boucher and mr. stearns left off? also, bobby rush was also on the committee has a built. is he someone you could work with? >> guest: sure. i was a little bit surprised or has been that we haven't moved to privacy bill unless congress. of course, we have probably one more week in the lame duck, but i doubt it's going to be a privacy bill, but quickly. so that is certainly something we can work with our friends on the democrat side on a bipartisan basis. and as you pointed out, ed markey, abby rush, cliff stearns, mary bono, there are a number of republicans and democrats that are very interested in that. and i think that is something that we can work on. you know, we certainly have the issue. facebook has recently admitted some other information on individuals whose use. they can perhaps about facebook's permission. we've had a number of other companies that have -- depending on who you believe is consciously or inadvertently allowed very private information to be disseminated to marketers and folks without the permission of the individuals. so i think privacy is one of t

boucher off? >> i was a little bit surprised or have been, that we have not moved a privacy bill in this congress. we have probably one more week in the land up, but i doubt there is going to be a privacy bill come out that quickly. that is certainly something we can work with our friends on the democratic side on a bipartisan basis. as you pointed out, ed markey, bobby rush, cliff stearns, mary bono, a number of republicans and democrats are very interested in that. i think that is something that we can work on. facebook has recently admitted that some of their information on individuals was used without facebook permission by a client. we have had a number of other companies, depending on who you believe, that consciously or inadvertently allowed a very private information to be disseminated to marketers and folks without the permission of the individuals. i think privacy is one of those issues that is gaining in importance and is something that certainly could be addressed, if we can get the ri

rick boucher, when can hold his own but not this time. by the way, he voted against health care but he did vote for that climate energy bill that's been nicknamed "cap and trade." republicans ran a "i love rick boucher president obama ad." and "i love rick boucher" was the phrase and they ran that ad over and over again. this was a district that john mccain carried. >> let me interrupt you and show you a result just now coming in from, again, the race you've been watching. we're calling the senate west virginia race for manchin, the current sitting governor, against the mine owner, communication's company owner, john raese. where does that put things on your board? >> that's a big hold for them at this point so if you look at this, the "what if" map, we have pennsylvania. so now there has to be a clean sweep by the republicans at this point. they'd have to win pennsylvania, illinois, they'd have to win wisconsin, colorado, nevada, california and washington. they have to sweep all seven of those in order to somehow, get control of the sena

and, you know, markey and upton then sterns, and sterns and boucher. it's always had a tradition of bipartisanship. gregg and i worked on a number of issues together. there's always an an impetus to try to move forward in a bipartisan manner. >> host: sure. but this election in particular has been rather bipartisan. do you see that changing at all with the new crop of gop candidates coming in? do you think the subcommittee could become more polarized as some of these hot button issues become the key things that the subcommittee's considering? is. >> guest: well, the communications issues historically are not polarizing issues or hot button issues. it's not sort of, you know, the polarizing issue that health care is. so when you look at spectrum issues, broadband deployment, when you look at even privacy, none of these issues really break down in a partisan manner. i mean, sure, there are different approaches, but there aren't sort of categorically different approaches like in other policy areas. >> guest: i absolutely agree with howard on that point. i

and then, ed markey and upton, then stearns and then stern and boucher. it's always had a tradition of bipartisanship. when gregg and i were there together we worked a number of issues together. there's always been an impetus in the subcommittee to find common ground to try to move forward and bipartisan manner. >> host: do you think this election in particular has been rather partisan in the last couple weeks have been so as well. you see that changed at all with the new crop of gop candidates coming in? to think maybe the subcommittee could become particularly more polarized as some of these have been issues become the key things that the subcommittee is considering? >> guest: the communication issues historically are not either sort of polarizing issues are hot button issues. i mean, it's not the sort of polarizing type of issue like health care is. so when you look at spectrum issues come when you look at broadband deployment, when elected even privacy, none of these issues break down in a partisan manner. i mean, there are different approaches. but t

