here he is. >> hey, bill maher, what's the best and worst thing about being bill maher? and the worst is probably the death threats. >> you are somewhat controversial guy. got a lot of things on twitter just when we said we're going to have yn

that's what bill maher is doing. will challenge him as the factor continues all across the u.s.a. and all around the world. >> bill: thanks for staying with us. i'm bill o'reilly. in the personal story seeing. tonight, part 2 of my interview with bill maher who is one of the most adamant voices against religion and conservative people in america. in fact, mr. maher is blunt. conservatives and believers are morons. even on some cable competition to fox which is why many people probably didn't hear you say this because nobody watches. but you say on a couple of shows that i saw that a lot of americans are too stupid they just don't understand what's going on and therefore they make fallacious decisions. do you feel comfortable saying look, you american people most of are you dunder heads and you don't just understand. >> i do. >> bill: could you feel comfortable with that. >> absolutely. 60% of the american people, bill, believe the noah's ark story is literally true. >> bill: i don't know any of those people. i think

. >> bill maher continues attacks on religion in america. this time he gets challenged bill buy you mock them. you denigrate them, you make them or try to make them look stupid. >> right. >> bill: that's not know bill, bill. >> culture warriors on a college student who commits suicide because a roommate secretly videotapes him having sex. >> bill: caution, you are to enter the n ndz. the factor begins right now. >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. dirty tricks. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. as you may know, the factor does not endorse political candidates. we believe you are smart enough to know how want to vote for so we don't need to tell you. in california, there are two strong people running for governor. jerry brown on the democratic side has a long history of public service and meg whitman on the republican side is a very successful business woman. the race is very close. but now miss whitman is being attacked in personal way. lawyer gloria allred is representing ms. whitman's for

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bill maher, "john king, usa" tonight at 7:00 eastern. talking about ways to fight back against bullying. can it happen? can it be done? the special report, 10:00, you can't miss it. >>> another personnel change at the white house. jim jones will be stepping down as national security advisor. wolf blitzer joins me from the situation room. wolf, i guess the surprise alluded to the fact that he's going be there for two years or so. but what do we know about his replacement? >> he's an old washington hand. he's well known to insiders here in washington, tom donland. he works in the state department in the clinton administration. a heavy political background. very different than jim jones, retired commandant of the u.s. marine corps, spent his life as a united states marine. tom donland has a different background. doesn't have the extensive military experience that general jones had. but he's highly respected, tom donilon, a lot of people like him a lot. this is what the president wants. the president gets to pick. >> he does. he is the presi

. >> reporter: so you're never going to talk about your time with bill maher? >> why?said or did on a comedy show, you know, over a decade ago is not relevant to this election. >>> okay. the politics of personal destruction. that was just part of the interview. jim acosta, jim, it appears she has gotten some coaching, and she says this is about the future and not the past, but i see all kinds of things being brought up about the past for politicians on all sides, tea party, republican, democrat, but she won't talk about it. >> reporter: that's right. you know, this is not a christine o'donnell issue, though i think sheryls how much damage has been done to her campaign after seeing those clips resurface on the bill maher show. she is in damage control mode these days, but you're absolutely right, don, scott brown, the senator from massachusetts, once posed nude in "cosmopolitan" he certainly had to ask questions about that. surely over time she'll take those questions on. we tried our best to ask, and she really went back to some talking points about how she wanted to l

here's christine o'donnell on bill maher's show talking about her involvement with witchcraft. >> i was dabbling into every other kind of religion before i became a christian. >> you were a witch. >> i was. >> i was, i was a witch. now, here's christine o'donnell's newest biographical tv ad paid for by her campaign. let's listen to her campaign. >> i'm not a witch. i'm nothing you've heard. i'm you. none of us are perfect, but none of us can be happy with what we see all around us, politicians who think spending, trading favors and back room deals are the ways to stay in office. i'll go to washington and do what you'd do. i'm christine o'donnell and i approve this message. i'm you. >> well, that's a nice little tune playing on the piano. >> i thought it was john tesh. >> that was a real piano. don't be mocking. that was a real piano and i think it's a real person. the question is, how does she square her innocent appeal, she's a very likable person. i'd like to meet her, who says she dabbled into these things, including witchcraft. >> maybe she's goofing around on bill maher and that st

