i think story number two is how twisted eric cantor is because it was eric cantor that stood up in an hall meeting when a woman had a story about health care and he told her to go get charity. i remember that. there is a lot of charitable organizations that you can go to if you are sick. show me some charity tonight. vote no on this. you as a citizen don't forget how they vote. let's bring in the congresswoman of illinois and former michigan governor jennifer grand hall. great to have you with us tonight. >> thank you. >> please respond to eric cantor's claim this bill will lead to self reliance. he just said that. >> it is so painful, even to respond to that kind of demonizing of people who need some help over a hump. most people, the average is less than a year on the s.n.a.p. program, and i don't understand eric cantor. be willing to take food out of the mouths of hungry children. almost half of the s.n.a.p. recipients are children. are they supposed to go to work? are the mothers of an infant supposed to go to work and by the way there are strict work requirements already built i

the entire house and not just the republicans, we also hear today from cantor, his number two, eric cantor, another opponent of president obama in some many -- on so many issues. cantor saying that he, too, supports the president's call for action against syria. keep in mind that yesterday two key republican senators, john mccain voiced their support for presidential action against syria. president obama had already said he intended to take action, but again, that any action he takes would be much stronger if he could get bipartisan support. this morning it appears that he is getting much more support than many analysts had thought possible. dale. >> i have to admit, i'm glad you have those comments from eric cantor, because he has been a harsh critic of the white house. that may be the polite way of putting it. the full house comes back on the 9th of september. any thoughts on reading the tea leaves when it comes to that little grum group called the tea party? >> reporter: i wouldn't dare try to predict what a vote on any issue in congress would turn out to be. keep this in mind, dale, wh

he picked for the support of john boehner and eric cantor. before the meeting the president tried to reassure americans. >> the military plan that has been developed by our joint chiefs and that i believe is appropriate is proportional. it is limited. it does not involve boots on the ground. this is not iraq. and this is not afghanistan. this is a limited proportional step that will send a clear message not only to the assad regime but also to other countries that may be interested in testing some of these international norms, that there are consequences. >> we have also heard from the syria government today - the country said un ambassador spoke a while ago challenging military action. >> who appointed the american administration to anticipate on the outcome and the findings of the mission of investigation? how could the united states of america act unilaterally speaking from outside the context of the united nations? who asked mr obama to be the bully of the world? why not waiting until the investigative team is finalised and completed its

i kept urging them, vote your conscious, not eric cantor's conscious.he agriculture committee, it was written in eric cantor's living room. i know a lot of rank and file republicans did not like to cast that vote yesterday. i'm disappointed more didn't stand up to their leadership and the people they represent. these are our neighbors. these are the people who we should be caring about and not treating with disrespect. >> massachusetts congressman jim mcgovern, thank you for voting with your conscious and thanks for your time. >> thanks for having me. >> after the break, the cantaloupe king is at it again. congressman king who has used dogs and drug mules to describe imlegal immigrants has upped his own ante, i didn't think was possible by invoking september 11th. we will discuss that on "now." good job! still running in the morning? yeah. getting your vegetables every day? when i can. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. two full servings of vegetables for only 50 delicious calories. what are you guys doing? having some fiber! with new phillip

what eric cantor said today at this rally of house republicans after the vote was essentially calling out democrats. they want to get democrats on the record about the health care bill. they specifically mentioned mary landrieu of louisiana, kay hagan of north carolina, mark begich of alaska, and mark pryor of arkansas and those are democrats who are essentially in red states, they're up for re-election next year and they want to get those democrats on the record about health care. this was very much a political statement today, wolf. >> so it goes to the senate now the. and assuming the senate does not pass the same legislation that the house has just passed and we all assume that will be the case, what's boehner going to do at the end of next week into the weekend? >> well, it's going to go back to the house and eric cantor just announced that the house also likely be in session next weekend. of course, house speaker john boehner also said much the same thing as he was leaving his press conference yesterday. he was asked, are we going to be working next saturday and next sunday and

