hoyer. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i tell my friend from california, the gentleman fro california whose dollar was at issue here. the gentleman from california, i will tell you with all due respect and affection, your party over the last 10 years took that dollar and they bought those mints. and they went to the sixth subs -- the six subsequent stores and gave them a credit card for the next mints they bought. it's time to pay the bill. >> would the gentleman yield? mr. hoyer: i have a very short time. i want to make the point, you kept buying mints you just didn't keep paying. madam speaker, this bill is another instance of this republicans caucus walkingaway from its responsibility. the budget sequester was never intended to be a solution in and of itself. it was meant to be the blunt instrument to force compromise. unfortunately, compromise is a dirty word around here in some quarters. to lay out conditions as this bill does requiring e side to concede before negotiations even begin while solving only part of the pr

hoyer. you've been speaking every week on the actions we ought to be taking to protect our seniors, deprow our economy and making sure our children have a great future. you speak eloquently about that every week. i'm pleased to be able to just join you in calling attention to the fact that we do have serious economic and fiscal challenges in this nation and instead of coming together, trying to find common ground, trying to find that agreement so we can solve these problems for the -- that the american people are asking us to do so solve the problems, the republicans have been doing nothing, trying to roll back, move us backwards and in fact republicans as we know just decided to recess and head home. we know the republicans, yet again, have made their choices, their priorties, their values very clear, not only to us but our constituents, but really all americans are seeing more clearly what the republicans' choices have been. they are determined to dismantle the progress we have made and co

hoyer. you've been speaking every week on the actions we ought to be taking to protect our seniors, deow our economy and making sure our children have a great future. you speak eloquently about that every week. i'm pleased be able to just join you in calling attention to the fact that we do have serious economic and fiscal challenges in this nation and instead of coming together, trying to find common ground, trying to find that agreement so we can solve these problems for the -- that the american people are asking us to do so solve the problems, the republicans have been doing nothing, trying to roll back, move us backwards and in fact republicans as we know just decided to recess and head home. we know the republicans, yet again, have madtheir choices, their priorties, their values very clear, not only to us but our constituents, but really all americans are seeing more clearly what the republicans' choices have been. they are determined to dismantle the progress we have made and continuou

hoyer: reclaiming my time. mr. speaker, it is an absurd assertion that there are people i don't like. i would hope the gentleman would retract that. it has nothing to do with people we like or don't like. mr. cantor: i absolutely retract that, mr. speaker. but the gentleman continues to malign people who he feels don't deserve the same treatment on taxes. and what we're saying, if they're successful, that means they're creating jobs, that's the prescription we need right now is more jobs. our policy is about helping the small business men and women who are creating jobs so we can finally do something to bring this unemployment down and get people back to work. that's all. i yield back. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, one of the greatest challenges to growing our economy is our debt and deficit. and the uncertainty of tax policy. that is one every economist will tell you that and certainly every business person will tell you that. large, medium or small. and none of us on this side of the aisle have u

congressman hoyer worked on that aborted effort. and he flew income of antigen is on the front page of "the new york times." dad said come to my room. he said he remembers walking down that hallway. dad said that john. he sat down inside your good kid and i love you. it's going to be fine, i'm going to take care of you. bowa said. no yelling, no screaming, nothing like that. that is the that was the end of the conversation and bobby knew he was loved and supported. when you look at a guy who gave unconditional love like that when i went to the peace corps in a public announcement was made at the 25th anniversary and dropped it a few months later and had my what down that hallway to tell him that, that here was a guy who certainly never said you were my family name and reputation, particularly with the peace corps. he said that's fine, how do i make a difference? what he wanted to? we had that conversation. never expressed disappointment. i hope some secrets i got about how to be a good father, how to balance fatherhood, faith and fr

