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During that time that would capture audience they were looking to capture and be more an formative to the american people. martha: im not sure why, you know one thing about benghazi that baffled me, why wouldnt everybody on both sides of the political fence want to know what happened? why would they not want to know? >> right and i think -- martha: go ahead, katy. >> she did during the interview with howard kurtz she did pinpoint a lot of issues when her stuff was not getting on the air across t...

Most formative political years was sitting this far away from dan pfeiffer in the white house communications director in south dakota, 2002. most democrats lost the re-elections, working for a senator tim johnson in a red state. the reason we won that year was because culturally conservative farmers and ranchers voted for our senator because he was against nafta, and because he was sticking up for social security and won on economic populism issues. my big lesson, especially in red states, democ...

From his 8 by 7 foot prison cell on robben island where he spent decades of his life nelson mandela not only inspired people of south africa to emancipate themselves from a brutal system of apartheid his struggle inspired generations of future leaders throughout the world. in that way mandela lives on as a symbol for freedom, grace and humanity. joining me from san francisco is former president and ceo of the naacp ben jealous. thanks so much for joining us. >> thanks, alex. >> were doing a lot ...

To him. it was important symbolically. he understand he was himself the son of a kenyan coming back as a united states senator, that was still a big accomplishment. and i could see back when i saw him in the cell looking around, the enormity of this timeline. and again because it was his political awakening, you can see that direct link between what happened to mandela on robben island where he spent so many years. he said it was formative for him. he said thats where he got his views about you ...

Brigadier general who saw combat in vietnam. dawkin is a grade iridiron lege. his room is number 411. >> what i would want and what i think most of the people whose names are on these roofs would wish for, is for people to understand how potent, how powerful, how formative, our time at the military academy was in fashioning the people that we came to be. >> i was amazed at the history that i didnt know. some very private letters that are now hanging in some of those rooms. and conversations. and...

Is -- it just is exciting to be part of. and just a tll to get to the point to be finishing the story. and, alug hannah bond to stand under her own name. >> what have you learned in the course of this investigation? about one of the first mysteries abut this woman is how did a slave then learn to read and write? >> yeah, so fascinatingment when i first heard about this story. i was skeptical. i was trained as a victorian literature scholar. i dont think somebody could write this well in that con...

He gave today to the english language paper in hong kong, do you have a sense of what the game plan here is? because it just -- you know, what he has done is either depending on your point of view remarkably foolish or remarkably courageous, but he is really out on a limb right now. >> you know, chris, honestly meeting him and talking to him and the first thing i did was on the first day i met him, i spent five straight hours just questioning him as relentlessly as i could to have an understandi...

Significant study looking into marriage policy over the last 50 years, as a result of our policy of no-fault divorce. now we have over 40% our children born out of wedlock in some portions of our society, 70% young men are growing up without fathers. if has had devastating consequences. children need a mom and a dad. both play very significant roles in the formative and the adolescent years, especially the father in the adolescent years. >> shannon: its good tesee you. we will see what happens i...

Thing and do it in good faith and make an effort. if we cant get there, i think he thinks it will prove the point that the policy is really what the -- is. >> heilman just made me nervous. >> why? >> he just said fine! >> no! i love that. >> i would have said, stop it, i would have said something else and say im going to do it. talk about the president that you studied so well. >> we shouldnt overestimate the level that character plays into personal relations play in politics but its important a...

Ohio, romneys particular formative personal problems i think were coming -- are losing him the election in ohio as well. the rich guy, the boss, the -- all that stuff, that is part narrative, part real, just is killing him. >> the james lipton was on this program and said another word for job creators is, bosses. and thats exactly -- the republicans have done a masterful job in sort of changing the game on that but mitt romney is a boss fund mentally as you said. melinda, your colleague, e.j. di...