this is a bit of dennis hastert from back then. >> to my republican colleagues i say it's time to put forward the major elements of our legislative program. we will succeed or fail depending upon how sensible the program we are far -- we offer into my democratic colleagues i will say i will meet you halfw halfway, maybe more so one occasion. cooperation is a two-way street and i expect you to meet me halfway too. the president and a number of democrats here in the house have been saying it's time to address several issues head-on. i will buy that but i think we should agree that stalemate is not an option. solutions are. [applause] and to all my colleagues i say we must get our job done and done now. we have an obligation to pass all the appropriation bills by this summer and we will not leave this chamber until we do. [applause] [applause] i intend, i intend to be a good listener but i want to hear ideas and the debate that flows from them. i will have a low tolerance for campaign speeches masquerading as debate whatever the source. >> host: joining us on the set of "washington journ

people talk about the hastert rule in the house. it's not that you have to have 218 votes, but you have to have the majority of the republican conference. if you put together 120 republicans with a like number of democrats, and steny hoyer is a great dealmaker as well on the other side. you can get some of these things done. we will see. the president has to dance, but if the president dances, they can get a lot of stuff done. >> john boehner had a little bit of a scare. there were a few members who want to vote against him for speaker. do you see anything like that happening again? >> you will have people show up on opening day and say i think we can take him. i think the speaker's have circled the wagons as well and made it pretty clear, to the rabble-rousers, and the other lessons that emboldened the speaker come the republican establishment did a very good job of making sure that normal people were nominated. when you don't nominate nuts, the squirrels have nothing to eat. it was all about barack obama and his record rather than

and some people forget, people always talk about the hastert rule in the house and it's been sort of bastardized. it not that you have to have 218 votes. you have to have the majority of the republican conference, which is 120. if you put together 120 republicans with a like number of democrats, and hoyer is a great deal maker as well on the other side, you can get some of these things done. so we'll see. the president has to dance, but if the president dances, i think you with get a lot of stuff done. >> to follow up on that, the start of the last congress boehner had a bit of a square, there were just a few members in his conference who wanted to vote against him for speaker, embarrassed him a little perhaps. do you see that happening again? >> you're still going to have some people showing up on opening day, have their i pads open and say i think we can take him. but i think that will be marginalized. i think the speaker's troops have circled the wagons and made it clear if you look at boehner for speaker and the southern leadership pacs to the rabble rousers. they didn't get any

hastert on the republican congressional agenda. and we will look at the president's called for internet net neutrality. host: the house republicans have called for language to keep the thee spending bill and keep present from acting alone on immigration. the race for arizona's district two, this is in the house, it is now going for a recount. contender ron barber his opponent. right now, his opponent leads by less than 200 votes. also, a bill sponsored by the republican over the keystone to outline will be in the house this week. to the keystone xl pipeline and specifically what congress should do about it, we want to get your thoughts on if congress should approve passage and building of the keystone pipeline. if you support the measure -- if you oppose the measure -- want to make your thoughts on congress and how they should act on keystone, on , you can contact us on twitter, facebook or e-mail. mikeng us on the phone, lillis on the hill. good morning. can you give us a little background on the scheduled votes on keystone and ho

dennis hastert joining us. thank you, sir. guest: thank you. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> live from the capitol. we're waiting for a briefing by house democratic caucus leaders originally set to get under way at 1:30 eastern. it's been delayed about 30 minutes. we hear 2:00 p.m. eastern time this house democratic caucus briefing will get under way. we'll have it for you live here on c-span. house democrats and republicans are meeting this afternoon off the house floor. the g.o.p. is electing their leaders for the next congress. we understand that the democrats will do so next week. also a number of leadership briefings, conferences taking place this afternoon. we expect to hear from senate republican leaders after their party lunch also at about 2:00 eastern time. you can see that on our companion network, c-span2. earlier today the republicans elected mitch mcconnell of kentucky

