host: the deputy political editor for nbc news, domenico monta narrow, joining us on the phone. thank you so much for being with us. caller: no problem, thanks. >> on the next washington journal, we'll talk about the week ahead in washington. democraticre the strategist, steve mcmahon and republican strategist, bryan walsh. later, a discussion on how the fbi plans to deal with the budget cuts under sequestration. reportsreet journal" with us. span area:00 a.m. on c- "newsmakers." chris van hollen talks about the budget proposal now that the .overnment shutdown has ended after that, a discussion on the obama relationship with the press. >> today on "newsmakers," congressman chris van hollen, a democrat in maryland and one of the conferees after an agreement to open up the government and raise the debt ceiling has been reached. you will sit down with your fellow colleagues to broker some sort of deal. here to help us with bastions this morning, to reporters -- andrew taylor with the associated press and david lightman. and he has the first question. go ahead. >> it you are a membe

host: the deputy political editor for nbc news, domenico monta narrow, joining us on the phone.hank you so much for being with us. caller: no problem, thanks. host: we want to hear from you, it our phone lines are open, you can join us on facebook or twitter. bob is on the phone from the center of the country, missouri. caller: by the way, it is [indiscernible] missouri for those who want to get it correct. i would say i am definitely in the middle and very resentful of the media that for the sake of ratings tries to pull it in all different directions. i do not like to say that you can not be socially conservative, having grown up as in st. louis,c yet politically liberal. i know the story of a priest who was in new york city who was very progressive politically, but of course he was very conservative socially. i do not get this mixing of the two and being labeled a certain thing just because you were a certain way politically and you have to scream at people to say that i am conservative socially. host: i want to go to the breakdown as to how they identified these groups. in t