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And thats exactly, of course, why they do it. those who control your words control your mind. a we are joined now by mark steyn. there are no more drug abusers. there are no more juvenile delinquents. there are no more felons. does this improve the life ofe the average person in san francisco? what is the point? >> the point, as you say, is to actually disarm the people from being able to debate certain issues. you know, the argument is that if you call someone a felon, its a value judgment, and...

About this, john and alisyn, what we forget here is that cities are where a lot of progress is made in the country. thats where the innovation is. thats where you have people, mayors, well connected with their communities, and take on the cities in general where so many people of color live. it just compiles not just the racism but misunderstanding of whats going on in this country. the hope of a lot of people is in our city. >> but the base of trumps voters is not. polarizing twr rural and urba...

A reasonable chance of not ending well for us, and thats pure political judgment, not necessarily a value judgment. the poll is interesting and it does, as you say, separate the five out from everybody else, but i cant say that yet i see a nominee who i feel a lot of confidence behind in beating donald trump. >> the most interesting part of the poll, joe is the bernie sanders number, i would submit. if you go to any of the rallies in new hampshire, i have been to a few in the past couple of mont...

That was a mess and theyre trying to move away from it. the rebuke coming from the fec that came yesterday is pretty startling. let me read it in part. let me make something 100% clear. she writes, to the american public. and anyone running for public office. it is illegal for any person to solicit, accept, or receive anything of value from a foreign national in connection with a u.s. election. and her tweet of the statement led off saying i would not have thought that i needed to say this. part...

Officials, its obviously very troubling. the thing is there are two big ir issues here. theres the nepotism that weve talked about since the president came on the scene. the pris can hire whoever he wants, but there are nepotism laws for a reason because you dont want family members coming on board. second issue is the giant glaring security threat here where you have these two people who against officials said, look, there are issues here, we dont think theyre possibly suitable. i think the mai...

Highest level was less than half that. in 1980, when ronald reagan was elected president, the top tax rate was 70% at that time. if you look at the average tax rate that the top 1% was paying at that time, it was only 35%. today with the top tax rate at 37%, the average tax rate for the top 1% is about 27%. so when you actually look at what people are paying, it is not that big brother is taking away most of anybodys income. its taking away most of those last dollars of income, and thats a value...

>> whether or not -- whether or not it is worth it or not is a value judgment. he gets to say it. we get to ask questions. he gets to give whatever answers he wants, but his answers, worth it or not in the long run, history will say that wasnt the truth or that made no sense, and that is why were there, we have to keep trying to do that. i went to the john kennedy press conferences also, i never had the courage to try to ask a question of him, and he was a charmer. many of the questions were lik...

>> we need to be able to get the truth out of these events. >> whether its worth it or not is a value judgment. but he gets to say it. carl and i get to ask questions and the people there now. he gets to give whatever answers he wants, but his answer, whether theyre worth it or not in the long running, history will say thats made no sense. its not up to us to get the questions. thats why were there. we got to keep trying to do that. carl, i went to the john kennedy press conferences also, about ...

On a national stage, yeah. you share that space because you make the political argument that the legislators cant necessarily make. >> right. >> so your voice weighs very favorably in setting that tone politically. you dont -- obviously you wont be on point on legislation. >> right. >> but the political strategy, the political commentary, the framing of the argument in a political context, that is where the dnc/rnc chair will play that role. >> i ask that question for a reason, a lot more people...

Crises, because you have to hug more people. in other issues member thats the case. but on this i think we agree on this. he has turned this story on himself and hes not showing any empathy. howie: that part about the empathy is a value judgment. its true president trump didnt focus sustained focus on puerto rico compared to louisiana and texas last year. puerto rico was not in the forefront of media coverage the wait others were. sara: puerto rico is a territory, its not a state. we are not dea...