host: we are talking with mike pocan.re is a bipartisan prayer service that just ended in washington if you blocks from where we are at st. peter's church. father patrick conroy participated in that service. you can see members of congress coming out of the church this morning. a typical thing that happens in washington on opening day of the new congress. michael in paterson, new jersey. caller: i hear everybody talking about cutting this and cutting that. i think it is hypocritical for the congress or the representatives to say we will cut this and cut that when they are taking pay raises and growing the government bigger and bigger and not doing anything -- they are our enemies. some of them will kill us economically or they hate us will put a bomb near us. i did not get it. host: you have experience in the state legislature. how often do you hear about foreign aid? guest: it is less than 1% of the overall budget. helping out is one of the best ways to do foreign policy. if we can be smart about how we do those dollars,

we will also be joined by mike pocan and gloaria ncle -- gloria mcleod. >> you do not always find many embracing investigative reporting -- many reporters investigating reporting. if you are going to ruffle the for others -- the feathers of somebody powerful. we were very fortunate to out our career to work for people who were strong and upright in that area and let the chips fall where they may appear >> investigated team of donald bartlett and james steele will take your calls and e-mails this week and on and depth. they began their collaborative work in the 1970's and are the co-authors of 8 books. wash alive sunday on noon eastern. >> john boehner says the house will vote tomorrow on a $9 billion plan for a victims of hurricane sandy. the second vote held january 15, an additional $50 billion. before that announcement, house members criticize the leaders for not scheduling a vote of faster 8 for the northeast. their comments are in a few minutes. then a news conference with new jersey governor chris christie who was also critical of house leaders for delaying a vote on sandy assist

we will also be joined by mike pocan from wisconsin and gloria mcleod california.e every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> you do not always find many newspaper editors in in the era embracing investigative reporting. it is not just economics. it is the cut -- the discomfort investigators are reporting. it is troublesome. if you are going to ruffle the feathers of somebody powerful, that it fills people running in to complain to the publisher. we were fortunate almost all of our career to work with people who are upright in that area. that the chips fall where they may appear >> the investigative team will take your calls, e- mails and tweets. this weekend on and debts. they are the co-authors of eight books. watch live sunday at noon eastern on book tv on c-span2. >> and look at how well polls predicted the president to outcome. >> midafternoon, everyone. i am the professor of public policy and director of the center here at brown university. i'm happy to welcome you to another installment of the luncheon speaker series. it is one of the many events sponsored by the ta