what is congressman hoyer saying specifically happened? >> hi, shep.gressman hoyer says, quote, more than ten democratic members of the house reported some kind of potential threat either by phone or some other a. here's more from congressman hoyer. >> the capital police briefed members, if they are in any way suspicious or fearful or see action occurring, report those immediately and the capital police will respond and try to determine whether crimes have been committed. and to take precautions so they're not subject the themselves or their families. >> the house majority leader, hoyer there, says there have been, quote, very serious incidents over the past 48 to 72 thundershowers, he talked to his g.o.p. counterparts and they were in agreement in speaking out against this. as far as specific incidents, a couple of them we know about. congresswoman slaughter says one of her new york offices was vandalized. a brick was thrown through a window in her office. in virginia, police looking into an incident at the home of a governor, a gas line to a propane

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hoyer: will the gentleman yield? mr. cantor: i yield. mr. hoyer: i thank you. let me repeat the process that i'm sure the gentleman knows well. the budget committee will meet. they will report out the bills that are to be reconciled. the rules committee will then take them under consideration shortly thereafter and will present a reconciliation bill. we will all see it at that point in time. it will obviously do exactly what the instructions that we adopted in the budget a year ago instructed it to do and that is to reconcile these bills and we'll have a fiscal positive effect, in my view. i haven't seen it finally, but my expectation will have a positive fiscal impact and we will all see that, but it will simply will be following the instructions that the budget committee in which the budget passed -- a majority of the house did vote for it. i know that the other body doesn't like the majority will. maybe that's not the case here, but i will tell the gentleman that, yes, he's going to see the reconciliation bill. and as i said, the reconciliation bill, which w

hoyer. if you are looking at me, you are seeing a great big smile. 1914, they fired him. what we have done tonight is something that's is behind every other single industrialized country of the world. that was a remarkable piece of leadership by yourself and by senator harry reid over in the senate, where he -- you have heard the good thing that does. there is something that ought to be noted. the insurance companies are complaining that we're going to cut medicare, and they are right, but we are only going to cut the medicare that overpays them by 150%. that would show a little bit about the kind -- it has been were stolen -- we don't -- redolent. nobody ran when he got high. i want you to know that i am very proud of this leadership. there are a lot of members to make some very hard and difficult votes. they showed courage and wisdom. my good friends, there is something else. now, when americans lose their jobs, now when americans go to bed, they will not have to worry when they wake up in the morning if they are going to have health insurance. it is not a matter of pri

senator hoyer. >> thank you very much. after a discussion with the chairwoman, she they will be recommending the following procedure for considering of the historic health care bill we'll have on the floor tomorrow and which we expect to pass tomorrow. we will adopt a rule which will provide for the consideration a reconciliation bill. we'll provide for two hours of debate on that reconciliation bill. we will provide further upon passage of the reconciliation bill the senate passed heath care bill will be in order for vote on the floor of the house. under the procedures we will proceed immediately to consideration of the senate bill on a vote. there will be no intervaccine debate and we will vote on that. when we do that, that will be tantamount to the same thing we would have done had we been in conference. we would have adopted an amendment in conference and then and we would have done it as amended. it's still that kind of conference procedure. we expect, as i said, to have the votes to pass the senate bill. it will go

with us exclusively the leaders in the middle of the fight, house majority leader steny hoyer of maryland and gop leader john boehner of ohio. then, what are the stakes for the obama presidency and how large will health care loom in the fall campaign? the political debate this morning between the party chairmen, democratic national committee chairman tim kaine versus republican national committee chairman michael steele. plus insights and analysis on where the president goes from here, with nbc news chief white house correspondent chucked to, pbva's tavis smiley, democrat anita dunne and republican ed gillespi. in our "meet the press" minute we remember liz carpenter, pioneer in journalism, politics and the women's rights movement who died yesterday at the age of 89. her feisty spirit was on display right here 33 years ago, as she argued the case for the equal rights amendment. but first, down to the wire on health care reform, the house votes just hours from now. president obama made a last-minute trip to the hill yesterday afternoon for the final push. joining us now, two men at the cen

