but rushern baker and chris van hollen have known each other for decades.y worked together in fact in the maryland general assembly in the '90s. a montgomery county democrat tells "the baltimore sun" that he and baker, quote, stood side by side at the statehouse fighting for better schools and stronger gun laws and we continue to fight hard for critical investments for prince george's county. now baker also told "the baltimore sun" that donna edwards is, quote, extremely talented. he describes possible candidate chronicman elijah cummings of baltimore as a mentor, but he says ultimately he had to decide and choose the best candidate who would best represent the state and prince george's county. the announcement will be made here at the community center at 11:00. >> thank you, delia. >>> you know what week it is. masters week. get ready for the return of tiger. today tiger woods will play in the masters par 3 contest for the first time since 2004. his two kids will serve as caddies. the first major gulf championship of the year. woods was a four-time masters

congressman chris van hollen in maryland has been that they big endorsement in his bid for the senate seat held by the retiring barbara mikulski. maryland bureau chief brad bell explains why prince george's county executive or sean baker is throwing her support behind him. >> i am supporting chris van hollen as the next senator for the state of maryland because he will fight for prince george's county. brad: baker without announcement surprise some, who thought he would support another person running for the seat from prince george's county for stop baker says he is and forcing the best candidate. >> i'm endorsing a person who understands prince george's county. : brad baker says that race is not his primary concern. >> i know it is in the best interest of the county and state. brad: ike leggett speaks of his history in the civil rights movement and says that van hollen shares his values. >>'s leadership on all these issues we fought for his impeccable. brad: van hollen already has a huge fundraising lead in this will make raising more campaign money easier. van hollen: i'm grateful f

this goes back to a deep personal relationship between baker and van hollen. here is some of what baker had to say here in colmar manor this afternoon. >> i'm endorsing a person that i've known for almost 20 years. i'm endorsing a person that doesn't see joing on geography -- see geography. i'm endorsing a person that understanding prince george's county. i'm endorsing a person that understands the budget at the state and federal level. i'm endorsing a person that will bring it home for prince george's county and the state of maryland. >> reporter: of course a lot of the surprise here is that -- is because donna edwards, an african-american woman from prince george's county is also running for the senate seat that's being vacated by the dean of women in the u.s. senate, barbara mikulski who served retirement a couple of months ago. consist executive baker was also joined by the county executive from montgomery county ike leggett, also an african-american man who said van hollen's record on racial and inclusion issues is, quote, impeccable. baker again underlin

prince george's county executive about to endorse chris van hollen for senate in maryland. we'll get a live update in a few minutes. >>> meanwhile, the endorsement is a controversial one. baker is passing over his own constituent representative donna edwards also running for senate. they are both running to fill the seat left by retiring senator barbara mikulski. edwards represents a lot of prince george's county. >>> i'm angie goff at the live desk. an american soldier is dead after an afghan soldier opens fire on troops in afghanistan. now, the attacker was shot and killed but two other americans were also wounded. now, this happened in the city of jalalabad, as u.s. delegation that included the ambassador to afghanistan. michael mckinley were leaving the governor's compound. no one in that specific group was hurt knop word. no word on a motive. back to you. >> thanks angie. >>> today, transportation leaders from across the region will meet to set up a commission to oversee metro safety. this follows metro underground emergency that killed one woman at l'enfant plaza in j

brad: for van hollen the value is immense. he has a huge fundraising lead and this will make raising more campaign money even easier. >> i am grateful to these two leaders for the incredible work they do every day on behalf of our communities. brad: we reached out to the edwards' campaign for comment today and have not heard back. she remains the only other announced candidate for the soon-to-be open senate seat. brad bell abc 7 news. leon: and easter dinner leaves one couple with a bad taste in their mouths. >> i was embarrassed. he was embarrassed. and it just turned to just disgust. leon: yeah. you'll find out why. coming up ahead here what they were shocked to see on a television at a family restaurant. how the manager there is responding. leon: d.c. police say they need your help in finding a man caught on camera stealing a package from a home. the theft took place last friday outside of a home on ninth street northeast. the house surveillance camera captured a person taking the package off the porch and then walking away