steny hoyer is with me. then, what's next for aig now that the government is no longer a majority shareholder? i'll be talking to the boss. >>> also with us, former new york city mayor rudy giuliani. this market rallying on wall street. the stock market rebounding after the losses yesterday. the dow up for the fourth time in the past five trading sessions. it is closing just shy of the highest level in nearly five years tonight. optimism that the federal reserve is going to be there lane take new steps to stimulate the economy and we'll get the news this thursday. take a look at how we're settling on wall street. 571 million shares traded at the big board. nasdaq picked up a fraction. just about where it opens, 3104. once again, money moving into financials today as the momentum continue there is. stocks higher as investors eye key government decisions this week from both sides of the atlantic. for example, tomorrow jgermany' top court is handsing out a decision on whether europe legally bailed out countries

hoyer: reclaiming my time. mr. speaker, it is an absurd assertion that there are people i don't like. i would hope the gentleman would retract that. it has nothing to do with people we like or don't like. mr. cantor: i absolutely retract that, mr. speaker. but the gentleman continues to malign people who he feels don't deserve the same treatment on taxes. and what we're saying, if they're successful, that means they're creating jobs, that's the prescription we need right now is more jobs. our policy is about helping the small business men and women who are creating jobs so we can finally do something to bring this unemployment down and get people back to work. that's all. i yield back. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, one of the greatest challenges to growing our economy is our debt and deficit. and the uncertainty of tax policy. that is one every economist will tell you that and certainly every business person will tell you that. large, medium or small. and none of us on this side of the aisle have u

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the dnc, o'malley will introduce the speaker, and attending the convention, congressional members, hoyer and edwards and u.s. senator barbara mikulski. >>> we are get a check on the first forecast with lynette charles. the weather is something people are going to have to pay attention to today. >>> scattered showers throughout the afternoon. downpours, we have to watch flooding potential as we go throughout the day as well. if your travels are taking you northern bound, they are dealing with flooding across the area. flood watches and vivaries and warnings -- advisories and warnings. reisterstown 71. muggy this morning. see the dew point at 70 and 71 is the temperature. visibility issues this morning with the fog out there, 72, 72, we have fog in buoy as you step out the door, be prepared. the temperature in pilesville 71, dew point in the 70s, oppressive feeling, sticky, continuing throughout the day and speaking of going throughout the day, hour by hour forecast as we start you out at 8:00, scattered showers possible, 83 degrees by lunchtime, 86 the high temperature i'm going with toda

governor o'malley and congressman, hoyer and edwards as well as mikulski. the speech is from michelle obama and leian castro. the dnc will wrap up thursday when obama gives his address. >>> the dnc has gotten off to a soggy stat but here is something, a tower cam captured a rainbow over charlotte, north carolina, as storms passed through the area. >>> we had rainy weather across our region. i guess you say this is going to come for a few more days. >> it is going to linger. we have the remnants of isaac moving in across the area. we will have this until wednesday and showers around in to thursday. we can see what is going on, i'm going to zoom in closer. we have a few showers lingering, frederick county, carroll county, to the north and east. if you are heading to pennsylvania, this morning, you are going to run in to heavier rain showers across the area. they have flood watches and warnings in the vicinity. temperatures, once again, very warm outside, muggy, we can see the 76 degrees, annapolis, 72 marriottsville. 70 westminster. edgewood 74. 73 elkton. >>

elise, thank you. >> steny hoyer from maryland, powerful man in washington and in congress. up to these pictures from yemen, yet another u.s. embassy in the middle east being stormed, the walls breached by protesters there. what do you make of these protests this morning and have you heard anything of how they started? >> i have not yet been briefed wholly. i think all of us are dramatically reminded of the violent nature of societies that are contending to establish democracy or to establish au autocratic leaderships in their countries. we've been the subject of attack from those violent elements. we are reminded of the danger that our men and women, who are sent abroad to represent the united states of america, to promote democracy and freedom around the world, we know the danger to which they're exposed. the tragic death of ambassador stevens, sean smith and others in libya point out how dangerous the daily lives are in these areas of the world. we express our deep sympathy. but i'm sure that every embassy in the world has been put on high alert, particularly in areas whe

hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, in order to compete in today's global economy, we need to attract the best and brightest math and science students from around the world. i think we all agree on that. america, american technologies and internet companies which are far the best in the world, are in need of engineers and scientists. we are not producing enough here. in the long run we need to educate more in stem fields but we need to extend the stem visas so the companies can hire the best combrad wits of american universities. this could be a broadly bipartisan bill. it would pass easily, but once again unfortunately we have chosen a good bill and inserted a partisan poison pill making it impossible to pass the senate or attract broad bipartisan support. how sad it is that's been the history of this congress. that poison pill was of course the elimination of the diversity visa program which ensures that individuals from a broad aray of countries have the opportunity to -- array of countries have the opportun

steny hoyer, don edwards will have prominent roles. the governor is slated to speak at the convention. the 2012 democratic national convention begins this tuesday. we are your home for every moment of the convention to end. this culminates with the acceptance speech next thursday. you can follow live updates on our smart phone application. up next, you will find this bright the color display. the story behind the thousands of pairs of shoes. though once in a blue moon site seen all over baltimore. battle and the bronx. the battle for first place in the american league east. we will look at the orioles pitcher for the postseason. >> we do have a little bit of rain in the seven-day forecast. clear skies, 77 at the airport. clear skies, 77 at the airport. >> and in-your-face message on johns hopkins university today on how the strike -- on how dangerous distracted walking can be. >> 12 hours, 3000 shoes, and one life-saving message. >> stop, don't text while you are crossing. get off of the phone. cars might not stop. >> it is called the

but despite historic lestlesz of obstruction -- >> bill: so you heard the opening of congressman hoyer'sh but now we want to continue with our factor analysis. let's bring in our pal dr. marc lamont hill who teaches at columbia university here in new york city. i wanted you on tonight not to be partisan. >> i'm never partisan so that works out. >> bill: of course you are. that's boring. okay. that's boring. i want you to react to two sound bites that i feel are are extraordinary. two things that happened at the convention this week. the first one is bret baier interviewing senator dick durbin from illinois about the god deal roll the tape. >> god out of the platform. why do that? >> well, can i just basically tell you if the narrative that's being presented on your station and through your channel and your network is that the democrats are godless people, they ought to know better. god is not a franchise of the republic party. >> no no. >> those of us who believe in god and dedicated ourselves to helping others in the name of god don't want to take a second seat to anyone that suggesting

maryland senator barbara mccull ski and steny hoyer is also to impress the crowd. and sandra fluke, the georgetown university law student who made national headlines earlier this year when rush limbaugh insulted her for supporting insurance companies to cover birth control. >>> first lady michelle obama hoping to show americans a different side of her husband. ♪ the first lady was one of the main speakers last night in charlotte. she told the crowd the president knows about the american dream because she's lived it. >> he believes that when you've worked hard and done well and walked through that doorway of opportunity you do not slam it shut behind you. no, you reach back and you give other folks the same chances that helped you succeed. >> the first lady never mentioned mitt romney or paul ryan during her speech. maryland governor martin o'malley though is not holding back his criticism of the nominees. o'malley also spoke at the dnc last night. romney and ryan were the main targets of his attack. >> instead of investing in america, they hide their money in swiss

maryland governor martin o'malley and steny hoyer and tim kaine are all set to speak this evening. first lady michelle obama will also speak. president obama isn't at the convention yet. today he will end his road to charlotte tour in virginia. he is set to speak in norfolk state university. the president spent yesterday in louisiana seeing firsthand the damage hurricane isaac caused last week. he also travelled to the battleground state of ohio where he told steel and auto workers that he saved millions of dollars by bailing out the auto industry. >> i believed in you. i bet on you. i'll make that bet any day of the week. because of that bet, three years later, that bet is paying off for america. >> vice president joe biden hammered home the same point in a rally in another crucial state, michigan. >> paul ryan hoping to steal some of the democrats' thunder as their convention gets under way. the republican vice presidential nominee calm pand yesterday in greenville, north carolina. he told voters this country is worse off now than it was before president obama was elected. >> wha

