>> cantor: no. be on the camera. >> stahl: cantor wanted to introduce us to his family-- his wife of 22 years, diana, daughter jenna, son evan, and the only child still at home, michael. he told us something that surprised us-- that his button- down dad likes rap music. >> cantor: i do the wiz khalifa stuff and jay-z, li'l wayne. >> stahl: is he cool? >> mikey cantor: he's cool. no one would ever know it, but he's cool. >> stahl: and this is diana's mother. >> cantor: i call her "mumma b." her name is barbara. >> stahl: your mother-in-law lives with you? >> cantor: absolutely. absolutely. we couldn't do it without her. >> stahl: obama, the president has the same thing. >> diana cantor: yeah. ( laughs ) yes. >> stahl: you actually have a connection. >> cantor: right. >> diana cantor: we do. we talk about that a lot, actually. yeah. >> stahl: have you talked with... does the president know? >> cantor: yeah. >> diana cantor: yes, yes. >> cantor: uh-huh. >> stahl: when they met, diana was working at gol

>> cantor: yeah. >> diana cantor: yes, yes. >> cantor: uh-huh. >> stahl: when they met, diana was working at goldman sachs in new york. she still works in finance as a partner at an investment management firm. >> mumma b: when i met eric, i saw that it's good to be republican, too. >> cantor: there you go. >> stahl: both his mother-in-law and his wife were liberal democrats, and while they have converted to the republican party, their beliefs don't always jibe with the congressman's. so you're pro-choice? >> diana cantor: i am. >> stahl: gay marriage? what does that mean? >> diana cantor: i don't... >> stahl: you disagree with him? >> diana cantor: i do disagree. there's really that respect. if i expect him to respect my views that could be different, i certainly need to respect his.

from off camera that what i was saying wasn't true. >> eric cantor's press secretary steps in when cantornfronted with facts about ronald reagan. the guy actually interrupted the interview? of course, reagan is praised by republicans for his tax cut, but reagan also raised taxes 12 times during his eight years in office include a three-year $100 billion tax hike, the largest since world war ii. reagan even agreed to tax hikes during the 1982 recession. in 1986, he signed the largest corporate tax increase in u.s. history. we're joined tonight by ezra klein, msnbc policy analyst, and columnist for the "washington post." how come we don't hear this enough? what do you -- let's set the record straight. reagan didn't just cut taxes, he often raised them. >> he raised them a number of times, in fact. as you said, about a dozen. i'm actually surprised cantor's press secretary went in to interrupt that. it's a fairly well-known fact reagan did this. look, it's exactly the situation we're in now. reagan passed a very large tax cut in 1981. that led to large deficits in 1982. progressively over th

. >> you know, we'll see what leader cantor or the house. i say, this is a good government bill. this is a clean government bill. this is a restoric, some measure of trust to the american people. the danger is that we could -- we could kill it with kindness, try to make it so perfect that it falls. but, you know, i'm not excludes anything f the house comes up with a bill that improves this one, sure, we'll look forward to seeing it in congress. >> congressman -- >> i would like to see, we have senator paul, i actually, on our committee introduced a bill -- and we adopted it. so, i have to see what their thinking about. >> prohibition covers federal employees. >> any more questions -- >> yes. >> ed koch the gop chair today, sent out an e-mail questioning some trades against the housing market, he asked the question, there are two questions that i would like to ask, did you use any inside information with your husband to make those trades on the falling housing values and the second question, isn't that exactly the perception that you guys are worried about in doing this stock bill

in february of 2009, here's another bottom line for you there, cantor. in february, 2009, 72% of the american public said that the united states should not give chrysler and general motors a loan. most of the people who are against it. but the president, well, he knew he had to do the right thing for american jobs. i guess you could say that he showed true leadership. the loan saved more than one million jobs and prevented a loss of nearly $97 billion in person income in america. let's consume that now. 72% of the people, this is another good thing for america. but republicans can't applaud because -- that might help the president. they don't want to do that. it's the same thing with good news about jobs. >> have created more than three million jobs. >> where i was sitting, it was to the left -- the president is right here speaking, i was sitting to the left right up there in the balcony, and down below, there was about probably 100 republicans sitting together you could tell none of them were moving during the speech. they tried to integrate republican-

