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House republican leader eric canter reaffirmed a commitment to nuclear power this week. president obama outlined a nuclear energy strategy in his state of the union address and in his budget proposal. and not long ago he said, we should model our nuclear safety measures on japan. >> there is no reason why technologically we can't employ nuclear energy in a safe and effective way. japan does it and france does it. >> but nobody expects an earthquake. joining us tonight is the contributing editor of "the nation" magazine and author of "tropic of chaos, climate change and the new geography of vio...

Leaked radioactive waste. the nuclear regulatory commission gave more than half of these reactors new, brand new, 25-year licenses. and if you're wondering where the bipartisanship in washington is, look no further than nukes. house republican leader eric canter reaffirmed a commitment to nuclear power this week. president obama outlined a nuclear energy strategy in his state of the union address and in his budget proposal. and not long ago he said, we should model our nuclear safety measures on japan. >> there is no reason why technologically we can't employ nuclear energy in a safe and effec...

John boehner's district. every republican knew that boehner wanted that to pass. boehner lost on that. that was a tough vote, not always expected. but on the entitlements issue, the republican leadership has said over and over, we'll deal with it eventually. you're beginning to hear them say now we'll deal with it sooner rather than later. that's ininfluenthe influence o freshmen. >> so you get the freshmen and paul ryan that are going to fight -- >> the freshmen are pushing paul ryan. paul ryan is one of the six republicans who came to this conference meeting and said here's the deal. they sa...

Down to the democrats but is it possible as republicans seem to be steaming toward this, even guys as senior as eric canter, as of last november were saying i don't want to rule out this government shutdown is it possible they have figured out some way to turn this in terms of political advantage on its head that there is some other way to approach this that means they come out on top? >> i'm sure they're trying to come up with a way to spin this. look, you know, the political pressures here are interesting. the democrats have a whole lot more maneuvering room because after all they can give i...

Believe in these conservative principles and ideals, why it may be important to say to someone there may be some things you like, come and look at us. that's how story began and it ended with control of the house coming to republicans and picking up in the senate, governorships. >> the rachel maddow show, weeknights at 9:00 p.m. eastern. just days before the president delivers his state of the union address, eric canter joins david gregory with an exclusive interview, that's sunday on "meet the press." now here's a look at some other things going on around the country today. in california,...