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totally ignored him and undercut him, and as a result, you had that agreement last night. >> chris van hollenservative standpoint, you are not helping the speaker's cause. >> i apologize to the speaker. >> you want him to stay speaker of the house forever, don't you, chris van hollen. so devious. >> you're right. i'm going to stay out of republican caucus politics. >> chris van hollen, congressman, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> john cassidy, stay with us, if you can. up next, we'll bring in republican senator pat toomey. we're back in just a moment. meet the 5-passenger ford c-max hybrid. when you're carrying a lot of weight, c-max has a nice little trait, you see, c-max helps you load your freight, with its foot-activated lift gate. but that's not all you'll see, cause c-max also beats prius v, with better mpg. say hi to the all-new 47 combined mpg c-max hybrid. >>> all right. 38 past the hour. welcome back. joining us now from allentown, pennsylvania, republican senator pat toomey. welcome back to the show, senator. >> morning, guys. >> i'm going to read from red state. erick erickson

let me bring in democratic congressman chris van hollen of maryland. it's always good to see you, congressman. good morning. >> good to be with you, chris. >> one of the headlines in politico today is why obama's gun plan may be d.o.a. in the house. the article says quote, interviews with multiple house republicans from the midwest and northeast reveal almost zero appetite to vote on any sort of sweeping gun bill, and that may leave the president with few options besides focusing on background checks and what he can accomplish by executive action. i'm wondering what you're hearing and what your sense is of how things are in the house right now. >> well, chris, i think a lot of these early predictions of the demise of the president's proposals are very premature. i think the politics of this has changed and i think the politics is changing because the american public is engaging in this conversation in a very different way than they used to, after the newtown shootings, the aurora shootings. as long as the public is engaged and following closely what th

representative chris van hollen of maryland. very tense time in the country's life. gentlemen, thanks for joining us. >> thank you. . >> woodruff: still to come on the newshour, recovery efforts post-hurricane sandy; the paradoxes of immigration; and senator-elect deb fischer of nebraska. but first, the other news of the day. here's kwame holman. >> holman: this first day of 2013 brought the traditional sights and scenes of the new year, around the country today. in pasadena, california, the 124th rose parade kicked off this morning. 42 floats made the five-mile journey along with 23 marching bands. an estimated 700,000 people lined the streets to watch. and in new york city, it was an early morning start for sanitation workers. crews worked to collect tons of garbage, including the remnants of some 17 million pieces of confetti that fell on times square at midnight. new year's celebrations turned deadly overnight in ivory coast, when a crowd stampeded. more than 60 people died in the crush to leave a stadium after a fireworks show in abidjan, the country's major com

i was just talking to congressman chris van hollen and we break in with news regarding this shooting and waiting to get information in texas and it was, i believe, just last week or maybe two weeks ago, again, in the middle of a conversation on gun legislation and there was a shooting in california. right now, we don't know much about what's happening here. when's happened i should say here but police are saying, clint, multiple people have been shot. >> yeah. you know, what i'm afraid we're seeing is there are a number of people who because of pending gun legislation for one thing are buying guns. i was at a local sporting goods store where i live in virginia, and people were stacked up two deep at a gun counter buying guns and the ammunition had almost been cleaned -- this is a large store. and the ammunition had been cleaned off almost all of those shelves. so number one, you have a paranoid belief on the part of some people that the current administration wants to take their guns or wants to take their ammunition. realize there's 300 million guns in america. if they think the fbi

