eric cantor: you are trying to make news. [laughter] eric cantor: i am also a father. i have three who are most of these stupid here -- the student here's a. my long-term goal is to do the best i can, i have been in public office for a long time and i have a wife who has done the heavy lifting so i am engaged in that effort. the economic security of the cantor family. i think long-term i care about this country. i care about the role that the country plays for all of us. but also the role that the country plays globally. as i mentioned before, i am traveling internationally and i see from a business perspective and a geopolitical perspective there is a need for american leadership. you look at what is going on in asia and the competitiveness in the environment with china on the rise and the prospect for increased interaction between that region of the asia-pacific and where we are in europe. what kind of rules and norms are we going to abide by? that gets me back to caring about the trade issues. nothing out of think is more important right now than to see a completion

eric cantor: i'm not sure i follow the question with the facility fees question in there. i would elaborate on that -- ask you to elaborate on that. audience member: there are patients who are concerned to go to the hospital a lot and get attacked on fee and they had not received it before. i was wondering if it was caused by the aca not caused but something that is possibly to do . eric cantor: i don't think it is the aca. i'm not familiar with what you are referring to. i would say the consolidation, i believe, is the result of a movement towards the more bundled payment structure. as we said before, it is basically like all parties are in this together. you have the patient, the insurance company, the hospital, the doctors specialists, and whatever providers involved all invested in the outcome of the patient. if the outcome could be achieved at a lower price, then everyone gets to participate in some of that savings. to me, that is -- it is a question of a different risk allocation which more parties undertaking the risk, then you care. if you are a physician company ,

we are proud to welcome eric cantor back to the form.plause] l moderator for tonight's discussion, the political editor of the boston globe. she is an authority on congressional races and elections and appears frequently as a political analyst on cnn msnbc, and fox news. sharon is a former political editor of roll call, and was a staff writer for both politico and national journal hotline most importantly, she was a fellow resident last year. welcome back. >> thank you. [applause] >> welcome to the forum, covers min. eric: great to be back. >> we are going to chat for about half an hour and then take it to questions. let's talk about your new job. what exactly are you doing and how does it relate to being a former house majority leader? eric: what i am doing now is that i am vice chairman and managing director of a company. we are a global, independent investment bank was 17 offices around the world about 600 employees, just went public last bring. what we do is we advise ceos of public companies in terms of their strategic decision-maki

of course, for every thad cochran who survives or every mitch mcconnell who survives, you have eric cantor -- >> right. >> -- right, who has defeated for exactly the reasons that you say incumbent members of the establishment wing of the party have been defeated for the last several years. >> but it's -- yeah, but, again, in certain ways was -- eric cantor had been a leader of the republican party in d.c. for a long period of time, and he had very few significant accomplishments -- >> accomplishments. >> -- to his name. so, again, from the point of view of at least people like me, who are interested in reforming the republican party -- >> right >> -- or something, having -- having cantor lose, it's not necessarily ideal, maybe he would have evolved -- >> yep >> -- into a substantive leader on policy. i think he had some good instincts, but it's not the end of the world to have this kind of throw the bums out atmosphere still around if you're getting some good figures emerging as party leaders for the future. now, you know, they may all just be steam rolled by hilary clinton, but, at least,

we are also privileged to have with us former house majority leader, eric cantor. he served the seventh congressional district of virginia and in the house of representatives. congressman cantor has been a strong voice in opposition to the aca. on a sad note, congressman cantor upon father -- cantor upon -- cantor's father passed away. we express our strongest condolences to you and your family. [no audio] -- mcmahon is perfectly suited to this challenge. he was an attorney and cofounder of purple strategies llc. he got his start on the senate and political staff of edward kennedy. steve has also served in senior roles in three presidential campaigns. please join me in a warm nyu welcome to steve mcmahon kathleen sebelius, and carter's been cantor. -- congressman cantor. [applause] steve mcmahon: on behalf of nyu i actually teacher. american public opinions. too bad those of you who are students will not be here next semester because that is when i teach that. thank you very much for coming. the course that i teach has a lot to do with politics and public opinion. a

