when you're asking eric cantor about reform and how to pay for it and all those issues that you asked him, the first area he went to was tort reform, right? >> right. >> so, make the argument that cantor is making about tort reform and then let's be clear about this. the cbo does not score, am i correct here? the savings that you get from -- that you believe you're going to get from tort reform, correct? >> they have not scored it to my knowledge yet because i have not seen, what you're seeing there is a political issue because the democrats who have the trial lawyers as one of their big allies are not big in favor of tort reform. that hasn't been a big part of the democratic initiative, so the republicans are trying to push that. eric cantor may be right that may squeeze some savings. my next question is tort reform may be helpful but not get you $1 trillion. it may not pay for it. it may pay for some of it. that is the big issue on both sides. the president has not put out an obama plan yet and the republicans keep saying they want health reform but as you heard me pressing eric can

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year not losing any jobs then by my definition this stimulus worked reasonably well. >> ifill: eric cantorow minority whip and chris van hollen. thank you all very much. >> thank you. >> lehrer: again, the major developments of the day: the nation's three largest hospital groups agreed to give up $155 billion dollars in medicare and medicaid payments over ten years, if it helps pay for sweeping health care reform. and thousands of chinese paramilitary troops moved to stop ethnic bloodshed in the country's northwest. on newshour.pbs.org, an online- only feature tonight. a slide show from the african nation of niger. shorter rainy seasons there mean severe water shortages and have turned grazing lands into deserts. the "newshour's" journalism is available whenever you want it at newshour.pbs.org. we'll see you on-line and again here tomorrow evening. i'm jim lehrer. thank you and good night. major funding for the newshour with jim lehrer is provided by: chevron. intel. supporting math and science education for tomorrow's innovators. the national science foundation. supporting education and r

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in the gop weekly address, congressman eric cantor accused the president and democrats of reckless spending and borrowing. >> the president's economic decisions have not produced jobs, have not produced prosperity and simply have not worked. president obama has already asked to you borrow trillions of dollars, and so far nearly 3 million jobs have been lost alone this year. remember the promises? they promised you if you pay for their stimulus, jobs will be created immediately. in fact, they said unemployment would stay under 8%, yet just months later, they are telling us now to brace for unemployment to climb over 10%. >> a lot of small business owners have been hit hard by the economy. some of them told lisa sylvester they have a simple question, where is the stimulus? >> reporter: nathan's has been a washington, d.c., landmark in georgetown since 1969, a place where power brokers and regular joes rubbed shoulders over a good beer and a burger. the family-owned restaurant is shutting its door for good sunday. a casualty of the weakened economy. what affect has the economy had on your busi

series, of the future of the g.o.p., talking with one of the driving stars, virginia congressman eric cantor, the number 2 republican, in the u.s. house, and also, is public support for president obama starting to crash and what does that mean for his ambitious domestic agenda, we'll ask our sunday group if the president's political honeymoon is over and our power player of the week, shows us this front door to the nation's capital. all, right now, on "fox news sunday" tomorrow morning judge sonia sotomayor, faces her judges. members of the senate judiciary committee which will conduct her confirmation hearing. and we are joined by two leading members of the committee, jon cornyn, republican of texas, and dianne feistein, democrat from california, and senators, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> hello. >> senator cornyn, can judge sotomayor's nomination be blocked and if so, how? >> well, of course, she was -- the filibuster judges on the democratic side, filibustered a number of nominees and unfortunately, a gentleman who might have been the first hispanic nominee to the u.s. supreme cou

eric cantor of virginia is with me this morning. i want to dissect what he said there.e said stimulus was necessary to stop the freefall. one could argue that we were in the free fall earlier this year. can you agree now that the economy is no longer in free fall? >> absolutely not. if you ask anyone out there working, what ever sector it is, everyone is worried about their job. when we began talking about the stimulus in january, the president made the commitment and said, if congress passes this $800 billion bill, we would stay off the job loss and prevent unemployment from reaching 8.5%. now the unemployment is approaching 10%, and in many states, it is much higher than that. we have lost 3 million jobs almost. we should not be thinking about spending more in the same way, to try to reverse this job loss. we need to be smart about this and work together to point back to the small businesses which are the true job generators. bill: what is the idea that could gain traction to do that? >> what we need to do first is stop all of this enormous borrowing and spending. the

