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>> steny hoyer real quick. and steny hoyer and one of the top democrats in the house, and he said the democrats will start to run on the mess in the republican party. but i think democrats have to be careful. it is very messy on the republican side. but where is their message? what are they going to sell for the second term of the president's last two years? >> i do think the white house kind of wanted to get immigration reform. and so even if the possibility was small, if it's gone away, that's bad for them. gwen: so let's go inside some of the messiness that's happening right now. on the hill and also what's happening in the next couple of races. i want to ask you, robert, about what's happening. you said kevin mccarthy is doing this. how is he going -- how does he march right into eric cantor's old job, the majority leader's job without any real challenge? we have one last standing tea party challenge but that's it? >> there's a minor long sought challenger in raul labrador from idaho and part of that boehne

i too have enjoyed the ability to get to know the gentleman from maryland, steny hoyer, the democratic whip is a tenacious advocate for his cause. i know that these colloquies have at times become heat and long. much to the dismay of some who would like to make their word known on the floor. but i do want to say it's been a privilege. i respect the gentleman from maryland as a friend, as a colleague who has been elected over the years by his constituents to be here to advocate on their behalf and for the good of the country. as the gentleman said, mr. hoyer and i do not always agree. but i think we do share a love of this country. i think there are plenty of things frankly that we have found the ability to work towards in the fashion that i believe is the best way forward for this institution, which is to look for ways to set aside differences, to find areas that we have in common so that we can produce results for the american people. and again, the democratic whip, mr. hoyer, my friend, has been a very engaged individual on the issues and it's been my and my team's honor to get to wo

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let's bring in congressman steny hoyer of maryland. ital new york, jim vandehei. good to have you both. steny, i know a lot of democrats were celebrating when this shocking news went down the night before last, but you never know what you're going to get in these situations. how do you think the replacement for cantor and this whole thing will play out as we move forward? >> we'll see. i think what the election showed is what we've been saying all along is that the republican party is a deeply divided party at this time with great differences internally which are making it very difficult for them to lead in a positive way. we'll see who replaces mr. cantor now that he's stepped down. and there will be some indication of whether they're going to stay far right or go even further right. it's going to show as well whether or not we will be able to be functional and move forward on important agendas that the overwhelming amount support. >> but steny, it's always great to see you, buddy. wasn't this really more, though, about a congressman w

the second ranking house democrat, congressman steny hoyer says the president should be considering missile strikes in iraq. former deputy secretary of defense paul wolfowitz calling for president obama to take military action. yes, this is the same paul wolfowitz who in 2003 when asked what the iraq war would cost told congress not to worry, that iraq would be be able to finance its own reconstruction because of its vast oil wealth. a war that ultimately cost $2.2 trillion. a sum that is singularly america's debt and our obligation. it should distress any american that so many of our politicians and journalists are so free and fast with their calls for military action again in iraq. while offering no answers as to why they would expect a different outcome this time. why would we again take up iraq, al qaeda as our national burden solely without a clear line drawn between our sacrifice and cost and our interest and our compensation. yes, our compensation. no answers by the president or those who would cheer his intervention without strategy to the fundamental question, why should the united

steny hoyer said, the republican party is deeply divided and dysfunctional. and a gop leadership aide says, we need direction, this is the house of representatives, it can't be lord of the flies. >> does it seem that like up on capitol hill today? >> it's a little chaotic. our producer up there is doing a good job of racing everybody down and getting comments from a lot of people and who they're backing. but overall, there is this shocked feeling. this is the first time in the history of the republic that a house majority leader has lost in a primary. it's hard to overstate the politics here. "the washington post" has a great map of the district, if you look at the election last night, and how much dave brat actually won outside richmond in the suburbs. it's astonishing. >> it was astonishing. i saw that map. i know what you're talking about. we'll see more of you and this discussion today on "special report." thank you. >> thanks, gretchen. >> the house republican conference set to meet two hours from now. this as eric cantor says he's going to stay on till

house minority whip steny hoyer said they should consider military strikes against advancing forces. dianne feinstein went even further calling for the right the jihadistt marching on baghdad. the former iraq a government would not only further destabilize the pose a direct threat to interest in the region and beyond. television host dr. oz facing questions from the senate panel today about weight loss products. since 2010, the federal trade money and collected restitution from deceptive advertising about weight loss products and services. claire mccaskill chairs this subcommittee hearing on consumer protection. >> we will take opening statements and then moved to your testimony. this hearing will now come to order. we have all heard and seen the ads promising quick and substantial weight loss if only you take this tale, drink this shake, use this device, apply this cream. all without adjusting diet or increasing physical activity. it seems too good to be true and, of course, it is. we have a short clip of some of onse ads that have run television, satellite radio, online and in prin

