written by tom daschle and trent lott a year ago. and the purpose of the book is not really about how look at us, look how we made things work. we went through 9/11, the anthrax attacks, impeachment trial. but still we were able to get things done. but the purpose was to say we learned some lessons but there's some things we think would help in america in terms of getting people to participate, understand civic responsibility, how do you get things done in washington. and the title crisis point describes where we are. we are at a crisis point. are we going to be able to turn this around and head it in the right direction or not? and how this president-elect and this congress deals with the issues will decide which way we go from this crisis point. thank you for allowing me to do that, a paid commercial. >> i think we had originally titled this panel beyond the crisis point. >> good. >> so is there anything in the election results tangible, polling data or a result that gives you a sense of optimism at all? >> well, first of all, i do

barack obama in 2008 after elected named tom daschle second of human health and services didn't pay taxes at one point. ho that nomination was withdrawn. this is one of the advisors. when you talk about bannon overseeing a web site that says there's no hiring bias for women they just suck in interviews. thiscy new frontier here. >> he forged new frontier in journalism. he was mixing commentary and journalism and it's a new hybrid brave new world. his supporters wanted tenacious house and they are not going to be happy unless this was a way for trump to avert his revort from the right and now he's getting up copping from democrat and establishment republicans over this. i think that trump is like kelly and conway said it's up up to trump to decide what kind of administration he wants and certainly by naming bannon to one of the top roles he's sending a going to be this -- he's not going to retreat. he want to have a tenacious approach and he wants to be true to what his campaign was. >> speaking of that, president obama reporters asked him today in last press kavrns you know what did he th

could be even more complex with big national security implications which is why democrats like tom daschleformer senate leader, told me trump needs to pull back on some of the more unilateral tendencies that we saw during the campaign if he will effectively govern. watch. >> two words that come immediately to mind are outreach and inclusion. there's got to be a lot of outreach and it has to come both ways. >> even though he is a democrat tom daschle told me he thinks after such a nasty campaign expectations are now so low that he actually thinks trump has an opportunity here to get some things done that just with a little bit of effort he can get a lot of credit. >> ed, go to see you. mike huckabee, former presidential candidate and dana perino former bush white house secretary. great to see you both. dana, let me start with you, as someone who helped do this. first 100 days, what does president-elect trump need to worry about. >> even before the 100 days, and what i assume they have been thinking about since july, since they started the transition team that chris christie is running, you

he probably will be one of the most on-message leaders we've had probably since tom daschle. it wasn't something senator truly cared about. he's a blunt objected9 that always got the job done, so i think that's the difference that we're going to see. you know, i think to the extent that there's some things that democrats want to do, that this new president says he wants to do, that there will be some, there will be some movement. but, i mean, there are a whole list of other things that, you know, then-candidate trump said he wanted to do that democrats just aren't going to go for, and i don't think it's necessarily picking a fight, you know, whether you're in a red state or you're, or you're in a blue state, there are certain fundamental principles that our party's just not going to go along with. and i think that'll help rally the troops. you know, but if one of the first things that we're talking about here is, you know, say, for instance, an infrastructure bill, i see an opportunity for democrats to win on this, i see an opportunity for trump to win on this. i'm not sure w

i go back to erin's point that when you put somebody forward like a tom daschle, a senator, you think, he is going to fly through because he was a member of the senate. then again, you don't know because sometimes if there hasn't been thorough vetting of the candidates, it won't pass the test. in terms of ari emanuel, i was surprised by that. you know, the one thing we have learned from this election is that we shouldn't be surprised by anything that donald trump does. including his tweets out about "hamilt "hamilton." two days in a row. the media. this has been a very interesting process to watch because he has been so unconventional. i mean, he has been working all weekend. we have seen him at work or seen him -- we can imagine what he is doing behind closed doors. but there's been a camera focused on him at trump tower and new bedford. >> you talk about unconventional. some people watching may think, at least he is bringing new people into the fold, if for nothing else information as he puts all of this together. erin, let me get back to you. priebus said giuliani is in the running

