statements in context with what you're seeing on the ground there. >> here in baghdad, those statements and those actions are going to be welcomed. this is a city where a curfew is in place. there are checkpoints on almost every corner. the city has been bringing by security forces. people here are nervous that isis militants are going to attack the city or at the very least send in suicide bombs and car bombs. they want this offensive to stop. and they've been watching their own government, their own security forces not be up to the job. in fact, entire divisions of the iraqi army just melt away. and they want the u.s. to help, help get the iraqi armed forces back on the right track, carry out air strikes. this is something that they definitely want to see. because let's be totally clear about what's going to happen. the president talked about 300 or up to 300 advisers joining the advisers who are already here. these are military advisers. these are people who pick coordinates. these are people who operate radios and joy sticks and help guide iraqi troops to target. they will work with the iraqis and say, well, you should flank from the left and go to the right and encircle the target and help the iraqi army. to recapture the half dozen towns and cities that have been taken over by the militants. so they will have a lethal role, not directly, but behind the scenes. behind the remote control. and then if you listen to the president, he also said but there might be down the road, if necessary, the use of some u.s. military firepower, as well. but that the preferred option is to just tell iraqis how to use the equipment that we left behind for them that they so far haven't been able to use. that's the plan, anyway. amid the back drop, then there was the whole second part of the very long statement from the president, which he wasn't expressing his confidence in the prime minister of this country, nuri al maliki. he didn't go as far as saying maliki has to go because he said it's not up to us to choose the leader. but he basically said maliki has to go. the next leader has to be someone who is willing to reach out to all the communities and he said maliki isn't that kind of person. there are meetings in this country right now about trying to form a new government. so as this action begins -- and it's fought going to be immediate. these 300 or so advisers have to get here. they have to meet with their iraqi counterparts, they'll have to read in on the intelligence, they'll have to get themselves situated. it's going to be at least a few days i would suspect until that happens. that would give the iraqis some time to try and come up with a new government which by the way they're spoed to do, anyway, because the iraqs had elections about two months ago and still have not seated the new government based on those elections. >> richard, what do you make of those two elections coming together, the president sending those 300 advisers, not expressing confidence in the current adviser. previously we wanted to send more advisers to iraq. is the iraqi government now going to be eager for more u.s. troops, even this few hundred to be coming to the country because they're just so spooked about the security situation? >> well, the iraqi government has formally asked for this. it was the iraqi government in the past that didn't want to have u.s. stroops troops stay behind, a contingency force. now the iraqi government says please. the iraqi government saw the light, if you will, it saw it because it saw the guns of these militants being locked and loaded and pointed in their faces. so the iraqis want this to happen. the question is, there's a bunch of complications and i think they're going to become clear in the coming days. because the u.s. isn't the only country in the world that is doing this. so the u.s. is going to send in these advisers, welcomed by the iraqis to try and get out of this crisis. but iran is doing the same thing. iran has advisers here, is working closely with the iraqi security forces, has longer -- or at least as long relationships with them than the united states does. they have the religion in common in many cases. so there will be two hands on the wheel here. the u.s. and iran. >> right. >> and right now, the u.s. and iran have similar interests. they both want to get rid of this militant group, isis. but long-term, it remains to be seen and many are skeptical and even the president was skeptical this over time the u.s. and iran have the same vision for the future of this country. >> yes. difficult to say the least, richard engle in baghdad. let's turn now to iraq war veteran former congressman and friend of the show patrick murphy. and with us at the desk is nikel kumar. i want to start start with you as richard was referencing the president, essentially calling for a replacement to al maliki without directly doing that, also calling for a political situation to the crisis. time has some great color in the cover story about how much did say trust there is between sunnis and shias, saying sunnis view shias in a lot of ways with even more mistrust than they view the united states and that a common bit of folklore is that shias have tails. so there's