he has a lot too. >> quickly, wendy baker did say one of the reason his was backing van hollen is vanollen brought money to prince georges county while in congress. >> that's what i was saying earlier. >> that matters. >> right, it does matter. i'm sorry i went blank. i know -- i know what i wanted to ask. i was reading some people say we're in a post-racial culture now. do you agree that politics can be post racial? >> i don't -- i don't know if we're there. i would go back to joe's point on this on the interest and the self-interest and what baker is looking at. baker's got this issue with the budget that he's trying to shore up. he wants to make sure money's going to flow down from the hall of congress. i think race still matters, especially in prince georges county you look at the demographics there. but if we back up again, anthony brown, you you know he carried prince georges county but did not carry it by the numbers many expected that he would in his gubernatorial race. >> what makes donna edwards so popular also is the gender issue. remember who she's replacing. barbara mc --

van hollen is running in the democratic primary to succeed the senator barbara mikulski. she's retiring after 40 years in congress. baker said he's known van hollen for decades and trusts his judgment and leadership. >> i'm endorsing a person that understands prince george's county. maureen: congresswoman donna edwards is the only other declared candidate in the democratic primary. other members of maryland's congressional delegation are also considering senate bids. a teachers union in maryland is urging lawmakers to reject a tax credit. the proposed credit backed by governor hogan would help businesses that support private school students. the president of the maryland senate -- rather the maryland state education association calls the break a vulture scheme. hogan initially pulled back on money for education and state employee pay to address a budget deficit. fairfax county residents got their first chance to comment on school funding at a public hearing today. supervisors are reviewing the 2016 budget passed by the school board in february. the $2.7 billion budget is

county executive baker will give his endorsement to chris van hollen over donna edwards. this is to fill the vacant senate seat by barbara mikulski. a lot of eyes and ears on this. van hollen and baker go back more than 20 years to the time that they had in the maryland houts house of delegates in the early 1990s. baker says those experiences weigh heavily in this decision. he had edwards has gained a lot of report from national log sieves. if edwards or any other affairen can american wins this race, they will make history in the state of maryland. baker says his decision is rooted in the best candidate that he feels can provide leadership and get things done specifically if folks in prince george's county. back to you in the studio. >> zachary, thank you. >>> if you live in prince george's county executive baker is also proposing several tax increases. according to the "washington post," county businesses are opposing the plan here. the paper says some business leaders are even going as far as writing up an alternative tax plan. property taxes are among the taxes that c

she and van hollen are both running to replace barbara mikulski who is retiring the end of her term. >>> now to washington d.c. where the campaign 2015 special election is in the homestretch. the voters in wards 4 and 8 will cast their ballots to fill the seats once held by muriel bowser in 4 and the late marion barry in 8. the folks running for his seat took part in a forum sponsored by aarp. the candidates were asked to be ready to talk affordable housing, prescription drugs, long term and home healthcare. transportation solutions for ward 8 were on the table. special election day is april 28th. the early voting kicks in april 13th. to learn where and when to cast your ballots, you can go to our website www.wusa9.com. check out the voter guide. >>> there's new information related to the murder of a lawyer at the donovan house hotel in northwest d.c. d.c. police arrested 19-year-old domonique johnson in connection with the case charging her with conspiracy. this is their second arrest. last week they charged 21-year- old jamyra gallmon. she's seen on this surveillance footage. she t

van hollen. i could just sit down and say i agree with everything that the gentleman has said but i want to add my voice to this debate and rise to support the democratic motion to instruct these conferees. as mr. van hollen has said, there are provisions in the senate version that are very, very worthy of our adopting. there is the reserve fund unpaid sick leave and it also rejects the house provision on medicare premiums support the vouchers. now, i've been a member of this budget committee for over five years, and i could tell you while i have an appetite for leftovers, this has just been warmed over too many times. this budget is just another variation of the same themes that we have seen in the past several years. and what are they, what is this thing? the majority party has recommitted themselves to benefit the wealthiest 1% of americans while balancing the budget on the backs of the poor. now, i know there are many people unfortunately on both sides of the aisle who are not all that concer

