. >>> coming up, i talk with the number two ranking democrat in the house, democratic whip steny hoyer, who is urging the president to take executive action on immigration reform despite threats from republicans. >>> also developing, michael brown's parents bracing for the grand jury decision whether to indict the police officer that shot and killed their son. in a press conference, their attorney spoke on their behalf, saying the family denounces any violence after the decision comes, and asks police to show restraint when watching protesters. >> we want to make it very clear that on behalf of the brown family, we do not condone any acts of rioting, looting, or violence, and that we want to encourage all of those that support the justice for mike brown to remain vigilant yet peaceful, calm and dignified. >> and the briefing happened as the pathologist hired by the brown family who examined michael brown's body testified before a grand jury. dr. michael baden began his testimony this morning, an attorney said it appears he is one of the last witnesses to go before the panel. we are joi

joining me tonight, congressman steny hoyer from maryland on the democratic leadership team in the houseto have you with us tonight. >> good to be with you. >> you bet. i want you to give our audience a quick refresher course here. the senate passed something, senate over the house. boehner had a gang of eight working on this, encouraged them to keep working on it and then never brought it to the floor for passage. now boehner is ripping the president pretty good. i want you to play this sound bite of john boehner and get your reaction. here it is. >> instead of working together to fix our broken immigration system the president says he's acting on his own. that's just not how our democracy works. the president had said before that he's not king and he's not an emperor, but he's sure acting like one, and he's doing it at a time when the american people want nothing more than for us to work together. >> congressman, you have the floor. what's your reaction to that tonight? >> first of all, the underlying principle that the american people our democracy is working in the house of represent

this afternoon, steny hoyer made the case for why president obama made the -- should act unilaterallyn immigration reform. next this is about helping people. -- >> this is about helping people. this is about doing from a humanitarian and moral standpoint is right. i and all of these members urging the president of the united states to take bold and brought action to respond to a problem that everybody agrees, everybody agrees is responding to a broken system. and trying to fix that system. >> late this afternoon republican house speaker john boehner presented the other side of the argument. >> the president is threatening to take unilateral action on immigration. even though in the past he has made clear that he did not have -- he did not believe he had the constitutional responsibility or authority to do that. i will just say this. we're going to fight the president to the and nail if he -- tooth and nail if he continues down this path. this is the wrong way to govern. our goal here is to stop the president from violating his own oath of office and violating the constitution. it is n

joining me is the house democratic whip, steny hoyer, who was at the white house today. congressman, thank you so much for joining us. i want to get to the politics in a second. first there is this breaking announcement from the white house this afternoon that the president has decided to double the presence of u.s. troops in iraq. do you have any concerns about this announcement in terms of mission creep? will you support it? >> i don't think there's mission creep and, yes, i will support it. this is clearly pursuant to training and equipping and making sure that those folks on the ground, the boots on the ground who are indigenous to iraqis or others give them the kind of support and training they need to be effective in defeating isil, the president's objective and i think an objective shared by republicans and democrats and the country. >> what do you say to the people watching at home who think why is this announcement coming on a friday afternoon three days after the midterm elections? >> well, i don't say much about that because i don't know why the specific timin

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steny hoyer wants to stay on as house democratic whip. a letter to colleagues asking for his reelection. you will see hoyer in the yellow tie. he represents prince george's, or st. charles counties. they are tired of dysfunction in washington. >>> police in fort lauderdale, florida are threatening to throw a 90-year-old man in jail for feeding the homeless. and he's saying go right ahead. he is a pastor and homeless advocate. a newly passed law in that area bans passing out food in public. abbott has been cited for violating the law once. a second could land him in jail for 60 days. the feisty 90-year-old said putting him away won't make the problem go away. >> you can't sweep the homeless under the rug. and there isn't a rug large enough to sweep them under. i spent two and a half years in combat and 50 years of my life fighting for civil rights. and i have absolutely no fear of city jail. >> city officials say the new law is not to stop helping the homeless but to get them into city shelters that can provide a range of resources. >> we

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we have steny hoyer and we have all of the democratic leadership in maryland.an see just how many of them -- there are. and all of them now gathering up on stage. we are expecting anthony brown, i guess, to come out at some point and speak to us. the race still not called by anybody that i know of. but larry hogan, 9 points up in this election. there are still a lot of votes to come in from montgomery county. there's still a lot of votes to come in from prince george's county but clearly anthony brown has decided it may be time to come out and talk. i just spoke a time ago with the congressman and he said the problem with brown's campaign, he just failed to define himself in any clear way, in a positive way to voters particularly involved in baltimore city and his region, in baltimore county, which is a crucial kind of turning point for democrats and republicans here in maryland. he says he failed to tell folks what he was about, to talk about the fact that he was a colonel in the military, that he was on their side, that he wanted to do something for them, tha

