you know ellen ratner, she doesn't let you get by with anything. ellen just has been a wonderful friend. >> where do you live now? >> near columbus, ohio. i used so share county with kasich. >> married twice and divorced twice. current relationship? no, not really. >> kids? >> two children. >> nothing serious though. >> i have a grandchild. >> go back to prison. the thought of public officials being in prison and the experience is rarely written about. you put it all here on paper. what was it like that first couple days a inwhat -- days and what kind of cell were you in? >> the toilets are put into solitary confinement. i mentioned the shu. i mentioned that if you get in trouble, that's where you're placed with another person. >> did you ever get in trouble? >> well, i did. i did get in trouble once because i went to do some laundry and the one officer said, what are you doing? i said laundry. it's hard to explain the tvs were turned on which mean you can get up and move around. we thought we could get up and move around. i said sorry, i can't repe

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ellen ratner, talk radio news service bureau chief and fox news contributor. here now to talk about this. good to see both of you. >> thank you. >> good to be here. >> of course, more people working is always good news. do you think we need more placement, though, in jobs that are paying more than minimal wage or are more stable than part-time jobs? if so, how do we get there? >> we certainly do. part of the way we can get there is by developing more infrastructure projects because our infrastructure is crumbling in some places. certainly know the bridges and roads are doing it. jim pinkerton talks about this project he's got going. there are ways we can get these higher-paying jobs. every time there are people who make more money, they put more money into the economy. so that also stimulates the economy. >> rick, you say what to that? >> well, i agree. we got to put more money into the economy. the infrastructure jobs are fine. the way to get it working again is to lower taxes. increase domestic energy production and that policy could really be revamped. it's

. >> ellen ratner is here, talk radio news service. and a syndicated columnist. both are fox news contributors. >> thank you very much. >> let me start with you, ellen, and ask you about those comments. we all have so much respect for charles krautheimer. what he had to say on this particular issue, i know you're going to disagree because you've wanted to see attention paid in certain parts of the world, south sudan was one that i assume he'll give as an example. >> yes, first of all, the president has been very active in south sudan, sending in our troop, to protect our area. but also having his representative, our ambassador at the security council, voting for the united nations to send a lot more troops into south sudan. we've have certainly not been not active on that. in terms of the middle east, well, we have a secretary of state who's been extremely active and engaged. has he been to syria and to the middle east as much as james baker? no, but he's early on in his tenure. we have to see how often he goes. he's very committed to that. >> we're reporting at f

ellen ratner, talk radio news service bureau chief joins us. for the "american conservative" magazine. both fox news contributors to and great friends of us and each other. nice to have you on. this is very interesting topic. a lot of directions to take it. in general, ellen, what do you think of this? >> i think actually phil needs to apologize and move on. a lot of people say things that are offensive or upsetting on television and radio. we all make mistakes and he just needs to apologize. he offend ad whole group of people. in terms of the religious aspect, there are lots of gay church that is follow christ. lots of metropolitan community church being one of them. dignity, a catholic group. so i think that it doesn't mean that people aren't following christ just because they are, happen to be gay or homosexual and a have child that is gay or homosexual. jenna: jim what do you think about that? an apology and move on, do you think that will be the end of it? >> i will say i don't agree with robertson said but i defend his right to say it. th

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