. >> reporter: and maryland's chris van hollen, the ranking member of the democrats on the budget committee, expects the president will stand firm. >> we should not be playing any political games with the debt ceiling. that is the economic equivalent of a nuclear weapon. it would make this whole idea going over the fiscal cliff look like a cake walk. >> reporter: but many republicans think it is the next best chance to control the cost of medicare and social security. bruce leshan, 9 news now. >>> wall street showed its approval of the bill with a big gain today. the dow closed up 308 points. among the provisions tucked into the 150 page bill, an estimated $222 million in extended excise taxes for the rum industries in puerto rico and the assever engine islands and an estimated 4 -- and the u.s. virgin islands and an estimated $400 million intax deductions for the u.s. film and tv industries. >>> a piece of the federal transit benefit is restored to 240 bucks a month. the pretax version had been lowered last year, but this boost is only temporary through the end of the year. you can learn m

joining me live now, chris van hollen of maryland, top democrat on the house budget committee.nk you again for joining me. >> great to be with you. >> i want to start off with guns because we know now tomorrow morning the president will outline what he would like to see and mother jones has an intriguing article on 14 ways obama can push gun control without congress. with the anticipation already that some of your colleagues, republican colleagues and maybe even a few democrats in the senate could be roadblocks for any solid legislation. >> well, tamron, first of all, i hope that the congress will adopt common sense gun safety measures. i think the mood of the country is clearly in favor of that. all the public opinion polling shows that but i also think that the president has a responsibility to act on his own authority where he has that authority. where he has the ability to take important steps to protect the safety of the american people and our children without congressional action he should certainly be taking those measures but that should not mean that congress avoids i

jim gordon and chris van hollen got off to an early start. >> we have yet to cut one dime from the last debt ceiling agreement and it's time to do it again. we've got to stop the madness. this is the 18-year-old kid on the credit card. they maxed out the card and instead of cutting it up and putting them on a budget, obama says give them a new credit card. >> yes, we have to do more cuts. the president's been clear, he put on the table $1.2 trillion in cuts proposal combined with $1.2 trillion of revenue. the only reason we weren't able to do forward is house republicans decided not to follow speaker boehner. >> john roberts is filling in on "fox news sunday" for chris wallace. great to see you. >> great to see you too. if that discussion is any indication, the next eight weeks are going to go interest on capitol hill with a lot of fur flying. >> can you see them agreeing on anything? >> absolutely not. mitch mcconnell laid down a marker saying we're done with the revenue side. we're not accepting any revenue generated off the backs of the american public. the president is saying i want

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representative chris van hollen of maryland. very tense time in the country's life. gentlemen, thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> woodruff: still to come on the newshour, recovery efforts post-hurricane sandy; and senator-elect deb fischer of nebraska. but first, the other news of the day. here's kwame holman. >> holman: this first day of 2013 brought the traditional sights and scenes of the new year, around the country today. in pasadena, california, the 124th rose parade kicked off this morning. 42 floats made the five-mile journey along with 23 marching bands. an estimated 700,000 people lined the streets to watch. and in new york city, it was an early morning start for sanitation workers. crews worked to collect tons of garbage, including the remnants of some 17 million pieces of confetti that fell on times square at midnight. new year's celebrations turned deadly overnight in ivory coast, when a crowd stampeded. more than 60 people died in the crush to leave a stadium after a fireworks show in abidjan, the country's major commercial city. most of the victim

his guest republican jim jordan from ohio and democratic chris van hollen.our time for times. >> fox news confirms that and it is chuck haggerty. and james rosen has this report. >> jamie, good evening. two democratic sources confirm to ed henry late yesterday that president obama settlod chuck haggerty to talk about the pentagon. many that the gop would face a roggy hearing. the nevada senator has a history of blunt statements talking about the jewish lobby on capitol hill. hagel has resisted sanctions against iran and balked at hesbelloh as a terrorist i have issues of the statements he made in the past and his support on vietnam. - iran. >> his time to purple hearts serving in vietnam makes him eligible. president obama is throwing support with hagel and. heextraordinary work in the and served the country with valor in vietnam and on my intelligence advisory board. doing an outstanding job. >> no decision was made on the top pentagon spot, jamie. >> thank you so much, james . and four people are dead after a long police stand off in a town home in aurora,