a lot of mistrust and division there. is it realistic to expect that there's anyone that can bring the kurds, the sunnis, the shias in iraq together? >> there are deep underlying tensions, yes, and there are suspicions on both sides. but this wasn't inevitable. one of the things that the maliki government has done since it's come to power is it's pursued policies in recent years, it's sort of increased, which have divided the population further, which has deepened these divisions. >> it wasn't inevitable, but can we fix those divisions now? >> well, the way to start is to come up with a government which can unite the people. because that's what's going on now. the divisions have become so entrenched, which is why, remember, it was so easy for isis to seize these towns. when they walked in, it wasn't just that they had the firepower. it was because people, a lot of people took off their uniforms from the iraqi army and walked off of their post. that reflects the divisions that have been deepened by the maliki government in the the last few years. it's been almost eight year nous that it's been in power. >> congressman, earlier today, the president came out and told us that we are not going to get significantly militarily involved in iraq. do we have that bite? >> let me repeat what i've said in the past. american combat troops are not going to be fighting in iraq again. >> we're talking about 300 advisers going, but no ground troops. and doubtful that air strikes will be happening. what does that do militarily to what's happening over there when the commander in chief says, hey, we are not coming? >> well, it really -- you know, i think most americans see this and the president said himself, there's no military solution in iraq. it's a political one. so we send 300 of our nation's best, the navy s.e.a.l.s, army rangers and the green berets, they have a job to do. they're at operating bases. i was in one ten years ago. and let me tell you something, at night, they're going to get mortared and it's going to be from isis and they're going to blend into the community. so they're going to see combat. so act like we're sending the 300 troops in there and to do it without a precondition on a political solution, i personally believe maliki is the problem, not the solution. he spoke last night to his people. he should have reached out to the sunnis. he's now treating them, for years now, and they're coming home to roost. and we should precondition the additional troops and this military support on the political solution on him reaching out to sunnis or someone else. >> i read the story in "time" and one line that struck me was for decades those in the middle east have worn their dictators in the west that only could oppress the shiite/sunni rivalry. after what's happened in iraq, egypt, syria, is it fair to say the west was better off with dictators? >> i don't know if you can -- i wouldn't say that. but what i would say is this, that there are deep problems which certain setups can exacerbate them and certain things you can do to make them better, right? and one of the things that we've seen in iraq, and just coming back to iraq again, is as patrick just said, is that the maliki government has made those tension s worse. and i think it's important to remember that. yes, there are deep divisions that go back many, many years, but that none of this is inevitable. this is happening now because somebody has pursued policies in baghdad that has -- that have driven people apart in iraq. and isis went into the syrian combat, has come back to iraq and deployed. >> one of the arguments we hear here is that if we don't back the actions that our military took to stabilize iraq the first time would have been a waste. what do you make of that argument? >> listen, josh, i lost 19 men in my unit. it was a strategic mistake to be there. but regardless, we lost 4,286 men and women from the american aurm. there's been hundreds of iraqi simpleans that died in that engagement, as well. we cannot just engage and think there's a military support that's part of the solution. jo josh, it's a political one. listen, isis are more radical than al qaeda. i get it. blending into the city population, there will be lobbing mortars, spending 300 of our green berets, rangers and s.e.a.l.s in there, yeah, it will help prop up, frankly, the maliki sheer ya army when he's political sized and militarized. so it's pretty disheartening. i do think the president was right in reaching out and saying iran can be part of the sluice, but not part of the solution saying -- really this is a political solution and we need the world to step in, as well. >> thank you. patrick murphy, nikel kumar. up next, the cycle rolls on for this busy thursday, june 19th. my motheit's delicious. toffee in the world. so now we've turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to take an idea and make it happen. i'm janet long and i formed my toffee company through legalzoom. i never really thought i would make money doing what i love. we created legalzoom to help people start their business and launch their dreams. go to legalzoom.com today and make your business dream a reality. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. touch down... every morning... ten times! not just... now and then. once more on the rise... nuts to the flabby guys! go, you chicken fat, go away! go, you chicken fat, go! run, two, run (running) (like a tortoise) okay! 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>> i think you're right, luke. this is an event where the republicans were speaking, it's the faith in freedom forum. but there were no real -- they weren't calling for anything. it was mainly just something is wrong in iraq and it's the latest thing obama has done wrong. i think that's what you're going toer what going forward is a lot of complaints, not about the policy. in fact, rubio was asked on the hill a while ago about congress's role and he was very clear in saying obama has the authority to decide. in other words, there would be no vote on the hill. they would like to stay out of it while being able to complain at the same time. that's where we are, congress on both sides wants obama to decide and they want to stay out of this. >> that's interesting that you bring this up. the president says he wants to consult with congress and that can mean a number of different things. when he was looking to do an intervention in syria, he decided to go to congress and then it looks like he wasn't going to be able to get it. do you think most people in congress are with rubio, they don't want to be consulted too much or some something they'll pressure the president for authorization? >> there will not be a vote that passes in congress that authorizes the president to do anything militarily pause of the legacy of iraq. i don't think most members in congress want to vote on something. then, with sear why, you had a lot of members privately saying we wish he would have done it himself. both republicans and the democrats didn't want to be on the record. when the vote came close, people that had been for strike necessary syria were saying, well, the details have changed. i'm not as sure. members of congress are going to be reluctant to vote for any military intervention any time soon. >> interesting that you talk about folks in d.c. don't want to put a vote on the record on both sides. i think some of them who have thoughts about 2016 or the future remember what happened to hillary clinton in 2008 when, you know, iraq was a very difficult vote for her. so this leads into what i want to talk about with you that we see a lot of the bushies talking about what obama should and shouldn't do. but very little to nothing from the 2016 potential candidates on the gop side which, perhaps, indicates how complicated the situation is there. there's no good option, nobody wants to be on the record about this thing. >> this is a big surprise. never would i think, if you think back ten years, you see john bolton, doug feiss, paul wolfowitz on television attacking somebody about iraq. dick cheney, of course. i should have mentioned him. but you listen, like ridi said, rubio, cruz, not a lot of clear cut statements beyond this is going wrong, obama is not handling it well. i think that's where they're going to say. and i think even hillary clinton has been very careful in what she said, as well. this is a complicated situation. when you're the president, you get blamed for everything and everything is your problem. when you're a candidate and you're a senator, dwrur not and it's often wise to stay out of being too precise. >> yeah. this generic criticism for obama is a safe place for the gop. we have heard from the mccain slk graham wing of the republican party and all of their criticism and how they think should be be more involved even as they fail to be particularly specific. but we haven't heard much from this rising more libertarian wing that we've heard a lot about and talked a lot about and is this a new direction for the gop. what are they saying? what are they thinking? where had are they falling on this conflict? >> i think graham and mccain are consistent. they want more intervention, period. they want to inner convenient in syria more, inter convenient in iraq more a. not only that, but from the john boehners even. there's a stint within the republican electorate that they're not excited about any more interventions, either. you see that in polls and that makes politicians more nervous about what to do, as well. because the republican voters are not clamoring for more action in iraq, you're not going to see most members -- the libertarian part of the party is not there. that means the leadership is not there, either, beyond that small mccain/graham, the neocons from the bush administration have been precise on what they want to see. >> and perry, you could not be more right. there's not one single conservative person that wants to be on the ground in iraq. harry bacon, thanks so much for being on the show. >> thanks, guys. appreciate it. up next, more on that breaking news we just mentioned. congressman kevin mccarthy is the new gop house leader. we'll dig into the implications next and give you an update on that whip race. that's the one you want to keep an eye on. you're on to the next thing. clinically proven neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair. it targets fine lines and wrinkles with the fastest retinol formula available. you'll see younger looking skin in just one week. one week? 