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Eric cantor lost in the primary. . the big question is, how did this all happen? could it all have come down to immigration? joining me now is director of the center for politics at university of virginia. also ben furgason, cnn s commentator. russell burrman, congressional reporter for the hill.com and jeffrey toobin. and leslie sanchez, author of why hispanics and need each other. first, ben, did anyone predict this loss? i don t think anyone predicted it. but there were indications that this was possible over the last several weeks. when you saw the oldest sitting member of congress, he didn t ....
ben furgason, how can you live with yourself? it s easy. i sleep well every night. this is political bs, to be blunt. you have democrats that want to bring in the new voters p. they do that by giving them amnesty. you have republicans that say, it s pointless. to do anything if we re not going to secure the border because we will have the same ush u because people keep coming across the border. we have seen that play out in arizona with all of the illegal children coming across the border without parent. they are dropped off at a bus stop. that s how bad the border is right now. and saying, go wherever you want to go. we do it everyday. so it is not that issue is that republicans are against having a deal, they re just not dumb enough to say let s give amnesty without fixing the border because we will be right back here in another decade with more people across the border and we didn t fix anything except for mick ourselves feel better about it. okay. stand by. more eric can tor ....
Phil robertson s exile from duck dynasty didn t last long. a&e welcomed him back to the flock. he called homosexuality sinful and comparing it to beast ality. but his critics weren t as loud as his fans. did a&e doing the right thing or is giving in to the show s fans sending the wrong message? joining me now or two cnn commentators, ben furgason, host of the ben furgason show, and mark lamont hill, associate professor at columbia university. mark, i want wbr id= wbr28620 /> to start with you. a&e is a business. let s face it. customers wanted robertson back. what were they supposed to do? they are a corporation and corporations typically don t move on their own individual /b> ....
Jerseys. who feels like their team is due? who has suffered more? ben, 30 seconds. tony romo, this jersey is not a romo jersey because it s sold out. everyone wanted to support tony romo because of the season ending surgery. i think the cowboys are due. phillys are going to come in, be in jerry s world and terrified of this other quarterback they have not been planning for. the team is going to be playing for tony romo. he had serious surgery. if i m a philly fan, i m not sure i would watch the entire game tomorrow. mark, are the stars going to align for you? there s going to be no need to watch the entire game. at halftime, we are going to be up by five touchdowns. i wish tony romo would play. he always loses the game for the cowboys. i was sending him get well ....
Advertisement for the show. what does it mean to suspend a show for nine days. they never stop taping or advertising. no one lost a dollar or a day of work. this was nothing about trying to make people feel good who are protesting, winking to the people who are going to continue to watch the show who don t give a darn about homo phobia in the country. we re going lighten up the mood and talk some football. ben is in dallas. he s a big dallas fan. mark, a philly fan, right? yes. a bad day for mark tomorrow. the cowboys quarterback is out for the season, we should say. we ll hear what these two football fanatics think about tomorrow s showdown. that s up next. [ male announcer ] this is george. ....