here's christine o'donnell on bill maher's show talking about her involvement with witchcraft. >> i was dabbling into every other kind of religion before i became a christian. >> you were a witch. >> i was. >> i was, i was a witch. now, here's christine o'donnell's newest biographical tv ad paid for by her campaign. let's listen to her campaign. >> i'm not a witch. i'm nothing you've heard. i'm you. none of us are perfect, but none of us can be happy with what we see all around us, politicians who think spending, trading favors and back room deals are the ways to stay in office. i'll go to washington and do what you'd do. i'm christine o'donnell and i approve this message. i'm you. >> well, that's a nice little tune playing on the piano. >> i thought it was john tesh. >> that was a real piano. don't be mocking. that was a real piano and i think it's a real person. the question is, how does she square her innocent appeal, she's a very likable person. i'd like to meet her, who says she dabbled into these things, including witchcraft. >> maybe she's goofing around on bill maher and that st

responding to a 1999 tv clip, now being replayed by tv host bill amar in which o'donnell said -- bill maher in which o'donnell said as a teenager that she dabbled in witchcraft. >> this will get people talking. >> it most certainly does. >> explained "you" before you say "i and you." -- "i am you." >> o'donnell is also trying to capitalize on her capitalistic approach. >> i will go to washington and do what you do. >> the question is, will this boost her numbers? she has been losing ground since june tour competitor, democrat chris curan. >> -- to her competitor, democrat chris kuhn. >> khristine o'donnell has appeared on bill maher's show at least 22 times. he said he will continue playing the eclipse until she agreed to come back on the show. >> president obama wants community colleges to pass a tough new test. how it could impact your family. >> and disaster in the gulf. the new worry tonight over who is getting relief money. >> get in and drive away, why these new tack -- high-tech cars are going the distance. >> still a little chilly out there, but if you like warm temperatures and a s

>>> last night we talked to bill maher about christine o'donnell and glenn beck. tonight about the democrats. full-time moms... and everyone who is good at something but wants to be great. welcome to kaplan university. the university that's changing the face of education... to undergraduate degrees, graduate degrees... degrees that can give you a leg up... in a tough job market... in any job market... welcome. welcome to kaplan university. call kaplan university now or visit us on-line to take our free learning assessment. >>> exactly four weeks from election day now, it is an election the republicans are looking forward to and many democrats say they're going to dread this a bit. here to talk about his expectation, your expectations for this election and beyond, bill maher with us all week. one of the fascinating things, listening to the obama white house, the president, vice president and others trying to tell the liberal base of the party, we know you're mad at us about health care, afghanistan, gitm gitmo, but we need you in november. listen to this appeal fro

. >> that was on "the bill maher show." this midterm season. we'll discuss that. joining me george will, paul krugman of "the new york times," tavis smiley host of "the tavis smiley show" and abc news political director amy walter. thank you all for joining us. what do you think of that image cropping up now? how bad? >> well, it's not great for mr. iott and it's probably good news for the democrat there. this was a race that was considered particularly competitive. it won't be now. but it does reveal sort of a big issue in this campaign, which is the fact that you have a lot of first-time candidates running, very few have been vetted. very few have gone through the process before. and so now when you get a whole bunch of new people in the process, you're going to find some people that have done some very not great things. >> let's talk about that. it obviously is the big momentum of this election season, the tea party and all of these new candidates. christine o'donnell who also has been a victim or beneficiary of the atte

