we will here from john boehner, eric cantor, and mike pense.ur invitation and came to the baltimore today to have a dialogue with our members. i thought that the dialogue went very well. a lot of discussion about the solutions that we have offered to the administration and to our democratic colleagues all year, and the fact that we want to continue to find common ground. we're not always going to agree. but i think it did become clear in the conversation today for the president -- with the president, that there are issues and items that we do agree upon. when they are lumped together in 2,000-page bills and 1,000-page bills, typically what we find is a lot of the things in the bills that we disagreed with. if we can break this down into smaller bites, smaller bills, we will be able to find that more common ground and find ways to work together. the american people are continuing to ask the question, where are the jobs? and that should be our focus of this year. it should have been the focus of the administration last year. but they seem to be g

after that, a discussion with steny hoyer and eric cantor.president obama's first year in office. on thursday, the supreme court struck down limits that corporations and unions can spend on political campaigns. this week on "america and the courts" a look at the supreme court and its impact. we'll have statements from attorney floyd abhams and reaction from the democratic committee chair. and analysis on the decision with legal scholars. "america and the courts" today at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. this morning we'll discuss muslim studies and attitudes toward muslims and those who practice islam with dalia mogahed. then william beach discusses prosperity in countries around the world.

you saw john boehner and eric cantor, they were stone-faced so often when the democrats were enthusiastic. if yur a real political news junkie, as all of us are, you love this stuff. >> larry: john king the host of "state of the union with john king." they borrowed this tonight from your show. >> they came before me on this one, larry. >> larry: how did you see it, john? did he hit it out of the park? >> it's a fascinating speech. we won't know the answer to that. part of the answer will come in november's elections. he clearly understands he's lost the bond he had with the american people during the campaign. many said he wasn't just a politician, he was the leader of a movement. now he's struggling. he receive a time-out in the health care debate. he understands in this environment he needs to prove to people he's spending most of husband time and energy on jobs and the economy. now, this is not helicopterive -- representative of the country. but this is on twitter. we took nearly 200,000 twitter messages and our friends at crimson hexing aen helped us with this. blue means support. 31%

eric cantor e republican leader told me yesterday that h assumed the they would assume the majory in november. now that's a l of seats to pickp. >> lehrer: what about health-carreform. where does it fit in if all now. >> somebody askeme the day after, on wednesday, do you thk it will-- health-care refo will pass. then i sd 55-45 that it esn't. now having seen and heard what have heard in the last few days, i wou say 800 that it does not. >> lehrer: 80-20 >> you look at allhe different avues in which it could as pathe pass passion the nate bill, breaking it out, reconciation, all have severe barrierand the general sense of anxty. the was a big meeting of house democrats and it was described to me, gene taylor of mississippsaid after katrina had to tell the people in myistrict, i we to the beach and had to tell them. i'm sorry ur house is gone then he saidefore everody, all the democrats, madame speakerlet me tell u, your house is gone, refeing to the 45e9 care bill. and that is the sentiment at one heres. now i woul't say for sure but if you talk about e consensus ong the experts and

house minority whip eric cantor. >> we want to see the president listen, learn that the agenda he hasmoted over the last year just hasn't yielded the results. right now, families across america around the kitchen table worried about prospects about employment, the future for their kids. we want to hear some solutions that are akin to what we've been working on for the last 12 months. >> reporter: the president will address the nation this evening at 9:00 pm eastern time. >> lehrer: and to shields and welcome, mr. axelrod. >> thanks, gwen. good to be with you. >> ifill: we've heard so many times the next speech the president is going to give, whatever it is, is the speech of a lifetime. what makes tonight different? >> well, you know, that is what washington does every speech. it becomes a speech of the lifetime. no doubt it's an important speech and it's an important speech because americans have been through a very difficult time and they're looking for a sense of what the future will hold. the president is going to talk about where we've been and where we're going and how we create

president obama with absolutely ironclad strong when he had 70% approval rating you saw folks like eric cantor saying we don't like reed and pelosi but we like president obama. that tone shifted when the conservative grass roots shifted. that was a basic political miscalculation. cynthia makes a reasonable point. had the president focused for example on some kind of medicaid reform on expanding access to medicare that would have been a shrewd incremental strategy that democrats could have built on. instead it was something that was very, very hard to sell to the rank-and-file voteres in the middle and some on the central right. >> brown: i have to ask you in our last time because we're in the journalistic time of looking at one year. but history tells us that a lot can change after one year. >> oh, yeah. you know where franklin roosevelt stood in the polls one year before he carried 46 out of 48 states. he was at 50% in the gallup poll. remember, bill clinton who, of course, in many ways, the republicans their history that is repeating is not 1933 but 1993. they think barack obama is bill clin

also eric cantor, the minority whip of the u.s. house. for now, bush on the democrats live from jackson, wyoming. what do you make of the race last night and what it means? caller: i tell you, when people start voting because of whose baseball team they are in favor of, this country is in pretty bad shape. we live in a fascist country. even the obama administration, who is being ruled by the pharmaceutical companies, the health industry, the insurance industry, they are the ones that have the say. we did not give out our message. the message should have been that we need a public option. nancy pelosi and harry reid fail the american people. when president obama took office, he put the war's black on budget from where president bush took time off -- he put the wars back on budget from where president bush took them off. obama's budget -- bush had it off budget. the american people do not realize that bush was going out and borrowing money but never giving us the real numbers. now we have the most dangerous thing in america today, black wat

