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And maybe that is a good thing. and now conservative and liberal groups are putting out web casts to find out when theyre doing a town hall near you. this august, nobody likes giving up a season for when we didnt have politics for now that we do have politics, and if august is the time where we have real unscripted conversations about policy issues, that may not be so bad. we have links to town halls near you. well be right back.

The person who was stopped. the other thing was it resourced us training police departments across the state on how to think about potential racial bias and ways to further professionalize what they were doing. and initially the police departments across state were resistant, but actually they came to recognize that if it was done in a fair, straightforward way, that it would allow them to do their jobs better and communities would have more confidence in them and in turn be more helpful in appl...

The -- >> i think what the republican party desperately want s for ths issue to tgo away. every time they lose a court decision, every time they loose a vote in that state, that means one more state they never have to talk about gay marriage again. >> nine years ago they wanted to put it on the table, now theyre happy to have it off the table. >> exactly. the immigration issue, the issue doesnt go away once you vote on it. the republican base will still be angry about it. youll still have ongoin...

>> i think what the republican party desperately wants for this issue to go away. every time they lose a court decision, every time they lose a vote in that state, that means one more state they never have to talk about gay marriage again. >> nine years ago they wanted to put it on the table, now theyre happy to have it off the table. >> exactly. the immigration issue, the issue doesnt go away once you vote on it. the republican base will still be angry about it. youll still have ongoing policy ...

Prospect, whether or not he wants to run for president, whether or not he wants conservative activists or very conservative republican money going to him, he has made his life a little bit more difficult in that regard. but then again, a lot of the republicans were already opposed to him because of a number of other things including his support for president obamas -- how president obama conducted himself during hurricane sandy and the relief efforts right before the presidential election. it is...

Pointing to some interviews, like this one, its about whether or not they were targeting in the cincinnati office quote from the employee of the cincinnati office. i think as you have seen in lots of press reports, that there were two rogue agents in cincinnati. that are sort of responsible for all of the issues that we have been talking about. what do you think about those allegations? and they respond its impossible. were controlled wii many, many people. we have to submit many, many reports, ...

Distraction away from a more substantial policy conversation? >> well, i think it could be a step in the direction of getting to the larger policy issues. ive seen the list of the 10 individuals who were subpoenaed. they certainly were all involved, not just in the talking points question but in what went before and during the attack on the consulate in benghazi as well. so i think this is the mark of what can could be a very extensive investigation and i think thats whats required. far more ext...

>> so ms. navarro, do you think a lot of bostonians owned a gun when the city went into lockdown? >> i dont know. i dont think wayne lapierre know what is they are thinking. youre seeing the use of emotion to try to advance a political agenda. we saw it it right after newtown when that was being used. a lot of people at that nra convention were bothered by the way the family of the victims were used, if youd like, to advance that debate. and i think they are doing exactly the same thing. but we ...

Aft after reading kirstens article, when covering, when everybody does it. and personally, why did you participate in the gosnell blackout and i asked questions, one of the reporters i asked was the health policy reporter at "the washington post." >> megyn: sarah cliff. >> shes written over 80 stories on sandra fluke, todd aiken, todd aikens stupid comments about rape, and the coleman foundation, and the foundation that stopped and she got 80-plus hits. and i asked her why havent you written a s...

Act. can i ask you, kirsten, we have not been covering this story in great detail because its so horrific and so horrific. pregnant or not pregnant its too dark to talk about the murders of these babies and the testimony has been so gruesome, its a hard subject to, you know, put on the front page or in your program every day. >> well, but fox has covered it at least ten times that i know of. maybe they havent been doing wall to wall coverage, but they have covered it and i think whats different,...