chris van hollen is here, he'll join us in just a minute.ick break. >> buy your bill press show podcast. shows download straight to your computer, mp3 player or smartphone exclusively at bill press show.com. >> okay. >> this seat right here. >> yeah, just move it up. >> you haven't slowed down. i mean, come on. >> that's for sure. >> up and at it all right. >> good. that's nice of you to come in, appreciate it. >> not at all. >> i saw you tuesday night, and i left before they had made that call. >> yeah. >> in fact, i left the hotel, and i went over to media matters, and i walked up to some guy, and i said, so, what's the word? and he said they just called it, and i said -- >> i was going to say, you've been over the drill. your head phone volume is over the -- >> should i put these on? >> not now. when we go on the air. >> i don't know if we'll have any time to finish byron's coming in at 8:0. >> he's actually here. they came up on the same elevator. >> let's just talk about what the message is, what you're doing now. >> okay. >> yeah. >> i

we have a new position for chris van hollen who was nominated -- chosen to be the ranking member on the budget committee. many expect the budget to be a statement of our national values. chris van hollen will make that flight based on values, based on reducing the deficit, based on fighting for the middle class. i want to congratulate him on his new position. >> steny hoyer. >> thank you very much. this was a difficult election to say the least. the american public reflected their anxiety and their desire that the congress of the united states' focus on creating jobs, growing our economy, and ensuring fiscal balance for the long term. we are committed to that objective. i talked about it and the speaker talked about it and others talked about the agenda of make it in america. we want to make sure that americans understand that they and their children can make it in america but also that we can make it in america, manufacture it and grow it in america and sell it around the world so we grow good jobs for our people. we are going to participate as a minority in this congress. but we will

i spoke earlier with chris van hollen of maryland, the man who will head up his party's effort to workng issue of the budget. congressman van hollen, thanks so much for joining us. >> it's good to be with you. congratulations on your new book. >> thank you. i appreciate it very much. let's talk about what happened a few weeksing a you as head of the campaign committee, losing the house and some seats in the senate as well. i want to ask about the new reality in washington for you. in today's "new york times," paul krugman wrote this, one of our two great political parties has made it clear that it has no in making america governorable unless it's doing the governing. elite opinion has been slow to recognize this reality. congressman van hollen, how bleak are things going to be over the next two years? any chance you two parties can get together? >> i have some worries, willie, because for the first time the republicans now share some responsibility for helping to clean up the mess that was largely created by their own policies and yet every indication so far is that they do not want to

in fact, chris van hollen calls it a political hurricane. this past election cycle. me just leave you with this. this is from about somebody on capitol hill who's leaving after 20 years. somebody that our viewers might not know from being on television but he was quoted often. jim manly, the spokesman for the senate majority leader harry reid leaving. he was a fierce partisan, kyra. somebody, though, that was well respected by republicans, well respected by those in the media. and really one of those really good guys in politics and nowadays doesn't seem to be that many good guys. kyra? >> yeah. it's true. it is hard to find those real, true, genuine individuals, mark. that's politics, though, right? >> that's politics. >> thanks, mark. >>> after 15 years under house arrest, aung san suu kyi, the woman that's the face of myanmar's pro-democracy movement talks one on one to cnn. the political convictions as strong as. >>> first, flashback, november 19th, 1990, a day to live in music infamy. ♪ girl, you know it's true ♪ oh oh oh i love you >> oh yeah. turned out to be

i want to thank chris van hollen for his tremendous leadership of the dnc. candidates across the country, volunteers who are working for them -- they ignored his leadership and say that we have the best ground operations -- they acknowledged his leadership and say that we have the best ground operation. hundreds and thousands of volunteers are walking precincts, making phone calls, ring doorbells for our democracy. they are out there because they know the tremendous difference that this election will make. they know the distinction between democrats who want to protect social security and medicare and republicans who want to privatize both of them. they know the difference between democrats who want to make it in america, mfg. in america so that the american people -- manufacture in america so that the american people can make it in america. i thank steny hoyer for coining the phrase which has captured the imagination of our grass- roots people -- we must not allow the erosion of our manufacturing base. we must make it in america. as we do that -- as people

have a little bit of a fight going on between steny hoyer who is now the majority leader and chris van hollenho ran the democratic national campaign committee and debbie wasserman schultz who may not be going for leader but has proven herself. >> couric: dan bartlett and jamal simmons, thank you very much. how is the tea party responding to two of their victories, rand paul in kentucky and marco rubio in the state of florida just in the senate? we're going to check into a tea party, party right after this. [ female announcer ] expensive specialty products? why go there when there's olay regenerist? [ male announcer ] microsculpting cream hydrates better than some creams costing $500. [ female announcer ] and not only that, [ male announcer ] 80% of women find olay to be a luxurious experience. [ female announcer ] olay. challenge what's possible. [ malhis day starts thwith his arthritis pain.. find olay to be a luxurious experience. that's breakfast with two pills. the morning is over, it's time for two more pills. the day marches on, back to more pills. and when he's finally home... but hang

i want to make one special mention because we have a new position for chris van hollen who has been nominated to be -- chosen to be the ranking member on the budget committee. the budget, many expect to be a statement of our national values. i know that chris van hollen will make that fight based on values, based on are reducing deficits, based on fighting for the middle class. i want to congratulate him on his new position. >> steny hoyer. >> thank you very much. this was a difficult election to say the least. the american public reflected their anxiety and their desire that the congress of the united states focus on creating jobs, growing our economy, and ensuring fiscal balance for the long term. we're committed to that objective. i've talked about and the speaker talked and others talked about the agenda of make it in america. we want to make sure that americans understand that they and their children can make it in america, but also that we can make it in america, manufacture it and grow it in america, and sell it around the world so we grow good jobs for our people. we are going to part

