>> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight: >> god hates you! >> bill: the controversy over the hateful westboro baptist church and the military family who sued them heats up. we will have the latest with megyn kelly. >> as of yet i haven't heard you have settled on exact church where do you stand on that. >> michelle and i realized we have very disruptive for services. >> president obama says it's hard of him in light of his former congregation run by reverend wright. >> god damn america. >> there is criticism. we'll take a look at it. >> whacky vad ventures of a ronald mc. >> bill: should ronald mcdonald be fired? that's what health activists want. the culture warriors are now involved. >> oh, that sure was a lot of fun. >> bill: caution. you where to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now.

♪ >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. protecting the schneider family. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. in march of 2006. 20-year-old maureen lance corporal matthew schneider was killed in iraq. family was devastated. a week later matthew was buried that ceremony was interrupted by members of the westboro baptist church who traffic in expositions like this. >> search per phi. semper fag coming home in body bags. >> bill: these hateful fanatics believe that god is punishing america because the u.s.a. does not persecute gay people. led by a loon named fred phelps they interrupt funerals saying god killed their sons and

daughters. it doesn't get more vile than that. matthew's father albert snyder sued the church and won. awarded $11 million because they found the church had intentionally tried to harm them. judge in the case reduced the judgment to 5 million but the church appealed. three federal judges in virginia then overturned the entire verdict saying the vicious protesters have a right to spree speech. then, incredibly, the judges hurt the snyder's even more, awarding the westboro cranks court costs meaning the snyder family has to pay more than $16,000 to their persecutors. i said that's grossly injust and i will pay the sanction. appearing on good morning america today, mr. snyder addressed the freedom of speech issue. >> i find it insulting to all the other soldiers that have died. i find it insulting to the families. i find it insulting to the military and to the veterans. it's just -- some people have

died in this country throughout our history to preserve such a precious right and to have a group of 80 people destroy it and mock it the way they are, it's a crime. it was just a nightmare. they position themselves about 30 feet from the main entrance of the church. and they held signs that said god hates you. you are in hell. semper phi fags. >> bill: i spoke on gma saying that the judges are wrong and cruel to boot and we will assist the snyder family as it takes its case to the supreme court. you can help, too. there is a web site set up, matthew snyder.org. all donations had help the insiders try to write this terrible wrong. it will cost them big money to take it to the supreme court. as for the westboro baptist church it does have a right to spew its hateful rhetoric. it doesn't have a right to be in your face. as i said if president obama were speaking at that funeral, you know damn well those people

would have been a quarter of a mile away. not yards away. the authorities in westminster, maryland, simply did not protect the snyder family. the case demonstrates how out of whack we are in this country when it comes to dealing with evil. we simply don't know how to confront it the forces of darkness understand exactly how to use our system to do as much damage as they can. we hope the supreme court will understand just how important the situation is to protect freedom. not limit it. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight. reaction with us attorney and fox news anchor megyn kelly who anchors "america live" in the afternoon is a former supreme court correspondent. goes to the supreme court in october. what do you expect to happen there? >> it's going to be a close decision. i think it's good news for mr. snyder that they took it. which means, you know, they are interested in it and there is a possibility. this is going to be a close one, bill. because the law is really not clear. the question is whether do -- where does one side's first amendment rights end and mr. snyder's right to be free from this sort of interference

in his life begin? and usually the supreme court is very protective of the first amendment of the rights of free speech. however, what you said at the last part of your talking points is right. that right for free speech is not absolute. there are limits that can be placed on it specifically with respect to the time and the place and the manner of the speech. the westboro baptist church has a good argument because i know the father said that they were 30 feet from the entrance. the facts in the brief say they were 1,000 feet away and that they were across the street and the testimony is undisputed that the father didn't even see them when he actually attended the funeral. he only saw them later on the tv protests. which really hurts his case as a legal matter. forget your motions. as a legal matter, that does not help him. the supreme court is going to have to decide whether the church crossed the boundary in this particular case. there is no question that these lunatics at this church for whom i have zero sympathy have the right to do. this the only question is whether where and how. more an more states have passed