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cantor claims they moved to dc right away only because michelle obama wanted to p the family together not because she was excited to fulfill duties of first lady and it cites friction. >>> rahm emanuel didn't trust first ladies because of his clashes with hillary clinton in the 90s cantor writes, michelle and rahm emanuel had almost no bond the relationship was distant and awkward from the beginning, cantor talks about how the president relayed his wife's unhappy dealings about the back room deals that were cut, telling aids quote she feels as if our rudder isn't set right. david axle rod says when the first lady thinks things have been mishandled or off the track she will raise it because she is hugely invested in him. she will send the president's scheduler nasty notes if she doesn't book him for certain meetings or events. >>> she said only in the most private intimate sense not in the sense of i am coming to your senior staff meeting. cantor did not interview the obamas for this book she talked to more than 30 staffers but the white house says the emotions, thoughtprivate moments

and at that point cantor's press secretary interrupted yelling from off camera that what i was saying wasn't true and so actually it is true blue true reagan raised taxes twelve times while in office and the fact that eric cantor one even consider doing so and relies on his press secretary to lie about it in a hard hitting interview just shows how radical and misleading the republican party is today and that's very clear again. after the break surging republican rick santorum things condoms should be outlawed i'll explain while the why his campaign should be outlawed itself and. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions it's going to break through it's already been made who can you trust no one who is in view with a global missionary see where we had a state controlled capitalism it's called sas it's when nobody dares to ask we do our t. question more. the ground shook in ohio this weekend but it wasn't your typical earthquake no this was an earthquake apparently caused by natural gas fracking a fracking quake rattled northeast ohio on saturday a

. >> the looks on the faces of eric cantor and mitch mcconnell and john boehner. >> stone cold eric cantor >> it was almost scary, but the republicans say he was setting up a divisive year, karen. >> i think when he said to lower the temperature, i think he was setting up an opportunity for them to stop doing what they've been doing for the last three years and finally govern this country. there are a lot of things out there that can get done. there are a lot of things out there that should have gotten done. i think people -- you know, want to criticize the president because he had congress and he had everything but he wanted to compromise. i think that may have been a mistake, to compromise with people who did not want to work with him in the beginning but now there's an opportunity and the american people are watching. it put them in the corner which is why eric cantor had to sit there like that because he knew, oh. >> this happened on the 1,000th day without a senate majority budget. it puts both teams in the corner saying you have to work together. >> there are ideas that appeal to bot

eric cantor and john boehner and these guys, their client is the plutocracy, the 1%. the guys on wall street who are angry at barack obama becauset wouldn't fete them at the white house will not tolerate him doing something like that. the chamber of commerce will not tolerate the republicans walking away from them. they are joined to the hip by the 1%. they're not just creeding to barack obama the fairness issue but ceding to him the optimism issue, the values issue and letting him have all of that. all they've got is the negativity. >> i'm nodding. i feel like when you hear obama's speech compared to the speeches of the gop candidates, what you hear from obama is working together, trying to raise each other up. it's a very -- a common goal kind of theme. >> fraternal. >> what you hear everywhere almost all of the candidates, except i would say rick santorum does not really sound like this, you are out for yourself. what we need to do is let each other fight to the death. it's survival of the fittest. >> julian. >> gingrich for all his pontificating and talking down t

with her husband, according to jody cantor's new book was only because she wanted to keep the familyxcited to fulfill the duties of being the first lady. former chief of staff rom emanuel didn't trust first ladies because of his clashes with hillary clinton. their relationship was distant and awkward from the beginning. cantor tells the story about how president obama relayed his unhappy wife's feeling about the back room deals that were cut to drum up support for health care reform legislation telling aides she feels as if our rudder is not set right. obama strategies david axelrod tells of the first lady, when she thinks that things are off the track, she'll raise it because she is hugely invested had them. the first lady will send the president's scheduler nasty notes if she does not book him for certain events. but in a thursday interview, she was asked if the first lady was an advisor? >> only in the private sense. she did not come to the staff meetings. emotions, thoughts and private moments described in the book, though seemingly ascribed to the president and first lady reflec

weather channel meteorologist jim cantore with us with the latest. jim, when you and i meet up after a bad weather event it's the spring, summer or fall, but it is rarely winter. >> yeah. when you take a look at this month and add the five tornados we had today, brian, this will be a top five january in terms of numbers of tornados. all fresh on people's minds, especially in alabama what happened tuesday morning. let's take a look where we go from here. on a positive note though, we are going to see potentially half the drought wiped out in texas. tomorrow morning it's new orleans, jackson, mississippi, the potential for high winds. possibly an isolated tornado. by 4:00 in the afternoon, it looks like it's going to be birmingham once again down into the florida panhandle. at least during the daylight hours. either way, more severe weather and heavy rain for the south. >> unbelievable stuff. jim cantore, thank you as always. i, >>> we are back with a controversial question tonight. can you be diagnosed with grief? more than that, should you be given a

