joining me right now is bill maher who hosts "real time with bill maher" on hbo.ive at 10:00 this friday night. god, bill, it was great being on your show. it was just great. thank you, sir. and i have to ask you -- >> chris, you were on fire that night. >> what is it like touring the south, as you just did? i'm looking and i feel like this is you with stickers on your trunk. greenville, atlanta, nashville, new orleans, austin, dallas. i was just thinking, south carolina, the home of mark sanford. that must have been fun. and then you went to new orleans, the home of david vitter. i mean, you're making the tour. you got all those republican trouble spots. >> gee, i wish these dates were upcoming, you're plugging them and i already did them. what good is this? >> i already plugged your damn show. >> you're right. i know. no, i had a lot of fun. chris, i love going to the south. the south is the funnest place for me to play because, you know, you go to a place like greenville or i was also in tulsa, oklahoma, let's plug that one, i did it in april, and, you know, th

bill maher joins us now. thanks very much for coming in. >> hey, wolf, you see if i wrote for you, you see how funny you'd be? >> i'm not a very funny guy like you. let's get to healthcare in a moment because you had a strong commentary on it the other night. but let's talk about sarah palin first, now the former governor of alaska, and among other things in her departing comments she said this. >> you're going to see anti-hunting, anti-second amendment circuses from hollywood, and here's how they do it. they use these delicate, tiny, very talented celebrity starlets. they use alaska as a fund-raising tool for their anti-second amendment causes. >> already. she makes some references to hollywood and since you're out there in l.a., you know something about hollywood. i want to give you a chance to respond. did you have a chance to watch her comments in announcing that -- you know, in her formal -- final remarks as governor? >> of course, wolf. i would never miss a sarah palin speech. even though there seems to

and, later, you will not believe what bill maher, who should be wearing lederhosen said about america on cnn. right back. çlçlçlçlçlçlçlçlçlçll bill: playing leela of indiana. fox news guy steve doocy playing for larry shiply of maryland. get on the quiz action by going to bill o'reilly.com just sign up. question number one, 1940 the date of doocy's birth, ronald reagan starred in newt rock any all american. >> rock, some day when the team is up against it, breaks are beating the boys, ask him to go in there with all they have got, win just one for the gipper. bill: ok. who was the gipper this in that film? a, a coach, b, a player, c, a priest, d a little kid? who was the gipper? cards up, please. a player. half back. >> i'm thinking of rocky. bill: i know you all knew that out there. doocy, do you want to lean back? the side of your head is very unattractive. bill: do you want to lean back? we just lost 50,000 viewers. >> win one for the gipper like the coach? bill: no it was a player. george gipper. bill: i will speak slower. question number two in 1951 martha maccallum's birthday,

on the pinhead front, bill maher continues to define america in rath equestionable ways. here while discussing sarah palin. >> do you think she has a future nationally as a presidential candidate? >> i don't know but i would neff put anything past this stupid country. >> people are already complaining that you're calling the united states a stupid country and giving you a chance to clarify. >> i don't need to clarify. it is. >> obviously this is not a stupid country so wise up, bill and don't be a pinhead. finally, a reminder that billoreilly.com premium members are getting double discounts the next few days. bill: we have investigated, madame. we've seen the birth announcements. just yesterday a doctor, the director of the hawaii health department verified the president's birth certificate. bill: that is because you don't want to be convinced, larry. bill: in an view -- interview, the second wife of obama's paternal grandfather clearly says on the transcript that he was born in america. by the way, both honolulu newspapers carried birth announcements for barack obama in