laws saying you can't get anywhere near the actual funeral. >> bill: look, whether it was 30 feet or, you know, 300 feet, that does make a difference, i guess. but what's in play here are a number of things. let's take the appeals court in virginia first. all right. number one, i don't know whether you know this, but the appeals court, these three pinheaded judges put their pictures up there again. they found that the intentional infliction of emotional distress charge, that the family made in this case. >> and won on at the trial court. >> bill: was not valid. >> no, they didn't. if you read the thing they were not sympathetic to that charge. >> let me explain to you where you are wrong. it's a three-judge panel. two judges did not speak to that two judges threw it out on first amendment grounds. one judge concurred with the overall result says mr. insider loses but said i would pull it out for the following reasons and that was the' only judge to say the actual merits of the claim aren't there. >> bill: contradict that. >> they don't have to. >> bill: they don't have to.

it stands that they didn't care. >> have you been too tough on the fourth circuit. i have to stand up for these judges. i'm not defending. >> bill: oh that's just bull. >> legal case under anyone's analysis. >> bill: high profile case they should have explained. they let it hang in the air well we don't know whether it was intentional infliction of emotional distress. >> they didn't need to. the other guy concurred and said i agree with the judgment. this is how i would have -- the first two judges didn't need to address that. >> bill: not a matter of need. it's a matter of what's right. they didn't do what's right. >> you don't understand how opinions work. >> bill: i know. i'm not smart enough. then they piled on by saying you have got to pay 16,000 when they didn't have to do that. they piled on and they didn't have to do it. >> you are wrong on that, too. listen. >> bill: no, i'm not wrong. >> you are wrong, bill. >> it was an option. >> it was discretionary. >> bill: what does that mean ms. megyn? what does discretionary mean?

>> what happens in appeals all the time as a matter of costs winning party gets costs made. >> bill: discretionary. >> costs copying cost and so on. the winners here at the west where row baptist church asked for costs done in every appeal and granted in virtually every appeal. >> bill: they can set it aside if they want. >> to other side given opportunity to object if there is a reason. mr. snyder did that he filed his brief late. deadlines matter. they don't do the heart string thing at the appellate court level. he filed it late and the appellate court rejected it now, if he wins at the supreme court. >> bill: rejected it. >> if he wins at the supreme court he doesn't have to pay a dime. >> bill: he doesn't have to pay it anyway i will pay it? >> which i love. that's admirable of you. >> bill: we are still friends even though we go back and forth. this is where you are desperately wrong. this is as wrong. >> you are talking from your heart and not from your head. >> bill: no. no. i'm talking about decency. and these judges knew this case was explosive. they knew what happened.

so they had an obligation to go far beyond what is needed. they had an obligation. >> that's not how our judges operate. >> bill: okay. that's how they should operate. >> they don't operate on heart strings. >> bill: they should operate that way. i'm giving you the last word. >> i want to make this -- >> bill: by putting the 16,000, when they didn't have to, they could have set it aside. they just rubbed the guy's face in it. >> the guy's objections were too late. >> bill: it doesn't matter. >> it does matter, bill. in your world it may not matter. in the actual court of law it matters. >> bill: they still have the power not to do it. all right. last word. >> appellate court judges in this country do not look at one side and say oh, i feel really bad for you so i'm not going to make you follow the rules in this case. that's not the way the appellate court system works. having said all of that, i want to make clear i'm disgusted with the works people. burks w rks, you don't know the strongest point to your argument

when the westboro baptist church asked for costs and mr. insider came in late he said i only make $44,000 a year i can't afford it their response which i have in front of me a he is late. b, he has got the doe, is he eligible for death benefits from his son's death. >> bill: yeah, okay. >> they are disgusting. >> bill: i want to stay where i am and say those judges in virginia had a moral obligation, yeah, they can hide behind the law and you are right on that. but, morally, absolutely wrong. and they had the power to right the wrong and they didn't. >> the award goes away if he wins in the supreme court. >> bill: megyn is going to be back a little later on. i hope. [ laughter ] >> bill: with four other controversial cases. can you take it? next on the rundown. what should america do about the hate speech epidemic? also ahead, culture warriors on ronald mcdonald under fire. some folks want him fired.