with us tonight from weather channel headquarters, our friend meteorologist jim cantore. jim, there is a chance it just never moves in to stay, winter does? >> i think we are going to get winter. february and march, big months for storms. it's not over yet. let's talk about what we had though. this is amazing well. when you look at 9/10 of the country, we have had above normal temperatures. the scale to the top above average. that is above average. we look into february. more of that to the south. this may not bode well for our severe weather potential. we already had 74 tornados this month, third all time. today, 50 plus record highs right in this region here. we will have another slew tomorrow. i bet they wish the super bowl was in dallas. 72 coming up. it looks like this area will finally cool off by the time we start early next week. some of the extended models do suggest we do cool off starting next week, and possibly a big chill coming toward the middle of february. we're going to have to wait and see. they haven't lasted that long. >> we'll pay for all these storie

in one account cantor wrote that mrs. obama was annoyed at white house strategy when the president's health care agenda seemed in danger of collapsing in early 2010. cantor also described the obamas as down to rt and committed parents. the book is based on interviews with 30 current and former aides. president obama and the first lady declined to be interviewed for the book. >> sounds like a fascinating book. i think there are excerpts you can read to decide if you want the book. >> i think many first ladies have fascinating stories. >> when she writes her book that's the one i want. >> 9.36. still ahead a teenage girl from the united states is accidentally deported to colombia. we'll tell you how it happened and show you her emotional reunion with her family. >>> yet another video of casey anthony surfaces. what the florida woman is doing on it's the perfect time to find great deals on the 4g lte devices you love. like the droid bionic by motorola for $199.99. or the pantech breakout for $49.99. our lowest price ever. ge

. >> in a new book, "new york times" reporter jody cantor says the first lady clashed with top aides. the president told the former chief of staff his wife was displeased with the handling. emanuel was indignant. >> i'm sure that michelle obama was probably deeply offended by rahm emanuel's style. >> cantor writes, mrs. obama's reported comments to carla that living in the white house was hell created problems for former press secretary, robert gibbs. when he learned she was upset with his efforts at damage control, he cursed the first lady to staffers. >> well, i mean, that's shocking. first of all, it's really stupid. they don't understand that she's the wife. and that she has the power. >> the book revealed the evolution of michelle obama from the harvard educated mom that felt everyone is waiting for a black woman to make a mistake to a formable first lady. >> i think she is now getting her sea legs. >> it's about giving you a voice with decision makers. >> the book says mrs. obama has found her voice. >> it's about getting something done. >> and is all in with helping her husband

in one account cantor wrote that mrs.bama was annoyed at the white house strategy when the president's health care agenda seemed in danger of collapsing in early 2010. cantor described the obamas as down to earth and committed parents. the book is based on interviews with 30 current and former aides. president obama and the first lady declined to be interviewed. >>> we are looking at a nice, dry, mild day. we can't complain. >> you both owe me a little bit of money. i paid the overbaggage fee from florida to stuff all this nice weather into my bag. wouldn't fit in the car on. >> well done. >> i'll invoice you two during the commercial break and i'll be back to tell you how wonderful your wee ♪ more and more folks are trying out snapshot from progressive. a totally different way to save on car insurance. the better you drive, the more you can save. no wonder snapshot's catching on. plug into the savings you deserve with snapshot from progressive. >>> you're watching news 4 today. >>> welcome back. as many of you get ready

. >> schieffer: all that plus jody cantor, author of the controversial new book, the obamas. why is the white house so upset about her book? this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning again. newt gingrich joins us from charles town south carolina this morning. good morning, mr. speaker. >> good morning. good to be with you. >> schieffer: thank you very much. mr. speaker, mitt romney dumped a load of negative ads on you in iowa. you responded by attacks on his veracity and his business record. some republicans are saying you're just doing barack obama's work for him. are you uncomfortable with that? >> well, look, none of those folks were complaining when mitt romney spent $3.5 million on negative ads in iowa because they were for romney. now that all of a sudden somebody is willing to stand up to him and is willing to argue the other side of the case, they think it's unfair. whoever we nominate has to be prepared to take on barack obama, and the president already has $240 million in the bank. he plan

which, you know, i do believe tell given the rate of this snow. >> jim cantore reporting live. thank you very much. >>> health officials say they're ruling out possible causes for a mystery illness affecting 12 girls in new york. the teens all go to the same high school and are suffering from uncontrollable body movements and verbal outbursts similar to tourette's syndrome. a private company did tests at the school in december and did not detect an environmental cause. the new york health department said tests also ruled out a possible connection to infections, illegal drugs, and carbon monoxide poisoning. doctors at a neurological center are treating the girls and agree. they won't comment specifically on the conditions because of privacy laws but do say they have the situation under control. >> there's nothing that anyone's going to catch. they're not going to get sick related to this. and i just want people to take that away. there's nothing contagious. every single one of the patients a beautiful, wonderful person, and i just want them to get better. >> the new york health

