. >> bill baldwin you have a company making scented cappeddals and crock pots. >> things that peoplet want at christmas but they sell really well. >> this may be a crock, b i'd take it. >> mike, you have a stinker of a stock. >> this is a great hedge against a weak dollar. >> a fertilizer stock. t we need that stuff, steve. you like it? >> i thin this fertilizer turns to coal. i'm return it for more of liz's drug stock. >> steve doesn't have his hat, santa hat. if you get a closeup on his tie, do that l later. it's a christmasy tie. at least he has it there. thankou, everybody for joining us. have a very merry christmas. have a wonderful time this week. eric bolling and "shin' in" starting rit now. >>> we are taking aim at the "duck dynasty" controversy. sponsors of the hit show sticking by phil robertson afer the controversial comment. is that a foul decisionor free market working like it should? plus -- [ ♪ hallelujah >> president obama the divine? >> we thought he would be, i shouldn't say this at christmas time but the next messiah. >> the in stream media doing an aboutface admit

. >> when the bashir thing went on, i never said to bashir, baldwin or fire bill maher who i disagreeh. this is a slippery slope. we have an industry built on targeting advertisers and starting campaigns to get people fired. >> people should not be fired. >> don't watch it. you don't like it, too bad. >> there are circumstance where is they endpaj in horrible hate speech they should be fired. bashthe ir should have been fired. they didn't have the nerve. i'm not suggesting this man should be fired. i will continue to watch his show. it's a terrific, interesting show. when someone says something in a way that doesn't communicate what he wantses to communicate -- >> i think he communicated what he wanted the to communicate. >> i don't see anything religious about it. kwo think it is quoting the good book. >> why is that your decision to make? >> he said -- >> it is my decision to make. it's my opinion. >> it's not your decision to say what he should say and how he should say it. >> it's my opinion. >> he was quoting corinthians. we can all agree -- >> that's why he's so popular is becau

baldwin. to the most wonderful report we all agree we saw on cnn today courtesy of bill weir would joins me tonightlk about this piece. good to see you. >> great to be part of your team. >> tell me about patrick and wheel. >> old adage give a man a fish he'll eat for a day. teach him to fish he'll eat for a lifetime. this guy named patrick, young, ambitious software engineer put a twist on that. teach a man to code and see what happens. he saw the same homeless guy every day. something about him he liked. he made him an offer. i'll give you $100 cash no strings or i'll teach you to be a computer engineer. the results are heart-warming. >> let's watch. >> this is patrick, the kind of computer whiz who starts companies in college. he came to meet someone in tech who would buy his ideas and change his life. he just didn't know it would be the homeless guy on the walk to work. >> he just had something about him. and the first time i remember this thinking in my head like who is this guy? >> reporter: this is leo. as a kid he was obsessed with science, astronomy, chemistry, physics. but then he fell in

senators ron wyden, bill nelson, debbie stabenow, bernie steanders, sheldon whitehouse, jeff merkley, chris coons, tammy baldwin, tim kaine and angus king. they were great members of our committee and i thank them for their diligent work as well as all the republicans on our committee who worked so hard with us. finally, mr. president, i really want to thank all of our staffs who have spent so many hours on putting this together. from my office, my budget committee staff director, evan schatz, our deputy director, john wright riter, my chief of staff, mike spawn, and all of our staff members, too numerous to mention right now but i want each and every one of them to know how much i appreciate the intense amount of work they put into this. i will insert all of their names in the record. i also want to thank chairman ryan's office, budget committee staff director austin smythe, and many more who really helped us be successful. i also want to thank david coon from leader reid's office and chris sari with the office of management and budget and doug elmendorf and all of the staff at the congressional budget office

baldwin was right to condemn the people credit sizing him. >> martin bashir resigned. what he said about sarah palin, what letterman said about sarah palin, what bill maher said, was that as bad? they are still on tv. >> everybody has their opinion. it's up to the network to air it or not. >> as long as the groups agree politically, they don't attack them. your side doesn't attack your side when they say outrageous things. >> i will disagree with that. >> alec baldwin had a history of making homophobic slurs. >> that wasn't. >> if you grew up where we were, sean, baldwin and i grew up within ten miles of each other. when we were growing up those comments were common place. >> we are in 2013. >> you have to give people slack from this. like paula deen. should she have lost her job with with those remarks? >> 30 years ago. >> is it okay for someone to say something racist? >> you're like the thought police. you want to monitor, fire -- >> it's not the thought police. it's the talk police. >> are you really that offended? >> actually, i am quite offended. on behalf of my gay friends. >> don't watch the show. >> i won't. he has a massive audience. i do