[applause] >> on thursday, washington journal will be joined by dennis hastert, and he is the longest house speaker, and will discuss how republicans should govern in the 2014 congress. live here on c-span. >> >> here are just a few of the comments that we have received from viewers. >> i just watched a show this morning on domestic violence and was very disappointed with what i saw and heard. i thought they guests were both weak and ineffectual. it seemed that the bulk of callers were a bunch of whiny men. one woman is beaten every 15 seconds in this country by a husband or partner. that is one woman every 15 seconds. this issue, alarmingly is swept under the rug in this country probably and most likely because of the perpetrators are male. the only way that this will ever change is if men are willing to look at their own bad behavior and address it head-on. >> i am listening to your commentator and we are talking about harry reid -- about the 2000 bills sitting on harry reid's desk. each and every one of those bills have a repeal of what they call obamacare or the affordable care ac

people talk about the hastert rule in the house. it's not that you have to have 218 votes, but you have to have the majority of the republican conference. if you put together 120 republicans with a like number of democrats, and steny hoyer is a great dealmaker as well on the other side. you can get some of these things done. we will see. the president has to dance, but if the president dances, they can get a lot of stuff done. >> john boehner had a little bit of a scare. there were a few members who want to vote against him for speaker. do you see anything like that happening again? >> you will have people show up on opening day and say i think we can take him. i think the speaker's have circled the wagons as well and made it pretty clear, to the rabble-rousers, and the other lessons that emboldened the speaker come the republican establishment did a very good job of making sure that normal people were nominated. when you don't nominate nuts, the squirrels have nothing to eat. it was all about barack obama and his record rather than

denny hastert on whether this is the right strategy. mr. speaker, some say it goes too far. what do you think? >> i think it would be the right strategy, but it has to be done carefully and smart. what the republicans have to do, if you're going to attack and go after obamacare, it has to be in reconciliation. that's the only place we'll get 51 votes and pass it in the senate and override the president's veto. and, by the way, i think you can do that, but you have to have something in place. and i think republicans are working hard to do that. when you talk about tax cuts for the rich. hell, when you talk about the biggest tax cut we can give is bringing back capital stranded overseas. there are trillions of us dollar. this is a big tax cut for the rich. it's not a tax cut for the rich. it's how you talk about it. david: it is how you talk about it. but you know how the democrats will spin it. look, the rich got the bailout in 2009. a lot of stimulus money. they're getting money from the fed and we the middle class are getting squat. across-the-board tax cuts so everyone get

advisor to ready for hillary and the former communications director for former house speaker dennis hastertanks so much to both of you for joining us on this big day here. tracy, i guess, we'll start with you as we wait for the president's comments a little later today. what does all of this mean now for the president? h s he going to become the lame duck president of a do nothing congress? >> well, the question i think fits also on the republican congress and what they're going to do. for the president who's made clear -- and i think it was vice president joe biden that head very specifically he's looking forward to compromise and a path toward an agenda that helps the americans that need the help. will those republicans be willing to do that? mcconnell seems to have an obstructionist aura around him. is thatting? that's permanent? is he willing to change? i expect the president to make clear that there is compromise that must occur and there is progress that the american people are demanding. >> it may not be obstructionist aura, it may just be the tan he always seems to have as the speak

. >> they did it to hastert, delay, all of them, kirsten. i would be sitting in the room. same question. >> it did not happen to mitch mcconnell. >> so when your kids don't agree, what do you do? >> may i put it this way? i just think it's funny that when someone wants to be treated equally with men, like one of the guys, not differently, and then they're treated the way men treat other men which tends to be kind of rough, it's just a little awkward when they then complain that someone threw an elbow. >> interesting. >> oh, wow. >> i think she's more than capable of playing with the boys, and she throws a lot of elbows. what she was saying was directed at the media, and i think it was a fair point. and i don't think she was being chiewldish or anything like that -- childish or anything like that. >> well, i think -- >> and i'm outnumbered. [laughter] >> i don't think she believes those words in her heart. >> i do. >> i don't. i think she knows that she's tough, she eats men on capitol hill for breakfast. >> she is tough. >> and i think she knows she's been celebrated, and

