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Or is this a premeditated act as jon was saying, the notion of leaving the base and the kind of methodical nature of these killings that feels like it was something different? >> clearly, in a way its some of both. meaning that, this was a very irrational man at that time. its not typical of people with post-traumatic stress. its not what we see when someone quote-unquote snap. it occurs more in the heat of the moment. this was a planned act. he clearly had in mind. also the very nature of the a...

Continue owe parent are not hostage to a bad school district and lose their children, theyre going to get hispanic hearing. now, when it comes to the immigration question -- >> hold on. i want to pause on the school for one second. it goes back to this question shall on the one hand, you have issues like school choice and the desire to have quality education that all communities want. but if the immigration policies set in place a circumstance where teachers are pulling kids out and confirming t...

Thats a game changer in illinois, the beginning of the race, never thought this would be something were covering. is there something that could change the momentum in this race in the next couple of days? >> melissa, i think the real story in illinois is the question of turnout. as weve seen in other states, such as ohio and michigan where romney has done well in the urban, suburban dynamic versus santorum doing well in the rural dynamic, thats what youre seeing in illinois. the question is, in ...

Long experience, what were your first ideas about what had likely occurred? >> the first thing that popped into my mind is that the chain of command had failed. you have a large number of people living in closed quarters for a long period of time. they see each other every day all day, day after day. theyre almost never apart. and yet, somebody managed to do something which came as a tremendous surprise. the first thing that comes to my mind is that the -- this staff sergeant who worked for a se...

Kelly, attorney raul reyes and mike gonzalez of the heritage foundation. joining us is keith boykin a bet columnist and cnbc contributor and former white house aide to president clinton. just at the break, we were talking about this kind of question about what the republican partys multiple strategies might do to be attractive and hear about what the democratic party has to do and president obama needs to do going forward. >> so far, as the republican primaries have played out, it has really bee...

And support behind him. especially raul and labrador and jose con seek owe in texas, sorry. not in texas. i think its really early still in 2012 to be able to tell how once a republican gets elected, how he will fare. having said that, the early signs of the polling ive seen shows that president obama is maintaining the support he has. >> i think this goes to an important question about what would be the things that draw latino voters. you know, i named in the segment before some folks who are p...

With veterans, what do we as a community need to be prepared to deal with as they come home? >> thats a great question. what we need to do, first of all, is educate ourselves. even though we know from research that maybe as many as 30, 35% who have experienced combat will experience some mental health issue. that doesnt mean theyll stay in that place and they dont heal. it means that 65% will not. so we need to educate ourselves, we need to give a hand to not a hand out of any crisis. but to thi...

Thats logistics. ♪ ♪ clearing customs like that hurry up no time flat thats logistics. ♪ ♪ all new technology ups brings to me, thats logistics. ♪ this week, some very troubling news out of afghanistan once again. less than a month after u.s. soldiers are found burning copies of the koran at baghram air base, one american soldier is suspected of shooting and killing 16 afghan civilians. many of whom were women and children in what appears to be a single-handed assault. we now know th...

White house aide to president clinton and kind enough to stick around after his hosting duties on up. ezra -- thank you both for being here. i want to ask this question about money. shouldnt it be, here we are 2008 was the biggest money year, 2012 it looks like bigger. yit seriously, whats going on in america when you cant buy an election. what is this madness? >> what has happened to the american dream where you can inherit an enormous amount of money, be rich and make money. i think what polit...

Question being mental health questions around the soldier who did the killing rather than what would have likely been the reaction had an afghan killed 16 americans, the sense that that person was a terrorist or was somehow -- its like something different based on sort of where were standing, our assumptions about what kinds much questions to even ask. >> im a fairly narrow minded person. for me, there is no difference. when somebody does something wrong, almost all the time he knows its wrong w...