speaker boehner and eric cantor say they are with the president. john mccain seems supportive saying a defeat of the bill would be catastrophic. where are you? how would you vote if the vote were today? >> i'm in the middle of hearings. we have had a couple of classified briefings this morning. we have a hearing this afternoon that will be televised. i'm obviously going to wait until i heard all the evidence and the strategy. >> when you're at this hearing today, what do you need to hear from secretaries kerry and hagel and general dempsey? >> what i've waited to hear is why waiting is a good idea for congressional authorization that was not needed. that's what troubles me and many others. they said the targets are still there and we haven't degraded our ability to degrade their ability by waiting. i don't have a military background but it seems strange to me that you can give a regime a signal that you're waiting and obviously they can move things around in ways that make it more difficult to effect these targets. >> weren't many of your fellow re

a younger generation of republicans like paul ryan, marco rubio, eric cantor that seems much more easily to embody said genuine and proper tradition of morality along with the genuine and proper concern with limited government or individual liberty. i should add this is a real challenge. this concern with liberty on one hand and tradition on the other goes back to edward. back to france that liberty depends to get proper respect with order and virtue it is the traditional way to maintain a low order through the cultivation of virtues that we form individuals that are capable of maintaining freedom and a free society and. understood there were never less intentions it means to do as you wish or that it is what you ought to do. sometimes what you wish to do or which profession you wish to enter it differs. the tensions, they meet each other. but today however, again commend they understand there are claims of tradition, liberty and they are trying to put together policies of a reform agenda to reflect liberty and tradition is also to the attention. >> host: what you think of rand paul? >>

senator, what's eric cantor up to and why did republicans want to be such a cartoon of themselves notnly looking out for the top 1% but the bottom of the 47%, in the action. >> first of all, thank you for focusing on this and for ron doing what he's doing. this is nothing but a partisan, mean spirited effort. frankly not only to attack poor children and families but to tank the whole farm bill. those of us who care about supporting farmers and conservation and jobs and nutrition understand what eric cantor is all about. just one more time trying to stop us from doing anything. and as you mentioned, i think it's important to emphasize 85% of the people who get federal assistance for food are either children, children with their parents, senior citizens, or people with disabilities like our veterans. and so we're talking about 85% being in that category and of the other 15%, those are folks trying to piece it together -- >> it's not exactly a bragging right either when you go in the store and use food stamps. people are hard up, in bad shape, they may have lost their job, lost their hom

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nobody believes that now includiinclude ing john boehner and eric cantor. there's highly conservative activist groups trying to do a sort of 2011 like maneuver, but the republican leadership knows it won't work. the other day, the republicans tried to solve this problem an put something on the floor that would keep the government funded until mid december. they pulled it off the floor because they didn't have the votes. they had about 200 votes. and so, you have a situation that is different here and that what you have now is not a united republican party. it is a republican party at war with itself as some republicans try to move forward in a way that is somewhat consummate and then some conservatives basically delusionally argue we can just get barack obama to defund. if we just threaten bad enough consequences. that's going to backfire on the whole party. >> i want you to hold that thought because i want to bring in washington editor for conservative national review, well sourced in the house republican caucus. you heard what ezra just said, that there i

two key republican leaders, house speaker john boehner and majority leader eric cantor tonight say they support the president's plan to strike syria. both were on hand today when president obama gathered key congressional leaders at the white house to try and make his case. clearly that meeting got the job done for some. and the president's hoping his secretaries of state and defense had the same effect on capitol hill this afternoon. we're going to be joined by senator rand paul in just a moment who was in that contentious hearing, but our chief national security correspondent is with us from washington. >> today you're beginning the formal request of asking each of us to make the most important decision many of us will make during our tenure in the united states senate. >> reporter: for senators arare chance to debate a president's decision to launch military attacks abroad. the administration's three spokesmen all with very personal experience of war delivered the same message, the world is awaiting america's response. >> hezbollah is hoping that isolationism will prevail. north kore

