kantor set the american people don't want this. he is wrong. almost 3:1 the american people are actually say they want job creation. that is more important than deficit reduction right now, and they're right. ed republicans at their peril are going to obstruct putting people to work. i think it's going to cost them the election, they think the opposite, i believe we are right. congresswoman, thank you for your time this even. >> appreciate it. >> joining me now is msnbc contributor melissa harris-perry, a professor of political scientist and columnist for "the nation." and richard wolffe, an msnbc analyst. thank you both for joining me. now it's a stimulus plan that's dead on arrival, is when we look at how the president says he's going to pay for it, because sometimes when you get into the detail, you find where people's interests are. he wants -- so it may be that because the president is talking about some of the wealthy and corporate interests that the republicans have of late then the big representatives, since he's saying they're the ones

>> it's a new position for eric kantor. when tropical storm, hurricane turned tropical storm gaston hit central virginia and dumped 12 inches of rain in ten hours, the first person to request disaster relief was congressman eric kantor for his-- and they came up with 20 million. and when general of texas, republican member said no we have to have set-asides for this, eric kantor was one of 127 republicans in the house who voted against it. so he said no, no time of emergency you have to come up with it. yes, he's right in the abstract that shall did --. >> lehrer: you have to pay for everything. >> you have to pay for everything. but you know, we have wars in iraq and afghanistan that have gone unpaid for. we have all sorts of tax deals for the very best in the country that have gone unpaid for and are off budget. why start with people who are knocked out of their homes in connecticut, in new jersey and vermont. i guess because they're blue states. what do you think. >> they should put a post up-- poster up in congress to s

allow me to show you both what kantor had to say on this issue on month morning. >> this is a time and an appropriate instance where there's a federal government role. those monies are not unlimited. what we've always said is we've offset that, which has already been funded. it's like any family would operate when it's struck with disaster. it finds the money it needs to to take care of a sick loved one or what have you, and goes without trying to buy a new car or put an addition onto the house. >> michael steele, is he speaking for the gop or for himself? >> i -- i think he's speaking for the gop, and i think he's speaking for the country and the concerns that a lot of citizens have about the money. the bottom line is those states, particularly here on the east coast that have been ravaged by this storm will get the aid they need, the resources they need on the ground. i think what the leader was talking about was making sure we don't do as washington has done in the past and that is spend without some precious that this is a limited coffer, those resources are not readily available,

and even chris christie is ripping eric kantor for his ridiculous stance on disaster relief. >> we don't have time to wait for folks in congress to figure out how they want to offset this stuff with other budget cuts. >> tonight we're going to flood ravaged new jersey to talk to phil pascrall. good to have you with us tonight. interesting developments late in washington. for the first time, a speaker of the house has refused to let the president of the united states address the nation from the people's house. very unusual to say the least. today president obama announced he wanted to unveil his much-anticipated, much talked about jobs package one week from tonight 8:00 p.m. eastern time. the president set the speech for exactly the same date and time, 8:00 p.m. republicans are set to doe bait on this network from the reagan library. conflict, yes? resolution, should be pretty easy. boehner refused to let the president have the house and the president has caved. an associate historian for the senate told the huffington post tonight, the senate historical office knows of no instance in whi

kantor what degree. the reason i made other statements made 12 days ago was this clearly is common ground. agreement on a number, overall spending, agreement on the house number that was voted on. the only disagreement would be not having an offset, and of course there are eight bills i have listed that republicans bolted for under george bush to meet disasters. fema the staff tells me never had an offset obviously but not fema, but in either event certainly if the senate is willing to go to the house number, and the number for funding has already been agreed upon, then it seems to me that is indeed the common ground both speaker boehner impleader kantor talked about just 12 days ago. thank you. >> is their anything that can be negotiated over? >>> the white house today announced a new education policy allowing states to opt out of provisions in the note child left behind act. president obama made the announcement of the white house east room along with education secretary arne duncan. the president is i

at the same time you hear from republicans like eric kantor that they don't like what they described as a second stimulus. speaker boehner said he will welcome getting the package over here and the language of an actual bill and sending it to the budget office to be scored. that's washington speak for the independent group of very high-powered number cruncher who is will tell us what it will cost and do to the deficit overtime. that is crucial for how to sell the bill with members here. what will happen is the president can sort of handoff his set of ideas and congress grabs it and begins to do some of the reshaping. what you may end up with are some of the areas where there is common ground when it deals with tax reductions in the part of the president's plan. you might get republicans on board for that. kristin when the white house and the office of management and budget talks about how to pay for the projects and included in that is higher taxes on higher earners, that could put the brakes on it for higher earners. trying for republicans to look cooperative and willing and at the