eric cantor voted against health care reform that steps companies from denying coverage for pre-existing conditions like cancer. >> reporter: this union ad is not about getting congressman cantor to vote for the house bill, this is a warning shot. county on health care reform and issue of 2010 hardball to come. during the august recess, pity the blue dogs and other conservative diplomats all likely to get buffeted from both sides. one expert who follows where ads are bought. anybody in the middle will be a fruit basket from the local tv station. >> the idea of being in the center is not a popular idea in washington, d.c. that's where most of the country does live. these congressman will hear from their constituents over the next month. aren't they? >> they are. in many ways, this is why those conservatives did push to put off the house vote until after the august recess, and it's also, in many ways, why the president wanted them to act before the august recess, simply because the longer this goes on, and longer it takes to pass, the more difficult it becomes to get precisely what the pre

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in the gop weekly address, eric cantor accused the president and democrats of wreckless spending and careless borrowing. >> the plain truth is, that president obama's economic decisions have not produced jobs. have not produced prosperity. and simply have not worked. president obama has already asked you to borrow trillions of dollars. and so far, nearly 3 million jobs have been lost alone this year. remember the promises? they promised you that if you paid for their stimulus, jobs would be created immediately. in fact, they said that unplace of employment would stay under 8%. right now, they're telling us to brace for unemployment to climb over 10%. >>> a lot of small business owners have been hit hard especially by the economy. and some tell lisa sylvester, they have a simple question. where's the stimulus? >> reporter: nathan's has been a washington, d.c. landmark at georgetown since 1969. a place where power brokers and regular joes rub shoulders over a good beer and a burger. but the family-owned restaurant is shutting its doors for good sunday, a casualty of the weakened econom

right now," we continue our series of the future of the gop talking with one of its rising stars, eric cantor, the number two republican in the u.s. house. also, is public support for president obama starting to crack? and what does that mean for his ambitious domestic agenda? we'll ask our sunday group if the president's political honeymoon is over. and our power player of the week shows us the front door of the nation's capitol. all right now on "fox news sunday." and hello again from fox news in washington. tomorrow morning judge sonia sotomayor faces her judges, members of the senate judiciary committee which will conduct her confirmation hearings. we're joined by two leading members of that committee, john cornyn, republican of texas, and dianne feinstein, democrat from california. senators, welcome back to "fox news sunday." senator cornyn, can judge sotomayor's nomination be blocked? if so, how? >> it was unheard of to filibuster judges until our friends on the democratic side filibustered a number of nominees and unfortunately a gentleman who might have been the first hispanic nominee

of course, this on charges by eric cantor whose congressional district is where joe biden was speakingantor had said the day before, look, the stimulus thing is not working. that $787 billion, only a drop in the bucket has been actually spent thus far and where are the jobs? we heard yesterday, once again, hundreds of thousands of people have lost their jobs. clayton: higher jobless numbers this month. ainsley: biden saying the recovery package solved the credit freeze and saved jobs of public ploys. clayton: he's saying it opened up credit so banks are able to provide loans now, people are able to get these loans. i don't know because we're still seeing foreclosures rocking at a record pace, people losing their homes at a record pace, unable to get these loan modifications right now. and we heard earlier this week the obama administration now considering turning your home into a rental property as an excuse. steve: if you can't make your mortgage payment, somehow the ownership gets transferred to the government and you rent it from the government. that's a great idea. here's the thing

. >> congress will be back in session and john boehner and eric cantor and when they are having meetingsnot going to say what are we going to do next because sarah palin is no longer governor of a state that is very far away. the party will move on and she will be a part of that debate upcoming but we don't know which way. >> i think this is good for the republican party because i think this makes her less and less of a viable candidate for president. i don't think she was ever electable. makes room for other republican presidential candidates. a guy that i really fear as a republican nominee is a guy by the name of john thune. could easily be a guy that could just catch fire. there are candidates like this not getting a lot of attention because sarah palin sucks away some of the oxygen. for a democrat, we would love to see her in the news and as a nominee. this takes her out of the game. >> yes or no, does she run in 2012? >> absolutely no. >> doug? >> given the nature of it, i can't give a yes or no. stay tuned. she will make news over the next two years. >> i wish the answer was, yes.