we've heard from nancy pelosi, eric cantor, they have been on the house floor for about an hour now.antime, there are a lot of elections going on around the country. and this is the political ad it seems everybody is talking about and it's gotten more than 270,000 views on youtube. massachusetts state representative carl sciortino, who's running in a crowded primary campaign for senator ed markey's vacant house seat appears with his father in the ad but the two don't exactly see eye to eye politically. >> i'll never forget that conversation with my dad. >> that's me. >> where i had to come out and tell him. >> wait for this. >> that i was a massachusetts liberal. >> and he's proud of it! >> dad's in the tea party. >> damn right. >> there are some things you don't stop fighting for. >>. [ sighs ] >> also the right to choose. equal pay for women and equal rights for, well, everybody. >> he's been like this for 35 years. >> that's why i approve this message, and i still love you, dad. >> me too, son. >> let me bring in the stars of that ad. state representative carl sciortino jr. and hi

so eric cantor, we talked on this program about his trip to selma.for going to selma. it's great he went there as a symbolic event. but until these republicans come along with renewing the voting rights act, until they do that, then unfortunately, they will risk looking like this symbolism alone. >> and remember, that was a bipartisan effort. edward dirkson, arch conservative, former mccarthyite from illinois, put through that voting right, the civil rights after 1964, really rewrote it in the senate. and so it is possible, you know, there was a time when democrats and republicans could do what was morally right in congress. >> let's hope that'sin car natured in the president. joy reid, ari melber, thank you so much. >>> coming up, the speech writers are now working overtime. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is claira. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for her, she's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with her all day to see how it goes. [ claira ] after the deliveries, i was okay. now the ciabatta is done and the

i expect that the house majority leader eric cantor will likely be speaking as well as house speaker john boehner. but this is something, wolf, that we were expecting to happen. can they really get the senate to quote, act, senate must act? >> the senate will act but they won't pass the same legislation that just passed in the house of representatives. the senate will pass some sort of resolution, continuing resolution, that will keep the government funded, but it won't defund obama care, so you've got the republicans in the majority in the house, the democrats in the majority in the senate, and then what happens next, anyone's guess. there may be a government shutdown and if there is a government shutdown, there will be political fallout but much more important than the political fallout will be the real world economic fallout for millions and millions of americans who will suffer as a result of the government shutting down so many vital social services, other services, important work that the government does. a lot of government employees are going to be furloughed, they are not go

[applause] >> i want to say thank you to all of my colleagues come especially eric cantor.strumental in making this medal a reality. i will leave you with this thought -- this does serve a much more fundamental purchase purpose, and that is to honor the blessings that this nation was founded upon. all of those ideas -- like his presses. put in another way, life is short. these lives were far too short. when ruby realize life is short, we focus on what matters and on who matters -- when we realize life is short, we focus on what matters and on who matters. some would call this a ceremony, but i call it just love. love saw us through this and will see us through the trials that we all face. the symbol of wisdom dr. king used in his eulogy, a little child shall lead them. once again, our children have let us to the simplest of notions. they bring us together. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] h?ú?d ?ú?ú?ú?ú? ?h?h?tú?ú?ú?ú?

that, for going and striking syria, all of a sudden that combined with the likes of john mccain, eric cantor, lindsey graham -- in other words, key senate and house republican leaders going along with a strike on syria -- that brought out the sell signal on wall street. we'll get into that in more detail. but earlier the -- excuse me -- that would not be the case. now when it looked more likely it could be the case, thieves guys got worried because it just added to the uncertain tim it leaves me speech but doesn't leave ron paul speechless. congressman, we're told if things were to be voted on now, it would be a close vote, but it would be a yea vote for getting involved you say that would be a mistake, why? >> because we kept have any business there. just going to cause more trouble. but you also cited the polling is pretty good. the american people don't want to go into this war. and the people in britain didn't want to go in and they had a positive vote for peace. so, i would say, neil, i'm feeling pretty good. i have been on some lonely battles before, where there were one or two or thre

here's eric cantor. can we listen to eric cantor, the republican from virginia?ise today in strong support of this measure providing for the continuing resolution. madam speaker, today millions of americans across this country are struggling. they're struggling to find good paying jobs and they're struggling to pay their bills, and their frustration with government continues to grow. these americans, these hard-working middle class americans, are counting on their elected representatives to show leadership during these hard times. this continuing resolution will keep the government funded at its current level without increasing spending on the discretionary level, while congress finishes working on a real budget. americans are tired of seeing their government continue to spend more and more of their hard-earned tax dollars and for the first time since the korean war, it will be possible to have two consecutive years of discretionary spending cuts. this resolution will also protect the working middle class from the devastating effects of obama care. each week, we

