joining us by skype is richard chow. a policy director for the interagency council. let part of the government, working to end chronic homelessness. those winter stormed grounds hi flight, so as we so often do here, we are using social media to end up what planes, and trains, and cars sometimes can't do. it does allow us to bring some of the best visions into our conversation. donna anderson, also joins us, she is the director of the institute of children, poverty, and homelessness. a nonprofit, dedicated to changing the way we think about the homeless. and also on google plus, wendy alexandar, a working mother of three, who along with her kids has been homeless. welcome everyone to the stream. so donna, when you think about homelessness it is those very visible examples that come to mind. the reality is we have more homeless families than ever before, what is going on? >> well, exactly as you mentioned earlier. the face of homelessness in america is changing. what we once thought of the single adult, that face is transformed into the face of a school kid. that is th

. >> assistant professor of joins usonal relations now over the phone by skype. threat is of the scandal pose for the prime minister? it is a lot of problem because, one, as he said, he had to change out his cabinet. the other thing is, we had to elections in 2014 and one general election in 2015. basically the political culture of the atp is you have to basically going to reflections -- elections whenever they are due. as it stands, there seems to be a lot of debate, a lot of controversy over the overall legitimacy of the government. not electoral but in terms of government. >> can you hear me? it looks like we lost the contact. we will get back to him as soon as we can. moving on now -- a bomb went off in cairo this morning, planted near a bus and a busy intersection at nasr city. no one was injured. no one claimed responsibility. it comes one day after the government officially declared the muslim brotherhood a terrorist organization. the 80 five-year-old islamist movement officially branded a terrorist group. -- 85-year-old islamist movement. it was announced

justin povick of accuweather is here by skype-- justin just how dicey will it get? >>it's going to get very dicey at a time when many people are traveling here on friday and into the coming weekend. somewhat of a quick hitting storm system. a general 3 to 6 inches of snow is what we think starting out in the eastern plains and the midwest on friday. cities such as indianapolis, columbus, and cleveland looking at a healthy heaping of snow and then that moves into the northeast unfortunately for the weekend. >>thank you for that update. chuck coppola tells us what's brewing in dc... angie --the compromise budget is in the senate's hands...the house voted last night to --- the agreement reached between gop house budget chairman paul ryan and democrat patty murray-- extends government spending into 2015 and takes the threat of government shut down off the table. "it's not everything that we wanted but it advances conservative policy and moves us in the right direction." that was speaker of the house john boehner. the bi-partisan bill has the support of president obama.

final days before christmas.jeff lenard-- of the national association of convenience stores joins us by skypethis morning with the latest stats.good morning jeff-- what will last minute shoppers be buying? >>they're buying time. and what we're seeing at convenience stores iswe surveyed consumers and about one-third said that they'd be shopping for food and drinks on their way to the mall or somewhere else. another one- third said they would be buying more presents whether it's gift cards or something like that and not going to the malls. >>why is it so popular to shop at your local gas station? >>there are people that have always done that. back in the old days like with mad men what people would do is buy cartons of cigarettes. and it has evolved today to some of the gift items that you see in other stores---impulse items that are either stocking stuffers or gift cards or something that you no longer have to worry about going down the street and getting somewhere else. >>any chance the mega millions jackpot is driving traffic? >>lottery tickets are a big stocking stuffer and we've seen peopl

we spoke with professor turney by skype earlier today. >> we've got a couple of weeks worth of fresh food and then on top of that if things get really bad we've got two weeks of glorious dehydrated food. (laughs). >> reporter: jim, professor turney tweeted some good news today. the blizzard has passed and while they're waiting to be rescued the scientists are carrying on with their research. now, when explorer douglas mawson made the same trek a little more than a hundred years ago, he was stranded for two years. >> axelrod: bill whitaker with the dramatic story from the south pole. thank you. and we have some news about one of our colleagues. today senior correspondent john miller announced he'll be leaving cbs news to join the new york city police department. john will be working on intelligence and counterterrorism under incoming commissioner william bratton. this will be john's second tour with the n.y.p.d. and all of us here at cbs news wish john all the very best. a computer glitch gave some delta customers the deal of a lifetime. home prices are shooting through the roof in on

when we spoke to professor turney by skype a short while ago he said there's more than 13 miles of ice seven feet thick blocking them from open waters. and that's too thick for the ice breakers to get through? >> individually, yes, that's right. but working together they can actually break apart, clear it away, break apart, clear it away. >> reporter: so in the best-case scenario, when do you see yourself breaking out of this ice? >> if we're fortunate, the next three to four days would be absolutely fantastic. but that's an optimistic view. the weather at the moment is pretty stable, which is good. who knows after that. it's so changeable. >> reporter: jeff, professor turney said when the french ship arrived it had engine problems but they have since been repaired. as for that australian ice breaker? well, it's been stuck in the ice before. professor turney, though, says morale on the ship remains high. >> glor: bill, do they have enough food right now? >> reporter: well, jeff, they say they have two weeks of fresh food and another two weeks of dehydrated food so they're okay for now.