hoyer: will the gentleman yield? mr. cantor: i yield. mr. hoyer: i thank you. let me repeat the process that i'm sure the gentleman knows well. the budget committee will meet. they will report out the bills that are to be reconciled. the rules committee will then take them under consideration shortly thereafter and will present a reconciliation bill. we will all see it at that point in time. it will obviously do exactly what the instructions that we adopted in the budget a year ago instructed it to do and that is to reconcile these bills and we'll have a fiscal positive effect, in my view. i haven't seen it finally, but my expectation will have a positive fiscal impact and we will all see that, but it will simply will be following the instructions that the budget committee in which the budget passed -- a majority of the house did vote for it. i know that the other body doesn't like the majority will. maybe that's not the case here, but i will tell the gentleman that, yes, he's going to see the reconciliation bill. and as i said, the reconciliation bill, which w

i am introducing steny hoyer, it in his 15th term in congress.e has been the majority leader. majority leader of the house of representatives. he seeks bipartisan solutions, an approach that is being discarded in these unfortunate times. he will soon get the opportunity to test his skills as he never has before. our program has been engaging in an outrageous acts of fiscal pleading and cutting spending and increasing taxes for seven years now, steny hoyer's the second most politician -- second most important politician in washington. he is a voice for saturday. he has broken with many of his colleagues in publicly showing his willingness to put everything on the table and entertain strong measures to move the federal government to balance. i believe he was the first leader to publicly declare his support for a bipartisan budget commission. he said," i would like to believe that the congress could address these issues through the regular bread legislative process. this suggests this is an extremely gift -- difficult in the current political enviro

hoyer: will the gentleman yield? mr. cantor: i yield. mr. hoyer: i thank you. let me repeat the process that i'm sure the gentleman knows well. the budget committee will meet. they will report out the bills that are to be reconciled. the rules committee will then take them under consideration shortly thereafter and will present a reconciliation bill. we will all see it at that point in time. it will obviously do exactly what the instructions that we adopted in the budget a year ago instructed it to do and that is to reconcile these bills and we'll have a fiscal positive effect, in my view. i haven't seen it finally, but my expectation will have a positive fiscal impact and we will all see that, but it will simply will be following the instructions that the budget committee in which the budget passed -- a majority of the house did vote for it. i know that the other body doesn't like the majority will. maybe that's not the case here, but i will tell the gentleman that, yes, he's going to see the reconciliation bill. and as i said, the reconciliation bill, which w

steny hoyer i understand is speaking right now. let's listen in. about security. >> his impression of either condoning or sanctioning such actions. furthermore in any show of appreciation for such actions, encourages such actions. jim clyburn, south carolina. >> thank you. i spoke to the caucus a few moments ago and i directed some words of thought to the caucus and to the law enforcement people who are here. using these words, if we fail to learn the lessons of our history, we are bound to repeat them. many of us have some very vivid lessons of history. i used to teach the stuff. i still study it. and i said this the other day, that what i saw on saturday especially out in the streets, and what i heard, was very reminiscent of that history. now, i think all of us learned some great lessons from the '60s and '70s. and there are some lessons that none of us want to repeat. but one thing we know as steny hoyer just said, silence is consent. and people need to know that the vast majority of the american people look to us to provide the manner in which

hoyer. mr. hoyer: i thank my friend for yielding. i thank the ranking republican for his comments. i thank mr. cohen for his leadership on this issue. we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. so spoke our founding fathers. our founding fathers spoke, however, without a clear understanding of the impact of their words. and even as great as our founding fathers were, they did not live out the promise of those words in this land. some were slave owners. and clearly the contradiction between our words and the actions of our date-to-date lives -- day-to-day lives were a contradiction from our stated values to our practices. -- martin luther king jr. called america's attention to that paradox, to that contradiction, to that schizophrenic life that we had led. martin luther king jr. had a lieutenant who was a giant of a leader in his own right, and we are honored to serve with him. in my view the most historic figure that serves among t

hoyer: would the gentleman yield? it's my understanding that the resolution the gentleman from ohio has introduced is by december 31, not 30 days. i yield back. mr. cantor: i thank the gentleman for that. still i would say the republican view is, we have consistently supported this president in his efforts in afghanistan, as he has listened to the commanders on the ground to determine the focus and future of our presence there in terms of protecting our troops and the u.s. interests there. i imagine my friend from maryland, knowing his position on these thing, agrees with that and i'd like to know, mr. speaker, whether there will be an all-out push to make this some type of partisan issue and perhaps the gentleman could shed some light on his position on this bill that is being brought forward next week and i yield. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i've expressed support for the policy being pursued by president obama, and i certainly will continue to support that policy. the resolution is not consistent

