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To this work that hes doing. he came from simple beginnings. he worked as a bar bouncer and a janitor before he was a priest. do you find him having a much deeper and much different connection to the people that he leads? and how is that impacting this papacy? >> yeah. i think in some ways pope francis is not very different from previous popes. hes traditional and conservative on a lot of the hot button issues. and its important to point out that these things that we like about him, that has dra...

Bob costas is one of the most recognizable names in sports casting. he covered a media storm with his take on va lead mreer putin. why does he keep stirring things up with his comments? we sat down for a conversation in new york. >> bob costass, welcome. >> thank you. >> you have a knack for hitting hot button issues. and you have become a lightning rod for many conservatives, including here at fox -- >> yes. >> -- who seem to feel that you are way out there on the left. >> i would be disingenio...

National party. the one small intervention is you know, in the 50s and 60s, a lot of people used theological arguments to argue against absentgration. lets not forget that. history is not working on their side here. >> let me take a break. more with our roundtable a little bit later. coming up, im going doing ask can governor jerry brown of california about a hot button political issue, whether its time to fully legalize marijuana in americas biggest state. interesting answer when we come backin...

Well come back for more with our roundtable a little bit later. coming up, im going doing ask can governor jerry brown of california about a hot button political issue, whether its time to fully legalize marijuana in americas biggest state. interesting answer when we come back. >> "meet the press" is brought to you by morgan stanley. health plays a key role throughout our lives. one a day mens 50+ is a complete multivitamin designed for mens health concerns as we age. with 7 antioxidants to supp...

This and you have to wonder if candidates like this say that sort of stuff or associate themselves with people like ted nugent because theres an audience for it. theres parts of the base that like to hear this type of i think this. >> only person happier than nugent about in controversy is wendy davis. abbotts opponent. i say that jim, because primary politics looks like this. i doubt ted nugent will be visible at time of general election. this serves greg abbotts base well. this fires up the tr...

Hes campaigning with ted nugent. ted has been a factor politically for a long time. most candidates have kept him at arms length. >> another issue, certainly hot button. why is abbott campaigning the second amendment? is there effort to repeal it in texas that we dont know about making it a hot button had you? >>my god, i would be shocked in at all places texas there were a repeal movement. when you talk about what motivates a primary voter, theres nothing better than guns, maybe abortion. hes p...

Reality television. the panel included former head of communications from cigna and representative from the centers for medicaid and medicare services. wga is a labor union that representatives thousands of screenwriters for television and film as we as online media of the guilds executive director says they hold similar forums on hot button political issues several times a year of the so in the past panels were held on homeland security, drones and immigration. topics to be addressed at last ni...

Jury deliberations are about to resume in the loud music murder trial. during closing arguments, a blunt message from prosecutors. use your common sense. their key point was a question. if michael dunn killed 17-year-old jordan davis in self-defense, why did he flee? dunns lawyers raised the hot button stand your ground. the question is, will it work on jurors think time? cnns alina ma chat so in jacksonville. >> reporter: the jury deliberated about three hours before breaking for the night and ...

Republican party and catholic leaders have found a lot of common ground on some of the hot button social issues like abortion and same-sex marriage to some disagrees over the affordable care act. but pope francis has sort of reframed the debate, he shifted the emphasis from some of these, you know, hot button social issues to really focusing more on some of those that you noted. hes talked a lot about helping the poor and hes used some language thats controversial among some conservatives but ot...

Gospel. he has already demonstrated that reform and reexamination are at hand. but pay attention to the teachings of the church. particularly on basic hot button issues such as abortion, same-sex marriage and female priests. pope francis goes about his fathers business with a simple message, namely that we have become used to the sufferings of others. the poor, the old, the dying, the sick, the immigrants, those hungry and cold, the prisoners of the world. this is something to consider seriously...