joining me now jim manley, former senior communications director for harry reid. is now with qga public affairs. you guys should be able to combat with each other. brad, i know you are still close with congressman cantor. can you sort of explain, walk me through a little bit -- i know you know a little bit now in hindsight, how did congressman cantor end up knowing about this before the president? >> well, i'll tell you, it's probably the last place he thought he would end up and i was just as shocked as the rest of everybody to hear it when it came out on friday. my understanding of what happened is congressman reichert -- >> a republican from washington state. >> use d to be law enforcement agent himself, had a contact in the fbi. that contact raised a concern to him. he had a contact in the fbi who raised this concern to him. he passed it along to the chief of staff of eric cantor's office who then was put in touch with the fbi. knowing how things work in cantor's office, it -- they run by the letter of the law to a "t," so i'm sure everything was done with hea

so did jim manley, the president will have to change and take more of a lead on the legislative process did someone else who was a supportive and republican. >> steve: indeed colin powell was in a book meeting in washington d.c. and looked at what the president did last time and needs to do this time. >> it was clear from the beginning that there would beative resistance from the republicans he did. but at the same time, i think he could have done more with respect to setting the right tone and showing some leadership and these are two areas that he has to focus on in his second term . reaching out to the business community and listening. and reacting to what he's being told and successly as difficult as it sometimes is and almost all of you in the room who had experience working with congress, that's the nature of the system. >> steve: i hope the system changes a bit and we get some stuff done for the next two years. >> brian: that woman walked in front. >> steve: didn't she know we were watching. >> gretchen: what was a factor in the tuesday election or a side show. the man who advise