maybe we should ask representative eric cantor - former representative eric cantor. >> the los angeles area has the second-largest homeless population in the country, among them thousands of people with medical and mental health issues. a new apartment building is designed to supply housing and support that many need. rob reynolds has more. >> reporter: it's not a mansion, but it's home. >> the bathroom is the biggest thing you miss. >> reporter: tj who asked we not use his last name was one of tens of thousands lying on the streets or in homeless shelters. >> i lived day by day. i couldn't thing of a plan to get better. i was too busy trying to get sleep for that day, and food for that day. now tj has a future and a new life for homeless people in downtown l axe. it's a new approach. residents not only get a space to call their own, but there's an on-site clinic for meg at health and addiction problems exercise art and education groups. >> people that live are tenants. they have a key to the apartment. there's no time limits on showing they stay here that is up to them. we have built

maybe we should ask representative eric cantor - former representative eric cantor >>> there's an estimated 50,000 homeless costly to taxpayers. as rob reynolds shows us there's an apartment building designed to take some of the most vulnerable homeless off the street for good. >> reporter: it's not a mansion, but it's home. >> the bathroom is the biggest thing you miss when you are homeless >> reporter: tj who asked we not use his last name was once one of the many people that lived on the streets or in homeless shelters. >> i lived day by day. i couldn't think of a plan getting better. i was too busy getting sleep, and food for the day. >> reporter: now he has an apartment in downtown l.a. in the star apartments residents get a space to call their own. there's an on-site clinic for medical problems mental health and addiction. exercise classes, art, and addiction groups. it's permanent housing. >> people that live here are tenants. they pay rent. there's no time limits on how long they can stay here it's up to them. we have built into the structure on site services where they can get medi

maybe we should ask representative eric cantor - former representative eric cantor. >>> michael shureeporting. the expanding chinese economy led to success stories, some a bit unexpected in the communist country. adrian brown reports. >> reporter: there was a time when china's communist leader mewettsy tongue's little red back was the only seller. now there's another, and it's been around longer. more than 130 million copies of the bible rolled off the production line. 13 million last year alone. many exported but the majority were for the domestic market. >> the first principle is that it served our brothers and sisters. if we have the capacity we will serve the overseas futures. >> reporter: the factory publishes bibles in 90 anning wages. such is demand for the holy book it's an around the clock operation. according to official figures 30 million are christian, unofficial unofficially many are not. while the government is tolerated the government is wary of its popularity. a popularity reflected here. the public published bibles a few years before the party ended its campaign. it p

maybe we should ask representative eric can't eric cantor --um, former representative eric can'ter. >> the match up comes after the badgers took down previous lie undefeated kentucky. >>> notre dame with a repete the last year's championship match. the arelinquish defeated south carolina by just one point. >>> the white house is marking easter with its annual easter egg roll. the easter bunny coming out of the white house just a short while ago with opening remarks from the president. let's look at what is happening there. first lady michelle obama speaking celebrating the fifth anniversary of her let's move initiative. a fitness and health initiative for kids. thanks for watching al jazeera. >> you welcome to the news hour. we're live from our news center in doha. womaning up in the next 60 minutes. desperate for aid. enemy in yemen scramble for basic supplies as fighting continues. the united nations says that the situation in syria as yarmouk camp is beyond inhumane. kenya launches airstrikes on al-shabab