here's what eric cantor will see at home. >> now i find out that congressman eric cantor voted againstealth care reform that would stop insurance companies for denying coverage for pre-existing conditions like cancer. he wants know fight cancer and the insurance companies? >> reporter: this union ad is not about getting cantor to vote for the house bill. this is a warning shot. count on health care reform as an issue for 2010, hardball to come. 2009 as these ads get sharper and a vote for reform gets closer, look for these sides to square off along stark and simple minds. the need to rein in insurance companies versus the need to prevent government-run health care. wolf? >> going to get uglier every single day before this is all over. thank you, candy. let's talk act this and more with our cnn political contributor, democratic strategist donna brazile and republican strategist john feerhe. how ugly does it get? >> pretty ugly. and the truth is because this is a very important issue and both sides have a great deal at stake. but, look, the obama for america, which is a part of the dnc,

we had congressman eric cantor miked up early this afternoon, but he had to run off for a vote. one other quick note. health care reform got a big boost today with key lawmakers saying they've got the cost down by $100 billion over ten years. we know you have a lot of questions for lawmakers working on health care reform. in washington tomorrow, rick is back, of course, and he's going to help you ask those questions. tune in tomorrow right here at 3:00 eastern. rick is going to talk with three people -- a small business owner, a student, and a woman with a pre-existing medical condition. they will get face time with two u.s. senators during rick's national conversation. and don't forget, rick always gets your comments and questions from twitter, facebook, myspace and more. that's tomorrow at 3:00. >>> by now you've heard that president obama will host harvard professor henry louis gates anding is crowley from the cambridge police at the white house tomorrow night. the incident involving those two men has sparked national conversation about racial profiling. cnn wants to hear fro

here is what republican whip eric cantor had to say about joining forces. >> the disagreement on the other side of the aisle reflects the growing fear among americans about the potential for a government takeover of health care. >> he and other republicans say that blue dogs are willing to team up. shepard: new evidence tonight at best battle is hurting the president a polls. look at this. a brand new gallup poll, down to 44%, with half of americans disapproving of how he is handling health care. there is a reversal numbers from just a couple months ago. if now, the american administration is missing a deadline for guantanamo bay. six years ago, they signed up a task force in charge of handling the details. now they're asking to finance reports that were supposed to be done by right now. republicans say is another sign that the administration has no plans for the detainees still at guantanamo bay. they say this is washington, it must set deadlines, nothing will happen. so is this in jeopardy, as well? the white house says it is still on track for january showdown but there is a debat

house republican eric cantor said the costs will punish businesses big and small and keep them from hiringthat are desperate for work. >> as we see, the ambitious agenda with one program after another coming down the pike, the additional question being asked is who is paying for all of that is trying to be pushed. >> make no mistake, the status quo, on health care is not an option for the united states of america. >> house democrats want to make health insurance available to americans that don't have it. >> now, this debate is far from over on capitol hill. so why is it on the fast-track, to get to presidential desk by the month of august. >> politics. it is a sweeping piece of legislation that has the potential to change the face of health care across the country. >> this is clearly a railroad that is barreling down the track trying to force through health care. >> just this week, house democrats unveiled a 1000 page detailed version of the health care reform bill. which president obama wants passed by both chambers next month. >> nobody has even had a chance to really read the bills yet.

rick: do not forget to watch chris wallace the sunday, with his guests dianne feinstein and eric cantor. that is this sunday on the big fox network and here in the afternoon. check local listings for time. breaking news this hour in the case that has sickened everybody who has heard details about it. four people in the chicago area accused of digging up bodies and reselling the plots to unsuspecting customers. it is worse than thought. we're hearing now that hundreds of caskets have been dug up. the motive was greed. this is the bur oaks cemetery, 20 miles southwest of chicago. it is the final resting place of dinah washington, willie dixon, emmett till. since the news broke, two dozen families have shown up to find out the status of their loved ones. >> they just dug him up like he was not even there, like it was nothing. and they put somebody else there. >> just piles of dirt everywhere. rick: there's now a hot line families can call for new information. bran news information coming from a police conference. take a listen. >> their loved one was not there anymore. so we said from the

