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he lives in washington. his lawyer argues he's not a flight risk. even though he was arrested on a flight about to leave for paris, the lawyer said it was a prescheduled flight, not a last-minute booking to try to escape the law. >> it's undisputed that the police knew his whereabouts is because he called the hotel, which is the scene of this incident, from jfk airport, to inquire if the hotel had located his cell phone or the hotel advised it had and asked him his whereabouts, which he promptly told them. indeed, he called the hotel a second time, called security a second time to ad...

Bureau chief for comcast and senior political writer from the daily beast. thank you both for stopping by. let's address what eric cantor said. start with you, robert. >> i can't say this but npr does give them the ammunition for eric cantor to say this. in the era of austerity you have to look at everything. however, this gotcha journalism is going down a slippery slope. no question about it. >> does this give more fodder for the republicans when they take a look at npr? >> it does absolutely. they can point directly to this as eric cantor has and say as robert said the era of austerity we ar...

Just seems that npr is, again, couldn't shoot straight lately when it comes to its public image. >> absolutely. let's talk about the filmmaker james o'keefe, you talked about it on "reliable sources" it's not the first time he's been involved in the stunts and the gotcha journalism in trying to put people in compromising positions, but as he continued to do this and his stunts make headlines, is he gaining some form of credibility here? >> well, you know, let's not lose sight of the fact that james o'keefe is able to get this footage through lying and deception, and, you know, there are people...

Year when it comes to close primaries. they're pubbly confronting some of their demons for the first time. in the past they tried to deny and now they're denouncing. it is a very pivotal moment. where it comes out in the fall will determine whether the tea party is a lasting movement or a piece that ends up alienating more voters. >> i want your take. what's the independent perspective on what happened with the shirley sherrod case? who's to blame? breitbart for putting this stuff on his website? the white house for accepting it at face value without looking further into it? are both culpable?...

Things about fox. what fox news wants. >> bill: she says we want black people to be put down. >> exactly. giving her a pass in the aftermath of this. >> bill: little bit of a pass? she is getting a total pass from the liberal media. >> she came out and said that fox news wants to, basically roll back the clock on racial discrimination in america, and then she says, that racism is worse today in the united states. i mean, that is a pretty radical sentiment to have. >> bill: i reported that last night that she has. >> i know she was aggrieved in this instance because, you know, look, the gotcha ...