that's all for us tonight. >> tonight, you know of the news. people in this country it seems they love to build someone up. >> i am coming soon. >> you no, it's time to get to the point with donny deutsch. >> i'm chairman of deutsch incorporated. i'm the author of two books. often wrong, never in doubt. and the big idea. >> cnn's margaret hoover. >> i spent four years in washington including two years in the white house. i wrote a national best-selling book including how to save the republican party. >> rick reilly. >> i'm a best selling author. i've been covering the world of sports for more than 30 years. >> jason taylor. >> i played professional football for 13 years.

>> and kaylighy mcananny. >> i'm in a network of conservative writers dedicated to conservative values and principles. i wanted to empower americans to have a conservative voice. >> let's get "to the point." >> hi, everyone. welcome to "the point." we're going to be here all week at this time. you already know the headlines, so we're going to get to the point of each story and we're going to talk about what everyone is talking about tonight. kevin ware. this realtime injury that everyone watchpd and now can't seem to find it in themselves to watch it. >> it was interesting. i covered sports for 33 years. this is the worst one from what i hear. but i can't bring myself to watch it. i like how cbs pixlated it out. >> that was actually a very good cause. >> and i thought it was disgusting that web sites ran the whole thing.

kevin ware's mother is watching this. and famdly. and it's the worst injury i've ever seen. he broke his leg in two places. people on the bench, his teammates were vomiting. guys were crying. he's taken off. he's had the surgery. he's going to be all right. but the idea that you would show that over and over and over on a web site, i just think that's wrong. >> you are a professional sports fan yourself. you haven't been able to watch it yourself. >> no, and like he said, kudos to cbs for pixelatin gurks. i've been in a situation where a couple of us hit him and his ankle snapped. in the middle of the crowd noise, the play is going on, you could hear the snap. hear him screaming as he's laying on the ground. and to hear a grown man scream that way is gut wrenching. we literally got up and ran the other way. instantly, the blood is in his sock and you could see it

happen. >> so you can't make yourself watch this. >> no, teammate sitting there four feet away, it's gut wrenching. >> a 12-year-old boy said oh my god, my friend just tweeted me and texted me and said i've got to see this guy's leg break. but this is what happens with the media now. we are so fixated and thank goodness media outlets all made the right decision. it's just in this twitter world and this tweet world and this quick imagery world, how that's what young people were a you will of the sudden on. and i'm so happy that the networks and everybody realizes what a horrible thing it was to watch. it's very hard to keep the genie in the bottle now with the way things happen. >> i just want to make sure everyone knows just what an awesome guy this kid was. he got hurt. he was telling his team, win for me. win for me. worst pain of his life. as they're dragging him off, win

for us, that is so cool. that's a team. >> a couple other cool things rick batino, coach of louisville he should have gone back. she stayed around. spent the night there. was there when the kid got out of surgery to make sure hey, are you all right? the other nice thing, not much nice in this, but the kid does live in atlanta. so he gets to go home now. that's where the final four is. so he can be at recovery at home. they're going to take him to the game saturday night. may believe louisville wins. >> what does this say about college sports? i mean, some people are saying with these college athletes aren't even compensated for what they co. do. >> what are you saying, pay them? >> some people are suggesting to pay college sports. >> title ix,you'd have to pay every single college athlete. the way you're talking about the way these guys cried for him. they all wore his jersey afterwards.

>> they don't get paid. but they get a clansz to go to college, a lot of them. let's not minimize them. by the way, are they exploited? yes. does the ncaa make a billion dollars? yes. but these kids, thousands of kids who ordinarily would not go to college, get a free entrance to college. so let's not go so oh my god, the exploitation. and the other thing i'm going so say, h is a guy who was probably not going to make the pros. he was rated the 76th top sophomore playerment he was a back-up. and in a strange way, and this sounds like an amazing kid, once he recooperates, i think he's going to have kind of a hero status. i think his future, 20, 30, 40 years ago, there may be some silver lining to all of this. >> it will be very difficult for him to come back. >> as a banker or something else, we are now looking at this young man. >> you were with joe theisman. >> he went through a very

horrible situation. but thankfully, medicine is better now addais. joe had a very time talking about it. the times i was around him, he didn't want to talk about it. i'm sure he's dealt with it. but it's very, very hard to see it. you have to understand, when you take the field, whether it's the basketball court, the football field, whatever sport it is, you're taking a risk. when you watch him to jump to block a three-pointer -- >> you're taking a risk, that's the big point. >> for years, i played high school football and college football and i didn't get paid for it. and i would not change that. >> theisman did text kevin. >> and tweet him. by the way, the other thing people are talking about, 11.7 million americans tune in to watch the bible last night. everybody was watching. what does this say about religiosity. >> i don't think it says much about religiosity or whatever that word was.