. >> nice from eric kantor. thanks very much. let's get more on the jobs speech.is gloria borger and raised the stakes dramatically. insisting that the speech be done before joint session of congress. >> they are treat this like a state of the union speech. i spoke with the white house adviser to say look, the president needs to do its job and what that senior white house adviser said to me is that congress doesn't act, the president can then turn around and blame the do nothing congress for not doing its work. there is a high risk. when you go before a joint session and you call one. the point is you might want to come with something large. you might want to say i have something big to promote because the expectations are so high a senior official said look, gloria. the truth of the matter is that there is a limited number of lever that is the president can pull so he is just got to do what he can do. $300 billion is not a lot of money. >> when it comes to job creation. they have numbers to show us. the question that nbc news asked is about president obama's lead

the live discussion about jobs, at facebook head quarter was three top house republicans including kantora visit planned months ago. some are delighted. >> they all have one thing in common. they know that america needs to be more economic i canly competitive, we have to improve the business climate if we are going to create jobs. come on, come to silicon valley. >> reporter: the president's meeting here will take place live monday afternoon. another chapter in the history in the making. in mountain view. >> the kindl may be getting a major upgrade. technology reporters say the new one will have a 7-inch wide color screen able to play music and displaying books and movies. it's expected to be less expensive than the i-pad but is less versatile. >>> netflix is getting competition. dish network is starting a service called block buster movie passt. will cost ten dollars a month and will have stream video and a dvd by mail service. they said it'll offer 34,000 streaming movies and tv shows. netflix has lost customers and caused a lot of criticism after changing its price structure. >> a big

the live discussion about jobs, at facebook head quarter was three top house republicans including kantorvisit planned months ago. some are delighted. >> they all have one thing in common. they know that america needs to be more economic i canly competitive, we have to improve the business climate if we are going to create jobs. come on, come to silicon valley. >> reporter: the president's meeting here will take place live monday afternoon. another chapter in the history in the making. in mountain view. >> the kindl may be getting a major upgrade. technology reporters say the new one will have a 7-inch wide color screen able to play music and displaying books and movies. it's expected to be less expensive than the i-pad but is less versatile. >>> netflix is getting competition. dish network is starting a service called block buster movie passt. will cost ten dollars a month and will have stream video and a dvd by mail service. they said it'll offer 34,000 streaming movies and tv shows. netflix has lost customers and caused a lot of criticism after changing its price structure. >> a big da

eric kantor, you will be there to say, don't talk like that.nyway, thank you. >> i'm looking for a rodney king moment here. can't we all get along? >> thank you michael steele. thanks for coming out here. >>> the one thing rick perry needs to do in his first republican presidential debate. what do they needed to do to come out on top. we're going to go through this analytically with pat buchanan. michele bachmann, mitt romney and rick perry. how do they all have to act tomorrow might to get in? to win? we're going into wrestling fight tonight. >>> don't forget, you can only watch the debate here on msnbc. this is a unique monopoly tomorrow night. you've got to watch it here to find out what republicans are up to. what a revolt and development what a revoltin' development that must be. this is "hardball," only on msnbc. >>> tomorrow night republicans who want to be president will take the stage behind me for a debate at reagan library. one republican who won't be here, new jersey governor chris christie. the big "but" that he won't get into the