hoyers a -- hoyer's office which my staff did not report to me, because you know what?is rumor city. there are rumors. whereas on march 1 is, -- 11, 2010, "the washington post" reported, house speaker nancy pelosi's office was notified in october by then representative eric massa's top aide of concerns about the new york democrat's behavior. whereas on march 11, 2010, "politico" newspaper reported democratic inside -- insiders say pelosi's office took no action after the concerns were expressed about then boss in october. whereas on march 9, 2010, a newspaper reported, hoyer said last week he told massa to inform the house ethics committee of the charges within 48 hours. steny hoyer has never said a single word to me, never, not once, not a word, massa said sunday. this is a lie. it is a blatant false statement. . whereas numerous confusing and conflicting media reports that house democratic leaders knew about and may have failed to handle appropriately allegations that representative massa was sexually harassing his own employees have raised serious and legitimate ques

steny hoyer did the right thing here. when he first learned of the allegations, he gave his staff members 48 hours to either report it to the ethics committee, or he would. this was a matter that required immediate investigation. now given the allegation that mr . massa is making over some conspiracy to kick him out over health care, it would seem logical that there would be a report so that we can make up our own mind about that. host: will that happen? guest: it would be unusual, but i think mr. massa has gone so far -- if he would have just resigned, he would have sounded him said -- saved himself and his family some embarrassment. now we are starting to hear about actual roping of male staffers. i am glad mr. weir took that stand, and i think the ethics committee has given him incredible remarks, should be public, and we should be getting the full story. citizens united. that is a troubling decision. there will be great implications in the congress. there are problems now for donations in congress and we may see that

>> reporter: from what hoyer said, it could be. the president is scheduled to get on a plane on sunday to go overseas. it's really hard to imagine that he would get listen to if he hasn't wrapped up the health care reform vote in the house. katie? >> couric: chip reid at the white house tonight. chip, thank you. one state is ready to sue over health care reform. the governor of idaho signed a measure today that will require the state to sue the federal government if residents are forced to buy insurance. similar legislation is now pending in 37 other states. now to the midwest where the race is on to protect homes and businesses against rising floodwaters. eight major rivers in iowa and the dakotas have already reached flood stage. in fargo, the red river has swollen to on the 12 feet above what's considered dangerous and is expected to crest on sunday. reporter heather brown of cbs station wcco has more. >> reporter: along the red river an army of volunteers is working to erect 37 miles of sand gags against rising waters. those th

hoyer, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for one minute. mr. hoyer: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i rise in opposition to this resolution which would urge the withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan in my opinion at greath cost to america's security and indeed the afghan people. but i want to rise as well to thank my friend from ohio, mr. kucinich, with whom i work closely. this issue needs to be debated. this issue needs to be raised. the american people have a right to have us debate this issue. there young men and young women are in harm's way. they are in harm's way at our instance or at least our sufferance. so it's great to have this debate. while i disagree with the gentleman from ohio, i appreciate the fact that he provides this opportunity to discuss this very, very important issue. madam speaker, after years in which afghanistan was a secondary concern, in my view, president obama has set our policy on a new course which is already

but they put the pressure on nancy pelosi, on steny hoyer, on barack obama. how many people have pressured barack obama to give a response? nancy pelosi is playing by the old washington rules. there is no change in washington. she is playing by old rules. circle the wagons. >> at some point, the investigation is going to come up with something. the house spoker is plotting her strategy. both speaker pelosi and the top white house adviser believes that democrats can gather the necessary votes. the senate must ask first. >> first, we zero in on what the policy will be. and that is what we'll be doing following the president's summit yesterday. secondly, we'll see what the senate can do. that is the substance. what is the senate prepared to do and we'll go to the third step as to what my members will vote for. >> that strategy appears at odds with a situation with steny hoyer. >> don't they work together? >>roll the sound bite. >> some in the house are reluctant to go before the senate goes. are you, number one, willing to go first and don't you have to? >> whet

