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During our extended stay shoot at the tulsa county jail, one newly-arrested inmate caught our attention because he appeared to be anything but religiously conservative. >> we were filming in the booking area of the jail and i saw a guy with 666 written across his head in tattoos all over his face and he looked like he might be an interesting candidate for lock-up. >> dude, im not on [ bleep ]. im not on nothing, dude. im not. >> he was being pretty loud and it definitely casing commotion back th...

How everybody in the country has a fair shot. >> really? is that what being president is all about? brian, is it? >> youre asking me? that was a tease. you cant ask me that. caught on camera, a teacher tells a student he could be arrested for criticizing the president. >> do you realize that people were arrested for saying things bad about bush. >> it doesnt matter. >> no, do you realize? you are not -- you cant -- youre not supposed to slander! >> the dixie chicks were in for 10 years. thats ab...

You did get something very significant, last night you received the manhattan institutes alexander hamilton award, how did that feel? >> its great. its a great organization and they add a lot to the national understanding and i was very honored to be there. archbishop dolan was also honored and memoriam of one of the great scholars. if youre in company like that, you feel a little out of place but yeah, no, thats what brought me to town. as much as i like you, brian, i didnt come here to just ta...

Opposed to women. whats your experience? youre a funny woman. >> i work with one of the funniest women out there, miss tina fey. they say women tend to be more afraid to tell jokes per se like, you know, a set-up sort of joke. >> keep in mind, this study was done out of great britain. not a bastion of funny people that ive heard of coming from -- >> benny hill was hysterical. >> you named one. lets talk about "saturday night live." they have had fun spoofing this particular show right here, "fox...

On the left and on the right, they were handled in the same way. in fact, on the left, they were a little bit, you know, talking more openly about what he had said so i dont know if thats going to stand up that he can blame the g.o.p. for that. >> for the last 18 months, im trying to get judith baxter on the phone. it turns out this linguistic expert was on an 18 study into speech pat -- patterns including two companies on the ftse 100. they did a study, who is funnier at work? why are men so mu...

Night? going to vegas. >> fantastic. lets talk about some new polls that have come out. these are "washington post"/abc polls. who would be -- who would do a better job handling the economy? >> this is unbelievable! >> its a dead heat. president obama 47%. mitt romney 47%. why is that unbelievable to you? >> someone -- stuart varney passed out. someone get something to revive him for the next segment. >> all right. >> incredible. >> why are you so surprised? >> how could there be a dead heat? th...

Were sitting around and we cant wait to crawl in them at different locations across the country but now the private firm goes into space. >> eric, as much as -- >> as much as oil and gas may be your specialty, space exploration is brians. >> thank you. >> this is great news! this is fantastic news. i guess in about three years, theyll test these, you know, cargo flights up to -- up to the space station. interestingly, though, eli musk is running -- hes the founder of spacex who also, he started ...

No astronauts on board. in the next few years, you could see astronauts or space tourists flying on top of that rocket, that space capsule. back to you guys. >> thanks so much, steve. lets go back upstairs to brian. >> thank you very much. a former white house chief economist getting defensive about president obamas failure to get the deficit under control. >> look, i dont dispute that the deficit has increased. i think for the republicans who set in place the policies that led to the economic c...

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