. >>> congressman chris van hollen is going to be the running ton the next senator even though -- to be the next senator even though donna edwards is running, too. >> reporter: the county executive not only crossed political boundaries, he crossed racial and gender lines in this endorsement today which surprised a lot of people here. >> i'm very surprised. >> reporter: constituents at prince george's county surprised by what their county executive rushern baker did today. >> my good friend chris van hollen. >> reporter: baker foreswearing the politics of race, region and gender by choosing congressman chris van hollen of montgomery over prince george's county congresswoman donna edwards to fill the u.s. senate seat vacated by the retiring barbara mikulski. >> or do i spend my time raising hell? >> reporter: the longest serving woman in u.s. congress history. lots of women here would like to see the arc of history continue with another woman in the senate. >> because females rule. >> i thought definitely he would go with edwards. >> reporter: many others would like to see more history

van hollen. the chair: the gentleman from maryland and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: i'm pleased to offer this amendment with my colleague, mr. mulvaney. and now that we have gotten beyond the sort of procedural objections, let's go to the substance of this. this is the first appropriations bill that we have on the floor that raises the question about the budgets that were passed in both the house and the senate. and as i think our colleagues know well at this point, both those budgets engage in incredible accounting scams with respect to how we fund the department of defense and how we fund our military operations. for years, we have dissr distinguished between the monies we spend on the base budget and the money set aside in the war account, the so-called, overseas contingency account funds. what has happened here is the president, on the advice of the joint chiefs of staff and our military leadership, has req

. >>> today we expect maryland representative chris van hollen to bring in another endorsement. baker will announce his support. that endorsement is raising eyebrows because baker chose van hollen over donna edwards who is representing much of prince george's county. a little later in this hour zachary kiesch will join us with a lack look at why baker chose van hollen. >> to the second city that voted for a second term and second chance. >> that is chicago mayor rahm emanuel after winning a second term after and you unexpectedly tough campaign. in the end he brought in 55% of the vote this the runoff for mayor. >>> uconn women's basketball team is waking up with their third straight national championship. so impressive. this is also their tenth the overall win for the husk kiss after knockoff notre dame. u con had just one loss this year and is 78-1 over the last two years. think about those stats. just incredible program. wow. >>> well, it could be his last chance to appeal his conviction and it could go to the u.s. supreme court. >> the last ditch effort for chevy chase man co

van hollen: thank you chairman. rep. van hollen: thank you chairman. i want to start where senator sanders began, thank you for bringing us together. i want to thank chairman price for their professional way he has conducted the budget committee in a bipartisan tradition. that means we obviously have very sharp differences when it comes to the budgets, and we now have a house republican budget and the senate republican budget, and neither budget reflects the priorities and values of this country. both budgets, i believe, are fundamentally wrong for our country, and both budgets send a big message to the american people, you're going to be working even harder, but you're going to be getting even less. so any point between two budgets, both of which are wrong for america, are going to be wrong for america. i don't know how we can salvage this, but here's what i would say. why do i say both budgets say work harder and get less? the good news in the country has been, we've seen more and more people getting back to work. we've seen months and months of sust

van hollen yielding. we're talking a lot about gimmicks and even at the conservative financial times said the republicans had to resort to smoke and mirrors to make this budget balance. i want to talk about one of the other tricks that's used. what the republicans' budget uses is they do something called dynamic scoring. which basically allows to you project all sorts of -- probably at least speculative growth based on policies that they would anticipate doing. now, here's a real world example of that. this weekend is the kentucky derby. it would be as if somebody went out and said, i'm going to buy a 2-year-old for $2 million. and then that 2-year-old i'm sure is going to win the kentucky derby, so i'm going to use that $3 million purse that horse is certainly going to win next year and i'm going to plug that in to my budget so my budget comes out ahead. yes, it could happen. but there's no evidence to believe it will happen. that's one of the ways that this budget reaches so-called balance. there are ot

senator enzi: congressman van hollen. mr. van hollen: thank you, chairman enzi. i want to start where the senator began, thank you for bringing us together. i want to thank chairman price with the way the -- we have very sharp differences when it comes to the budgets and we now have a house republican budget and a senate republican budget and neither budget reflects the priorities and values of this country. both budgets i believe are fundamentally wrong for our country and both budgets send a big message to the american people, you're going to be working even harder but you're going to be getting even less. and so any point between two budgets both of which are wrong for america are going to be wrong for america. and i don't know how we can salvage this but here's what i would say. why do i say both budgets say work hard, get less? the good news in the country is we've seen more and more people getting back to work. we've seen months and months of sustained job growth. we know we're not where we want to be, but we're heading in the right direction. the biggest c