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. >> well, andrew tabler is a senior fellow joins us live by skype from washington, d.c. andrew, it's been another day of carnage in syria's second city. how significant is this on going government offensive, and why do you think assad's force forces e concentrating all of their assets into aleppo. >> they're trying to take syri syria's largest de facto city. before the peace talks of gene geneva. that is the reason, i think, for the attacks. >> what are these weapons? why use them? they seem pretty indiscriminate. >> reporter: that's right. they are indiscriminate. they have been using them for some time, a year and a half, maybe longer. the reason for the recent resurgent of this is they are former minds of the soviet era packed with nails, razor blades, debris dropped on civilians by the regime. >> the u.n. recently condemned the government offensive in aleppo yet assad's forces continue to hit the city indiscriminately with the defendant of so many civilians. is this another sign that the government doesn't really care about the civilian population. >> the assad regim

you did it by skype. or by some form of video communication. you feel you can travel to europe or to the united states? risk foris clearly a my doing either. i would feel completely free to travel to a country like germany, but the problem is germany is in the eu along with the u.k. and there are all kinds of laws and other conventions that govern the ability of the u.k. to claim if somebody has engaged in terrorism and then force other eu states to turn them over. i have very good lawyers who are working to resolve all of these various risks, but every lawyer i've spoken to in the past four months has said you would be well advised not to travel until the legal issues are resolved. laura poitras has received the same advice. sarah harrison has gone the same advice. there are very genuine legal threats that are deliberately being hung over the heads of those of us who have worked on the stories and are continuing to work on the stories in an attempt to intimidate us and the terror us from continuing to report. it is not going to work. we're goi

who spoke to us by skype from new york. >> i think our protest played in a role in elevating the issue and generating broad support for the issue. >> all that is left of the future is now. >>reporter: by now the movement had gained a lot of media attention and interest of professor, celebrity and lawmakers. >> ask the question what the hell is the university of california doing making profit from slave system in 1986? a then speaker of the calf assembly will brown was in serrated to address the crowd and help convince the uc regent to vote to withdraw the university investment in businesses trading with south africa. a little over a year after the protest began, the regent voted on 3 year plan to difficulty veingt their hold ntion south africa. the first vote was the rage vote that caused california to become the identifiable capitol of the movement kill apartheid e-and memorial to remember the life and legacy of nelson mandela will take place in the rotunda of city hall in san francisco on wednesday at 8:00 o'clock in the morning. in the newsroom, abc 7 news. >> hotel security guard i

. >> the dork surprised the family with the news by skype and they were overwhelmed. william's life started changing the moment he sat up on the operating table. >> i looked around the room and i look through the window. there was lena and everything was so vibrant, so bright. >> just the way he was look at me, he was able to see me and smiling and laughing, i knew he could see so much better. on the way home he was reading the signs on the side of the freeway and reading the license plates. i'm like you are a big kid. >> william is an in-home caregiver for nena's brother, bo, who has cerebral palsy. and bo wanted to share a message. it's a beautiful message to the anonymous donor and the doctor. >> thank you for saving our daddy's sight. >> i wish i knew the person and was able to invite them over for thanksgiving. >> you gave me my gift before christmas, and i thank you. you gave me the gift of sight, which is a beautiful thing. >> cheryl jennings, abc7 news. >> and william fleming is already filling out applications for new career opportunities. if you would like t

. >> we spoke by skype with a former cia officer who says it should have been obvious beal wasn't a spy. they're not allowed to tell people about their work. >> there were a number of red flags being waived in the air and no one seemed to pick up on this. >> the judge called beal, quote a stain on the federal workforce. in addition to the prison sentence of two years, eight months, she ordered him to pay more than half a million dollars to the feds on top of more than $800,000 he's paid back for work he didn't do. >> ten years. >> ten years. >> no cia, not today. good to see you, thank you. >>> it's a great day for your 401(k)'s and your ira. the markets jumped just after 2:00 about an hour ago. up 183 points and we're above 16,000, it shot up around two weeks ago when the feds announced starting in january it will begin scaling back the massive economic storm stimulus program to the tune of $85 billion a month. the fed sites a stronger job market. it said once the job market gets better we'll scale back. investors love the decision. gerri willis is with us. you see what happened? it di