. >> we have got word yesterday from both nancy pelosi and steny hoyer that they are going to spend the next two years separating this minority. it will be a generational push to get rid of all. >> something will give, but i think that their idea is that with -- and i'm putting myself in their head. i don't really know what's going on. this is a john malkovich thing but my thinking is 2016, hillary is on the ballot. we will win big and it helps to pull the house across the finish line. i don't know if i see it that way even with the victory. the one thing -- there has to be a full scale rebellion because they lost on a map that nobody thought they could win. and even though they were losing the entire time they raised a lot of money and probably did all that they could. they picked up, they lost pretty big but they still picked up about three seats and so i think they are going to have another shot and it will be interesting to see what happens after. >> what's the big picture so every senator that went on television yesterday is that the same question do you support mitch mcconnell and

the big ones are, of course, you know, minority leader whip steny hoyer, and then you know, they can sort of -- clyburn is, you know, they created a position for him when they went into the minority. so, you know, but of course, the top billing ones, the ones that get the top belling are nancy pelosi, steny hoyer. >> will there be any new faces to this leadership team? >> not in the elected leadership. but there is a new face, interestingly enough, from new mexico is going to be the chairman of the democrats campaign wing. he's succeeding steve israel of new york who had said before this cycle that he was going to -- that he was going to step down from that position. and they've created a position for israel to land and go to the head there -- in communications so that's interesting new face to the leadership position and a bit of a surprise actually. >> we're showing our viewers right now, congressman ben ray lujan, who is he and why did nancy pelosi decide to tap him for this post? >> he's a pretty relatively young 42, he's only been in the house since 2008. he comes from, you know

and maryland congressman steny hoyer was re-elected as minority whip. last week, house republicans voted to keep john boehner as speaker. >> woodruff: japan's leader today called for a snap election next month, putting his own job on the line. prime minister shinzo abe made the move one day after news that japan has fallen back into recession. some fault abe's economic policies, he responded by postponing a planned tax increase. abe also said he will resign if his party loses its majority in the election. >> ifill: president obama has ordered a review of how to respond to americans being taken hostage overseas. the white house confirmed the existence of the review, which it said began last summer, after news of the latest beheading of an american by "islamic state" militants. but spokesman josh earnest said the u.s will not change its policy of refusing to pay ransom. ;w:>> it's not that simple. we don't want to put other american citizens at even greater risk around the globe. and knowing that organizations can extract ransom from the united states. if

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we've seen nancy pelosi and steny hoyer say they are running for re-election as party leaders and this morning this looks like the same old, same old. do you think the democratic party needs new faces? >> i think if you look at nancy pelosi, for example, she has the same energy today that she did when she was first elected leader. she's been very focused and has the full confidence of the caucus. i think when we get back, the caucus will talk about not new leadership but what we need to do to answer some of the questions that came up as a result of tuesday's election and as i indicated, i think the real focus will be how do we get back to focusing on those core economic issues, helping the middle class, help people who want to climb out of poverty into the middle class. clearly we were not able to punch through on those issues. we can talk about all of the reasons why. the reality is we have to do better next week. >> on that piece, obviously minimum wage is a lift in the minimum wage very popular across the country as you point out. five different ballot initiatives all passed easily

if you put together 120 republicans with a like number of democrats and steny hoyer is a great deal-maker as well on the other side, you can get some of these things done. we'll see. i mean, the president has to dance. but if the president dances i think you can get a lot of stuff done. >> to follow up on that, the start of the last congress, boehner had a little bit of a scare. there were just a few members of his conference who wanted to vote for him for speaker. embarrassed him a little bit. do you see anything like that? >> you'll still see people show up on opening day and say i think we can take him but i think the speaker's troops have sort of circled the wagons. if you look at boehner for speaker and these other leadership pacs. to the rebel rousers, they didn't get any money. also, the republican establishment did a very good job of making sure that normal people were nominated and when nuts, the minate skirls have nothing to eat and as a result, it was all about barack obama and his record rather than the nut running against in person or the nut running against this person. i th

if you put together 120 republicans with a like number of democrats, and steny hoyer is a great dealmaker as well on the other side. you can get some of these things done. we will see. the president has to dance, but if the president dances, they can get a lot of stuff done. >> john boehner had a little bit of a scare. there were a few members who want to vote against him for speaker. do you see anything like that happening again? >> you will have people show up on opening day and say i think we can take him. i think the speaker's have circled the wagons as well and made it pretty clear, to the rabble-rousers, and the other lessons that emboldened the speaker come the republican establishment did a very good job of making sure that normal people were nominated. when you don't nominate nuts, the squirrels have nothing to eat. it was all about barack obama and his record rather than a nut running against this person or that person. pick senator bennett, going back over to the senate, you know mitch mcconnell well. he said he would have a more open floor process, more freewheeling debate. he