van hollen is running for barbara mikulski's senate seat who is retiring. he's already raised more than $1 million for his campaign. >>> to the second city that voted for a second term and a second chance. >> that is chicago mayor rahm emanuel after winning a second term after an up expectedly tough campaign. he has faced several opposition from several unions and criticism over high school brash style. in the end, he brought in 55% of the vote p. >>> 4:31 our time. and a few sprinkles to deal with out there this morning. >> let's check in with chuck bell to find out if we'll have rain all day. chuck, good morning. >> won't be an all day rain event, but it will be an all day clouds and moisture kind of a thing. most of the rain has really stacked up here in the front part of the day between now and 9:00 this morning. that doesn't mean we'll have much improvement this morning. this little area of moderate rain this is the soggy wednesday morning commute that we'll be facing. already some briefly moderate rain out here new bluemont moving into far western lou

no it's crust van hollen too -- chris van hollen too, and it's the people that vote for chris van hollen. it's our friends and neighbors. and i go to the moral -- [inaudible] that vote straight obama/van hollen. and you cannot, you cannot talk to them. and the reason they get away with that is because we still treat 'em like friends and neighbors. we think that's a legitimate point of view. that is not a legitimate point of view if you're a jew. and we don't, we don't act on that basis. [inaudible conversations] >> do you have a question? any more questions? >> yeah i have a question. north korea and sony records and all that, i'm wondering about hacking computers hacking the state department -- >> yeah. >> -- the armed forces. and also the second question is i know that isis is very well funded. could you speak to to where some of those funds come from? >> yeah two great questions. two great questions. number one with isis and the cyber jihad, look, these are guys who i mentioned earlier are very savvy with technology, with the media and they do have a cyber hacking team does isis. ther

van hollen: i have a motion to instruct at the desk. the clerk: mr. van hollen move that the managers on the part of the house on the conference of the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the resolution senate concurrent resolution 11 be instructed one to recede from its disagreement with respect to section 363 of senate concurrent resolution 11 relating to the requirement for earned paid sick time to address the health needs of workers and their families. and two, to recede from subsection c-3 of section 808 of the house amendment relating to changing the current medicare program and replacing it with premium support payments. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 7 of rule 22, the gentleman from maryland and the gentleman from georgia will each control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: the house has passed a budget. it's a budget that is wrong for america. it does not reflect our country's priorities, it does not reflect our values. what it says to the american people is work harder and take home

this isn't van hollen writing this. this was from the senate house republicans. in their report. abuse of the oco cap adjustment is a back door loophole that undermines integrity of the budget process. the budget committee will exercise its oversight responsibilities with respect to the use of oco designation in the fiscal year 2015 budget process and it will oppose increases above the levels the administration or military commanders say are needed to carry out operations unless it can be clearly demonstrated such amounts are war-related. that was a year ago. now the same budget committee is doing the same end-run they complained could happen if we follow that path. so mr. chairman with all respect, despite the fact that this budget cuts deeply into our investments in education while providing tax cuts for folks at the very top cuts in tax rates it also doesn't balance and we put forth in the house, the house democrats an alternative which would actually provide some tax relief for working people, and would make the investments that we need to keep the country growing. by the way

no it's chris van hollen too and it's the people who vote for chris van hollen. it's our friends and neighbors. there are people -- and i went to the more religious synagogue that vote straight obama/van hollen, and you cannot, you cannot talk to them. the reason they get away with that is because we still treat 'em like friends and neighbors. we think that's a legitimate point of view and it's not a legitimate point of view if you're a jew. and we don't we don't -- [inaudible] >> any more questions? >> yeah, i have a question. with what happened with north korea and sony records i'm wondering about hacking computers, hacking the state department and also the second question is i know that isis is very well funded. could you speak to where some of those funds come from? >> yeah, two great questions. two great questions. number one with isis and the cyber jihad, look these are guys who i mentioned earlier are very savvy with technology, with the media, and they do have a cyber hacking team does isis. there have been persistent reports over the past few months that

