eric kantor launched a citizen co-sponsor. we spoke to leader kantor, earlier tonight.ice to see you. >> always good to be with you. >> greta: okay, i have been on the computer today, navigating around this citizen co-sponsor. explain to me what this web site is? >> citizens co-sponsor is a new media phenomenon that we have unveiled today. what it does is it allows people to engage in the legislative process, get behind bills, advocate for positions, in the ooh rina in which they live online. all do you is go to the web site. and you become a citizen co-sponsor. and you then can put on facebook page that you know and your friends know. it's almost like clicking on a like button. basically, you are saying to the world that you like this piece of legislation. any time something moves with that legislation, perhaps the member or the sponsor of the bill will have an online town hall, or there may be a tweet about it, it will show occupant news feed and hopefully will engage the public in a much different but much more rapid way in the legislative process. >> greta: as i lis

eric kantor launched a citizen co-sponsor. we spoke to leader kantor, earlier tonight. nice to see you. >> always good to be with you. >> greta: okay, i have been on the computer today, navigating around this citizen co-sponsor. explain to me what this web site is? >> citizens co-sponsor is a new media phenomenon that we have unveiled today. what it does is it allows people to engage in the legislative process, get behind bills, advocate for positions, in the ooh rina in which they live online. all do you is go to the web site. and you become a citizen co-sponsor. and you then can put on facebook page that you know and your friends know. it's almost like clicking on a like button. basically, you are saying to the world that you like this piece of legislation. any time something moves with that legislation, perhaps the member or the sponsor of the bill will have an online town hall, or there may be a tweet about it, it will show occupant news feed and hopefully will engage the public in a much different but much more rapid way in the legislative process. >> greta: as i l

these the kantor's the possibility that they could take legal action against employers to do this. i caught up with a correspondent who has been covering this rise in the trend of employers >> if an employer wants to poke around on your facebook you will say, i think i will look somewhere else. maybe it is for security guards are people work and take years for a more sensitive position, if you are an employer and someone says, this is my facebook account, you do not know if it is a second one or if it is bay really are not. this is not a good way to weed out prospective candidates. what do you think? send me a tweet. >>vicki: sonny? >>brian: we could get a little bit of sunshine but we will get some rain as well. storm tracker 4 shows showers for tonight. the >>vicki: that is it for a 71, have a good night and goodbye. hookah go

i think of you as kantor fitzgerald. planes what bgc is to canton. >> once upon a time they were all one company. after 9/11 we split the company in two, picked bernie kantor's initials, bgc and took that company public. we hired tons and tons of guys to rebuild and we're in the whole sale brokerage business. we don't own the stuff, we don't make money had it goes up, we don't lose money when it goes down, we just love volume. >> that's what dodd frank does. the dodd frank world is probably good four versus all these other complains bankes. >> it's a present for me. you knew someone would be happy with this kind of stuff. we love deficits. the more the government prints the more fund there is to trade. we love government bond printing. >> now volumes across the board for everybody whether they be goldman, for morgan stanley or for you, volumes are weak in this business. i think they can get stronger. i need to know how do you feel about what what's your confidence about that fabulous yield? >> i am confident that the div

kantor is a member of the house republican leadership.known to be feisty partisan conservatives. for them to be endorsing mitt romney is to many, a sign that those who have been most skeptical for ideological reasons and the fact that mitt romney was a moderate republican until five years ago and distrusted him, may coalesce around him, if he continues this win streak. >> heather: all right. we'll see what happens. you will be on top of it, carl cameron, thank you. fox news is your number-1 source for election news. tune in on super tuesday, march 6 for special prime time coverage, beginning at 6:00 p.m. eastern right here. >> gregg: turning oversea, vladimir putin claiming victory in russia's presidential election. the long-time leader voting earlier and then he took the time to thank thousands of his supporters in a rally outside the kremlin in moscow, saying they have prevented plots aimed at destroying rushia. the exit polls show putin winning about 59% of the vote. his re-election bid has been met with accusations ofwide sfread fraud