two russian diplomats did visit visit with mr boucher in the federal prison where he's being held in lower manhattan one russian diplomat said that he he is right now in ok circumstances he was the fifty hydrated he's being held in solitary confinement mr booth said that his all of his funds were essentially stolen while he was held in prison in thailand for more than two years boot is alleging and says that during his extradition flight from thailand to the u.s. u.s. officials had tried to pressure him to admit to the charges that have been leverage against him and in return they promised him some privileges said that he did not give in to what they wanted and so at this point he is now in solitary confinement in a federal prison the u.s. attorney had also held a press conference outlining the charges against victor boot and let's take a listen to what exactly they are their tribute now stands charged in this district the southern district of new york with four charges one conspiring to kill united states nationals two conspiring to kill united states officers and employees three co

the backhand chance against boucher. watch it again. hits both the post and the crossbar.e. the caps lose to the flyers 5-4 in a sho-out. >> i thoht we fought hard right to the end. a lot of teams would have said it's not going our way. hitting cross bars and posts and everything. let's get out of here and take a day off and regroup for next week. this group stayed with it and always believes that they could co come back. i think with the ability to score that we have, there's always that chance. >> bruce and the caps play at new rsey on monday. that's your morning sports, i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. >>> there's more ne 4 today after thbreak. it sfalling in love with t most personalized most customized piece of furniture you will ever own get that one piece right anthe rest of the room will just fall in to place it starts with you introducinyourself to the world of ethan allen see your ethan aen design center today for two beautiful ways to save >>> welcome back to news 4 today. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm kimberly suit he is. the news is straight ahead. first

force the right rates of return for pension plans and it would eliminate both payday by one day and boucherudget, and force everyone to come forward with on its books and records. have people talk about this? >> after new jersey was cited for fraud by the security and exchange commission recently, in its municipal bond offerings, which is some of you are aware, i was on a show with harvey pitt, the former sec commissioner, who pointed out that, of course, the securities and exchange commission has lesd market than any other bond market. that is not coincidental. i would remind you the problem is that everyone of our representatives in congress, from both parties, represents either a state or a district of cities in is about as, and municipal finance is heavily protected in washington. and that is one of the reasons why there are lots of rational solutions like applying private sector standards that go nowhere for that reason. is that part of the reform agenda? absolutely. it would have to be a real powerful agenda, one in which, let's say, a massive change in a year like, i don't know, 2010

i am wondering, since one of the races you target was a brick boucher of it -- was rick boucher -- net neutrality dead? guest: i think that was really about cat and trade. -- about cap and trade. he had an interview in the roanoke times last week where he said that there are these signs all over the district at -- it is unfair because i have a four- step model process to explain my vote. when you need a fourth step process to explain a vote, you will have to trouble getting that message across. that was a bad vote and i think cap and trade had a huge setback. on net neutrality, the most significant step tuesday was the aggressive change campaign to become a forward left-wing organization. they had a pledge to support net neutrality, signed by 95 candidates. all 95 candidates lost. they went 0-95 on people who thought that was an important issue to sign a pledge on. that is an enormous political signal that there is no grounds wel supportsl. i hope that chairman genachowski is paying attention to that and will not disregard the will of the people and congress and do it by backdoor recla

i am wondering, since one of the races you target was a brick boucher of it -- was rick boucher -- net neutrality dead? guest: i think that was really about cat and trade. -- about cap and trade. he had an interview in the roanoke times last week where he said that there are these signs all over the district at -- it is unfair because i have a four- step model process to explain my vote. when you need a fourth step process to explain a vote, you will have to trouble getting that message across. that was a bad vote and i think cap and trade had a huge setback. on net neutrality, the most significant step tuesday was the gressive change campaign to become a forward left-wing organization. they had a pledge to support net neutrality, signed by 95 candidates. all 95 candidates lost. they went 0-95 on people who thought that was an important issue to sign a pledge on. that is an enormous political signal that there is no grounds wel supportsl. i hope that chairman genachowski is paying attention to that and will not disregard the wilof the people and congress and do it by backdoor reclassif

also a state where rick boucher also lost. it tells us that there's a lot of volatility with the electorate. i know we have an awful lot of independents out there. they're democrat leaning, they're republican leaning, they switch back and forth. that's what makes them independents. i also think that you look at something like the auto bailout that was largely portrayed as something that was to benefit only a handful of states and one industry, but i think about our street of maryland and look at the number of car dealerships that have been lost as a result of what's happened with the auto industry. parts suppliers in my state. it was critical to do something to revive that. i think we've been able to see in their performance, and this economy now in growing and billing back that we've been able to preserve what would have been a really lost american auto industry. it's a tough pill to swallow. i learned that not only does our electorate indulge in very, very short-term thinking, but so do we in congress. what that means is it'