who says she dabbled into these things. >> maybe she's goofing around on bill maher and that stuff. >> that was a joke. >> probably made up a lot of it. what she's doing here is running against the washington establishment and people -- mocking, ridiculing. >> you never heard of him. >> she's not running against coons. she's running against you. >> but i like her, so it's not going to work. >> she's saying i'm one of you. it's us against them. >> david cornyn, what people are saying about her is what she was saying about herself in the tapes of bill maher. >> no one's making this up. it reminds me of pat's old boss saying, item not a crook. when you come on saying what you're not, she's not a hobgoblin or source. she's said so many silly things, not about herself, but policy. china has a plan to take over. scientists have created mice with human brains. she has shown she's not ready for prime time. >> i don't know where you stand on evolution, but she said the other day in a quote, she said otherwise monkeys would be chasing in front of us. >> the vast majority of people believe evolu

where's that one going and how's bill maher going to vote on that?. how will i vote on prop 19? these people working for "the weekly standard," "the weekly standard," "the national review," the godfather of them, "the national weekly" was william f. buckley and would have voted yes on prop 19. he was a true libertarian and barry goldwater. i don't know how this party drifted so far from their roots. and, you know, marijuana. that's a real no-brainer. if you can't get behind that issue you haven't done your research. administration after administration has kicked this down the field because they're too afraid to act. and done studies, studies, studies. they always say the same thing. it makes you eat cookie dough. probably the worst thing it does

and bill maher joins us. he talks god and politics and a little christine o'donnell. pete dominic, we've missed him this week. he'll be here as we put sharron angle's claim that sharia law is practiced near dallas, texas, to the test. aren't you sick of these airline credit cards that advertise flights for 25,000 miles? but when you call... let me check. oh fudge, nothing without a big miles upcharge. it's either pay their miles upcharges or connect through mooseneck! [ freezing ] i can't feel my feet. we switched to the venture card from capital one -- so no more games. let's go see those grandkids. [ male announcer ] don't pay miles upcharges. don't play games. get the flight you want with the venture card at capitalone.com. [ loving it ] help! what's in your wallet? >>> our next guests for years have been in the middle of the big polyand political fights over jobs, tacks and spending, but their roles are odd as the economy dominates this year. jennifer granholm of michigan is term limited so she is not on the ballot and leaves office in january. republican senator

and is bill maher back on the show? >> yes, we will talk about the democrats.s tonight. >> okay. and reminder, you can see the delaware senate debate between christine o'donnell, and chris coons right here. i will moderate the debate on october 13th. that is going to be a good debate. >>> and a family outing ends in fear and panic as not just one, but several circuit lions attack their trainer. one i-reporter sent us the video. >>> and jeanne moos will take the most unusual look. >>> second of terror all captured on tape and happening, believe it or not, at a circus. stunning video from cnn and i-reporter doug shepherd showing a lion mauling his trainer, and this is far from the only incident like this one. cnn's brian todd has been looking into the attacks for us. brian? >> wolf, we will show you a classic predator and take look at this guy, a 5-year-old fully mature male lion from south africa sitting in his front yard at the national zoo. we are looking at the animal's behavior not only under normal circumstances burk when they are irritated. >> reporter: in

she was a sweet girl on the bill maher show. she was 20 years old.ad a lot of personality, spunky and cute. >> i agree with that. i think all that is not only fair to her but accurate. i defending her with the crazy ad, i'm not a witch. she's trying to diffuse a tough situation. there are serious issues here. >> there are a lot of people that are cute and spunky who i don't want running the country. >> be sure to watch christine o'donnell go toe-to-toe with chris koons. you can watch it here on cnn. the only network covering it live with you. join wolf blitzer wednesday night, 7:30 eastern time here on cnn. >>> a devastating reminder to tell you about of the power of bullying. up next, the tragic story of hope wits el and how one photo changed this middle schoolgirl's life fofr. errible therapist? patient: and that's why yellow makes me sad. i tnk. sarge: that's interesting. you know what makes me sad? you do! maybe we should chug on over to mambie pambie land sawhere maybe can find some yoself-confidence for you.? ya jackwagon! tissue? crybaby. geic