this is what is left of the storm system that kantor yesterday at sparks and thunderstorms near annapoliser areas. we did not see much in baltimore. the front is but slightly cooler condition to our north but the heat is down to the supper in the warm air is pushing into this out ahead of the next storm system that starts to affect us as early as tomorrow. this is absolutely incredible -- we have 70's right now into kansas and minneapolis. as much as we are enjoying this, everyone in the east and south is seeing the same thing. the current temperature at the inner harbor is 74 degrees. you can see the cooler conditions to our north. a little bit of gusty winds out there, 20 miles per hour at the airport. mostly clear skies tonight and we drop down into 40's and 50's which is above normal. normally we are around 53. the future castor showing nothing for today or tonight for precipitation but tomorrow we may start to see a few thunderstorms in the afternoon. near 80 degrees today and tomorrow with showers possible tomorrow evening and the record stands at 82 tomorrow and we will push near t

>> you know, kantor -- >> i think the problem is there are not the kind of neutral party leaders there used to be in the republican party. the party is very fractured. i think the tea party has a lot to do with that. you look at washington, on the transportation committee, the speaker of the house had to remove john mica from being involved in the bill because of a revolt on the right within his own party. that has never happened in my recollection ncongressional history. the same thing is a problem here in the presidential race. there is noledder statesman to say, look, it is not your turn. wait four years. >> you know, tony, neither santorrum nor gingrich inclined to quit the race. call them stubborn, egotistical -- >> arguably. >> that's great for mitt romney, isn't it? >> sure. romney has a week or two to really enjoy the fact that newt gingrich and rick santorum both have not resolved their own inter-party fight. newt gingrich claims to have a big night. he won the biggest state, 70 delegates, his home state. in fact, he came in third i. 2-18, so far. >> he came in third in two ot

kantor has long been considered one of the few established democracies in western africa. >> emergency crews off the coast of scotland are battling to stop gas leaking into the north sea. it could take months to plug the leak. >> the rig has been evacuated, and the surrounding area closed off. the ships and aircraft. this is the threat of explosions given the weather conditions, but experts disagree. >> concerns are growing about the players still burning on the rig. contact with the leaking gas could spark a huge explosion. but the platforms french operator insist there is no danger of a blast, saying the wind is blowing gas away from the flame. the platform workers have all been evacuated. the surrounding area has been blocked off to air and sea travel. total says it still trying to determine where the gas is coming from. >> we are still progressing the two main options -- going on to the platform with well-control specialists to kill the well, or churning a relief well. >> but plugging the leak could take six months. a 10-kilometer-long chain of gas condensate covers the surface of

their red kantor's the ec on the screen, the rainfall rates of 1.1 in.rainfall rates in sunnyvale. this is will recall pouring because it really is. it is creating treacherous driving conditions as we have seen so far this evening. in concord, two-thirds of an inch of rain kif it is coming down a little bit but still pretty moderate. we will continue to see the rain over the next couple of hours. thief's ♪ [ slurps ] [ laughs ] ♪ oh! [ chomps ] [ slurps ] aah! [ chomps ] ahh! [ male announcer ] it's all that cinnamon and sugar that makes those crunchy little squares so irresistible. cinnamon toast crunch. part of this good breakfast. [ slurps ] [ chomps ] crave those crazy squares™. ahh! would on at >>pam: a tasty and fresh spent on asian street food. vicki liviakis checks out asian box in this edition of the nine ended this. >>vicki: and ran a tiny takeout called asian boxed. it is the first of soon to be many. here is the co-owner. >> it is authentic street food. we take the food up in the morning and could get in the afternoon. authentic recipes, heal

kantor's endorsment following that of bob macdonald. rom scprom ron paul were the only candidate who is qualified in virginia and romney also getting an endorsement from oklahoma senator tom coburn. president obama finished speaking to one of the most influential pro-israel groups in the counselry, coming with warnings for iran and insistence that the u.s. has israel's back. we have more on the important speech. >> reporter: there was fairly tough talk on iran from president obama, he restated his determination that iran should not get a nuclear weapon and supports sanctions and diplomacy for the time being, but all lemes of american power could be used. let's listen. >> iran's leaders should understand that i do not have a policy of containment, i have a policy to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: now the president said he would not hesitate to use force if necessary and reaffirmed that israel has a sovereign right to make its own security decisions, all as iran continues to enrich uranium and the west continue