i think it says a lot about the country. relax. gallop did a poll of 1 33 countries. and actually, the most affluent country ins the world, religion was less important on a daily basis. and the poorest, religion was a big part of their life. what we tend to do, when things are not good, when we're worried about things, we tend to reach out to religion more. i think the reason "the bible" was so successful, right now, more than ever, this country is reaching for religion. >> there's an exception. it's the united states of america. the greatest country on earth. where 73% of citizens profess christianity as their belief. there's a minority like the professor last week who had his students write jesus, rip it up, step on it and expelled the kid who did not participate. there's a minority who wants to take god out of the pledge of

allegiance. the majority showed up to watch "the bible ". >> we all love religion. >> it was not based on judaeo. it was bassed on freedom. >> this nation was founded on christianity. one nation, under god. >> this nation was founded on independence. not christianity. >> on christian principles. it's part of what makes us so great is our rely jougs freedoms. now whether it's judaism, it doesn't mean that we're afraid of something. >> i have to say, why right now religion may be bigger and hotter than ever. >> i think because people

realized "jersey shore" was not a good show. >> we'd probably reach out to religion more. and i think this country is a little worried. >> to your point, we have a secular government. but we have a population that self identifies its religion. >> i'm sorry, i think it's great as a society we have 11.7 million people watching "the bible" as opposed to watching "jersey shore" or any other myriad of shows. >> more people watched "the walking dead" last night. so people would rather watch zombies than christ walking on water. he knows that the biggest special interest group. >> you just admitted my point that the biggest special interest group are people in this country are christians and profess their belief. >> why do you keep saying christians? this country wasn't founded on them.

>> yes, it does. >> because i'm not christian. i'm jewish. >> but 73% of the nation is -- >> jew day owe christians. >> i have think it's the great divider. it's very interesting. it's the cause. >> it underpins our society and the values we have. >> your values and your religion and my values. who e whose are better? both of our values. >> but a lot of the wall doesn't feel that way. that's the point. >> you know what's in the top 250 most religious countries? afghanistan, pakistan, yes, ma'amen. yemen. you don't want to go live there, do you? >> we don't have religion in our government. we have a secular government. >> coming up, a princeton mom who says the main reason women should go to college is to find a husband. does she have a point? we'll talk about it right after this.

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okay, now, where did you get your degree? >> bryn mawr. >> what was your degree? >> spanish manage literature. >> there's a woman who wrote a letter to the school paper saying women, get your man while you can. get your princeton guy before you get out. you'll never come across a

talent pool like this again. here's what she wrote. here's what nobody's telling you. find a husband on campus before you graduate. yes, i went there. you will never again be surrounded by this concentration of men who are worthy of you. she said she got married, but she didn't marry a princeton guy. and that's why it fell apart. this guy wasn't worthy of her. so what do you think, we'll start with you? you went to georgetown. were you looking for a guy? is that the whole point? >> i think that's the point of life for a lot of women is finding a husband and having a family. and that's certainly what has brought me ultimate happiness is embarking upon that journey. and we pulled a little excerpt out. but we didn't read the broader context. she was saying just that. she recognized women weren't asking about her career. they were asking about her finding a husband. they recognized that's what ultimate happiness is. >> well, you've got a career and you've got engaged this weekend. show the ring. >> there you go. >> so how did you decide you're going to do this versus go hard at the career. and you didn't do it in college, obviously. >> you're doing both.

i absolutely think you can do both. but feminists want women to believe you cannot be female if you only want to be a stay-at-home mom. and i think that's -- >> uh-oh. >> i mean, we gently december agree on this. i happen to agree with the part that women have the luxury now to pick whatever path they want. i, however, think that this is like a big april fool's joke. in 2013, not 1950, women go to college to get a degree. an education. not to become married. and by the way, the best advice i got when i was in my early 20s was wait until you're a little bit older to hitch your wagon to somebody else. by the way, no 22-year-old man knows who he is, either. you got to figure out who you are and what makes you tick. she is young. she's getting married, that's great. we wish you the best. but i think generally, for most

