with bill maher.outh park. >> when south park got threatened last week by islam miss, insensed with the depiction of mohammad. it served and should serve our culture isn't one just different than one that makes death threats to cartoonists, it's better. because when i make a joke about the pope, he doesn't send one of his swiss guards in their striped pantilooms to stick a pike in my ass. when i make a jewish joke, rabbis talk about it but don't pull out an semitar and make an adult circumcision. when i insult scientology, the worst that happens is -- >> why is is slam the one religion so many in america and the west sensor themselves about when it comes to making fun of? is it just fear? >> absolutely. because they're violent. they threaten us and they are threatening. they bring that desert stuff to our world. i said the same thing friday night. we don't threaten each other, we sue each other. that's the sign of civilized people. they don't. yes, we do have religious nuts in this country. there was

bill maher, gee whiz.e really broke with his orthodoxy to come out and say something negative about obama. in this instance i think bill maher's really wrong. i think he's wrong in this sense, that this president and this administration was in touch -- i don't think there's any debate about that, the coast guard was on the scene right away trying to save the lives of those 11 people who apparently perished -- and was told that it was under control, initially not leaking, that only a thousand gallons a day, it was going to be shortly taken care of. now we know it's 5,000 gallons a day, and i think the response has ramped up as the days have gone on appropriately. but to get back to brad's point, you know, i think in terms of hurricane katrina part of the problem was for president bush when he was coming back and flew over the site and decided not to land. now, president bush, i know, felt that he was going to interrupt with rescue operations and the like and distract resources that would have gone, instead,

where's bill maher? one of my favorite comedians. bill is the reason we have no opening prayer tonight. they were afraid he would boo, so we couldn't do that, so i'm sorry. and speaking of that, you know, everybody complains about the lack of civility on both sides. you see it in sports, you see it in politics. i think we have the answer. take a look. >> would not apply to those who are here illegally. >> are you tired of people saying what's on their mind? >> we ought to have one of the best videos of all time. everyone's got an opinion, and they're all compelled to share it with others. well, those annoying comments can go away with this, duct tape. just a few inches of this gray, stk east fab rec solves it all. duct tape, the all-american solution to everything. >> because osama bin laden releasing tape blaming the united states for global warming. you know, i think he's run out of ideas. even the united states blames the united states for global warming. i think he wants to quit al qaeda and join al gore basically. and as you know

they have scarlet joehansen, bill maher, the committee that's looking into the fall, 2008, financials situation. talking points memo has former n.s.a. director brent scowcroft and glamour is there and they have jessica alba as a guest. so in just a few minutes, this is all going to begin. we'll continue to watch the room as the president, as you can see, is still seated at the head table. >> live coverage of the white house correspondents' dinner continues. in about 6 or 7 minutes, the speaking and entertainment portion begins. we've been following your tweets at whcd and one from nerd prom. colleen is asking, who is up first? ed chen will do the introductions. then michelle obama will present some journalism scholarships. the president speaks and then jay leno speaks after that. that's the schedule of events. there's a video that begins the whole program and we'll also watch that. earlier today, for people going to the receptions prior to the dinner, several news organizations hold receptions prior to the dinner. it's a labyrinth of halls and rooms and you go from one to the other a

bill maher and bill o'reilly walk into a pub and see greta dancing naked on the bar. >> stop. >> my pointor political jokes. i have stood up here and i embarrassed myself and there will never be a record of it anywhere, oh, my god. there will be a record of it. [laughter] >> so what you are saying in your rather twisted way, without archiving our history, moment of such as that will be forever lost. >> precisely. >> for instance, charlie chaplin directed a movie in 1940 companies on a film called her friend the bandit. big hit. >> i never even heard of its. >> that's right. because it's his only loss bill. there was no existing copy. maybe because a woman contracted it, i don't know. or check this out. in 1924, 14 year-old bobby franks was murdered by nathan leopold and richard love, the two young men were sentenced to life in prison instead of the death sentence because of their impassioned speech by the defense attorney. >> i'm sure all the lawyers out there would love to be able to figure how darryl wu to the jury, but there's no audio, even though every major radio station covered tha