they've got harry reid, nancy pelosi, steny hoyer.gures towards the end of their political careers. well up in age. you have not just a couple younger republicans, republicans in their 40s and 50s, you've got a dozen republicans who are trying to run for president in the senate and in governorships. that gives a kind of energy to party. it also tends to generate the kind of new ideas that i think voters would really like to hear after four years now of gridlock and stalemate. i think that's a strength for the republican party moving forward. >> there's also a list of potential democrats that could still add their names to this chorus right now. martin o'malley seems a lot less likely after his -- well, basically his deputy lost, right, the loss for brown in maryland right now. among the other names we talk about, jim webb. he's a person who could really sort of get into that income inequality message in ways that could drive home -- i guess the potential for a little bit of a debate within the democratic party, intraparty. >> potentia

the whip is steny hoyer. congressman clyburn as the assistant leader. javier becerra is the caucus chair and representative lujan will be the campaign committee chair. we expect the house to return from its recess at about 5:00 p.m. eastern. they'll vote on a bill that makes changes to the qualifications and its election process for individuals serving on the ian:'s science advisory board. we'll have live coverage when they gavel back in. the senate continues at the bait -- debate this afternoon on a bill authorizing construction of the keystone x.l. oil pipeline. the house passed its measure last week. the senate expected to vote at about 5:30 eastern. so another hour or so of debate left and you can follow that over on c-span2. the issue of the keystone pipeline and whether or not the president would veto or sign the legislation came up at today's white house briefing. a spokesman also answered questions about isis and the terrorist attack today, earlier today in jerusalem against the sent going there. >> we're still fighting off -- i'll be honest wit

when i stalked to steny hoyer and elyjuh couple mings.y tried to paint the picture this was a national wave that brown got caught up in. mike miller, the head of the senate in an nap sis, maryland, also said the same thing. hoeing gachb caught a wave and rode it. really i think it comes down to the candidate, that proun probably didn't run a very good campaign. i talked to folks in prince george's county which he ended up winning. there wasn't a lot of spark that folks thought this was the guy that was going to take us there. maryland may not be quite as blue as we think it is beyond baltimore city, prince george's county and montgomery county. >> to keep nautical metaphors tlrks might have been a wave. but the democrats created quite a bit of undertow. i was talking to senator car den earlier. he admitted they didn't get their message. they had the right message and didn't get it out. more than that, they didn't get the base out, the people that would vote. by implication, the campaign -- he wouldn't say lieutenant brown, he said lieuten

if you put together 120 republicans with a like number of democrats and the in the steny hoyer is a greatdeal maker who can get some of these done so i think things are -- we will see. if the president dances i think we can get a lot of stuff done. >> at the start of the last congress john boehner had a little bit of a scare. there were a few members who wanted to vote against him the speaker and then there is tim. you see that happening did you see that happening again or has the past? payment you will still have people showing up on opening day that will have their ipad open and say i think we can take them that's going to be marginalized. i think the troops have circled the wagons and they've made it clear that if you look at john boehner for the speakers so that they don't get any money and the other lesson that i think emboldens the speaker is republicans establishment have done a very good job of making sure that the people were nominated and when you don't nominate, they have nothing to eat so it's all about barack obama and his record then not running against this person and that

the ent of the week session, house majority leader kenn mccarthy of california and minority win steny hoyer of maryland discuss next week's legislative schedule. the house will take up three bills to limit the power over the e.p.a. they also discuss the possibility of an omnibus spending bill, tax incentives and terrorism risk legislation. this is just over 10 minutes. s. i want to congratulate the gentleman for his re-election and the expansion of his majority. not something i was seeking but it is the reality, and i say to him -- mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is right. he house will be in order. please take your conversations off the floor. i know that all of us look forward to moving forward and hopefully having a degree of cooperation that will respond to what clearly the american people want and that is the two sides to be working together to make their country better and more successful. and so i want to congratulate the majority leader. at this point in time, i yield to the majority leader for the purposes of telling us what the schedu

it is an honor to be here with steny hoyer, jim clyburn, xavier becerra, caucus chair joe crowley -- i feel his tall presence. stephen israel, we are so proud of the response. rosa delauro, donna edwards, cochair of the syrian policy committee where we will be going into effect in momentarily. chris van hollen is not because but he is going to be a ranking member on target. in the interest of time, we have a meeting, i associate myself with the remarks of chairman becerra in terms of the priorities. it is really important to continue the conversation about where we were when president obama was elected. the chairman of the fed said that if we did not act by monday, we would not have an economy. that is what he said in september of 2008. that was the state of our economy before president obama took office. when he took office, the deficit was one point $4 trillion. it is now under $500 billion. unemployment is under 6%. the market is over 17,000. we experienced 56 straight months of job creation. millions of people have health insurance. there is much more positive data. still, the am