and not only by the continued downturn of the california economy, but alsock,# í i know that chris van hollenwill make that fight based on values and based on reducing deficits, based on fighting for the middle class. i want to congratulate him on his new position. >host: nancy pelosi reelected as the democratic leader. the leadership team the same for the house democrats. the piece focusing on a long- time veterans of capitol hill and mike caplan. while that is happening bopper -- we're joined live on the phone. thank you for being with us. as these new members come to washington and understand how their offices were, what else i think, as they prepare for the 112 congress? guest: the most interesting thing that has happened this week is they included an recession this year on members' rights -- responsibilities as employers. they're also taught ethics and basically the mechanics of how the hill works. host: the congressman who represented upstate new york for just over a year before he resigned has become the poster child or a poster boy of what not to do as a member of congress and as the

at 3:00, tim pawlenty and rick perry, chris van hollen, and senator-elect pat to me. -- pat toomey. then, more talk about the elections with senate minority leader mitch mcconnell and house minority whip james clyburn. that begins at noon eastern. 1:00 -- meet the press. 3:00 p.m. -- state of the union on cnn. listen for them all on c-span radio. on you ripho -- on your iphone, satellite radio, or online. >> it is harmless to make a start out of britney spears or cher. when one takes the notion of starting out into the national security realm, then lives are -- of stardom into the national security wrong, then lives are at stake. americans get wise. in that amount of time, case and may harm -- chaos and mayhem may come to reign. >> derek leebaert will critique several foreign policy leaders tonight on "q&a." >> this weekend on afterwards hamilton.er nigel he profiles several presidents. he is interviewed by richard norton smith. that is this weekend on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our sunday roundtable with gail russell chaddock and susan page. thank you for com

i think chris van hollen, despite a big loss for his party this time, will remain a rising star and a top leadership figure in the party. >> since we are getting into people, i have to do this. i have to do this. we are getting into personalities. the impact of sarah palin over the next two years. on the agenda. >> i think the cover story -- you see occasional references to this around. the people who got slapped the hardest, i think, in this election, besides nancy pelosi and barack obama, are jim demint and sarah palin. they are responsible for the fact that the senate did not go republican. they are the ones who are responsible for christine o'donnell. they are the ones responsible for joe miller in alaska. they are responsible for jim buck in colorado and sharron angle in nevada. those characters were all rejected. in every single case, when the republicans won a senate seat, except in the rand paul case, the margin was considerably smaller for a tea party kind of candidate than it was for a regular. portman, dan coats, forget about mark kirk. he is a separate case. he was a moder

host: more from the article representative chris van hollen said ending unemployment assistance will not only be devastating for those and families but will hurt the economy as a whole by undermaking consumer confidence and demand. about 8,400 americans will see their unemployment checks cut off by the end of the first welcome of december. by the end of the third week of december 1.36 million americans will be affected if congress doesn't act. back to the phones, newport news, virginia, ron, on the line for independents. caller: good morning. what you just read in the article is right. we can do some cuts and our defense budget is of mammoth proportions because they want to give tax breaks to the top 100%, that is $700 billion. where do we get the money to pay for that? i'm trying to figure out what the republics mean when they keep saying the american people, it is not like you individually heard from every american in the country and they are trying to sway people's way of thinking. people have paid into the unemployment system via working but that is 15, 20, 30 years. so 99 weeks

members and candidates ran remarkable campaign is led by the superb leadership of dccc chairman chris van hollen. the outcome of the election does not diminish the work we have done for the american people. we must all strive to find common ground to support the middle-class, create jobs, reduce the deficit and move our nation forward. guest: she is not apologizing for the last two years in that statement. she is standing by what she did even though i think starting today, you are going to see people, some democrats, openly questioned her and openly question the white house strategy that they put forward the last two years, whether it was the smartest one, whether they should have pulled that after the first time voters were rebelling against the health care reform the last year, and the 2009 elections, and an earlier this year. but i covered health care plan from start to finish. i am not quite sure if they had pulled back to earlier, if they had tried to condense the schedule of the negotiations down to fewer months, i am not sure they would be in a different position today. host: are newsdesk

host: more from the article representative chris van hollen said ending unemployment assistance will not only be devastating for those and families but will hurt the economy as a whole by undermaking consumer confidence and demand. about 8,400 americans will see their unemployment checks cut off by the end of the first welcome of december. by the end of the third week of december 1.36 million americans will be affected if congress doesn't act. back to the phones, newport news, virginia, ron, on the line for independen. caller: good morning. what you just read in the article is right. we can do some cuts and our defense budget is of mammoth proportions because they want to give tax breaks to the top 100%, that is $700 billion. where do we get the money to pay for that? i'm trying to figure out what the republics mean when they keep saying the american people, it is not like you individually heard from every american in the country and they are trying to sway people's way of thinking. people have paid into the unemployment system via working but that is 15, 20, 30 years. so 99 weeks of

congressman chris van hollen said that two election cycles is enough. he has signaled plans to leave the chairmanship before tuesday's election. more of your calls and on to birmingham, alabama, on the democrats' line. caller: good afternoon. i have never in my entire life seeing a woman demonize as they have been and that is nancy pelosi. we are sick and tired. i don't mean to be biased. there are so many women against other women. i cannot believe what is going on in america right now. this woman has done so much. she put her life on the line. if they are trying to get rid of nancy pelosi and don't elect our, we have something to say because we are sick and tired of men taking control of everything. host: northbrook, ill., on the independent line. caller: hello. i just wanted to said that it is unfortunate in my opinion that she is clearly probably the most partisan person that we have ever had in that position. i do believe that i could be wrong but i think she is also the only woman so i am not sure what the point of the last speaker was. it is unfo