people, it behooves you to wait. >> i have three daughters. and ip think getting married young is not the answer. having said that, i understand what this mom is saying. she's making two points. one is called tash get marketing. you will never be in an environment again with more like-minded people than in a pure social envierpt. but i think the point is so many guys don't get married until their mid 30s because of career, career, career. i don't want anything taking my focus away. yet, women who do that wake up in their early 30s and they can't flip a switch as easy as tomorrow i'm going to find a husband and they're up against the clock. they have a clock. and, no, no, guys, it's -- i really mean that. there are so many women i meet who have just been completely career-focused. >> and they wish they had a woman like this to say this is what's important in life. focus on this. and the career is important, too. but this is the ultimate focus. >> this is all elitist crap. she went to princeton and no one is good enough unless you pick a princeton guy. why must you be with like-minded people?

what's so great about meeting people that are exactly like you? >> i want to know what jason thinks. >> so if you don't go to princeton, it doesn't work? i can't even spell princeton. but does it mean everyone else is doomed? susan patten has two sons. one went to princeton and graduated and one is currently a student there. i have two sons. my wife kisses them good-bye in front of their friends, they're totally embarrassed. so i can only imagine. my mom had to send a letter to the school to get me a date or get me married br i get out of school, to me, this whole thing is just bizarre. >> i find this fascinating. i have never seen an argument, the two sides of the feminist argument where women are so intolerant of the other view of the other side. >> i am not fascinated by that. we're able to have a very similar conversation about it.

>> all right. and next up, we also have, you know, a bit of contention between rhiyanna and chris brown. let's hear what he had to say. >> you understand that if you behave badly again, you're going to damage not only your relationship, but her relationship -- her reputation, as well. >> absolutely. so that's why i'm moving forward. positive. >> people in this koun tli, it seems they love to build someone up. and then they enjoy standing on the sidelines and watching as someone goings down. but it's also been said people like comeback stories. do you think that the people who have been your harshest critics have it in their hearts to give you a chance at a comeback? >> so if rhiyanna has forgiven chris brown, does america need to? >> it's between chris brown and rhiyanna. chris brown was apparently trying to get some counseling, may our may not have done his community service. whatever it is.

>> monitored by his mother. >> whatever their situation is, unfortunately, it's played out in the media for all of us. but as long as that works for rhiyanna. >> can i take the view that these guys are public figures. he beat the crap out of her. we've all seen that horrible picture that makes you cringe. and what message does it say when she takes him back and this guy goes out. >> first of all, this whole role model thing, it's very hard when we're asking 18, 19, 20-year-olds to be role models. my kids, whether they're going to watch rhiyanna or not, they're in never going to tolerate a man hitting them. if a celebrity does something or the media does something and we're relinquishing responsibility. she's not a role model for parents who are responsible with their children. i'd kill him if he did it to my daughter.

but the right kids brought up the right way are not going to ak cement men beating them. >> i don't care if she takes him back or not: i'm not going to let him get away with saying i'm a completely changed man. he just threw a chair. he punched frank ocean. he's got a pot prescription supplied by his acupuncturist. there's some holes in the story. by the way, he's like i'm on a goodwill tour to show the country how i've changed. he's got a new al bull, right? here's a song called "till i die." pumps up, hoes down, ass up, nose down, damn bitch, i do it. >> there's an interesting eye on the air that he was doing that interview who obviously has been dragged through. and i have to say something. i've been waiting to say this. i know matt personally and professionally. i've been on that set three days a week for the last several years. i've never seen a talent treat

the crew better. he is such a class act. the reality is ann curry was not right for that role. everybody knew it. and i actually had dinner with matt while he was negotiating his contract. i said hey, i don't think she's the right chemistry. why don't you find somebody different? he said absolutely not. so why he is getting blamed for this is so absurd. she wasn't right for that job. enough. >> but the story that came out of new york magazine painted a different picture: i don't pretend to know matt. i'm sure he's a wonderful man. he shunned her. and, you know, jason, you know this. when you have -- when you're on a team, your goal is to win the game or, in this case, to put on a good show and act like you get along, despite what is going on behind the scenes. matt laur is not a team player. >> you're wrong, monosli. he wanted to do everything possible to make it work. sometimes, there are things that

just znt working. >> but shouldn't he have made more of an effort? >> i was there. he made a long effort. and it was not his call. and he's one of the best guys around. the fact that he's getting kicked around is ridiculous. >> all right. with that, we're going to take it to opening day. we're going to get to the point of opening day when we dpet back. they're coming. yeah. british. later. sorry. ok...four words... scarecrow in the wind... a baboon... monkey? hot stew saturday!? ronny: hey jimmy, how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico? jimmy: happier than paul revere with a cell phone. ronny: why not? anncr: get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more.

