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Suburban voters, for mothers everywhere, i think there are a lot of voter whos look at this and say this is not who we are. this cannot stand. thats why you saw this grudging concession, i think you could tell in his comments today just how unhappy he was he had to reverse himself on this. >> jeff sessions appeared on christian broadcast network today. he said he didnt anticipate is the public backlash to the zero tolerance policy. and never intended to separate migrant children from their paren...

Appropriately. saying we just have to stop the show. there has to be a message that this is not what we are about. i believe that it is a teachable moment. unfortunately for roseanne herself. >> laura: i have a question about this. howard, there seems to be no possibility of redemption in certain cases. you have redemption for joy behar. lets remind everyone what she said not so long ago. >> its one thing to talk to jesus. its another thing when jesus talks to you. >> exactly! thats different! >...

Rated show on an american broadcast network? >> laura: given her passed comments about homosexuals it was kind of ironic. >> a lot of commentators and comedians have survived these offensive comments when they have apologized. different one roseanne bart touched race. if this was a spectacular self immolation. a nanosecond abc pulling the plug. it cost abc a lot of money by the way. roseanne said she was on top of the world and continue to spew anger. >> laura: you see the double standard. chris...

Barr has been tweeting out ranloran rageous things but she tweet ee about the obama administration and valerie jaret. muslim brotherhood and planet of the apes had a baby. now she has apologized saying im truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and looks. i should have known better. my joke was in bad taste. what do you have to do on social media to get fired from a top rated show on an american broadcast network? >> well, i mean in the apology, i think the end her looks part is the...

This is the soft side of donald trump. whats his tone and feeling then? does he you know, talk about>> best counter puncher out there for sure. he doesnt start from that place. the little marco and the lyin ted doesnt come until he feels threatened. and that is what he does with the media. and he wants to be treated fairly. there has been tough stuff written about him in the past. but he has relationships with journalists in the past. and he doesnt feel like he is being treated fairly. >> you ha...

Comcast nbc owned braf va and e and nbc broadcast network. this deal is a little different. its about hbo and cnn and tnt and warner brothers. you think about what these companies can do when they get together, your phone can be smarter, your phone can connect more directly and stream shows from your tv set to your phone to your ipad. that kind of connectivity is whats behind the comcast deal and the at&t time warner deal. the argument were hearing in court from the government side is owning tim...

Even against you personally, which is youre aware that a contract exists requiring her to remain silent, and you are deliberately breaching that contract. generally, if you were -- you were not a broadcast network and you were not dealing with an issue of great public interest, the court might enforce that under tortious interference with business. i dont think ultimately they will because this involves the president of the united states and there are bigger issues that will be looked at. but it...

To the interview, which again, just for full disclosure, i conducted. >> they havent slapped the handcuffs on you yet. so -- >> what is it? seven days? eight days. well see. >> i wouldnt be surprised to see an effort still to stop the interview. there is a doctrine in law called tortious interference with contract. heres the theory theyll use against "60 minutes" and maybe even against you personally, which is youre aware that a contract exists requiring her to remain silent, and you are deliber...

Directly. so when david said something like that, that donald trump knows the political reality, is that a fair assessment, the political reality is you wont get these things through congress? >> i mean, lets also recognize the fact that they are supporting arming teachers which is also not going to get through congress. but that is something that the nra supports. so the whole foegs -- notion of whether it could get through congress is not the case on this particular piece of gun safety measure...

Chris, great to see you. thank you. >> thank you, shep. >> shepard: we have coverage all over the whole fox world tonight. martha and brett, you know them, theyll be here on this chance, the fox news channel. cavuto will be on the business version of what we do here, the business version. cavuto will be there. john decker will be on the radio thing. we do a radio thing here at the fox. we also have a broadcast network where they play football on sundays. ill be leading that one. if theres any mo...