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>> bill: hate speech in america. with us is marc lamont hill who teaches at columbia university. look, there are bias crimes in this country. if somebody comes up to you and yells the "n" word in your face you can have them arrested. that's freedom of speech. he is obviously saying what he wants to say but because you are an african-american, because you are a minority, you stand outside a temple with a swastika on your sign you will be

arrested. yeah, these judges say well if you are the nird -- snyder, family, white, doing vile things in the temple analogy you can do it. that's what most people go that's wrong. >> the judges aren't saying it's because they are white. they are saying they haven't violated any law. >> bill: they would have if the family had been african-american and they were screaming the "n" word across. >> that may or may not be true. i'm not an attorney or legal expert. i can't say. what i know for sure is the protection of free speech is a critical thing for all american people. >> bill: everybody knows that. >> that organization is vile and disgusting and i wish something bad would happen to them legally. however i don't think they are violating any rules. >> bill: n. they violate the rules by going up to you and saying the "n" word in your face don't you see it as a double standard that they don't violate the rules when it's a white family involved? >> i'm not necessarily in support of laws that punish people purely for using the "n" word in conflict. >> bill: not for bias crimes.

>> bias crimes are different. use of the "n" word itself. >> bill: it comes under that banner. >> just the use of an offensive word in and of itself to me is not enough. i believe in free speech and protecting free speech. >> bill: the judges that made the ruling in the snyder case, megyn was right when she said they didn't have to. they didn't need to her word was need. say you don't have to pay court costs. they didn't need to explain the intentional infliction of emotional distress and two of them didn't. i say they have a moral obligation to do it in that kind of a high profile case. >> i try not to mix that moral obligation. no but you are an american. >> as an american. >> bill: i want that. >> as an american, my sole concern and priority is that they follow the law and uphold the constitution. would it be nice, yes. >> bill: martin luther king brought the moral thing in. >> he wasn't a judge, bill. >> bill: yeah. you are not a judge either. >> exactly. so we may, in public space,

articulate those rules. megyn may articulate those rules. as judges they don't have to do that. >> bill: they don't have to but they should. >> i'm not arguing the case they should or should not. >> bill: why not? i'm asking you. >> it would be nice. >> bill: it would be nice. >> it would be great. what they must do is follow the rules and the law and that's what they did. >> bill: okay. you are waffling here. >> i'm not waffling. i'm going to follow the law. it would be great. >> bill: i want judges to be human beings. >> that's a slippery slope, bill. >> bill: i know it's a slippery slope to have human beings being judges. >> that's the activist judges as a human being i have continue to vehicle rules that might encounter literal reading of the law. >> bill: discretion to do what they wanted to do. locked. >> no. you just talked about martin luther king. sometimes being a human being means challenging the law or changing the law even as a judge. >> bill: that's not their judge. >> that's my point it might be nice. >> bill: but under the law they had discretion. >> it's not their job or responsibility.

>> bill: it is to me. >> that's why you are north a judge. >> bill: you follow, like everybody else, the gauntlet line when the african-american congressman people walked into health care and you saw and we believe some vile stuff was said. >> of course. >> bill: it's not on tape. you saw this. okay? what's the difference between that and the westboro funeral controversy. >> my argument is there isn't a huge difference? >> bill: there isn't? >> i don't want to see anything happen to either of them if they are saying things that are offensive. i'm about protecting free speech. if they lay their hands on someone or hate crime or intimidation tactic. that's something different if it crosses the line. just saying offensive words, the f word, the f word. >> bill: no matter how much emotional damage they inflict, you say they have the right to do it. >> as long as it's not illegal, i don't want to intervene. we have to protect free speech. >> bill: emotional distress is illegal in a civil realm. >> in a civil realm. >> bill: they won and that's what we're talking about. >> if you want to make a legal argument for that, fine. i'm not gfing to police their speech any more than i want my

speech policed. >> bill: you are an anything goes guy. >> not anything i'm fairly liberal but i do believe in free speech. >> bill: dr. hill, everybody. president obama and religion, he used to go to church. he doesn't any longer. we will take a look at it then, an oregon school bans hugging. the culture warriors have been investigating. that's coming up as the factor continues all across the u.s.a. and all around the world. investors are demanding more for their money. good. this time, i'm watching fees like a hawk. i hate hidden fees. why should i have to pay for something that i shouldn't have to pay for? td ameritrade's pricing is clear and it's straightforward... it's spelled out upfront. no hidden fees... no bait and switch. no gotchas. and there's one flat rate for online equity trades... for big accounts... or small ones. that's the way it ought to be. time for fresh thinking. time for td ameritrade.