. >> reporter: tom daschle felt with a 50/50 senate. [ ougaudio distorted ] >> we have a problem with the tape. the bottom line is you have republicans promising they will investigate things in terms of oversight. with hillary clinton it would have been investigation of the clinton foundation. with donald trump, they will hold his feet to the fire with some issues. when it comes to democrats, you have supreme court nominations. d tom daschle says this was such a nasty race that expectations are low for the president to get much done. if he believes as a democrat that if donald trump can get even a few things done, tom daschle says he will get a lot of credit. >> paul ryan said a unified group can make it better. he talked about obamacare. >> yeah. they want to repeal that right away. you have that. that's that would be a huge blow to president obama's legacy. this is i believe the first time maybe since the eyes-- you coul have a conservative shift. >> what about the cabinet? there have been rumors about who he might put in key positions. we don't really know for sure. >> no. they hav

is an interesting point back in late 2008, early 2009 the obama administration wanted to appoint tom daschle to the role because he wanted universal healthcare to become his legacy. he worked on that in the 90's in the senate and had to withdraw his nomination because of tax problems. that job has been really a bummer for people going forward. this is tom price's fashion. he wants to have better legislation in his mind in place and i think he's close to paul ryan and some of these other house republicans and he does know that law so well. >> also wants to overhaul medicaid and medicare major changes in that respect as well. >> yeah, that's right. >> i would also point out you mention he's a doctor he's a orthopedic surgeon. he's an advocate for doctors. he's also an advocate for patients. i think that this may seem like an unenviable job to us. he knows it inside and out. >> there will be a lot of people that will be impacted on this. some people were talking about the time line saying this needs to be one of the first things especially in terms of having an ultimate plan. >> that's right. r

when they take a political stand, do you think that is industrywide or do you think it's not like tom daschle to be -- >> as white house press secretary i felt fully that are not that most of the reporters and not briefing room try their utmost to be fair and i appreciated all the work they did. i knew they had a job to do. that relationship between a press secretary or the president and the press is naturally adversarial, but it does not to be angry or mean. it also can be mutually beneficial. it's a good point when you say the policies will be good for the republican party. you are right to point that out to me because i'm a person who's grown-up in small-town wyoming and colorado. i've always believed republican policy and conservative ideals are better for the country as a whole. i don't want any republican policies just republicans. when i was a press secretary i never thought of myself as a press secretary or republicans but to all of the country because there's an rnc spokesperson and that is for the party work was done. there's something exciting is about to happen as well. for so lon

first we had tom daschle, founder and chief executive officer of the daschle grew. a few people at such a profound understanding of issues animating the health care debate at tom. a senate majority leader, tom established himself as a leading expert on national health care policy. he has remained deeply involved completing the senate and now heads the daschle grew up while serving many influential policy bodies. tom also co-authored the book getting it done how obama and congress finally broke the stalemate to make way for health care reform. he continues to be a key voice in health care in america. please give a big hand for tom daschle. [applause] also with us today as redondo miller. in may, the 11th president of the johns hopkins hospital. she previously served as senior vice president medical affairs for the johns hopkins health system as well as professor and vice chair for clinical operations in the department of medicine. they've made education a major focus of clinical career. she chairs the council on clinical and quality issues and positions. as she covere

tom daschle, the leader of the senate had been beaten in an upset.r were only two democrats that won nationally. republicans controlled the senate and the house. and two years later, democrats were winning back congress and four years later i was president of the united states. things change pretty rapidly. but they don't change inevitably. they change because you work for it. nobody said democracy is supposed to be easy. it's hard and, in a big country like this, it probably you should be hard. mark knoller. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you. good to see you. mr. president, what can you tell us about the learning curve on becoming president? can you tell us how long it took you before you were fully at ease in the job if that ever happens and did you discuss this matter with president-elect trump. >> about a week or so i started feeling pretty good. no, the, i think the learning curve always continues. this is a remarkable job. it is like no other job on earth and it is a constant flow of information, and challenges and issues. that is truer now than