. >>> joining me by skype syrian rebel commander. >> we hope our friends in the united states and inrn country help the syrian people. >> i do think we need to be, as diplomats, mindful of the medium as well as very much committed to getting out the appropriate message. >> ahmadinejad was a wolf in wolf's clothing and he's a wolf in sheep's clothing. >> -- eventually for years and years? >> let me put it very clearly. >> please. >> we are not talking about years and years. that is not what is contemplated. >> certainly what the afghans say and it was confirmed in a letter to the president. >> it's not being contemplated years and years. >> what can you say to the north koreans about the americans -- >> well, north korea really needs to recognize the dangerous steps it has been taking on many fronts. >> she and ronnie were as close as they were. >> in your recovery, gabby, is this a process of trying to reclaim the old gabby giffords or a new gabby giffords? >> the new one. better, stronger, tougher. >> gabby is tough. >> no one doubts your toughness. >> just watching gabby work so ha

. >> the doctor surprised the family with the news by skype and they were overwhelmed.changing the moment he sat up on the operating table. >> i looked around the room and i looked through the window. was so vibrant, so bright. >> just the way he was look at me, he was able to see me and smiling and laughing, i knew he could see so much better. on the way home he was reading the signs on the side of the freeway and reading the license plates. i'm like you are a big kid. >> william is an in-home caregiver for nena's brother, bo, who has cerebral palsy. and bo and the family wanted to share a message made by the little ones. it's a beautiful message to the anonymous donor and the doctor. >> thank you for saving our daddy's sight. >> i wish i knew the person and was able to invite them over for thanksgiving. say come sit with us. >> you gave me my gift before christmas, and i thank you. you gave me the gift of sight, which is a beautiful thing. >> cheryl jennings, abc7 news. >> it is, indeed, and he is already filling out applications for new career opportunities. if you w

greenwald i want to turn to glenn greenwald himself -- i want to turn to glenn greenwald who testified by skype testified before the european union, emphasizing the nsa's interest in metadata. >> collecting metadata is the supreme priority of the agency because it enables the nsa to invade people's privacy more effectively than the interception of content. i think sometimes it is difficult to understand that in the abstract, but it is easy to understand when concrete examples are used. so if you can imagine, for example, a woman who decides she wants to get an abortion, if you're listening in on her phone call, what you'll hear is her calling the clinic, the clinical answer with a generic sounding name like eastside clinic or something like that, and you'll hear the woman who you decided to target for surveillance ask for an appointment tuesday at 2:00 and then hang up the phone. you'll have no idea why she called or even what kind of clinic she called or what the purpose was. but if you're collecting her metadata, you will see the phone number she called and then be able to identify it as an a

by using skype you agree that any time you use the word democracy we'll send a copy of your im the proliferation of this now has given me the fear like when my computer behaves erratically i think i have a rat. you mentioned and enjoy doing it. was this meant to be a how to guide for -- >> it was meant to be a how to guide for figuring out how to take liberty of your computer. forbidden knowledge was something we trafficked in. someone in my peer group met someone who met someone who knew if you unscrewed on the back you get a dial tone you could make a free phone call and that information spread like wild fire. it was part of our social capital in our group and that was pretty amazing in those days, but these days the forbidden knowledge is pretty easy to lay hands on. the price of a fact has crashed to zero, but knowing which facts to finds has become more expensive than ever because all the facts are at your fingertips. by having a book that was affectively a bunch of key words you could type into your favorite search engine and scenarios that would describe what you might find on the other e

