neera, let me ask you this. the "times" reported back in september that hillary met with elizabeth warren seeking her, quote, favor. here's what elizabeth warren said to me when i spoke to her on this show not too long ago. listen to this. a lot of progressives have questions about whether she'll be a progressive warrior. what would you say to them? >> you know i think that's what we got to see. i want to hear what she wants to run on and what she says she wants to do. that's what dpancampaigns are supposed to be about. >> how important will it be for hillary clinton to rally progressives like elizabeth warren? >> i think it's important for her to rally the broad swath of the democratic party and more and more americans. and you know having worked for hillary, i know her record on these issues. you know we talked about the -- we talked about the 2007/2008 campaign. she came out for derivatives, she went to wall street to discuss wall street and really criticize wall street's role in the coming crash and the big

neera: what of the great things about pre-k is it is bipartisan. you see governors like yourself, but also the vulcan governors leading on these issues. we have had a little bit of a challenge on the federal level to create that same level of bipartisanship. is there anything that we can learn from your efforts to generate bipartisan support? gov. mcauliffe: as you mentioned -- i see we have c-span here -- i hope the department of education, some members of congress are watching. we need reauthorization of the elementary and secondary education reauthorize. like transportation funding and everything else, it is very important. i will be honest with you, as governor, it is very hard for us to plan. we cannot make long-term decisions unless we have some certainty. that's why sequestration -- we have to get our act together. we can afford the cuts to the military that we have today. the office of transportation how are we going to fund transportation? i have 300 50 projects that will stop immediately and virginia if they don't do the authorization for

neera: we would love to get questions from the audience. when you answer questions, tell us who you are. thanks so much. thank you again for being here. i think you help does understand something that has been a little bit of a mr. to me. so many of the benefits of decay have been -- i mean, the benefits of what you are making will happen really when you're no longer governor. in a way, it is one of these issues where you are not going to see the direct benefits, or capture all the benefits of the decisions you are making now. the argument is that you can attract business. are there other ways -- basically, why do you spent all this time is the jobs created because of human capital will help some future governor? gov. mcauliffe: it will help a future governor, by would make the argument that it helps me -- we have shared all investment records in my first four months. i have to tell you, i travel all over the globe, i love to bring new businesses. that is why ran for governor. at the and of the day, all governors consider in the office and

neera, you wanted to jump? did talk about a shared set of responsibilities just at $250,000 and above. she was concerned about lifting the payroll cap between $100,000 to $250,000. we'll see what she does going forward. she was talking about people paying their fair share into the system and protecting middle class folks. social security is a fascinating issue we've gone back and forth on over the last couple years. republicans as part of an austerity agenda have wanted to cut social security. they use these scare tactics of $25 trillion over infinity. honestly, just listening to this, what does that mean? $25 trillion over infinity. this is a problem we should address. there are reasonable steps we can take. the scare tactics of $25 trillion over infinity or $10 trillion, et cetera, there are reasonable steps you can take tood dress the payroll cap, have people pay their fare share and solve this problem. we have problems of rising inequality and challenges to poverty. we should address those as well. >> we ar

to learn more, we are joined by neera tanden, president of the center for american progress, and mark holden, senior vice president and general counsel of koch industries. we welcome you both to the news hour. >> thank you. >> woodruff: mark holden, why is this important to you and the leadership of koch industries? >> it's a very important issue to our leaders, charles and david koch, charles in particular. we're interested in helping people improve their lives and removing obstacles to opportunity, particularly for the disadvantaged and those who have the odds stacked against them. charles in particular is what they call a classical liberalism, believes in, that and we believe in a limited government and strong individual rights and individual liberties. we believe strongly in the bill of rights some if you bereave in individual liberty and the bill of rights and you're worried about infringement on that, there is no bigger place to be than in the criminal justice system is because that's where the greatest infringement on personal liberty starts in the criminal justice system, part

neera: what of the great things about pre-k is it is bipartisan. you see governors like yourself, but also the vulcan governors leading on these issues. we have had a little bit of a challenge on the federal level to create that same level of bipartisanship. is there anything that we can learn from your efforts to generate bipartisan support? gov. mcauliffe: as you mentioned -- i see we have c-span here -- i hope the department of education, some members of congress are watching. we need reauthorization of the elementary and secondary education reauthorize. like transportation funding and everything else, it is very important. i will be honest with you, as governor, it is very hard for us to plan. we cannot make long-term decisions unless we have some certainty. that's why sequestration -- we have to get our act together. we can afford the cuts to the military that we have today. the office of transportation, how are we going to fund transportation? i have 300 50 projects that will stop immediately and virginia if they don't do the authorization fo

my name is neera tanden and i'm thrilled to have governor mcauliffe here today. we will discuss the value of stating communities taking action on early childhood education. i'm really happy to have him here at the center for american progress. he has been a leader on this issue as on so many issues. early childhood education is really a bright spot in our national policy landscape. it brings together diverse leaders at the city state and federal level and at the state level and local level we have bipartisan leaders who have been really focusing on these issues. i believe that is really because there has been incredible data points on the return on investment we get from early learning. early childhood programs not only even the playing field for children as they begin kindergarten. they also build a workforce that can drive future economic growth and ensure american businesses remain globally competitive. that's one reason president obama has called for more investment in early education. in december he brought together stakeholders including state and local pol

i am neera tanden and him thrilled to have governor mcauliffe discussing the value of communities taking action on early childhood education. we are happy to have him here at the center for american progress. he has been a leader on this issue and other issues. early childhood education is a bright spot in our landscape bringing together diverse leaders at the city, state, and federal level. at the state and local level we have bipartisan leaders that have been focusing on these issues. i believe that is because there has been incredible data points on the return on investment we get from early learning. early childhood programs even the playing field for children as they begin kindergarten, it also builds a work force driving future economic growth and ensuring american businesses remain globally competitive. that is why president obama has called for more investment in early education. in september he brought together policymakers, mayors superintendents, as advocates to discuss the importance of early education and harness additional funds. the next steps are to help implement these p