in 2004, they may not remember me showing up in 2005 when john kerry had lost a close election tom daschle the leader of the senate, ken salazar and i were the only ones nationally. republicans controlled the senate and house and two years later democrats were winning that congress and four years later i was president of the united states things change pre- rapidly. but, it doesn't change inevitably. they change because you work for it. nobody said that democracy was easy it is hard. and, in a big country like this it probably should be hard. mark . good to see you pick >> good to see you. >> what can you tell us about the learning curve on becoming president? can you tell us how long it took you before you are fully at ease in the job if that ever happens? and did you discuss this with president-elect trump? >> about a week ago i started feeling pretty good -- no. look, i think that the learning curve always continues. this is a remarkable job that's unlike any other job on earth. and it is a constant flow of information and challenges and issues and that is truer now than it has ever bee

first we have tom daschle founder and chief executive officer of the daschle group. few people have such a profound understanding of the issues animating the current healthcare debate as tom. as senator majority leader tom established himself as a leading expert on national healthcare policy. he has remained deeply involved in the debate since leaving the senate and heads the daschle group while serving on influential policy bodies. tom also co-authored the book getting it done, how obama and congress finally broke the stalemate to make way for healthcare reform. he continues to be a key voice in healthcare in america. please give a big hand for tom daschle. [ applause ] >> also with us today is redonda miller. in may redonda became the 11th president of the johns hopkins hospital. she previously served as senior vice president of medical affairs for the johns hopkins health system as well as a professor and vice chair for clinical operations in the department of medicine. redonda has made medical education and women's health a major focus of her academic and clinical

so, we haven't seen it so much in an ad since 2004 when john thune ran against tom daschle. >> what isis thing about? this race? >> this race is really about a democrat who is drafting on to donald trump's message. the anti-insider, anti-establishment, drain the swamp. and roy blunt is a good representation of being a washington insider. >> what has he done wrong? >> i don't know that he's done thing wrong except his wife and three of his children are lobbyists and they're featured in every single ad. >> how does that affect voter uptake? you can tell word lobbyist is never a positive word. >> yes. missouri has had a lot of controversy lately and the lobbyist misdeeds and that sort of thing. so missouri voters already have sort of a dim view of some of this. and then kander, blunt underestimated kander. a lot of people did. until that ad. then all of a sudden, things changed really quick. now blunt is underperforming as you mentioned. he is underperforming trump in the state. in fact all the republicans running statewide are underperforming trump. and trump's activists actually will no

first, we have tom daschle, founder and chief executive officer of the daschle group. w people have such a profound understanding of the issues animating the current health care debate as tom. as senate majority leader, tom established himself as a leading expert on national health care policy. he has remained deeply involved in the debate since leaving the senate and now heads the daschle group while serving on many influential policy bodies. tom also co-authored the book "getting it done: how obama and congress finally broke the stalemate to make way for health care reform." he continues to be a key voice in health care in america. please, give a big hand for tom daschle. also with us today is redonda miller. in may, she became the 11th president of the johns hopkins hospital. she previously served as senior vice president of medical affairs for the johns hopkins health system as well as a professor and vice chair for clinical operations in the department of medicine. redonda has made medical education in women's health a major focus of her academic and clinical caree

we all thought tom daschle was going to hhs secretary and he didn't make it. so far i'm very emboldened by everything i've heard coming out of the transition team. >> we're continuing to watch kind of an interesting shot. there you see on the right your screen. waiting to see mike pence. the vice president-elect. maybe we'll just give you a beautiful rainy day in new york city. regardless, we're keeping an eye on that. since alex mentioned barack obama, dana, i want to ask you about your column. you wrote a fascinating column here about basically wondering what is barack obama doing right now. you ask a very simple question. why is this man smiling? what is your issue, dana milbank? >> oh, there's so many issues. >> we only have one hour. >> it would take more than that. look, the president as well as hillary clinton was rejected in this election. more importantly, his legacy is in taters when you look at obamacare and what he's done for the country when you look forward to what's going to happen with the supreme court. so, you know, basically you have hatch t

