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Terms with what did or did not happen in his west philadelphia abortion clinic. for the jury, and for the nation as well. when kermit gosnells trial started something odd happened. or to be more precise didnt happen. the seats reserved for the media were empty. >> we have a mainstream media that typically likes to cover any issues related to reproductive rights or abortion thoroughly but generally this trial was ignored. >> bret: kirsten powers was appalled and wrote a usa today piece saying so....

Happen in his west philadelphia abortion clinic. for the jury, and for the nation as well. when kermit gosnells trial started something odd happened. or to be more precise didnt happen. the seats reserved for the media were empty. >> we have a mainstream media that typically likes to cover any issues related to reproductive rights or abortion thoroughly but generally this trial was ignored. >> bret: kirsten powers was appalled and wrote a usa today piece saying so. >> you would have had to be fo...

Because i think i underestimated -- theres the policy implications and people do support background checks. i dont think thats really controversial. but the question is, how intensely do they care about that? and one of the things i think happened in the wake of this vote was that there was enough attention put on the vote and the names of the people who voted against it and the popularity of the measure itself that it said something about that senator as -- in terms of their character. what kin...

Liberals have to deal with the fact of how do you actually put a border in place that you can enforce a policy. because right now even if you had a policy theres no way tone force it because theres nothing in place on the border to make that work. >> he with cant even agree on a work permit. every country -- even swaziland has a work permit. were the only country that seems to be embarrassed about having a work permit to work in this country. you cant go to belgium, france. you cant go to mexico...

Starts being up a few weeks ago, and you have the potential the at least it seems to have a real recovery next year. i wonder if that sets the stakes for next weeks elections. well find out who will get credit for the recovery thats already begun and there are policy implications for that long-term. >> dont be so quick. it will behoove everyone who becomes president because of the fiscal cliff and problems in europe. i wouldnt want to be either guy inheriting this situation in 2013. its hardly a...

>> thats what i do. no. >> its barometric -- >> im here to bring the importance. >> the gold nugget of the news cycle. >> but it is so true, that we get this lecture every time something terrible happens. we got it in on gun control when we looked at gun tragedies which is an issue, by the way, where both nominees i think are fairly poor on the policy. but even still, even though it was a bipartisan neglect of gun control this narrative we cant talk about this. i think its the opposite. with dig...

Prevent people from exercising the right. >> brian: con-- our next guest prove it is a bunch of hypocrites. editor of real clear science. and co-author of science left behind and feel good fallacy on the left. you think it is a problem when scientist are activity. >> scientist are great at science but not proposing policy. when you consider policy implications you are to consider things other than science like economics and legal matters and sometimes scientist become politically actve it turns ...

How campaigning is like governing and how campaigning is different than governing? >> theres certainly similari similariti similarities. when youre president of the united states, you need to do persuading. there are certain skill sets in common. one of the big differences when you campaign, you can be pretty vague and you can hedge. when youre governing, you have to make choices, and youve got to make decisions that have real policy implications. thats the big difference. >> can you name people...

You have 15% in poverty women right now. women and children are the ones hurt most by a bad economy. >> barbara comstock, i have to let that be the last word. thank you for coming on. we do appreciate it. >> thank you. >> i want to bring in erin karmone who has written about womens issues for salon.com. how much is this going to resonate, do you think? theres certainly a lot of commentary out there on social media. >> absolutely. you saw yesterday twitter was blowing up over this, and i think on...

Obama this year. because historically, as ohio goes so goes the presidential election. chief white house correspondent ed henry tells us this trip got off to a bumpy start. >> reporter: turbulence in president obama as he arrived at ohio. the 17 #th air national guard whose mission would be threatened if white house budget goes through. ohio senator rob portman on the short list to be romneys running make said it could wipe out 800 jobs and slammed jay carney for getting caught unaware of the st...