hoyer on the economy. >> president obama was able to bring the economy back from the verge of a second great depression. >> reporter: a video featured alexandria's pt city brewing off the ground because of an administration small business loan program. >> our president has fought for small business owners, and now it's time to fight for him. >> reporter: great falls businessman and vietnam veteran ed mar appeared in a video. >> increasing the budget to $140 billion. >> reporter: it is worth reminding you that president clinton's speech tonight was a nominating address on now on the floor they're going through the role call. when it's over, barack obama will formerly become the nominee of his party. he gets the podium and what he'll say, well, we'll be back in 24 hours to let you know. >> we'll count on you, gary. thank you. >>> as gary mentioned, some obama supporters are upset and they may have mother nature to blame. he was supposed to deliver his speech tomorrow night outdoors holding 70,000 people. but it's been raining this week in charlotte, so convention organizers decided to mo

back later with extended remarks and we have heard from the house senate, house minority leader steny hoyer and later on in an hour, we'll hear from former virginia governor ed you can rant -- current u.s. senate candidate tim kaine. debbie wattserman schultz gaveled -- debbie wasserman schultz gaveled in the convention about 5:00 tonight. the president himself, meanwhile, is appearing in norfolk, virginia. he hammered his officerral mitt romney's economic plans and continued to drum up support in anticipation tonight from michelle obama's speech. with the delegates in the country first heard from the first lady, four years ago it was under much different circumstances than her appearance tonight will be. the deputy obama campaign manager stephanie cutter told us today that the campaign views mrs. obama as one of the biggest assets into the election. >> four years ago, you know, she was basically unknown across this untry. she isnot a politician herself. she was plucked out of, you know, out of raising her daughters in chicago to hit the campaign attempt so, four years ago in denver, it was

steny hoyer will also have a prominent role.artin o'malley is slated to speak at the convention in charlotte. >> wbal is your home for every moment of the democratic convention culminating with president obama's acceptance speech on thursday. 5:50. 75 degrees on tv hill. coming up, we'll look at your answers to our water cooler question of the day. if you could invent a new item for a fast-food menu, what would you cook up? >> hmm. >> the orioles got another win and some statistics are amazing. and the baltimore grand prix. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. >> time to get to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- if you could invent a new item for a fast-food menu, what would you cook up? that sounds good. hmm. >> keep sending us those responses. >> would you like to see? con-flavored cherios. >> right, very cool. >> good morning. the good times continue to roll for the orioles. now just two back of the yankees. chris tillman had a fabulous season did n

representative steny hoyer will have a prominent role and marge o'malley is slated to speak in charlotte. wbaltv.com is your home for every moment of the democratic national convention from beginning to end culminating with president obama's acceptance speech on thursday. >> it's been a mainstay of pikesville for more than 120 years but yesterday was the final day of business for field's pharmacy. since 1892, field's has sold everything from cards to cosmetics and lunch. but after all these years, field's served its final customers and for some, it's a bittersweet goodbye. >> 50 years of coming to one place, lunch, dinner, bringing my mother who has since gone, my sister, the whole family. we have all enjoyed this wonderful -- >> it's a pikesville institution. field's displayed a sign on the door thanking its customers for all their years of support. >> there are people who go there every day for dinner or lunch. so -- >> that's sad. it really is. >> 5:11 and 72 degrees on tv hill. nearly a million people along the gulf coast remain without power. a closer look at they struggle to recove

steny hoyer, chris van holland and denny edwards will also have prominent roles. governor martin o'malley is also scheduled to speak in charlotte. you can follow live updates on our smartphone app with live wire. >> looking at the morning's top stories. baltimore's big weekend here, the grand prix, street vegas legal for the pros this weekend in down the baltimore. some of the most skilled drivers in the world will weave their high octane race cars along city streets for the second annual grand prix of baltimore. rounds and qualifying highlighted day one of action yesterday. jury deliberations continue next week in the trial of two men accused of murder at towson town center. frank williams and william ward iii are charged in the shooting death of 19-year-old rodney pridget at the mall in december of last year. prosecutors contend they wanted to kill pridget after hearing pridget allegedly killed his cousin. a baltimore county police officer covering after an accident in catonsville. this is the scene at johnnycake road and ingleside avenue after a police cruiser

