representative wasserman shultz from one of the issues you talked about in here though is the patriot act and cybersecurity and spine. 2001 when the patriot act was passed, most of the congress if not all voted for it. how would you have voted? >> guest: you know, i was in congress when we voted for the reauthorization of the patriot act, and under the republican congress when president bush was in office i voted against those reauthorization's because i felt that they didn't strike the right balance between protecting our privacy ever taken our national security, but there were versions i voted for. it's hard to say how he would've voted in 2001 but there's no question that we have two site that balance. we need to continue our quest because i'm not sure we are there yet. >> host: edward snowden, has he done our nation a favor in your view? >> guest: no. edward snowden is a greater edward snowden has dramatically damage our country. and should not be looked at as a patriot. he compromised national security. he violated an oath that he took and really did serious damage to the united

joining me in studio is congressman debbie wasserman shultz. great to have you here. >> great to be here. >> let's talk about the president's trip and taking the message to the people. some say he was so critical of congress, i would not just stay in d.c., go to the hill, shake hands and talk to people about what he wants to get done. >> as we noticed over the last five years republicans don't seem interested in doing anything other than throwing obstacles in the path of progress. he's willing to work with them. said that tuesday night. wants to make sure that people know that he is focused on building ladders to the middle class and helping more people have opportunities to keep a roof over their head, make life better. >> what is the most actionable item that you think can get done? >> i think we need to focus on increasing the minimum wage. that's something that the overwhelming majority of americans support and deserve. we have to make sure manufacturing hubs can get creative. congress has an opportunity to work with him so we can make thin

debbie wasserman shultz: the democratic national committee put out this one: where is the traffic study we have heard. and they put out this one. >> but i actually was the guy working the cones out there. you really are not serious. >> and i've made it very clear to everybody on my senior staff that if anyone had any knowledge about this, they needed to come forward and tell me about it, and they all assured me that they don't. >> so far the republicans have been quiet about the issue. no word from rand paul or tes cruz. tony, people have been tweeting about this all day. ten years after: >> yes, i bet there are a ton more out there, and glad you were able to get what you were able to get. >>> president obama has announced a new effort to combat poverty. calling for a day of action. the first of five promise zones, and these are areas in the country that need help to bounce back. san toneio, philadelphia, los angeles, southeastern kentucky, and the choctaw nation of oklahoma. the goal is to tackle poverty, expand educational opportunities, and access the affordable housing and opportuni

quote, stupid, that this made it look like chris christie was hiding and congressman debbie wasserman shultza and democratic national committee chair, was probably overjoyed by this. she shadowed christie for in orange county and then in broward county near fort lauderdale er dale and held press conference after press conference how she got to highlight how he was hiding from the press and essentially try to tie the two governors and very scandals that happened in scott's past with the current scandals in chris christie's present. doesn't look good for chris christie, this is not a good way to make a first impression in the nation's biggest swing state, florida. luckily for christie, it's happening like 34 months before the 2016 elections. so there's time to clean it up. but there's a lot of bitterness against christie, even in the republican party, one of rick scott's own major donors named brian ballard called chris christie horrific as a person. >> let's switch gears and i want to talk about something else, comments that president obama made in an interview with the new yorker magazine ta

martha: deb which -- debbie wasserman-shultz was at a fundraiser meeting lambasting him essentially.> we can expect this. chris christy is the leader of field for 2016. democrats are looking at shim showing him ahead of or slightly behind hillary clinton. they want to dust him up because of the actions of a couple of his staffers who acted inappropriately. we are a long way between now and 2016. further away from the george washington bridge you get the more people are looking at the points governor brown mention. governor christie stepped up and fired the people responsible. people are running up to me in airports and say he actually went to the communities and apologized to the mayor for having their community affected. bill: nfl championship sunday did not disappoints. broncos and patriots and peyton manning. he was near perfect sunday. 400 yards in the air. denver's defense shut down tom brady and the patriots. he will anear his third super bowl, trying to win his second. now to the nfc where it came down to the final seconds late last night. watch. intercepted by malcolm smith.

congressman mccarthy, congresswoman wasserman shultz, thank you for joining us.i would now like to welcome political chief white house correspondent mike allen and missouri senator roy blunt to the stage. [applause] >> [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. thank all of you for being here this or the morning after you were all late tweeting and making use and all things were going to welcome to our viewers in live stream land, and figures on c-span. we appreciate very much c-span bring these amazing conversations to our audience. we are honored to have with us senator roy blunt, from his reviews on the appropriations committee. senator blunt, last night the most important thing that you learned about president obama was what? >> you know, probably the most important thing i learned about i didn't know was i thought that he was the most comfortable giving the speech that i have seen in getting any of the state oof union speech the authority f some really good moments of showing that he was relaxed with who he was. .com that doesn't necessary mean i think got t