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as our buddy jake sherman set it up, this leadership vote was an audition to fail. let's run through all this. angela, tell us about kevin mccarthy and what's going to change in the house. >> well, hopefully immigration. and by that, i mean there is the only potential that immigration reform has now is the fact that kevin mccarthy, as the new majority leader, is from a district in bakersville, california, that has 35% latino workers, latino population and even larger group of workers. and businesses who have told him repeatedly that they rely heavily on these migrant workers. in addition to that, he is well known for his relationship with silicone valley, being the bridge from the gop to the tech industry. and i'm thinking that if immigration reform advocates arewise wise, they will cross that bridge and ensure that they both industry for migrant workers as well as the tech industry hold him accountable to getting some type of measure even considered and not the piece that boehner talked about last year. >> aing angela, my friend, i wish i could be as optimistic about the future of immigration reform. but i can't. kevin mccarthy illustrates the complexity of that issue. you talk about the large group of latinos, his relationship with silicone valley, but it seems it's difficult nowadays to be in the leadership of the modern gop and serve your constituents. it's part of the wall that eric cantor ran into and even though mccarthy is making moves that make some of us happy, he's got the mark levin, the laura inge ra hams, the eric ericssons screaming at him like he's the worse person in the world because he's open to amnesty. and just juggling both of those things, leadership and constituent services are what your stoitsy webs it's difficult in the money gop. >> there's no question about it and therein lies the real problem. you can't continue to serve what seems to be the gop talking heads and the loud noise in washington and serve your constituents. they are at xleeftly different ends of the spectrum. that's what we saw with eric cantore. it wasn't about immigration. he lost his feat because of the stalemate that they saw him advancing. they weren't helping to move the economic agenda forward. that's what his district said in exit polls and it was really clear. i want to say quickly there's also another race happening and from what i'm hearing from my sources, the first vote was taken and the second vote is very, very close. i think that's important because what we are also seeing here, toure, is this rage towards gop establishment. and so these folks that are very news, there's in the that respect that used to exist in the house with whaer going to rely on whatever the incumbents say. everyone that was in the race today was elected in 2007 or later. that is completely different than the seniority system that's traditionally been set up in the house. so i think it's something else worth noting. >> if history serve as any guide, kevin mccarthy is not opg only likely to be majority leader, but the next speaker of the house whenever john boehner retires. we all heard rumors that he was thinking of retiring maybe next spring. does the shake-up with cantor and mccarthy being in there change john boehner's plans? >> it definitely has changed boehner's plans. i think originally eric cantore was his heir apparent. he was almost pushing john boehner to retire. shortly after eric cantor lost his seat in his district, john boehner said, hey, i'm here to stay. this this only thing i think this does is solidify the floor for the next 40 days. this could go towards trying to ensure that they shore up gop loyalty, demonstrating that they'll keep the party line and maintain party status quo, or they can buck the gop. mostly the noisiest among them and try to do what's best for moving the country forward. and i don't know that any of them have that appetite to do that. >> angela, you tumpd on something which i totally agree with, which is the race for number three and that's where they want to have some red staip state representation wi. obama won that district in 2008. are you surprised that a democrat strategist some someone like roskam can actually compete? >> i am not surprised. i know he's a suburb of chicago scarce the mess out of the folks that want someone from a red state. it's not surprising at all. the folks that are pro business, typical old school republicans absolutely want him there. he's the current chief deputy whip. in most instances he would be next in line for the gop. what's more interesting than that is the fact that morris rogers said i don't want anything to do with this. it's all white men. it will have to be geographic diversity if anything for these folks. >> angela, thanks. >> thanks. up next, the latest state to get on board with raising the minimum wage. my dad has aor afib.brillation, he has the most common kind... ...it's not caused by a heart valve problem. dad, it says your afib puts you at 5 times greater risk of a stroke. that's why i take my warfarin every day. but it looks