. >> eric cantor says republicans stand ready with their own plan, which includes lower taxes. >>> a final farewell to steve mcnair. ♪ friends and family gathered in haitis burg for his funeral. at least500 mourners turned out for the service at the reed green coliseum. ray lewis and vince young were some of the speakers. >> he left a legacy, the same way jesus left because he had sacrifices that he left for us. >> the fact is, you know, steve was, like, you know a hero to me. heroes are not supposed to die. ♪ >> a private burial followed the service. mcnair was shot and killed last week by his girlfriend who then committed suicide. >>> tonight, philadelphia police are searching for the gunman behind the shooting of an nfl rookie. police say 23-year-old curtis brinkley was sitting in his car when someone shot at him and took off. it happened after midnight on friday. brinkley was able to drive to an intersection about a quarter mile away where police found him. police family says he's awaiting surgery for gunshot wounds to his shoulder and his leg. no word yet on a motive behind the

republican congressman eric cantor from virginia is the house minority whip and senator chris dodd is the chair of the senate health, education, labor and pensions committee. the only senate committee to pass a health care bill so far. good morning to both of you. >> good morning, meredith. >> congressman, if i could start with you. you said that health care legislation currently moving through congress is taking us down a dangerous course. did you hear anything last night that would change your mind? >> meredith, what i heard last night was a president that seemed somewhat frustrated that people don't understand what this government health care plan is about. and, you know, throughout the hour-long press conference last night, i think people still have a lot of questions about what it means for them and their families. what does the government plan mean for them? and you know, it is just imperative, i think, that we get this right. and i think that's where all of us are right now, is to make sure we don't rush to judgment, that we don't just try and get something passed, because we a

here's what eric cantor will see if he hits the remote at home. >> i see that eric cantor voted againstare reform that would deny coverage for pre-existing conditions like cancer. he wants me to fight cancer and the insurance companies? >> reporter: it's not about getting congressman can'ter to vote for the house bill. this is a warning shot. count on health care reform for an issue for 2010. hardball to come. candy crowley, cnn, washington. >>> you know, we've been hearing a lot about the health insurance cooperatives as part of the health care reform plans. how are they and how would they work? senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen, is hard at work now, she'll be here in just a couple of minutes with some answers to all of our questions. >>> race relations are taking center stage at the white house late today. it's beer around a picnic table for the president, the professor, and a police officer. senior white house correspondent, ed henry, is here. ed, what does president obama hope to accomplish in this meeting with professor gates and sergeant crowley later today? >> reporte

republicans like virginia congressman eric cantor says it is too much money. montana senator believes progress is being made. >> all of us are going to be paying an astronomical cost at a time we cannot afford this ambitious grab. >> we are finding ways to put the cost in the right direction. good provisions that will lower the rate of health care costs. >> reporter: the american medical association is backing the reform plan. >>> so many families are struggling to make ends meet these days but imagine having to pay to care for your parents. howard is the author of caring for our parents new book. he is with us now. we have the founder of a financial group and thank you for being with us. cash, i want to start with you because you took a phone call at the beginning of the show and just got off that call. serious problems that our experts can help you handle. what was the question. >> it was a very specific question. the lady's name was carrie and we couldn't help but notice cash and carry right off the bat. and her and her husband are retired receiving full pe

he is in eric cantor's territory in virginia, a congressman.ntor shot back right away, the stimulus isn't producing the jobs at the rate that the obama administration promised and that's obvious because the unemployment close is 9.5 and heading north at the moment as we speak. the white house position is that a lot of the stimulus money has yet to be put in place, but people are getting impatient. >> well, i think, just going to back to larry summers and his speech today, there's clearly kind of a -- people at the white house are pruzeled puzzled that unemployment is not doing better given the economic level of growth. it is just not tracking as it historically does. he says employers are not hiring people and aren't filling jobs as the economy shows some sign of stabilizing, which says that the private investors or private companies don't have a lot of confidence in this economy. i think that's the longer term saying we need to worry about. >> the single worst thing they can do is insist that it's working when everybody can seaplanely that it'