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represent if kantor is a kid -- rep cantor is a good example of that. the president should at least make a presentation and would be taught to our membership, this is what e democrats and the president did. it was the republicans who >> i appreciate the comments, but let me just add to your comment. we are living -- we have a republican house a a democratic senate and a democratic president in one house. that signals that we should absolutely be finding a way to work together. in manila on the political side, i obviously have a goal of politil respect, but as a member of congress, my first responsibility is to theell- being of my constituents. that is why i am here. i go back and forth every week from washington, making sure writer remaining can touch with my constituents. -- making sure that i remain in touch with my constituents. during the debate over the budget when the republicans brought us to the brink of government shut down earlier this year, -- let me take you back for a second to when obama was st inaugurated and the economy under president b

. >> caller: thanks for your kantor and in sight. i am refreshed and encourage.tion, my belief that racism in america is underground racism and is being revived or becoming more overt since our nation elected its first black president. my question is you mentioned the three groups for generations and believers. what role to its detriment or benefit and benefit has religion played with the black racial dilemma in america? >> interesting question. it is not one that my book picks on in depth. clearly to some extent the black church has been tremendously important. if you look at the leadership institution that came out of the civil rights institutions like dr. king and southern christian leadership conference rooted in the church or the religious organizing or organizing by ministers. the future seems to be shaded of to be less of a factor and being moved by more straight political organizing as opposed to movement organizing around the themes of christianity. the caller made an interesting observation about racism being more underground now than it was in the past

majority leader kantor said he was confident the stop gap measure would pass and in the hours before it did not pass. what does the failure say about mr. boehner's ability to get the rank in file to follow into line? >> certainly there's a great debate right now this this country about how our money is spent here. there's a huge debate on that. that's what it says. he didn't say he was going to -- i was in the room what he said what he said. that's not exactly what he said. i think there is a debate in our own conference about how the spending cuts go forward. in the budget we voted for in august, that was a bipartisan bill that passed to get us through november 23rd when the joint select committee as it's report. it has a $7 billion less spending than last year. the vote was to -- i think from the 48 that voted against it, they wanted more cuts than that. no more complicated than that. >> before i get out of here, i heard that you saved a man's life a few days ago. is that true or hyperbole as well? >> there was a fellow i was walking in the airport 7:00 a.m. on tuesday and a man ha

i expect at the end of the day whether the bill portions or -- boehner and kantor have shown signs ofise. i think the federal reserve will do more come september 21 when it makes its decision on interest rates. i think the european central bank will cut interest rates. we're hearing china might back-stop european debt to shore up the situation. everyone has a lot to lose if we go into a global recession. so in addition to what may or may not happen in congress, i think now policymakers around the world even though they haven't shown much action thus far, when it comes to the central bankers, they're going to be our backstop again, bernanke, jean claude trichet and someone from china trying to make it right. we hope congress gets it right, as well. >> from what you know about the american jobs plan and listening to the president, tax credits, unemployment insurance, summer jobs, that it's fully paid for, are there roadblocks the republicans can throw up? >> i think they're opposed to extending jobless benefits. they view it as some sort of disincentive for long-term employed individual

i speak with one of the heisman hopefuls kantor what does he have to say with some big hits at the elitewe will recap some of these guys that took a hit. when we return. pomona college football tomorrow. opening of the candlestick park. new quarterback against arizona state. still has passing records and we go from maynard it at once to tee it up to stanford. san jose state saturday the heisman front- running candidate starting that campaign. the quarterback would of been the n f l no. 1 pick but he chose to return. off a bit superstitious i asked his big pre-game routine. >> i guess i do some music on my ipod with a good mixture of pop and rock. >> give me an artist? >> the first would be from lent biscuit leimp... a biscuit. and was that kind of way audition for the n f o? >> football is fun and like to go up there to of a good time. i am still on this team that is likely for. >> could you go down the road and harp on the defense of the 49ers? >> i do not think so. offensively, they could be have some similarities they have great quarterbacks. >> for you, what do you want out of this y

the strong vote in the senate tonight rejected that kantor doctrine -- cantor doctrine, a dangerous doctrine, which would put put us in a tough position and all future disasters. i also want to thank senator stabenow, who is tireless in her efforts and work and speeches on the floor if to remind us all how important this advanced technology loan program is, how many jobs we have created in our countries, and the unnecessary and mean-spirited approach they came through from someone to cut this program, even though there were letters in support to provide jobs in their own district. we have kept the operation -- the government operating, and have very strong bipartisan vote on this. i thank the leader for giving us that opportunity -- in the time that it took to get this message out and to actually win on this issue. thank you. >> i want to thank senator reid for his tenacious fight to make sure that we were helping victims of hurricanes and floods and tornadoes across this country. senators schumer for his equal tenacity and senator landrieu for her strong leadership as well in fighting for t