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. >> so colin powell there, but no surprise here, i guess, bill maher taking a different point of viewtelling wolf blitzer he thinks the police acted stupidly, but it may not be a question of race. take a look. >> i think they did. you know, i'm not even sure if this is really a racial situation. because, you know, i don't know if this cop is racist, but i have to say, you know, it seems to me more like a police situation. i think henry louis gates was arrested for the crime of not kissing the behind of the police officer. and i think that's too often the problem we have in this country. >> so who's really at fault here? can a beer at the white house solve this problem? joining me now dylan glenn, former special assistant to president george w. bush. jeffrey toobin with me, as well, susan, former congresswoman from new york, and willie brown the former mayor of san francisco joining us also. mayor brown, let me start with you. what did you think of secretary powell's comment. should professor gates have handled the situation differently as the secretary was suggesting there? >> i think

first, bill maher, who was just off a very successful stint on "way too early with willie geist," thisa big day for bill. >> yes it is. important to him. >> he gets up on west coast time, for that show? >> way too early. he got the "los angeles times," the "l.a. times" op-ed we'll read for you and also a new hot tub installed in his kitchen. >> a big -- he can fit like nine people in there. >> and she does, but let's read the "l.a. times." >> must be stopped. i can't disagree. stop talking about them too. why in this country is it always the religious right that won't take anything on faith? what a great question. so far the reaction from democrats is to lafr this off, and i understand why. if you seriously believe that president obama is an african sleeper spy, get out of your chat room and have your house tested for lead. but we live in america and in america, if you don't immediately kill around nonerrant nonsense, he can thrive and eventually take over like crab grass or reality shows about fat people. these people make so much noise -- i was going to bring sarah palin into it. >>

i enjoy debating bill maher. sometimes he pontiff indicates without knowing the fact like when he said iraq should be divided. >> the partition is the most logical plan, the thing that could possibly get us out of there. bill: in order to have the petition work, you would have to keep u.s. troops there for probably three or four more years to supervise that kind of a partitioning of the nation. >> i don't know those kind of details. i don't think that would probably be sail in this country since two thirds of the country is already against us being there. bill: i don't know those kind of details. now, i would never say mr. mar is dumb, even when he is light on details as sarah palin sometimes was. mar is whity. often misinformed. sometimes wrong but to question his intelligence would be unfair. just as he was unfair to call america a dumb country. as president obama might put it, he acted stupidly. that is the memo. now for the top story tonight. with us naomi wolf, the nor of the book the end of america. and dr.

gretchen: are you suggesting that bill maher would still not be punching her if she had not stepped downswing at a democrat, bill. gretchen: he's not going to do that. here's the problem. sarah palin stepping down as governor is not going to stop the blows from coming her way. brian: i watched the whole segment. they posted it online on "the daily beast," and now they have closer clips. he does not like this country. the bigger picture is there's people that walk around and don't want to be here. why is he here? if he thinks we're a bunch of idiots, walking around so stupid, i'm sure he thinks we are as well, everybody who emails and complains, why don't these people leave. steve: because france won't give him a tv show. brian: maybe that's the problem. doesn't he have a great opportunity? what's he so angry about? gretchen: he's offending a huge portion of the population. steve: the entire population. and those are the people who like sarah palin because she's just regular folks. we're going to start with a "fox news alert." you might be offended by this because the stunning case of hom

i enjoy debating bill maher. sometimes he pontiff indicates without knowing the fact like when he said iraq should be divided. >> the partition is the most logical plan, the thing that could possibly get us out of there. bill: in order to have the petition work, you would have to keep u.s. troops there for probably three or four more years to supervise that kind of a partitioning of the nation. >> i don't know those kind of details. i don't think that would probably be sail in this country since two thirds of the country is already against us being there. bill: i don't know those kind of details. now, i would never say mr. mar is dumb, even when he is light on details as sarah palin sometimes was. mar is whity. often misinformed. sometimes wrong but to question his intelligence would be unfair. just as he was unfair to call america a dumb country. as president obama might put it, he acted stupidly. that is the memo. now for the top story tonight. with us naomi wolf, the nor of the book the end of america. and dr.