whip eric cantor with the republican address. he also talks about the economy and gives his perspective on the president's plan and his party's alternative proposals. >> this week we've made important progress towards the goal of bringing about change abroad and change at home. during my visit to russia, we began the process of resetting relations so that we can address key national priorities like the threat of nuclear weapons and extremism. at the g-8 summit leaders from nearly 30 nations met to discuss how we'll collectively confront the urgent challenges of our time from managing recession to fighting global warming to addressing global hunger and poverty. in ghana i lady out my plan for africa and the world. my thoughts are on the state of our economy at home though i laid these thoughts out. and that's what i want to talk to you about today. we came in office facing the most severe economic downturn since the great depression. at the time we were losing on average 700,000 jobs a month and many fears our financial system was

joining us is the majority leader steny hoyer wnd the minority whip eric cantor. thanks for coming in. >> you're welcome. >> good to be with you, wolf. >> let's go through some of the major points of contention, see if we can find common ground between the two of you. on the issue of a public option, as it's called, congressman hoyer, a government health insurance company, if you will, that would compete with private health insurance companies, is that a done deal as far as the democrats are concerned, or are you willing to back away from it? >> i think there's still discussion about that, but i think there's going to be a public option in the house bill. i hope there is. i think there will be. we think there needs to be an alternative for individuals and of course the republicans when they pass prescription drugs also had an alternative but there was the possibility of a public option in their own bill. we think it's important to keep it in there to keep the insurance companies honest, if you will. >> if there's a public option, a government health insurance comp

. >> reporter: but these are temporary jobs, which is why some, like virginia congressman eric cantore questioning whether summer employment is the most effective use of stimulus money. >> i think the american people are just frustrated seeing their taxpayer dollars wasted. and when you say that you want to see a stimulus bill work, they, the american people, expect that stimulus bill will be focused like a laser on creating jobs. >> reporter: are they wrong? >> to say that this summer program does not work doesn't really hit the point. the point is, you're training young people for the future. >> reporter: sean branch, at least, already views this stimulus project as a success. >> somebody like me, i'd never think in a million years that i would have the opportunity to just sit in a beautiful office, air-conditioning and just file papers. i never think that. >> reporter: here in richmond, they estimate each summer job costs between $1,000 and $2,000 in stimulus spending. it's a one-time cash infusion, so come next summer, programs like this across the country will need to look elsewh

. >> reporter: but these are temporary jobs, which is why some, like virginia congressman eric cantor, are questioning whether summer employment is the most effective use of stimulus money. >> i think the american people are just frustrated seeing their taxpayer dollars wasted and when you say that you want to see a stimulus bill work, they, the american people, expect that stimulus bill will be focused like a laser on creating jobs. >> reporter: are they wrong? >> to say that this summer program does not work doesn't really hit the point. the point is you're training young people for the future. >> reporter: shawn branch, at least, already views this stimulus project as a success. >> somebody like me, i would never think in a million years i would have the opportunity to just sit in a beautiful office, air conditioned and, you know, just file papers. i never would think that. >> reporter: here in richmond they estimate each summer job costs between $1,000 and $2,000 in stimulus spending. it's a one-time cash infusion, so come next summer, programs like this across the country will ne

. >> eric cantor, representative, republican from virginia, came out a short time ago speaking about, again, so many committees with so many plans and nothing that comes out is going to be final. let's take a quick listen and let our viewers here what he had to say about how things are going. let's take a quick listen. >> the reality of what president obama is proposing is putting the government in competition with those in the private sector. employers, one after the other, have said, if you do that, there will be no other option then for us to shed our health care and allow all of our employees to go into the government plan. when you look at it, those that have health care in this country, an overwhelming number of americans like what they have. they say it is too expensive. >> you hear there talking about what could happen down the road with a government option. i need you to be as frank as you can. how much of this is about semantics and what members of congress are going to be able to go back and talk to their constituents about, when they go back and say, yes, i voted for this