she was a sweet girl on the bill maher show, 20 years old and if you look at those tames she had a lot of personality, spunky and cute and she was just saying things i don't think she intended to be taken terribly seriously. now it's taken on a life of its own. >> not only unfair to her and accurate. i defended her with the crazy ad i'm not a witch. but then when you step back and as you get closer to november 2nd and say, wait a minute, there's serious issues here. >> well, sure. >> i don't think she passes that threshold. >> there are people cute and spunky i don't want running the country. >> good tv fodder. here's the other question, why so many folks like her who seem to be taking over the republican party? i mean, this is not bob dole's republican party anymore. thoughtful, serious people. these are people, i hate to say it, kind of from the fringe. >> careful there, eliot. you know, what we have to be cautious of here and this is an important point you almost hit. there's a sense out there, we have talked about this. there's a sense of elite core of people who are designated the

bill maher.hink he'd be the first person to tell you. >> larry: what do you make of the lady in nevada? >> every time you say it, it's all so mysterious. there's a lady in nevada. >> larry: i got it from murrow. >> standing on the corner wearing a trench coat. i think sharron angle is an example of just how desperate people must be to remove democrats from office. that they would listen to her positions and the things that she says and go, that's for me. i think that's got more to do with them going, harry reid, seriously dude? >> larry: where did harry -- he's the top democrat in the senate. >> yes. >> larry: he got a health bill passed. >> yeah, but i think the issue is not that -- they seem to feel that legislative accomplishment in and of itself is reason for re-election. i think a lot of people feel like they are layering hit or miss reforms on top of an infrastructure that is somewhat corodded. i think people felt like this was an opportunity to root out years of rust and degradation in a s

in bill maher's latest, she says she almost dabbled in the harry krishna movement. >> i was dabblingnto every religion. >> you were a witch. >> i dabbled in bud his. i didn't want to become a ve vegetarian. >> boy, are you spiritual. >> maher said o'donnell's made 22 appearances total and who knows what's coming next. next for us, rahm emanuel waesed no time coming out with his first campaign video. note here the quote, glad to be home theme. >> my father came to chicago as an immigrant from israel. i was born here and my wife and i raised our three children here. the president asked me to serve as chief of staff. it was a great honor to be working with him. but i'm glad to be home. >> that was filmed in washington, d.c. a real problem for emanuel. illinois state says the candidate for mayor must reside in chicago for a year before the election. he likely will face challenges from rival candidates on that fact. now to tonight's big number. alaska's joe miller just said he doesn't believe there should be federal minimum wage law. he's not the only candidate taking a whack at the minim

obviously we talked to her about the tapes that appeared on "realtime with bill maher" on hbo. and we wanted to delve into provocative comments she made about gun control and whether or not the united nations might be coming after your guns. take a listen. >> let me ask you about health care because you said you would vote to repeal obamacare as you call it and as everybody calls it. let me ask you about the health care reform law. there are protections for consumers that a lot of people, even republicans say are very important. such as, the law would ban insurance companies from denying coverage to children with pre-existing conditions. would you scrap that, as well? >> what i want to do is create real health care reform. things like that are absolutely crucial. we have to make sure that people with pre-existing conditions get the coverage and care that they need. >> you would keep that? >> i want scrap the bill and start over with real reform, piece by piece. nobody's disputing that we need health care reform, but this bill is a massive government takeover of the health care

so much media piling on against sharron angle, christine o'donnell, everything from witchcraft, bill maher, it e creates a backlash, a sympathy for candidates under siege. >> that's what those candidates hope. they have somehow allowed themselves -- well, they're saying that the media are treating them unfairly by reporting them inaccurately. that's essentially what's happened here. terrible. you know, and the -- their campaign adviserers, all of whom machiavelli, know one does not get in the way of one's enemy while the enemy is destroying himself. right now there's an anti-incumbent mood out there among voters. you're a new face, don't say anything, just be the alternative because there's this idea among some, obviously sharron angle, rand paul, they think the more they talk the more trouble they get into. this is a tactic. >> let me go to an example for you, terry smith. maureen dowd wrote a column about republican mean girl. she went to las vegas for a debate between sharron angle and harry reid. and then in response we had the former alaska governor saying this about "the new york tim