if you put together 120 republicans with a like number of democrats, and steny hoyer is a great dealmaker as well on the other side. you can get some of these things done. we will see. the president has to dance, but if the president dances, they can get a lot of stuff done. >> john boehner had a little bit of a scare. there were a few members who want to vote against him for speaker. do you see anything like that happening again? >> you will have people show up on opening day and say i think we can take him. i think the speaker's have circled the wagons as well and made it pretty clear, to the rabble-rousers, and the other lessons that emboldened the speaker come the republican establishment did a very good job of making sure that normal people were nominated. when you don't nominate nuts, the squirrels have nothing to eat. it was all about barack obama and his record rather than a nut running against this person or that person. pick senator bennett, going back over to the senate, you know mitch mcconnell well. he said he would have a more open floor process, more freewheeling debate. he

and steny hoyer, formerly the leader, now number two. also testified the first day at that first roundtable, very interested in making sure the democratic support is there, too, because our goal is to keep this a bipartisan way. know the cycle of discovery developme development and delivery is what sa saves lives. we want to work it faster and more efficiently so patients have better access to patients. needs to be collaborative which means our first step is listening to experts like i, so together we can keep america at the forefront of medicine and discovery. we learned half of the venture capitalists have left the u.s. they're investing now overseas. we want to bring them back. we want that investment to be here. we have to maintain that leadership role in research and health care that not only produceses jobs but saves lives and so important in the '90s when henry waxman and i put together the democratic and republican authors to double the money for nih president clenton signed into law. we have been work virginia closely with the s

minority leader nancy pelosi, steny hoyer and james clyburn all unanimously elected to their post. ben lou hahn will replace steve israel heading up the democratic congressional campaign committee. new york's carolyn mccarthy is retiring after nine terms in the house, and during a recent interview with c-span she talked about the leadership choices. >> there were leadership elections this week for the new congress, and questions asked of mrs. pelosi by the press in the briefing afterwards about the freshness of the leadership team, whether or not they're needed to be younger voices and group of leaders, many of whom are over 70. i'm wondering what you're thinking about the institution you're leaving behind and the leadership team that has as an aspiration the majority again? are they equipped for it? >> well, i think they are equipped, but i also think we have a lot of talented younger members, and it's not just by the way mrs. pelosi. i think she's been a great leader. and she is really good at raising money. that's not one of my fortes. i was never good at that. but they have to

steny hoyer, 75, jim clyborn is 74., she is 65 yearsode. is this a valid question? the question of being too old or staying too long. time for democrats to bring in younger blood to lead the party on capitol hill. so, let me talk to you first. what pelosi is say there about mcconnell and how come no pressure on him when they couldn't take back the senate in 20 2010, 2012. if they hadn't won this wreer, big pressure on him to go at that point. i remember covering the house democrats when they missed in 2002 and they missed in 2004 and talk of pelosi, hey, you have to get it together in 2006 and she did get it together and everything was fine. what was the attitude among democrats when she was there and their leader for more than 12 years. are they starting to say it is too much? >> breaks down in two categories. everything has been in a holding pattern for more than a decade with the pelosi and horner batter and that is going on under the surface. but the way people talk about it privately, you're a hoyer person pelosi p

steny hoyer, former majority leader, now the democratic whip, number two in the democratic leadership, also very involved, testified with ellen that first day at that first roundtable. very, very interested in making sure that the democratic support is there, too, because our goal is to absolutely keep this a bipartisan way. we know that the cycle of discovery, development and delivery is what saves lives. and we want to work it faster and more efficiently so that patients have better access to treatments. needs to be collaborative which is why our first step has been listening to experts like you so that together we can achieve the common goal of axccelerating th pace of cures and keeping america at the forefront of medicine and discovery. we learned that half of the venture capitalists have left the u.s. they're investing now overseas. we want to bring them back. we want that investment to be here. we've got to maintain that leadership role in research and health care that not only produces jobs but also saves lives which is why it was so important back in the '90s when henry waxman

mccarthy, new york senator chuck schumer, south dakota senator john thune, house minority whip steny hoyer. one story out of louisiana noting that the house majority is noteve scalise expected to attend the white house meeting today. more details on that later in the show when we talk to a reporter aboutl" the agenda items and what needs to happen at that meeting. right now we are taking your -- taking that question, how can the president and republican congress work together? samantha in akron, ohio good morning. caller: i was thinking that the newly elected candidates as well as the president's staff, or the democratic party and the republican party committees, could take a survey of the most urgent needs that people have expressed, and really get behind it and find out what the people of america want from them, see as important, and not pander to the wealthy or to the business interests, but really get to what the people want -- host: something the on those polls that we see of the issues that are most important to you, the gallup polls, where the economic issues -- caller: well -- yeah