Al Franken

Audio & Video

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   Is there a right way to use the "N" word?

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   10/04/2011

   Tempers flared on Monday's episode of The View as Sherri Shepherd chastised Barbara Walters for using the N-word in a newsy context. Whoopi Goldberg used the word first on Monday's broadcast while quoting presidential candidate Herman Cain. Walters repeated it in context of their conversation, though she told her co-hosts, "It's very hard for me to say. … The fact that I just said it now gives me chills." The co-hosts were discussing the name of a hunting camp used by Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry. But when Walters said the word, she drew a sharp rebuke from Shepherd. Should Barbara Walters be able to use the word in the context of the story?
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   Nancy Pelosi and The End Of The World As We Know It

   Audio

   07/28/2011

   Nancy Pelosi on today's budget vote: "What we're trying to do is save the world from the Republican budget. We're trying to save life on this planet as we know it today." Howie was shocked at her rhetoric and asked was she kidding.
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   Dems flipping over Weiner resignation

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   06/09/2011

   Should he stay or should he go? Democrats can't make up their minds.
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   What Did Pakistan Know And When Did They Know It?

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   05/03/2011

   The Obama administration’s discovery that Osama bin Laden, the world’s most hunted man, was hiding in plain site as one administration official put it, at Pakistan’s West Point, less than an hour’s drive from the Pakistani capital, has raised the most profound questions about the U.S.-Pakistan relationship. Howie did not believe that Pakistan was in the dark and queried his listeners on their opinion of Pakistan.
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   Early Release for Rhode Island Killer

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   03/08/2011

   The father of a 5-year-old boy brutally murdered more than 30 years ago is publicly vowing to kill his son's killer -- if that convicted murderer gets released from prison early. "I do intend, if this man is released anywhere in my vicinity, or if I can find him after the fact, I do intend to kill this man," he said.