she is calling out congress for putting politics above science. times op-ednew york last week. she is pulling out all the stops. she is only going to have students from schools that are complying with the school nutrition regulations. a lot of the event she is holding have the common theme. don't roll the rules back. changesn't want to see other than letting usda allow schools to have more flexibility. usda has been in line with what the administration is asking for. it will be interesting to see how it goes. there will be debate on the floor. we're expecting representative sam farr to introduce an amendment to strip out the waiver language. he stride to do the same thing during markup and failed to get the support for that. and then it will turn to what happens in congress. >> in addition to the school lunch program issue, let's look at some of the other issues that you're looking for that

will come up in debate in the agriculture bill. >> it's such a broad variety of issues. a ban on horse slaughter is now in the law. there could be some discussion over a rider in the bill that prevents usda from spending money on some key competitiveness and contract issues, specifically related to poultry farming. we might hear some debate about reforming sugar programs. you never know. it could be chinese chicken. >> one of the things what the he food stamp program. the assistance program known as food stamps is a mandatory program. for the most part that tends to stick to the farm bill as far

as where that's debated out. you might hear lawmakers complaining about how the cuts have been implemented. they think states have made meaningful cuts to food stamp programs. you might see discussion about that. the other nutrition issue that could be brought up is allowing white potatoes in the women, infants and children feeding program. up until now white potatoes have not been allowed in that program because medicine and usda argue that pregnant women, small children, are already getting enough white potatoes. that's apparently what the data shows. potato farmers think it's not fair to cast white potatoes as seemingly unhealthy to especially low-income women and children. so they fought really hard. there's a provision in both the senate and house bill to go ahead and let white potatoes in the program, so they won't be

the only vegetable left out. >> certainly lots to look forward to in the debate. helena, our agricultural reporter for "politico." follow her on twitter. thank you so much for the update. >> happy to be here. thax. >> after primaries in five states today, the headline is that house majority leader eric cantor has lost the g.o.p. primary to tea party challenger dave bratt in virginia. we want to get your calls. 202-585-3880. mocrats, the number is 202-585-3881. nd independentses, 202-585-3882. in looking at some of the umbers, 98% of precincts, dave bratt won and eric cantor 44%. give us a call. first, some tweets from jonathan weisman, congressional

reporter with the "new york times," saying, "cantor can still run as a writing candidate. a broader electorate in november but wow, he has decisions to make." another one from "politico" staff writer, jake sherman in richmond. "my first cut on the eric cantor loss completely upends washington politics." looking at roll call, house majority leader eric cantor, "moving his primary to a poorly funded opponent." in recent history, roll call says it's extremely rare for a member of house leadership to lose, especially in a primary. the most recent majority leader or speaker to lose re-election was the late democratic speaker tom foley of washington, but he lost in a general election in 1994, a republican wave. again those numbers, republicans 202-585-3880, democrats 202-585-3881, and

independents call 202-585-3882. some more tweets with the "huffington post," sam stine, says, "on a more serious note, cantor's loss removes one of the more vocal republican n.i.h. champions, a potentially big loss for that community." and another tweet from jonathan strong, "by a significant margin, most surprising political story ever covered." a story in "politico" now, the eadline, "cantor loses." bratt ran a campaign accusing cantor being too cozy and disconnected from his district. in washington, there was equal shock at the vote tally from senior g.o.p. aides who long dismissed the primary challenge. cantor tried to beat bratt into submission spending $1 million in april and may, including on a spate of television

advertisements and mailings, calling his opponent a liberal. we'll take your call. the first one. hi, go ahead. what are your thoughts about the election in virginia? >> we'll try our next caller. >> i'm sorry, who is this again? >> this is c-span. do you have some comments about the election with eric cantor and dave bratt in virginia? >> oh, sure. do i give them to you now? >> yes, please, go ahead. >> yes, i think mr. cantor lost because of the immigration issue. he was too much in support of some kind of amnesty. that would be my thought on the situation there. >> eric cantor was first elected to congress in 2000.

he was house minority whip from 2009 to 2011. our next call. go ahead, what are your thoughts? >> hello. >> hi. what are your thoughts about he election in virginia? >> i think he's trying to be a human being and have to work together with the democratic leader. >> now, what do you think about eric cantor losing the race today, the primary race? >> i think he lost because he tried to be a human being and tried to work together. >> and what showed you that he was trying to be a human being? why do you say that? >> because he worked together to try to get something done. they don't want nothing done. >> a little bit about the winner in the seventh district of virginia against eric cantor. dave bratt teaches at randolph make con college, a small liberal arts school north of richmond and he raised just more than $200,000 for his

campaign, according to the most recent campaign finance reports. our next call, go ahead with your thoughts. hi, go ahead. please, go ahead. >> i think that it's a great day for the country. i was a little worried before that the country was going down the drain. i think this might be a step in the right direction to get us back where we belong. thank you. seismic upset tuesday night. house majority leader was defeated by his powerful underfunded challenger, david brat." next up, go ahead. what are your thoughts? hi, you're on the air. taking our next call. what do you think about the election with eric cantor losing? he's the majority leader in the house.

hey, jim go. ahead with your thoughts about he election tonight. hi, michael. what are your thoughts about what's happening today with eric cantor losing this primary race to dave brat? >> dave brat totally deserved it because he was a fake conservative. >> did you say fake conservative? you mean eric cantor is a fake conservative? can you elaborate? , because he cantor actually -- he's 96% conservative. so 2014, 44%. he voted to -- for the debt limit extension act and he voted against the insurance affordability act. so he's conservative, slowly going down and he's going to turn into a rhineo like most of the others in congress. >> so dave brat was a tea party

candidate. do you think that the tea party is -- what do you think that says about the tea party? >> well, i think the tea party is -- it's something totally different from the republican papers because the republican party is an establishment. and they want to -- i think eric cantor is turning into, just like i said, a rhino, and the tea party is trying to show the republican party that they can't do that. that you can't turn -- he's trying to turn into a liberal. >> time for the g.o.p. party to sirneder. the people have spoken."