. >> it may just have in this case of 9-year-old jordon boucher. >> it seems like every time i walked, there was a st. jude's commercial. i lost it and got upset, saying, why can't that be my daughter. >> since she was diagnosed with leukemia at 15 months old, jordyn has been fighting for her life. >> we transferred her to the intensive care unit because she was going into cardiac arrest. >> reporter: although emergency care was given, there were serious doubts she would make it. but she did survive. >> even as a baby, she was always a strong-willed child so her fight for life was pulling her through. >> reporter: that strength helped jordyn drive her cancer into remission 3 1/2 years. >> you have a lot of check-ups, but all in all, life was getting back to normal. >> reporter: but sadly, her leukemia returned. >> her doctor came walking into the room, just the look on her face said it all. i just looked at her and i said, it's back, isn't it? she said, i'm so sorry. >> reporter: with few options remaining, they were referred to a leading children's cancer hospital and jordyn was back

congressman rick about your -- rick boucher. we will have results for those in just a moment. the 11th district -- here are the numbers. congressman voucher is at 43% and griffith is at 55%. these are early numbers. gerry connolly, the seat previously held by tom davis, another freshman democrat -- it is another indicator for where tonight is going. >> all of those congressional races in virginia will be good indicators. 11th district, certainly, because congressman connolly has positioned his republican opponent as too extreme, as many democratic incumbents have done in this election year. he has the virginia -- northern virginia suburbs in that district. it will be telling to see whether or not that message works and helps him keep his seat. the fifth district race is a huge for democrats and congressman perriello. president obama coming in there to campaign for perriello is not really surprising. if there is one embattled congressional democrat who it would make the most sense for president obama to go in and campaign for, and on the part of the democratic incumbent to embr

you would have a hard time convincing rick boucher today that cap and trade had nothing to do with his loss. and when i pinpoint when did we start seeing the canaries in the coal mine so to speak in terms of democratic problems? it was around the 4th of july of 2009, immediately after the house cap and trade vote. that is when i first started getting sort of vibrations from democrats i knew that were coming back from their districts, and they just had their heads handed to them in a way they had never seen before. just a feeling, with people worried about jobs, the business community felt like they were under siege and i don't think the democratic congress necessarily intended to ail i don't know nate the business community but you would have a hard time convincing the business folks of that. it reminded me of a friend who was an economic advisor to president clinton said in a meeting or after a meeting he turned to somebody and said i don't understand people who love jobs and hate the people who create them. i don't think so the president or democratic congressional leadership or cong

of the president's agenda and the agenda of democrats in congress lost but also a state where rick boucher lost and what does that tell us? that tell us we have a lot of volatility in the electorate. we have a lot of independents who are deciding things but a lot of the independents there, you know, they are democrat-leaning and they are republican-leaning and they switch back and forth. that's what makes -- it makes them independents. i also think that, you know, you look at something like the auto bailout that was largely portrayed as something that was to benefit only a handful of states and one industry but i think about our state of maryland and look at the number of car dealerships that have been lost as a result of what's happened with the auto industry. part suppliers that are in my state where jobs have been lost as a result of what's happened with the auto industry. it was really critical for us to do something to revive that. and i actually that we've been able to see in their performance in this economy now and growing and building back that we've been able to preserve what wou

you know, i think you have a hard time convincing rick boucher today that cap-and-trade had nothing todo with his loss. and, in fact, to me when i pinpoint when did we start seeing that an aries in the coal mine, so to speak, in terms of democratic problems, it was right around the fourth of july of 2009 immediate after the house cap-and-trade vote. that's when i first started getting sort of vibrations from democrats i knew that were coming back from their district. and it just had their heads handed to them in a way that they've never seen before. and just sort of a feeling of, you know, when people were worried about jobs, the business community just not like they were under siege to. and i don't think the administration, the democratic congress necessary intent to any the business community. but boy, you would have a hard time convincing the business folks of that. and it reminded me of a friend of mine who was an economic advisor to president clinton, said that any meeting or after a meeting at one point, he turned to someone and said, you know, i don't understand people who love