kantor talk about a new era and severed of your members said --[unintelligible] c-span.or[unintelligible] >> i have encouraged my colleagues to listen to the present tonight, and i think all members should be here and do this. it does it mean -- if it does not mean they will all do so. we have 434 columns that have their own opinions and are entitled to them. as an institution, the presence is coming at our invitation and we should be respectful. thank you, everybody. >> in 1884, henry clay changed political history. this week, live from ashland, henry clay's kentucky home. this weekend, the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, live coverage from each of the memorial sites. here is our live schedule. saturday, 12 off 30 p.m., the flight 93 national memorial dedication ceremony. sunday morning at 8:30, a ceremony from the world trade center site with president obama and former president bush. c-span2 at 9:00, vice president biden from the pentagon. c-span3 at 9:30, honoring those who lost their lives at united flight 93. this weekend on the c-span networks. >> and less than an hour, the president

here's house majority leader eric kantor on this. >> i don't think it should be an all or nothing proposalt sat well with a lot of my colleagues, because the president continues to say ump teen times, pass the bill. again, that doesn't work in this town or frankly, anywhere, not when you have good people that can disagree, and there are pieces of this proposal that i think we can work on and move quickly, so we can see people get back to work. martha: sore is the president's plan enough for democrats? let's ask new jersey democrat robert andres, on the education committee and work force. good morning to you. obviously, it was a big night for the president, a lot of people felt it was ary strong speech for him, that he was coming out fighting, he said many times he wants to see that bill passed. do you think it will pass and what do you think of what eric cantor just said, that they'd like to break it down and pass what can be agreed on immediately? >> yeah, i think some version of it will pass because of what eric said. legislative proposals start at one place and finish at another. what i

leader kantor today saying we're not flatly opposed to infrastructure spending.ant to see how do you pay for it. you heard kate talking about speaker boehner, no one republican response. part of that is a slight to the president. all these members of the house are up for re-election. some need to say i'm open to some of the president's proposals because their district may not be conservative as one of their republican colleagues. by letting them all respond individually, they can respond in a way that suits maybe not exactly what speaker boehner wants, but what suits them back home in their districts. we're getting a policy speech tonight from the president, wolf. this is in many ways about 2012 and politics. >> john will be with us throughout the night as well. you make a good point, john. as bad as the president's job approval number might be, let's say 44%, congressional job approval is down around 14% or 15%, record lows. you make a good point, republicans who lead the house, they're under enormous political pressure as well. john, thank you. >>> congresswoma

but kantor is always a test, and i think it will be again. i cannot believe you did not get the first question as big as you are. [laughter] >> hello. i am a politician major. my name is zach greggor. with the economy clearly been the thing that is the thing to focus on, how do you feel about the amount of money that is being asked on both sides to raise in terms of campaigning? do you think that amount of money is justified? what are your thoughts on that? >> you raise a very concerning question, and that is, what is the effect of all this money in the process? we have a new and kind of menacing dimension this year because of the citizens united ruling over the supreme court. now, third-party groups can raise unlimited amounts of money and undisclosed contributions. there was over $200 million spent in the last election in the midterm election. i expect that number is going to be between half of $1,000,000,000.1000000238 dollars. that has never happened before. it is going to force us to raise more money. we put restrictions on ourselves tha

there's a photograph of congressman eric kantor visiting the damage from hurricane irene from the "richmond times dispatch." we go to kathy in st. louis, missouri. go ahead, kathy. kathy, you with us? caller: this is my question for the american people. how do you expect the president to create jobs when that is not what he is put there to do? republicans allow the corporations to continue to not hire people when they have billions of dollars in reserve based on what the media is saying. they take their jobs off-shore. in my opinions it is the republicans and the big business. thanks for taking my call, and have a good day. host: the prospect of one party dominance is a mirage. the revenue plus entitlement sl essential because it is on balance what most americans want. the editoral from the "the washington post" on this sunday morning, the president outlining in part what he will discuss thursday as he speaks to the nation and the congress about ways to create jobs. talking about measures in place, a clean transportation bill. he said, if congress doesn't work on could impact jobs this fall