how many people remember tom daschle when he was going to be the secretary of health and human serviceshe was to be a shoe-in. wound up having problems with the auto service he had and taxes. wound up not getting the job. there will be democrats laying in wait and suddenly to do. so the harry reid approach is probably not going to work. you will probably see a lot more of this approach as to whether or not donald trump has conflicts of interest because that may play to even some people supporters of donald trump. >> dana, we spoke last night about it. republicans especially in the senate have this dud cud dal. nuclear option in place and perhaps mcclaw could, as much as he respects the dignity and traditions of the senate might expand that nuclear option. >> that's true. harry reid expanded it itself and they're going to take advantage of it the only thing really holding him back is the supreme court and that is where the democrats really fight it out. i think depending on who, of course, donald trump picks. assuming it's some sort of mainstream conservative, democrats will use donald t

they may not remember me showing up here in 2005 when john kerry had lost a close election, tom daschle, the leader of the senate, had been beaten in an upset, ken salazar and i were the only two democrats that won nationally. republicans controlled the senate and the house. and two years later, democrats were winning back congress and four years later i was president of the united states. things change pretty rapidly. but it does -- they don't change inevitably. they change because you work for it. nobody said democracy's supposed to be easy. it's hard. and in a big country like this, it probably should be hard. mark. >> reporter: thank you, sir. >> good to see you. >> reporter: thank you. good to see you. mr. president, what can you tell us about the learning curve on becoming president. can you tell us how long it took you before you were fully at ease in the job, if that ever happens, and did you discuss this matter with president-elect trump? >> about a week ago i started feeling pretty good. no. look, the -- i think the learning curve always continues. this is a remarkable job. it

will have, hospitals and health insurance executives, medical journalists and former senator tom daschle. again that gets underway at 3 p.m. eastern live her here on c-span2. until then from this morning's "washington journal" a look back contin 2000 election and florida recount. >> princeton university, history of public affairs professor and also the author of the book the fierce urgency of now. professor kempton for joining us this morning.his camp during this campaign the donald trump campaign, at some pointthl raised the specter of whatever n with the election of 2000 between george w. bush and al gore. could you paint a picture of not only what's been said about inn context of this campaign but if there's merit to those comparisons? >> guest: i think they're very different to a 2000 was a election between al gore and george w. bush. and there was a dispute about the count in florida, looking at particular ballots in certain counties. what we saw after the election was a process where the recounts over contested votes thatpr ultimately ended in a supreme court decision, which stoppe

. >> at that same conference hosted by cq roll call, trent lott and tom daschle talking about the next administration and relations with congress. this is about one hour and 20 minutes. >> thank you very much david. .hank you for joining us it has been a long week for a lot of people. this is a great opportunity to debrief and recalculate where everything is. i am joined by neil bradley on my far left. stafferformer senior for house majority leader eric cantor, and he also worked for roy blunt when he was the majority whip. coburn worked for tom when he was in the house. and one of the founders of rock solutions, former senior a or for harryd -- aid reid, the outgoing minority leader. and he also worked for mark pryor when he was in the senate. think you for being here. we have a lot of unanswered questions. i think for a lot of people the election took them by surprise as we have heard continuously. people are interested to know, who are some of the people that are going to be running things? who will be devising policy, making things happen on capitol hill? let's start with you neil.

former lead for harry reed, and worked for tom daschle who you'll be listening to a little bit later today and worked for mark pryor in the senate. thank you for being here. we've got a lot of unanswered questions. i think a lot of people, the election took them by surprise as we've heard continuously. people are kind of interested to know who are some of the people who are going to be running things, devising policy, making sure that things happen, particularly on capitol hill. neil, start with you, in house -- a lot of questions about whether paul ryan face a contested speaker's election in january and friction between them and president-elect donald trump, what challenges do you see? he struck a conciliatory tone yesterday in his press conference and seemed excited about rolling up sleeves and going on policy, but what realistically are the challenges speaker is going to face? >> thanks jason. i think some of the challenges we read about before the election were probably exaggerated a little bit. it was never in doubt to me that speaker ryan was going to continue to be speaker rya

tom daschle leader of the sete had been beaten in an upset.alazar and i were the only two democrats that won nationally. republicans controlled the senate and the house. and two years later, democrats were winning back congress and four years later i was president of the united states. things change pretty rapidly. but they don't change inevitably. they change because you work for it. nobody said democracy was supposed to be easy. it's hard. and in a big country like this, it probably should be hard. >> what can you tell us about the learning curve of becoming president? you can tell us how long it took you to be fully at ease in the job if it ever happens and did you discuss this this matter with president-elect trump? >> about a week ago i started feeling pretty good -- no. i think the learning curve always continues. this is a remarkable job. it is like no other job on earth. and it is a constant flow of information and challenges and issues. that is truer now thac er now t ever been because of the inter connections between regions of the w