we are proud to welcome eric cantor back to the forum. [applause] our moderator for tonight's discussion, the political editor of the "boston globe." schirra center. she's an authority on congressional races and elections, apearl frequently as a political analyst on cnn, msnbc, and fox news. shira is a former political editor of roll call and staff writer for both politico and national journal hotline. most importantly she was an i.o.p. spring resident fellow last year. welcome back. shira: we'll chat for a half-hour and take it to questions. start thinking of your very wise and smart questions right now. let's talk about your new job. what exactly are you doing? how does it relate to being the former house majority leader? eric: well, first of all what i'm doing now is i'm -- as maggie indicated, vice chairman, managing director of molis and company. we are a global but independent invest many bank with 17 offices around the world. about 600 employees. just went public last spring. and what we do is we advise c.e.o.'s, in terms of their

we are also privileged to have the former house majority leader, eric cantor serving the 7th congressional district of the senate of virginia in the u.s. house of representatives from 2001 to 2014. congressman cantor is a strong voice in opposition to the aca. on a sad note, congressman cantor's father passed away over a week ago. congressman, we convey our sympathies to you and your family. finally, it will take a strong moderator to guide this discussion. [ laughter ] >> i got to go. >> steve mcman professor is suited to the challenge. steve is an attorney and cofounder of purple strategies llc, got a start in politics on the senate and political staff of the edward kennedy and worked on dozens of senate gubernatorial and mayor campaigns across the country. he's also served in senior roles in three presidential campaigns including that of president obama. he was a commentator on "hardball," and "andrea mitchell reports," he was on nbc evening news abc world news tonight, the today show, cnn, and fox news. please join me in a warm nyu welcome for steve mcmahon, secretary sebeiluisebelius

tonight our guest is former congressman eric cantor. he currently serves as vice chair of the investment bank but until 2014 he spent two decades in public service. first, serving in the virginia house of delegates, and beginning in 2001 representing virginia's seventh district in the u.s. house of representatives. in 2008, congressman cantor was elected republican whip, and in 2011, he was elected house majority leader of the 112th 112th congress. known as a smart and pragmatic legislator congressman cantor called for a vision of conservatism, and i quote founded on decency, inspiration, and a desire to let every american have a fair shot at earning their success and achieving their dreams. end quote. last january, then congressman cantor addressing congress and the obama administration urged both to think about the eight million children who will be born before the next election and for their sake forego -- focus on where they agree and what they can do to create growth and opportunity. we are proud to welcome eric cant you're -- cant

we are proud to welcome eric cantor back to the forum. [applause] are moderated for tonight's discussion is shira center the political editor of "the boston globe." she is an authority on congressional race and collection, then frequently as a political analyst on cnn, msnbc and fox news. shira as a former political editor of roll call and was a staff writer for both politico and "national journal" hotline. most importantly shira was an iop spring resident last year. welcome back, shira. [applause] >> thank you. and welcome to the forum, congressman. >> great feedback. >> terrific that i think anyone here probably knows how this works. were going to chat for about a half hour and then take questions. start thinking of you very wise and smart questions right now. let's talk about your new job. what exactly are you doing and how does it relate to being the former house majority leader? >> well, first of all what i'm doing now is as make indicate i am vice-chairman and managing director of the moelis and company. we are a global but independ

miller, a fox news contributor and doug high was the deputy chief of staff to house majority leader eric cantor to stick? what plays out out? >> she quantities a hearing on benghazi, and i think to a certain extent that benefits republicans because they won't be behind the scenes, they have to approach this to get as much information as they can. gabby is a former prosecutor and i think it will be an interesting thing. >> why do you think she wants a public environment? >> because she's pitting he was against the republicans and from her perspective, she thinks it's a good move. >> what can she say? she wiped to the server clean so what can she say? >> she can do what she did and explain what she did and this is not a legal issue this is now a political issue. because it's very clear that hillary is a lawyer, she i'm sure she went right up up to the line and since this is now in the political arena, she's going to try and score political points. and do that at a hearing. >> i think this is the least bad option for hillary clinton, and we have to remember, she doesn't do these particular events