a lot of things she said on bill maher's show are probably the problem.er opponent said i was a bearded marxist in college. i don't think people are going to pay much attention to that. i agree with karen to this extent. some races the republicans have a real problem in california for other reasons and some of the races like rand paul's race is tightening our our governor's race in maryland, the democrats are doing well, but republicans are surging in west virginia and may pick up that senate seat. feingold may be falling behind in wisconsin. overall the republicans are doing fine. they're not doing as hot as they did in august when i think they would have swept both houses. these tea party folks in six out of the eight races are probably going to win and the other two are problematic. >> barring that foregone conclusion at this point that six of the eight win, is it better for democrats to let these candidates self-destruct or do they need to pounce with ads? >> you know, i'll tell you, they've been doing such a good job on self-destructing, i think we c

. >>> up next, bill maher releases yet another old videotape. this is a hoot.of christine o'donnell who has just passed the muster of sharron angle but may not with you after listening to this. she says she is witchcraft, she was a witch. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. >>> back to "hardball." and now to the "sideshow." first the newest installment of the christine o'donnell files. in bill maher's latest, she says she almost dabbled in the harry krishna movement. here she is back in '99. >> so i was dabbling into every other kind of religion before i became a christian. >> you were a witch. >> i was. i was. >> you were. >> i -- i was dabbling in witchcraft. >> right. >> i dabbled in buddhism and i would had become the harry krishna. >> boy are you spiritual. >> look at that guy looking at her. >> anyway, maher said that o'donnell's made 22 appearances, total on his show and who knows what's coming next? >>> next for us rahm emanuel waste the no time coming out for his first campaign video for chicago mayor. note here the quote, glad to be home theme.

it's our sound effect along with bill maher's response. >> i'm not a witch. i'm nothing you've heard. i'm you. none of us are perfect. but none of us can be happy with what we see around us. politicians who think spending and back room deal ws the ways to stay in office. i'll go to washington and do what you'd do. i'm christine o'donnell and i approve this message. i'm you. >> i think when you have to start your campaign with ad with, i'm not a witch, the battle has been lost. i think she would have been much smarter to ignore that, but being much smarter is not her strong suit. >> tonight, he talks politics with john king at 7:00 on cnn. >>> the right to speak versus the rigts to grieve in peace. the conflict lands at the doorstep of the supreme court. you are going to meet the people involved when we come back. it's a heart wrenching, dramatic story. what's her advantage? it's speedy alka-seltzer! [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus rushes relief for all-over achy colds. the official cold medicine of the u.s. ski team. alka-seltzer plus. >>> we were tellin

she's not the person she was 20 years ago appearing on cnn, o'donnell addressed the tapes from bill maher's show where she said she dabbled in witchcraft. >> have you been embarrassed but those clips? >> no i haven't been embarrassed. i'm not saying i'm proud. obviously what they're trying to do is paint a picture of who i was 20 years ago. you know, i've matured in my faith, i've matured in my policies. today you have a 40-something running for office, not a 20-year-old. >> o'donnell also has a new ad where she once again informs voters that she is "you." >> i didn't go to yale. i didn't inherit millions like my opponent. i'm you. i know how tough it is to make and keep a dollar. when some tried to push me from this race, they saw what i was made of. and so will the senate if they try to increase our taxes one more dime. i'm christine o'donnell, and i approve this message. i'm you. >> in referencing o'donnell's first ad where she declared i'm not a witch, sarah palin told o'donnell to use the word witchcraft and use it more often. >> she should use witchcraft and expose the voodoo economic