joining me live from capitol hill, republican representative eric cantor.ident's q and a and i read a recent piece that you wrote in the paper talking specifically about seniors. did he sell you on reform when talking about that in particular and focusing a lot on medicare? >> kyra, i heard what he was saying. he hasn't said a lot different today than what he said at last week's press conference. the fact is, most americans are very concerned about what they are learning of the obama health care reform bill. i don't think the people of this country feel it is appropriate for us to hear the president say, you know, it's my way or the highway. there are plenty of other approaches. i think we can gain a comfort level if we take the time to get it right and not say that we must have full-on this government takeover of our health care system. >> he, time and time again, throughout that q and a said in no way, shape, or form and was very firm about this, said we are going to make you do one thing or another. it is not going to be like canada, he said, where your

house minority ip eric cantor of virginia, cis van hollen of maryland, head of the democric congressionalampaignmmitte mark i'll start wi you, you were ground zero in all of this when people were taing about a needor stimulus plan. is it working? >> yeah, it'sorking close to what i uld have expeed at his point in time. it's still early days, only four or five months in t the package. but ste governments are getting checks, unempyed workers are gettg more nefits. social security recipients got check in the mail in may, pople who are working ve lower withholding. business tax cu are ltering through, even getting infrastructure spending. everything is going according to script, at least so f. >> ifillet me ask eric about. thatou've had disagrments on this poin with oher members of yourody. but al with the white house, wh do you think abut how the package haseen gog? youidn't support it, i shou be said. en, ihink one thing we can all agr upon as we heard the majory leader say as well asice president that we're all dispointed where things have turned out as wead hed a lot differtly. cleay the stimulu

you heard eric cantor say this is about democrats versus democrats in so many ways and them working out something amongst themselves. >> that's right. really, the dispute right now is about how to pay for the plan and also, as you have been discussing, whether there's going to be a public option. the president has decided that he has to have the ball. it's the fourth quarter. he wants to get bills out of the house because he's afraid that if the congressmen go home for the recess in august without passing out these bills, essentially it will be like the roach motel, the bills go into the august recess and they don't come out. >> how serious, mark, is the problem that he has with the blue dog democrats or the centrists that we've seen targeted in ads and even in letters and memos? >> well, again, their concerned about the long-term fiscal cost of this, and that's really the dispute. the fact is they are closer to getting more people on board for this reform than they've ever been. a lot of the stakeholders of the president are on board, they have been talking, they're around the table, b

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senate republican whit jon kyl and house republican whip eric cantor.n a new national ad today democrats not only refute their claims about the obama recovery but reassert how these bush republicans made it necessary. >> he said we should cancel the recovery act. he falsely claimed no projects had been awarded in ohio. he opposed the recovery act but then took credit for a project in his district. and he led the fight against the recovery act that is boosting kentucky's economy. they supported the bush policies that sank our economy into recession. they broke it. now they refuse to fix it. tell republican leaders to stop playing politics with our economy. the democratic national committee is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> congressman boehner's office responded, saying, quote, democrats can't run away from the fact that the stimulus has failed to provide the immediate jolt to the economy and prevent unemployment from climbing above 8% as the administration promised. this is the moral equivalent of an abusive guy who puts his wife in

. >> reporter: republican house whip eric cantor said that millions of jobs will be crushed by this administration's big spending high deficit policy. points to the grim unemployment numbers. the white house originally predicted that the president's stimulus plan would hold joblessness below 8.5%. now the projection is 10% nationally by the end of this year. i'm steve handelsman, news4, capitol hill. >> the treasury department is scrapping a plan, controversial plan,ing in fact, to hire -- lighten the mood of employees there. the idea came from easury's bureau public debt. the workers managed federal debt which is currently more than $1 trillion. the bureau considered hiring a cartoonist to conduct presentations on the benefits of humor in the workplace. the senator heard about the plan and got in contact with the bureau. and the bureau dropped the idea. senator dorgan said today there is very little funny about today's economic conditions. >>> pope benedict xvi is recovering from surgery for a broken wrist. the pope is on vacation this week in northern italy. the vatican officials say he fell and f

