host: rep bill pascrell, ways and means committee member, thank you for your time. guest: have a great holiday. host: coming up, we will learn the details of a new teen drug use survey. our guest will be nora volkow, director of the national institute on drug abuse. first, morning news from c-span radio. >> economic numbers show little inflation. the consumer price index rose 0.1% in november. in the past year, prices have moved up just over 1%. following the sudden passing of ambassador richard holbrooke, the state department is naming the acting special representative for pakistan and afghanistan. he is a career civil servant and served as a deputy to ambassador holbrooke. two senior iraqi officials say captured insurgents are claiming that al-qaeda is planning attacks in the united states and europe during the christmas minister. the botched bombing in stockholm was among those revealed. authorities in the u.s. and europe have been alerted. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> you are watching c-span, bringing new politics and public affairs

of the house armed services committee, colorado republican mike coffman. 8:30, representatives bill pascrell and new jersey will take your calls about the tax cut bill. we will be joined by nora volkow, head of the national institute on drug abuse. the latest survey was released yesterday. "washington journal" is next. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] host: it promises to be quite the active day and the nation's capital as of this congressional lame duck session continues. one headline says the tax bill is stumbling toward a final vote. vote. it

democratic representative bill pascrell will take your calls about the tax-cut bill working its way through congress. we will be joined by nor of volkow, about the latest survey of teenage drug use. "washington journal" is live every day on c-span. >> students, parents, and teachers -- with the studentcam competition one month away, we're going to offer -- answer your question between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. eastern. to sign up for a 30-minute session, go to our web site. it is open to middle and high school students. the deadline to enter is january 20, 2011. for more affirmation go to studentcam.org. >> richard holbrooke, the u.s. special representative for afghanistan and pakistan, died yesterday. he had been hospitalized since friday. in october, he was a panelist at the annual ideas formed. he spoke with a bbc new anger for little more than a half- hour. -- news anchor for low more than a half-hour. >> i am at abc this week, and what i am trying to do is putting more for perspective from the international world, trying seat things that richard holbrooke deals with and bring them to a w