and so i think actually, you know, i mean, ann coulter -- i would have loved to see ann coulter and rosienell, personal personally. >> all right. gotta go. >> but i think nicole will eventually get used to it and she'll -- >> okay. certainly the view needed a conservative. it didn't have one last season. >> yeah. >> thanks very much. clarification, earlier i talked about general eric shinseki being dismissed or forced out because of his criticism of the iraq war plan. i think felt he was pushed into early retirement. he did serve. >>> ahead, sean hannahby says republicans are failing to push a positive agenda. does the press really care about issues? midterm media madness is straight ahead. at od, whatever business you're in, that's the business we're in. with premium service like one of the best on-time delivery records and a low claims ratio, we do whatever it takes to make your business our business. od. helping the world keep promises. . . . . . >>> as rens keep hounding president obama over the isis terrorist, is that drowning out issues that might help the democrat? it is true, one

i maybe would have gone ann coulter in the conservative role because she knows how to take a punch and certainly knows how to deliver one back. so "the view," it's in the box thinking. they should have gone a different, younger direction. it's going to continue to strugglistru struggle in the ratings. >> i'm hoping it will get back to talking about more hot, political topics. it could be entertaining, we shall see. joe, thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you, howie. >>> after the break, from the economy to turmoil in the middle east, how is the coverage shaping the midterm elections? our new segment, coming up. >>> and later, bill o'reiley versus the state department spokes woman, how did it get so personal? at the top of the hou for america's news headquarters. now back to "media buzz." >> we're kicking off our you new midterm media segment. each week, we'll analyze how the issues are being covered, how they're helping or hurting candidates and vote on who won the week on the media battlefield. president obama tried pushing economic issues on labor day while john mccain was sla

being back there i do not feel the chemistry and nicolle wallace was an original pick, her or ann coulternd now i think coulter would be better bet because nicole wallace a sheep. we and that happened this week. i don't feel it this time around and i know the debut ratings were good at eight-year high and i did not see ratings released since the debut but i have a feeling when we see the second and third day rating they will be right back where they were. >> that strikes me as a harsh description of the we smart nicolle wallace who work on the john mccain campaign. however, it is an unusual pick to take a mill operative and put that person on daytime tv. >> it is but they needed someone with credibility, someone who could give it back and nicolle wallace is a strong woman and very smart and knows what she is tag about. she will not get caught saying something wrong or stupid. actually, coulter i would have loved to have seen with rosie o'donnell, personally. i believe nicoll. will get used to. >> certainly "the view" needed a conservative. >> thank you. clarification earlier i talk about

maybe ann coulter rather than nicole wallace because she can deliver a punch.e in the ratings, i hate to say it. >> i am hoping it will get back to talking about hot political politics which they have gotten away from and nicolle tangling with rosie and whoopi could be interesting. >> and our new segment coming up on the midterm and bill o'reilly and the state department,ow did it get so personal? [ hoof beats ] i wish... please, please, please, please, please. [ male announcer ] the wish we wish above all...is health. so we quit selling cigarettes in our cvs pharmacies. expanded minuteclinic, for walk-in medical care. and created programs that encourage people to take their medications regularly. introducing cvs health. a new purpose. a new promise... to help all those wishes come true. cvs health. because health is everything. >> new airplane strikes in iraq stop isis from taking a strategic dam, which if they took over could flood the area. president obama will lay out the new strategy to defeat the terrorists in a speech to the nation on wednesday. no detai

i maybe would have gone ann coulter in the conservative role because she knows how to take a punch and certainly knows how to deliver one back. so "the view," it's in the box thinking. they should have gone a different, younger direction. it's going to continue to strugglistru struggle in the ratings. >> i'm hoping it will get back to talking about more hot, political topics. it could be entertaining, we shall see. joe, thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you, howie. >>> after the break, from the economy to turmoil in the middle east, how is the coverage shaping the midterm elections? our new segment, coming up. >>> and later, bill o'reiley versus the state department spokes woman, how did it get so personal? >>> i'm eric shawn. saying good buy to joan rivers. the funeral for the comedy legend under way right now. friends, family and as you can see celebrities gathering to pay their final respects. the details of the private -- being kept under wraps. but we're told it does involve a red carpet. miss rivers wrote in her 2012 book that she hopes for a, quote, huge affair with ligh

now, ann coulter called him one of america's most feared economist. and she said, you can tell the conservatives and liberals fear most because they starting automatic refer to as discredited. asked senator ted cruz. but no one is called discredited by liberals more often than the inestimable economist john lott, author of the groundbreaking book, more guns less crime. his topic for the evening, let me get this right, is making up facts about guns. before introducing though, we have a photo op on the board to our history goes back further than you know what, john. let me in about, oh, i don't know about 1995 or so, i actually ended up your first copy of your first research, crime deterrence, and jay adams, and i took it to elon college, not elon university, and that to me is approaching sarah brady. she had done a lovely speech on how she wanted to reduce gun violence in america. so i approached her entourage, and the security closed around her. but before -- i said, this is pretty, i just enjoyed to reduce violence. i want to help you do that. and sh