. >> we spoke by skype. it's just not the case at all. >> trapped since christmas eve, the researchers endured wins approaching 50 miles per hour. >> it was doing remarkably well. >> 74 scientists journalists and crew left new zealand for a month long expedition to study the waters. they are retracing the steps of douglas moss in who made this trek in 1911 and he was stranded for two years and he endured winds like this. he said it's good they are coming to the rescue. they need two ships at least. we are having a bad term. two meters or so of sea ice. >> he has new respect for those who did this more than 100 years ago. >> the force of nature and how quickly it can change. >> bill whitaker los angeles. >> stocks are up opening up higher than ever. the industrial average gained to end at 16,480. today's open was the fifth high open of the year. >> wall street is heading for the best performance since 1996. the senior columnist for yahoo finance. >> happy new year. up 25% for the year. what is going on? >> an

he is with us now by skype from that stranded ship. professor turney, good morning. how is it going aboard the ship today? >> good morning to you too. it's going all right. we've had a roller coaster of a day unfortunately today. we were hoping we would be on the way out but unfortunately our relief effort didn't manage to get through to us. >> how close did an ice breaker get to you before it had to turn around? was it within eyesight? >> no. not this vessel, unfortunately. it was about 14 or 13 nautical miles but a couple of days ago we had a chinese ice breaker the snow dragon that got within 7 nautical miles. we could see it and we had the team celebrating. we thought we were out but unfortunately the thick ice was too much for it. >> now, this is summertime in antarctica. is this kind of ice and being stranded in ice something you should expect? >> no. not really, actually. this is quite exceptional what happened. we had to look at the information and what appears to have happened is on the other side of the open water where we were heading there was a massive b

martha: we want to thank elliot wooded for joining us by skype.tory's in "outside" magazine. elliot and li s, thanks. will: these are more and more popular. jon scott waiting in the wings for the handoff. what's up, bud? jon: we'll take it at the top of the hour, bill. we are honoring the memory of nelson handel la today. the south african hero dead at the age of 95. we'll talk with a journalist who covered his rise from jail to the presidency. plus, wicked weather settles in over a huge chunk of the country, and we'll also take a look at msnbc's coverage of president obama, also the resignation of martin b bashir. it's all ahead, "happening now." bill: see you top of the hour. happy friday to you. jon: happy friday to you, bill -- bill: what? martha: more later. we'll have the rest of that sentence. bill: ice, snow, and subzero temps, some are saying it's the worst ice storm we've seen in four years. what you can expect where you live today. >> we got an e-mail indicating substantial ice buildup, possib and, obviously, you can see the ice already

right now, we are joined by fred weir via skype, the moscow correspondent for the "christian science monitor." do you have any idea who might have been responsible for this attack? >> reporter: i think that it's 99% susta 99% certain that we are looking at the same insurgents who attacked in bolegrad barrel two months ago, dokumarav's network from the north caucuses or some other group. but it certainly originates there in russia's really eithering insurgenseething insu >> fred, as he indicated, he was going to step up attacks saying he was end his moratorium. i want to read to you, the warning, there is a heighten risk against softer target did such as transport infrastructure in sochi and the surrounding area. this was written in october. so, if i am an american citizens thinking about traveling to sochi for the winter games, how secure, how safe should i feel? >> i think everybody is going to be worried because there are two schools of thought. >> fred, we are having problems. >> striking. >> okay. ? >> places like bolegregrad because they are outlying regions. as we know, russian

. >> we are joined by tristan via skype from bangkok. we haven't seen the violence. there was a truce. do you get the impression that the protest movement is losing momentum. >> yes, i definitely do. we don't think the protests will continue with the same numbers up until november. the main goal has been to have a lot of people creating the position. it looks like it's legitimacy and open up the possibility of military intervention. >> why has that happened, especially seeing there's enthusiasm and momentum. >> we have to keep in mind that in bangkok it's never been a stronghold of the government. really, they get most of their support interest outside the country. bangkok pulls in 100-150,000 people. it's not good representation of what the fast majority of thailand bequeeths. >> there was an introduction for the king's birthday which is a national holiday there. is part of it the logistics of organising crowds and rallies. >> there has been five days. they've had a break. it's slowed down from here on out. the logistics are hard. we have protesters over a large cit

we are joined via skype by simon from unicef. >> help us understand what unicef is facing as it trieshelp children in the refugee camps. >> if you permit me to remind ourselves of how this - the sale of this refugee crisis has grown in the past year. i was looking back at the figures for the 1st of the december, a number of registered syrian refugees, on 1 december, around 400,000 at that time. today as you mentioned earlier, there's well over 2.2 million refugees, syrian refugees registered around the region. the true figure is probably close to three. in the face of the enormous increase in the scale of the problem, there's an enormous mobilisation by the agencies at which unicef is one. our focus is on the children. it's on ensuring that that have enough warm winter clothing and blankets to see them through what will be a harsh winter and trying to find ways of keeping them occupied, getting as many children as possible into a form of learning inside refugee camps or host communities. >> do you have enough supplies? do you feel like you can help the children in need. >> there'll be