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today is opening day. major league baseball opens up with a moment of silence to remember all of the victims in

the sandyhook massacre. my point is, america remembers, but has washington forgotten? >> you know, i was at the super bowl. i was on the floor when those 26 kids sang. and i've wept. i sat there and i've wept. i never cried at a sporting event just to know that those 26 kids represented 26 that weren't there. and now we're going to this moment of silence and still nothing has happened. it's easy to make a moment of silence. it's much harder to make a moment of sanity. congress is not acting. and obama has actually let them off the hook by waiting so lock. long. >> we are a country with, unfortunately, a very short memory. we will -- obviously, we'll never forget this. but it becomes less and less part of the discussion. if you couldn't get something done 10 days after that, 20 days after that, he blew it. this is, to me, he was a president. and i've been a big supporter of him. this is one issue. he should have just gotten it

done. >> you don't need joe biden. what do you need? >> as time goes further away, it's harder and harder. >> you think obama blew it. he blew it by focusing on guns rather than the real issue. you look at jared loftner. i have it here. it's frightening. psychologists said she saw signs of schizophrenia. we have a classmate of his wrote you will see this guy on the news with an automatic weapon. and then he shoots 19 people. but this has been ignored because the focus has been on guns. you politicize. >> it's not -- it's not -- it's all, you know, to said that we're focused -- we shouldn't focus on guns. >> we haven't heard about mental health. the average american, 90% of americans want atmatic weapons. it's that simple. >> 40% of guns in this country are purchased without a background check.

can you imagine 40% of passengers? let me finish. can you imagine 40% of passengers getting only your airplane? >> he passed a background check. that's one thing. >> so to the point, want p what she's saying is we can't just pass laws to make us feel better if they're not getting to the heart of the probable. i think if the president had won with it, there would have been a lot of backlash. people would have said you're dancing on the graves of these children and you're using it to get what you want. so isn't there someplace where we can agree as a country? 89% of republicans are in favor of background checks. >> there's a lot of places. >> there's a lot of places where we can agree. but this is a contentious issue. also between urban and rural america who treelt guns very differently. >> look, i called all kind of nra members for this. they don't need 30 mag zen bullet chambers. adam lanza got off 150 bullets in less than 5 minutes.

>> i have to agree with donny. i think washington has dropped the ball on this. i hate to use a football analogy. but he has to take the football at this point. immediately after the sandyhook incident and put your head down and run it through. you know what, we talk about sensitivities and forcing down somebody's throat. look, in a week's time, the nra is sponsoring a race in texas. are they dancing on graves? are they using it for their benefit? are they throwing it back in their face? it's not over yet. it needs to be done. >> guys, we are a huge -- we are a country of the moment. forget -- i don't want to make it a gun debate. what i'm saying is walker is a businessman. the window was never more wide open. and if you couldn't get it done then, it's not getting done. >> more of this. >> why do you think that way. do you realize they both had nra certificates they found in the

house? the nra is half the problem. we'll work on mental health. but you still need 30 bullet magazines? >> he couldn't have gotten off 150 shots in four minutes. >> but what we're embodying here is across party lines and across the country. people feel there's got to be places where our elected officials could agree on something. and that's what everybody is thirsting for in the country. that's what we're going to see in congress. >> like donny said. it needed to be done in that immediate window. and it, unfortunately, was not done. the things that are the most polarizing. things that make the hardest change, you need something else to make it happen. he had that. that's my point. we could talk about our gun debate for 17,000 hours. my point is as somebody who's trying to be a change agent, it was never a better moment. >> i think margaret is so right. let's get something done for

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so have you heard about this victoria's secret model? she says she feels guilty about making people want the kind of body she has. this girl doesn't exercise and doesn't diet. and she says she doesn't want to promote a standard of beauty that most women can't attain. so my point is should we hold a telethon for this girl sho she can quit modelling? i mean, either stop modelling or shut up. you can't do both, right? that's my pointless part of the day. >> by the way, whether she stops or not, and this isn't -- we all know if you have daughters, the problems they struggle with weight, i'm going to come back

to we think it's the parents' issue. >> this is like jason saying i feel bad that i'm 6'5", 240. >> it would be like him coming out and saying we're problems with held et manies. >> he won the lucky sperm lottery and he got to be an nfl super star. >> she came out and brought an issue forward. do you still think it's pointless? >> she bent to welsey. she got a degree. >> i have another pointless story for you guys. you know, yesterday, you thought of easter, i'm sure. as 78% of americans. but you know who didn't was google. they thought of it as cesar chavez day. rather than the obvious easter egg we all think of. it's outrageous. it's outrageous.