hoyer, for five minutes. mr. hoyer: thank you, madam speaker. first i want to of course associate myself in the remarks of mr. price and mr. dreier who have done such terrific work in the spread of democracy but to lament the tragic loss of life and the courage displayed by our men and women in our foreign service and who are deployed abroad to represent the united states, its democracy and its principles. madam speaker, i regretfully rise, however, to talk about another unhappy subject. our fiscal house is burning and in washington we continue to play and fiddle. we have another eight, perhaps 13 days left, less than that. i don't know whether we're going to be here in august -- in october but i do know we are going to be here for a short time this week frankly doing message bills. the middle class tax cut which passed the senate lays fallow somewhere, not brought to this floor. to assure that our middle-class citizens understand they weren't going to get a tax cut on january 1, give them confidence, give our economy confidence to help grow our

hoyer. mr. hoyer: i want to thank my friend, congressman lipinski, for taking up this special order for someone that has been regaled, as i understand it, earlier, before i came to the floor, by his cloogs -- colleagues who know him best. this is a body in which you get to know people. you get to know their character, their personality. their civility. their effectiveness. their work ethic. their patriotism. their willingness to work with others. on all those counts, all of his colleagues found jerry costello to be one of the best among them. ierry costello came to this congress in the election of 1988. he has been my colleague for all the years he's served in this house. i was privileged to come just a few years before jerry costello. i was elected by the -- he was elected by the people of illinois. he was elected by the people of illinois after an extraordinary career early in life as a young man not only attending to the court system of illinois but also as the county executive, the leade

debbie wasserman schultz, stanley hoyer -- steny hoyer, the governor of north carolina, beverly perdueas well as the governor of illinois. our guest later on this program will also be speaking, along with jimmy carter, and joe kennedy iii. that is all at 7:00 p.m. at 8:00 p.m. the president of naro along with tammy duckworth , and lincoln cheney, as well as james cliburn, the former majority whip in the house. a longtime member in south carolina. at 9:00 p.m., ted strickland, the former governor of ohio, along with kathleen sebelius, and mayor rohm emmanuel of chicago, along with duval patrick of massachusetts. at 10:00 p.m., governor martin o'malley of maryland, castromayr julian castro, and first lady michelle obama will be speaking. we will begin with a democrat from houston this morning. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. i am very pleased with obama. i am much better off than i was four years ago. you betcha. i have a laundry list of why i think he is better. i will tell you one of them, health care. he promised and delivered on osama bin laden, which makes me feel very s

hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding and i want to congratulate dan lipinski for authoring this legislation. it is one of the key pieces of our make it in america agenda which my distinguished colleague from north carolina has discussed. i want to thank my dear and good friend mary bono mack for her leadership on this effort. as the gentleman said and i could adopt his remarks, the previous speaker, mr. kinzinger, we do need a manufacturing policy. we do need a manufacturing renaissance, and we do need a psychology that america's going to be number one and stay number one and create the kind of good paying jobs for our people that manufacturing provides. the chief of -- c.e.o. of do you chemical wrote a book -- dow chemical wrote a book. the name of that book was "make it in america, grow is here, sell it around the world." i rise in support of mr. lipinski's bill. this passed out of committee unanimously four months ago. this bill is a key part of house democrats make it in america plan to strengthen manufacture and it's not a democratic plan, a republican plan, it's an america

