message you're bringing to the hill today? >> jobs. middle class. broke. >> treating you like -- already? >> jobs middle class and growth. he was meeting first with the house side and then moving over to the senate side for this all-democratic party. congressman chris van hollen was in that meeting. we will have him joining us briefly in a moment. another story we have been following closely today is what we could learn by this friday and the fate of alex rodriguez and major league baseball. according to reports the mlb has told the players union which pros it plans to suspend in its drug investigation and which ones will receive stiffer penalties for allegedly obstructing the biogen sis case. alex rodriguez could face a lifetime bans and his lawyer spelling espn and new york radio, quote, we are focused on an appeal. joining me is ben writer, a staff writer with "sports