something by violating our laws -- >> a communications director through former house speaker dennis hastert. and ron and jessica, thank you. you just heard that amazing answer from the president. is he following the law if he does issue this executive order as is expected this coming week? >> no, absolutely not. what he is doing is playing partisan political games and trying to do allure republicans into a shotdown situation, where they try to pass short term spending bills that get into this showdown where does the president sign it or not. what i think republicans should be doing is moving forward with united agenda early next year and trying to pass bills to get to the president to solve problems for the american people. what they should do is absolutely add this to the lawsuit that speaker boehner has against the president on executive orders because it's clear he's superseding the authority given to him. >> jessica, you think it's against the constitution alg authority that he's violating the u.s. constitution if indeed he does issue that executive order this week? >> he hasn't issued

on thursday, dennis hastert, the longest-serving republican speaker, will join us on washington journal to discuss the 2014 election results and how republicans should govern in the 114th congress. you can see the former speaker live at 8:30 a.m. eastern on our companion network, c-span. now a conversation on privacy and civil liberties, this panel focuses on technology and congress oversight role. this is hosted by the privacy and civil liberties oversight board which is appointed by the president and was a recommendation of the 9/11 commission. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and good morning again to members of the audience and particularly good morning to our second panel. the title of our panel is privacy interests in the counterterrorism context and the impact of technology. i have no opening statement of my own so we can go straight to the opening statements by the witnesses. i'll introduce each of them in turn. we're going to go right down the row, which happens also to be alphabet cal order. i remind the witnesses that we would ask them to keep their opening remarks to seven minute

news and to share what takes place but in the meanwhile way have a conversation with former speaker hastert. [no audio] --. >> caller: i have a couple of questions. but now the family has gone completely away because of everything going on. but the speaker greater pride up that some republicans were talking about but the republicans that act is there pei's structure but not if they lower their space what they are paid? >> guest: the deficits but to spend more than you take in that is the spending sensibilities for the congress. >> host: for maryland go-ahead quickly. >> good morning. they you but help will support it has been opposed by several members of congress. that was practical the to that perrier's him as a state -- a subsidy but china's benz for a bid dallas fed is the great benefit to and though but to get into the water supply is very large -- harmful. but it is cheaper than gas and brings down the price. i support it. >> host: so as we talk on capitol hill the congressmen are getting their orientation today. guest: one ofs and learn are the ethics the traps that surrounds you all

eastern for a special segment on "washington journal" with the longest tenured house speaker, dennis hasterthe will talk abo the results of the midterm elections and how he thinks republicans should govern in the coming congress and we will take your e-mails, your phone calls and tweets starting live at 7:00 a.m. on "washington journal." tonight on "the communicators," christopher yu and director of the center for technology and innovation and >> people should take a look at the internet header. that is the magic that makes the internet work. this something called the pipe of service flag. high-bandwidth services and low latency services. that was designed in the internet from the beginning. people say that's just an old artifact. ,hen we designed the internet they not only kept that, they actually included another field to do another former prioritization. if you look at the engine i designed this suggests that this was never intended -- ray urges asian -- prioritization was never supposed to be allowed, it's a design feature of the network from the beginning and i could talk to the way peo

ok, speaker hastert has his work cut out for him with so many exotic and potentially problematic members of his conference with the hast or rule, so that only things that have the support of the -- so stuff coming out of the house almost by necessity is going to be may be very conservative. in comes over to the senate, where you might have up to three or more missing members, and thesehese moderates or toughmembers in districts, that's another obstacle in terms of getting things through. harry reid and the democrats are going to just play dead and let things roll through? gosh, i don't think so. i would just assume that because republicans have gotten a majority by a couple of c that congress is suddenly going to start becoming a productive entity. this afternoon the president is having a news conference and meetings later in the week or on friday. it will be interesting to see what the president does. remember right after the 1994 whenratic as astor, president clinton sort of basically said there is a new way, i'm going in a different direction and reconfigured the direction, his whole

of speakers starting with newt gingrich continuing through nancy pelosi, continuing through dennis hastert, john boehner, all of whom have said they wanted to return to regular order, none of whom actually did it. they decided they needed to write bills in the speaker's office. order,ng to regular maybe that is possible in the senate. it is hard to do because leaders of the house are not inclined to go to regular order. have ae inclined to strong speakership and to have a top-down operation. it is very hard because you have democratic and republican speakers. there are very few centrist that are there that moderate with their leadership is coming from. >> he took some stance and make some deals with republicans that his own party was not happy with. i'm wondering if you think that president obama will react by bucking his own party, by willing to do things that a majority of this party does not want to do. >> it really rests with the attitude of the president. if the president decides that he really does want to try and get things done on a bipartisan basis and he is going to take some ris