former senator tom daschle and trent lott will talk about how congress can get past working on crisisand facing continual government shutdown. president obama in president-elect trump met at the white house today. president obama called their hour and a half minute meeting excellent and the successor looks forward to receiving the upcoming presidents council. they spoke briefly to the media. here's a look. >> ready? okay. i just had the opportunity to have the next one a conversation with president-elect trump. it was wide ranging. we talked about some of the organizational issues in setting up the white house. but that's about foreign policy, domestic the msi said last night, my number one priority in the coming two months is to try to facilitate the transition and ensure president-elect is successful. i have been very encouraged by anything the interest in president-elect trump's wanting to work with my team around many of the issues that this great country face is and i believe that it is important for all of us regardless of party and regardless of press affairs to now come togeth

tom daschle, leader of the senate, what been beat in an upset.lazar and i were the only two democrats who won nationally. republicans controlled the senate. and the house. and two years later, democrats were winning back congress and four years later i was president of the united states. things change pretty rapidly. but they don't change inevitably. they change because you work for it. nobody said democracy was supposed to be easy. it's hard. in a big country like this, it probably should be hard. reporter: thank you, sir. mr. president, what can you tell us about the learning curve on becoming president? can you tell us how long it took you before you were fully at ease in the job? if that ever happens. and did you discuss this matter with president-elect trump? president obama: about a week ago i started feeling pretty good. [laughter] no. look. i think the learning curve always continues. this is a remarkable job. it is like no other job on earth. it is a constant slough of information and challenges and issues. that is truer now thans ever b

tom daschle, leader of the senate, what been beat in an upset. salazar and i were the only two democrats who won nationally. republicans controlled the senate. and the house. and two years later, democrats were winning back congress and four years later i was president of the united states. things change pretty rapidly. but they don't change inevitably. they change because you work for it. nobody said democracy was supposed to be easy. it's hard. in a big country like this, it probably should be hard. reporter: thank you, sir. mr. president, what can you tell us about the learning curve on becoming president? can you tell us how long it took you before you were fully at ease in the job? if that ever happens. and did you discuss this matter with president-elect trump? president obama: about a week ago i started feeling pretty good. [laughter] no. ook. i think the learning curve lways continues. this is a remarkable job. it is like no other job on earth. it is a constant slough of information and challenges and issues. that is truer now thans ever

tom daschle, leader of the senate, what been beat in an upset. salazar and i were the only two democrats who won nationally. republicans controlled the senate. and the house. and two years later, democrats were winning back congress and four years later i was president of the united states. things change pretty rapidly. but they don't change inevitably. they change because you work for it. nobody said democracy was supposed to be easy. it's hard. in a big country like this, it probably should be hard. reporter: thank you, sir. mr. president, what can you tell us about the learning curve on becoming president? can you tell us how long it took you before you were fully at ease in the job? if that ever happens. and did you discuss this matter with president-elect trump? president obama: about a week ago i started feeling pretty good. [laughter] no. look. i think the learning curve always continues. this is a remarkable job. it is like no other job on earth. it is a constant slough of information and challenges and issues. that is truer now thans eve

tom daschle is the leader of the senate had been deeply upset. kim salazar and i were the only two democrats that one nationally read republicans controlled the senate and the house. and two years later, democrats were winning back congress and i was president of the united states. things change pretty rapidly. but they don't change inevitably. they change because you work for them. no one said democracy is supposed to be easy, it's hard to and in a big country like this, it probably should be hard. mark. >> thank you sir. mister president, what can you tell us about the learning curve on becoming president. can you tell us how long it took you because you are fully at ease in the job if that ever happens and did you discuss this matter with president-elect trump? >> about a week ago i started feeling pretty good but no , i think the learning curve always continues. this is a remarkable job. it is like no other job on earth. and it is a constant flow of information and the challenges and issues. that is truer now than it has ever been. partly bec