will is our next caller. go ahead. >> yes, hi. my name is will. i'm calling on the democratic line. i think this is a step forward. i think eric cantor was one the main proponents that was against, of course, the affordable health care act. think he would have also been a roadblock to virginia actually expanding medicaid. so i think this is a great victory for the tea party and i common 's a sign that sense politics need to be first and foremost for our nation. i think that mr. cantor may have had some other agendas as thoughts is own

about how things should be run, and i think that in the future this puts the republican party n notice as to we're not going to tolerate the antics. i do recall when president obama first took office, he sat down and wanted to bring in republicans and discuss how they could work together along in the democratic party some bipartisan way. mr. cantor actually drew a response from the president and well ponse was pretty taken. as a part of his response, mr. cantor threw down a stack of documents as they entered into the space which they were going to conduct the meeting, and the

president basically said, really, eric? i mean, this is a great victory for the tea party. >> well, let me ask you this -- a roll call sent out a tweet saying that "cantor's defeat was in the immigration tea leaves." what's your response to that? >> well, i think that may be pretty consistent to what mr. cantor's platform was on immigration. i don't think he was a great proponent of what the current administration is trying to do concerning immigration. i'm sure that there are things within what the currents administration is trying to accomplish at this point that may need to be tweaked. however, to roadblock things that could be positive as a part of our immigration policies, i think mr. cantor would have been a -- excuse me obstacle as a part of

trying to get things done with passing immigration law. >> all right. i want to jump in here. "national journal" sent out a tweet saying "g.o.p. after cantor's loss were absolutely stunned." i'll take our next call. mike, go ahead with your call. hi, mike. >> hi, this is mike. i believe this is a result of a direct mistrust for establishment representatives in congress people. i believe there is a growing this arian movement and distress has led to -- i believe there will be an upheaval that becomes more and more frequently in the future due to all of the lobbyists that they cater to and not the american people. >> what are some examples of areas of distrust?

>> when -- well, we'll start with, say, this food thing that they're having in the schools. nobody should really have a program telling individuals what our children should be putting in their bodies. that should be up to the parents themselves, not washington. there shouldn't be lobbyists in there trying to lobby their food products to get into these schools. whenever money comes into play, it distorts what the government is actually trying to do for the people. >> i appreciate your call. next up is gene, go ahead, gene. >> how are you today? >> good. what's your reaction to eric cantor losing the g.o.p. primary in virginia? >> it's a wonderful day in america. >> why do you say that? >> well, because i think the democrats got it right.

i'm a 75-year-old disabled vet and i go to the phoenix virginia hospital. and the and the v.a. system is a wonderful system, the best in the world. but some of these republicans and some of those tea parties would like to dissolve that, and things the best thing in the world that could ever happen. >> eric wasson, a reporter, said, "cantor brokered last deal to save export/import bank. tea party resurge enter could see banks shuttered in the fall quovement bob is our next caller. hey, bob. >> i'm bob calling from outside of georgia. >> good. what are your thoughts? >> i hope it happens more often in more of the races. i think it comes down to two things, why he lost. one, big to do with immigration. and it's not being reported in a lot of the press about what's going on in the southern border

with all the kids coming in. and it's only going to get worse. so i think that had a lot to do with it. d secondly, i think there is a lot of mistrust. the other caller talked about mistrust. look at what's going on, on almost a weekly basis with this administration. v.a., .s., benghazi, the this berg dahl thing. and you wonder why we don't trust washington? there's multiple reasons not to trust them and people are going to come out. they're already coming out saying this guy doesn't have any experience. well, nobody had any experience until they got elected, right? >> next up is ken calling on a republican line. ey, ken. ken, what are your thoughts? we're going to move on to the next call. hey, tim. what are your thoughts about the election, the g.o.p.

primary tonight in virginia? caller: hi, my name is tim from georgia. i'm a chris matthews from georgia. and i'm just -- i'm a democrat from georgia. and i'm just loving it. it will give us a much better chance of winning in 2016. i'm loving the republican committee and texas adopting eye a conservative and delog that will put texas into a blue state before we know it. i'm loving the tea party winning in virginia. >> a bit about the finances behind this race. roll call writes that "majority leader cantor raised $5.4 million as opposed to dave brat's $207,000, a huge disparity." our next call is randy. go ahead.

ey, randy. tim, go ahead. what are your thoughts? caller: my thoughts is that his just to me reflects just how ideological the tea party has become. he was a thorn in the side. he was carrying water for the tea party and now they'll have -- i don't want to impugn mr. brat's integrity, but by and large you're going to get someone that's going to either going to say constitution. they'll say liberty. they'll say all of these things, but they're not interested in coming here to legislate. and then they'll serve their years there in the house of representatives and then they'll go to a think tank or they'll go to someplace on wall street and cash out. but i think this is good news for the democratic party in the sense that it reflects a smaller circle. it shows the republican party

being anti-immigrant. you're going to get callers that are going to say that was the major thing. so anti-immigrant, anti-hispanic, anti-african-american, and this is not a race -- i mean, someone twisted it into race. this is just more about those gem graphic groups that are not represented within the republican party the doesn't mean they're racist, it just means it is what it is. and their group -- the circle is getting smaller and smaller and that's going to lead to democratic wins. and i'm concerned about it, because i do believe in a two-party system. but at this point with the republican party, they are on the way of not being a national party if they continue to go along these lines. >> sorry for cutting you off. billy house, a reporter, said, "now we will see them run further to the far right with the tea party striking fear into the heart of every republican." our next call is lisa from new

york. >> hello? >> hi, lisa, go ahead. caller: i just have to say i am really surprised he lost, but i'm really happy. i think it sends a clear message to the republican party that no more from boehner all the way down. they just all need to go. specifically with the renew .i. thing, not renewing, denying, refusing to bring it to a vote. i'm disgusted with the whole lot of them. that's pretty much all i got to say. >> dan, go ahead. you're from georgia, right? >> yes. >> what are your thoughts? caller: this is a real shot across the bow to the establishment g.o.p. eric cantor put five-plus million dollars and the tea party candidate put $200,000. this is a real grass-roots

reaction, letting the g.o.p. establishment know that we're tired of the democratic light of the g.o.p., with the republicans, you know. we're conservative, we're not liberal. we're tired of being -- allowing people that we put into office acting like they're just an offshoot of the democratic party. and i think the people really showed that. >> next up is rick calling from tennessee. what do you think about -- randy, go ahead, from tennessee. what do you think of representative cantor losing this g.o.p. primary race? caller: i'm just overjoyed. >> why? ller: he finally got taken out. the republican party and the tea party are -- they're the laughingstock of the nation.