. >>> up next, bill maher releases yet another old videotape. this is a hoot. has just passed the muster of sharron angle but may not with you after listening to this. she says she is witchcraft, she was a witch. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. stuff for coffee. oh there's tons. french presses, espresso tampers, filters. it can get really complicated. not nearly as complicated as shipping it, though. i mean shipping is a hassle. not with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. that is easy. best news i've heard all day! i'm soooo amped! i mean not amped. excited. well, sort of amped. really kind of in between. have you ever thought about decaf? do you think that would help? yeah. priority mail flat rate shipping starts at just $4.90, only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship. [ slap! slap! slap! slap! slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum ta tu

you never know what bill maher is going to unearth next. >> i went through life thinking she wasn't mei find out she is, i'm leaved. >> that wasn't a good ad. i am not a witch. i think election cycle -- christine o'donnell has become a much bigger issue than she would if there were other things to to talk about. >> time for a break. first, you gotta check out our new website. keep an eye on the big media stories in the watch list section. go behind the scenes and listen to discussions we have in here during our breaks. you will hear thoughts our panelists don't share on tv as in perhaps the answer to this question. anchor rick sanchez gets booted at cnn. what took them so long? >> raucous rick sanchez gets canned by cnn for his rant against jon stewart and people like him. >> i think jon stewart is a bigot. >> was he fired for his remarks against jews? what do michelle shell -- michelle obama and lady gaga have in common? the answer is next on news watch. [ male announcer ] when it comes to energy bills, let's see how low we can go. let's do some little things... that help us save big.

that was bill maher who had o'donnell has his guest on the former "politically incorrect" show and hes a guest this week on cnn's "john king usa." there is a relationship there. >>> all right. the o'donnell ad is generating buzz this morning. let's talk about it with cnn's senior political editor mark preston. mark, clearly this whole witchcraft thing has gotten to the point where she felt like she had to address it. why did she feel she had to address it instead of just forgetting the witchcraft discussion part? >> fred, some would say she shouldn't have addressed it at all. i think she did the right thing addressing it. the fact is what she's trying to do is wipe it out of the way, make fun of herself, poke fun at herself and then as you see in that ad, she then tries to shift to her candidacy. what she is running on. she is just an every day citizen. she is saying she'll go to washington and change things up. i'll steal you the fact shob sidelined by the whole idea of dabbling in witchcraft and high school certainly is not good for her campaign. but i think she was smart to address

overbearing influence that's according to the freedom zone bill maher just a vent on the fringe of the conservative party conference. plus that russian athlete wins the hand to hand fighting world cup finals in the u.s. we look into what has made this soviet conceive sport a worldwide smash. and coming up in the business of day we'll be talking to the head of deutsche your pulse d.h.l. to see how the company pounds to prosper in the digital age join us in about twenty minutes time. live from our headquarters in central moscow you're watching our team with me and he said now way it's two pm here in the russian capital seven am in sao paolo and brazil's presidential election is set for a second round runoff the ruling party candidate and prepare all hot favorite dumas herself failed to secure the fifty percent needed for outright victory lauren live star reports from sao paolo. brazil is one of the only countries who has managed its way out of the financial crisis and to a growing a quick clip that other countries would envy they're expected to grow seven point five per cent this year it

simple thing to find humor in somebody else's point of view again i don't attack ad hominum you know bill maher who's a liberal icon is a comic actually said one of his funny jokes is a genius liberal joke was i never say that republicans are racists that's ridiculous and wrong but if you're a racist in america today you're probably a republican now that was his joke now that's a bigoted comment it's ad hominum attack it's not funny but if you are a liberal and he has his sheep in his audience laughing at everything he says and he's lionized be h.b.o. which is liberal and i know i was on their show in anger joe. friends of god i was on in that or in her documentary. they are given free access my people christians and conservatives are mocked through malicious bigotry on a regular basis and you know what we actually will take it we're so used to being made fun of that we see the humor in some of the jokes or some of them are really good liberals oftentimes are very smart people come from very like i get any gotta do brad is they got to start fighting back a little more of it and then maybe in a

where are all the funny conservatives the left has tina fey they've got jon stewart they've got bill maher all the rights got dennis miller i think we all know he's not all that funny so we're going to speak to a christian conservative comedian brad stein to tell us why the right has a hard time being funny but now it's move on to tonight's top story. how do you fix a democracy when it's right with legal corruption that might sound like an odd term but it's exactly the case when we look at insider trading done by members of congress and their staffers those who are free to invest in companies which they themselves oversee wall street can't do it so why can washington are to correspondent guy in a church again has the story. the annual salary of members of the united states congress one hundred seventy four thousand dollars the profit they can make by trading on inside information priceless. a number of u.s. lawmakers and dozens of congress staffers have reportedly traded thousands of dollars worth of stocks of companies they or their crosses wrote last for under the u.s. law there is no co