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>> bill: i'm saying to myself. i don't know. i don't know how this is going to play among the folks. what do you think? >> well, i think more and more people are beginning to believe that religion is something that is a very personal and very individual. and i don't think it's a show. i mean, when a president goes to church in washington, it can be a zoo. as particularly if obama went to church there would be people hanging in the rafters. there is nothing really spiritual about going to church when have you got a crowd of media outside and inside and people staring at you. it just is not a religious experience. >> bill: all right. >> it's more for show, i think. >> bill: president bush the elder and bill clinton both went to church fairly frequently. also, you might remember ms. quinn when tony snow was buried we had president bush there, vice president cheney. it wasn't a dog and pony show. people were able to come in and out of the church. i was there. i don't know if that argument is valid. i mean, i understand the

inconvenience that all of the presidential appearances in a church cause. but i don't know if that should be the reason because it does send a message if you are chief executive is there worshiping, it sends a message and people see that right? >> well, as you know, there is a chapel at camp david and i understand that they do go to the chapel at camp david. i think that that probably is a lot more meaningful service to him and his family than something where he is really on display. i mean, you know, i don't doubt the fact that he is a christian and is he a practicing christian. and that guides him. his faith guides him. but i don't feel that i need to see somebody out there making a show and making a scene just to say, look, i am a christian. >> bill: okay. how do you feel? >> well, i do agree that sometimes religion can be used for tactical purposes. i remember, for example, in the teeth of the lewenski scandal

that clinton would be seen going into church with a gigantic bible under his arm. people have become a little skeptical about all of that i think with obama, however, he talks about his religious beliefs quite candidly in his book dreams of my father where he is working for church ministries and people often will ask him well, what church do you go to? what are your beliefs? and he is very tentative. is he very hesitant. he sort of stammers, well, well, well. and it appears to what appealed to him about reverend wright wasn't even so much his christianity or reverend wright's even political radicalism, he saw the church as a vehicle for activism. here was a church that was large, that had a lot of members. that was very active in mobilizing and so for obama to move up the greasy pole of chicago politics. he found it useful to be a -- >> bill: that's possible. we really don't know for sure but it's possible. now, what about ms. quinn's statement that americans don't really need the chief executive

officer in the church, it's not necessary for the country and ronald reagan very rarely went to church though he did invoke spiritualism a lot. is that point valid that we don't need a president to be seen in a church atmosphere? >> here, i think we have to make an important distinction. i think if you look at american history, we have had a number of presidents whose religion os city was a little bit dubious going back to jefferson. even lincoln was quite unorthodox in his beliefs. but, on the other hand, i think that these men, nevertheless, had a very powerful sense of the transcendent, of the prof denel role of america. as you listen to lincoln's speech he speaks of america as having divinely appointed destiny. this is not the appointed religious belief. this is the articulation of an idea of america anchored in transcendent principles. that's really the issue is obama in touch with the very important part of the american religious and political tradition. >> bill: it's impossible to

define that ms. quinn, i'm going to give you the last word. i do believe if you see a president in church that's a good thing for the youth. i think it's good. >> well, i think that if people are believers and they like to see the president in church that's fine. i think obama made it very clear in his speech in the sojourners convention and his speech in chiro that he is clearly someone who cares deeply about his faith. he operates on the basis of the tenants tenets of his faith. i don't need him to show me by showing up at church on easter sunday or whenever it is that he believes what he says he believes. >> bill: very interesting debate. we appreciate it happy easter you both. the culture warriors on ronald mcdonald under fire. some want the clown to quit. we'll tell you why. and then, megyn kelly on outrageous music video that may insult jfk's assassination. we hope you stay tuned to those reports. at sharp, our goal

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>> bill: culture warrior segment tonight, two controversial topics beginning in oregon where the middle school in portland has now banned hugging among students here now "fox & friends" co-anchor gretchen carlson and margaret hoover. all right, hoover, hugging, apparently it is a problem in public schools all across the country not just in portland. >> banning hugging though seems a bit heavy-handed. >> bill: is that a pun by the way?

