i like what the writer gail collins said in her column this morning in the new york times about these rule changes. she has had a lot of good things, but she talked about how we were calling it the nuclear option. she said it is called that because changing the rules here is worse than nuclear war. but it's not. it is time that we change these rules. and the republican leader said it was the democrats that started this. it reminds me of a schoolyard fight between a couple of adolescents. and the teacher is trying to break it up. he hit me first. who cares? it is time to stop it. even if i accept the fact that democrats started a, maybe we did way back when. it has escalated and it turned from a punch here and there to almost extreme fighting. it got to the point where we can't function. just on nominations alone. we have had 168 nominations since 1949. that is when this filibuster stuff really started. 82 have been under this resident. -- president. that is what i mean. it is not worth it to talk about who started this. fine. if they want to say we started it, fine. but it has escalat

in "the new york times," gail collins wrote "led by the american family association and fox news's billservative christians have been encouraging boycotts of stores that do not connect their aim to sell massive amounts of clothes, toys, electronics and linens over the month of december with the birth of christ." that is a snide comment, is it not? it's also false. the only time we get involved with stores is if they forbid their employees to say merry christmas, a direct violation of freedom of speech. ms. collins has misled her viewers and readers before, and the editors of the "the new york times" don't seem to mind. we asked the woman to appear this evening, but she is hiding under her desk. joining us now from boston, chris stedman, assistant humanist chaplain at harvard university and author of the book "fatheist, how atheists found common ground." i want your opinion on the massive display in times square put up by the american atheist group, which says "who needs christ during christmas? nobody." it's kind of mean-spirited, is it not? >> well, i'm going to go out on a limb here,

i like what the writer gail collins said in her column this morning in the new york times about these rule changes. she has had a lot of good things, but she talked about how we were calling it the nuclear option. she said it is called that because changing the rules here is worse than nuclear war. but it's not. it is time that we change these rules. and the republican leader said it was the democrats that started this. it reminds me of a schoolyard fight between a couple of adolescents. and the teacher is trying to break it up. this kid said, he hit me first. who cares who started it? it is time to stop it. even if i accept the fact that democrats started it, maybe we did way back when. it has escalated and it turned from a punch here and there to almost extreme fighting. it got to the point where we can't function. just on nominations alone. we have had 168 nominations since 1949. that is when this filibuster stuff really started. 82 have been under this president. 82. if they want to say we started it, fine. but it has escalated and gone beyond all bounds. as i said in 1995, it tur

i like what the writer gail collins said in her column in "the new york times" this morning about these rules changes. she's had a lot of good things there, but she talked about how we are calling it the nuclear option, and she proffered that it is probably called that because some think changing the rules here is worse than nuclear war. but it's not. it's not. it's time that we changed these rules. and the republican leader earlier said it was the democrats who started this -- the democrats who started this. it reminds me of a schoolyard fight between a couple of adolescents and the teefn is --d the teacher is trying to break it up. and this kid says, he hit me first. no, he hit me first. he stepped on my toe first. who cares who started it. iterit's time to stop it. even if i accept the fact that democrats started it -- maybe they can prove that we did; it is possible ... way back when. but it turned from a punch here and a punch there to almost extreme fighting. it got to the point where we can't function. just on nominations alone, we've had 168 nominations since 1949. i kind of pic

like what the writer gail collins said in her column this morning in the new york times about these rule changes. she has had a lot of good things, but she talked about how we were calling it the nuclear ption. she said it is called that because changing the rules here is worse than nuclear war. but it's not. it is time that we change these rules. and the republican leader said it was the democrats that started this. it reminds me of a schoolyard fight between a couple of adolescents. and the teacher is trying to break it up. he hit me first. who cares? it is time to stop it. even if i accept the fact that democrats started a, maybe we did way back when. it has escalated and it turned from a punch here and there to almost extreme fighting. it got to the point where we can't function. just on nominations alone. we have had 168 nominations since 1949. that is when this filibuster tuff really started. 82 have been under this esident. if they want to say we started it, fine. but it has escalated and gone beyond all bounds. it turned into an arms race and it is time to stop it. that is what w

collins used his real name and photo to answer that ad. he is currently being held on $5 million bail. the sonoma sheriff's deputy is expected back to work today. deputy eric gail house will remain on desk assignment and decide what if any criminal charges will be filed. police say gail house did not realize the assault rifle gun he was holding was not real. protesters will meet this afternoon at santa rosa city hall and marched to the sheriff's office and it is a slap in the face that gail house is going back to work. they are expected to work and renew on plastic guns that can evade metal detectors. it is set to expire at midnight and plastic guns will be a special 3d printer. he voted to extend last week. >>> and parts of south africa he voted to attend the service. on board air force one by george w. bush, secretary of state jimmy clinton they will also attend the memorial but they are traveling separately. >> they will continue to gather in johannesburg and this is video from this morning. you can see the crowds of people bringing flowers and tomorrow a public memorial service will be held at a stadium that seats 9 5,000 people and they will keep his body