eric cantor, he's one of the republican leaders of the congress, he said, quote, mr. cantor -- i love the way he speaks for him like he's the pope, mr. cantor finds it ironic that those most eager to talk about the president's citizenship are, in fact, some of his biggest cheerleaders, whether it's chris matthews or others on msnbc, "the huffington post" or camera toting liberal bloggers chasing people through the streets of washington. well, maybe we should show -- let's watch the video of one liberal blogger. this is mike stark trying to get a straight answer out of some members of congress on this birther question. >> i would like to talk to you but i am -- no, no, no, no. r >> quick question. >> no, no. >> do you believe barack obama was born in the united states? >> you know, i have to go right now. i wish i could talk to you right now. but i'm on my way -- >> people are going to think i'm tugging you. >> what i don't know is why the president can't produce a birth certificate. i don't know anybody else that can't produce one. i think that's a legitimate question

congressman eric cantor of virginia. >> last night, the president took to the air waves to try and convince the american people of his idea of health care reform. and in my opinion, the president really presented the people with a false choice because according to what he said last night, there were only two ways: either the status quo or a government health care plan. we're here to say that there really is a third way, that we can work together with our democratic colleagues to try and forge a solution that really reflects the strengths of our system today, while trying to address some of the weaknesses. >> lehrer: the president has spent much of his time today and last night talking to the american public about quality and costs. and that's where judy woodruff picks up our story. >> woodruff: to pay for a health care overhaul, the president said last night as much as two- thirds of the funding may come from reducing waste and change incentives for doctors and nurses. doing that is no simple matter though and there is a wide spectrum of opinions even among many in the same profession. toni

a new conservative policy wonk maybe in the mold of newt gingrich or an eric cantor.gical, totally understandable strategic move for somebody trying to set themselves up for their political future. it's also not working out very well so far. because governor palin appears to have forgotten to consult her own record on the subject before writing the op-ed. remember the op-ed is against cap and trade, against capping emissions. here's governor palin at the vice presidential debate last october. >> do you support capping carbon emissions? >> i do. i do. >> here's her elaborating on what appears to have been sort of downright enthusiastic support for cap and trade in her famous interview with katie couric. >> john mccain proposed legislation calling for mandatory caps on global warming gases or co2 emissions. do you agree with that? >> i support his position on that absolutely. >> but he somewhat backtracked on the campaign trail saying the caps wouldn't be mandatory. what do you think? do you think voluntary caps go far enough or they should be mandatory? >> he's got a g

eric cantor, a republican in the house leadership, today argued it was chris matthews and liberal bloghing this. when in fact the reality of the matter is that the numbers are very clear. republicans actually believe this nonsense. >> well, i think chris is pushing the idea that they're a bunch of nut jobs out there that don't have their heads screwed right on this. here's what i think. i think the republicans are out there saying, hey, we're going to have some fun with this. and we don't have anything else cooking right now. so we're going to gin up this idea and try to stir up it up. i think it's an innate thing ann amongst republicans to see obama fail. yeah let's give them a negative answer. yeah, we don't think he was born in the united states. any merit to that? >> i think that's part of it. i think a sizable component of the republican base does not believe that barack obama is an american. it's sort of an extension of the 2008 campaign where they were accusing him of being unamerican on issue after issue. >> i've got to ask you quickly, marcos, do you think this is an issue for

republicans have been trying to keep an eye on hoping you might see someone like that emerge, guys like eric cantorn, people you've wanted to see break out of the mold. but lately the talk with those two is they haven't been against the big spending proposals as they might have hoped. maybe there's hope for somebody in the house to break out. i think that's where it would come from. if it did. because as bright as the governors looked six months ago, namely talking about mark sanford, doesn't seem to be coming from that bench right now. >> certainly not from south carolina at this point. amanda carpenter, eleanor clift, thank you both. >>> coming up in our next hour, if you think taking a trip to vegas is out of your price range in these tough economic times, wait until you hear some of the airfares out there. airlines and resorts are slashing prices. we'll tell you some of the best deals. you're watching msnbc. gecko vo: you see, it's not just telling people geico could save 'em hundreds on car insurance. it's actually doing it. gecko vo: businessmen say "hard work equals success." well, you're lo