democratic congressman steny hoyer is the house majority leader.e start simply about what's going to happen tomorrow in the senate. are you confident senate democrats are going to pass your reconciliation bill of fixes, word for word, this week? >> we believe that's the case. we can't be absolutely assured, nor can senator reid, but certainly that's senator reid's intent. i think it's an intent of the majority of the senate. we hope that's the case and we expect it to be the case. >> if they don't, if some parts of it get peeled away with amendments, are you guys willing to take it up again, yourself? >> absolutely. you know, we're going to finish the job that we started. we had a big victory. set the health care bill to the president for signature. he's going to sign it tomorrow morning. and we're going to finish the bill with the amendments called the reconciliation, reconciling the differences between the house and the senate. and when they pass that and send it to the president, that will be the law. if they make some changes we'll certainly be

hoyer, many of you and your fellow leaders were so adamant that the way to go was ok. was it just the bottom line that many of your members said that this does not look like transparency in washington? >> well, i think that frankly, if we voted twice, we would have voted on the senate bill and then the reconciliation bill. what this gives us the opportunity to do is to vote, as you would in conference, for the amendments first -- i.e., the reconciliation bill -- and then the senate bill. so we believe this is a better process. >> what changed? why this now? >> we determined that we could do this and it was a better process in, consultation with the chairwoman of the rules committee. >> both the reconciliation bill and the senate bill? >> well, the whip is here. but clearly we believe we have the votes. >> you reached a resolution on abortion on executive orders? >> it's still under discussion. [inaudible question] >> senator reid will be here this afternoon with us and he has met with speaker pelosi and i and talked to mr. clyburn as well. we have seen a letter that he

hoyer, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for one minute. mr. hoyer: i thank my friend for yielding. today is march 21, 2010. on march 21, 1945, martin luther king jr. led a march across the he had monday pettis bridge -- across the edmon pettis bridge. it was a march across that bridge towards a greater freedom for many americans. it was a march for a better quality of life for many americans. indeed, it was a march across the bridge for freedom and a better realization of the promise of our democracy. today, march 21, 2010, we will cross another bridge. it is not a physical bridge but it is a bridge that too many americans find that they cannot cross, a river that separates them from the security of having available the best health care that is available in the world. available to them. we are here to conclude a day of debate which concludes months of debate in a national conversation that began more than a century ago. but this much is beyond debate. americ

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steny hoyer on "meet the press" saying they'll have the votes but evading the question of whether they have the votes now. >> we have a vote, 216, either way we'll pass the bill. >> either way you have a vote. >> we'll pass the bill. >> leader boehner do they have the votes. >> it is clear listening to steny, they don't have the votes yet. >> bill: that is why we wait, right? drama building into the today. we've been talking about it 14 months and we'll see. >> martha: who better to ask than the we have white house correspondent major garrett who joins us live from the white house, it is hard to believe that we may actually be in the 24-hours period we see it play out, what are you hearing from the white house? >> this is a history-making day for a couple of reasons. history to the third power and history if the house produces the 216 votes and if it doesn't, quite clearly and history, also, that at this hour, so close to this, climactic vote, house democratic leaders cannot say absolutely, for sure they have 216 iron-clad commitments and for that reason, the white house is hesitant to

also on the hill this morning is the number two house democrat majority leader steny hoyer of maryland. good morning to you. >> good morning. good to be with you. >> how seriously are your colleagues taking these threats? >> i think they're taking them very seriously. as you heard, some of the threats are very serious and a threat of bodily harm to members. i think it's appropriate that each one of us take this seriously. whether we've had threats made against us or not, clearly the capital police and the fbi are taking them seriously and investigating. the bottom line is we need to be very careful in public life that our rhetoric does not turn to insigcitement of violence or violent acts. we have disagreements, sometimes strongly held beliefs differ, but at the core is that we to so several lly and peacefully and resolve our definites throu dif democratic means. >> some republicans have played this down saying it comes with the territory when you make a controversial decision, this is par for the course. do you agree with that point? >> well, no, i don't think it's par for the course.

hoyer also said he never talked to you about the ethics violation, that his staff talked to your staff. did anyone say to you, you will get out or else? >> i've had that said to me a bunch of times. >> larry: by? >> that's been said to me many times. eric, you're stirring the pot. we're unhappy with you, leadership doesn't like you, you're taking too visible a position on this bill. remember, i voted against cap and trade. i had the same kind of thing happen there. but the bottom line is it's not about me. it really isn't. i'm collateral damage. i'm roadkill, and in 72 hours, nobody is going to remember who i am, nor are they going to care, and if i can do anything as i leave, it's to raise a signal to my fellow democrats all over this country that we are about to make a huge irrevokable mistake, and as soon as i said that, i go on the enemies' list. i become the target. it becomes a whisper campaign. it becomes innuendo. >> larry: you're not saying that any particular democratic leader, head of a committee, president, vice president, chief of staff asked you to leave? >> i tell you wh

