th are bigmployers to general dynamimics lockheed, some of the biggest employers in the region. marriott is also one of the big employers. you have hotels and government contractors. what is interesting is who is on and who is off. >> who got kicked off thehe list of public companies? >> sallie mae is one of them. they moved. they are in delaware now. one of thehe trends is b big public companies going private. one was black brd, which is always a big deal as a public company in washington and they are now a privivate companyny. >> fannie mae and freddie mac are always a ltle controversial witcongress. quasi-private, quasi-public. let's go on to the largegest privately owned companies in the washington region. number one, landing the sweet ot, a candcompany bad in mcleanan $3030 billion in revenue only 340 in thmetro area. >> one of those notorious company'around here, because you read a lot about them -- >> private. very private family. >> they are out there a dealing with chocolate and food an everything else but you don't hear a lotot about them.m. irfax is doing preretty wel

remind you however low he may be, the senate majority leader was ected by his state we have these dynamimics at work, do we? congressman cohen always good to talk to you a hope that we can talk about significant progress coming up. seeing fiscal responsibility come to the forefront. >> thank you. lou: much more on the political battles ahead. they are going o be significant in this 113th congress. and the congressional republicans and opposition they face on any issue. especially on putting the national debt. >> trainingnd arming principles to stop intruders in our public schools. arizona's attorney general tom horne is with us next. and why isn't anyone in washington talking about jobs? millions of americans still out of work. where have the jobs gone? where will we find new ones? are economist joins us lou: the job market slowly improvg. but will this year be a breakout year for job creation? de minimis joins us in moments to answer that question and many others. the economy added 155,000 jobs last month. the unemployment ratcoming in at 7.8% unchanged from the revised november number. the