congressman chris van hollen is also running for the seat. he's been endorsed by the entire county council and one prince george's county member. the biggest surprise was that prince george's county executive rushern baker also endorsed van hollen and not edwards who livers in the county. >>> the national park service has a new plan to get younger people to visit the jefferson memorial. you are looking live now at the jefferson this morning. a new interactive kiosk is being installed today where visitors can share their stories about their favorite national parks. it's part of the park service's find your park campaign. the goal is to encourage people to learn about the hundreds of national parks across the country. >>> 6:36. we want to congratulate roxann manley from bowie, maryland. you are our facebook fan of the day. she says, i can't start my day without wusa9 and i can't sleep when i've missed wusa9 at 11:00 p.m. >> that is impressive. roxonn, a little thank you there from -- roxann, a little thank you there coming from us. a tricia yea

tom price of georgia, rokita, moll far, van hollen and ms. moore. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> i send to the desk a privilege red port from the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: clerk will report the title. the clerk: resolution providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 6 2 to amend the internal revenue code to make permanent the reduction of state and local sales taxes, to provide consideration of the bill h.r. 605 to repeal the estate and generation skipping transfer taxes and for other purposes. and providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 1195 to amend the consumer financial protection act of 2010 to establish advisory boards and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. the house will come to order. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? the gentleman is correct, the house is not in order. members, please take

. >> you can watch the full interview with congressman van hollen as well as a discussion with former hewlett-packard ceo carly fiorina this sunday on capital download. join me and susan page 8:30 a.m. here on wusa9. >>> a man spent 66 days stranded at sea before he was rescued. it's hard to believe. 36-year-old louis jordan was rescued yesterday in the atlantic ocean. the inexperienced sailor survived by eating raw fish and drinking rainwater. jordan left south carolina in january, but his sailboat capsized stranding him at sea. >> i went to sleep and i woke up and the whole boat had turned around and i was flying through the air somersaulting and the ceiling was the floor and the floor was the ceiling and this side was the other side and everything was upside down and backwards. >> wow. a german tanker spotted jordan and called the coastguard who took him to a norfolk, virginia hospital and treated him for a broken shoulder. he does not look too bad. >> especially since he's alive. >>> tonight animal control officers in fairfax county looking for the owner of a dog who has gone thro

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no, it's chris van hollen, to come and it's the people who vote for chris van hollen. that's our friends and neighbors. to our people, and i look to the more religious synagogue that vote straight obama, then home. you cannot talk to them. the reason they get away with that is because we still treat them like friends and neighbors. we think that's a legitimate point of view. that's not a legitimate point of view if you are a jew. and we don't, we don't act on that basis. >> did you have a question? any more questions? >> in light of what happened with north korea and sony records and all that come wondering about hacking computers, hacking the state department at all that come the armed forces, and also the second question is i know that isis is very well-funded. could you speak to where some of those funds come from? >> two great questions. number one with isis and the cyber jihad. look, these are guys who i mentioned earlier are very savvy with technology, with immediate come ambiguity cyber hacking team, as isis. there have been consistent reports that they're tryin

prince george's county executive baker endorsed congressman chris van hollen for senate today. baker passed over his own constituent donna edwards also running for the u.s. senate seat. today baker explained his pick. he says van holland can reach across the aisle and while in the house of delegates van holland helped get money for county schools. >> he was senator van holland that helped us in prince george's county not only make sure that we restructured our school board so we could make sure the money was spent where it should be, but it allowed prince george's county to get an additional set of monies in our school system. >> coming up tonight at 5:00, county bureau chief tracee wilkins talks to voter whoz are angry about baker's decision not to endorse edwards. >>> we are tracking another deadly insider attack in afghanistan this time in jalalabad in eastern afghanistan. one of three american soldiers shot by an afghan soldier has died. the americans returned fire and killed the attacker. nbc news has confirmed the shooting happened after a meeting between afghan leaders an