>> it was a pun, bill. you are quick. >> bill: thank you. i know i am. >> bill: go ahead. >> here is the situation. when i was in middle school i remember this phase came over us and people started hugging more. >> bill: for no reason. >> you are a little bit insecure. sort of prepeople are hugy. >> bill: i understand carlson there are three things this play here. there is hugging to bother people, you know, kids coming over and five or six kids are like this. some girls were hugging to try to attract a boy. >> trying to arouse the boys, allegedly. >> bill: whatever. then there was genuine hugging among friends. >> listen, i would love to be in favor of saying that kids should be able to hug and express themselves. listen, 10, 20 years ago that was okay. it's not anymore. now teachers have to parade around schools being concerned about their own personal safety. so, yes, i agree that they probably had to ban this

hugging. because schools cannot afford to have one lawsuit about inappropriate touching coming up against them anymore. they can't. >> bill: isn't it hoover about boundaries. very few boundaries these days so the hugging deal when you were in school 30 or 40 years ago. >> right. that was me. >> bill: really much different now. >> no, it's not. kids are still hugging. >> bill: the same way that you did. >> what happens is in a minority of cases a few kids have been inappropriate. you discipline those kids directly and don't create a rule that applies to everyone. >> bill: hugging on a case by case basis. >> no. you allow people to hug each other. >> i agree. a blanket of no hugging rule? it's ludacris. >> there is some more problems to deal with. >> bill: you say mug hugging ban >> i don't like it. >> bill: hoover said no hugging ban. i have to confess to the audience that these people, the burger king guy, they strike me

as very strange. this is strange. if i were a child i would run the other way very fast if i ever saw these people. okay? i don't want any part of them. it's not going to make me buy a burger. now. nutritionists, carlson, say that this guy is a dope dealer because is he pushing bad stuff. fast food so get rid of him. >> not just that they want to fire ronald mcdonald. they say according to their web site that 50% of the country agrees with them. this is ludacris. whatever happened to personal responsibility in our society. why do they want to fire him? because they say he is somehow emulating or is emblematic of getting fat. >> bill: is he pushing junk food. >> is he not pushing it. this is an iconic cloud in our society. >> bill: let me challenge. what is his job? his job is to get kids' attention. >> what's the job of a parent? >> bill: to come in and eat food. >> that's what society is all about. >> bill: i agree.

it's not illegal. >> the parents' responsibility to be able to kurdish -- curb their child's appetite. >> it's always everyone else's fight. >> he has been known for ronald mcdonald's houses across the country. >> bill: i have no beef, pardon the pun. no beef with mcdonald. wait, you stepped on my line. i have no beef with mcdonald. you went through it i'm playing devil's advocate. i have no beef with mcdonald. you want to eat there, fine? it's high can caloric food. everybody knows that. >> also the victim of anticorporate sentiment. >> bill: ronald is? >> yes. nanny state people want to tell what you to eat and fire on ronald mcdonald because is he responsible for kids getting fat. >> i disagree my t. is unhealthy. my daughter goes there and gets the plain hamburger and doesn't eat bread and gets the apple slices. what's wrong with that meal?

nothing. >> bill: i don't know, carlson. i don't know why she throws the bun out the window. i don't know. all i know is if you eat a double big mac, it's like 1500 calories. that leads to very heavy people if you are eating four or five of them a day. >> you have personal responsibility. >> bill: i like personal responsibility. >> don't eat there seven days a week. >> the left has been trying to slam mcdonald's for decades. >> bill: the left? >> they want to cut the knees out from ronald mcdonald. he is the recent victim. >> bill: you say this is a political thing. >> it is philosophical. >> bill: does ronald mcdonald cause global warming? >> it could be next if they don't succeed. >> bill: could we talk about the burger king guy? he is scary. >> mcdonald's used to have grem mass. the guy who had the malt. they had the mcburglar. hamburglar. >> where did you spend your childhood. >> they were ousted.