everybody talks about that liberals don't have a clue, ich is, as far as from being false, it can be. nd this tea party challenger won't win either. i hope that a democrat does step if and fill his shoes and take back the house. that's all i have to say. thank you. >> the next up is todd calling from virginia, a republican caller. hey, todd, go ahead. caller: good afternoon. it's a great day for virginia. more eric cantor is no than a rhin orf and he's been that forever -- rhino, and he's been that forever. virginians are finally standing up. and the quicker we get rid of mark warner and the rest of that bunch, the better off the

great commonwealth of virginia will be. they're turning into communists. to america, god bless you, an eric cantor -- now he'll become a bigger lobbyist and have a great life i'm sure and make millions. good night, america, we love you. >> i wanted to read a little bit of a statement posted by dave brat. this was posted in february of this year. it said, "why i want to replace eric cantor. i am blessed to have the opportunity to teach young people every day and i often think of the world that they and my own children will inherit. unfortunately, many have relied on republican leadership that has failed time and time again to bring our nation back from the road to decline. john, you're next from missouri. go ahead. caller: yeah. i'm kind of glad that he got efeated in this primary thing.

my sixth generation grandfather was president john adams. but what i'd like to say is that when i vote for the candidates, i listen to the republicans and the democrats and the independents and i try to pick out who i think would be good. and i'm thinking that in the republican party, there's a bunch up there that is -- they're getting paid off and this and that. so we need fresh blood, whether it be an independent or one of the tea party guys or something, you know. i think that would be good for the nation, because too many of them get up there and they are just like, oh, well, i got this, and they sit there and read the newspaper and don't worry about the rest of the country. but the poor people and the middle class are the ones that are hurting and that kind of stuff. and just like the unemployment thick. they should have done something

about that -- unemployment thing. they should have done something about that. >> we have emily on the line, a reporter with "roll call." the headline says, "eric cantor loses primary in massive upset." what happened, emily? >> nobody was expecting this to come. everyone that i spoke to today, people in richmond, people in washington, were looking to see what the margin of victory that eric cantor would have today, whether it was 10 points or less. so the fact that he lost tonight is absolutely shocking and it's sending shock waves through washington right now. >> what are you hearing from the candidates, if anything? caller: well, eric cantor gave a confession speech that made it seem like he's not looking to run again or not look together continue on. david brat, who is the primary challenger who defeated him, he's a college professor at a university in virginia. he seemed to say that this was

the best day of his life. >> how often does it happen that a majority leader would lose a primary race? caller: there has been a majority leader since 1899, and no house majority leader, no sitting house majority leader has ever lost in that position. >> and what are some of the reasons that you're hearing for this upset? caller: people are sageric antor has to hold the mantel -- are saying that eric cantor has to hold the mantel. david brat made an issue saying that eric cantor supported amnesty, which is clearly an issue that the republican base is not supportive of. and that seems to be what ended up taking him down tonight. >> and what happens now? caller: what happens now? well, david brat looks like he is going to win here in virginia. mitt romney won here by a 15-point margin in 2012. it's not a competitive seat for

democrats. but on capitol hill, where cantor was looking like he was in line to succeed speaker boehner, when he does decide to step away. so there's going to be a lot of talking in capitol hill to figure out what happened. people are probably going to be scared about any kind of immigration reform talk at all in the house after this happened. and people are just going to be trying to figure out what happened. >> we've been seeing some tweets about the tea party and the impact of the tea party going forward. does this change that? how does it affect what's going to happen next? caller: this definitely gives the tea party some flame to their fire. you know, they've had some losses this cycle with candidates. they failed to unseat senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. they didn't end up serving any challengers to senator lindsey graham, who ended up winning. but this definitely is a promising sign for them and it

shows that if you have the right lightning strike at the right time, you can unseat even a member of house leadership. >> what do you expect to be happening among the g.o.p. leadership tomorrow in house? >> first, i think there's going to be a postmortem on what happens, whether it was cantor's team who had that polling, whether it was -- did they see it coming and just didn't tell anybody? i think that's the first thing that everyone has to figure out. and then it's going to be, you know, can we go forward with immigration reform, if that's what ultimately took can't hor down tonight. you're not going to see any members of congress on the republican side wanting to take any kind of vote of courage and vote for changes to the immigration system. so i think that's kind of the long-term outlook of things. call," conn of "roll we appreciate your call. eric cantor has lost to dave brat. we see the numbers on the screen there. dave brat getting 56% of the

vote, eric cantor 44%. next up is steve calling from texas on the g.o.p. line. caller: hi, i think this is a double-edged sword if you think about a permanent way. from the republican party, it is great in the fact our changes happening. they're trying to find an identity. i think that is needed especially come 2016. on the other hand, for the immediate time being, i think there was a lot of chaos that is going to cause a lot of uproar and the republican party. obviously, as the journal does mentioned, there has not been a house majority leader being voted out of congress since 1886. i am more of a young college student so having that perspective, i think it is great for the youth being changed. our generation definitely want to see -- wants the republican

party to definitely be able to identify more with the majority population which has shifted in demographics. but at it is a great win the same time oprah public ends -- i hope the republicans can bounce back with finding a new majority leader. independent. go ahead, mike. are you there? go ahead. this is not a repudiation of eric cantor so much as it is the shifting demographic within the state of virginia. you have the beltway expanding into that part of the northern virginia, further isolating the working class folks in the southern and eastern portions. undoubtedly, many of them are the republican voters. they are upset.

meanwhile, as a californian, i kind of welcome this because i believe the next in line is a california republican who will assume that high office and hopefully perform well. chris,next call is from a democrat calling from virginia. what are you hearing? with eric cantor, when we had an earthquake here in 2011 which was not quite three years ago. kira cantor stood on main street in the town of louisa and said we are going to have to take money from grandma if we're going to be able to get any relief for the county because we just don't have any money. he also blamed all the homeowners here for not having earthquake insurance when most

of our policies did not even offer earthquake insurance. louisa and metto with people which was something irick cancer -- eric cantor has failed to do. you give the 24-hour notice at the most to the republicans that are part of the party here and excludes everyone else. we even had a person taken out in handcuffs at one of his get-togethers. theven rsvp'ed was on list. cantor has cut his own throat because of people contacted his office, he would send out form letters and it would get no action from this man. when we had the earthquake, congress anman cano tor was in israel and had no

comment for his constituents. this man has worked just for himself. mr. brat brought up the stock anotrn which aieric c roles ine the which he was making money off of stuff the congressman was doing in washington and was making millions off of it. we have insider trading which people go to jail over. congressman cantor should probably be part of that. trammell is a great man. i am hoping people come out and meet him and speak with them and get to really know him. he is a part of a blended family. he has seven kids in his family that he has been trying to raise. says he has been sending out tweets about the

races in virginia. eric cantor losing the gop primary in the seventh district which is near richmond. robert tweeting house members e-mailing and texting. he is looking to rise. that was congressman jeb. allies are already telling me they're going to push them to run. their discussing it. fill up from new york. -- philip from new york? caller: when i voted here in brooklyn, i saw the democratic, liberal, conservative, working families. so on and so forth. i did not see any tea party listed on the ballot. thereay let america know, is no tea party in america.