and it was co bare report, real-time with bill maher and "saturday night live."g. >>> if you were shopping at walmart to save some green, jennifer, what else have you got on that? >> well, you might notice some of the products are going green. basically, if you're going to walmart, you're going to find in the future all these little new labels on the products. they're not going to look like -- here. what you see here, we're making a play on the walmart smiley face out there. but it does mean that you'll get some more information when you're buying products about what kind of a carbon footprint they have, what kind of impact they have on the environment. now, environmentalists say they just really like the idea in general. but they're a little bit concerned about what's called the methodology, trying to determine a rating for products. but it's still a step in the right direction. but one example might be, say you look at a t-shirt or pair of jeans that says organic cut, and you say, ooh, that's good for the environment, but you don't know how it's manufactured, s

"realtime with bill maher" and "saturday night live." >> the nominees for lead actress in a comedy seriesia louis-dreyfus "the new adventures of old christine." christina apple gate "samantha who." sarah silverman, "the sarah silverman program." tina fey, "30 rock." toni collette, united states of tara. and mary louis parker, weeds. >> for lead actor in a comedy series the nominees are -- jermaine prelim at, flight of the concords. tony shalhoub, "monk." steve carril "the office." alex baldwin, "30 rock." sharely sheen, "two and a half men" and jim parsons "the big bang theory." >> no. >> that was not on there, either. >> they're messing with us. >> this is a trick fest. well, chandra, back to the prompter. let's complete the emmy announcements by bringing back john to announce our final category. >> congratulations. >> thank you. you're a very tricky man. >> look at our hands, shaking. >> hello again. the nominations in the comedy series category are -- "entourage." "family guy." "flight of the concords." "how i met your mother." "the office." "30 rock." "and weeds." >> chandra, jim, you

"realtime with bill maher." and "saturday night live."edy series are. julia louis-dreyfus, new adventures of old christine. christina applegate. sarah silverman. mary louise parker with the weeds." >> for lead actor in a comby series the nominees are -- jermaine clement, flight of the con chords. tony shalhoub, monk. steve carell the office. alec baldwin, 30 rock. charlie sheen, two and a half men. and jim parsons, "the big bang theory." >> no. that was not there either. >> well chandra, back to the prompter. that completes the emmy announcements by bringing back john shaffer to announce our final category. >> congratulations to both of you. >> you're a very tricky man. >> you messed us up. look at our hands. >> the nominations in the comedy series category are -- entourage. family guy. flight of the conchords. how i met your mother. the office. 30 rock. and weeds. chandra, jim, you have been great host ths morning. it is completely coincidental that you have both been nominated. but, chandra, i have even more good news for you. you have

this is bill maher than to our. the committee will come to order.ngressman kucinich, of a subcommittee of oversight and government reform. i am showing today by the ranking member of the subcommittee, mr. jordan, of ohio. and today's hearing will examine the safety of a ready-to-eat produce, the successes and challenges posed by the california -- california leafy greens marketing agreement kevin and for the sake of this hearing we are going to use the acronym calgma. so when you hear calgma it stands for a california leafy greens marketing agreement. and rare also going to talk about the proposed nationalization of that agreement. the year will focus on the bank or a value-added and leafy greens marketed as ready-to-eat. and consumers are quite a familiar those products. and look at the role of private industry and government in regulating the products and economic and rental and food safety impacts of that regulation. and without objection the chair and the ranking minority member will have five minutes to make opening statements upon by opening st

bill maher, smart comedian.n refused to apologize for it. take a listen to what he said. >> people are complaining that you're calling the united states a stupid country and giving you a chance to clarify. >> i don't need to clarify. it is. >> tell me why it's a stupid country. >> because sarah palin could be president? i mean, please, do i need to expand on it anymore? this country gets dumber and dumber by the day. and i don't think i have time on your show to list all of the reasons. >> wow. >> yeah. >> so, a couple of things about that. the great example of how you're entering a polarizer and you end up confirming your own party's worst stereotypes. he's fulfilling, embodying the stereotype of the media elite on the coast trying to divide rather than unite. he calls flyover part of the country sarah palin calls real america. >> we're so polite here. >> who's the wing nut on the right? >> wingnut on the right is glenn beck. this week you may have heard that the entertainer come political pundit said that pres