ronald mcdonald is the only guy left. >> bill: both of you would not fire ronald mcdonald? >> no. keep ronald. we are starting the campaign. >> burger king guy in prison. >> is he scary looking. >> bill: would you hug ronald mcdonald. >> absolutely. >> bill: you would. >> 100%. >> bill: you would, too? let me break this to you. the way he looks, yes. most-likely he is available. so, both of you would hug ronald mcdonald. >> outlaw hugging. >> bill: no. okay? i wouldn't. i don't want to go anywhere near a clown. all right? ever. he frightens me. but not as bad as the burger king guy. >> true. >> bill: that's the end of the world. all right. the culture warriors everybody. i have no idea what was said during that segment. do not email me he, please. the kelly file, outrageous video

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>> bill: thanks for staying with us. i'm bill o'reilly. in the kelly file segment tonight, a law professor named good win lowe has been nominated by president obama to be federal judge for life. now we learned that judge lou believes in reparations for slavery. >> there are white families who were not involved as directly or even indirectly with the -- with the slave trade but who still benefited from it. is it going to require us to give up our money? it's going to require giving up something. >> bill: so, is ms. megyn

rethinking her opinion of judge lu? i believe she is. >> i believe you represented my earlier statements. >> bill: the guy is a loon. why do we want another loon on the federal bench. >> because, bill, this is about as far as left a judge you would expect barack obama to nominate. is he entitled to do that. >> bill: i'll not saying a president is not entitled to it number one it's embarrassing for the president. he shouldn't be confirmed by anyone. >> look, this is what it comes down to. in my opinion he is no farther to the left than alito was to the right. >> bill: alito? >> yeah. >> bill: give me one statement judge alito has made that puts him in any kind of a category. >> no. he doesn't say things like this. he is a conservative jury list and this guy is a liberal jury list. here is my point. either you believe a judge's ideology should come into the analysis when you are confirming them or you shouldn't. it didn't used to be that way in the country. we used to put it aside. scalia was unanimously confirmed. one of the most conservative

justices on the bench. now we got a new place starting with the democrats they started to make ideology irrelevant. >> bill: would you vote for a judge who said gee i wish we could have the cuban system of economics here. would you vote for that judge? no. you wouldn't. that is against who we're then you have a lu who says, yeah, even the white families who didn't have anything to do with it, they have to owe and pony up something which would tear this country apart by the way. >> you can imagine some of the things ruth gathered ginsburg said running for the aclu? >> bill: you don't have any sympathy. >> lefty jury list. >> bill: yeah. it was a mistake. >> fair choice. >> bill: i don't think so. she has done a lot of damage to the constitution. >> you don't like the way she interprets the constitution. >> bill: she is activist judge not a constitutional judge. >> that's what every conservative says about left eye leaning judge. i think we were better when we said are you a qualified candidate and then you go on 00 supreme court.

>> bill: this guy ask an activist judge. i scolded you at the top of the program i will scold you again. you said that this guy is as left as alito is right. i challenged you to give me a statement that judge alito made that puts him in this category and you can't. so, therefore, merchandise megyn, take it from me, i'm older than you, don't make a statement like that unless you can back up. >> i covered the alito hearings. i covered the man's cases. >> bill: give me one. >> i don't have one at the ready that compares to that statement. let me tell you alito leans right. >> bill: he leans right. this guy is so far left he should be living in havana. >> you can't find judges much further to the right than alito. >> bill: i disagree with that i think is he a conservative judge. >> yes he is. >> bill: i don't think is he a loon. >> i think lui is a loon. slave riff would tear this country apart it would and you know it i'm not going to do the wiretap. we will do that next week with ms. megan because we spent a lot of time on this. i know you are passionate about

erica badu. >> i am. >> bill: r and b singer. she takes her clothes off to promote a record that she puts out and then they fake a shooting and she falls to the ground. this is where john f. kennedy was assassinated and you say what. >> i say this is outrageous. i saw it last night. you were too easy on her. she doesn't just walk around in the bra and underwear. she takes it all off while little children are standing with their parents. i'm no prude. you can't even walk down the street with your child anymore without being forced to subject them to some stranger's nude body that she wants to parade around in the name of art? i find that outrageous. who is she to show my little boy when is he a little bit older her naked body as i'm just trying to take him to historic site in dallas? she had no right to do this. she decided for the parents of those children when they would get a view, full frontal.

