. >> reporter: in this darkened room in oklahoma city, adam daniels, self-proclaimed head of his own satanic church. >> never nor shall ever be. >> reporter: he is performing a ceremony of sorts in which he spits and stomps on a symbolic body of christ. it did not go unnoticed. christians by the hundreds demonstrated outside the oklahoma city civic center. christian conservatives, mostly. you drove six hours to be here for this. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: why? >> conviction. >> reporter: nearly 1,400 protesters armed with bibles, crosses, a choir, children in prayer. in some ways, it feels like people showed up for a demonstration and a carnival broke out. every denomination is here. >> what's inside that building is our enemy. and we need to be praising jesus and not tearing each other down. we need to be together. >> we're up to 14 physical members. >> reporter: as for daniels, his so-called church is a converted storage room in his house. what is that smell? a strong odor that wafts throughout he called anointing oil. it reminded me of a musty locker room. you're like the reverend?

. >> adam lip tach of the "new york times," thank you for being with us. >> on today's "washington journal," daniel wice of the league of conservation voters 25 million mid $ term election and how they decide that spending. chris cox, and former clerk for justice brire who clerked for justice thomas preview the cases the supreme court takes up in its new term. as always we take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> next, a conversation with retired supreme court justice jean-paul stevens. then q&a with jeanettea coal director of the smithsonian museum of african art. then your calls and comments on washington journal." >> retired supreme court justice jean-paul stevens spoke with georgetown university law students wednesday on his life, legal career, and the supreme court. justice steevepbs has a new book, -- stevens has a new book. in the book he outlines six ways the constitution should be amended to protect democracy. justice stevens is the second longest serving justice in the history of the supreme co

and daniel tisch, with a pr firm, he writes it's surreal to find myself in ottawa on a tragic troubling down. mydown vantage point and adamkode, who works at the t.v. tower. earlier, he tweeted this picture out, he said offices with windows crowd around t.v. and radios. asked him if he is still on lockdown. he said that at first, people were being escorted out by police but then they weren't leaving. he is about 10 minutes from parliament hill. pamela thayerman at chateau laurea. he tweeted outside the hotel after lockdown lifted partially. earlier, she tweeted this picture saying that in lockdown in the lobby, and she even said that some of the cooks were told to guard the hotel as well. and this is one of the mother powerful images from inside the cau caulkas, graham richardson tweeted this, a shot from inside cau caucus room, chairs, benches barricading the doors here as parliament members are trying to make sense of all of this, tony. >> those tweets from folks in the middle of the action. that's appreciated. thank you. on the phone is canadian senator jim munson, senator, good to speak with you. are you still under y

. >> adam lip tach of the "new york times," thank you for being with us. >> on today's "washington journal," daniel wice of the league of conservation voters 25 million mid $ term election and how they decide that spending. chris cox, and former clerk for justice brire who clerked for justice thomas preview the cases the supreme court takes up in its new term. as always we take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> next, a conversation with retired supreme court