majority leader stanley hoyer and jim scriber, for their commitment to getting this done. want to thank my outstanding vice-president, joe biden, and my wonderful secretary of health and human services, kathleen sebelius, for her excellent work on this issue. i want to thank the many staffers in progress and my own incredible staff in the white house who have worked tirelessly over the last year with americans from all walks of life to form a reform package that can finally serve the people that we were brought here to serve. to every on some american who took the time to sit down and write a letter or typed out an e-mail, hoping that your voice would be heard, it has been heard tonight. 2 the untold numbers to knock on doors and make phone calls, who mobilized and organized whose conviction to change this country comes not from the top down, but from the bottom up, this moment is possible because of you. most importantly, today's vote answers the person of every american who has hoped deeply for something to be done about a health care system that works for insurance comp

. >> reporter: wednesday house majority leader steny hoyer said the democratic leadership was genuinely concerned. >> i think we had very serious incidents that occurred over the last 48, 72 hours. >> reporter: virginia congressman jerry connolly has gotten a slew of angry phone calls. >> some that certainly used inappropriate language and certainly some descriptions of the president that were racist in nature. >> reporter: connolly believes joe wilson's famous scream of "you lie" during president obama's state of the union and shouter of "baby killer" during this past weekend's debate set the tone. >> i think some folks up here need to look in the mirror in terms of what they unleashed. >> reporter: ten congressman have been targeted. wednesday i asked the sergeant of arms at the senate whether his office received specific credible threats aimed at senators. >> yes, there has been. we are working with federal authorities on those. >> reporter: tonight we learned house minority leader join boehner is expected to address the threats of violence and actual violence tomorrow during his wee

clearly what has steny hoyer the house majority leader very worried is this gun imagery, this hunting rhetoric about members of congress that he said incites violence and says that's just wrong. and so now they're directing the capitol police to not only talk to members of congress on the democratic side but also on the republican side to perhaps let them know this is out of line. >> the tea partiers are clearly riled up as they have been for several days now and yet john mccain is not necessarily one of their heroes and yet sarah palin is going to be campaigning with john mccain this weekend. >> that's right. sarah palin is heading out to arizona to buck up her old running mate and friend john mccain who is facing a tough re-election in that race, a tough primary race. interestingly the tea party decided not to endorse j.d. hayworth. but john mccain is not a favorite of the right or the tea party crowd there so sarah palin is going to be making two stops in arizona on behalf of john mccain. interestingly enough they probably won't be together on friday because mccain is going to be v

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steny hoyer spoke earlier and said, some people are trying to politicize the situation surrounding the representative who resigned after accusations of sexual harassment. meanwhile, eric cantor declined to directly address the statement, saying he was taken aback by all of this, adding he believes the american people are sickened by it all. >> this weekend, "book tv"is heading west at the tucson book festival. sunday, panels on writing about history, the war in afghanistan, world war ii, and the military and leadership. the tucson festival of books. this weekend. for more information, go to booktv.org. host: at the table now is melanie sloan, executive director for citizens for responsibility and ethics. i wanted to talk about congressional ethics in the earmarks. i wanted to first get an update on something that was created a couple of years ago. it is the office of congressional ethics. how was it first formed and how has it been operating? guest: it was formed as a campaign promise that nancy pelosi made when the democrats were campaigning on the culture of corruption. the house eth

steny hoyer is talking more like towards the end of the month, assuming they can get something done beforehe easter break. right now they are trying to figure out what kind of bill they might be able to vote for. host: in addition to the health care speech today, there will be a fund-raiser for claire mccaskill. how important is the vote to her? caller: she needs the money, many democrats are worried about the situation. public polls seem very much against the president's plan, he is trying to urge his fellow democrats to take a risk. host: rohm emmanuel and david axelrod had been making a lot of news, what is happening with joe -- with these gentlemen? caller: their gentleman from chicago that are hard chargers. a lot of strong-willed people, and you know that there will be clashes. i am sure that there are things that they do not agree on and things that they do agree on. frankly much of this has been motivated by blogs, stories last month suggesting that rohm emmanuel was the real problem with the health care plan, and that if he had managed it more effectively meet with -- more effecti