like maybe we should ask your doctor about pradaxa. in a clinical trial, pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate mesylate)... ...was proven superior to warfarin at reducing the risk of stroke. and unlike warfarin, with no regular blood tests or dietary restrictions. hey thanks for calling my doctor. sure. pradaxa is not for people with artificial heart valves. don't stop taking pradaxa without talking to your doctor. stopping increases your risk of stroke. ask your doctor if you need to stop pradaxa before surgery or a medical or dental procedure. pradaxa can cause serious, sometimes fatal, bleeding. don't take pradaxa if you have abnormal bleeding or have had a heart valve replaced. seek immediate medical care for unexpected signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. pradaxa may increase your bleeding risk if you're 75 or older, have a bleeding condition or stomach ulcer, take aspirin, nsaids, or blood thinners... ...or if you have kidney problems, especially if you take certain medicines. tell your doctors about all medicines you take. pradaxa side effects include indigestion, stomach pain, upset, or burning. if you or someone you love has afib not caused by a heart valve problem... ...ask your doctor about reducing the risk of stroke with pradaxa. ugh. heartburn. did someone say burn? 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>> that's where we're at. we have a split labor market and a split country. those clusters of knowledge and high tech by the east coast, in the bay area and l.a., then we have that energy belt in texas and parts of louisiana and then up in the dakotas. but so much of the rest of the country is falling behind. a place like seattle needs a minimum wage of about $15 an hours. place like washington, d.c. probably needs a minimum wage about 18 bucks an hour. but a place like orlando or tampa or las vegas could get by with a minimum wage of like 11 because thegoá3y costs of livin lower. >> are you advocating for taking matters into their own hands or minimum wage equivalent to cost of living? >> i think both ways. it's something the united states has to consider. with index suffer cost of living, thinking about geographical indexing that, 10 bucks will get you so far in miami or las vegas or detroit or pittsburgh. it ain't going to get you near as far as san francisco or washington. but i think local politics and mayors are taking these matters into their own hands. it's the kind of pressure bill de blasio's constituents brought here in new york. so i think that helps create two americas, which is quite -- i think the two america trend is getting bigger and bigger and it's extremely troubling. >> the city that set off this minimum wage trend, sea-tac south of seattle, it's where the airport was located. they set their minimum wage at $15 an hour. the thinking was the businesses that are here node to be at the airport so they can't leave so we can make them pay a higher wage. lots of other cities don't have an airport like that and they have to worry. how should cities like about that and is that the a reason to do this at the state level or the federal level? >> i just read and there's a wide debate on this. the consensus seems to be if you set the minimum wage at about 50% of the local media, you're not going to harm the media and probably you're going to do a little bit of good. if you make that sky high, you're obviously going to drive people. but airports are interesting. my wife worked before she started working with me as a company called hms host. airports have always paid people better. it makes sense to me that this debate over a higher level minimum would occur in an area that's a local airport author y authority. i think we might see more of that. >> richard, thank you for joining us at the table. up next, the star and filmmaker behind the controversial what it shouldn't be, though it shouldn't be on abortion on child denny slate and gillan will join us at the table next. 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why? you don't owe him anything. you don't even know this guy. >> he just deserves to know that, like, this happened. i'm going to get an abortion. >> the story of film's writer and director is here. gillan, i just wanted to start with you. what is it that inspired you to create this particular film? >> well, it started as a short in 2009 that i wrote the my best friends anna bean and karen main and it starred denny slate. we were a lot younger than then. what we wanted to do was have a romantic young woman who was funny, had a complex life that she was both, you know, raunchy and vulnerable and who looked and sounded like us. >> very real. very real and also who has a positive, safe, shame free abortion. >> that is exactly what you've created, a positive, shame free abortion. she is raunchy and vulnerable and a very interesting character. you told the "new york times" a woman who is in a movie who is not ready to have a baby making it work is not a happy ending to me. do you think with this film you guys have made a film that will change the way people see abortion? >> you know, i'm not sure what the grand effect will be. but what i hope is that by showing one