later david wasserman looks ahead to 2012 redistricting and its impact on the states and congress. is next.on journal" host: good morning. the house is out this week but the senate is in session. tomorrow the president takes the leads on budget talks when sits down with senate leaders. in presidential politics, congressman michelle bat bachma kicking off showing she and mitt romney essentially tied for first place in that state. we begin on this sunday morning your calls and comments on the negotiations that will resume tomorrow heads by vice president -- led by president obama meeting with senate leaders. host: the president will meet separately with senator reed and mcconnell they will follow the collapse of thursday talks by vice president biden. the sticking point remains to be taxes, democrats argue any deal to reduce the deficit and raise the country's borrowing limit must include new revenues. republicans say they will not go there. there is a story this morning inside the "washington post" that says senator obama versus president obama. on capitol hill this year one of the

is david wasserman. but we appreciate your time on c-span. thanks caller: for having me -- guest: thanks for having me. host: i know it is early, but what names have been mentioned to replace him? in guest: amazingly enough, this will be the third special luncheon in new york state in recent years. to we have had two sex scandals that have already created a special alexians in republican leaning seats in -- specialty elections in republican-leaning seats in upstate. now it is a democrats turn to defend a seat in queens. interestingly enough, this will be more of a tribal election than the of state elections we have seen, which is, the partisan policy dictates of the chair of the political party of the democratic party in queens will be selecting nominees. there will be no primary election. and governor cuomo will be setting the date for the special election. everyone is watching joseph crowley. he is share of the queens democratic party. he gets the call on who the democratic nominee will be. they will start out with an advantage. but keep in

joining me with some perspective is david wasserman. but we appreciate your time on c-span. thanks caller: for having me -- guest: thanks for having me. host: i know it is early, but what names have been mentioned to replace him? in guest: amazingly enough, this will be the third special luncheon in new york state in recent years. to we have had two sex scandals that have already created a special alexians in republican leaning seats in -- specialty elections in republican-leaning seats in upstate. now it is a democrats turn to defend a seat in queens. interestingly enough, this will be more of a tribal election than the of state elections we have seen, which is, the partisan policy dictates of the chair of the political party of the democratic party in queens will be selecting nominees. there will be no primary election. and governor cuomo will be setting the date for the special election. everyone is watching joseph crowley. he is share of the queens democratic party. he gets the call on who the democratic nominee will be. they will start out with an advantage. but keep in

chewiness is david wasserman cardhouse editor for the coat look over it were. appreciate your time as i was on c-span. yesterday indicating this is likely to remain democratic. i know it's early, but whatr ha namesvi have been mentioned as serious contenders for former congressman weiner cbc click a >> and amazingly enough is going to be the fifth special election in new york state in the last three years.is i think that some special record. we've been busy covering specian elections, were actually we've had to sex scandals already aeatednd special elections special alexians in republican leaning seats in -- specialty elections in republican-leaning seats in upstate. now it is a democrats turn to defend a seat in queens. interestingly enough, this will be more of a tribal election than the of state elections we have seen, which is, the partisan policy dictates of the chair of the political party of the democratic party in queens will be selecting nominees. there will be no primary election. and governor cuomo will be setting the date for the special election. e

david wasserman looks ahead to redistricting and its impact on the states and congress. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. quite the house recently debated and voted on two measures related to u.s. military involvement in libya. look for continued debate in the house and senate at c-span's congressional chronicle, a comprehensive recourse -- top rancid resource on congress. c-span.org/congress >> next, law professors review the major supreme court decisions at the fourth circuit court of appeals conference held this weekend. the panel's discusses the impact of the supreme court. the discussed court cases involving freedom of speech and the first amendment, federalism, and campaign finance. this is just over two hours. >> i hope you will realize that we are being very selective in our coverage. it is not possible to be comprehensive. not even all the important cases will necessarily be talked about, but we hope we take enough of them to give you some sense of what the court has been up to this year. we will try to bring the train in on time. we will

we'll also talk with david wasserman of the cook political report about congressional redistricting'smpact on the 2012 house elections. >> this morning, the joint economic committee holds a hearing on u.s. manufacturing, which has seen growth in 2011. we'll hear from the president of the national association of manufacturer and moody's economist. live coverage begins at 10:15 eastern on c-span3. later in the day, also on c-span3, the outgoing head of the federal deposit insurance corporation testifies about financial industry regulations. she's expected to be asked about greece's economy and the stability of the european banking system. live coverage gets underway at 1:30 eastern. >> the joint economic committee looks at how the u.s. and other countries increase the size of their economies and create more jobs. the hearing, chaired by texas republican congressman kevin brady, is about an hour and 40 minutes. >> chairman casey and i have agreed to organize hearings for the joint economic committee during the 112th congress. prsuent to our agreement, i convened this hearing, because the