. >> there's a lot of things like e-mail and skype and being on facebook in fact, by you see seniors design and having photograph. >> what programs will you be using or are you a casual suffer would you like to take it with you around town. >> it's great typing short e-mails by nothing extensive on a be tabltd. >> i need to be able to buy a good all around desk for $400 but if you very specific he needs the cost can go up. you want 2 gig hurts and at least 4 gigs of ram. those store your videos and documents. if you're looking for a laptop try them out in the store as they have any touch pads >> there are different types of of mouse's and there's voice activation. >> once you have an idea of what you need be sure to shop aaron and compare on line and look at the mustards website for refurnished computers that come with a warrant. and they offer computers for much, much less. purchasing a computer should not be securey you can slejtd/select a system that can get you

a skype. anand by the time that our grandkids are going, they will talk into the watch and you'll have a meeting instantly. who knows what it's going to be? what we can say for sure is you don't get an e-mail what's in these letters. and you don't get on twitter what's in there. plus i've written several -- i wrote three or four history books about this. we went to digital we lost a lot. it made it a lot easier but the great -- they don't say i'll take 600 pictures and maybe one will be great. they concentrate on getting a truly great picture. same thing through -- i never thought. brilliant. >> once again spend it never ends. [laughter] >> several things in conclusion. firstly, thank you very much for joining us this evening. thanks to our viewers on c-span or for those of you at the museum, copies of the book are available for purchase and autograph is provided by our friends, they are in that direction. marty, thank yo thank you very . >> thank you. [applause] >> [inaudible conversations] >> booktv

by via social media. spoke to cbs news via skype. >> trying to make the best use of time and as a result, i think we're helping a lot with keeping moral up. >> hoping the stars will align for the aurora, the ship's larger size gives it a better chance of breaking the ice and setting it free. >> it was fortunate, absolutely fantastic. but, that's an optimistic view. >> also weather permitting. coem for cbs news. >> the australian ice breaker has to push through 13 miles of ice. remember they are doing two knotts an hour. reach the stranded ship, crews on board say they have enough food for four weeks. >> after a record breaking eight hour space walk outside the international space station, astronauts couldn't complete their mission today. here's a look at two russian astronauts installed cameras on the hull of the space station. they eventually had to remove them after data from the cameras could not transmit back to mission control. this is the third space walk this week. >>> and a bay area high school marching band is heading over sees. joe vasquez shows us how they will help ring in 2014. >> they are the pri

freedoms meanwhile several thousand government support to stop it in murray and skype are new to the ukrainian parliament guarded by police officers in riot police demonstrate this report that he needed special nike shocks spm and the rally is still to be an attempt to counter the cute spread your demonstration in independence class. say it tends to be head throughout the day. the pint at the presidents from gets the call comes from the quite the ride roughshod south and east of ukraine. all this got the highest apartment surrounded by police and riot police on the site it as a vacation a symbolic reminder that the current government hawks hit regions so that just said that our team even his knee. south africans had begun an official period of mourning for the former preston wilson on data that for many it's more a celebration of his life the next seven days a series of events to commemorate the man who's held up as a symbol of freedom and forgiveness. we danced until it was also a symbol for the rest of the african continent. take some fun in the democratic republic of congo to my country when there was a blow to

. >> we have joined by roland via skype. what do you know about the blast and who might be behind it? >> there's about 15 people dead as far as we know at the moment. the wounded is the - the counter count for the wounded is 36. it seems to be going up and depending which state agency he talked to it's not clear. we are looking at 15, maybe more that that dead and tens, dozens of people wounded. as for what was behind it, i don't think we are really going out on a limb to say this is the work of the same people in moscow airport and the moscow metro in 2010. that is to say the islamist insurgency, essentially to give you a brief idea of what is going on there, the separatist checkan insewerage si, a nationalist thing that fought two wars and lost, mewettated into a pan caucasian islamist insurgency fighting across the north caucasus, and it looks like what they have done before. >> from an american standpoint they are thinking of the upcoming olympic games in socchi. how safe can russia say the games will be when this type o

skype, hollowing out the middle. the rural drain and america. ethan, why this law that closes schools? >> i think it's a response by the legislature and the government to deal with ever increasing costs in education in alaska. we had boarding schools up until the 1970s, in which the case went to the supreme court and it was decided that the state had the responsibility to educate every child in alaska, and so high schools popped up in all of our villages, and now the state has enabled it so that if the population drops under 10, your school goes into closure over a four-year period. and lessens the budget thing because oftentimes the money is spread out throughout the district. but i think it's a response to save money because the state is not increasing dollars for education, especially in alaska. the costs keep rising consistently. our oil costs go up, and people need to put this all in perspective. they think we can go from one town to another and bus 50 minutes away. no, my community, i'm in average registerinanchorage. and the only way i can get there is to fly in an airplane, which costs me $1,008 round trip.