for tom delay in 1999, and started with speaker denny hastert as the chief spokesman. i have seen democrat -- republicans with no hopes of taking the majority in the house and i have them gained a majority. i have seen an evolution for the republican party. they have become much more of a congressional party than a presidential party, and the gold standard, of course, is to have both. that is difficult. in the early 1990's there was the thought that republicans would never take the house, they would only occupy the presidency, and that has become flipped, actually, it is of how these different midterms versus general elections have gone. the goal of a political party is to get as much influence as possible, and the system is set up for checks and balances. we are in that period right now of divided government. the republicans will help their brand the most if they can make sure they govern as efficiently as possible. host: mark stone on twitter wants us to stay on the affordable care act -- why repeal the aca if obama will not sign it -- maybe repeal parts of the law.

then the longest tenured republican, house speaker dennis hastert. he joins us. after that paul from bloomberg b and a talks about net neutrality in the open internet proposal. "washington journal" live tomorrow and every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> the c-span cities tour takes book tv and american history tv on the road. traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. this weekend we partnered with charter communications for a visit to madison, wisconsin. >> that is for everyone. it is a glorious service. service for the country. the call comes to every sit zen. it is an unending struggle to make and keep government representative. >> probably the most important political figure in wisconsin history. one of the most important in the history of the 20th century of the united states. he was a reforming governor. he defined what progressivism is. he was one of the first to use the term progressive to self-identify. he was a united states senator who was recognized by his peers in the 1950's as one of the five greatest senato

then dennis hastert on the republican's congressional agenda. and a look at the president's call for new internet neutralit. we will talk to bloomberg bma. washington journal is on c-span. >> with live coverage of the u.s. house on senate and on c-span 2 we show you the most relevant hearings. on the week ends, c-span is home to american history tv, including six unique series, civil war's 150th anniversary visiting battle fields and key events. american artifacts, touring museums and historic sites to discover what artifacts reveal about america's past. history's bookshelf with boast known history writers. presidency looking at policies and legacies of our commanders in chief. lectures in history with top college professors delving into america's past. and real america, featuring archival government and educational films from the 1930s through the 70s. c-span 3 created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local cable or saddle loit pr provider. watch us on hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >>> more from the privacy and ci

then former house speaker dennis hastert on the republican congressional agenda. and we will look at the president's called for internet net neutrality. host: the house republicans have called for language to keep the thee spending bill and keep present from acting alone on immigration. the race for arizona's district two, this is in the house, it is now going for a recount. contender ron barber his opponent.

. >>> on thursday, dennis hastert, the longest serving republican speaker, will join us on "washington journal" to discuss the 2014 election results and how republicans should govern in the 114th congress. you can see the former speaker live at 8:30 a.m. eastern on companion network c-span. >> the c-span cities tour takes booktv and american history tv on the road traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. this weekend we partnered with charter communications for a visit to madison, wisconsin. >> there is for everyone, the beauty is large, it is a glorious service, this service for the country. the call comes to every citizen. it is an unending struggle to make and keep government representative. >> bob la follette is probably the most important political figure in wisconsin history and one of the most important in the history of the 20th century in the united states. he was a reforming governor. he defined what progressivism is. he was one of the first to use the term progressive to self-identify. he was a united states senator who was recognized by his p

