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Forgiven. so why bother participating in the process of democracy if he doesn't have to essentially? >> and we should note that in keeping away from press conferences has tactically paid its benefits down the stretch of the campaign. his handlers and staff recognized that he tended to do things in the press conferences like calling on the russians to hack his opponents' e-mails -- >> well, he was erratic in other ways as well. keep him away from twitter. i don't know that it made or broke the election. >> as a reporter, i have to say, it is nice to be able to ask questions and even if you don'...

Essentially. >> we should note that in some ways keeping away from press conference paid its benefits down the stretch of the campaign. his handlers and staff recognized he tended to do things in those press conferences like calling on the russians to hack his opponents e-mails. >> but he was erratic in other media as well. help the keep him going from twitter so i don't know that it made or broke the election. >> as a reporter, i have to say it's nice to ask questions and even if you don't get answers to have some back and forth as opposed to everyone waiting around till the next tweet then j...

Had a similar kind of attack where 11 people were injured three weeks ago with a vehicle, he was mostly inspired by anwar al awlaki, a cleric, an american citizen. >> how are people feeling in the region? are they on high alert? are they very concerned? how are people in cities feeling there? >> i think there is a very real fear when it comes to security officials about their ability or lack thereof, realistically, to prevent every single one of these attacks from happening. for every five they thwart, how many, you know -- i don't know the exact numbers, but my point being, for every one that...

That is not a criteria. >> no, my point being, however, that he is somebody who has both witnessed and has experienced what the problems are and he has given some thought to what he thinks the solutions should be. i do think that sometimes bringing people with diverse life experiences into government is not a bad thing to do. >> okay. rebecca has to have the last word, then i got to go. >> well, just to finish up this conversation that we're having about ben carson and hud, i would add that nancy pelosi did put out a statement today saying that he was not qualified for this position. particula...

Lot of that, and i think you're seeing that in early vote in nevada and florida in particular for clinton. the broader point being, i don't know that this was ever going to change vast number of swing voters' minds. ic its impact was on enthusiasm in the base. i think she has a big enough lead to withstand that but the race will probably be closer than we -- it might have been if this never came up nine days ago. >> that's been one of the questions here, too. we're looking a couple weeks ago at polls that show close to double digits, double digits, came down to clinton two, three, four. was th...