. >> we are joined via skype, a middle east analyst: $3 million from saudi arabia so the army can by more weapons. why have they given a donation? >> saudi arabia is sending a message that it is not giving up on lebanon. it wants to make sure whatever happens next in the country, the moderate voice, those that stand with the states, the institutions of the country, have a fighting chance. there's a struggle with iran as well, but, more importantly, i think there is a realisation that if lebanon is not going to break up, if there's not going to be another civil war, that it's critical to support its remaining institution, which is the lebanese armed force, and it needs a lot of help. support for the lebanese armed forces, is it a dig at hezbollah, which is funded by the sawed rival iran. the army is considered as being comparatively weaker compared to hezbollah. >> hezbollah's argument has been that the reason why it is not giving up its weapons to the army was because the army was weak and could not defend the country. riyadh made a tactical condition, a sophisticated mood saying to

by emerging from a tunnel. his parents were overjoyed. >> it has been seven years since we have seen him. that,k on skypenything like seeing our son. >> i'm exciting. it is like i just had a birthday. >> i was hoping they would get a heart attack when they saw me. it is overwhelming. >> got to love all of those smiles. he spent the past three his and h try to keep return a secret. he admits it was hard to be quiet, but glad he was able to pull it off. a deluge came on quickly. 72 degrees. and then toward the end, boom. outside we go. skies are cloudy. rain on the way. heavy rain after midnight. it could cause some slowdown for the rush-hour commute. amanda will be here tomorrow morning and will a you on the traffic situation. 60 degrees right now at reagan national airport. winds out of the south at 10 miles per hour. the record is 72. our average is 45 degrees. our average low is 31. look at how cold it fell. three degrees. not even close to that. 16 right now in silver spring. a third of an inch of rain has fallen. we will add to that overnight. alexandria, safety nine. 60 in downtown d.c. 61 in martin

skype this minute. i think your video did an excellent job capturing the essence of zena. are you surprised byhe reaction the video has gotten? >> yeah, actually. i'm not surprised people love zena but i'm surprised people are taking the time to watch my video about her. i guess maybe because everything i put online hardly anyone watches it, but it's really great to see how zena has become the world traveller she's always wanted to be. >> what is it about her that you think has so many people watching the video? >> she's one of those people who can't help but be herself in all her quirkiness and everything and i think that's what people find fascinating about her. she feels very genuine. at all of the life that she had? >> it was really hard, and i am really sad that all of that was gone. i was thinking of how much fun it was to work on these little projects with her and how lucky and great all of that was. then when i got around to editing it, there were moments where i had totally forgotten that she had passed away. there were definitely moments where it was a really good experience and it w

by emerging from the tunnel. as you can imagine his parents are overjoyed. several years since we've seen him. we talk on skypet it doesn't do anything like seeing her son. >> i'm excited. i just had a birthday. is about birthday christmas gift i hope ever receive. >> they wouldn't get a heart attack when they saw me. hunter spent the previous three days in a hotel in largo. it was hard to keep it quiet, but he is glad he was able to pull it off. >> look at that. i could watch military homecomings every single day. i love those. those, notmore of just on a holiday. >> check this out, amazing video that you have to see. you can see flames burning inside several cars. this is what all the started.

being joined by joel raney, from the baptist association, and copresident from the freedom from religion foundation, and the libertarian chick online. and parker marie malloy, joins us on skype. now, before we get started, if this is your first time joining us, we want to mention that we use a lot of media platforms to bring folks into skype and google hang out and quality isn't always perfect. but to reach a wider range of voices across the country, that's what's important to us. and thank you for joining us. so joel, is there a war on christmas by the anti-religious left? >> well, i'm getting my presidents regardless. so i'm looking forward to the holiday. what's implied in the question, when i go to home depot and the cashier tes me happy holidays, i don't see that she's trying to start a war on my faith. she's working for a company that is trying to sell their lumber to people who don't celebrate christmas as well. and when we get to the point where we're trying to squelch a holiday or observance. and the majority celebrate it, and i find that incredible. >> what do critics say about this? there has been a lot of research on it, but what's the general consensus on it? >>