[applause] >> i want to say thank you to all of my colleagues come especially eric cantor.th this this does serve a much more fundamental purchase -- purpose, and that is to honor the blessings that this nation was founded upon. -- like his ideas presses. put in another way, life is short. these lives were far too short. when ruby realize life is short, we focus on what matters and on who matters -- when we realize life is short, we focus on what matters and on who matters. this a ceremony, but i call it just love. this andus through will see us through the trials that we all face. the symbol of wisdom dr. king , a littles eulogy child shall lead them. once again, our children have let us to the simplest of notions. they bring us together. they give us hope for one hours running out. -- when ours runs out. we we could always use a solid gold reminder. in the name of the american edal to a gold m commemorate the lives of addie ,ae collins, denise mcnair carole robertson, and cynthia wesley. may we serve their lives with honor. [applause] the birmingham civil rights institute

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what has the situation told you about john boehner and eric cantor?istened to the members of the house that elected them. we have a very diverse congress on the republican side. you see over 230 members very serious. in this bill be brought forward, a united our conference. it was a lot of conservatives that put these ideas together. we worked with our conference and a rate that i think that's only united us that you had a bipartisan vote on the bill. it shows it will be responsible in funding government while also tackling all of the problems the president health care is creating. >> how many votes are there when this comes back? for a clean continuing resolution at the funding levels, how many votes, republican votes? >> i am not going to speculate. they may take this bill. there is a public outcry going on. the problems that so many of the senators, how do they go back home and say they're going to keep it in place even though the president has admitted it is unworkable? if anything does come back, and there are a lot of legislative tools we have t

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. >> do you make of eric cantor's show vote where in one vote it would have had house members fund and defund obama care so they could say they voted to defund it but they were really funding it? >> i think they have the message from the house members, the house republicans. i think they shot the idea down. i really think what we need to do and what the people want us to do is republicans control the house. people know we can't win every battle. we should use the leverage to try to make obamacare less bad. all the news reports today are talking about low income people having to provide insurance for their families and being penalized. even bill clinton is talking about this now. there are so many unintended consequences of the bill, it will be a disaster for the country. the president, though it is his baby should delay the whole thing for a year. we should study what's going to happen if the bill is implemented. >> to buy off big labor they are now going to carve out exemptions to buy their silence while america is caught up in the system. what do you think of that? >> without questio

. >> eric cantor had a different idea. he said yes to this?eric cantor wanted to separate the d.r. with the funding vote. he's considered a -- he's popular with conservatives in the house. >> what about the debt ceiling? because that's the second big vote. so where would they be on the debt ceiling? what would be associated with that? >> so the leadership in a sense tonight threw a bone to conservative business letting them have this defund vote. but the leadership's real strategy is to have a deal on the debt limit but not on the c.r. they got concessions on the debt lit im, they're looking for entitlement reform, more spending cuts attached to the debt limit later this year. >> if defunding obama care fails in the continuing resolution and it is separate, as you know because so you got a little legislative rule issue there. but putting that aside, if that does fail, that's the backup? >> here's the backup plan. plan b april cording to my sources in the house republican leadership, if it fails, fizzles, boehner will try to pass a short-term c

>> look, you just played the clips of eric cantor and a big reason why he's majority leader is becauseama care and the reaction against that in 2010. i think the problem is that now, because of all the focus is on government shutdown or not, it's distracting from a lot of the really bad news that we have about obama care. just this week, the centers for medicare and medicaid services came out and said obama care is going to increase health care spending by over $600 billion relative to what was status quo beforehand. >> you also had the news from trader joe's and others, people who are taking drastic measures with their employees' health care plans. >> today, the "wall street journal" reported that the exchanges aren't even ready, they're having problems -- >> glitch. >> glitches. just the latest glitch is that they don't know how to give out the prices of people's health care plans. >> why not make that argument instead of the government shutdown? >> and clarence, why aren't they? >> they are. nobody's listening. that's the problem. lot of reasons why the exchanges are having trouble