hoyer. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i tell my friend from california, the gentleman from california whose dollar was at issue here. the gentleman from california, i will tell you with all due respect and affection, your party over the last 10 years took that dollar and they bought those mints. and they went to the sixth subs -- the six subsequent stores and gave them a credit card for the next mints they bought. it's time to pay the bill. >> would the gentleman yield? mr. hoyer: i have a very short time. i want to make the point, you kept buying mints you just didn't keep paying. madam speaker, this bill is another instance of this republicans caucus walking away from its responsibility. the budget sequester was never intended to be a solution in and of itself. it was meant to be the blunt instrument to force compromise. unfortunately, compromise is a dirty word around here in some quarters. to lay out conditions as this bill does requiring one side to concede before negotiations even begin while solving only part of th

hoyer. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i tell my friend from california, the gentleman from california whose dollar was at issue here. the gentleman from california, i will tell you with all due respect and affection, your party over the last 10years took that doar and they bought those mints. and they went to the sixth subs -- the six subsequent stores and gave them a credit card for the next mints they bought. it's time to pay the bill. >> wou the gentleman yield? mr. hoyer: i have a very short time. i want to make the point, you kept buying mints you just didn't keep paying. madam speaker, this bill is another instance of this republicans caucus walking away from its responbility. the budget sequester was never intended to be a solution in and of itself. it was meant to be the blunt instrument to force compromise. unfortunately, compromise is a dirty word around here in some quarters. to lay out conditions as this bill does requiring one side to concede before negotiations even begin while solving only part of the probl

maryland governor mart uno'malley, house minority leader steny hoyer and tim kaine were among the local leader to address the crowd. the san antonio mayor julian castro gave the keynote address. first lady was the headliner. she talked about her family and defended her husband's policies. >> when it comes to rebuilding our economy, barack is thinking about folk like my dad and like his grandmother. he is thinking about the pride that comes from a hard day's work. that is why he signed the lily ledbetter fair pay act to help women get equal pay for equal work. that is why he cut taxes for working families and small businesses and fought to get the auto industry back on its feet. >> president obama watched the first lady's speech in the treaty room of the white house. this is a picture of it here with his daughter's sasha and malia. >>> a ruling from state board of elects in virginia causing some concern for the romney camp. form ill congressman virgil gude, jr. has qualified for the presidential ballot. he spent 12 years in congress and 4 years in the state senate serving as an independe

in addition to the first lady maryland governor martin o'malley, house minority leader steny hoyer and former virginia governor tim kaine have all addressed the crowd and o'malley is making his second appearance now. their messages all echo each other. in their words the country is making progress and from their perspective this onvention is important to returning barack obama to the white house. >> while we've made progress we still have a long way to go and we'll only get there if we elect leaders who put results over ideology. i support president obama because he's that kind of a leader. >> in these times of national challenge and profound choice we're really proud to have contributed to what we anticipate will be a great democratic victory in november. >> we know that this will be a well run, orderly and successful convention. [ cheering and applause ] >> and that we will nominate the next president and vice president of the united states of america. let's get on with a wonderful convention. >> joining us now from the democratic national convention in charlotte, north carolina, fox

they include maryland governor martin o'malley, maryland congressman steny hoyer and virginia senate candidate and former governor tim kaine. first lady michelle obama is also taking the stage tonight. president obama wraps up his road to charlotte tour today in virginia. he will speak at norfolk state university. the president was in the common wealth last week. he appeared in charlottesville as part of a tour of college towns in battleground states. recent polls show him slightly ahead of mitt romney in virginia. romney though narrow that margin. >>> some of the speakers at the dr dnc may offer new insight as to how romney does business. the employees from bain capital will talk about how the private equity world works and more specifically how bain capital was run while romney was ceo. >> if you are willing to work with me. >> if you're willing to work everybody harder in this election. then i promise, i promise you, i promise you change will come. >> republicans are launching this web ad to hammer home their point this country is worse off now than it was when president obama too

maryland senator and maryland congressman steny hoyer and chris van holland expected to address the crowd, as is this woman, sandra fluke, the georgetown university law student who made national headlines when rush limbaugh insulted her for supporting a plan to require insurance companies to cover birth control. tomorrow's addresses come after an emotional speech by first lady michelle obama. nbc's tracie potts joins us live now from charlotte with more. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: aaron, good morning. good morning, everyone. a lot of times these addresses are written by speech writers but aides say these were michelle obama's ideas and her words. she had very specific ideas about what she wanted to say. and she talked about a lot of things, a large part of the beginning of her speech was about her background, her husband's background, their families, the struggles of their families and how that really shaped his outlook on the decisions that he has to make. a large portion of her speech was directed very specifically at women. >> he believes that women are more than capable of mak