>> yeah, she's not asking for an image of the vacated tomb. she's just saying have an easter bunny. >> who cares? what difference does it make? i mean, it's such lunacy to be of concern because google didn't put an image. it's like guys. she said it's pointless. >> but here's another one. why wouldn't you acknowledge easter. you're google doodles. they acknowledge april fuel's day. >> so google features easter. points for trying. >> okay. points for trying. budwei serks er. bud light, the new symbol for same-sex marriages is the equals

sign. and bud, like a bunch of other advertisers came forward. now i'm going to give them a try because they were very smart. obviously, i think a gay audience is probably a little bit more on the target. why didn't they do it with overall budweiser? >> you're going to beat him up for that? >> no, no, no. it's a great thing. one of the proudest things in my career was in the early '90s, we were the first company with first commercial, we did the first commercial that showed two gay guys shopping for furniture. there had been no gays in advertising. and at the time, i got such vicious hate mail. and we've come such a great, long way that now these huge corporations. >> i love this. i hope the supreme court comes down on the right side of history. and we know that america's 54% for this. that's up 21% from ten years ago. this is going to happen. my point is why shouldn't businesses be on the right side of the marketing.

>> some people will say points for trying. this is only on line. this is only on facebook. they changed their little icon. but if they were really serious, they would have signed on this corporate brief. >> but i'm going to say something on behalf of it. >> wow. the only reason they did that, the owner had come out against it. my point is corporations don't have a moral impefr tiff. if they can push the common good forward and advance their business, it's not their job or any other job. >> michael jordan once said they asked why michael jordan never got involved in political issued. they said look, republicans choose to. they put their tone in the water a little bit. it's better than nothing. >> how about a golfer? >> i'll give you points for trying. >> i think it's despicable what jordan said. he's never once taken a cause. how many yachts can you ski behind, as they said in greece?

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welcome back to "the point." we're going to be here all week. my question is do you guys think americans are overmedicated. it turns out 11% of kids, ages 4-17, have been diagnosed with adhd. this is 6.4 million children. by the way, that number is up 50% in the last decade. so are we -- have we just -- is there a new normal? or are we overmedicating our children? >> neither. it's basically more information. look, i, as a kid, would have been diagnosed with adhd. there's not even a question. >> yeah, i can believe that. and i do think that we can't say -- oh my god, we're overmedicating. we're overmedicating. i'm going to make a point about parents. no study is going to tell me that if i had a kid that had needs, i'm going to medicate or not. i hate these things we're

overmedicating our children. we have more information out there. what parents do with it, it's up to them. >> you just said you're adhd. >> no, i had the coping skills to be able to navigate around it. some kids don't. by the way, my parents would have made a decision. do i need medication or not. we just have more information now. >> but do you think medication is necessary? >> sometimes yes, sometimes no. >> but isn't it possible that we're seeing all of these kids and just medicating them. >> you keep saying they. my point is there are more options now and parents need to have the responsibility whether kids do or don't need medication. >> i think we're too quick to medicate. i agree with you that we have more information nowadays. so we're diagnosing. similar to the concussion issue in the nfl. they've always been there. but in the last 10-15 years. >> so are we overmedicating? >> my point is when we start making changes, are we

overreacting? >> well, i think you have to deal with each issue differently. some kids need the medication. they may be able -- similar disturb i'm sorry, similar to you, they may be able to develop those coping skills to navigate through it. but i think nowadays, parents are too quick to go to a doctor. we get pills and medicine for everything. as we do that, we're becoming increasingly dependent. >> jason is right on this. i've seen kids laugh and say i went to the doctor and convince him. smart kids who got here. they want the pills. you know, there's a big market for it. kids would sell their add medicine to others. there's a study, 30% at the university of kentucky have used illegal stimulants. it makes you focus. >> how come nobody is noticing energy drinks up are 18%. these energy drinks give you 260 milligrams of caffeine.