. >> what does cantor's defeat mean on the other side for republican candidates, steny hoyer had thisny prognosis sis? >> i think what the election showed what we've bb been saying aall along, they are af deeply divided party with great differences internally that makes it difficult for them to lead in a positive way. >> if the gop establishment is indeed divided, could we see these moving right and left i'm now joined by another candidate, running on an anti-republican establishment platform and this time in new hampshire and openly gay and proudly married. >> good to be here. >> a statement was released after the cantor saying dave brat ran a grassroots campaign rooted in free market principles. he stood up against unconstitutional searches by the nsa. i congratulate profess eor bratn his win and look forward to working with him in congress. two things to talk to you about this. you must relate to brat's outsider sentiment here. you're also running on some sort of free market principles. >> yeah. >> are you a tea party candidate? >> i don't think of myself as a tea party candidate.

but he's going to consult with generals, admirals, he doesn't need to consult with congress and steny hoyerd eric cantor. >> this is no doubt going on behind the scenes because the decision hasn't come out yet and there are probably many varying opinions. guys, thanks for your time. >>> time to check in with harris faulkner. >> gretchen, with our military now tasked with moving more than 1,000 staffers out of our embassy in baghdad, the focus turns to americans potentially caught up in the crisis in iraq. we'll look at that. >>> and at the al qaeda spinoff group's latest push toward the capital city baghdad. we'll talk with a former u.s. ambassador to iraq. i'm going to ask him can the u.s. and iran really do a deal together to keep iraq from falling to the terrorists. by the way, what do we get out of that? we'll talk in detail. that's ahead in the next hour. back to you. >>> so, the taliban five. now living a life of relatively luxury in qatar since their recent release from gitmo. it is not exactly like the detainees they left behind are living on devil's island. chief intelligence corre

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i too have enjoyed the ability to get to know the gentleman from maryland, steny hoyer, the democratic whip is a tenacious advocate for his cause. i know that these colloquies have at times become heat and long. much to the dismay of some who would like to make their word known on the floor. but i do want to say it's been a privilege. i respect the gentleman from maryland as a friend, as a colleague who has been elected over the years by his constituents to be here to advocate on their behalf and for the good of the country. as the gentleman said, mr. hoyer and i do not always agree. but i think we do share a love of this country. i think there are plenty of things frankly that we have found the ability to work towards in the fashion that i believe is the best way forward for this institution, which is to look for ways to set aside differences, to find areas that we have in common so that we can produce results for the american people. and again, the democratic whip, mr. hoyer, my friend, has been a very engaged individual on the issues and it's been my and my team's honor to get to wo

it's one of the things i know steny hoyer would've liked to sit today, the right level within the h. h. is budget and we will try to make sure that happens. i hope that bill makes it to the floor and i hope the level is adequate. and if not i know the republicans and democrats are willing to find other offsets to make sure that it is the right level to really do their job, but this is the first step. i think it's been a very thoughtful, bipartisan, for sure partisan -- no partisanship at all really, first step of world we want to end up. and i know that joe pitts and frank pallone are going to be working hard, as are the chairmen and the ranking member as we think about the process the next steps we have already been whispering about a little bit. the labs here, there's a lot of folks we want to hear from. and remember, and doctor francis, dr. collins, the idea limiting the bureaucracy, limiting the paperwork, crazy rules that are out there, we can fix that. but we can't fix it without hearing from you first. and that's what's important to answer for the folks who are not conditioned

i too have enjoyed the ability to get to know the gentleman from maryland, steny hoyer, the democraticp is a tenacious advocate for his cause. i know that these colloquies have at times become heat and long. much to the dismay of some who would like to make their word known on the floor. but i do want to say it's been a privilege. i respect the gentleman from maryland as a friend, as a colleague who has been elected over the years by his constituents to be here to advocate on their behalf and for the good of the country. as the gentleman said, mr. hoyer and i do not always agree. but i think we do share a love of this country. i think there are plenty of things frankly that we have found the ability to work towards in the fashion that i believe is the best way forward for this institution, which is to look for ways to set aside differences, to find areas that we have in common so that we can produce results for the american people. and again, the democratic whip, mr. hoyer, my friend, has been a very engaged individual on the issues and it's been my and my team's honor to get to work w