. >> kantor is the first major republican leader to show his support for ronni and he says he believesvernor will win the republican nomination and to me while romney along with fellow candidates ronde paull rick santorum and new to gingrich are gearing up for the super tuesday primaries this week. >> polls are closed in final votes are being counted in the russian presidential election with results yet to be announced, vladimir putin gave what sounded like a victory speech already in early polling has a strong lead and he is widely expected to win a third term and should he end up winning he could potentially complete two more terms as president. bringing his time as leader to 24 years just short of the record held by joseph stalin. the mild winter did not cooperate for the annual polar plunge. fund-raisers faced frigid temperatures this morning. and how chicago celebrated 175 years of existence. neru living with the pain of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis... could mean living with joint damage. help stop the damage before it stops you with humira. for many adults with moderat

he writes that he, congressman kantor will be meeting with budget committee members to settle internal republican fights over 2013 spending limits. republicans point out remain at odds today over whether to keep the discretionary spending levels that were set in the august debt ceiling deal with the white house or to cut spending more deeply in the 2013 resolution. conservatives in eric cantor's conference are pushing for deeper cuts. again, the hill newspaper reporting that this closed door meet willing take place tomorrow here in washington. >>> well, on to politics. the republicans who competed in super tuesday are continuing with their campaigns, despite a new call from rick santorum supporters for newt gingrich to drop out. newt gingrich, the former house speaker, was the winner in georgia yesterday. rick santorum winning three states, and mitt romney winning six states, including his home state of massachusetts. newt gingrich tell saying he is not convinced that rick santorum could beat mitt romney head to head. meanwhile, the mitt romney campaign saying that his republican rival

. >> majority leader kantor is speaking on "meet the press" yesterday. david gregory had asked him does he see the other side of this issue. does he see this as a women's rights issue versus a religious issue. do you see that about women's rights? >> it is absolutely about our freedoms. as americans we have the right to believe in what we want to believe. we have the freedom to do what we need to do. and as women in this country, that means we should be able to believe what we want, and we should be able to have access to the necessary health care that is going to give us all of the ability and opportunity to succeed in our lives. this is a core principle. this conversation is a core principle about american democracy. it is about individual freedom, and freedom to do what we need to do across the board. and i think this discussion would look incredibly different if we had many, many, many more women in the house and the senate. i think about the day when the house hearing occurred that congressman issa had, and that many of your folks have probably seen

we were talking to larry kantor. if if was a fundamental trade the growth would have gone higher.nt five days trading sharply lower and off the lows of the session at $105 and even the grains moved lower today. soy beans moved lower after a report came out that export sales were the lowest in seven weeks and some of that is attributable to the slow down in china. so we are off the lows. you get the risk off trade so the risk off trades go higher here. it's a ten-year yield lower today. prices were higher. down to 2.27% on that ten-year note, which means gold should have gone higher as well. because lately it's been a hedge. but not today. it's been a risk on trade and price of gold down $8 to $16.42 per ounce. technology in a very mixed trade here. larry cantor is still here with me. what else do you like here? you like the financials that are going to continue to grow in this environment here. what about commodity-based sectors as well? >> right. so energy, we think, oil. we think those are better. >> natural gas -- >> we think it goes a little lower. we like some of the metals a

eric kantor is going around the caucus and saying that you are going rhino. what is rhino?s of your skis. 150 or so members named who won't go for this. he said hi, guys. i'm happy to help. he left without explanation and this is a third wheel. he couldn't cut the deal because he couldn't sell it to his own caucus. that is unlike any other house speaker in history. tip o'neal used to sit down and say whatever he said, he could make happen. even if the democrats didn't like it. john boehner doesn't have that authority. he's the tail being wagged by the tea party dog. >> is that the weakness of boehner or the strength of the tea party? >> it's both. the dynamics of the republican party at this point in time. >> also some of the independent players unlike the days of tip o'neal. you can raise all the money you need online. if you are michele bachmann, she raised like $12 million online. >> who was the eric kantor of tip o'neal? there wasn't one. he was in charge and nobody conspired to stab stab him in the back. they used the revolt against the party in general. nothing like t

