so i think we re very hopeful this is the first step, this hearing. and, look, we have a lot of evidence that voting discrimination still exists and that s going to be before congress and there have been hearings across the country. so we think we re building the record and we re going to get something passed. one more second before we move on, cantor, my first thought when i heard about that surprise loss, there might be lots of reasons to be pleased for some folks on the left that eric cantor will no longer be in the house of representatives. i have heard from multiple members of the cdc that cantor was working towards getting a new formula. that s right, he was. we ll have to find somebody else. there are other republicans who are stepping up to the plate, who have been at the plate for a while. the we re going to have to rely on them because, again, this is as american as apple pie. this is democracy. we re making sure that everyone is equal. and so we think they ll come along.
but it s not always true. look again at house majority leader eric cantor s surprise loss to college professor dave brat in the primary this week. cantor spent more than $5 million ahead of the primary. as of may 21st, brat had spent just $123,000. now, you may have seen some politicos having fun with the numbers breakdown. for example, that cantor spent more at steak houses than brat spent on his campaign. a more telling breakdown is to ask how much candidate spent per vote. cantor spent about $173.92 per vote. brat spent about $3.40 per vote. $3.40. that s a good deal on a vote. so to cantor s $173.92 to brat s $3.40, let s figure out why it is that if you spent more, you got less. joining us now from washington, d.c., to explain just why this happened is kyle kondick, the managing editor of the news letter sabado s chris crystal b.
eroded from people who carry weapons, put out a statement saying that there were 74 shootings this is the 74th shooting at a school from elementary school up through colleges in the u.s. since the 2012 tragedy in connecticut at sandy hook. back to you. thank you so much. major political fallout from the shocking upset defeat of eric cantor. he s expected to announce that he s going to step aside as house majority leader at the end of july. but pundits saying his surprise loss in yesterday s primary also drove a stake through the heart of immigration reform. but did it really? my personal feeling is, no. i think there is such wide support for this legislation, and it s wide, i have senator schumer in the district that leader cantor lost heavy support for immigration, all over the country, it s the same thing. the majority of republicans support immigration reform.
college and the need to head off a spike in student loan interest rates. we ll take the president as soon as he steps up to the mike. we are watching an animal preserve in ohio. two leopards, two monkeys and a bear will be returned to the widow of the man who turned his pets loose before taking his own life. sanford, florida has a new police chief. we re watching the live pictures from there. richard meyers is being introduced at a news conference, all three stories happening right now, we have them covered we ll bring you the latest as they happen. we re also hearing from the escort who exposed a big fat secret at the secret service. dania gives an interview about her infamously ly iason. my friends nor i we didn t know they were agents, you know, obama s agents for, you know, and then we left and we went to this place to buy condoms. and then we went to the hotel. who went? well, my friend, well, wait, she is not a friend, acquaintance, and the agent who was with me a
security forces of not doing enough while victims were trampled and beaten. the country s military government has declared three days of national mourning. leon panetta announced plans on wednesday to pull all nato combat troops from afghanistan by the end of 2013. that s a full year earlier than previously planned. nato s training and support troops are expected to stay in afghanistan beyond the 2013 pullout date. those are the headlines. from cnn, i m juanita raj paul. cnn world business today starts right now. hello. welcome to world business today. i m nina dos santos in london. the top stories this thursday, february 2nd. sony forecasts another eye-watering loss, as the one-time electronics leader struggles to get back into the black. we take you inside facebook s moneymaking machine, as the social networking phenomenon now prepares for its stock market listing. and shares of the australian miner linus jumped almost 20% after the company scores a big rare ear