for his position. who are the front runners. representative mccarthy is the one that cantor prefers. there s other really conservative ones but i think we ll have a situation here where thing versus gotten to bad in the republican party that people are stabbing themselves in the front. it s going to be an interesting race. i think it s going to be all out in the open. yeah, you mention mccarthy. does he have an advantage, eric mccarthy since eric cantor helped groom him? yeah. i would think maybe the last thing that he wanted was an endorsement from eric cantor but there it is. i think that john bainer is spending a lot of time right now looking over his shoulder but have to say something here. we need to get a grip here. i don t think that this is the end of the republic. i don t think that history is going to be shaken by this for 100 years or more. i think this kind of thing happens. the speaker of the house, tom foley was beaten in a congressional race.
capitol yesterday in support of women s heart health. she spoke in front of a house bipartisan women s caucus on wednesday pushing for more funding and research. wednesday was national sere sucker day in case you didn t know. bill cassidy filed a proclamation to reinsatate the tradition of wearing the fabric. i m joined by bob not wearing that today. if i ever do you have permission to smack me i like me a seresucker suit. you do? i do. i m so sorry. i m so sad about that. let s get to eric cantor. who you will not see in a suit any time soon either. gop lawmakers are jockeying
gunman in oregon that killed a classmate on the second to last day of school. they revealed him as 15-year-old jared michael paget. he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. no word on a possible motive. paula deen with a major announcement about her new network launching in september. guess who has gone digital, y all. but can she recapture the fans she lost over her racial comments? we shall see. the latest fall out from eric cantor s stunning upset and babs goes to washington. politics is next. [ brian ] in a race, it s about getting to the finish line. in life, it s how you get there that matters most.
istanb istanbul. eric cantor plans to step down on july 1st and a handful of members are looking for power. it is following his loss to the tea party challenger dave brat. so creigh sy, what s next for the gop? trying to wrap up this leadership issue quickly because they don t want the scenario to be a big split in the republican party going into the fall election. they have this vote coming up one week from today. as one member put it, we ve got to get this train back on track as fast as we can. reporter: after losing his seat in congress, eric cantor says he ll step down asthma j my leader next month. he d make an outstanding majority leader. two texans are also in the running. i think we work very well together.
all right. now, here s yours first look at this morning s scrambled politics. they re celebrating dave brat s win over eric cantor t. chair of the tea party in virginia said they shouldn t stop at eric cantor. john boehner also needs to go. i think boehner needs to go and he needs to step down and the conservatives in the house caucas need to find the courage to run somebody and nominate a strong conservative. they showed it is possible to take down goliath and they need to do the same in washington d.c. meanwhile, eric cantor s poll stirrer is blaming democrats like former congressman ben