students in jerusalem and really that's what myself and palestinian american muslim comedian dean obeidallah and i have been doing for the last ten years you know there's a lot of time wasted on blaming or making excuses what we do is we bring together jewish arab muslim and students from all backgrounds together first of foremost to laugh which we all need and to promote a dialogue for a peaceful political resolution is really healthy and conflict and that's what all parties need to do is sit down and talk there's no violent or military solution to the conflict there's no doubt i guess what you're saying it's a great day as well but of course practicalities do come in the way but a promise said in a speech to me just quote this he said it's not fair that a palestinian child cannot grow up in a state of their own of course how does that square with the u.s. senate voting against palestinian statehood kind of add up does it well i wish the u.s. had voted in favor of palestinian state and we should encourage and applaud when the palestinians move towards going through the united nations after

comedian dean obeidallah is back. ard holly hughes talking about jodi arias, the trial. >> yes. >> listen to actress jennifer love hewitt commenting on the complexities of the trial. >> sex can be provocative. it can be dangerous and it can be amazing and romantic and passionate. it can really be all of those things. >> and, dean, as an aside, hewitt did say, if asked, she would consider playing the part of jodi arias in a tv movie. would you watch it? >> maybe. i think she's better suited for the supreme court. i'm hoping president obama nominates her if there's a vacancy. she's clearly a legal scholar. of course sex sells. obviously sex sells. but this trial, it's so much more than sex. it's about a woman killing a man, which is rare. usually there's three women killed a day by domestic violence. you have this woman giving three different versions of her story, jodi arias. and the brutal way her ex-boyfriend was killed. there's so much going on. it's not just sex with this case. >> that and -- i'm different. this and

dean obeidallah could do an entire show making fun of himself, i'm sure. s comedy as a weapon. we have president bush doing to presidential humor. we've seen more of than a couple from president obama. >> this is my last white house correspondents' dinner as president. i'm not sure what i'm going to do next. after he left office, vice president gore won an oscar and the nobel peace prize. hey, i don't know, i might win a prize, publishing clearinghouse or something. >> i went shopping at some stores in midtown. i understand governor romney went shopping for some stores in midtown. it's great to be here this evening in the vast, magnificent hilton ballroom or what mitt romney would call a little fixer-upper. >> dean, you see this as a big change in presidential joking, right? the attack comic. >> it is. i wrote about it in my cnn opinion article. you can see the contrast in jokes from reagan making fun of himself for being old. bush made fun of his inability to speak english. self-deprecating humor, you can't go wrong. it makes people like you. no one's offe

dean obeidallah? most angry at time warner for dropping current tv, and even though he's a good guy, he would spite something using old testament. >> john: oh my the hope the new owners heard that. that brings me to tonight's f-bomb. it's a special easter-time bundle of good news for right-wing christian homophobes. those hopeless romantics whose faith hinges on the belief that jesus hates the same people they do. rob ingersoll got engaged to his partner of nine years. and he would often send flowers from arlene's flowers where the owner has happily handled all of his gay moves. until now. then said i'm sorry i can't do your wedding because of my relationship with jesus christ.

dean obeidallah joining me for more. you wrote this op-ed. what's going on here do you think?ff fox worthy, the comedian once joked you might be a redneck if your lifetime goal is to open a fireworks stand. now i think it's to have a show. you have honey boo boo. duck dynasty, a -- one after the other. our viewing habits have changed. we're putting aside the beautiful people of the car dashians and the real housewives and focusing in on the rednecks. i don't mean that in a bad way. >> why is this happening? >> great question. i've asked people on social media that exact question. some of the frankly, it's a glimpse into a world most of us have never seen. on honey boo boo, they went to the redneck games which the mother described is like the olympics with less teeth and more butt cracks showing. we've never seen that before. that's a fun thing. it's a guilty pleasure. for some who told me on twitter and facebook, it makes them feel better about themselves watching other people's lives more screwed up. that's not all the shows but some of the shows are. honey boo boo is a littl

dino abdallah -- dean obeidallah. >> well, i can remember him nervously holding the guitar and talkingnd i stau whole trajectory of a guy becoming an unknown to a star and about to take the seat of the basically the king of comedy and you dream as a comedian just to be on "the tonight show" e let alone the host it. jimmy is truly a nice guy and unbelievely talent and and good fit for him. mid america will like him as much as people in the city which is a rare combination, and like a young johnny carson. >> we can talk more fallon, but correct me if i'm wrong, the ratings for jay leno is strong and he beats all of them, and so why change the horses in midstream if he doing okay? >> well, number one in the ratings, but in advertising sales it has gone down in recent years, because it is not doing as well and he is not beating "letterman" and also the concern is that jimmy kimmel is going to take the young people. so it is now or wait a few years for jay or do it now. and i reached out to some peo e people, and a i know on jimmy fallon's show, and nobody would respond to me, but if it is