addressed so they can take them home to the people and say look, i went to the speaker, i went to hoyer, i went to clyburn and look, i need to save money on this bill and they did it for me? >> the thing is, these guys typically live, guys generically live in districts with a lot of old people. all you have to say is 300 to $400 billion in medicare cuts and that's all they need to hear. >> you're so depressing on this. you are really down on this. you say the democrats are going to lose the congress. now you really think the democrats are in trouble no matter what they do? >> i think things would -- there is eight months there is time for it to change. things have to change. >> suppose you're a democratic leader and you go to a -- you say, i've got to wrap -- vote this out now. get health care behind us, by the time it gets november we'll have a lower unemployment rate, you guys can win. >> that's got to be the bet that the president tells them. it has to be. >> he's got to sell that. >> we'll have a jobs bill every three weeks from now until november. >> that's what you'll need. >> tha

hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. first, let me say, no matter how often the gentleman and his colleagues want to say so, we are going to ram through something, no matter how many times the press and public may be misled by that assertion, we're not ramming through anything, i tell my friend. we are following the rules of the house and following the rules of the senate that have been decades in existence. which have been used when they've been used 72% of the time they've been used, 72% of the time they've been used, i tell my friend. your party used them. they are the rules. we're going to follow the rules. both bills that are pending before the congress of the united states have been passed with over a majority. and in fact, the senate by was passed by a 60% majority, i tell my friend, not ram through. after a full year of debate and discussion, scores of hearings, hundreds of witnesses, thousands of hours of consideration. i tell my friend that you can say we are ramming something through as much as you want and it

hoyer can get to the door.[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> steny hoyer was talking about federally fiscal responsibility. we are looking at your comments on what he had to say this afternoon. from facebook," there is nothing like a $3 trillion program to demonstrate fiscal responsibility." paygo worked during clinton's term and it is a shame we have to mandate this again. another viewer said he hoped he had a teleprompter. pork = tax dollars so your local economy can benefit from it. you could reach as. at ascom/ cspan. us facebook.com/cspan. you can share your thoughts and comments on this or any cspan program. you can tweak us at cspan. a look at the capitol this afternoon. both the house and senate are in business this week. hr 4247 is setting broad requirements for personnel using force on student. the senate will be in a couple of minutes at 2:00. senators are working on expiry tax cuts as well as health insurance for the unemployed. you can see them live on c-span 2. the cato in

you are hearing from hoyer they have the votes. you seem seen individual democrats moving and carl is talking about the polls. they would not be dropping this deem and pass bill, but they didn't have votes. >> gregg: i think you are right. >> and parking attendant took your word to the bookie. [ laughter ] >> gregg: republicans are vowing to en lure every procedural weapon available to stop the bill. if the votes are not there, why not vote? if they are there, aren't republicans delaying what is it going to happen? >> sure. they are trying to get these sound bites in places and get the sound bites for campaign commercials. there has been more baloney settled on today than available at a local supermarket. they won't pull the plug on granny, no, but they will deny her care because she is too old. there are so many things you could pick out of the speech. people are going to get one test instead of five tests but what if one test doesn't find the cancer. they get the five tests because the trial lawyers who look over the shoulder of

but one thing that we know as senator hoyer just said, silence gives consent. >> that was the news of the day. glad we had a chance to bring it to you and analyze it. now for the news of record from inside the beltway. here is wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> rick, we're going to stay on top of this story. happening now, violence and threats against some democrats who voted for health care reform. new fears about the level of anger across the country. >>> plus senators strap in for a round-the-clock vote-a-thon. republicans are taking their next best shot at derailing the democrats in their reform fix-it plan. and the white house is making no apologies about the president's hush-hush meeting with the israeli prime minister. we're getting a closer look at what went on without any cameras, behind closed doors. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." the threat of violence is causing a huge amount of concern here in the nation's capitol. one congressman was over at the white house today to watch the president make good on a promise to him and other democrats who oppose

lewis, who we are privileged to serve with and i was privileged to go to montgomery with, and leader hoyer, who made such eloquent remarks, and the other gentlemen, mr. barrow was on the trip, mrs. kirkpatrick, and others. i want to remind, mr. speaker, this house, this is an important event to remember. and there are people that go to montgomery and go to selma and go to birmingham and reflect on their history. and in brown's chapel there was a full church in selma on sunday. including, miss ruby wharton, a distinguished attorney in my city and the mayor's wife of my city of memphis. she goes ever year. also there was john nixon, district court judge in middle tennessee and the sixth circuit court judge. he goes every year because he was withle civil rights division in 1965 with the march that succeeded with dr. king took place. there are people that go back every year to renew their thoughts and experiences because we shall overcome someday. and that day hasn't occurred yet, mr. speaker, i submit. the 110th congress passed a resolution apologizing for slavery and jim crow. in that resolu

