free speech and the right to bear arms colliding in town halls. what is going on? police in new hampshire headed off what could be a dangerous situation inside or outside the president s town hall on tuesday. they arrested richard terry young on weapons charges. they say he walked into the event with a pocket knife and inside his car then they found the loaded gun which young was not licensed to carry. they also said he did not have a ticket to attend that town hall. no word on what, financing, he had been planning but the secret service is investigate. another guy caught attention. he was caught by television cameras protesting outside the portsmouth town hall with a gun strapped to his leg. he said it s time to water the tree of liberty and added to the controversy because it conflicted with thomas
because you ve got these four entities, the two campaigns, the commission on presidential debates, and then you have the individual moderators. candy crowley who s moderating the town hall on tuesday has got a unique challenge as compared to the other moderators. the commission and the campaigns want this to be driven by the questions that come from the people chosen by gallup to ask questions, citizens who are likely voters. and both campaigns have been struck, as has the commission, by some of the interviews candy has done, talking about her role in what she envisions her role to be. the campaigns envision a much more limited role than they ve heard her describe, and things are a bit in flux. it s clear that the complains have asked the commission as i report to check with candy to say, you know, do you get the fact that we think this should be a very limited role? very few follow-ups, basically just traffic top after an audience question. and it remains a little bit unclear at this