and, to help facilitate that, i am joining with minority leader eric cantor, the good cheer of the wayseans committee, rangel, and the ranking member of the ways and means committee, congressman camp, filing legislation either later today or first thing monday to allow all of the american people who contribute to this haitian cause to be able to use their 2009 tax deductions to assist them with the this so that if they were to join in this effort, because everybody is asking us, don't send food, send money so that people can organize, coordinate and respond in a way that would be affected so that food won't be left out on pallets to spoil, and that sort of thing. let this thing be coordinated and to facilitate that, we want to pass legislation, hopefully very soon. congress will do the things to respond to this but we want this to be a package, be a part of that package so people who to respond can deduct their contributions on their 2009 taxes. somebody just lost all of their communications. i am sorry about that. let me just close my comments first by thanking javier becerra, my class

next a house debate between representatives steny hoyer and eric cantor over the health care bill. this is 50 minutes. >> for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? >> madam speaker, i ask to address the house for one minute for the purposes of inquiring about next week's schedule. >> without objection. >> i yield to the the gentleman from maryland, the majority leader, for the purpose of announcing next week's schedule. >> i thank my friend for yielding. on monday, the house is not in session. on tuesday, the house will meet at 12:30 p.m. for morning hour debate and 2 p.m. for legislative business. on wednesday, 10 a.m. for legislative business and recess at approximately 5:00 p.m. to allow a security sweep of the house chamber prior to the president's state of the union address. the house will meet again at 8:35 p.m. in a joint session with the senate for the purpose of receiving an address from the president of the united states. on thursday and friday, the house is not in session to give time for the republican issues conference to occur in baltimore,ed maryland. w

by the way, you mentioned the west side out here, you can look at the website that was eric cantor's idea. here's the point, these are serious times. what is required by all of us, democrats and republicans, is to do what is right for our country. even if it is not always what is best for our politics. i know it may be perce -- may be heresy to say this, but there are things that are more important than point number three people cannot accuse me of not living by my principles. we need an economy that less everybody up -- that lifts everybody up. it is more important than winning an election. our politics should be shaped by what is best for our future. no matter what is happening in the past, it is important for all of us to move forward together. we have issues right in front of us, on which i believe we should agree, because, as successful as we have been in spurring new economic growth, everybody understands that job growth has been lagging. every economist will say that jobs are a lagging indicator. that is no consolation for the folks who are out there suffering right now. there

gov which was eric cantor is idea. here is the point -- these are serious times.hat is required by all of us, democrats and republicans, is to do what is right for our country. even if it is not always what is best for our politics. i know it may be heresy to say this but there are things more important than good poll numbers. on this, no one can accuse me of not living by my principles. a middle class is back on its feet. an economy that lifts everybody up, and america that is sending in the world, that is more important than winning. an winning our future should not be shaped by was best for our politics. our politics should be shaped by what is best for our future. but, no matter what has happened in the past, the important thing for all of us is to move forward together. we have some issues right in front of us on which i believe we should agree as successful as we have been in spurring new economic growth, everybody understands that job growth has been lagging. some of that is predictable. every economist will say that jobs are lagging indicator but that is n

breaks to americans looking to donate money to relief efforts in haiti jim cliburn is working with eric cantorintroduce the legislation later today or tomorrow morning when congress returns to session. more relief coming from the european union which has pledged nearly $6 million to help haiti. >> tonight, larry and cohen on the federal government's role on expanding high-speed internet. >> live in this february, "book tv" welcomes paul johnson, author of over 40 books. his latest is on winston churchill joined us for a three-hour conversation from london. noon eastern. host: colonel j.m. venhaus is the jennings house army fellow. he was in charge of targeting and assessment in afghanistan. he is here to talk about how young men become extremists. what is the number one factor in a young man becoming a muslim extremist? guest: the most important thing we need to understand about how these young men are attracted to an extremist movement is it starts early. there are some myths, that is economic, has religious factors, but you have to look back at their bases of what they desire as they come of

by the way, you mentioned the west side out here, you can look at the website that was eric cantor'sare serious times. what is required by all of us, democrats and republicans, is to do what is right for our country. even if it is not always what is best for our politics. i know it may be perce -- may be heresy to say this, but there are things that are more important than point number three people cannot accuse me of not living by my principles. we need an economy that less everybody up -- that lifts everybody up. it is more important than winning an election. our politics should be shaped by what is best for our future. no matter what is happening in the past, it is important for all of us to move forward together. we have issues right in front of us, on which i believe we should agree, because, as successful as we have been in spurring new economic growth, everybody understands that job growth has been lagging. every economist will say that jobs are a lagging indicator. that is no consolation for the folks who are out there suffering right now. there are 7 million americans who ha

eric cantor put out a statement i think before the president finished speaking saying that he was against this. my question is, have you talked to republicans on the hill already or the institutions themselves to get a sense whether you can sell any of this to them or rather rigid or whether it they will just come out lock stock and barrel against it? >> i am not it legislative strategist. i am just a policy guy. this is in no way a strictly partisan issue on policy grounds. you go through the examples of those that believe this is in the long-term financial interest of the country. i think supporting this demonstrates that clarity. i would say that you heard the president discuss that there is a massive lobbying effort to derail or water down financial reform. i think it is very clear that many of the circumstances that existed two years ago are still possibilities in our financial system. we have to do all that we can and the president will ensure that we do all we can to change those rules of the road going forward. i do not doubt that there will be some that oppose this. there will be