steny hoyer and jim clyburn, getting the job done. i want to thank my outstanding vice president, joe biden, my wonderful secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius for work on this issue. i want to thank my many staffers in congress and my of incredible stat in the white house. you have worked tirelessly over the past year for americans of all walks of life, a reform package finely were the to the people we were sent here to serve. today's vote answers the dreams of some many who have fought for this reform. every unsung american who took the time to sit down and write a letter or type at an email, hoping your voice would be heard, it has been hard tonight -- heard tonight. to the untold numbers and knocked on doors and make telephone calls, with a firm conviction that change in this country comes not from the top down but from the bottom up, let me reaffirm that conviction. this moment was possible because of you. most importantly, today's vote answer the prayers of every american who has hoped deeply for something to

but i have to tell you, neither nancy pelosi, nor steny hoyer, nor congressman clyburn, will move thed not. >> martha: i think you are absolutely right and they don't want to be embarrassed and want it go through. >> but, martha, it is more than that. it is more than that. because it is -- what it is, is they know the process, nancy pelosi, you know, she's just not somebody who came into the congress recently. she has a history, her family, and she's got all of this stuff, and the same thing with steny hoyer, he's been around a while, 30 years and they know what is going on and the people in the congress -- >> let's talk history for a moment, because you look at big moments and big bills, domestic bills, okay? talk about social security and passing medicare and all of these things, had bipartisan support. today, the struggle we're talking about, to get the vote through, is from democrat to democrat. to try to get enough democrats. and does it bother you, as one who refers this institution, this process, that on something this large and this transforming, that there is not one republic

. >> we are talking about steny hoyer. he tells politico he does nothing to help repai -- he thinks it will be politically popular. he >> join us for spring for alexandria. go to the website for more information. alexander is where we work, play, and live. >> good morning, washington. >>> 6:40. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. >> brian is outside. today we will be close to 70. tomorrow, 50. >> yes. that will be the case. we will start west tomorrow. the weekend starts off dry. some clouds will be rolling in. sunshine after 7:00 this morning. stronger whether it down to the deep south. we could see a rumble of thunder later on tonight. clouds will be the bigger story and the mild temperatures and a bit of a warm breeze. mild upper 60's and becoming breezy. the clouds will increase into early tomorrow morning. late day clearing. highs only near 50 tomorrow. cherry blossom festival kicks off on saturday. another chance of rain sunday night into early monday. >> it looks ok right now. no major accidents. we

wednesday house majority leader steny hoyer said the democratic leadership was generally concerned. >> i think we've had very serious incidents that have occurred over the last 48, 72 hours. >> reporter: there's increased security now on capitol hill. so far about ten congressmen have been targeted. the sergeant at arms of the senate says there's also been credible threats aimed at senators as well. >> yes there has been. we're working, again w federal authorities and local authorities on those. >> reporter: some democratic lawmers are blaming republican counterparts for not denouncing some of these acts of vandalism. so far no arrests have been made. tracee wilkins, live on capitol hill. back to you in the studio. >> thank you very much. >>> there are new developments this morning in a northern virginia road rage case that involved gunfire, a dump truck, an expensive car and a 2-year-old. this morning the toddler's father will make an appearance in court, now we learned police upped the charges against the other driver. elaine reyes has the details. good morning. >> reporter: good mo