a cup of coffee, 60. people are buying these energy drinks, red bull, like crazy. and by the way, we need rydalin to help you focus. this survey was done completely by phone. i think parents want their kids to get in good schools and they give this medicine to these kids. >> i so passionately disagree with these blanket statement. there are certain medications, whether they're antidepressants that help children and certain ones that don't need to make a blanket state that say parents are giving their kids medication. >> you think oxycontin is overprescribed? that's a drug on the street. >> that's a nashlgt. there's a little bit of a different between a narcotic. >> how about antibiotics that are making us more than likely to get some of these horrible viruss. >> i think we as a country get into these blanket statements where as right now, over medication is a problem. >> is the point overdiagnosis?

and that's not what's normal. >> my point is the diagnosis can be there is for the parents to decide what you do about that medication may be the answer and it may not be the answer. we can't hide our fact to say that there's more diagnosis. it's what you do about it. >> doctors will make more money by seeing four patients in an hour and prescribing pills than they will having a 45 minute counseling session. i understand. but i think this leads to overmedicating our kids. instead of having a chance to sit down and develop those coping skills. i make money from the insurance company. next patient. >> by the way, the doctors all say this adhd can be nullified if kids get sleep, get exercise and eat right: and we're getting rid of gym class. there's almost no gym classes left in school. >> speaking of in gym classes,

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>> those are so good. >> i need more bacon. >> guys, who likes bacon? >> who doesn't like bacon? >> who's obsessed with bacon? >> we've gotten a little crazy in this country. right now, burger king has come out. we have them here. bacon tater tots. 500 calories in ten of them. now, we know bacon, everybody loves it. but it is part of our obesity in this country. >> they're pretty good. >> they're so good. >> i wear bacon cologne. so i'm not good. >> i want to ask you guys a question. should we, the same way mike in new york said, okay, 64 ounce drinks are hurting our country causing obesity. causing a whole economic downfall. should somebody be stepping in and moderating bacon a little bit? >> have you ever been down south? >> yes. >> this is the fillet mignon of the south. i'm a vegetarian, but i eat bacon. >> out of her cold, dead hand. but is there a line? is there such a line of gluttony maybe we get to?

>> this is what moderation is about, right? all things in moderation. bacon, my favorite bumper sticker has, bacon. it's meat candy. >> speaking -- burger king has always been great to bacon. do you realize burger king had a bacon sundae? it was bacon flavored ice cream. i thought how great is that. i want to show you a dress that you definitely don't want to wear to the dog park. and this is a dress here, yeah, you don't want to wear this to take your dog to the baseball game. it's a whole dress made of bacon. how great is that? >> that's disgusting. i'm sorry. >> there's a -- there's a socal california chain that has a burger that is entirely made up of bacon. and then they put bacon on top and bacon cheddar cheese. achbt then they put bacon on top just for fun. >> i don't want to be the party popper. but somewhere along the line, the entire economy doesn work because of health care issue. but i don't want to be the

budding point. >> just because we like bacon doesn't mean that's the obesity problem. >> literally, these fast food companies do not stop in the level of lard. >> so should we ban all bad foods? >> no, that's the problem. it's a problem. >> i like bacon. i had a double order this morning at breakfast. there is a restaurant in miami. they have a great bar. prime 112. >> i know it. yeah. >> they have bacon at the bar. they have a cup -- >> in glasses. >> they don't serve bar nuts. they have bacon. and i will drive 45 minutes from the house to get it. but what i will not do is drink more that be 16 ounces of soda. >> speaking of which, the show is almost over, who gets a poe nus point. who made the best point all night. >> margaret gets a bonus point. let's do something for the sandy hook victims. like you said, we owe it to them and it's sad that we've done something sew far.

>> i didn't realize that 30% of georgetown students sell their rydalin. >> university of kentucky. >> much different. good point. >> i think you brought up a point that michael jordan has never stood behind anything. i think at that level, you have some responsibility. not take on every issue, but be less concerned about the endorsement. >> i agree with that. i hadn't realized that either. what do you think? >> i want to give a point to donny. i think for the whole adhd thing, you can't paint everybody with a broad brush. that every case is individually and different. i have friends who have kids that are very, very adhd and they have issues with it. so medication works for some. not for others. parents need to be very, very responsible. >> i'm sorry. i got totally distracted. what did you say? >> and that's it for "the point" tonight. >> before we go, my dad is recooperating down in florida, my best friend in the world. my greatest guy.