. >> molly: chris van hollen it's reckless and irresponsible not to pay bills that are due. >> jamie: thanks, molly. >> gregg: president obama signing that $9.7 billion super storm sandy aid bill into law. it increases the federal emergency management agency's borrowing. fema had warned it would run out of funds if congress didn't step in to help soon. a larger and more comprehensive aid package still in the air. john boehner voting to on it next week. >> jamie: a rare public appearance of assad addressing torn nation. for first time in six months. leland vitter has more. >> this speech is a combination of the same old, same old, all the rebels are terrorists. we're going to continue to fight and win this war, but it also provided a little bit of diplomatic cover not only for the syrians but also for their allies so the russians can now say, look, assad offered a peace plan and rebels won't talk. they would call it optics and they are important here. assad trying to get control live on state tv. a reminder that a large number of syrians support him especially among the upper class. de

at the same time, chris van hollen mentioned to me, they have a lot on their plate with the budget and everything else. so squeezing this in is going to take a big, big push from the white house. >> a major amount of political capital as well. jim acosta, thanks very much. >>> a recent cnn orc poll shows a strong majority of americans favor a ban on is semiautomatic assault weapons. 62% compared to 37% who opposed. let's dig deeper with our chief political analyst gloria borger. there are significant political risks for the obama administration, for the democrats in this gunfight. >> there are a lot of political risks. if gun control was easy, they would have done it a while ago. the assault weapons ban has not been renewed for eight years, wolf. it's been sitting out there. and i think in my conversations with administration officials, what they are going to come up with and that sort of echos what jim was saying, they are going to come up with what someone describes to me as a menu of options. the menu of options will include a ban on assault weapons and also include closing the gun

house budget committee is actually where the action is, and, in fact, on the democratic side, chris van hollen made a move away from the so-called leadership track to be the counter part, basically, to ryan because he knew that that was a high profile assignment that would benefit his ambitions as well. >> you mentioned the democrats, which reminds me there's some democrats. >> a few. >> you can be forgiven for thinking there are not in. we have not talk about the democrats reasonably getting back into the majority. we don't think that will happen. >> no, it will not. >> not this time. how is pelosi regarded? i asked about the others. she was speaker pelosi, now leader pelosi. it was not a given she would be minority leader after losing the -- >> no. >> the majority, but she's in control, and there's not any insurrection on the democratic side to change the dynamic there. >> there will not be any kind of unsur recollection. -- insurrection. it's interesting. i interviewed her for the book and other people on the democratic sides of leadership, and following around the republican freshman. it w

joining is democratic chris van hollen and republican jim jordan. senate minority leader said the revenue piece is done. the president wants more tax he needs to limit deductions and limit the loop holes. >> mitch mcconell will draw the line in the sand . we have to take a balanced approach meaning additional cuts and remember, year the president signed in law more than 1.5 trillion in cuts. 100 percent cuts. as a result of avoiding the fiscal cliff we raised 730 billion from high income individuals. as we go forward we need to adopt the same frame work as the simpsons-bowles commission . remember in the campaign you saw the republican candidate and paul ryan talking about the breaks in the loop holes, guess what, they are still there. through tax reform we can raise more revenue to address the sequester issue and long-term deficit. >> john: congressman jordan do you buy that? >> no, they are scheduled for the outyears. congress said give us the revenue and we'll promise to get the cuts. that's what the fiscal cliffs was. no cut necessary there and

democrat chris van hollen and republican jim jordan. >> a new republican voice challenges the grand old different vision. a new man in town with a message that champions opportunity. will the party establishment listen? we'll get a fresh perspective from senator ted cruz. from spending to immigration to the new gun control debate will the new congress be able to get past toxic party sanship to get things done for voters? we will ask our sunday panel to read the political tea leaves all right now on "fox news sunday." and hello again from fox news in washington. after side stepping the fiscal cliff the country now faces an economic triple threat of even greater scale. at stake, automatic spending cuts, government funding and the full faith and credit of the united states. with bruises still fresh from the last dustup, early jabs already flying. joining me to talk about this are two influencial members of congress. welcome to you both. we were talking before the program started mitch mcconnell the senate minority leader said on another sunday program the revenue piece is done, no more tax