we're privileged to have with us former house majority leader eric cantor. e served the 7th congressional district of the state of virginia in the u.s. house of representatives from 2001 through 2014. congressman cantor has been a strong voice in opposition to the aca. on a sad note, congressman cantor's father, eddie cantor, passed away just over a week ago. congressman, all of us here convey our heartfelt condolences to you and your family. finally, it will take a strong moderator to guide this discussion. professor steve mack man is perfectly suited to this challenge. steve is an attorney and cofounder of purple strategies llc. he got his start in politics on the senate and political staff of edward kennedy and worked on dozens of senate, gubernatorial and mayoral campaigns across the country. steve served in senior roles in three presidential campaigns including including that of president obama. steve appears regularly as political commentator on msnbc hard ball with chris matthews and andrea mitchell reports. during the past three campaign seasons he wa

we're privileged to have with us former house majority leader eric cantor. he served the 7th congressional district of the senate of virginia in the u.s. house of representatives from 2001 through 2014. congressman cantor has been a strong voice in opposition to the aca. on a sad note, congressman cantor's father, eddie cantor, passed away just over a week ago. congressman, all of us here convey our heartfelt condolences to you and your family. finally, it will take a strong moderator to guide this discussion. professor steve mcmahon is perfectly suited to this challenge. steve is an attorney and co-founder of purple strategies llc. he got his start in politics on the senate and political staff of edward m. kennedy and has worked on dozens of senate, gubernatorial and mayoral campaigns across the country. steve served in senior roles in three presidential campaigns including including that of president obama. steve appears regularly as political commentator on msnbc hard ball with chris matthews and andrea mitchell reports. during the past three campaign seas

. >> and, tamron wasn't just rick perry, remember eric cantor ended up losing his primary in large part because of the immigration issue. you're right, no issue is more toxic than immigration reform or quote, unquote, amnesty. one saving grace for marco rubio is there are pure people jeb bush supports -- gang of eight legislation, scott walker's record has deviated on this issue, so he might be able to say, look there are no purists in this top tier and maybe this neutralizes the issue a bit. >> mark murray thank you so much. mark we'll talk with you tomorrow. >> thanks tamron. >>> up next new audio reveals some of what south carolina police officer michael slager said moments after shooting and killing walter scott. could his reaction impact the case against him? >>> but first, there is a lot going on this morning, and here's some things we just thought you should know. organizers are calling it the world's first hologramed protest, yes, hologram. they created the ghost-like images of thousands of marchers demonstrating in front of parliament building in madrid spain, over the weekend.

look at how dave beat eric cantor in that race. first time and house majority leader ever lost in american history. he did it by not saying he would be more conservative or give more advantages and tax cuts to the corporations, but by doing the reverse. he ran a really populist campaign. it is popular by definition. elizabeth warren is incredibly smart and can run it in a balanced way. to your point about other kinds of balance, were both sides have equal say, i prefer to get money out of politics and get public financing of elections. if you have that, we sign their checks and they work for us. that way, and even playing field. let's have a real battle of ideas and not of who is getting bribed more than the other side. host: trade into all of this. senator warren and the president has had a good back and forth lately. a recent interview with msnbc talking about some of the criticism his trade plan is getting. president obama: i love elizabeth and we are allies on most issues but she is wrong about this. let me be more clear about

many we should ask herric cantor former representative with eric cantor. >> stanford university is joining a number of other small colleges offering free two i guess for some, waving fees for families who earn less than $125,000 per year. can you lower that a bit? those students will still have to contribute at least $5,000 a year through part time work and summer jobs, harvard yale and princeton have similar initiatives in place. let's bring in abassociate professor at columbia university's teacher's college. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> lower that number, stanford, give us a real break here. is this significant from stanford and these other gold plated heavily endowed universities? >> on a sort broad level it allows us to have a conversation about the higher education. >> and me to poke at it a bit. >> then we have to understand that stanford has the ability to do things others can't with a $25 billion endowment as opposed to the $24 million of most universities. they have the flexibility to make these kind of decisions. for them, it's a win-win in many ways. they get to lead