represent if kantor is a kid -- rep cantor is a good example of that. the president should at least make a presentation and would be taught to our membership, this is what the democrats and the president did. it was the republicans who >> i appreciate the comments, but let me just add to your comment. we are living -- we have a republican house and a democratic senate and a democratic president in one house. that signals that we should absolutely be finding a y to work together. in manila on the political side, i obviously have a goal of political respect, but as a member of congress, my first responsibility is to the well- being of my constituents. that is why i am here. i go back and forth every week from washington, making sure writer remaining can touch with my constituents. -- making sure that i remain in touch with my constituents. during the debate over the budget when the republicans brought us to the brink of government shut down earlier this year, -- let me take you back for a second to when obama was just inaugurated and the economy under pre

following that debate, republican majority leader there kantor and democratic whip stemware looked atse agenda, including legislation to create jobs and spur the economy and their resolution to continue funding the government through the fall. they spoke for less than 25 minutes. >> the cr will be considered next week, likely on wednesday. i want to ask about -- it is a man standing in the supplemental for emergency requirements of fema will be included. mr. cantor: i'd say to the gentleman that what will be in the c.r. is the budgeted amount for all of fiscal year 201 which is 2.65 billion dollars will be in the c.r. front loaded. in other words, the agency will have access to all of those funds prior to the expiration of the c.r. november 18. in addition to that, we have, as the gentleman knows, funded out of this house the emergency supplemental which was $1 billion more than that which the agency had requested, all of which was offset. that, too, will be in the c.r. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman. when you say all of that has been offset, it is my understanding that in fact in t

leader kantor was right when he said you should abide by the level agreed to over the sumplet stick with that decision and let's move on to other issues. thank you, mr. president. i yield back the balance of my time. mr. nelson: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida is recognized. mr. nelson: mr. president, i am very happy to announce to the senate that today nasa announced its new, big rocket design with the president stepping forth to indicate that the pleas request the funding for -- the president will request the funding for the design and building of this rocket. and i wanted to take the opportunity to share with the senate what this rocket is going to be. to set the stage, let me say that you'll recall we have the international space station up in orbit now. there are six astronauts on board, a combination -- it is an international crew prvment and the space station itself -- people don't realize how big it is. if you think about sitting in a football stadium on the 50-yard line and looking from one end zone to the other, that's how big the space station is

in the house, for the fall, majority leader kantor has put together legislative schedule that reflects the concerns from job creators across america about unnecessary federal regulations that are hampering our economy. earlier, i mentioned the situation in south carolina and boeing. today, the house is working on a measure that will prevent the federal government from meddling in that situation and others. the senate needs to follow the house in passing this bill and we need to send it to the president's desk. the national labor relations board, that is one of a series of measures to reduce the burden of excessive regulation on job creators. we will pass the reins act, which will require a congressional review for any regulation that has a major impact on our economy. house committees have identified dozens of job crushing regulations that are keeping our economy from producing jobs. we will repeal the 3% withholding role which serves as an effective tax increase on those who do business with our government. we will stop excessive federal regulations that inhibit jobs in areas as varie

kantor within the last 12 days -- mr. boehner and mr. cantor in the last 12 days. the american people want common ground and i will be looking for it. on the same day, the majority leader said this, we have to focus on areas of commonality and try to transcend differences here. today harry reid offered a unanimous consent. a number of appropriations were offered. there was an agreement that emergencies like natural disasters needed additional head room. there was an agreement that we would have additional spending if we were faced with a disaster. in the house debate, everyone understood we are faced with disaster. our republican friends in the senate are urged to do exactly what they suggested 12 days ago that we all should do, seek common ground. in our view, we want the entire level of funding that the administration and fema said was necessary. because the republicans do not agree on that figure, we have come to their figure in harry reid's proposal. we suggest we move forward to fund the government. everybody said yesterday on the house and senate floors that