share of the 2012 convention, as i introduced the first official to ask a here, congressman steny hoyerarks on behalf of the convention parliamentarians, thank you. >> thank you so much. thank you, mr. mayor. good afternoon, delegates. first i want to thank my dear friend in the wasserman shultz, the distinguished chair of our democratic national committee. what a wonderful leader of our party she is. in addition to the great job she does as our chair, she is a close friend, a dynamic and effective member of congress. thank you, florida. i ask you to work closely with her. i appreciate the opportunity to serve as the sixth convention as a parliamentarian of the national committee. it is my honor to be joined in the duties by five outstanding americans. helen mcfadden of south carolina who became the first woman to serve as a convention parliamentarians. michael coleman, mayor of the great city of columbus. cassandra buuts. -- buuts. -- butts. shaw, the first person of age and-indian descent to serve as a parliamentarian. -- of asian-indian descent to serve as a parliamentarian. to this

here she is with steny hoyer, the number two democrat in the house. >> today's journalists, too often is profitable to do so and it builds audiences see their job not to inform but to incite. to get people riled up. to get their juices running. >> we understand what it is all about. the cable news outlets they have create aid niche in the marketplace. it is very competitive. if some are in the business for entertainment, for example, that's their job. our job ties solis to solve pro. >> people tend to watch the channel that doesn't give them facts. doesn't make them think, but makes them think that their views are the views. they're accurate. and the other guys are bad, dumb, wrong, the enemy if you will. >> reporter: smart, stubborn and ideological opposites, bill mahr and ann coulter did sit down and demonstrated to,0 ed the to,00 trying to bridge the gap. >> you may have thought we were too liberal. >> yes, you still are. >> you have no idea what my thoughts are. all you know is what i am asking you. you may think we were too liberal. but we strove to keep at least a public objecti

maryland governor martin o'malley, house minority leader steny hoyer and former virginia governor and senate candidate tim kaine addressed the crowd. san antonio mayor julian castro gave the keynote address. michelle obama talked about her family and defended barack obama's policies. >> when it comes to rebuilding our economy, barack is thinking about folks like my dad and like his grandmother. he is thinking about the pride that comes from a hard day's work. that's why he signed the lily led better fair pay act to help women get equal pay for equal work. that's why he cut taxes for working families and small businesses and fought to get the auto industry back on its feet. [ applause ] >> president obama watched the first lady's speech in the treaty room of the white house with daughters sasha and malia. >>> republicans are hammering president obama on the national debt which has reached a dubious milestone. wisdom martin has what those numbers mean. >> reporter: last week's republican national convention featured a rolling debt clock. it hit $16 trillion for the first time ever just

here she is with steny hoyer, the number two democrat in the house. >> today's journalists, too often is profitable to do so and it builds audiences see their job not to inform but to incite. to get people riled up. to get their juices running. >> we understand what it is all about. the cable news outlets they have create aid niche in the marketplace. it is very competitive. if some are in the business for entertainment, for example, that's their job. our job ties solis to solve pro. >> people tend to watch the channel that doesn't give them facts. doesn't make them think, but makes them think that their views are the views. they're accurate. and the other guys are bad, dumb, wrong, the enemy if you will. >> reporter: smart, stubborn and ideological opposites, bill mahr and ann coulter did sit down and demonstrated to,0 ed the to,00 trying to bridge the gap. >> you may have thought we were too liberal. >> yes, you still are. >> you have no idea what my thoughts are. all you know is what i am asking you. you may think we were too liberal. but we strove to keep at least a public objecti