. >> reporter: maryland democratic congressman chris van hollen says voters are eager for new gun control if you look at the most contested congressional races around the country, they're in the suburbs and in suburban areas i think the weight of public opinion is on the side of commonsense gun safety provisions. >> after biden spent days meeting with different interest groups, the latest being video game maker, the vice president doesn't seem to be in the mood to take on the entertainment industry. >> there's no measure that i'm aware of to be able to determine whether or not there's a coarsening of our culture in a way that is not healthy. >> reporter: democrats say it's up to the white house to make that case. that's why they expect president obama to put a heavy emphasis on gun control in his upcoming state of the union speech next month. martin? >> cnn's jim acosta. thanks very much. >>> so, how did a drunk driving case land on the desk of the supreme court? we've got the details. and what does this beauty queen and this python have in common? find out. excuse me, sir i'm gonna have

. >> reporter: maryland democratic congressman, chris van hollen says voters are eager for new gun control laws after newtown. >> if you look at the most contested national races around the country, they're in the suburbs. and in suburban areas, i think the weight of public opinion is on the side of common sense gun safety provisions. >> reporter: after biden spent days meeting with different interest groups, the latest being video game makers, the vice president doesn't seem to be in the mood to take on the entertainment industry. >> there's no measure that i'm aware of to be able to determine whether or not there is a coursing of a culture in a way that is not healthy. >> reporter: but dps say it's up to the white house to make that case. that's why they expect the president to put a heavy emphasis on gun control. in his upcoming state of the union speech next month. jim acosta, cnn, washington. >>> tonight at 10:00 eastern, i should tell you, we're looking at the new gun control measures expected to be put forward by the white house. we're going to talk with members of congress, a forme

maryland congressman chris van hollen is the top democrat on the house budget committee. >> the inalkt to get a house congressional agreement means we're going to be dealing with these budget issues in an on again off again for months to come. >> they're going to have to vote for some time in next couple of months to raise the debt ceiling. and the truth, anthony and norah, the fiscal cliff was relatively simple to solve. if congress has trouble with that, how are they going to tackle more difficult issues they say they want to work on like immigration and tax reform? >> good question. thanks, nancy. >>> president obama signed a bill into law after returning to vacation in hawaii with his family. chip reid is live in hawaii. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anthony. this is the president's second visit. he was here for christmas and rushed back to washington for the battle over the fiscal cliff. now he's back on vacation after what the white house believes was a major victory. that victory was crowned late last night when the president authorized the signing of the fiscal cliff

maryland congresswoman chris van hollen is the top democrat on the house budget committee. >> the inability to get a comprehensive agreement means we'll be dealing with the budget issues on an on again/off again basis for months to come. >> reporter: that means there are a couple more cliffs coming. this new congress is going to have to vote sometime in the next couple of months to raise the debt ceiling, and the truth, anthony and norah, is that this fiscal cliff was relatively simple to solve, if congress had so much trouble with that how are they going to tackle more difficult issues that they say they want to work on like immigration and tax reform. >> good question. nancy cordes thanks. >>> president obama signed a fiscal cliff legislation into law wednesday, after reyou nighting with his family in hawaii. chip reid is traveling with the president in honolulu. chip, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anthony and norah. this is the president's second visit to hawaii this holiday season. he was here for christmas and then rushed back to washington for that battle over the fiscal cl

democrat chris van hollen and republican jim jordan. >> a new republican voice challenges the grand old party to find a different vision. a new man in town with a message that champions opportunity. will the party establishment listen? we'll get a fresh perspective from senator ted cruz. from spending to immigration to the new gun control debate will the new congress be able to get past toxic party sanship to get things done for voters? we will ask our sunday panel to read the political tea leaves all right now on "fox news sunday." and hello again from fox news in washington. after side stepping the fiscal cliff the country now faces an economic triple threat of even greater scale. at stake, automatic spending cuts, government funding and the full faith and credit of the united states. with bruises still fresh from the last dustup, early jabs already flying. joining me to talk about this are two influencial members of congress. welcome to you both. we were talking before the program started mitch mcconnell the senate minority leader said on another sunday program the revenue piece is d