joining us on set eric cantor also former house majority leader and our guest host as mentioned, billations and he is also the former white house chief of staff to president obama and a former commerce secretary under bill clinton. gentlemen, thank you both for being here this morning. bill, you have known the clintons for a long time and worked closely with them. how does this map out for hillary's campaign to the white house? >> it was a difficult thing to roll out only because everyone was trying to figure out she do it with a big crowd. everybody wants to look back to the '08 campaign and mistakes that were made. even though she didn't win. her and president obama went to the very end before it was decided. it was a tough race. she did a very good job after coming in third in iowa. so i think the rollout will go well. i think her trip to iowa driving is a good thing and all the messages off of that. but this is a long process and a difficult process for anyone running. it's a slaung shotlong shot for any one of them. she looks like she is in strong shape. right now only a couple p

hopeful last summer that this bigger and others were going to push that bill, and that you have the eric cantorelection, you also have the children coming across the border and that gave them enough reason to run for the hills. no bill was enacted. i would like to think the dhs funding bill votes this last couple of weeks ago, funded dhs without executive action, that would've been our immigration vote last your. about 75 to 80 republicans and democrats passing the senate bill or some form of the senate bill if the leadership had put it on the floor. but he did not do that. he was trying to get a majority of republicans and he wasn't able to get them. it leads us to where we are today. where we have executive action, official support of the executive action, we asked for more than just with the president gave. we ask that anyone who have been here 10 years or longer regardless of who their children were should be part of the program. they stop short of that, but we did get the executive action which jean talked about, 4.5 million people. and we are fighting that now. a positive development, not

and a conversation with former house majority leader eric cantor. >> >> and now on the "the communicators" we want to introduce you to karl nebbia who spent many years with the national telecommunication and information administration. what was your role over there? and what did you do? >> i spent about 30 years at ncia. my final years i was the associative associative min strart administrator. in our office we had engineer functions, policy functions, it people, international efforts and so on. so basically oversaw the whole federal government spectrum management. >> host: how do you manage spectrum? >> well, you could separate them in time but now we are using signals to stop interference and more sophisticated capabilities of determining when the systems are operating to allow openings for other systems to fit into the gap and lots of different things. much of it is technology-based. but there has been significant changes in how we manage the spectrum, how we provide spectrum to different users, the introduction of auction authority back in the '80s changed the landscape and how we pro

. >>> former house majority leader eric cantor and kathleen sebelius outline the current health care landscape in the u.s. they focus on the health care law and hospital care reforms. this event was hosted by new york university in washington. >> good evening, everyone. i'm michael orr, director of nyu washington d.c. and i'm very happy to welcome you to the abramson family auditorium. tonight we are honored to host the third annual weisberg forum for the discourse in the public square. this is for thoughtful and respectful discussion of controversial contemporary topics and issues. special things to nina wiseburg around the wiseburg foundation for their generous support of this program. we're greatful for the support institute of public health. the institute is working to arm the next generation of global public health pioneers with the critical thinking skills, acumen and entrepreneurial approaches necessary to help solve the world's most pressings public health problems. please join me to welcome dr. cheryl hilton, dean of global public health and director of the nyu institute of

look at how dave beat eric cantor in that race.st time and house majority leader ever lost in american history. he did it by not saying he would be more conservative or give more advantages and tax cuts to the corporations, but by doing the reverse. he ran a really populist campaign. it is popular by definition. elizabeth warren is incredibly smart and can run it in a balanced way. to your point about other kinds of balance, were both sides have equal say, i prefer to get money out of politics and get public financing of elections. if you have that, we sign their checks and they work for us. that way, and even playing field. let's have a real battle of ideas and not of who is getting bribed more than the other side. host: trade into all of this. senator warren and the president has had a good back and forth lately. a recent interview with msnbc talking about some of the criticism his trade plan is getting. president obama: i love elizabeth and we are allies on most issues but she is wrong about this. let me be more clear about trad