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The general lack of respect for police in some communities, lax sentencing, untreated mental illness, poor police training, police cutbacks that have single officers responding to sometimes unpredictable situations may all be partly responsible. certainly, there are just no easy answers at this point. martha: its heartbreaking to watch the funerals of these police officers. weve seen too many of them this year. doug mckelway thank you very much for the update on that. in the meantime in the batt...

Fight. martha: as you said, oklahoma voters will be the decider. simon and marc, thanks to you for weighing in. >> thank you. martha: all right, you have seen the pictures, and you have seen the violence. so why does americas homeland security secretary say that our southern border is now safer, she believes, than it has ever been? is that true? were going to talk about that in a fair and balanced debate. our power panel weighs in. plus, there is this. beauty beats the beast. the beauty queen ...

If i say that these are the three questions im going to get afterwards, do you have answers to those? to me that is probably not what is happening right now. things have moved so fast and they dont have other answers. so they come up with this term its a kinetic action overseas or whatever it was. it was so unclear and wonky and bureaucrat particular, it did seem to be a lack of leadership. its not just the staff, martha, this goes all the way to the top. you need to have enough of a political t...

Tremendous, you know, loss of life. but then when you bring it up in discussion about collective bargaining and union rights and leadership of unions, it does leave a bad sort of, you know, smell, i guess, in some situations. >> maybe to you. maybe to you, but i think the people of oklahoma are going to make that determination. i mean, it may be the people on the show feel that way. i dont feel that way from watching that ad. i am incredibly, you know, grateful for the way that firefighters and ...

Bill, oklahoma state senator david holt, is demanding what he is calling a tasteless ad -- the one you just saw -- to be pulled from the airwaves immediately. joining us now, simon rosenberg, president of the think tank ndn, plus former speech writer to president george w. bush, marc thiessen here as well. it is good to have you here today. simon, whats your take on this? >> i think its a lot of whining from a politician. you know, in my years in politics if a politicians whining, it usually mea...

Heinous killer when, in fact, the true evidence, martha, may eventually prove otherwise. martha: wow, very interesting developments. gregg jarrett with the latest. and in oklahoma a firefighter unions ad protesting a state gop bill that would limit their union rights, and this ad is coming under a lot of fire right now. some people think that it goes too far, and can its insensitive. it invokes the horrible day of the oklahoma city bombing. >> there is a report of people inside. >> firefighter...

Saying, and i do want to get to that section of our discussion, but im curious if you think this is an appropriate use. >> >> absolutely, because -- martha: the oklahoma city bombing, and, you know, is this going someplace that is inappropriate to go? >> no, i dont think its inappropriate at all because its fact. those firefighters in oklahoma were there saving peoples lives at that -- martha: absolutely, thats a fact. >> right? so i think that video we just all saw was a factual portrayal, some...