republicans such as house speaker john boehner and representative eric cantor are in favor, republicansmake up most of the 230 members of commerce who have declared themselves opposed. significant numbers of democrats are speaking up, too. one of the latest to do so is west virginia senator joe manchin, who said it is not the answer. >> the military strike in syria at this time is the wrong course of action. diplomaticaust all options and have a conference of plan before we act. russia, barackn obama is trying to drum up support among allies, even if one of his supporters, david cameron, has his hands tied following parliament's rejection of military action. let's move to the situation on the ground in syria. rebel fighters have withdrawn from a historic christian town in the heart of the country. several rebel brigades swept into the town on wednesday after overrunning a roadblock manned by troops loyal to the syrian regime. once --e no intention of staying in the area once the robot had been destroyed. let's cross now to damascus, and are respondent -- and our correspondent. what are

house majority leader eric cantor says the house will remain in session throughout the week and possibly the weekend as they try to pass a budget plan. >> and president obama and india leaders are going to meet. the visit comes as renewed tensions along the kashmir border threaten relations between india and pakistan. that's a look at the week ahead. >> an unusual sight in virginia this weekend where pirates are taking over parts of the commonwealth. the mariners museum in newport news was invaded by thousands of pirates in an attempt to break the world record of the number of pirates gathered in one place. the current record is 14,000. unfortunately those in virginia came up a bit short to beat the record. they still had fun nonetheless. >> so many young men need guidance growing up. and some big stars are stepping up to meet the challenge. we'll have one d.c. teen being mentored to manhood. that's coming up. hi, jericho? yes? did you say, "when i stream true blood on my slow internet it always buffers at the best part"? yeah? hi, jericho. oh my! i'll get you better internet if you invi

a bill sponsored by eric cantor known as nutrition reform and work opportunity act and it cuts $40 billionfood stamp program, otherwise known as s.n.a.p. and increases work requirements for recipients. if this bill were to become law it would kick 4 to 6 million americans off food stamps. without these indiscriminate and cruel cuts, it's looking dire. 14.5% of households or 49 million people regularly suffer from something called food insecurity. in other words, 49 people people went hungry last year, which is about the same number of americans who are on food stamps. the numbers are grim especially when you consider the majority of food stamp recipients are children, elderly or disabled. the average benefit per person is $133 or less than $1.50 per person per meal. it is the stories that accompany statistics that are perhaps the most important part to tell. last week "new york times" detailed what life on food stamps look like in the city of tennessee. a woman left her job skinning hogs at a slaughterhouse when she got cancer. she receives $352 a month for herself and three college-age so

tomorrow the house votes on congressman eric cantor's bill to gut food stamp programs. it would gut $39 billion from the program over ten years and 4 million would lose benefits next year. i've heard all the right wing talking points. there's massive fraud. they're all lazy parasites. it's a drag on the economy. it's all nonsense. a record number of people, 4 million, we've lifted above poverty level last year when food stamps counted as income. it's a moral responsibility. joining me now, sister simone campbell. thank you for being here sister simone. >> great to be with you, reverend al. >> i mean, the outrage to even suggest, when you have people that are getting by, barely, with food stamps, that we're going to take it off the table. and on top of that, denigrate and in many ways demonize them by calling them names. >> absolutely. and it's shocking that the basic argument is because getting food stamps, they say, keeps people lazy and dependent. but what they're not dealing with is reality. 69% of the folks getting food stamps are working in house holds where there

the editors of "the wall street journal" know that john boehner and eric cantor don't want to do that. they're being pushed by the tea party wing to shut down the government if president obama does not agree to defund or delay affordable care act. "the wall street journal," lead editorial had to admit they themselves at the journal have urged on the crazies in the past. we have often supported backbenchers who want to push gop leaders in a better policy direction. but freeing to stop the crazies who "the wall street journal" have supported is not quite so easy. how bad an idea is shutting down the government for republicans according to the journal? this is the one event that could reinstall nancy pelosi as speaker. mr. obama could spend his final two years going out in a blaze of liberal glory. the editorial called the defund obama care strategy "a kamikaze mission." "the new york times," republican columnist thinks the problem is cruisism. >> what you might call the rise of ted cruisism, the senator from canada, through texas is basically not a legislator in the normal sense. does n