if they want to file the paperwork and do the work that republicans and democrats have done for over 150 years, let them do that. all they are doing is piggybacking and robbing the soul of the republican party. i am a teddy roosevelt republican. i haven't voted republican since 2002 because that is when this all started. these right-wingers have to put the bible down and get rid of the hatred. what they cannot stand is barack obama. we have the first grandmother in the white house. they can't stand these five individuals are black. when i see these tea party iforms unf

come back in the day. this message is not appeal to me . >> 01 to touch base with obtuse sec. -- bob tocusack. what does this mean for any retirement for speaker boehner? >> this is huge news. stunning result. as far as who would replace boehner, there has been speculation that this could be his last congress. cantorsume that eric would replace him and that is not going to happen. there will be jockeying from others whether it is kevin mccarthy without the majority whip. texas has a lot of votes.

it is going to be open season on who could replace boehner. he has said he's going to run for reelection and he is going to be the speaker next year. this is amazing news on many fronts and probably the final death of immigration reform in this congress. >> have you been able to look at the numbers/ ? how many people turned out in virginia? >> i haven't. thatave to think laura ingram who is a tv personality on fox that she went down there and campaign for him in the waning days of the campaign. she was so critical. that had to have an effect and had to fire the tea party up.

a lot of the media was saying the tea party is dead and the establishment has come back. now, the script has totally changed. we have thad cochran on the ropes in mississippi and the stunning news that cantor has lost. >> mitt romney won the seventh district in 2012. what does this do to the district? does this put this in play for democrats in november? >> we did some reporting down in the district following david brat and cantor. we saw brat didn't have that much of a following. is reporting indicated the democrats didn't even put up a candidate yet. the chances of democrats winning this seat is very unlikely. david brat isood, going to be the next congressman from that district. defeatyou contrast his and senator lindsey graham's

victory in south carolina? >> both were expected to win big. lindsey graham had gone against several candidates and he had been -- he had run a very effective campaign. both graham and cantor spent a lot of money. i think the ramifications of this loss will be really closely looked. why did cantor lose? he was taking this race very stretchy, but down the his campaign aides were telling us that we have this. they were very competent. at the same time, it was not like they were not spending money. it wasn't like he was in down in the district working voters. he was. i think this loss will be studied in the weeks, months, and perhaps years ahead. >> bob cusack, thank you for spending time with us. next up is karen.

she is from virginia. go ahead. caller: i am in his district. i can tell you that all politics are local. no matter what many of the political pundits who are speaking tonight are saying, there has been a lot of dissatisfaction with mr. cantor for quite a long time. his machine and how he is treated a lot of his constituents who have been good republicans. this district is only slightly republican. about 53%. of think the demographics are changing and people want candidates who are not just all about no. on the say to my friends

side of the tea party that there were a lot of democrats who went to this primary and voted. in virginia, you don't have to register as one party or the other. anybody can vote. there were many democrats who went to the polls to vote for mr. brat as well as many republicans who went and voted for mr. brat because they are dissatisfied with the congressional leadership. they are dissatisfied particularly with mr. cantor and his arrogance and his lack of being here and having answers and serving his constituents. this is a much more local issue than i think the tea party should not be crowing too much. democrats have helped defeat cantor in this primary and they are going to have a pretty darn attractive candidate to run against mr. brat.

>> given that you are from his district, why do you think this is such a surprise? there --k that because i think the cantor people are surprised because of their own arrogance and the arrogance of the republican party and the fact they had so much money. they were going to blow him away. in whatever polling that they have had -- i can tell you that i live in a highly republican, wealthy area in richmond. i cannot believe the number of brat signs that have been in the neighborhood here because people are just fed up with eric cantor an john boehner and the whole party. ,> next up is mike from racine wisconsin. go ahead. caller: to piggyback what the previous caller said, i don't

agree with what these commentators are saying. i heard laura ingram earlier today say this was not a tea party win because the tea party didn't back brat alt all. they didn't give him any money. she was saying that brat couldn't even get the head of the local tea party group on the telephone. i tend to think with the lady just said on the phone talking to you as the way of the land. you asked the guy about lindsey graham in south carolina. lindsey graham was for immigration reform. he crushed this guy down in south carolina. i don't think immigration is bad. i think the people of virginia just got sick of cantor. this is news to me that people can cross over and vote. if what she is saying is true and the fact the president won

virginia in the election, i think she is right. the tea party shouldn't be crowing because they didn't throw their hat in the ring. let's see what the outcome is. i think it is a good thing for america that they throw this guy out because i agree with the lady. boehner and all the republicans are just having no idea. when you hear the republicans talk, are you listeners, what are they selling you as an alternative? what is the alternative to the affordable health care act? nothing. what is the alternative to immigration? they have no ideas. it is just no, no. they love keeping the country stuck in mud and having these endless hearings from benghazi to the irs and now to the prisoner swap. they have no ideas and it is hurting this country. you need wings the fight is plain and one wing is just

saying we are not going to do anything. lindsey graham running for the primary. he is the incumbent in south carolina. precincts re-syncs -- reporting. you must haveina, 50%. lindsay has 51% right now. a call from a georgia. i would like to piggyback on the last two callers. this wasn't necessarily a tea party win. , it isother hand something the gop needs the list t -- to listen to.

