fred barbash and for republicans, 202-624-1115.ill the art -- fred barbash and daniel friedman will be our guest for that discussion. ♪ host: -- >> track the latest contributions on the c-span campaign 2012 web site. it helps you to navigate the web site -- with the latest polling data and links to c-span partners in the early caucus states. >> this weekend, the 10-year anniversary of 9/11 on the c- span network. here is our live schedule. saturday, c-span, 12:30, the flight 93 national memorial dedication service. sunday morning, in a clock 30, a memorial ceremony from the world trade center site. on c-span 2 at 9:00, vice president biden from the pentagon. c-span 3 at 9:30, honoring those that lost their lives on flight 93. 9/11 remembered, on the c-span networks. >> every weekend is american history television on c-span 3. 48 hours of people and events telling the american story. watch oral histories. our history bookshelf features some of the best known history writers. revisit some of the best known battles and events during t

coming up in 45 minutes, we will get to the congressional agenda with fred barbash and.

fred barbash is with cq weekly and he serves as their managing editor and we have mr. friedman, let's start with you as they come back to work this week, how would you, i guess, lay out the relationship between congress and president obama? >> guest: i think congress is looking for president obama to help him out a little bit. he, obviously, will be proposing a jobs plan on thursday. congress is stalemated they will pass what the other chamber wants on the economy on jobs. they haven't really done any significant large scale economic legislation this year and they can't. so the democrats are hoping that obama at least will kind of give a boost to their strategy which is essentially saying either will republicans to these proposals or they'll look like obstructionists. >> host: and mr. barbash >> guest: i think that's correct. i think it potentially is quite ugly because what's happening is not governing it's campaigning and it's fluffing out the president said pretty much. he wants to out the republicans and make some proposals and assume that they will reject them and

on washington journal, we look ahead to the congressional agenda with fred barbash.nal" is live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. this weekend, the 10 year anniversary of 9/11 on the c- span networks with live coverage on each of the memorial sites, pennsylvania, new york, and the pentagon. here's the schedule. saturday, the fight 93 national memorial dedication ceremony. sunday morning, a memorial ceremony from the world trade center site with president obama and former president bush. and c-span 2 at 9:00, joe biden from the pentagon. on c-span 3, honoring those who lost their lives on united flight 93. 9/11 remembered, this weekend on the c-span network. nato's secretary general says progress has been made in recent years but there's no ending for the mission. most of the briefing focused on libya and parodies for next year's summit and the 10th anniversary of the september 11 attacks. >> it has been a busy time. we have moved closer to success but we are not to get there. in afghanistan, transition has begun. afghan forces are now providing security for one-quarter

on "washington journal" this morning, we'll look ahead to the congressional agenda from fred barbashiscuss polling and we'll be joined by katherine bradshaw who'll talk about youth violence. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern. we have several live events to tell you about leading up to the 10th anniversary of 9/11. janet napolitano and mike rogers will both speak at a forum hosted by politico on c-span 3. the head of the transportation administration john pistol discovers -- pistole discusses aviation security starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. and on c-span, rudy giuliani talks about u.s. security since 9/11. and also today, republican presidential candidate mitt romney will announce his job plan in north las vegas, nevada. it is just two days before president obama's address to congress on jobs will be live on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org starting at 3:30 p.m. eastern. watch more video of the candidates. see what political reporters are saying and track latest campaign contributions with c-span's website/campaign 2012. twi