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eric cantor's plan, apparently, it is not conservative enough.d eric cantor become too liberal for the republican party? >> recently when tefs clear that the missile attacks in syria. >> right. >> if you side by definition with these folks, you are not a real republican. you are a rhino. if you side with bam on anything. have you the leadership as one analyst compared it to going from ice floe to ice floe trying just to hang on and get through the day without plunging into the depths of takes on of what they call the raucous caucus. they are not only destructive to governance because we're not governing the country now, but there are also enormously self destructive as that comment indicated, and so long-term this is very difficult for the republican party. to that point, let me tell you something about this far right element. it is very short. take a listen to this. >> the anarchists have taken over. >> the anarchists have taken over. we keep going back to this problem of the gop versus the wing. >> and first of all the credit to alex wagner. i

coming out of that meeting you had house speaker john boehner and his lieutenant eric cantor, both with strong support of the president to take action. boehner felt that his logans, democrats and colleagues should support the president. and he said he wouldn't work hard to switch votes but if you take the apparent support of democrats as being something that the president can count on, and some support of the republicans, then what you have is a president who will take this action with bipartisan support from the house of representatives and the senate. president obama undoubtedly is in a solid position right now. >> randall, as you take a look in the hearing room, we see john mccain right there. and senator mccain as for the last two and a half years of this conflict pushed strenuously, visited the region and talked to allies in the region, and i'm thinking about saudi arabia and qatar, and has come back and asked over and over again for the administration to take a stronger line on president bashar al-assad, and to support, and to arm the opposition, and to set up a--even going so far

on the house side, john boehner and eric cantor having trouble keeping their troops in line. where is this going? is hard to tell, because for the be over a cliff gop. i admire the passion and sincerity of those who do not want to pass a budget unless you get rid of obama care, but it is unrealistic in the real world. the only thing it would do is undo the gains republicans have made in the last year. i think it is a suicide caucus, and i hope enough of them will willze that so that they have a majority, even if it is a bare majority, to pass a continuing resolution. >> a longtime democratic representative looked at the left wing of its own party in the house and said, the problem is they thinks it's on the level. the world is as square as an orange. the problem john boehner has is he is dealing with up part of his party that are true believers. it is a passion for them. it is the mission they have. they do not have a prayer to do it. boomerang ont will them. >> the interesting data is that polling shows that while obama care is unpopular, people do not want to defund it. it

speaker john boehner and majority leader eric cantor says the united nations has an obligation to respondty is threatened. >> france's parliament is set to debate its own authorization for military action against syria. all it will be is a debate. no vote is scheduled. france's president will wait for one until after the u.s. votes. >>> also we're hearing from vladimir putin. russia's president is making it clear that he is not convinced that the assad regime is behind the chemical attack but he's not ruling out joining military action against syria although that seems unlikely. phil mott in russia. what did the russian leader say? and his tone sounded different than what i've heard in the past? >> john, initially, it sounded like a possible shift in the russian position, perhaps a softening when vladimir putin says he doesn't exclude the possibility of backing military action against syria in order to punish them for using military weapons. he said that would have to involve the united nations it would have to involve undeniable proof. but he also made it very clear he doesn't believe th

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republicans who in the past has also been a very strong critic of the president is minority leader eric cantor. he released a statement in part america has a compelling national security interest to prevent and respond to the use of weapons of mass destruction, especially by a terrorist state such as syria. and to present further instability in a region of vital interest to the united states, and he went on to say that he also will support the president's call for strikes against syria's leader assad for use of chemical weapons that killed more than 1400 people. the next step, the next step is for the white house to formerly submit a resolution in sport of military action against syria. the president is saying there will be debate, and he's hoping that both aisles of congress will take a vote, and a quick vote when they return from recess september 9th. >> randall pinkston joining us live. that's half of the full court press by the white house, and in an hour from now john kerry and chuck hagel will suppress the white house. >> at the white house, a lot of strong statement and support of the p