baldwin, not so much. martha: we'll take this on with what i think will be a very good debate. billwent meteoric. bill: the white house knows they need to recruit young americans to pay for obamacare. do you this the young man in a onesie drinking hot chocolate will do the trick? why this is burning up the internet for all the right reasons. martha: i can't wait for you to see the whole thing and what's going on at this school. it's so funny. >> of christmas my girls always. in a savory broth. try one today, and sea food differently. now, try seven lunch choices at $7.99. sandwiches, sads and more. the energy in one gallon of gas is also enough to keep your smartphone running for how long? 30 days? 300 days? 3,000 days? the answer is... 3,000 days. because of gasoline's high energy density, your car doesn't have to carry as much fuel compared to other energy sources. take the energy quiz. energy lives here. bill: the verdict is in on a horrifying murder in london. off-duty soldier lee rigby, afghan war veteran singled out because he was a soldier. the jury found two muslim converts

robertson joins rising ranks of the gap gallery, alec baldwin's anti-gay share, martin bashir, sarah palin, added over 20 years ago, supporters note bill he simply bluntly uttered his religious beliefs. he may be making it worse. after the outcry he issued a non apology apology saying he respect all of humanity but the bible teaches that men should be with women which may not be enough to mollify program groups who are threatening a sponsor boycott. tracy: i don't know if the bible teaches that. you can read the bottle anyway you like. there's a lot of stuff in there. the old man is just giving his opinion. what happened to freedom of speech? dennis: supporters amounting a backlash against the backlash. more on that at 4:00. tracy: thank you. on "countdown to the closing bell," ever seen this before? guess what, it has to do with the sac insider-trading trial. for those of you on serious x m i am not sure what i am looking at to tell you, something about -- a ghost. i don't know. apparently liz claman and charlie gasparino will explain it all. very visual explanation for everyone out there. don't go anywhere. [ male announcer ] my clie

baldwin here in new york with your "cnn newsroom." let's toss things to john berman sitting in for jake tapper. "the lead" starts right now. >>> our guest today is bill gates which means our entire studio audience gets the new xbox 1. just kidding. we have no studio audience. i'm john berman. this is "the lead." the national lead. what caused it, four people dead after a train flies off the tracks in the bronx. just moments from now investigators will give us answers. >>> the money lead. these days he makes more headlines for how much he gives away than how much he makes. our guest, bill gates, on his legacy and his battle against the epidemic that has killed millions. >>> and the pop lead. fast cars made him a star, but then robbed him of his life. paul walker was in the middle of shooting another "fast and furious" movie, not to be indelicate but fans want to know what will the series do without him. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm john berman filling in for jake tapper. we do begin with the national lead. any moment from now we are spaeare' expecting new information on the deadly crash in the bronx that killed four people. the national transportati

bill. should states be able to tell them to forget about it? >> don't take a picture of hotheaded alec baldwinmeltdowns next. ♪ ♪ >>> 52 minutes after the hour. how are you feeling? i hope you are doing well. i'm anna kooiman. being a celebrity has its down size. we have all seen folks crack under pressure. sometimes it's funny, sometimes it's sad. and no doubt we have had doosies this year. here to break down the celebrity meltdowns of 2013 patrick waneos. how are you. >> i'm fine, thank you for asking. >> number five is justin bieber. you say there are some resemblances to lindsay lohan behavior? >> in many ways acting like a typical teenager. his brain hasn't fully developed so he is going to engage in stupid behavior. but to the extent of paying a pet monkey to germany and you don't bring medical papers so the pet monkey gets confiscated permanently. really it's more about an example or another example of a hollywood teenager who lacks a real male role he model and mentor. jump bieber is young and he can't handle the adoration or i'd legs, -- idolation. >> alec baldwin doesn't like his pic

baldwin are no longer with their networks. do you think those gentlemen should have been fired as well? bill is on an entertainment program. l is on an entertainment program. you see the difference between news and a reality program. caller: definitely. reality is entertainment and news is to broaden the views of the nation. host: good morning, republican line. what do you think about all of this? caller: the stuff that you read made him sound like a boy scout. stuffy and the jim crow he was saying you will never be able to read on air. host: do you think they have the right to say that? caller: the network has the right to do whatever they want to these people. are makingthey money, they will hold them up for people to emulate. we do not need reality shows with these rednecks and hillbillies. they do not make life better for the rest of us. host: what do you think about martin bashir's comments about sarah palin. caller: i did not hear it. caller: are you actually a republican? double -- host: are you actually a republican? caller: i am an educator republican. democrat in anaheim. caller i love that last pier she is funny

baldwin here in new york with your "cnn newsroom." let's toss things to john berman sitting in for jake tapper. "the lead" starts right now. >>> our guest today is billnew xbox 1. just kidding. we have no studio audience. i'm john berman. this is "the lead." the national lead. what caused it, four people dead after a train flies off the tracks in the bronx. just moments from now investigators will give us answers. >>> the money lead. these days he makes more headlines for how much he gives away than how much he makes. our guest, bill gates, on his legacy and his battle against the epidemic that has killed millions. >>> and the pop le