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About the second amendment than greg abbott does. he -- his staff dropped the ball, they didn't look at google, they didn't see these other statements by ted nugent and they thought everybody would just look at the guns and not at the whole picture. >> so you're saying it is deserving of attention because this leading candidate for governor is making it deserving of attention. >> right. the governor is -- of texas and the next one will be a national figure, just like rick perry was, just like george bush was, just like ann richards was. they are the leader of a large economically strong state ...

>> thanks, brian. >> it was a segment on your show "the lead" that got me thinking why we don't hear about bowe bergdahl more often. what do you think are the main reasons this p.o.w. doesn't gain more attention in the national media? >> it's a complicated story to begin with. probably the main reason that stories of americans being held captive either by foreign nations or groups like the taliban, the main reason is because generally speaking the u.s. government and the families often request that the media not cover it because the more you cover it, the more power you are theoretically givin...

Secretly negotiating is any coverage of that. and we have seen headlines about that in the last few days. last question before we go, i wonder if one of the other reasons that -- one of the overarching reasons for the lack of attention on a story like this is the lack of attention toward the war in general. you just don't see that much coverage of the afghan war on television or even in the newspapers these days. >> you and i have talked about this before. it's something we try to fix on my show "the lead" as often as we can talking about troops, talking about veterans. but look, the sad fact ...

Gone too far. >> on for days. >> it's getting buzzfeed attention, trump attention, people want to read about trump. that doesn't mean they're going to vote for him. at the end of the day people want to read about him or mckay would not be reading about it or you would not see tweets be a about how irrelevant the guy is. >> the key distinction he thinks this gets him credibility. everybody pointing and laughing at limb doesn't necessarily made him a more credible political figure. >> entertainers are pointed at to be laughed at. >> i tried to do that with my piece. i don't think anyone came awa...

Has always been a contact sport. so you know, it's -- we have big characters and big races and a lot of fur flying. we're used to some national attention. >> thank you so much for joining me and sharing something with us. >> thank you, brian. we'll be back with more "reliable sources" in a moment.