i think people are tired of big government interfering in all morale lives -- in all of our lives. us from getting jobs, telling us how to live, had to handle our lives, had to get involved with our schools what wedren, telling us are supposed to do and how to spend our money. determine who is supposed to and not supposed to live. what we're supposed to eat. whether we are supposed to be taking large sodas or small sotos or whatever it is. they are going to determine what is good for us and not good for us and any other menial thing. >> there is a tweet quoting

cantor. i know there a lot of long faces tonight. it is disappointing. the next call is nick from michigan, an independent. hi. caller: it was surprising to see how quickly the look on his face disappeared. i am so tired of his smirk. for the november election and hopefully the democrats will turn out and put in some democrats so we can have of jerry brown and elizabeth warren in 2016. goneso glad mr. cantor is because i've have been to his office so may times. he is such an idiot. >> what criticism are you referring to? caller: just to complain about

what are their issue of the day. republican who usually gave me the opinion they didn't really want to be answering the phones for him to begin with. i never liked him. his smirk was so you're taking -- was so either attaining -- irritating. i hope the country turns to jerry brown and elizabeth warren. >> there are other states today in the country. we are going to get remarks from senator lindsey graham from south carolina tonight. is a republican. go ahead. surprised bynot what is happening in the republican party right now. the so-called tea party. he was not a tea party person.

is the original republicans. he ought to legalize immigration not make it illegal. what isn't happening on southern border this past week. kidsve about 10,000 dropped off in texas and arizona, just dropped off from buses and whatever. they are not even from mexico. they are from south america. happening is not that we are for -- we are not for an amnesty at all, but we are for the legal immigration laws.

>> the headline tonight is that dave brat won an upset victory against eric cantor, the majority leader of the house. larry calling from richmond. go ahead. 60-year-old white male and have never voted in the republican primary. agree with the callers. i think this is more of a get cantor out of office. i don't think we are a big tea party area. or,ave to say that eric cant they have enough of them. it is time to move on. i am not a big tea party guy. i know very little about brat.

i'm curious to see come campaign time who the democrats will run. i want to see what they can do. i never voted in the republican party. i didn't feel comfortable with his politics. i didn't like when he showed up at the policy meeting with his p .op of obamacare virginia is a very proud state. we like our middle of the road. cantor seemsabout like as a prize the people in washington and around the country. int about enrichment -- richmond. >> i suspect they are somewhat surprised by it. i would not be surprised. there are number of democrats

and independents that turned out just to see if they can vote against them. him. as conservatives begin to wrap their heads around the shocking primary defeat, at least one member to unseat john boehner does not think it will strengthen the congress. right now, we're going to hear from eric cantor. he spoke earlier tonight in richmond. a little bit more from that story. we seem to be having an audio difficulty. we will bring this video in a

few minutes. just minutes after cantor's defeat, representatives at his camp said it bodes well for the whole team. our next call is calling us from kentucky. a republican, yates. go ahead. caller: i am actually in the heart of richmond. i spoke to several constituents today in regards to this race and they are all very tired of cantor. i think the amnesty bill was definitely a key player in in this race and a key player to him being defeated. i was very involved in the where race with mcconnell the tea party was very active in and a lot of of the same ways with a lot of local races that came up a little short.

it is appealing to be here in the heart of this race and see the success of mr. brat. i don't know much about him but i am looking forward to learning more about him and learning as i can in the coming months. richmond,calling from a democrat. caller: i am the happiest guy in the seventh district. >> why? caller: to see him go down, it was probably the democrats that were voting today. i was surprised in virginia as conservative as we are, we got rid of cantor. him.was not why we elected

wanted to tseek national office. i'm glad to see him gone and what is going to happen now is the democrats have a good shot. >> house majority leader eric cantor lost his republican primary election tuesday. viewed as a possible successor to house speaker john boehner and was taken down by a political novice with little money named dave brat. in connecticut, ian independent. caller: i am very happy to see cantor lose. i think the problem in washington and the fact the republicans will not bring anything to vote and have really destroyed this country. people who think that they are getting rid of big government

because of they are voting for republicans should stop and think what they are voting for when they vote for republican is that we are not going to have any jobs. we are not going to have any improvements to our infrastructure. we are going to have women pushed down a more and more by the republicans because that is their philosophy and i am very happy to see eric cantor not win this election. i hope the republicans take notice. governmentt singing -- seeing government that acts he does something for the people of this country because it is about time. >> any thoughts about what the leadership will look like in the house now? caller: i have no idea because i hope the primaries that are happening today make a major change in the future. i can only hope because i hope

people realize that we really need people in there that want to help this country, not do all of these nonsense hearings. it is such a waste of our money and time. our elected official should be trying to do things to help people get work, to help people have a life. what we used to have in america until the republicans started pushing their agenda and we now are in a very serious situation financially in the country. a lot of people need work. about a people are still losing their homes. we need to have major change and i think one of the major change is to get rid of as many republicans as we possibly can so we have a government that works for the people of this country. wasserman-schultz

released a statement saying that today's result settles the debate. the tea party has taken control of the republican party, period. eric cantor as blocks, and legislation. it is clear the gop has redefined our right. from california. caller: hi. i am trying to figure out where all these jobs are. i am kind of confused over what happened tonight. i know cantor was the problem. i also think john boehner is a problem. where are the jobs that president obama promised everybody? weat i don't understand is --

for legal any jobs jobs americans right now. obama is not shutting down the border and he has opened the door for the whole seven continents to come in. they are dropping off their kids. where is common sense? where are we going to get the money to feed all these people? are we really that ignorant that we think we have so much money that we can just take everyone in from all over the world because the democrats are going to have jobs -- make jobs? what jobs have been made lately? house majority leader eric cantor lost the gop primary to tea party challenger dave bratt

in the southern district of richmond virginia. >> ok. thank you. short.ly, we came up in heree so many people i want to thank. i want to thank my wife, diana. she has put up with me in elected politics now for 20 something years. and in the process, raise their kids. it one of them is here tonight, the other two are working. my mother-in-law, my mother, brothers, it all starts with family. we know that. i want to thank them.