van hollen, for the purpose of unanimous consent request. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to insert my statement in the record that the house should focus on the real priorities of americans instead of another attack on women's health care. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i yield to the gentlewoman from california for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. ms. hahn: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to insert my statement in the record that the house should focus on the real priorities of americans instead of another attack on women's health care. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i yield to the distinguished jo from california, our democratic leader, ms. pelosi for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. ms. pelosi: mr. speaker, i thank the gentleman for yielding and i ask unanimous consent to incertificate my statement in the record that the house should focus on real priorities of americans instead of another attack on women's health care. the speak

today he endorsed congressman chris van hollen for senator barbara mikulski's seat. upset that baker did not people a constituent interest his own county congresswoman donna edwards. baker and van holland served together in the maryland house of delegates in the 1990s. >> i regularly endorse people that i know personally that i trust personally, that i've work worked w. i think he's the type of person that's going to go in there and be the type of senator we've seen senator mikulski be. >> i've known donna edwards for over probably 15 years. i know she done a lot for the county. i would support her. i don't know why mr. baker doesn't feel he needs to support her. >> montgomery county supervisor isaiah leggitt has supported van holland. if elected edwards would be the first african-american senator from mare march. >>> a new call for help to catch the vandals who sprayed hate messages on a synagogue. >>> safety changes coming to metro a . >>> people who live in a montgomery county community are being asked to check their security cameras. detectives are hoping that so

meanwhile, democratic congressman chris van hollen is co-sponsoring a bill this the house expanding thegram. it would raise tax on upper income people to provide more generous social security benefits. then out on the stump, a potential democratic presidential candidate made this pitch in iowa -- >> to make the dream come true again we must expand social security benefits and not cut social security. >> that is opposite the view that the only way to save the program is by cutting benefits to future retirees. >> where was hillary clinton on the issue of social security in her last campaign? >> well as you know, we'll soon be hearing a great deal from hillary clinton on the full range of domestic issues. back when she went toe to toe with then senator barack obama in april 2008, clinton sounded like she favored a bipartisan compromise to fix the entitlement. >> you've got to begin to rein in the budget, pay as you go to try to replenish our social security trust fund. and with all due respect, the last time we had a crisis in social security was 1983. president reagan and speaker tip o'ne

but baker has chosen representative chris van hollen of montgomery county instead. >> why doesn't heke the people in prince george's county are capable? >> reporter: mother and daughter say they're disappointed in baker's recent choices. >> i know donna edwards for over probably about 15 years, and i know she done a lot for prince george's county. i would support her. i don't know why mr. baker doesn't feel he needs to. >> it hars hard to go one way or another because there's pluses on both sides. >> reporter: the mayor of the town of cull perfect manor where baker made the announcement. her council consists of all african-american women. she hasn't decided who she will support in the senate race but says -- >> we need more female voices in all this leadership. >> reporter: baker says he stands by van holland being the best for the job and is prepared to defend that choice. >> i think he's the type of person that's going to go in there and really be the type of senator we've seen senator muste ror mikulski be. >> if we believe the candidates are good candidates and you believe somebo

folks like congressman chris van hollen calling on her to head to baltimore saying she needs to see ifsthand. do you agree? >> not necessarily. i think this is really going to be about timing and making sure the timing is right. the community there obviously is in a period of grieving with the freddie gray incident. more this week as the investigation wraps up and sometimes visits by officials from washington or political levels can be distracting or can be ill timed. she'll make the right decision when that's appropriate to do so. she set some high level members of her administration and the department to baltimore. they were there even in the last few days. i'm sure they will remain engaged there and continue to report back to her regularly. >> they're going to be staying close watch on that as we can already tell as the president has spoken out a couple times about issues at hand in baltimore. jim, thank you so much. great to see you. really appreciate it. >> thanks, kate. appreciate being here. >> let's head back to baltimore. john is there. john? >> all right. thanks so much. i wa

host: it is early yet, but is your game plan any different from what congressman van hollen laid out? guest: i'm really on the fundraising side, as chris was the finance chair. lots of fundraising and trying to stick by the spirit and a letter of all of the fdic ideas. i do not like united citizens decision is all. we want to help fund those candidates on the edge, the reds or blue or frontline candidates. and there will only be 60 or 70 of them that have a chance to win. some seats are safe for the republicans and some are safe for the democrats. we will be focusing on those seats that we have a chance. host: let's go back to calls. california, joseph on the independent line. caller: hello, and good morning everybody. i just want to remind everybody that israel got its nuclear weapons with their ally in south africa when they were in the apartheid regime. they were outright fascist. me being a black person, i don't think israel should have any nuclear weapons. i think we should put sanctions on israel to get rid of their nuclear weapons. guest: thank you, joseph. one of the interesti

