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Of first ladies, something youve written about as well. we just heard the current first lady saying, one of the most bullied people in the world. i guess the conversation changes with the era and with the personalities, doris. >> well, again, what you would hope is that the first lady has a worthy project in "be best" she had been talking about using social media to understand not let other people be bullied. but to bring it back about herself and talk about herself being bullied, thats the prob...

And yes, according to the intelligence community, are doing so again. its context matter. >> its members of his own party. >> he has been fighting them since he got elected. some people in his own party -- look, donald trump is his own party. is he an independent thinker. he ran against 16 other republicans and from the beginning he bashed them, too. agent of change. hes not going to go up there and play nicety with republicans to just get along. >> do you not care that vladimir putin is attacki...

Gun control -- a lot of the coverage i see is predicated on the idea that gun control is the solution. if you accept that premise the conversation changes dramatically. howie: the president is making suggestions some backed by the gun control right and some by the gun control left. and the focus by the media is the one teacher proposal. it seems there should be more balanced coverage, because hes suggesting many things we didnt think we would hear from a republican president. >> where we are see...

Usually think of as kind of a partisan divide -- >> i hope so. i hope so. >> me too. >> thats our biggest hope and dream is that the popes presence in the nation when he talks to congress, when he talks about climate change we kind of break a frame about what it means to be christian, what it means to be holy. what it means to be whole. and that the conversation changes to dialogue, mercy, forgiveness and love. >> thank you, two, father jim martin and reverend lewis. stay right there. because up...

Jennifer michael hecht is a professor at the new school. she just wrote a new article in politico magazine about the last taboo. jennifer, you were on your sofa watching bill maher that night. you saw that exchange and you said what to yourself? >> well, i was glad, but i was disappointed he hadnt done it while he was still in office. i think it makes a big difference if you imagine a room full of 100 white men and one black or latino man or woman walking into the room. the conversation changes....

Professor at the new school. she just wrote a new article in politico magazine about the last taboo. jennifer, you were on your sofa watching bill maher that night. you saw that exchange and you said what to yourself? >> well, i was glad, but i was disappointed he hadnt done it while he was still in office. i think it makes a big difference if you imagine a room full of 100 white men and one black or latino man or woman walking into the room. the conversation changes. it matters if you stand up ...

Prevent this. marc, how? >> if we start this conversation at the community level with our initiative parent together from sandy hook promise thats how the conversation changes. once people are engaged at the community hell are, thats going to work its way up. and the legislation will follow. >> what does it mean? what specifically? >> driving awareness. getting people thinking about this. getting involved with programs. there are many. i dont know if we have time to talk about how many programs....

This before this segment, i think that the conversation is different this time around. >> yeah. i mean, i think weve discussed on this show before that basically the nra is were not the target audience of who theyre talking to here in central brooklyn or south brooklyn, or various residences in brooklyn, including myself. i think we are about to see and one away wha we were discussing at the break is this race in illinois to replace jesse jackson jr. in the special election thats coming up. the ...

>> were talking about doing tax reform, entitlement reform, doing the big package that will get the private economy and private investment going. >> if the president wins, then what does that mean? do you think the conversation changes? >> thats the problem. thats the real problem. thats the uncertainty you see. the san francisco federal reserve put out a study, said, hey, the uncertainty right now is probably adding one or two points to the unemployment race. >> all right. senator john hoeven, ...

Theyre not going to just disappear. they do excellent work and -- but how do you justify when were talking about closing down bases and cutting the military, government-funded radio when we have a thousand radio stations out there. >> i happen to agree with pat. anything we can cut, you can go, boy, its a shame. and reality is, you have to say this is great but. npr might be one of those places. >> there are incredible reporters there but maybe at this point as the conversation changes and moves...