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Carly Fiorina had a big night at the CNN debate. How did Trump, Rubio, Bush and others fare? We have post-debate analysis from Bill Bennett and guest Marc Thiessen. Hugh Hewitt spoke with Senator Marco Rubio about Iran, as did Mike Gallagher with Governor Chris Christie. Michael Medved argues what we need to do to end the current refugee crisis hitting Syria. Jon Greenberg of Politifact and Punditfact interviews Hugh Hewitt about football and politics. Larry Elder, filling in for Dennis Prager, says that Democrats are pandering to the far left base.

Hugh Hewitt looks at Hillary Clinton's address to the Brookings Institution. Kansas Congressman Mike Pompeo talks about how to stop Obama's Iran nuke deal. Mike Gallagher turns to Pete Wehner of the Ethics and Public Policy Center to discuss the county clerk thrown in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses. Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Dexter Filkins argues that the West could be doing more to stop the sea of refugees flooding into Europe. Crime is up. Manhattan Institute scholar Heather MacDonald tells Bill Bennett why. Michael Medved reports that more college students are smoking pot than cigarettes.

Morning in America’s Bill Bennett spoke with Sean Trende, senior elections analyst for Real Clear Politics. Another poll made headlines for its unique question about Hillary and not-so-surprising results. Salem host Michael Medved explains. Democratic pollster Pat Caddell joined Bill Bennett. Carly Fiorina will be at the CNN debate in a couple of weeks. She talked with Hugh Hewitt. CNN’s Mark Preston tells Hewitt why they revamped the qualifications to be at the debate this September. The group “Black Lives Matter” is creating even more controversy as police have become the target of inexplicable violence. Dennis Prager weighs in. Former vice president Dick Cheney and his daughter, Liz, wrote the New York Times best seller “Exceptional.” Cheney spoke with Michael Medved. Dennis Prager addressed the horrific story of a policeman gunned down at a gas station.

Michael Medved talks with the Heritage Foundation’s Steve Moore about China’s financial woes and how they affect America. Gordon Chang, author of “The Coming Collapse of China,” speaks with Bill Bennett. Tom Cotton fears that the path America is taking with Iran makes a second nuclear age more likely. General Michael Flynn says that we blew the Iranian negotiations. Prager weighs in on the American heroes in Paris who took on a Muslim terrorist. Hewitt runs through the meaning of the 14 Amendment regarding citizenship and immigration with John Eastman and Erwin Chemerinsky. Medved reports on a study that finds that Republican marriages are happier than Democratic ones.

Townhall's Guy Benson talks to Hugh Hewitt about Hillary's six lies involving her e-mail server. AEI's Michael Rubin talks to Bill Bennett about the server. Governor Chris Christie thinks that Hillary may have obstructed justice and definitely has something to hide. Washington Post political reporter Robert Costa talks about the Trump phenomenon. Senator Ted Cruz is upset with Obama's new stance on Cuba. Carly Fiorina says that people of genuine faith make better leaders. Theodore Dalrymple shares thoughts from his book, "Admirable Evasions: How Psychology Undermines Morality." What brings one the most happiness? Michael Medved reports on a new study.

Hugh Hewitt talks with Senator Marco Rubio and National Review's Eliana Johnson about Hillary Clinton's secret server. Mike Gallagher speaks with Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin about how Obama has given Iran an enormous gift. Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council Ilan Berman continues on that theme with Bill Bennett. Dennis Prager takes on the phantom "war on women." Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute and author of "The Conservative Heart" gives analysis on last week's GOP debate. Prager wraps up the program on the harm that Seattle has done to its people by raising the minimum wage.

Michael Medved talks with Alan Dershowitz, author of "The Case Against the Iran Deal." Bill Bennett turns to Weekly Standard columnist and Fox contributor Stephen Hayes for analysis on the Iran nuke deal. Casey Mattox, Sr. Counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, speaks with Bill Bennett about Planned Parenthood's grisly practices. Carly Fiorina tells Hugh Hewitt that she would shut down the government to end funding of Planned Parenthood. Professor Owen Strachan shares thought from his book, "The Colson Way." The former president of Greenpeace left the organization because it became to radicalized, focusing on saving the earth rather than bringing peace to humans. He talks to Dennis Prager. Prager wraps up the discussing the EPA.

Senator Tom Cotton grills Secretary of State John Kerry and then talks to Bill Bennett about it. Bill Kristol also talks to Bennett about the nuke deal. Medved and Darrel Issa discuss how you just can't trust Hillary Clinton. Fred Barnes talks with Bill Bennett about Hillary's Bernie Sanders problem. Is transgenderism the new civil right? Dennis Prager opines. And why are Democrats erasing Thomas Jefferson from their organization? Prager weighs in. Last, Medved talks with Gov. Chris Christie about defunding Planned Parenthood.

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After horrible tragedies, like the shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, most partisan politicians give some daylight between the tragedy and their own agenda. Not Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Michael Medved explains. Mike Gallagher speaks with Pastor Dimas Salaberrios who personally assisted those hurting in the wake of the shooting. Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., Michael Oren, discusses his new book with Michael Medved. Bill Bennett turns to Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol to talk about why, on Iran, George W. Bush was right and Barack Obama is wrong. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal shares his personal faith conversion with Michael Medved. Hugh Hewitt talks with Hoover Institution's Lanhee Chen about the Supreme Court's disgraceful 6-3 decision to embrace Obamacare--again. Chen argues that Justice Roberts' contortions of language do real violence to the rule of law. Guest host Larry Elder on the Dennis Prager Show believes that race is not an epidemic in the U.S., but Democrats have a lot to gain by treating it that way.

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