no it's chris van hollen too and the people who vote for him. it's our friends and. [inaudible] the people that vote straight obama/van hollen, and you cannot talk to them. and the reason they get away with that is because we still treat 'em like friends and neighbors. we think that's a legitimate point of view. that is not a legitimate point of view -- [inaudible] andik we don't -- [inaudible] >> did you have a question? >> any more questions? >> yeah, i have a question. >> number three at in the records about attacking computers are attacking the us state department i know that isis but can you speak to wear those come from? >> great questions but with isis the cyberjihad these are guys you mentioned earlier are very savvy with technology and the media that have their cyberhockey team that they are trying to hack into the personal information of u.s. military personnel and law-enforcement. that is scary they have published addresses of soldiers on the web. or their real? not quite clear but the intent is there absolutely bad on b-2s sensitive economic issues but in

host: it is early yet, but is your game plan any different from what congressman van hollen laid out?uest: i'm really on the fundraising side, as chris was the finance chair. lots of fundraising and trying to stick by the spirit and a letter of all of the fdic ideas. i do not like united citizens decision is all. we want to help fund those candidates on the edge, the reds or blue or frontline candidates. and there will only be 60 or 70 of them that have a chance to win. some seats are safe for the republicans and some are safe for the democrats. we will be focusing on those seats that we have a chance. host: let's go back to calls. california, joseph on the independent line. caller: hello, and good morning everybody. i just want to remind everybody that israel got its nuclear weapons with their ally in south africa when they were in the apartheid regime. they were outright fascist. me being a black person, i don't think israel should have any nuclear weapons. i think we should put sanctions on israel to get rid of their nuclear weapons. guest: thank you, joseph. one of the interesting

van hollen, and then we have a list of the others in order.o at this point -- we appreciate all showing up so far. although those who do not show up will help reduce the length of the meeting of course. [laughter] we meet today with moving the join house-senate budget conference with the goal of producing a balance budget, about to that strengthens our nation's defense, protects our most honorable citizens, improves economic ruth and opportunity for hard-working families, and slows the rate of the federal government's out of control spending growth. it was no small task. the last time both houses of congress passed a balanced joint budget resolution was in fiscal year 2002. that means we have not had balanced budget for almost 15 years. when it comes to the federal budget, americans know that we have lived for too many years with too many blown deadlines and too many last-second deals. both ends of pennsylvania avenue have allowed this to become the new normal on how we operate. this is why passing a budget is so important for our nation. it l

congressman chris van on hollen and congressman donna edwards have already declared for that race. >>> tim kaine will meet students on a robotics term in leesburg and the final stop at a bilingual culinary job training program in arlington. today's local events are part after five-day tour he's on to talk about trade and economic development. >>> it's 6:28. we want to take a look outside. it doesn't look so bad. allyson isn't sphon for the -- responsible for the rain. she's just accurate in forecasting. >> doesn't sound like a good one. >> it's not too bad. it's just hard to beat yesterday. yesterday was so great. >> those april showers bring? >> mayflowers. >> hopefully cherry blossoms. that's what my dad told me. >> we're still on target to get to the peak of cherry blossoms. good news for the weekend. we are going to see a lot of sunshine. it will be a little cooler than yesterday but we are in store for a good one. here's what we're looking at to start off your monday for your tuesday. we have some wet roads out there. most of the rain is pushing off to the east. we're drying out.