steny hoyer also mentioned people with disabilities and people are slowly waking up democrats and republicans is a group, a group that is in an age where there's one or two percentage points that could determine the outcome of this election, people are speaking more to people with disabilities just as an example. a lot more needs to be done, but people are becoming more active and i'm so pleased that the democratic party is really taking the lead on advancing these rights. >> all right. ted kennedy, good to see you as always. appreciate it. >> thank you, suzanne. >> and bill clinton owned the night, but his wife was not there to share it with him. she had to watch from a computer screen in east timor and we will tell you what she is saying about the former president's speech. great shot. how did the nba become the hottest league on the planet? by building on the cisco intelligent network they're able to serve up live video, and instant replays, creating fans from berlin to beijing. what can we help you build? nice shot kid. the nba around the world built by the only company that could. cisco

listen to the house democratic whip -- is that a title, whip minority whip in process sey -- steny hoyererica, every american and god bless all of you. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] >> woodruff: caught the tail end of congressman steny hoyer who is the house minority whip. we believe there's going to be a veterans-related video coming up right now. they are a little bit -- they are tinkering with the schedule a little bit. so we're watching. ♪ >> the vietnam guys we decided to welcome each other home. whenever a vietnam guy meets another vietnam guy we say welcome home. no one says that to us. my name is edward john francis meaghe rerks. i volunteered to go to vietnam. i didn't truly understand what it meant to go to a war zone. it changes you really dramatically. but what you have to do is make sure it changes you for the better and not for the worse. >> i was worried that the troops coming back from iraq and afghanistan were going to get ignored. myself and several friends, vietnam guys, we decided we were going to step up for the last eight and a half years i've been maki

looking at 8:00, representative steny hoyer of maryland. also, the president of planned parenthood, cecile richards, and congressman barney frank of massachusetts. eric shinseki also be speaking in that hour. in the 9:00 hour, representative chris van hollen, and sandra fluke, who gained public attention for her positions on contraceptives, and the uaw president bob king, and the governor of delaware, jack amrkell. at 10:00, elizabeth warren, and then the presidential nomination speech from former president bill clinton. there will be a vote on the presidential nomination and a roll call of states which we expect to go late into the evening. you can catch that all on c-span throughout the night and you can find out more information on our website. let's look of some of the highlights from last night's convention. we heard from the san antonio, texas, mayor julian castro, and then we heard speeches from the democratic mayor of massachusetts, devak patrick. let's start off with the julian castro, san antonio mayor. ♪ tonight is going to be a

hoyer. [applause] >> what we are seeing this week is a convincing end to abysmal converse to the distinguished political scientists in the country they become an insurgent out liar in american politics that is ideologically extreme. it's dismissive of the legitimacy of the political opposition. republicans are leaving town with a stack of unfinished business to the public expects us to get done. chief among them are to create jobs and at first the fiscal cliff if congress fails to act. the democrats have been willing to work to replace the question the imposed last year by reaching a big and balanced solution to deficits. however they have walked away from compromise every time as the political science says insisting on putting tax breaks for millionaires ahead of a balanced solution. they also held tax cuts from the middle class hostage to the same cause. they've used this time to consider the senate bipartisan farm bill. farmers across the country are facing the worst drought in decades an

hoyer, for five minutes. mr. hoyer: thank you, madam speaker. first i want to of course associate myself in the remarks of mr. price and mr. dreier who have done such terrific work in the spread of democracy but to lament the tragic loss of life and the courage displayed by our men and women in our foreign service and who are deployed abroad to >> that was from the house floor earlier today. the u.s. will work with the libyan government to bring justice. the administration is investigating -- a spontaneous attack. >> up until the battle of antietam, the confederates were on a roll. expectations in the self, even in the north, and abroad, were that lee would win. the third time would be the charm. he had won the peninsula campaign. he had won the second battle of bull run. he was invading the north and this was going to be the crushing blow. when that did not happen, i think there was a great sigh of relief in the north. reagan takes it as the sign he was -- lincoln takes it as a sign he was waiting for for the emancipation proclamation, which tr