. >> stephanie: chris van hollen, our friend your colleague said republican strategy is to give us whataffic control by 9%. air-traffic control! >> oh, my god. what morons! we have to burn the country in order to save it. >> stephanie: yeah. >> right approach to government. >> stephanie: do you see -- how do you see this playing out this time? >> oh, the same. the same thing's going to happen. it has happened nine times already when i was on my unpaid two-year vacation courtesy of the voters. it always comes down to the same thing. boehner finds some excuse to put something up for a vote and then it passes with democratic votes. that's what seems to happen over and over and over again. you know, they called it the hastert rule. the hastert rule was you never put anything up for vote unless the majority of your caucus believes in it. boehner has had to violate the rule over and over again otherwise the government would simply collapse. the same thing will happen again. >> stephanie: it's hard to say. you've got -- obviously people putting forth the same arguments. schumer said i think ri

chris van hollen, congressman from maryland, actually my congressman speaking with paul ryan on the budgetto incoming treasury secretary and hopefully getting ready to have productive conversations in the weeks to come. but it is, it is an interesting time where everyone has been talking today about the majesty of the day, the respect for the process, even if romney had been here, no matter who is here, always festive and always ma jesstic and always serious. it is a day where we feel a lot of pride. everyone on capitol hill, even when they fight they all feel it is a huge honor to be part of this system and taking part in a day like this. they're all from districts around the country. this is a privilege for them to take part in this, no matter how much they're fighting over big bills. shepard: the camera, carl cameron is lingering on president clinton. frankly whose star has risen more in recent months than his? who was given more credit for the eventual last stretch push of barack obama that he, president clinton, adversary one time, south carolina made famous words, which linker there,

chris wallace sits down with ted cruz and chris van hollen and republican representative jim jordan of ohio. cnn's state of the union is at 3:00 p.m. eastern with the democratic senator and richard hudson and the senate majority whip and lindsey graham. then "face the nation" with mcconnell, house minority leader nancy pelosi and jeff blake of arizona. the sunday network tv talk shows re-air on c-span radio brought to you as a public service by the networks and re-air. that is "meet the press," this week, fox news sunday, cnn state of the union and "face the nation" from cbs. you can listen to them all on c-span radio, at 90.1 f.m. in washington. on xm satellite channel 117 on the smart phone or online to c-span radio.org. >> the big discussion i remember was what is richard nixon going it do. >> i remember going home that night. we were scared to death. this was laike a time bomb. this gets in the press it is a disaster. >> johnny walters came to me and said john dean, the president's counsel has just brought me a list of 50 names of people and want as full field investigation. that i

here is chris van hollen, the ranking democrat on the house budget committee today. >> the good newsinally recognized that america must pay its bills and meet its financial obligations without condition. the bad news is they only want to do that for three months. just read the title. to ensure the complete and timely payment of the obligations of the united states government until may 19th. >> now, if this passes the house today, you could pretty much bet that the existential threat that many in the markets have looked at from the potential doomsday scenario of a default is simply going to melt away in front of o our eyes. however if it doesn't happen, we don't know how john boehner will find a way forward. it happened on plan b and the deal only got worse from a conservative point of view. we'll see how conservatives make pragmatic decisions today or not on voting to pass this bill. >> fascinating chess game happening right before our eyes, john. thank you so much. want to bring in congressman aaron schock, a republican representative from illinois. a member of the house ways and me