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Patrick milsapp is the former chief of staff for newt gingrichs presidential campaign and a republican strategist. welcome to both of you. >> good morning. >> thank you. good morning, carol. >> good morning. so, patrick, its probably pretty safe to say the assault weapons ban is pretty much dead, as are most other gun control measures so what are the 13 filibuster loving republicans afraid of? >> ill let you answer that we. >> first, this is where the republican party starts looking like were th...

Appearance, but this is also a visual medium. im not beauty queen, holding himself out as someone whose appearance i want people to comment, but it doesnt-- its not jarring to me when somebody says, what do you think of people who call you this or that, its a visual medium and thats part of the job. its not part of the job as attorney general. >> well, in essence, given that camala harris and anyone woman out there-- here is the bottom line and i understand what your concerns are, what we have t...

Message. and so i do think we need to be as diplomats, mindful of the medium as well as very much committed to getting out the appropriate message. >> i want to ask you about the role of women in this administration. theres some criticism that among the top cabinet positions, we no longer have a woman. hillary clinton is gone, you are not secretary of state. >> im in the cabinet. >> im just talking about the top four defense, state, treasury, justice. is the administration, is the white house no...

To dislike him so much. >> i dont get it either, actually. hes a gentleman. and hes behaved as one with nbc which has not always been reciprocal gentleman. one of the issues here, one of the reasons they want to move him off is because he doesnt appeal to a younger audience. it used to be in television, you judged who had the most -- the highest ratings, who got the most viewers. but now its who gets the most younger viewers because thats what advertisers want. the truth is, broadcast television...

Younger viewers because thats what advertisers want. the truth is, broadcast television is a medium designed to sell ads. if you dont reach those younger people, you dont sell ads. >> kim, got to leave it there. final prediction, where will jay go next? he wont give up and there are places like fox which will im sure bite his hand off. could he do that, do you think? >> if they decided not to do it when conan was available, why they would do it for jay is a question that will have to be answered...

Reciprocal gentleman. one of the issues here, one of the reasons they want to move him off is because he doesnt appeal to a younger audience. it used to be in television, you judged who had the most -- the highest ratings, who got the most viewers. but now its who gets the most younger viewers because thats what advertisers want. the truth is, broadcast television is a medium designed to sell ads. if you dont reach those younger people, you dont sell ads. >> kim, got to leave it there. final pre...

Elections already. compiled a report analyzing past missteps, if you will. one major area they decided they needed to work on was whats they dubbed poor communication support. first of aural, what what it an plan to fix it. >> out-hustled in the 2012 campaign between president obama, and this goes back to a conversation taking place inside the republican party across the board. whether the message needs changing or are the medium. the way they handle this. the growth and opportunity project, try...

Viewers each of the three prior episodes and will do multiples of that this weekend , butne a lot are young people. the younger people almost four million young people tuned in the last three episodes. probably a lot more. listen to roman downey on fox and friends this morning. she sums it up nicely. watch. >> isnt it just phenomenal. i feel like god is moving. i think these millions and millions and millions of people are hungry for spiritual programming. >> it has engaged the country in a conv...

Think that informs this current debate were having over gay marriage. >> in terms of pop culture what you see on television? >> media, culture, how it influences politics and policy making? >> i think its probably in subtle ways, i dont know how you measure it. you see shows where there are characters who are gay and we begin to watch it and there becomes a gradual acceptance and theyre just people. theres nothing exotic or strange or frightening about any of it, it just becomes a person no more...

Welcome back. as the debate over same sex marriage plays out, one thing is clear, no matter what the judges decide, america look towards justice. "time" magazine says gay marriage won. the pew research center reports the growth and support is one of the largest changes in public opinion on any policy issue over this time period. we can attribute some of this to the rob portman effect, which is clinically known as proximity empathy and from knowing someone who is gay. there is much to be said abo...