i think it's outrageous and people should punish her with their pocketbooks by not buying this album. >> bill: how about the kennedy do you see any defilement of this. >> disrespectful but not the piece that bothers me. >> bill: that's a good point. these people are there. it's historical site. all of a sudden she shows up. >> this is what she says. i saw the children. i tried to tell pathicly communicate my good intent to them. >> bill: maybe we tell pathicly communicate to ms. badu not to buy the record. they will. you know they will. she has gotten all this publicity. go out to des moines, iowa. this is a riot. so have you been there? i'm sorry, davenport, iowa. >> i tried to- >> bill: good town, regular folks. not the same town but it's the same mentality. every day americans. davenport, iowa. they say, you know, we have a good friday holiday that everybody gets off but we don't want to call it good friday

anymore. even though it is good friday. we want to call it welcome to spring. celebrate spring. >> spring holiday. spring holiday. >> bill: it's the same. they get embarrassed and it's going to remain good friday. how could that happen. >> one guy made the proposal. >> bill: was it good win liu the judge? >> no it wasn't him. one guy decided to raise this as an issue. not one person complained about good friday. one guy said i think it's objectionable. call it spring holiday. some moron with city council sent out email to everybody saying oh it's called spring holiday now. then of course the calls come in and city council called in and said it's not called spring holiday. >> bill: take it to court and judge liu were to rule he would have said -- >> blessed winter instead of merry christmas. >> i'm the nut right here. megyn kelly, check her out 1:00 p.m. every day. >> joe biden wants my money, your money, everybody's money.

and raquel welch talks about elvis. you've got to try it,

>> bill: back of the book segment tonight. the great american news quiz both martha maccallum and steve doocy are spring breaking cheryl

casone playing for from arizona. and jamie colby representing john from hollywood, california. if you want in on the action sign up on bill o'reilly.com. this is huge for both of you. >> yes. arizona, hello. playing for my state. >> bill: casone is from arizona. here is the first question. french president sarkozy, i love that weighed in on obama care while speaking at columbia university this week. >> of course it's difficult. of course it's expensive because health care is expensive. you can't let people simply do i die welcome to the club of states that don't turn their backs on the sick. >> >> bill: which european nation has the oldest world universal healthcare system? france, germany, greece, or italy? which has the oldest system? cards up, please.

>> bill: both wrong. that's all right. that was a hard one. i did not know that one. like how hard it was. >> are there any business questions in this quiz? >> bill: no. question number two, during this holy week the president told matt lauer his family hasn't picked a permanent church in washington yet. >> you know, what we have decided for now is not to join a single church. and the reason is is because michelle and i have realized we are very disruptive to services. now, there are a whole bunch of churches who would say it's okay but when every other member of the congregation has to be imagined that you attenned. what we have done is we have occasionally go across the street to saint john's. >> bill: four times the president has attended services in his term in office so far. which church did the clintons attend during their white house years?

>> bill: cards up, please. the clintons attended which church in the answer is, c? casone scores found dry united methodist church for the clintons. here is question number three, vice president biden admits he is fine with income redistribution. >> search entitled to adequate medical health care. if you call that a redistribution of income, well, so be it. i don'ti don't call it that. i call it being fair, giving the middle class taxpayers even break that the wealthy have been getting. >> bill: biden also told interviewer in 2008 that paying higher taxes is patriotic. who did he say that to? >> bill: cards up, please, ladies. the answer is, roll the tape. >> we want to take money and put it back in the pocket of middle class people. >> anybody making over $250,000

is going to pay more. >> you got it. time to be patriotic, kate. >> bill: all right. casone got it right. didn't have a clue. [ laughter ] >> i didn't. i'm honest. i just guessed. i didn't have a clue. >> bill: here it is colby. don't cheat off casone. she doesn't know. >> please. >> bill: she is winning because she is blessed on this holy week for some reason. singer ricky martin, remember little ricky? has come out of the closet and announced he is a gay man. ♪ inside out ♪ ♪ liven la vidaloca. >> bill: i have no comment on any of this except to say which soap opera did mr. martin star n the 1990s?