and to all of you, so many of you that not only today spent endless hours in the heat with your undying loyalty and effort, i want to thank you for that as well. i want to tell you, absolutely. it's not only the hundreds of volunteers here, but also my team. both my teams that have serve the constituents of the southern district, but here in the district office, they have continued to serve the constituency in washington. and my political team. they have put in so much extraordinary work to try to win this campaign. they have done so for the last decade or more. them. to thank

districts the seventh congressman and having the privilege to be majority leader has been one of the highest honors of my life. what i set out to do and what the agenda that i have always said we are about is we want to create a virginia that works for everybody. and we need to focus our efforts as conservatives and republicans on putting forth conservative solutions so that they can help solve the problems for so many working middle-class families that may not have the opportunity that we have. we can also put her solutions to work for the most vulnerable. i spent work on charter schools and education opportunities to make sure everyone in america can have access to that american dream starting with the quality

education. lot.lked about research a i am really proud of the research act. because what it says as conservatives is that we don't believe you ought to spend taxpayer dollars on political conventions. that it is probably better to help cure disease because not only do you save lives and help people, you can ultimately solve the federal deficit problem by bringing down health care costs. these are the kinds of things that i know will continue to work on. know there's a lot of long faces here tonight. it's disappointing, sure. in this country

and i believe there is opportunity around the next corner for all of us. i look forward to continuing to fight with all of you for the things that we believe in for the conservative cause because those solutions are the answer to the problems that so many people are facing today. >> that was house majority leader eric cantor speaking in richmond after losing his primary race tonight against a tea party challenger in virginia. now judge schapiro of the richmond times dispatch. the politics columnist for that paper, what happened there? >> this was quite a surprise. no one expected eric cantor to lose.

a lot of people thought he might be embarrassed or wounded, but nobody thought he would lose. that there are a couple of forces at work here. one, the growing tea party libertarian presence within the republican party. there is a substantial number of these grassroots insurrectionists, if you will, within virginia's seventh district. early indications in march and may, organizational meetings, republican organizational meetings that he was losing his control of his home county and his home district party. sensel, there was this that eric cantor as this young man, the second ranking member of the house, clearly interested

in succeeding john boehner inmed a lot more interested positioning for the next stretch of news. >> what do you see about the turnout in the seventh district. >> there were about 45,000 or 50,000 votes cast. it is fairly light. i think there were a number of that they might favor the congressman since he has been in office 14 years. addresses, names and they can flood them and did flood them with information.

much of it attacking bratt. there seems to be more time and money spent attacking the other >> then talking himself up. a number of callers tonight switched parties whether they were democrats or independents and voted for eric cantor's challenger. what are you seeing in that? >> virginia is a state in which voters do not have to register by party. primaries are open to all voters. this was going to be an opportunity for democrats to take out eric cantor. it seemed a long shot primarily. the democrats do have a candidate that they nominated over the weekend, interestingly enough is a professor where

david bratt teaches economics. certainly, they will be fortified, but it was the tea party and libertarians that exercised or flexed considerable muscle and so these early organizational battles, even removing eric cantor's hand-picked district chairman. this is definitely the icing on the cake. but this is part of a larger trend in virginia. the tea party presence, the pressure is keeping legislative republicans in line in this continuing fight with democratic governor over spending on health care. can you tell us a little bit more about that? just an economics professor, he is a theologian.

announced he was running on the republican creed and wasn't really a tea party guy and did not feel that eric cantor's views were consistent with the republican creed and that included diligence on the economy, immigration, and national defense. tohas been an advisor mainstream republican legislators and served on a gubernatorial economic advisory a democraticg governor as well as a republican governor. >> what about the democrats in the seventh district? how does this play for them in november? >> i suspect the democrats will tell themselves they now have a shot at this seat, but we will see. , certainly tea party republicans are invigorated by this victory. i expect he will be seeing a good deal of speculation as well

about what congressman cantor will do in defeat. or will he sit this one out? >> the politics columnist, thank you. will see those comments again from house majority leader eric cantor in his concession speech losing the gop primary in virginia tonight. >> thank you. obviously, we came up short. there are so many people in here i want to thank. i want to thank my wife, diana. she has put up with me, in elected politics now, for 20 something years. process, raise their

kids, one of whom is your tonight, the other two off working. i mother-in-law, my mother, brothers, it all starts with family. we know that. and then to all of you, so many of you who not only spent endless hours in the heat with your undying loyalty and effort. i want to thank you for that as well. i will tell you, absolutely. it's not only the hundreds of volunteers here, it is also my team. they serve the constituents of the seventh district and have continued to serve the constituency in washington. and also my political team.

they have put in so much extraordinary work and have done so for the last kate or more. i want to thank them. it has been one of the highest honors of my life. and theet out to do agenda i have always had is that we want to create a virginia and in america that works for everybody. we need to focus our efforts as conservatives. putting forth our conservative solutions so that they can help solve the problems for so many working middle-class families.

it may not have the opportunity that we had. we can also put our solutions to work for the most vulnerable. i spent a lot of time on charter schools and education opportunity to make sure that everyone in america can have access to that american dream starting with the quality education. we talked about research a lot in our office. i am really proud of the gabriella miller kids first research act. what it says as conservatives is we don't believe you ought to spend taxpayer dollars on political conventions. in fact, it's probably better to help cure disease because not only do you save lives and help people, you can ultimately solve the federal deficit problem by bringing down health care costs.

these are the kinds of things that i know will continue to work on. i know there's a lot of long faces here tonight. it is disappointing, sure. but i believe in this country. i believe there is opportunity around the next corner for all of us. i look forward to continuing to fight with all of you for all the things that we believe in for the conservative cause because those solutions of ours are the answer to the problems that so many people are facing today. >> house majority leader eric cantor conceding the race to tea party challenger dave bratt at about a 20 5 p.m. eastern time. taking your calls on this race

tonight. democrats have a different line. -- pendents next up is jim from connecticut, a republican. what are your thoughts? thrilled that cantor was bumped out of office. i really think we've gotten to andpoint where our house our congress has gotten overrun that have been in there for decades. reforming. at we should have term limits. someone should to be in there for 20 years.

if they are only given a two-year shot, they are looking at roads for election again. we can look at a four-year term likely do other offices. >> what do you think about the race in virginia? because hetor lost did not take it home in virginia. if you compromise with the president once in a while and do your job, then you have a more satisfied constituency. don't agree with everything, but do something. he didn't do anything. they are feeling it back in israel. lost that spot. there's a job waiting for him. eric cantor lost because he didn't cover his but at home.