. >> on thursday, dennis hastert, the longest serving republican speaker will join us on "washingtonournal" to discuss the 2014 election results and how republicans should govern in the 114th congress. you can see the former speaker live at 8:30 a.m. eastern on our companion network c-span. >> the c-span cities tour takes book tv and american history tv on the road traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. this weekend we partnered with chartered communications for a visit to madison, wisconsin. >> for everyone, it is a glorious service. this service for the country. the call comes to every citizen. it is an unending struggle to make and keep government representative. >> bob lafalle is probably the most important political figure in wisconsin history and one of the most important in the history of the 20th century of the united states. he was a reforming governor. he defined what progressivism is. he was one of the first to use the term "progressive" to self-identify. he was a united states senator who was recognized by his peers in the 1950s as one of

then it's the longest tenured republican house speaker, dennis hastert, joining us. and paul from bloomberg will join us to talk about president obama's open internet proposal and net neutrality. "washington journal" thursday and every morning live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> this weekend on c-span, author and president of arabs for israel. >> i had arrived late at night on september 11 morning. i arrived at my whom in lack lang and look at the 6:00 arc m. time and seeing the second airplane hitting the twin tower live. i was traumatized. because that was when i knew this is terrorism. t's not one airplane accident. so i ran to the phone and called my people in egypt. i wanted them to comfort me. especially after i learned that muhammad alta, was from cairo. the same city i came from. i called around eight people and they all said the same thing even though some of them don't know the other. they tell me how dare you say this was done by arabs. on't you know this is a jewish conspiracy? the jews did it. and i hung up the phone and wept. i suddenly felt i

for tom delay in 1999, and started with speaker denny hastert as the chief spokesman. have seen democrat -- republicans with no hopes of taking the majority in the house and i have them gained a majority. i have seen an evolution for the republican party. they have become much more of a congressional party than a presidential party, and the gold standard, of course, is to have both. that is difficult. in the early 1990's there was the thought that republicans would never take the house, they would only occupy the presidency, and that has become flipped, actually, it is of how these different midterms versus general elections have gone. the goal of a political party is to get as much influence as possible, and the system is set up for checks and balances. we are in that period right now of divided government. the republicans will help their brand the most if they can make sure they govern as efficiently as possible. host: mark stone on twitter wants us to stay on the affordable care act -- why repeal the aca if obama will not sign it -- maybe repeal parts of the law. wa

i say that as someone who believes the hastert rules in the house are pernicious.the point that chris was making earlier. the issue with the immigration bill, the republicans certainly, we have our fair share of blame as an advocate for it but the president has not been able to get this done from a leadership perspective and has accountability in that space. >> have i toi have to say for how much i've enjoyed talking to you about this over the years, i think you're out over your skis in terms of what the president has done and whether it's cesarism. the president hasn't done anything nor has the president talked specifically about what he's going to do nor has he talked ever about changing laws nor could he do so legally. the president is talking about what's in his administrative power to do. >> i think politically -- >> whether or not he's a dictator, come on. >> i think legally he could do some the things he can do here. i think politically tonight it put an end to it. it would be a provocative act politically -- >> no matter what he does? >> on this front i thi

nnis hastert on the mid-term elections and on republicans controlling both houses of congress. and president obama's neutrality which would ban internet with aster download speeds. "washington journal" live on c-span at 7:00 a.m. eastern. the house of representatives in recess until 6:30 p.m. eastern when members vote on a bill to eliminate government reports. and three new members will be sworn in. democrat norcross of new jersey and democrat adams of north carolina and republican brat. they will be taking office ahead of the new freshman class that comes in in january. those three and the rest of the new members of congress taking office in january arrived in washington, d.c., today for a new member orientation. c-span spoke with congresswoman miller about the new member orientation. >> we are joined on the phone by congresswoman miller, who chairs the congressional committee who oversees freshmen orientation this week and next. a question on who actually gets invited to orientation because there is still a handful of races out there that are yet to be called. >> that's true.

host: dennis hastert joining us on "washington journal." i wanted to read a couple of things. to people in the house, value the work courses. can you expand on what you meant? guest: some people like to get in front of the cameras and talk all the time. when i left congress, i was probably one of the lowest name i spent ans because lot of my time sitting around a table, trying to bring people together and find solutions to problems. that do the hard work are not on tv all the time. they are the work courses. there are some great people in congress who have worked hard and dedicated their life to it technicians. they understand the process and the tax system. by being onndo that tv all the time. it takes a lot of work and a lot of study to be an expert. you find a lot of people in congress are specialists. say coverageld you has changed since you have left? we were pretty much cable tv, 24/7. in the old network system, when i first came to the exception of c-span, people had the nightly news or morning news. it was cap's elated. it was on the big networks. today, msnbc, fox, wh