maryland congressman chris van holland said the doesn't i have lined up against the tea party. >> this is senate democrat, senate republicans, the president and the american people saying to the house republicans what are you doing? >> and negotiators will have to set to work in january on coming up with some kind of agreement to extend the payroll tax cut for the next 12 months instead of just 2. derek? >> we can only hope that happens. thanks. >> the grid look on capitol hill is also leading a major construction project here in d.c. in a bit of limbo tonight. our sister publication reports construction on a new department of homeland securities campus will be delayed by at least five years. the project is being built on the grounds of st. elizabeth hospital in the southeast. the delay will push up the price tag by 5 million bucks and put back relocation of workers. >> one bright spot of news on the economy today, mortgage rates hit another record low. freddie mac said the average rate on a 30-year fixed down to 3.91%. >>> two brazen home burglars are still on the run tonight after br

we'll have chris van holland.hat's coming up in five minutes. >>> afghanistan is reeling from a series of deadly attacks today targeting minority shiite worshippers on an important religious day. a suicide bomber killed at least 55 people at a mosque in kabul. another four were killed when a bomb strapped to a bicycle exploded next to a group of cars packed with people celebrating. nato president karzai and military leaders issued a statement condemning the attacks. >>> the head of the federal aviation administration is on leave right now while the agency decides what to do about his newly revealed drunk driving arrest. police say they spotted him driving on the wrong side of the road in virginia on saturday. as faa chief, babbitt has cracked down on pilots flying under the influence. the white house press secretary said the president reacted to babbitt's arrest, quote, as you might expect. oil or cream? cream. reddi-wip uses real dairy cream. nothing's more real than reddi-wip. rx plan gives you the lowest plan p

representative chris van holland and senator dan carden sent the letters. van holland's letter was cosigned by 72 house members. carden's was cosigned by 18 senators. >>> trouble for another maryland man overseas. 70-year-old warren weinstein of rockville was kidnapped working in pakistan last august. after months of no word on his whereabouts al-qaeda claims today to have him in. a video posted online an al- qaeda leader says they will release weinstein as soon as the u.s. stops bombing pakistan and afghanistan. >>> a dupont circle restaurant and club won't be getting its liquor license back soon. a man was killed outside the club over the weekend after a fight that started inside spilled into the street. d.c.'s liquor board will continue to suspend the license of heritage india. six people were shot and stabbed in the brawl. the board says the restaurant is violating safety issues and poses a danger to the public. the ruling can be appealed. >>> a confession from a woman accused of going on a bank robbery and crime spree in our area. >> 26-year-old stepha

senator barbara mikulski along with chris van holland sent a letter to the chief of cuban interest sectionin washington asking for the release of alan gross. gross was released in 2009 and convicted earlier this year for crimes against the state of cuba. gross says he was a contractor working for the government to help cuba's small jewish community improve internet access. cuba claims he is the a spy. >>> police are offering a big reward for information that helps track down a robber that held up a postal worker and locked him in the back of his own truck. they robbed a worker at the "t" street postal station last evening. a robber approached the postal worker as he was closing up and putting mail in the day's cash receipts into a truck parked out front. police say there have been a rash of robberies of postal employees in the d.c. area in the past months. >> in the past year and three months, we've had several different types of postal robbery. we've had them actually attacking postal employees in the evening hours. we've had our postal employees attacked in the early morning hours prior

. >> senators barbara mikulski and ben cardin, congressman chris van holland, and dozens of other congress members have sent a letter, asking for allen gross's release. >>> symbolic ceremony, one month from today, u.s. troops will leave iraq. vic is in the newsroom, with more on the special handover ceremony. >> reporter: vice president joe biden, and iraqi prime minister nouri al-maliki stood together today. they thanked the troops for their service and sacrifice. u.s. naval flags were lowered for the last time nearly nine years after american troops are getting ready to come home. iraqi troops still face big challenges. a car bomb exploded near a market today, killing 13 people. >> thousands of combat u.s. troops will remain in kuwait, which is just south of iraq. >>> an update today on a disturbing story, the mishandling of remains of fallen troops at the military mortuary in dover, delaware. a house panel, headed by elijah cummings, is from the department on the incident. the in the is asking for records going all the way back to 2002. the deadline to receive those documents is decembe

senators barbara mikulski along with senator chris van holland sent a letter to cuba asking for the release of alan gross. gross says he was a contractor working for the government to help a small cuban jewish community improve internet access. cuba claims that he is a spy. >>> montgomery county's public safety committee voted against a proposed curfew, that despite some high profile crime by teenagers, including flash mob robberies. the committee voted 2-0 against the curfew, which would keep kids under the age of 18 off the street starting at 11:00 p.m. on week nights and midnight on weekends. the proposal now goes to the full council, which is considering delaying a vote on the measure because of mixed support. several amendments could revive the bill. one would lower the age to 16. others call for a curfew that expires or is limited to a certain time frame. >>> 5:07 is the time. d.c. mayor vincent gray will spend the day courting tv producers in new york city. in the past industry officials have said it's too difficult, between capitol hill, the national park service, and the district,

and democratic congressman, chris van holland.publicans threaten to block the president's nominee to replace elizabeth warren as consumer watchdog. senator richard shelby is leading the charge against the nominee. and he joins us live this hour.