. >> i was only saying my kantor's see does not hinge >> a new poll shows 44 percent of voters would romney as opposed to 30% for santorum. >> we will be back with more in a couple of minutes. here is a live look outside showing you the mt. tam cam. >>james: there is some light snow falling near lake level. here is what we are expecting over the next three days in the sierra. >>darya: it to dave the san francisco mayor will make an announcement regarding the future ross mirkirimi. yesterday he was sentenced as a domestic abuse case in connection with the new year's eve incident where he is accused of bruising his wife's arm during an incident. the sentence also includes three years probation and one year of domestic violence intervention class's and 100 hours of community service. >>mark: we will be right back as the kron4 news is with you until 10:00 p.m.. the dark skies and a few stray showers expected, especially in the north bay. hong ok, guys-- what's next ? chocolate lemonade ? susie's lemonade... the movie. or... we make it pink ! with these 4g lte tablets, you can do business

market watchers say this is driven by the improving job market kantor's spending money. >> incentivesose going to see the israeli presence be at the temple, this is what they will have to go through. there is a line of people lining up so that they can get inside to listen to the president and then, he conceded to from protesters who had set up. since 5:00 p.m.. there are palestinian flags, many of them are in support of robb. this has made national and world news. you can also see israeli flags. they are very upset with the president speaking here because they believe-a majority of the people out here right now say they want peace. israel has been very vocal ban on wall. the dow closed down more than 200 points. it is the first time the dow has closed down more than 100 points in 46 straight trading sessions. investors are running scared over debt worries increased feed nevertheless the dow still remains of for more than 500 points for the year. >> in stamford the technology is being tested back to provide notification seconds before an earthquake. volunteers can sign up to have this

eric kantor weighed in against the veteran at the last minute. he is breathing a sigh of relief.econd survived the primary challenge, trouncing the former congresswoman who lost her suburban seat in 2010. the eighth district iraq war veteran had the establishment behind her won rather easily and tried to send the freshman home in november. the 29-year-old millionaire jason plummer was the republican nominee for the lieutenant governor two years ago at the age of 27. the 12th district seat left open by jerry costello. that was in the fall and pretty much the nightmare for the democrats on that one. that's a race that wasn't clear whether republicans were targeted and now they don't have to. let's turn our attention back to the race between a candidate and the post primary day. who do i have? politico. you know where he's from. >> i demand it. >> you did you manned emand to . got the fix. mark murray calls me up this morning and said it's the demographic, stupid. let's go through quickly what it is. this was the fourth most moderate state of the 17. 36% republicans. just 30% conser

we have eric kantor on board who were on the sidelines. >> he is always worried.what's amazing is you look at the poll and i looked at this last minute hit on the health care mandate of romney all circulating and the democrats to try to slow down the romney inevitability. it reminds me and you look at the poll, there was room for a good conservative tom pain. the thing is he never faced a relationshipably good coombe pain. >> in a couple of respects. it couldn't have been a challenge on the social issues on the right. not just a big threat, but a huge threat to barack obama. >> i am stunned. the one thing is romney had he ever has had to deal with three weeks of relitigating. are you shocked? >> totally shocking and you are seeing this "usa today" piece and making the point he was defending the mandate up until he got into this campaign. it is pretty surprising and he will turf assuming he is the nominee. >> funny you say that. you expect him to not be able to move as far to the middle as most would like to do when they are done with the primary. >> i think he doe

forced this race, kittinger is very well known nationally, he played that card well, very coze weeric kantor of that, that does not necessarily translate back home. that's what is part of the issue here. >> bret: jesse jackson jr. has one. maybe we will get lunch here. that's it here from gibson steakhouse. stay tuned for final thoughts after the break. we want to protect the house. right. but... home security systems can be really expensive. to save money, we actually just adopted a rescue panther. i think i'm goin-... shhh! we find that we don't need to sleep that much. there's an easier way to save. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. chocolate lemonade ? susie's lemonade... the movie. or... we make it pink ! with these 4g lte tablets, you can do business at lightning-fast spes. we'll take all the strawberries, dave. you got it, kid. we have a winner. we're definitely gonna need another one. small sinesses that want to grow use 4g lte technology from verizon. i wonder how she does it. that's why she's the boss. because the small business with the best tecology r

