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Howie: they have air time to fill. thats part of it. steve: the indictment itself is news, but then there is not much to say about the indictment. howie: axio said the latest charges against him could kill a deal, then the next say he pleads. on the subject of russia, if all the russian meddling took place during the obama administration, why didnt obama do something about the meddling? why arent dem crimes under investigation? ask jeff sessions. then the news story that trump suggests his attor...

Understand this is a conversation that needs to be had. its a unique moment our politics. the question is what comes of it. howie: there has been some criticism from the media on the right that the media is exploiting these students and we are collectively putting them on television because they support a position that is the way the mainstream media already leans. dont they have a right to be heard? jonathan: they absolutely do. it would be inhuman not to let them speak and give them a platform...

Here are 71 florida lawmakers, all of them republicans who refuse to vote for an assault weapons ban along with their nra ratings. does that sound like activism? gayle: yes. cnn decided to focus on a single issue when we have an appalling lack of effort on the part of local law enforcement and federal law enforcement. howie: there is nothing wrong in piewngt out voting records and nra ratings. richard: i agree there is a little bit of tilt in that particular tweet. they talked about the guns and...

Howie: at cpac the president said this. i want to get your reaction. president trump: we had a crooked election and a crooked candidate. we have a very, very crooked media. howie: lock her up again? gayle: is law for just the little people? thats why cpac cheered him for that. we see all this coverage of hillary clinton and there is no account built. richard: i -- no accountability. he beat hillary clinton soundly in the electoral college. stop talking about hillary and fix the problems you were

But you have 250,000 people willing to watch something blatantly false. and thats sad and cruel given what these student have been through. howie: it was posted by a 51-year-old man called mike m. he said hell continue to do it despite being be penalized. why do so many people watch something like that? >> he struck a chord with folks. some people feel so strongly about gun control that they are willing to believe something thats false and conspiratorial. howie: another cycle gateway pundit floa...

Students from that high school were coached to criticize the presidents response to the shooting. another example of something being put out there and it was retweeted. >> anyone can create a narrative and within a video that supports that narrative. i think from the left and the right some people have a hunger for information, propaganda that validates their views rather than considering another side. and the factual backing of that doesnt seem to matter. things going viral in an hour? that is ...

Elected to fix. howie: trump campaigner rick gates pleads guilty in the charges against him and paul manafort. cnn fights back on charges it scripted a town hall question. .. ...you could learn youre from ireland... ...donegal, ireland... ...and your ancestor was a fisherman. with blue eyes. just like you. begin your journey at ancestry.com were family. wed do anytbut this time...her. those bonds were definitely tested. frog leg, for my baby brother dont frogs have like, two legs? so they should...

Howie: they have air time to fill. thats part of it. steve: the indictment itself is news, but then there is not much to say about the indictment. howie: axio said the latest charges against him could kill a deal, then the next say he pleads. on the subject of russia, if all the russian meddling took place during the obama administration, why didnt obama do something about the meddling? why arent dem crimes under investigation? ask jeff sessions. then the news story that trump suggests his attor...

Howiehowie: some of the florida students who survived the parkland shooting are being slammed on social media. the caption, david hogg, the actor. >> i am not an actor. i am somebody who had to witness this. howie: how does a bogus video falsely accusing david hogg of being an actor. was the number one view on youtube before they took it down for bullying and harassment. they inadvertently recommended it to users.

Voluntarily signed the agreements, and the reason the written testimony exists, in the course of selling the story, a friend of hers coaxed her into sitting down and writing every detail which she did. howie: john crawford was watching trump on tv and living with her when he suggested her story could be worth something. "new yorker" editor says the magazine disclosed crawfords role. none of this proofs mcdougal isnt telling the truth. but this a difference between a real-time diary and scribblin...