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let's listen to a clip from "meet the press" with denny hoyer and john boener. >> we are going to get those 216 votes because we believe they understand that americans want the health care reform. >> do you have a majority? >> yes. >> but not nailed down? >> there are still members looking at it and trying to make up their minds. but we think there are going to be 216-plus votes at the final roll vote. >> why are you so confident? >> for over 100 years, both parties have been saying we need to make sure that all americans have access to affordable health care. george bush said that. his father said that. richard nixon said it in 1974. so that this is the time to do it. we have come the furthest we have ever come to getting this done, and we are going to get it done today in the house of representatives. >> fair to say there will not be a vote called if you don't have the 216? >> we are going to have a vote. we are going to have 216. >> either way you will have a vote? >> we are going to pass this bill, david. >> do they have a vote? >> well, it is clear from listening to steny that th

after that, stney hoyer on fiscal responsibility. then show the -- review the gun rights case before the supreme court hearing tomorrow. a couple of live event to talk about tomorrow morning. the congress continues to examine the total recall. that is on c-span at 10:00 eastern. on c-span3, representatives from google testify about global internet freedom. >> our public affairs content is availableç on television, radio and on-line. you can also connect with us on twitter, facebook andqq youtube. >> the third circuit court of appeals in philadelphia heard oral arguments last week in the case of cbs vs. the fcc. the court will decide if the fcc's indecency policy violates the first amendment. this is the second time the eighth circuit court has heard this case. the thirst what -- the first one was in 2007. it is a little less than one and half hours. >> thank you. would like to reserve five >> thank you. >> this courtroom once again overturn the fcc's 5 -- to keep thousand dollar fine imposed on cbs for the 2004 broadcast of the supe

. >> steny hoyer to not say how many members of congressre receiving that added security but at least 10 have reported some sort of threat. on top of it all, they are asking that republicans stand side-by-side with democratic lawyers -- leaders in denouncing the sort of activity. scott thuman, abc 7 news. >> thank you. were getting word that these threats may have turned dangerous in virginia. police are investigating a separate probe the line at a virginia congressman's brother. -- a severed propane line at a virginia congressman's brother. >>> police have arrested a fairfax county deputy sheriff for allegedly engaging in sexual acts with a female prisoner. investigators say that james heinz assigned to guard duty when she was admitted to a local hospital. that is when the inappropriate contact allegedly occurred. this is a felony. >>> and explosion at a former gas station left a man dead and rocked a small town. residents of colonial beach said the whole community is grieving for a small business owner. steven tschida shows us how this accident happened. >> an old fuel tank so heavy

he is a blue dog democrat but he is also close to pelosi and steny hoyer and the leadership. host: tom fitzgerald. you could read his work at philly.com. thank you for joining us. we go back to your calls on the comments yesterday on "face the nation" on a closing guantanamo. this is a look at something else he said yesterday. >> where is this situation right now? what you have said to the white house is if you will agree to try these people in a military tribunal, i will help you in getting the republican votes that are needed to close guantanamo. >> president bush said we need to close guantanamo. we need a legal system that gives due process to the detainee. we are at war. some of this information is sensitive and classified. can this administration reversed course on khalid sheikh mohammed? that would be well received by the public. he is getting beat up badly but the left. but i think they are way off base. those who want to waterboard underwrite and believe we should keep gitmo open forever and use any technique to get information, i think they are equally off base. it

at about an hour later, steny hoyer will be speaking to the brookings institution, focusing on fiscal a cspan parade with but we will have -- we will have more live events when the cato institute and will host the discussion on second amendment rights. you concede that live at 4:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. right now, a discussion on the obama administration's efforts to reform health care. this is from this morning's "washington journal." castellani joins us, he is the president of the business roundtable. the president spoke to your group last week, what did you hear? guest: that he believed in the free enterprise system and the private sector as important, and that he wanted to work with us to get the economy going and create jobs. it was a good message and it was important that it was heard and that we follow through, that we get policies that help the economy grow and overcome the uncertainty we are facing. host: so the comments made by the president last week, a meeting like that how was that organized? do they come to you and say they have a message guest: we invited him, as

democrat steny hoyer said at least ten democrats have been threatened. steve handelsman has more on capitol hill. >> reporter: wendy, thank. good evening. for many around here and america passions incited by his health care reform debate have not cooled. as the senate debated, police reports piled up. a brick thrown through the window of denies slaughter'sous in buffalo. and a door smashed at democrat gabriel gifford's off in tucson. in virginia, a tea party blog posted democrat tom pierello's home. in fact, it was his brother's home. roughly ten democrats have been threatened. members are to be on alert. >> to take precautions so they do not subject themselves or their families to physical harm. >> reporter: democrats want health kerosene as a done deal. but what house democrats passed it sunday, they also passed a set of changes, higher taxes on the well off. lower taxes on union health plan that senate democrats hope to okay this week. but republicans are objecting. >> more taxes and more mandates and more burdens. >> it's a sham perpetrated on the am