house majority leader, eric kantor, thank you for that endorsement. bobby killberg, jack girard and tom farrell. and finally, massachusetts, thank you! [crowd chanting "we love mitt!" >> i have to thank senator scott brown, who will be your next senator. some of our favorite governors, bill weld and paul cellucci, our hearts go out to paul. house minority leader, oh, thank you, brad jones. chris collins, sandy and paulette and ron kaufman and a special thank tout thousands and thousands of volunteers all across this country, 10 states tonight. we have thousands of people making phone calls, thank you. we could not do it without all of you. so thank you. we'll wait for more returns and more good news. thank you. now! [crowd chanting "mitt!" ]. >> i have something to say about some of the women i am hearing from. and we have been all across this country. do you know what women care about -- and this is what i love! women care about jobs. [cheering] women care about the economy. they care about their children and they care about the debt and they are ang

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between speaker boehner and leader kantor that somewhat i think is overdone by the media but definitelyway in which the aides started to spin it, eric cantor was the realist in the room saying there is no way he could get this through the house republican congress. when simpson boles went to the house floor two days ago and could only get 38 votes, it shows you how difficult it would have been for john boehner to get any deal that he had significant tax revenue through the house republican conference. the democrats more likely than not would have been there had the president been wholeheartedly behind this but you would have -- if boehner would have had to walk on on quite a limb and see a real threat to his speakership possibly after that. it's all speculation. you don't know how much influence eric cantor had in the room if the idea was that john boehner and barack obama this was blown up by the gang of six. but one thing i would throw out about the gang of six. how the collective wisdom in washington, d.c. is that their announcement they could have perhaps trillions in new revenue is

calling each other big government guys but when somebody like mitt romney gets the endorsement of eric kantor, he doesn't denounce him as a washington insider. both santorum and gingrich are influence peddlers of the first order. that's how they make their living and why they're still in the race. >> jimmy, you're a washington insider or self-reformed washington insider. >> sometimes. >> but you know, rick santorum hasn't caught too much heck for being in washington, living in washington. >> you mean living in leesburg is, virginia is, one of the trendiest suburbs? he lives in a nice big house out in leesburg and hasn't lived in pennsylvania for years. look, this is whole theory of -- eric went to it, this idea of being big government republican versus a big government democrat. they're all big government when necessary. i went back and watched rick santorum's farewell speech on the senate floor this morning. an hour and 18 minutes. that's what i did this morning. in my boxer shorts. i'm watching this thing and thinking i'm going to hear what he had to say knowing he just lost by 18 points. w

kantor and others. -- eric cantor and others. taking a look at some of the details of the jobs bill that passed yesterday, here is the right up. the centerpiece would delay some securities and exchange commission regulations that were passed as a response to the recession and would create a category of "emerging growth companies -- speaker painter spoke yesterday. here is what he has to say. -- speaker boehner spoke yesterday. here is what he has to say. >> this bill will help small businesses and provide access to capital. another one of our plans that i hope the senate will take up -- i know how difficult running a business is. to jump third that your credit -- to jump through the bureaucratic hoops to get the business of running. this bill will make it easier for businesses in start-ups to put the capital that they need to get there in order to grow jobs in our country. host: and long lines of support, they said more about the transportation bill. we want to get your thoughts on the passage of this bill. what do you think it w

obviously majority leader kantor is my majority leader and great friend.be over with, want to get on to the safe candidate. i, quite honestly, soledad, thank you that's a mistake. i think that someone like a newt gingrich, someone like a rick santorum who has strong conservative credentials and will stand very clearly and state those. in particular, in the case of former speaker newt gingrich. he doesn't just talk the talk. he has walked the walk. i mean, he was two heartbeats away from the president from four years, balanced the budget, had welfare reform, worked with president clinton. he's my man. >> i believe that when you say some want to get it over with or that he's a safe candidate, is safe candidate really mean el t electabelec electable candidate and that's what they want to coalesce behind? >> speaker gingrich has said many times on the campaign trail, do you want someone to just be there and manage the decay or do you want someone who is really going to make the changes necessary to get this country back as that shining city on the hill that ro