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then david wasserman on the implications of redistricting on 2012.p next on c-span, the senate foreign relations committee picks up the nomination of dan paterson to be the next u.s. ambassador to egypt. then the white house announces new warning labels for cigarettes. later, jon huntsman announces that he is running for the republican presidential nomination. nominee fordent's u.s. ambassador to egypt said that the administration's first priority in that country is ensuring free and fair elections. anne patterson previously served as u.s. ambassador to pakistan. she testified before the senate foreign relations committee for just over an hour. the committee is chaired by senator john kerry, there on your screen, who recently returned from egypt. >> we are here this morning to consider the ambassadorial nominations to five important countries. we will abide the hearing in to two panels, beginning with anne patterson, the choice to represent the united states in egypt. egypt has historically been the region's most important in to better of ideas -- in

david. >> congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz, let me start with you. >> sure. >> what led to the change? why now call for him to resign? >> well, i think that since this story broke, we were giving congressman weiner some breathing room to be able to be circumspect, do the right thing, make a decision, reach the conclusion that he needed to step back and step down on his own, and as of yesterday when that didn't happen, it was important to weigh in. >> but before his actual admission, you spoke about this during an interview, and this is what you said. >> anthony weiner is dealing with a personal matter and it should be left as a personal matter. >> when did it become less a personal matter and more an issue of public trust? >> that statement, before it had been revealed that anthony had not been truthful and that he was engaged in the conduct that he had been denying at the time. and once he crossed that threshold, acknowledged that he had been lying, had engaged in conduct that is, you know, completely unacceptable and indefensible, that's where i thought the line was crossed. >> but

obviously, debbie wasserman it and someone needs to. >> is there a difference with david vitter he's on a prostitution client list. is that different? >> i don't know if it is different. i'm not relitigating the david vitter situation. >> greta: listen i think everyone gets his turn. there are a lot of members of congress up there. tomorrow a be your turn where you have some errant republican. you see scandals on both sides of the aisle. if i were -- nobody has asked me to runny party. it hurts the democratic party if he -- if he doesn't resign. you have all your arguments again him. do you want him to resign? >> i think he should for the good of our country. he think he should get out of town. i think it is the right thing to do. true leaders of the democratic party should exhibit a little leadership. and ask this guy to resign. i think that it is the appropriate thing to do. i don't think you can have a guy -- this has been high drama for now 10 days. of lying and running around and making up stories, lewd behavior. you just illustrated the first eight minutes of the show -- who kn

david gregory is in washington with a look at what's in store. >> good morning. coming up, an exclusive debate between the twleefrtsd major political parties. joining me, democratic national committee chair debbie wassermanair, reince priebus. we will discuss the fallout of the anthony weiner scandal, the politics of the economied as well as the future of medicare our meet the candidate series continues with pennsylvania senator rick santorum and our political roundtable, all coming up this morning on "meet the press." >>> a big con grant lations this morning to meteorologist rob mayeda, here he is, all dressed up, take a look at what's holding that is the emmy award he won last night. he is celebrating with dees rah fitzpatrick from our sister station in sacramento. our very own hard-working weatherman was award last night with the regional emmy for best weather anchor. we are not surprised. congratulations, rob and hopefully, we will get to see him in that tux next time he is in the studio. >>> and new this morning, the first photos of congresswoman gabrielle giffords since she was hot in the head during a shooting rampage at a grocery store. an aide posted this photo this morning on the congresswoman'

tv program "meet the press" this weekend, the host david gregory asked the chair of the democratic national committee, representative debbie wasserman shuttle schulz, why sd american trust the democrats? she answer ised, because we were able to under president obama's leadership turn this economy around. the economy is not turned around. the unemployment statistics i just cited demonstrate thaits getting worse. most observers recognize that the steps that the president took to try to revive the economy have not worked. i think it's time that we admit that our massive debt and deficit, which were exacerbated by 29009 stimulus spend bill, have hurt our economy. it's made things worse. now, republicans are not recommending reddictions in government spending just for the sake of austerity. we're pushing for the government to get its fiscal house in order so the job create letters have the doffed begin hiring and expanding their operations. right now uncertain of their future tax liability, worried about the general fiscal path of this country, and the increasing regulatory burdens imposed upon them, job creator creators are e on the sid