tomorrow, my democratic colleagues and i will be talking with our leader, steny hoyer, about how we can take an additional package of bills and advance the make it in america, the grow america proposals. we would hope our colleagues here on the floor of the house of representatives would embrace a bipartisan effort to really build our infrastructure, to take what success we had in the water resources and reform and take that success to the transportation issues that confront this nation. there's much more we must do. so as we do these things, we will also address a fundamental problem that face this is nation, which is climate change -- that faces this nation, which is climate change. this is real. as udied this in the 1990's and i was deputy secretary prepare for the kyoto conference. unfortunately, the treaty that came back from that conference was never adopted in the 1990's, so to this day, we have yet to address this issue. and we must. this is an issue that will cause flooding across this nation. it will cause sea level rise, which we're already seeing. and it will lead to more se

diana to get effort to saythis a few words, and then we will introduce eric cantor, majority and steny hoyer planned to be here but he had a last-minute conflict. we have the number two public in and the written number two -- number two republican and the number two democrats on board. >> i'm happy to partner with you in this important effort. the 21st century cares initiative is an exciting effort that has great potential to positively impact biomedical research and innovation in this country. united states has been the fields forhis decades, but we are at across word -- at a crossroads. bring leadersl and policy, academia, industry and research to the table to figure out how we can more effectively and efficiently tackle the complex issues of medicine. discovery, development, and delivery. it is in those areas that we want to focus our attention and seek input of leaders like the distinguished leaders who are in our inaugural panel today. since we launched the effort a week ago we have already seen tremendous interest, and just the attendance today shows the interest we have. the questions

to say a few words and then introduce eric cantor the majority leader and i would say in advance steny hoyer planned to be here today and had a last-minute conflict but we have the number two republican and number two democrat on board in terms of what we are trying to do to show bipartisan forward mark. >> thank you mr. chairman and i'm delighted to partner -- >> i'm happy to partner with you on this important effort. the 21st century initiative is an exciting new effort that has great potential to positively impact biomedical research and innovation in this country. the united states has been the leader in the field for decades now i think we are at a crossroads. we can either work together to improvement us and as we hope to do through this initiative or we can fall behind. our effort will bring leaders and policy academia, research and industry to the table to dig into how we can more effectively and efficiently tackle some of the complex challenges in medicine. as fred noted research and innovation runs on a sort of cycle. discovery, development and delivery. it's in those areas we want

. >> just very briefly, i'm proud to be here today to not only stand with our whip, steny hoyer, and my colleagues here today who proudly stand here to endorse the make it in america agenda. to manufacturing things here in america again and to make it here in america. and one of my bills is also included in the 50 some odd bills in terms of on-the-job training and making resources available to those who would employ americans and give the opportunity to learn those new skills that they need to have here in the 21st century. but more directly, in terms of our caucus, our caucus is solidly behind the make it in america movement that mr. hoyer has led throughout the past few years. we stand solid behind him, not just the members here before you, but our entire caucus, entire caucus is behind this movement. >> thank you very much, joe. >> okay. questions? >> how is the democrats leveraged that -- [ indiscernible ]. >> look, i don't think that election has change our focus on energy or the things that we think will help people make it in america. as you know, we are proponents of putting

it's one of the things steny hoyer would have liked to have said today, get the right level in the budget. i hope it makes it to the floor and i hope the level of funding ised a adequate. if not, i know there are republicans and democrats willing to offset to make sure it is the right level to really do their job. this is the first stem. i think it's been a very thoughtful, bipartisan -- for sure, there was no partnership -- partisanship at all, really. first step of where we want to end up. i know that joe pitts and chairman and ranking members are going to be working hard. i was whispering let's get the labs here. there's a lot of folks we want to hear from and remember, dr. collins, the ideas of limiting the bureaucracy, limiting the paperwork, the crazy rules that are out there, we can fix that. without n't fix it hearing from you first and that's what's important. so for the folks that are not in this room that are watching later today or maybe even next week. .house.gov is the way you have impact to a lot of us and we look for a lot more thoughtful hours as we figure out the course

