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>> yeah. paul manafort has said hey, i want to get inront of the investigations in the house and senate and try to put out my side of the story. and he certainly has a lot to explain. i mean, the narrative of his career over decades in washington is not just these newest revelations about ukraine. he has a long history working in a firm and lobbying for various foreign governments that include despots, dictator, guerrilla groups, people like the government of angola during a very violent time in...

To go after the bloat. it is about 1750 people working there with a lot of redundancy. so, why cant we -- again, this is a rethinking of our intelligence, and our intelligence gap. >> they are going to do that in any case, i think making the reforms, there is no reason not to have dan coats there, not to have mike pompeo there, and i think it would be a plus to do it. there is one point that the press has not picked out. it appears in the absence of the president, though vice presidents will sha...

Making sure we press people, hold them accountable for the way they make decisions that impact our lives. the town hall forum is real people asking real question, but also, with the dncs support, we can push the dnc, given the statements they have made, to make sure that this format doesnt have the constraints the debates has, but allows us to really dig deep. when reviewing the 2012 town hall forum rules, they were much more open from the debates that allowed people to have interplay, that allo...

Ben carson of the outsiders, will actually overtake trump. maybe its national polls. of the three outsiders, i think the one who has the best chance to be the nominee inside, they were lobbying for a deal that would lift up diplomacy, as. cant we -- this is the leadership that the country is produces, ben carson, difficult dent, quiet, great doctor, but he wants to use drones to find undocumented immigrants in caves on the border.

He is the candidate gop primary voters say they are interested in learning more about during the debates. what do you think of donald trump? >> i like donald as a guy to hang with. i have golfed with him and he is entertaining but he is saying what a lot of people are thinking. this is a problem out there. why cant we -- i think it is going to be fun to watch. here is guy who can say what they want and let the chips fall where they may. i dont think he is going to get president, though. >> if we...

Stand still. last year 19 states introduced legislation to allow concealed carry guns on campus. in an op-ed for the boston globe, forcefully argued that that needs to change. joining me now is one of the voices behind the piece, tom menino. thank you so much for being here. whats the reaction to the latest shooting in seattle? >> you know, why cant we -- this is not about gun control. its about crime control. and when you said your child to a college you expect a safe place and now they are try...

Same issues -- >> why cant we -- i dont believe that acute focus on the military is warranted. i think shoour sure, theyre probably falling short, but they have more in place than the rest of society does especially when you get to issues about whos allowed to have a conceal carry permit. seems like theres very poor communication on that level. even the nra is in favor of better communication between agencies trying to figure it out. >> you can lead a horse to water, but you cant make him drink....

Kind of gave them the win by legitimizing their stance. so its really interesting how different people are responding to this debate. >> jacqueline, did -- >> a lot of people were -- >> did anybody say, hey, cant we have both? >> a lot of people said, hey, cant we have both. and that was really surprising. on social media, there were a lot of people that were asking, well, why cant we -- why does religion and science always have to be at odds, and there were even a lot of pastors and people who ...

You trying to put a stop to that? >> again, dana, i would say that our policies, the underlying prescriptions that we have for people is what most are concerned about, men and women. >> now, one of the big problems republicans across the board admit that they have in reaching female voters is that they dont have that many female candidates, representatives. right now, in the house majority, a great example, 232 republicans, a big number, of those 232 republicans, 19 are women. only 19 female rep...

Limit peoples ability to move up and education now is kind of the leading indicator of that. im not sure how exceptional that is. >> governor, over the weekend there was an interesting piece about what we need to do. and he pointing to returning prestige to the teacher profession, which is to say make it more difficult to become a teacher in college. make it like becoming a lawyer or doctor, pay more then at the end of that. why cant we, and i understand budgets and i understand the fiscal commu...