>> a remark coming from maryland, and independent. i haven't heard this said by anyone else tonight, but every six months, i have watched him on c-span and other networks talking about people laying around in amex and watching video games and that is why they don't have any money. say, how does it feel to have lost your job a fault of your own, mr. cantor. i am glad to see you go. >> can you give us a national perspective? what does this mean for house leaders in washington? >> they've already won don'tnation so they

really have newly refigure rated challengers for them. the republicans strongly favored to take back the house, first of all. kevin mccarthy will be very interested in it. it sets up an interesting race for speaker. john boehner earned enough votes for speaker, but there were a number of republican defectors. that he veryne likely comes to congress next year will be voting for john boehner. republican in leadership right now, you're nervous out only by the fact the conservatives might be emboldened but the new members right becoming coming to the house next year. a first line in politico says it wasn't enough that eric cantor spent $1 million being up to the election with his primary opponent barely spending

$100,000 in his campaign. what is that about? >> eric cantor spent a lot of money. he had a huge financial -- eric cantor spent $5 million already. he was outspent by a factor of roughly 20 to one. we are only talking about roughly 65,000 votes that were cast tonight. cantorsage about eric whether it was immigration, debt ceiling, or the way the republican house leadership has conducted itself is more powerful than the television ads than eric cantor was able to put out. >> the story also says eric

cantor enjoyed a meteoric rise that took him from chief deputy whip minority whip to majority leader. can you talk about that a little bit? how did he rise so fast? >> eric cantor was very ambitious, considered himself possibly the first jewish speaker of the house. he also came at the right time. houseicans had lost the in 2006, came back in 2010 and regained it. seen as the conservative in the room when it came to house leadership. he got votes from conservatives for speaker who thought that john boehner was not conservative enough. eric cantor was the conservative.

voters enhance district did not see it that way tonight. >> there was speculation that he might step down in a year. what does this mean for speaker boehner and his possible retirement? >> we will have to see. he won his primaries earlier this spring, so he will be on the ballot in 2014. they retired from the house, resigned from the house. republicans are very likely to keep control of the house. it's simple math from speaker boehner, after he wins servetion, he's going to the returning members of the house and the new members that are coming in. members of theen house speak to votes, the votes are there. the allies will fuel to another

term as speaker. if the votes are not there, he has a decision to make. nancy pelosi, the democratic leader in the house, she says the american people should take notice. that tonight, the tea party defeated republican leader, what about the democrats? what are they doing and saying tonight? >> if there is anything to take from this, it's that they are not going to win eric cantor's immigration.be on eric cantor had a republican poston and was strongly up to the immigration bill this last year. amongats have that hispanic voters. the are a segment of

electorate and democrats seem to be increasing their percentages with them. republicans have less than one third of the hispanic voters in 2012. expect voters in the presidential year -- if republicans are seen as holding up immigration reform, they can say i don't want this to happen to me. that could increase the democratic advantage with this growing segment of the electorate. >> we saw a tweet earlier that said they were already talking about what happens next. would be of meetings happening with that kind of conversation? is ericirst stage cantor will immediately have to decide whether or not to spend the next five months in his

position. it's not unusual for members or leadership to accept them. it's been a very long time since leadership has lost a primary ranking as high as eric cantor. kevin mccarthy will be interested in the number two those folks will be interested and will look at other people that can be promoting leadership. others might be interested in the promotion for leadership. another ambitious member looking at the ranks, it's a wide-open spot at number two that is also

going to cascade down the rungs of the ladder of the republican leadership. >> to shepard is politico's campaigns and elections editor. thank you for joining us. we will continue to take your calls. we see eric cantor there losing the gop primary in the seventh district of virginia against tea party challenger dave bratt. a virginian republican. what are your comments? thatthink it was the fact he he was so neoconservative. don'tishment republicans vote for neoconservatives. we didn't elect newt gingrich or john mccain. want,an do whatever they

it can establish good republicans. he is, in fact, a republican. >> you don't think there are differences in the republican party -- more conservative or less conservative. >> i have been involved in the fights and i am 63 years old. i want to tell you i am not a fan of the extreme right. and i hope that lindsey graham loses.

i don't care if the democrat wins in south carolina. speaking as a republican, and eisenhower hoover lincoln busch, ford republican, i don't want these neoconservatives. i am tired of the wars, i am tired of the fighting. stuffired of all of that and i am really fed up with it. i love the country and i love the american people. black-and-white people are getting pretty defeated if they my opinion it. and it's coming from the democrats but we have neoconservatives -- >> thank you for calling in. let me give some others a chance. diane is next, an independent calling from georgia. diane, whatsapp?

>> i think eric cantor probably did lose because of the immigration discussion. with the children coming in from the southern border and from , it iss and guatemala riling up the base. if they are really upset because all those children are coming in, people are worried about who will have to take care of them. they don't understand that extreme poverty and the lack of control contributes to the declaration of those children coming across the country like that. thoseation is one of things that trigger the voters to come out in a reactionary way. >> herald in missouri, a republican. what do you think about what was just said about immigration. is that the key issue tonight?

>> i really think so. as far as this race goes. i think there will really be a complete overhaul of both parties. i think we need to get something done. on government is based compromise and there is no compromise. vote yes andns democrats vote no? all i can say is, democrats better get ready. >> i don't think it is just in

richmond. it is all over the country. happy to hearbe about the news of eric cantor, i think john boehner's biggest problems is unwilling to compromise. the tea partiers might be happy about this.

>> the grassroots is in revolt. advocating the gop really are -- leadership he replaced. are republicans from pennsylvania. thanks for taking the call and thanks for tea span. i ran for congress and i saw in my race alone, i had zero dollars and 40% of the vote against a multimillionaire establishment on the democrat ticket. -- seeing not just in one state, people that are fed up with the fact that the government is trampling on people's rights, and the tea party organizer can tell you there is no tea party. it is just individual people that decide to stand up and say

enough is enough. we are not going to put up with this anymore and do something about this. it is not a party. i have been listening to the call since you came on air and there's a lot of hate being talked about from democrats and independents. this is a better country. we love america, we love what we stand for. freedom and liberty. the government got too involved with people's lives and people partyd up with it the tea is just regular ordinary american citizens. >> you all know what the rules are, she says to reporters outside of a restaurant before

closing the car door. >> i want to thank c-span. callnk this is a wake-up to the republican party. they need to be more planrvative and have a like when newt gingrich was speaker of the house. and doing away with this obamacare because it is hurting america and everything. they need to come up with a plan and put it to the people. and with the democrats, we need to get more conservative and start standing for the bible and standing for what is right. wrong, the gay and lesbian lifestyle is wrong. the bible speaks of it.

buting against the people it's wrong. it's a sin. the bible says it's a sin. we love the sinner but we don't condone the sin. we need to start standing up for what is right and going with the big money -- quit going with the big money and quit compromising. that is why dave bratt one up for thegot constitution and standing for hat is right. >> the republican party as it it is the it now, most do-nothing congress that has ever been.