on the issue of immigration, steny hoyer, number two in the house is quoted as saying that president obama is on the brink of significant immigration changes. this would be done by executive order. then you have in "the wall street journal," a vocal advocate for immigration reform, covers and gutierrez, who has been on the show many times. and the current bill backer has said he gives up. luisi sierra said wednesday he was giving up when he needed su. it goes on to say he would pressure the white house to use executive action. this is an "the wall street journal." some are giving up on the idea of immigration reform in asking the president to do it by executive action. i follow up on yesterday's topic on "washington journal" about illegal children crossing the southern border. times" says many of them will remain in the u.s. for years. this came out of a house judiciary committee hearing on the topic yesterday. if you missed it, go to c-span.org and watch it there. front page of "the washington lerner, the former irs official, had suggested at one point auditing senator chuck grassle

so this idea that they are so tight, we all know steny hoyer and nancy pelosi aren't that tight.n't bobcy twins either. no, chris, i'm not trying to pull anything on you. take a look. just compare this to what happened in mississippi where the tea party did show up. i'm talking about the washington consultants and outside groups who poured money into mississippi and kentucky and so did the establishment. here, nobody showed up, because this was supposed to be an eric cantor trouncing. there was no point to invest in this. >> i take all your points and i accept them all as true. as donna says, it is more about the agenda than the particular relationship. let's be honest about what the pollsters got wrong here. they got it wrong. as we all know from campaigns, we always regret putting money behind pollsters in the first place. what they got wrong was the turnout expected. they got their margin wrong based on turnout. you probably had democrats in there. they may have come out for brad just to take down cantor. you don't know what happened in such a small number. i don't really care

i too have enjoyed the ability to get to know the gentleman from maryland, steny hoyer, the democratic whip is a tenacious advocate for his cause. i know that these colloquies have at times become heat and long. much to the dismay of some who would like to make their word known on the floor. but i do want to say it's been a privilege. i respect the gentleman from maryland as a friend, as a colleague who has been elected over the years by his constituents to be here to advocate on their behalf and for the good of the country. as the gentleman said, mr. hoyer and i do not always agree. but i think we do share a love of this country. i think there are plenty of things frankly that we have found the ability to work towards in the fashion that i believe is the best way forward for this institution, which is to look for ways to set aside differences, to find areas that we have in common so that we can produce results for the american people. and again, the democratic whip, mr. hoyer, my friend, has been a very engaged individual on the issues and it's been my and my team's honor to get to wo

hofe.or in then you have steny hoyer, the democrat. the new have mark kirk, a republican senator.e new have the democrat from ohio, tulsi gabbard. barbara boxer, the senator from california. we will be talking about that coming up here on "washington journal." we will talk with paul bremmer. he was the head of the interim iraqi government there. we will talk with loretta sanchez, who voted against the the bushlution, giving administration authority to go into iraq. first, fred, independent caller in sioux city. yes, good morning. thanks for taking my call. good morning. can you hear me? host: turned on your tv for me. caller: i've got it turned down. i think that hillary will do exactly what this president is doing. she would forget policies and demeanor. i couldn't think of a worse choice of a president. i think our commander-in-chief -- should be a male. a man. i don't think our military commander should be a woman. host: why do you say that? caller: i think that is a masculine role. i think that is a god-given role in a position like that. a warlord, a leader, a commander-in-ch

america agenda. >> just very briefly, i'm proud to be here today to proudly stand with our whip, steny hour, -- hoyer, and my colleagues here today who proudly stand here to endorse the make it in america agenda. to make -- to manufacture things here in america again and to make it here in america and one of my bills is also included in the 50-to some-odd bills in terms of on the job d training and making resources available to those who would employ americans and give the opportunity to learn those new skills that they need to have here in the 21st century. more directly, in terms of our caucus, our caucus is soundly behind the make it in america movement. thank mr. hoyer has led throughout the -- that mr. hoyer has led throughout the past few years. we stand solidly behind him. not just the members here but our entire caucus. the entire caucus is behind this movement. >> thank you very much. [applause] ok, questions? >> you may have heard about the cantor loss. i just wanted to see -- [laughter] how do democrats leverage that, to push for democrats' priorities, to get legislation done this year, be