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Increasingly sad and melancholy over the years. have you been aware of that change in mood? >> no. >> john ford is amazing. he puts this great emotion and sensitivity into these remarkable films, one after the other after the other after the other. i think he saw the world a little bit differently than other people did. ♪ >> he had this incredible intuitive sense of composition. he undeniably understood the power of the frame. >> the western gave ford the freedom to examine themes of masculini...

You siee in all three men, bein formed by weaponry, is consistent in this sort of, in the environment were in. and that is something, this toxic masculinity. most of these men i tell you have cases of abuse against girlfriend or wives. its a real toxicity that we have to address as part of our domestic terrorism problem. >> and perhaps that seems profound in the florida case because of the text with the exgirlfriend. almost as though you know it se seems when you leave that the litany of tests o...

Were no weapons that were seized. >> right. so part of this is just that. that these men live amongst others. they are likely to talk about these things. even if you think a joke, the necessity of actually communicating what you hear to law enforcement is essential. the local law enforcement fbi cant be everywhere. you know we have ways of tracking certain things in particular purchases. more illegal purchases, but thats certainly not going to be enough giveren all the weapons ar that are on the...

Everywhere that there is some sort of danger, you always see courageous men, selfless male heroes rushing in. >> dana: there was another example in north carolina where there was a shooting. heres the police chief from charlotte talking about that. >> having no place to run and hide, he did the last. but for his work, the assailant may not have been disarmed. >> hes the one that runs toward it instead of running away. its terrible, terrible for all of us. >> dana: to unscore your.that you were m...

Life time, with young girls. and so, therefore, they are focused laserly focused on her, and she very well could be in criminal jeopardy. >> dana: last work to you, eric, on that? >> she definitely in criminal jeopardy. if she facilitated this and brought girls into this web of sex slavery, shes going to be charged and maybe found guilty. and shell point the fingers to other people who may have been part of this conspiracy as well. >> dana: thanks for being here to help us think about it. apprec...

Gone global. its a concerted effort to tell men that there is something intrinsically wrong with their dna, something they cant help, that was etched into genes in their mothers wombs. we know that violence is innate in men. we are told that all the time. but theres the flip side of that. there is the chivalry, the courage. i think it would be a very sad world, a very boring and nondiverse and also a much less safe world if men didnt embrace their masculinity. what is the point of telling little...

Duty. trucking industry has long sought a change in drive regulations but regulators warn that could lead to more crashes. they will be in place in about a month. next, theres no shortage of stories about dangerous men. we report them here. they commit crimes or acts of terror, but lost in the headlines are some of the good guys. just this week we saw courageous men spring into action to help bring a bloody stabbing rampage to an end. miranda divine writes we are quick to point the the dark side...

Damn masculinity and, unfortunately, this sort of off shoot of the feminism movement, sort of mutation of the me too movement has conspired to tell boys and young men that their masculinity, their very essence, is somehow toxic, is maligned and diseased and yet every time we have these stories of mayhem and bloodshed, what do you see? you see men rushing in to save the weak, to save women, to save children, to tackle the bad guy and bring him down. you saw that in sydney. you saw that in dayton,...

Masculinity to the rescue. and it looked at all of the instances that we have watched with horror over the next months, years, essentially. also some of these recent shootings and talked about the men who swept in as heroes. and it sort of juxtaposes that whole idea with the toxic masculinity argument and beating up on men in a number of ways. she writes this is a noble side of masculinity that we once would perpetuate in folklore and stories passed down from father to son about what it means to...

That. and the gillette ad which was damning masculinity was a perfect example of that. >> dana: my own house hold, my husband was very frustrated about that ad and walked away from it. i have friends who are mothers of boys and they are worried about this or stigma about them. any advice to them before i let you go? >> just praise them. i think boys are absolutely wonderful. im the mother of boys as well. i think the last thing we need them to do is to be looking over their shoulder and thinking...