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woman committing a serious assault, a rapist, and a killer. theyre about to hit the street. a court ruling in a 6-3 vote that pardons may not be set aside by the judicial branch and the final decision rested entirely with the governor, but its entirely the governors judgment that the victim victim families are questioning. b b barbou rr wouldnt come on the show. >> governor, ed lavendera with cnn, can we talk to you real quick? >> let me get my instructions. >> can you talk to us in a ...

killers who had worked as servants in the governors mansion. those killers were already free when the states attorney general moved to block the pardons. but five other serious felons were still in prison. from left to right, a drug dealer, a woman convicted of serious assault, a rapist, not shown here, an accessory to murder, and a convicted killer. theyre about to hit the street. now, the court ruling in a 6-3 vote that pardons may not be set aside by the judicial branch and that the...

that pardons may not be set aside by the judicial branch and the final decision rested entirely with the governor, but its entirely the governors judgment that the victims families are questioning. barbou rr wouldnt come on the show. >> governor, ed lavendera with cnn, can we talk to you real quick? >> let me get my instructions. >> can you talk to us in a second? >> he couldnt give us a second and walked right inside the building, but not before showing us what he thought of the quest...

Question. of course i support the blunt amendment. i thought he was talking about some state law that prevented people from getting contraceptions. i thought it was some ohio legislation where employers were prevented from providing contraceptives. so i talked about contraceptives and so forth. i really misunderstood the question. >> blount is his liaison on capitol hill. he thought it was a state issue. that was like a top spinning around so fast. youre the expert on this. is that the real romn...

>> thats so romney. thats who he really is, i think. the guy who says youre crazy to get involved in bedroom issues between a man and a woman on contraception. a short time later after doing that interview, romney said the following. he misunderstood what he was asked. lets listen to his correction a few hours later. >> i didnt understand his question. of course, i support the blunt amendment. i thought he was talking about some state law that prevented people from getting contraceptions. i thou...

Get involve d in bedroom issues on contraception. a short time later after doing that interview, romney said the following. he misunderstood what he was asked. lets listen to his correction a few hours later. >> i didnt understand his question. of course, i support the blunt amendment. i thought he was talking about some state law that prevented people from getting contraceptions. i thought it was some ohio legislation that employers were prevented from providing contraceptions. so i really misu...

United states supreme court, and were really looking forward to that. bill: have you endorsed a republican candidate for the white house, pam? >> i absolutely have. i have endorsed governor mitt romney. im very proud to be part of this. you know i moderated a fox presidential debate so i waited until after then, i got to know all the candidates and i firmly believe that governor romney is best qualified to lead our country and to beat barack obama in the general election. bill: the reason i ask ...

>> not, just -- again, i dont want to get trapped into this, but he said, as a state issue, if a state wanted to ban contraception, he would not have any problem with that. he is a -- he has been a federal legislator in the senate, and hes running for president and as president, he would have no interference with a state trying to do that. >> lawrence, i think that gets back to people hear what they want to hear, and you check what he actually said. as i understand his position, and in fact, i j...

>> well, i have been blessed by contraceptives. its an important thing for many women. its allowed them to advance their careers and make their own choices. thats whats special about america. people can choose. thats whats so annoying about this idea that president obama forcing people to do something that is against their religious beliefs. and thats what the issues about, where rick santorum, as i said earlier, you know what his position is, but yet hes never had any attempts, in fact, has eve...

In that. you have been married for a long time, you only have four children, so i assume you did not ascribe to rick santorums personal beliefs on contraceptives. >> well, i have been blessed by contracepti contraceptives. its an important thing for many women. its allowed them to advance their careers and make their own choices. thats whats special about america. people can choose. thats whats so annoying about this idea that president obama forcing people to do something that is against their ...