woman's story and showing that it is unique and complex, that we can start a dialogue that is not just, you know, right or left, but a dialogue about the complicated things that go into having a modern female experience. and i think that's useful and, you know, really thoughtful about the comedy and i focused hard on the performance and wanted it to be real because the story is important. telling an honest story in a way ta$=g makes us all feel comforte is a modern way to approach this conversation. >> yeah. i also feel like the -- in the political discussion of abortion, the context of the procedure is lost. it could be painful for some people. it might not be for others. it can carry a stigma or might want carry a stigma. talk about what you're trying to do to your audience in the sense that everybody has a different story and everyone has a different experience. >> yeah. i think you see that in our film. you know, the best friend of dan na had an abortion as a teenager. the mother tells the story about having an abortion when it was not legal, in the '60s. and every story is different. and every woman's experience of it, even within our film, is unique. and what ties them together is that they share. >> sort of an amazing moment when jenny's character almost comes out to her mother who says, yes, i had an abortion, as well. >> yeah, thanks. we wanted to have this moment, this mother/daughter moment because the mother/daughter relationship is really complex, too, and there's a moment when you become -- your relationship changes forever when you share something very important and something that was hard for donna to share. she wouldn't be honest with herself and she was struggling to be honest with her mother. but when she finally did it, she realized her mom wasn't disappointed. the mom in the beginning of the movie was very controlling and was making excel spreadsheets for donna. i don't think that's going to be in their future any longer. she's going to trust her daughter to make the right decisions for herself. >> why do you think there's been such resistance for these portrayals in hollywood. one in three women will have an abortion. in some sense, it's an ordinary part of life, yet that's something that's been absent from movies. even though there are generally liberalist views in hollywood, why is it so unusual that this is in your movie? >> i don't think it's unusual. i think fast times at ridgemont high is a great example of positive regrets free abortion. jennifer jason lee's character goes to the health center, but demoan doesn't show up and her brother has the bring her home. it's a sweet, tender moment. it's on the peripheral of the story. but we wanted to make prerative. and only just to humanize the choice and to really do it through humor and through a character study of this one woman named donna stern. >> the choice is humanized when we get the moment when she actually has the procedure and it's handled in terms of film making in a very gentle and delicate way. talk about that moment because that must have been a heavy scene to film. >> yeah. exciting for me also because i have mostly done comedy so i was excited for the new material, but the camera is right on donna's face and we're not seeing ladeda, she's having an abortion and we're not saying it's a tragedy. it's complex for donna. in general sometimes shegoing t the doctor is scary. she has a nice, supportive doctor with her and she is reliev relieved. she is nervous and she is all these things and to me i'm proud of it. i'm proud of the performance, but i'm proud of the message which is that this is not perfect. we're not perfect, but if we can try to do what's best for us, that, to he is a perfect solution. >> were you in any way fearful of making this film? anti-abortion protesters have been violent at times. what has the response been to this film from the right and were you at all nervous for your physical safety in making this? >> first, filmmaking is really hard. writing is hard and we were fearful of it not being a great story and the jokes not being funny. >> no worries there. accomplished both of those. >> thank you. we worked very hard on that. the conflict in this story wasn't going to be about the choice. it was going to be about other things in donna's lives and the movie is not just an abortion film. >> sure. we're following donna through many different stages of her life and -- >> you know how things can be caricatured. >> sure. >> even though the film is not just an abortion film because that piece is in it i was concerned that it would be caricatured and demonized by anti-abortion activists. >> i think if they do pay money to see the film and actually watch it then they'll realize what the story is really about, and i don't think they're going to have such a violent, gutteral reaction. >> what about you, jenny, what do you say? >> i have the opposite problem. my mom would never put my name on my shirts because i was too friendly. i got a cold in chicago from hugging all of the people that were there, so i don't know. i don't know. i just have that personality sometimes of like a piece of candy. maybe i should be more concerned. i'm just happy. i'm happy to be in this