presumed dead after an explosion in afghanistan. it happened at the helman province, largest life of british soldiers there since a plane crash in 2006. they were on their patrol in their vehicle. the attack comes after a series of violent protests across afghanistan in response to the quran burnings. several u.s. soldiers among those killed. usama bin laden not buried at sea? that shocking claim reportedly coming from e-mails obtained by the hacker group anonymous and posted on wikileaks. the e-mails said this, while the official allegedly writes, bin laden s body was sent to the armed forces institute of pathology in maryland where he was cremated, not commenting on the report but the group says some of the e-mails may have been forged. meanwhile, if you re out of work and applying for unemployment benefits in arizona, you will need to pass a drug test. that s the goal of a bill now making its way through the arizona state legislature.
of the senate, harry reid, a democrat s desk and it would sit on top of, what, 25, 30 other house bills that the house has passed and he s simply not brought them up for a vote. well, it will be harry reid s job to answer and even answer the president. the president has issued his statement of support to the jobs act which will be voted on the house tomorrow. so i hope that harry reid will join us in the house and the president to pass a jobs act as quickly as possible. we can t wait we ve got to get small businesses back into the game. this is a bill that will help us do that. mr. cantor, you know, there s a real good chance that harry reid is watching this right now. you know, let s just you know, i don t know how often you guys talk person to person but just look right in that camera, what s your message for harry reid? harry, come on! this is your window of opportunity. we ve got a chance to actually produce some results for people looking for a growing economy, for peopl
the republican convention. 60 or 70 days before the general election. and the question is, is that enough time for us to wage a campaign to defeat obama? i don t think it is. i think that you need to have a candidate, either of the three of them would be fine but you need to have a candidate in may or june. and the only person that can currently satisfy that bill is romney. now, gingrich has a good month coming up and maybe santorum. he s got mississippi, alabama and louisiana voting during march. the only northern state is illinois and based on his performance in south carolina and georgia, you figure that he might do well in those states and santorum might do well in kansas. he just carried oklahoma. but those victories would come at quite a price. sure. because they would mean that we that if those guys developed momentum, they can only deadlock the convention. they can t win it in advance. and the result is that it may
tell us what that is. first of all, steve, common sense is let s help small businesses start up again in america. people in america know that jobs do not come from decisions made in washington. jobs come from the decision of entrepreneurs and investors to go ahead and start creating businesses again. and we ve got a bill coming to the floor today, we ll vote on it tomorrow, which has bipartisan support that counters the president s notion of we need certain people to succeed and others not. in fact, the white house has issued a statement of support to our jobs act. jump-start of business startup bill. it allows entrepreneurs to get out from under the burdensome regulation standing in the way of business startups in this country so we can see jobs again. here s the problem, mr. cantor. the house can pass this. and you said you ve got democrats support as well. so it would go it would pass with bipartisan support. it would go over to the leader
let s get on board with the president as well as we in the house and get something done. all right. house majority leader eric cantor joining us today from capitol hill. thank you very much. good luck with your bill. thanks, steve. all right. now a dozen minutes before the top of the hour. coming up, as you get older, do you find yourself forgetting more stuff? is that normal? or not? dr. keith ablow is dipping into his mailbag to answer that question. and more. he s coming up next. first, on this date in history, back in 1983, billie jean by michael jackson was america s number one song. [ male announcer ] what can you do with plain white rice? when you pour chunky beef with