van hollen and then we have a list of the others in order.d that we are at this point and appreciate all who have shown up so far although those who don't show up will help reduce the length of the meeting of course. so we meet today on moving forward with the joint house, senate budget conference with the goal of producing a balanced budget, a balanced budget that does not rely on new taxes and its and strengthens our nation's defense can protect them affordable citizens, prince economic growth and opportunity are hard-working families and slows the rate of the federal government out of control spending growth. was no small task to contact the list of both houses of congress passed a balanced joint budget resolution was in fy 2002. it means we haven't had a balanced budget for almost 15 years. when it comes to the federal budget americans know that we live for too many years with too many blown deadlines and too many last second deals. both ends of pennsylvania and have allowed this to become the new normal on how we operate. this is why pas

we've had chris van hollen talking about the budget.h and along with things that you want. eitc. the tax credit. do something, throw a bone to the growth side of things. no trickledown. it didn't work. it doesn't work now. that's not going to happen. now elizabeth warren and her concontingency democrats are going to pull their candidate to the left. let's say hshgillary clinton is elected. do you think we get a pro-growth candidate? >> i don't know. i think hillary clinton compared to the current president would be wildly progrowth, compared to a republican less probably. the whole issue for america today is where is the demand where is the growth? because the growth is the future. and i think the malaise and the fact that we've recovered much slower than this recession than any previous recession is the fact that we haven't unleashed the growth. i mean we spend $1 trillion in the stimulus bill that accomplished nothing. zero. other than added $1 is trillion to our debt. everybody is talking about infrastructure. you can imagine if that

i want to thank my colleagues who have co-sponsored this resolution, represent i have chris van hollen, jerry connolly, eleanor holmes norton, donna edwards who brought this to the floor, and barbara come stock. i hope -- barbara comstock. i hope all members of the house will support this legislation and will come to watch the soap box der bee in action on june 20. again i thank my colleague from maryland, ms. edwards, for making sure i got here so i could once again say how proud i am of those who participate in the soap box der bee. good luck to all of them. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland yields back. does the gentleman from pennsylvania have further remarks? mr. barletta: i want to once again thank the gentleman from maryland for his commitment to our youth and for once again introducing this great piece of legislation. with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from maryland is recognized. ms. edwards: mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: al

van hollen is running for senator.f i don't hear more from the democrats that i hear from rand paul, it should not expect me to show up on 2016 fully trigger. all right. stephen and baltimore. go ahead. what do you think of this russian > caller: i have to defend the mayor. i was among the protesters on saturday. it was peaceful saturday. it was all peaceful. i was very surprised the last couple of days. she was caught [indiscernible] as for as the young people who are doing the looting and the violence these kids in these neighborhoods have nothing. i mean absolutely nothing to look forward to. you do not threaten them with jail. they will say i've been in jail eight times. it doesn't matter. they have nothing to look forward to there. excuse me. i'm a little nervous. host: you are doing great. go ahead. caller: you have to realize that he has been in this town, and this is not part of the new city, it is nationwide. i have seen the abuse from some of the police that payout to begin people. i remember standing one eve

what did because of have put forward in their alternative and the house, chris van hollen and many senateemocrats, trying to bring down the sequester equally. when talking about whether you reduce the sequester on the defense side it hardly makes sense from a budgetary perspective. one typical republican with tax and spend policies, spending money they do not have, and on this case on defense. we need to find cuts per that is really not what the discussion is about. it is, do we go above and beyond this cap on the defense side? if you're looking at doing it equally saying, look, we are going to undo part of the sequester and find alternative cuts -- as far as i know, that is not the discussion occurring. host: as far as alternative cuts, what programs could possibly make the cut, so to speak? guest: i have offered dozens of cuts and amendment spirits of half past he has two different forms. whether it is cutting ag subsidies or defense programs that even the pentagon says they do not need or whether it is removing budgetary tricks that we use, i think there is ample room thomas certainly

my colleague, chris van hollen, has a solution for this. requiring companies to raise wages for their workers if they want to qualify for that tax break. it's a simple solution that wouldn't mean companies certainly have to raise pay for their workers. they'll just need to stop expecting the government to cover the exorbitant salaries of their executives if they can't pay the rest of their employees a livable wage. mr. speaker, my colleagues and i stand with the millions of workers fighting for $15. lifting pay for low-wage workers will boost their purchasing power pumping more money into our economy and giving businesses the revenue to create more jobs. lifting pay for low-wage workers will reduce government spending. lifting pay for low-wage workers will open the doors to the american dreams for the millions who have already demonstrated that they are ready and willing to work and to work hard for it. and by standing together and fighting for the $15, these workers have already made their voices heard. in the living rooms and the board ro