as bill maher said, what are they going to do, eat cookie dough?st thing that can happen is they become boring. they don't -- >> sit to be couch and not do anything. >> exactly. never mind the income that you'll get from taxes, the jobs that will be provided. this is a good stimulus bill, i think. >> you personally, you said you had no interest in it. you couldn't do it because you wouldn't be able to yell at the guy sitting next to you that wants to talk all the time. >> that would be another way to get it. >> kathleen -- >> one way of getting through the show. >> we've got to run. we've got to run. thank you, kathleen parker again. welcome to cnn. good to speak to you. watch her tonight. it will be on 7:30 to 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> this is one of the moments that touch people all over the world. this is why hundreds of people worked around the clock for more than 60 days to free 33 men. we'll bring you an update from chile in a minute. >> so, ah, your seat good? got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways,

that was bill maher and bill o'reilly duking it out last night over religion. the punk rock band bad religion. he's also a u krfrnlthszla professor, greg graffin. in his new book, anarchy evolution, faith, signs and bad religion in a world without god. good to have you on the show this morning. >> thanks for having me. i'd like to say i planned that debate to coincide with my appearance. >> it's worked very well for us. >> both of them did a great job. thanks, guys. >> tell us about "anarchy evolution." >> it's a momentous year for my band, bad religion. we're celebrating 30 years of punk rock which is something we never dreamed would happen. and throughout those 30 years -- >> by the way, you're still alive, and that ain't nothing. >> that's true. sadly, we can't say that for a lot of punk rockers unfortunately. alongside my singing in bad religion, i also took a different tact which was studying academic science. a lot of people don't see how can someone be an entertainer and a punk rocker and do science at the same time and have any kind of a coherent world

then no one really knows who she is, except for the clips from appearances on "the bill maher show" backis coons is either, you know. while he's been in the office as a county executive, he hasn't had a high profile. he really hasn't been out there. this kind of volumable woman who has been the leader of a tea party in this state getting advice from sarah palin. and you have chris coons who gets advice from joe biden on how to handle christine o'donnell because he dealt with sarah palin. delaware has become a very interesting state this time. >> and you brought up the parallels between palin and christine o'donnell. last night, unfortunately, some were reminded of a gaffe. let's play. >> what opinions of late that have come from our high court, do you most object to? >> oh, gosh. give me a specific one, i'm sorry. >> actual list, i can't because i need you to tell me which ones you object to. >> umm, i'm very sorry right off the top of my head. i know that there are a lot, but i'll put it up on my website, i promise you. >> does that hurt her? >> yeah, i think it does. i mean, look, this

. >> in a television appearance back in 1998 on bill maher's show, you said evolution is a myth.ution is a myth? >> i believe that the local -- i was talking about what a local school taught, and that should be taught -- that should be decided on the local community. but please let me respond to what he just said. >> we'll let you respond, but answer the question. do you think evolution is a myth? >> local schools should make that decision, i made that remark based on -- >> what do you believe? >> what i believe is irrelevant. >> why is it irrelevant. voters want to know. >> what i will support in washington, d.c., is the ability for the local school system to decide what is taught in their classrooms. and what i was talking about on that show was a classroom that was not allowed to teach creationism as an equal theory as evolution. that is against their constitutional rights and that is an overreaching arm of the government. >> larry: i don't know, is it a constitutional right to teach evolution or nonevolution in the public schools? i don't mean to laugh, because she has a poin

