host: we would like to thank michael farren from the data at georgecenter mason announcer: c-span's washington journal, like every day with news and policy issues impacting you. coming up sunday morning, former members of congress discuss the political climate after the midterm elections and what it means for the new congress. a member of the brookings institution talks about suspicions that north korea is continuing its ballistics program. sure to watch eastern journal -- washington journal. join the discussion. announcer: the white house did not release a weekly address from the president this week. virginia congressman gerald connolly delivered the democratic weekly address and he talked about the midterm ec

host: we would like to thank michael farren from the data at georgecenter mason university. thank you so much. guest: thank you for having me. host: coming up next, sabeel rahman will join us for our spotlight on magazine segment, and we will talk about where the democrats will put their focus congress. republican stay with us. join us this weekend for live coverage of the miami book fair starting today at 10:00 a.m. eastern with journalist michael -- isikoff and david corn. been supreme court justice sonia sotomayor. and then the book "mad politics." with hish goldberg book "suicide of the west." sunday at 11:15 a.m., guardian columnist alissa quart on the middle class with her book "greed." then the book "every man a king." former secretary of state john kerry with his book "every day is extra." watch the miami book fair this weekend on c-span2's booktv. ," california"q&a democratic congresswoman jackie spear talks about her memoir "undaunted." airstrip: i was on an in the remote jungles of guyana, having finished a tour, and we were ambushed and shot. congressman ryan was

host: we would like to thank michael farren from the data at georgecenter mason announcer: c-span's washington journal, like every day with news and policy issues impacting you. coming up sunday morning, former members of congress discuss the political climate after the midterm elections and what it means for the new congress. a member of the brookings institution talks about suspicions that north korea is continuing its ballistics program. sure to watch eastern journal -- washington journal. join the discussion. announcer: the white house did not release a weekly address from the president this week. virginia congressman gerald connolly delivered the democratic weekly address and he talked about the midterm elections and the democratic agenda. >> hi, i'm congressman gerry connolly from virginia. this week, i helped welcome many of the new members of congress including three incredible women from the commonwealth of virginia. they are among the record number of women who will serve in the house of representatives in the 116th congress. there's is a historic freshman class that promises to brin