host: myrna perez is joining us from new york. last friday here on the "washington journal," charlie cook who writes for the washington journal talked about the politics of redistricting and what we could see in the year ahead. >> republicans scored so many huge gains in the governorships that they're going to be in a stronger position in redistricting than any time in modern times. so you've got some offsetting factors here. and then just one additional data point, that could or could not, may or may not be important. is this will be the first time that a democratic president or justice department will be in place during a redistricting since president kennedy was in office. and whether that becomes relevant or not we'll see but my hunch is that you're not going likely to see a turnover of more than 10 seats one way or the other, which obviously, if democrats picked up ten seats there's still 15 short of a majority. host: how would you respond to charlie cook's sentiment? guest: the outcomes of what's going to happen remain to be

host: myrna perez is joining us from new york. last friday here on the "washington journal," charlie cook who writes for the washington journal talked about the politics of redistricting and what we could see in the year ahead. >> republicans scored so many huge gains in the governorships that they're going to be in a stronger position in redistricting than any time in modern times. so you've got some offsetting factors here. and then just one additional data point, that could or could not, may or may not be important. is this will be the first time that a democratic president or justice department will be in place during a redistricting since president kennedy was in office. and whether that becomes relevant or not we'll see but my hunch is that you're not going likely to see a turnover of more than 10 seats one way or the other, which obviously, if democrats picked up ten seats there's still 15 short of a majority. host: how would you respond to charlie cook's sentiment? guest: the outcomes of what's going to happen remain to be

myrna perez looks at state efforts to redraw government districts. also, a discussion of muammar gaddafi. that is live is 7:00 eastern here on c-span. the democratic national committee held its winter meeting in washington. this session was moderated by tim kaine. he looked ahead to 2012. other speakers include william daley and hilda selez. this is about an hour, 15 minutes. since we were last together in school reform and restoring government. he has tirelessly advocated for the residents of the district for more than 30 years. his dedication to children and their families has been a hallmark of service. it can be summed up by his singular governing philosophy. welcome mayor vincent great. -- vincent gray. [applause] >> good morning. will latewe say a special welcome to well committee. let me wish you a happy birthday. i also want to welcome the vice what other chairs of the committee and all of the state chairs who are here and the chief of staff, bill daley. wellthe chair of our state committee for the district of committee -- or the district of