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About the second amendment than greg abbott does. he -- his staff dropped the ball, they didnt look at google, they didnt see these other statements by ted nugent and they thought everybody would just look at the guns and not at the whole picture. >> so youre saying it is deserving of attention because this leading candidate for governor is making it deserving of attention. >> right. the governor is -- of texas and the next one will be a national figure, just like rick perry was, just like georg...

>> thanks, brian. >> it was a segment on your show "the lead" that got me thinking why we dont hear about bowe bergdahl more often. what do you think are the main reasons this p.o.w. doesnt gain more attention in the national media? >> its a complicated story to begin with. probably the main reason that stories of americans being held captive either by foreign nations or groups like the taliban, the main reason is because generally speaking the u.s. government and the families often request that...

Secretly negotiating is any coverage of that. and we have seen headlines about that in the last few days. last question before we go, i wonder if one of the other reasons that -- one of the overarching reasons for the lack of attention on a story like this is the lack of attention toward the war in general. you just dont see that much coverage of the afghan war on television or even in the newspapers these days. >> you and i have talked about this before. its something we try to fix on my show "...

Gone too far. >> on for days. >> its getting buzzfeed attention, trump attention, people want to read about trump. that doesnt mean theyre going to vote for him. at the end of the day people want to read about him or mckay would not be reading about it or you would not see tweets be a about how irrelevant the guy is. >> the key distinction he thinks this gets him credibility. everybody pointing and laughing at limb doesnt necessarily made him a more credible political figure. >> entertainers are...

Has always been a contact sport. so you know, its -- we have big characters and big races and a lot of fur flying. were used to some national attention. >> thank you so much for joining me and sharing something with us. >> thank you, brian. well be back with more "reliable sources" in a moment.

There. he -- but generally is tough to book. hes difficult to book. and i imagine the reason he is tough to book is because of what we mentioned at the top of the segment just the idea that you dont want to do anything to jeopardize what might be going on if you empower his captors in any way, if they feel like oh, look, the american people are really paying allot of attention to this, we can demand not just three prisoners from guantanamo, but ten, that can scotch things and so that obviously c...

Obviously were americans, human beings, we want the persons end to captivity as well. >> tell me if im wrong but the muddied circumstances of this mans capture as outlined by michael hastings in "rolling stone" a couple years ago seemed like theyre not the traditional kind of story you hear about p.o.w. in any war. he was disillusioned with the war, apparently walked off the base, that led some people to call him a desserter. do you think those are -- because the story is muddied is that one of ...

United states. >> so why arent more journalists showing backbone saying this is not the time for objectivity, there is nothing objective about outright prejudice. joining me to talk about this is kristi hoppy, bureau chief of the dallas morning news. one of my producers referred this to click bait. click the link or watch the segment but its not appropriate for journalists to be a repeating and giving attention to it. what do you say to that? should journalists call this what it is? >> i think i...