This is a rush transcript from “FOX News Watch,” June 28, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. JON SCOTT, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: This week on “FOX News Watch,” Barack and Hillary, are they really united? The press keeps acting that question. CBS’s …
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