movie, and that's sort of what's going on in my head, but you know, call me crazy. >> it's a great film and it has a great message. whether you see it that way or not, i think it was very, very courageous to do and to put out into the world and we appreciate you doing it and appreciate you being with us. >> thank you. up next, breaking news, we have a new house majority leader. josh says it really doesn't matter because the tea party is still not happy. s disease, and it feels like your life revolves around your symptoms, ask your gastroenterologist about humira adalimumab. humira has been proven to work for adults who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe crohn's disease. in clinical studies, the majority of patients on humira saw significant symptom relief, and many achieved remission. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal events, such as infections, lymphoma, or other types of cancer, have happened. blood, liver and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure have occurred. before starting humira, your doctor should test you for tb. ask your doctor if you live in or have been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. tell your doctor if you have had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have symptoms such as fever, fatigue, cough, or sores. you should not start humira if you have any kind of infection. ask your gastroenterologist about humira today. remission is possible. ♪ humans. we are beautifully imperfect creatures living in an imperfect world. that's why liberty mutual insurance has your back, offering exclusive products like optional better car replacement, where if your car is totaled, we give you the money to buy one a model year newer. call... and ask an insurance expert about all our benefits today, like our 24/7 support and service, because at liberty mutual insurance, we believe our customers do their best out there in the world, so we do everything we can to be there for them when they need us. plus, you could save hundreds when you switch, up to $423. call... today. liberty mutual insurance -- responsibility. what's your policy? house republicans just elected a new majority leader and the winner is this man, representative kevin mccarthy of california. conservatives who didn't like eric cantor will probably find the new guy to be pretty similar. let's look at the issues. no issue hurt cantor more with one serve tiff voters more than immigration. it's not because cantor supported immigration reform, but he's made enough wishy washy statements to enrage anti-immigration hard liners. he thinks we should legalize undocumented immigrants who are already here, but don't worry conservatives, he won't call it amnesty. eric cantor worked with president obama to raise the debt ceiling. a lot of conservatives think it's a big government giveaway to manufacturers. kevin mccarthy supports that, too. he tried to talk conservatives out of listening to ted cruz and tried to work with obamacare. on planet heritage eric cantor only counts as 52% conservative. he's a mushy moderate. kevin mccarthy gets a 42 because unlike cantor, mccarthy has voted for such radical left wing priorities as the violence against women act. what the tea party has to show for it is a new majority leader that is marginally less conservative than eric cantor and only one tea party congressman raised his hand to oppose mccarthy, raul labrador who is in theory, pro-immigration reform. how did this happen? why didn't one of the more senior right wingers, like someone like jeb hencsar long o jim jordan. -- but the main reason is there's no good way to be a tea party majority leader. tea party politicians have promised tea party voters something they can't deliver that by simply standing their ground and refusing to compromise they can force any policy agenda they want on a democratic president and a democratic senate. basically, if you become majority leader you will end up doing the sorts of things eric cantor did that made the conservative base hate him and therefore you risk meeting the same fate that he met. that's why hard right heavy weights stayed out and most voted for mccarthy, even those who scored high would never raise the debt limit. they want a majority leader that would vote for its political instincts and they want a majority leader that will sell out for them so they won't have to sell out themselves. hard right conservatives can defeat eric cantor, so all they've gotten themselves is a new guy to be angry at. that does it for "the cycle." now alex cagger in starts right n now. . we ought to have those feelings, but policy toward our first responders and our soldiers and our vets really matters. we have to make sure that we are not just having empty feel-good feelings about them, but that we are taking responsibility to make it right. we, the people, have to get this right. ambitious house republican, it is time to crack that whip. it's thursday, june 19th and this is "now." >> happy election day. ♪ ♪ it is election day on capitol hill. >> eric cantor's stunning primary loss last week has launched an equally fierce campaign for his leadership job. >> i appreciate your patience as we transition from a