i mean, i remember talking to rnc chair steele and also yesterday eric cantor saying the same thing, that they wanted more time, they wanted to delay this, and that rushing to a vote would be detrimental. so, republicans very much getting what they wanted with regard to a later vote. >> republicans, and not just republicans. we're hearing that more and more from democrats, it's these conservative democrats who have struck this deal with their leadership, they were the ones who told us over and over again, what's the rush? we want to do this. we agree. many of them got elected to try to reform the health care system. but they said, we want to do it right. and that's why they are, as part of this deal, getting an agreement from their own leadership that this won't happen. at least there won't be a full vote until the fall. however, they are still trying to chip away at some of the problems that they've had with their leadership's health care plan. the impact on small businesses, the overall costs. they feel at least in the short term, they've been able to do that, and that's why at lea

gretchen: eric cantor is the minority whip, and he joins us right now.o you, congressman. >> good morning, good to be with you. gretchen: i have a feeling that you're going to say that the new deal that the blue dogs came up with, at least some of the blue dogs, that you don't think it's enough cuts? >> well, in so many words, gretchen, i think i would agree with you. there is just a little nibbling around the edges here, and some have even suggested it may be a little dance being played to try and get some reason back into this bill. but i tell you one thing, after reading the preliminary reports of what's in this deal, there is likely even a larger bipartisan majority planned right now than there was even yesterday. >> how could that be because they cut $100 million out of the proposal. they said they have a situation now where the public option will be forced to compete and bid on against private insurers, and they're going to postpone it until september. how would that create more friction? >> well, i think, first of all, the one good thing that you

the only other guy old enough to remember eddie cantor is probably you. >> eddie and eric.i wonder if they're related? >> i'm sure they're not related. >> you never know. >> i'd bet against it, but that was my era. >> check with eric cantor's office. all right. >> all right. >>> coming up, the president says police acted stupidly in arresting an african-american scholar. a political storm gathering over those remarks. plus, a cnn exclusive interview with the actress and good-will ambassador angelina jolie. she's in iraq right now. why she says it's such a critical time there. quality and reliability... are more than words here. it's personal. i have diabetes. rodney's kid too. so we're so proud to manufacture... the accu-chek® aviva meters and test strips... here in the u.s.a. plus, we've proven you'll waste 50% fewer strips... when you use our meter, which means greater savings... for people with diabetes, like me. now that's a true american value. accu-chek® aviva. born in the u.s.a. >>> a potentially significant setback for president obama's health care reform effort. he

. >> house republican whip eric cantor calls the stimulus bill nothing but pork, waste and massive borrowing>> since january, we have offered alternatives to the out of control big government democrat agenda that unfortunately became law and has completely failed to create jobs. our plan is simple and smart, and its strength is that it doesn't invest in washington. it invests in the american people. we believe washington should stop its war on the middle class and reduce taxes so every hard working, tax paying family in america will see an immediate increase in their income. a prosperous middle class is critical for our entire nation's well-being. >> the gop version of the stimulus bill would have cost $478 billion and not a single house republican voted for the one the president eventually signed into law. >> there is a lot of talk about spending all of this money to rescue the economy, but some people feel it it's just that. a lot of talk. >> josh levs has an eye on all the money and where it's actually going. good morning. >> good morning to you guys. this is interesting. let's zoom in. w

eric cantor the minority whip. they will also have several other folks speaking on health care issues including a canadian patient who sought treatment here in the united states and that is noon eastern on c-span3. and for now on this network, c-span2, we will hear from the republican side of the aisle for about 15 minutes today. mitch mcconnell and john banner talked about health care. held this midafternoon prior to the president and his conference. good night, and here is a look at that. >> hello. good afternoon, everyone. obviously the subject seems like virtually every day is health care and it certainly should be the subject. i continue to hear suggestions that members of the republican congress and the senate are not for health care. i cannot find a single member who is not for trying to improve america's health care system. most all of us agree with the american people who overwhelmingly say in the polls that they like the quality, but they are concerned about the cost and access and of course cost and acce