she was a sweet girl when she was on "the bill maher show." she was 20 years old. she had a lot of personality enspunky and cute and saying things i don't think she intended to be taken seriously. >> i think that's not only fair to her and accurate but i even defended her with that crazy ad i'm not a witch because she's trying to defuse a tough situation but when you step back and get closer you say, wait a minute, there are some serious issues here. i don't think she passes that threshold. >> there are a lot of people who are cute and spunky who i don't want running the country. >> watch her go toe to toe with chris coons. it will be wednesday night. >>> coming up on cnn, the "n" word. many say it but do they understand the source of its controversial. >> well it would bother me when kwoupg kids using it it's kids as young as 5 or 6. they had no concept of civil rights or slavery. >> coming up, how one man is on a mission to educate young people on this demeaning word. ♪ ♪ every day, it's getting closer ♪ ♪ going faster than a roller coaster ♪ ♪ love like yours wi

bill maher on hbo, created an obama alter ego. barry white house. >> appointing two women to the supreme court. don't tell me that didn't seal relations. >> reporter: and, george, because women members of congress are disproportionately democratic, experts say the number of women in congress will almost certainly decline after the midterm elections. >> thanks. that bill maher clip was funny. >>> beginning tonight, i will host the first of three pivotal senate debates to determine who will hold the power in washington. we'll kick off things in florida. the debates will air throughout the state. and i will be broadcasting from orlando tomorrow. >> have to leave a little early today. all right, george. >>> in the meantime, a jury in connecticut has now returned a guilty verdict. in a vicious home invasion that ended in the murder of a mother and two daughters. and now, the father, dr. william petit, who lost his family, is speaking out. ashleigh banfield has followed the trial since day one. it's been emotional, to say the least. >>

. >> reporter: is you will never talk about your time with bill maher? >> why? ago is not relevant to this election. >> all right. let's bring in jim acosta who did that exclusive interview with christine o'donnell. jim, thank you for the interview, but take us behind the scenes and give our viewers here in the united states and around the world, a little flavor about this woman and something we didn't necessarily see in the interview. >> reporter: well, you know, what a lot of people know about christine o'donnell now is the clips from bill maher and she appeared on his talk show "politically incorrect" that aired on nbc in the '90s and in those interviews she made a lot of provocative statements, ap now she is paying for the statements in many ways, because the poll numbers for her have dropped here in delaware and it could cost her the election. she knows that. that is why she is putting out the advertisements that you ran a few moments ago and that is why christine o'donnell will do more interviews and make public appearances for example at an event today an

check out this latest clip of the tea party favorite when she appeared on bill maher's show 11 yearsbbling into every other kind of religion before i became a christian. >> you were a witch. >> i was, i was. >> you were. >> i was. i was dabbling in witchcraft. i dabbled in buddhism and i was dabbling in hare krishna but i had to become a vegetarian. >> eleanor clift is a contributing editor for newsweek. hello, girls. >> good morning again. >> eleanor, there is this new clip of christine o'donnell, but then you have the new york gubernatorial candidate palladino's confrontation with the "post" reporter fred dicker. do you think the gop is damaging themselves with the prospect i was from the tea party candidates? >> christine o'donnell is really comic relief, and it's unlikely she's going to win and palladino got into a fight with a reporter, and i suspect many voters would -- would side with him. the press isn't that good favor these days, but i think o'donnell in particular is useful for the tea party movement and for the republicans because she has trouble paying her bills and she

and then this weekend, bill maher showed some video of her from his old show "politically incorrect."as a guest on that show and admitted that in high school, she dabbled in witchcraft and had a date on a satanic altar. which means she now limited her group of potential voters to satanists who oppose masturbation. [ laughter ] after the show aired, she canceled her scheduled appearances on the sunday morning news shows. and is now -- she is now at a picnic trying to explain this witchcraft thing with kind of a laugh. >> i was in high school. with questionable folks in high school? but no, it -- there's been no witchcraft since -- >> jimmy: i don't know -- [ laughter ] i don't know that i've ever heard a politician say "there's been no witchcraft since." oh, high school, wedgies and witchcraft. that's -- you know, our band leader cleto and i went to high school together. remember our witchcraft phase? >> cleto: oh, yeah. >> jimmy: those are the women that sponsored us. cleto's grandma. there we are on our broom sticks. >> cleto: that's right. >> jimmy: of course, stirring the caldron.