanor under virginia law. it's hard in this case -- i think the prosecution's problem is showing the pro quo for the quid. clearly he was showered with gifts by one person. >> let's talk about what we see from maureen mcdonnell, his wife, writing to this donor and supporter, the businessman, tha

joining us now, former republican congressman from virginia, tom davis, and former for obama for america press secretary ben la bolt. you know, the president in maryland selling this message today as we were hearing from kristen welker. i want to play a little bit of what he had to say. >> people outside of washington are not waiting for congress, and i'm not either, so as a chief executive, i'm going to lead by example. in the coming weeks, i will issue an executive order requiring federal contractors to pay their federally funded employees on new contracts a fair wage of at least $10.10 an hour. >> ben, you may have written or rather read susan page's column today in "the usa today." basically she's saying what a difference a year can make, more sweeping, more forceful. what surprised you in the speech? >> well, you know, i think unfortunately last year was largely overtaken by events. you had profound events like newtown, but you also had the issues of the irs and snowden that really focused the administration on other issues. i thought what you saw last night was a return to the them

. >> tom davies worries that in a worst case scenario we may see a five or ten percent price increasee is my 35th ven teg. vintage. this is the driest i have seen it. >> so dry the hills are baron of yellow mustard seed. so dry the usual grass between vines is barely visible. it concerns hall as he produces millions of barrels in 10 counties and depends on state allocations of water. >> my guess is they can get by another year or two if the drop persists. i am not sure what will happen jie. indeed we could see a return to normal rainfall in january and february or we could see drought. we have seen both before. the vines will adapt to the weather and the grower to the vines. in napa county, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> and for the latest on our weather and if l is any rain to come let's get to leigh glaser. >> march is usually our wettest month of the we still have a little bit of time, but i did check out the last 10 to 14-day outlook and it keeps us dry. we are going to see some clouds move in here. live doppler 7hd with those of the the chance of seeing moisture is limb to slm --

former congressman tom davis predicts now that charges have been lodged against the governor action will be swift. >> i think the culture will change and the general assembly will change the culture and tighten up the gift laws. >> some wonder if the indictment could have other consequences and could it hurt newly announced ed gillespie and his challenge to senator mark warner. davis doesn't think his legal troubles would drag down 2014 candidates. >> i don't think the culture goes outside the family at this point in terms of the indictment affecting their futures. >> the case against mcdonnell and sensational details will continue to grab attention. prosecutors accuse them of accepting gifts from businessman jonnie williams in exchange for promoting his dietary supplement. there was a $19,000 manhattan shopping spree for the first lady. $50,000 loan. $15,000 to cater a wedding reception. andy weiss who defended those in similar cases taking gifts doesn't prove guilt. >> there's no question the big danger of this statute is it invites jurors to look at things that lay folks find to be ve

davies >> tom davies worries that in a worst case scenario we may see a five or ten percent price increaseen teg. vintage. this is the driest i have seen it. >> so dry the hills are baron of yellow mustard seed. so dry the usual grass between vines is barely visible. it concerns hall as he produces millions of barrels in 10 counties and depends on state allocations of water. >> my guess is they can get by another year or two if the drop persists. i am not sure happen will happen jie. indeed we could see a return to normal rainfall in january and february or we could see drought. we have seen both before. the vines will adapt to the weather and the grower to the vines. in napa county, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> and for the latest on our weather and if l is any rain to come let's get to leigh glaser. >> march is usually our wettest month of the we still have a little bit of time, but i did check out the last 10 to 14-day outlook and it keeps us dry. we are going to see some clouds move in here. live doppler 7hd with those of the the chance of seeing moisture is limb to slm -- slim to almo

tom davis warns in worst case scenario with smaller yield we mit see if i have or 10% price increase for this year vin tan. >> we are concern. this is my 35th vintage coming up. this is about the driest i have ever seen it. >>reporter: so dry that the hills are barren of yellow mustard seed as we would normally see. so dry that the usual grass between vine is barely visible. it concerns how sutter home who produces millions of barrel in 10 counties and depend on state allocation of water. >> my guess we'll be able to get by another year or 2 if the drought persist i'm not sure what will happen. >>reporter: indeed. we could see return to normal rainfall in jap and february or we could see drought. we have seen both before the vines will adapt to the weather and the growers to the vines. in napa county, abc 7 news. >> well, spencer is in the weather center hours a day looking out there for written on the horizon but hard to find. >> it is hard to find. see the makings of a sprinkle or 2 next week but no big storm. we have to hope for series of them coming our way. here's live doppler 7

davis, the former east palo alto police chief is head of c.o.p.s. they're looking at procedures for searching people and residences, this came a few days after tom smithas killed by a fellow police officer during a search of a suspect's home. none of the officer's body cameras recorded the shooting. >> they'll look at training both in the academy, or post training. just a number of policies that are in place within the law enforcement agency. it's very extensive review. >> reporter: c.o.p.s.performed an extensive review of the las vegas police department in 2007. they made more than 60 recommendations. for example, department needs to provide mandatory training in using tactics to deescalate certain situations. dan lawson has worked with c.o.p.s. >> obviously there was a break down in communication in this situation. definitely it would be helpful to relate. >> reporter: a request for review will likely take several months. in daly city, rob roth, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> a local songstress gives back. >> i don't even think i would be here alive without music. >> her troubled past, driving her to help. >> also thoughs of snakes found inside a teacher

davis, the former east palo alto police chief is head of c.o.p.s. they're looking at procedures for searching people and residences, this came a few days after tom smithas killed by a fellow police officer during a search of a suspect's home. none of the officer's body cameras recorded the shooting. >> they'll look at training both in the academy, or post training. just a number of policies that are in place within the law enforcement agency. it's very extensive review. >> reporter: c.o.p.s.performed an extensive review of the las vegas police department in 2007. they made more than 60 recommendations. for example, department needs to provide mandatory training in using tactics to deescalate certain situations. dan lawson has worked with c.o.p.s. >> obviously there was a break down in communication in this situation. definitely it would be helpful to relate. >> reporter: a request for review will likely take several months. in daly city, rob roth, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> a local songstress gives back. >> i don't even think i would be here alive without music. >> her troubled past, driving her to help. her to help. >> also one of the best things is t