the people that vote are the angry ones. let's just try something new. the sampling has so small. >> the seventh district in virginia as a juror the leader eric cantor supported by the tea party. , time for thewins gop establishment to surrender. >> i am happy with the win and i

was taken with the comments tonight. i have this image of a blender. we might have the solution that is a broken government. there are things that are equally wrong with the democrats. this fear that these people can apply to ethnic groups or country or immigrants. there is no cohesiveness. i believe it was a woman from pennsylvania and pardon me if , ie gotten my states wrong

was an eisenhower republican. at times, i am not happy with everything that president obama has done. i am not happy with control that corporations have. i heard all , i would not be watching c-span. if we have this enthusiasm, we can all come together. we don't have that. it's part of polarization.

whether it is the speaker you had on or one of the corners. he of the reasons is that won out and in virginia, they don't need to be registered for that party. that is the reason. people are fed up. they are fed up when you have to do something with our anger and translate it into something. i hope i haven't spoken too long. hashe tea party challenger won the seventh district gop primary with 56% of the vote. we watch now, eric cantor's concession speech. >> thank you.

obviously, we came up short. there are so many people in here i want to thank. i want to thank my wife, diana. who has put up with me, in elected politics for 20 something years. in the process, raise their kids. it all starts with family. we know that. so many of you that spent endless hours in the heat with your undying loyalty and effort, i want to thank you for that as well.

i tell you, absolutely. it's not only the hundreds of , the constituents of seventh district, they have continued to serve the seventh and also my political team. serving ashank them the seventh district congressman

. the agenda i have always said we are about is you want to create an agenda for an america that works for everybody and we need to focus our efforts as conservatives and republicans solutions so they can help solve the problems for so many working middle-class families. i spent a lot of time on charter schools and education opportunities to make sure everyone in america can have to quality education. lot in about research a our office and my campaign and in congress. i really proud of the gabriella miller kids first research act.

says aswhat it that we don't believe you should spend taxpayer dollars for political conventions. it is probably better to help cure disease. save lives andu help people but you can solve the federal deficit by bringing down health care costs. a lot of long faces here tonight . it's disappointing, sure. andlieve in this country that there is opportunity around the next corner. the thingsight for that we believe in from a conservative cause because those

solutions are the answer to the problems so many people are facing today. >> that was house majority losing the republican primary for him virginias congressional district tonight by a significant margin. gettingparty challenger 56% and eric cantor getting 44%. in pennsylvania, and independent. >> the conservative party has lost touch with the american people. then they raise tuition costs. they make sure there are no jobs to be found. the president has no ideas of

his own. people have real problems and real issues. we all come from different parts of the world. ands about unifying learning to respect and love each other as human beings. instead of preaching to people. thecan have your belief but bible also preaches empathy, compassion, understanding, and having love towards each other. fromother independent virginia. it close is that to where eric cantor's district is? >> about 15 miles east of roanoke.

>> what do you think tonight of what is happening? no, the the party of beginning of something great that we can get rid of these people and get some things past. >> appreciate your call. says amid one of the biggest political upsets of recent memory, majority leader cantor lost his election. >> no house majority leader has lost the primary before.

>> you also write his loss was shocking. what are those signs? >> immigration is a major issue. wasn't a full throated supporter of comprehensive immigration reform. he did support some smaller members. and yes, you have to remember that it remains a big story for places like foxx news and conservative talk radio. thataw some of the signs should not have taken everyone may be completely by surprise. eric cantor were spending over

$1 million. that is not unusual for a candidate that wasn't going to have a stiff primary challenge. but still, a pretty enormous surprise. >> people calling in tonight talking about immigration. what did he attack eric cantor for? >> he was open to immigration reform.

apparently, at least in this race, and helped put him over the top. >> he would work with president citizenship.th to >> this idea that maybe eric cantor took the race for granted. millionpend close to $1 , he did campaign in his district. it seems clear that you don't see a lot of endangered incumbents talking about cutting deals. you are already starting to hear that, i think. the perception is that he lost touch with his district.

say?at does virginia law could run as a write-in candidate or as an independent. they successfully waged a write-in campaign. i think everyone would be pretty shocked. i don't think anyone is counting on the write-in campaign. >> not a whole lot that is known. professormall college . and even he is shocked that he

won tonight and did not expect within his own campaign that he would come through and beat the majority leader. that weit's fair to say will learn a lot about mr. brat. >> thanks for joining us. headline tonight is house speaker eric cantor has lost the gop primary to a tea party chairman in virginia. >> there is a lot of media in the country -- [indiscernible] one of the reasons we don't know a lot about dave brat is media gave in the him any attention.

[indiscernible] brat was ahat dave tea party favorite, he couldn't even get on the phone to tea party members. .t's in the newspapers the border tonight is collapsing.

it's not unusual. all the people are saying that they could be anywhere. these are unaccompanied children and aliens that are coming from south of mexico's border. be one of the harshest borders under the sun. sudden, in the last, i don't know, nine months. they have 60,000 kids that

prepare for it. >> eric cantor lost tonight but i don't think it is so much a tea party thing in the big picture. the republican party has been dividing. >> it looks like we lost that call. in pennsylvania, a republican.

knowam completely for, you , people run for too many years. two or three at the most. he is there for a long time. people in this country are very careful. if you remember, it was the tea party years in the house that caused john boehner so much they actually cause the government to shut down. keeping up with the senate --

>> at headquarters, they said the political drama, if it were , they conceded his , it got really and new energy erupted. protestersto block talking about immigration that were raising the flags. we will go to eric cantor tonight speaking at the richmond hotel. >> thank you.

obviously, we came up short. i want to thank my wife diana. up with elected politics now for 20 something raisednd in the process our kids. it all starts with family. i want to thank them. i want to thank you for those as well.

they have put in so much winaordinary work to try to this campaign. having the privilege to be a majority leader is one of the highest honors of my life.

we want to create a virginia and in america that works for everybody. andeed to focus our efforts putting forth conservative solutions so that they can help solve the problem. we can also put our solutions to work for the most vulnerable. we talked about research a lot. the really proud of

research act -- gabriella kids first research act. we don't believe you should spend taxpayer dollars on political conventions. to help cure disease. not only do you help save lives but it can ultimately solve the federal deficit by bringing down health care costs. [applause] kind of things that i know we will continue to work on. i know there's a lot of long faces here tonight. it's disappointing, sure. i believe in this country. i believe there is opportunity around the next corner for all of us. toook forward to continuing strive for all the things