we know they stopped by congressman chris van holland's office and actually talked to him.r there don't appear to be any problems. we understand some are going to try to stage a sit-in. senator jon kyl's office. we'll be watching that story as it develops throughout the day. >> so far looks peaceful. for the latest political news you know where to go. today's talk back question, why do some republicans feel the need to kiss donald trump's ring? andrew says these candidates think by standing next to someone interesting, they will themselves become interesting. and that's just simply not the case. carol costello is back with are more of your responses. and it's still just the first week of december so what can you guess what percentage of people are already done, done -- we're talk iing done with the holiday shopping? "a," 18%, "b," 28%, "c," 38%, 6,000, 48%. ♪ [ electronic beeping ] [ male announcer ] still getting dandruff? neutrogena® t/gel shampoo defeats dandruff after just one use. t/gel shampoo. it works. neutrogena®. >>> i asked if you could guess the percentage of fo

host: at present holland is our guest on newsmaker is -- chris van holland is our guest on " newsmakers" this morning. we talked about the next steps in congress. this is what he had to say. >> we began the work of trying to extend all of those items beyond the two months. we will have to find those areas of common ground. there remain some significant differences between the two parties. it is why it was important to put this two month extension in place. for example, i think we should look to cut a lot of the loopholes. the republicans put forward ideas to increase medicare premiums for seniors. there is going to be a big discussion as to the best way to move forward on these issues. host: you can see the entire interview today at 10:00 and 6:00 on c-span. it is also available online. he talked about a common ground, how to the two political parties find common ground when elements in both parties believe that if you compromise, if you look for common ground, it is seen as losing or giving the or given the advantage of the other side? guest: it i like congressman van hollen. i think h

officer michael fitzpatrick got up to bring down the gavel, all of a sudden, steny hoyer and chris van holland began yelling at him. listen. >> section 3b of house resolution 493, the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on friday, the 23rd of 2011. >> mr. speaker! i'd like to ask for unanimous consent that we bring up the bill to extend the tax cut for 160 million americans as you walk off the floor, mr. speaker! you're walking out! you're walking away as so many republicans have walked away from middle-class taxpayers, the unemployed and very frankly as well, from those who will be seeking medical assistance from their doctors, 48 million senior citizens. >> steny hoyer had a little speech planned and the method was he wanted to get on a vote on this. there is a sense the senate bill might pass with the two monthly extensions it was put to a vote. yesterday or two days ago, they voted to stay aside and not vote on the bill and go to kfrnls. problem with going to the conference, there's no one on the other side of the table from the senate. they have left the building. they have left the t

sunday, congressman chris van holland on the debate to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance and how democrats plan to approach the spending legislation. that's at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> i'm one of the wealthiest 1%. >> would you be willing to donate to the department of treasury are you? >> individually? >> yes. >> no. >> no. >> philanthropically i'm very active. >> all you need to do is put in your credit card number and you can donate to the government. >> that is not going to help anybody. >> you don't want to donate to the government? >> i want our class to be -- you've heard me. you're being silly. >> i am a video journalist. i would say that what we're doing is almost like citizen journalism, which is basically when an individual who doesn't have that much training in journalism has the tools of modern technology to capture a live event, but doesn't have a background in journalism. >> video journalist michelle fields shares her experience for reporting for the 24-hour news site, the daily caller, sunday night on c-span's "q&a." >> newt gipp

steny hoyer and chris van hollen continue to speak on the house floor for another 20 minutes. shortly afterward, they spoke with reporters. >> good morning. mr. ben holland and i just participated on the floor of the house and saw to seek recognition so we could ask unanimous consent to place on the floor and to pass legislation which would give certainty and insurance to seniors, to the unemployed, and to 160 million americans who are at risk of losing their tax cut on january 1. the ability to have that certainty, to have that confidence, not just at this holiday time, but in january and february, while we take action to try to come to an agreement on the one-year extension that we want. unfortunately, as has happened so often common the acting speaker, the republican presiding officer, walked out. he walked out, would not render recognition, and would not allow mr. and holland and i to make that unanimous consent request and move forward. this is unfortunate. the speaker has indicated that he is ready to go to conference. the irony is that he appointed five conferees, all of whom at one point or another have said that they are opposed to a one- year e