i want to play that exchange and david brad from virginia. i want to play part of their exchange and ask to you weigh in on that let s listen to that first. with he need to expand the government swing of the republican party, those who thank have the capacity to say yes, ma am. the senate has a major problem but shouldn t be waving a white flag ahead of time. the compromise comes later when we get to the white house. where do you come down on that question it takes the republicans need more backbone in standing up to the president or need to be doing more finding more ways to compromise and built consensus? i m part of the group, along with charlie dent, he is one of our leaders, that s called a tuesday group and we are principal legislators, just like david brat is, but also pragmatic and common sense and we understand we have got to deal with the senate and the obama white house and we are going to fight tooth and nail for what we believe in but we don t think that shutti
also tonight, chuck talks to former meet the press moderator marvin cal be about russia s resurgence and whether we are on the brink of a new cold war. all that coming up, first, hit the 2016 campaign trail in the press box. casey hunt is in las vegas with the latest on the debate prep. kristen welker is in delaware outside the vice president s house. nbc s katy tur is in new hampshire, partisans on all sides try to talk to the middle today and nbc campaign embed vaughan hilliard is in iowa following ted cruz. let s start in las vegas where prep railings is at full throttle now for that first democratic primary debate tomorrow night. hillary clinton will be standing at the center podium, flanked by four other candidates, bernie sanders and jim web to the left of her, martin o malley and lincoln chafee to the right. cnn released new numbers for south carolina today where clinton holds 49% of the support. on the democratic side, joe biden, still thinking about running, has ha
house. i m running because washington, d.c., is absolutely broken from head to toe. reporter: brad said cantor, who was elected to congress back in 2000, just wasn t conservative enough. we could have done better if we had people with principle up there who aren t giving special breaks and t.a.r.p. bailouts and special tax credits to billionaires instead of taking care of us. reporter: cantor has been considered a part of the house gop leadership friendly to the tea party. often that made him a thorn in john boehner s side. but this primary focused heavily on immigration and cantor was under fire. brad slammed him for being in favor of amnesty for illegal immigrants. cantor fought back, taking a hard right turn on the recent weeks, but it seems it didn t work. this richmond, virginia, area man won t tip the ballot, but
let s get to it. good morning on this wednesday. we re going to begin with the biggest political upset of the year. this one is a shocking loss for one of the nation s top republicans. virginia lawmaker eric cantor upset by a little-known tea party candidate. abc s karen travers is in washington with more on what this loss means. reporter: it s a stunning upset, one of the biggest in political history. i know there s a lot of long faces here tonight. it s disappointing, sure. reporter: major leader, eric cantor, the second most powerful member of the house, was crushed by an unknown republican challenger. david brad was considered quite a long shot in his bid to take down cantor, who was seen by many as the next speaker of the house.
i m running because washington, d.c., is absolutely broken from head to toe. reporter: brad said cantor, who was elected to congress back in 2000, just wasn t conservative enough. we could have done better if we had people with principle up there who aren t giving special breaks and t.a.r.p. bailouts and special tax credits to billionaires instead of taking care of us. reporter: cantor has been considered a part of the house gop leadership friendly to the tea party. often that made him a thorn in john boehner s side. but this primary focused heavily on immigration and cantor was under fire. brad slammed him for being in favor of amnesty for illegal immigrants. cantor fought back, taking a hard right turn on the recent weeks, but it seems it didn t work. this richmond, virginia, area man won t tip the ballot, but it s a big win for the tea party and major blow to the republican