>> i was studying, bill. i had no life. i did not watch television. >> bill: casone knew that one. you are o for four and people are starting to feel story for you. >> i may get to come back. >> come on, john, root for me. >> bill: in fact, john owes us money from your performance. so, casone wins, but let's all pray. >> what does it mean? >> bill: 0 for 4. you didn't get any right. >> i had fun. >> bill: not over yet. one more question. let's pray colby gets this correct. question number five. actress raquel welch still a stunner at age 69 will be on the factor tomorrow night. which elvis movie did she have a big part? >> again, no idea. >> i would like a lifeline,

bill. can i call a lifeline? >> bill: roll the tape. >> you girls are new here, aren't you? >> um-huh. >> i tell you you get rid of the guys you are with and i will meet you later on. >> knock it off, buddy. >> don't get sore. >> he is only kidding. >> sure i was just kidding. >> sing. >> bill: roustabout. >> beats being a pinhead, bill. >> again, guessed. completely guessed. you know why? because at 69 she looks hot in a bathing suit. blue hawaii swimsuit. >> bill: if elvis were alive today he would not be coming out as a gay man. that's all i know. i don't know anything else. all right. >> that's true. >> bill: ann from arizona, you win. >> go casone. >> bill: happy easter. far left john cusick in the zone tonight. right back with p and p. boss:hey, glad i caught you. i was on my way to present ideas about all the discounts we're offering. i've got some catchphrases that'll

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bill: time for pinheads and patriots. 78-year-old elizabeth known as the hug lady continues to embrace american troops coming and going to and from the war zones. it is estimated she has delivered a half million hugs. for that, she is ag7i patriot. on the pinhead front this is not an april fool's deal. far left actor john cusack's new movie is called "hot tub time machine." >> announcer: these four friends started partying in 2010 and woke up in 1986. >> it must be some kind of hot tub time machine. >> we are ourselves. bill: while promoting "hot tub time machine" which will be

nominated for an academy award. mr. cusack took time out to hammer reagan's tenure in the white house saying there was militant patism, nationalism, full spirituality to the reagan years. i have no idea what he means. i do know he remains a pinhead. i explain why i remain a roman catholic despite the continuing priest pedophilia scandals. i think you will find that column interesting. get the order in early for mother's day and we'll send you two free tote bags, so this is a great deal. now the mail. bill it was not necessary to interviewed franken. you were boring. you were correct to tell jason to be more respectful and allow frank to answer. stuff like that makes conservatives look bad. ray:

bill you are dead wrong, franken deserves no respect. you respect the office, not the person. unless he or she earns it. or you have anarchy. got to respect the office. june: bill, lay-off the nanny state it belongs to us, believe me, you don't need it. laurie: bill why bother making fun of france? you and miller should take a trip to china and let us know about socialism. john: does your staff define miller's vocabulary in your earpiece? most of the time i can handle that on my own. don't be dan tick. i would definitely see him if you were on the bill. that would slobodan milosevicler down. however beck and you are scheduled to do a bold fresh show in vegas in october so we hope to see you then. james: mr. o, while read ago article

about your help to the snyder family i felt pride. bill, i can't stand you because you peddle right wing propaganda. however it is noble you are helping the snyder family. i'm tempted to invite you on the factor to back up your statement. you think you can get through;& the interview in front of millions of folks? let me snow. there's a talking points memo about thezx# snyder family. please e-mail us pithy comments from anywhere in the world. o'reilly9"tñ@foxnews.com name a town if you wish to opine. when writing to us do not be a meancalf, no good. that's it for us today. the factor continues 24/7 on bill o'reilly.com. hope to see you again