"the obamas" is written by "new york times" reporter jody cantor.the book, cantor claims that first lady michelle obama has experienced newsroom tensions with the west wing staff. the book is based on interviews with 30 current and former aides, president obama, and the first lady declined to be interviewed. the white house posted a statement on their blog criticizing the book for relying on secondhand accounts and cantor's own interpretation of events. the statement reads, "the emotions, thoughts, and private moments described in the book, though often seemingly ascribed to the president and first lady, reflect little more than the author's own thoughts. these secondhand accounts are staples of every administration in modern political history and often exaggerated." >>> 6:37. the "today" show is coming up next at 7:00. let's check in with matt lauer to see what they're working on for "today." good morning. >>> dperng, coming up on a tuesday, voters in new hampshire head to the polls for the first primary in the presidential race as mitt romney take

weather channel meteorologist jim cantore is with us from headquarters tonight., everyone is saying the same thing. didn't used to be this way. we had a halloween blizzard but nothing since. what's going on? is it part of anything larger or permanent? >> well, i mean, brian, until we can get the jet stream to really start blocking some of the air masses and allowing cold air to come down and build up a snow pack we are going to continue with this mild winter. let's just show you today for example. you mentioned the 115 record highs. this is where we want to center in on. because some of these -- four of them have been all-time for select cities for the month of january. in aberdeen, they are 41 degrees above average. they don't even have 41 degrees for an average high. that just shows you how extraordinairy that is. we had snow cover across the country last year 46%. the jet stream situated like this. this year we have 19%. unless you can keep cold air coming down refrigerated you pretty much lose all that. and that's exactly what we are going to see over the nex

cantor did not interview for the obamas for the book. did talk to more than 30 staffers but the white house says the emotions thoughts and private moments described in the books though often seemingly ascribe the to the president and first lady reflect little more than the author's own thoughts and the book by jody cantor the new york times reporter will hit shelves this tuesday. harris? >> harris: peter, thank you. now, new reaction to, well, unexpected publicity for target stores. this was breaking news with amazing pictures yesterday and now we know more. one of their huge trailer trucks sank through the ice, minnesota, right up to the windshield when the trailer truck veered off the highway and on to an icy pond. witnesses say it took a few seconds before it broke through the ice and sank. this happening not far from the company's minnesota head gms quarters. the driver minor injuries but they pulled him out safely. responding crews including a dive team were blown away at what they saw. >> this is what a toe guy looks for if he want

. >> then the focus will shift to the outcome where eric cantor is facing criticism that legislationssued introduced appears to be stalled, even though 250 co-sponsors including 89 republicans. cantor's office says he wants and an expanded version that will deal with stock trades but also prevent all federal officials and employees from using insider information for profit in other areas. house republican shaken duffy has introduced a member of senior staffers to put into a blind trust and report all transactions within three days. >> if bill gates comes in, microsoft, meeting will go, hey, what is going on. >> reporter: he has announced he will allow amendments which could slow i it down but could resolve some of the concerns on both sides of the hill about potential loopholes that may need to be closed. >> brett: shannon, thank you. the top election official in one state is accused of voter fraud. politically the i-4 corridor in florida is crucial. interstate 4 runs from tampa to orlando to daytona beach. it runs through seven struggling counties including polk county. housing is a

the senate clears away for an insider trading ban in congress after harry reid accuses harry cantor ofney is vowing to aggressively fends off any attacks coming from a rival candidate or president obama. pete erp peter alexander has been covering the campaign. what else are we hearing? >> reporter: he's wearing short sleeves, seems relaxed and confident. spoke to reporters a short time ago and he mocked newt gingrich and said he can't complain about the negative complaining because he went after me in south carolina. the fact that we're going after him here has only been part of our success. people prefer our message in this state. mitt romney has spent four to one. he and his allies have four to one more money. some suggest that might impact romney going forward. some polls show he lost about 13% among independents in terms of favorability. he, when i posed that question to him, he thinks people wants to see a any president but it's one of the narratives we will be watching as we go forward from here. he spent the day making phone calls. tonight, we'll see him just across the water at

a book by jody cantor, reporter from the "new york times" about the obama white house. there was a question whether or not there was enough of a coverage of a secrettal alice in wonderland party separate from the military party for kids in 2009. greg you have had a lot of hollywood celebrities at your house. what kind of themed parties do you hold. >> i had a similar one in my basement except it was eat, prey, love and it wasn't a party for the guests, it was a party for me. a hellish nightmare for them. >> so did you meditate and things like that? >> no, they slowly disappeared. the flares around the -- flyers were disturbing. >> the question was why was it reported. it was because it was on johnny depp news.com which i frequent to find out what's going on. george lucas loaned them reportedly the original chewbacca consume. >> that's made from alec baldwin's back hair. >> you didn't get jab about a the hut. >> i'm for kids and parties and supporting the military. but if you didn't do anything wrong, put it out on something other than 21 jump street. the white house is