endorsem t endorsements this past weekend, one from tom colburnnd from house majority leader eric kantoreading a lot of articles that perhaps they're trying to rally behind this candidate. can he pull it off on super tuesday? >> those endorsements are interesting because those are two conservative politicians. he's had trouble coalescing the conservative base. it will put some daylight between himself and santorum and gingrich and paul. this is all about delegates. you showed that 1419. that's more than we have seen so far in any contest so far all combined. it's more than a third of the delegates but a candidate needs to lock down and clench the nomination. and what about that momentum? you were just talking about it. take a look at this poll. brand new out of ohio. arguably the most important. mitt romney is tied with rick santorum. santorum had a big double digit lead there a week ago. what if rick santorum holds on and wins ohio, make oklahoma and another state, we will be talking about a very different race on wednesday morning. >> how is it breaking down? there are a lot of people

and finally, the kantor bill actually does include provisions that are more likely to create jobs for americans. for example, the house bill does not include authorization of the ex-im bank. time is of the essence, by the way, to get this ex-im bank reauthorized. the bank's temporary extension expires at the end of may and is close to exceeding its operating level of $100 million by the end of this month. renewing the ex-im bank's charter with increased lending authority is the only way practically of countering the predatory financing practices above the trading nations. we spend a lot of time on this floor pointing the finger at companies that are using their sovereign institutions to undermine american jobs to get them overseas, and yet one of the major institutions in our country that helps american products to be sold overseas is in danger literally of going out of business. that's something that will in fact enhance job creation. it's not in the house bill. in fact, it's been suggested that ex-im bank activities supports almost 3 00,000 jobs in the united states every year. it a

i think obviously leader kantor is a very important person in the movement.ernor romney but each of these candidates is out there getting endorsements from folks, you know, both at the state and local levels. i don't think that -- i'm going to pass judgment on one particular endorsement. >> here's one thing that you wrote about in your weekly memo. here is the quote. one of the four current republican candidates will be the nominee. our party will unite 100% ruined them. couple of questions considering the primary season where the candidates all attacked each other and conservative credentials, how legitimate will that unity be and are you absolutely certain there will be no brokered convention? no dark horse that comes in, lot of people speculated recently. >> okay. well, to say that i can be absolutely certain would be just not true. but i can say that there is no one that you know of that has any intention to get in and if there were someone that we are looking to get in would be virtually impossible. actually it is actually impossible for them to get the

one thing that kantor over and over, the president has a lot of internal confidence in his long range vision, long-term ambitions and goals. he is constantly encouraging those around him not to be buffeted by the cable dispute of the nanosecond and sort of take the hits. an example in the book when the white house does something they know is going to drop a bad headline in the short run, but they think there is a long-term policy of political a drainage to doing this. the president -- the chief adviser, they sort of like to keep their eye on a long game. they say, okay, take a deep breath. we know the press coverage is going to be bad. let's not go running around it. rahm emanuel was more plugged into that and more concerned about the political moment of the moment. sort of an interesting way to govern. it shows a bit of a gap between what you and i who cover this day in and day out focus on, and what you as a leader, as the president, how you to think about what you're doing. host: good morning, atlanta. caller: good morning. what i would like to say is this, grover norquist has more

encouraged by the president and his embrace of the jobs act, which has been spearheaded by leader kantor, which was introduced earlier this week. it will make it easier for small businesses to grow and hire more workers. i am looking forward to strong bipartisan vote in the house next week on this bill. >> on the blunt amendment, do you worry creating similar legislation in the house would create a backlash against republicans by women voters? >> i think the american people are concerned about the government's infringement on religious liberty. the senate will have its vote later today, and the house will decide how we will proceed. >> can you give us an update on the transportation bill? in your view, what went wrong, and what will bring it up, and what will it look like? what's the first thing you need to know about the transportation bill is that for the first time in the 21 years that i have been here, we have a transportation bill with no earmarks. the last highway bill we had had 6371 earmarks in it. secondly, when you look at the fact that we're trying to fund 116 federal governme