congress room, lunatic. you said if you don't just ban lunatic, why not lunatics and from the office. joy ely, as a pro tip as we say in the business, don't hash tag your answers. >> hash tag that. >> greg, you brought up the fact that the moon affected people's brains. indeed according to one of my favorite websites lunatic was used in the 13th century and it means affected with periodic insanity. there is some thought that the reason it happened was at ancient times the moon was affected by by polar people and it would trick their bodies into it would confuse them into thinking it was daytime. that has impone away. those lucky enough to have light, we can have light every night. >> coming up -- >> yes, thanks for that. >> you know what, this is going to come up at a party and one of you guys will bring it up and you will get laid. >> wait, what? >> andy is a guy who doesn't go to parties. he is a party favor is what he is. >> i saw it one time. >> that was it is only time. >> lori, you said what the poll s

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heard it, a bill to remove the word lunatic from every word ever rain. >> the term lunatic holds a placetiquity. >> by partisanship reign for a moment, strike lunatic. >> on this vote the yays 395, the theys are 1, the rules are says pended. the bill's pafds. >> here's the one. >> not only should we not use the term lunatic, not eliminate the terms lunatic, we should also use the term to identify those who want to continue doing business as usual around this town. >> we have no words to add to this story. thank you for watching state of the union, i'm candy c

tees within. >> not only should we not use the term "lunatic" eliminate the term "lunatic," we shoulduse the term to feed those who want to continue doing business as usual around this town. >> we have no words to addto

heard it, a bill to remove the word lunatic from every word ever rain. >> the term lunatic holds a placetiquity. >> by partisanship reign for a moment, strike lunatic. >> on this vote the yays 395, the theys are 1, the rules are says pended. the bill's pafds. >> here's the one. >> not only should we not use the term lunatic, not

yes, i know some people found that offensive, but lunatic is a good word. my communications said ap and all of these others are wanting a statement. why did you cast the only no vote against this? i typed up a statement and said, look, not only should we not eliminate the word lunatic when the nation is on the brink of bankruptcy, we should use the word to apply to anybody who wants to do business as usual in washington. it is lunacy what we were doing. it is like you were talking about. we shouldn't be taking a break. i loved your flat tax. you said fair tax, flat tax, but there are some basic principals, and i love the points you laid out, neil. those are the things that we ought to be doing. >> i do what i can. congressman i am not there in the seat of power like you. i am a prompter reader. i become super when i put the costumes on. can we show that animation again? that's what i look like when i put it on. enough about me. back to what you are going to do to help me and advance this cause of settling and bridging this gap. i don't know what it is with

for wayne lapierre to castigate those people who are considered lunatics for those responsible for gun violence. so, you have all kinds of sort of crazy things going on in terms of how you define certain people and who should get guns and who shouldn't. >> right, and think about any societal issue. you know, how do you deal with children? what's the best way to bring them up? well, there is no simple answer. you can't say spanking is the ultimate answer or not spanking is the ultimate answer. there are different circumstances and different kids and everybody responds differently. when you start talking about differents, and treatment of the mentally ill, and how they should have access to guns, well, there is a rational response and most americans are thinking that someone who is not thinking clearly should not have a gun in their hand. and how you codify that in law, that's a different issue. david: thank you very much. >> thanks, david. david: it's time for your morn gold report. as you can see, gold is up just .010%, 20 cents, hovering around the 1660 mark for quite some time now, f

code. >> they argue lunatic mean pejorative. >> on this vote the yeassy 212,

lunatics could care less. you got to get them off the street and into treatment. we're not doing this in this country. >> has the environment changed, mr. lapierre? the supreme court has confirmed gun owner rights in this country, mayor bloomberg was on the program last week saying you tried to get the president not to be re-elected. you failed in that effort. he said you don't have the clout that you had politically in this town in past debates. >> the american people, i know one thing about them, they value their freedom. when the reality of the consequences of what the politicians in this town and the media and elites want to do to their rights and take them away, i think they'll do what they've done historically, defend the freedom. the american public knows the scene of the crime, it's a criminal and a victim. all these politicians aren't there. they see people like mayor bloomberg, new york city, if you're rich and you're famous you get your permit, if you're a .300 hitter with the mets, you get a permit, a big developer, you get a permit, wall street execut

we have no national database of these lunatics. 23 states, my gosh, how long ago was virginia tech? 23 states are still putting a small number of people into the system. so when they go through the national check system and go to try to screen out one of the lunatics, the records are not even in the system. i talked to a police officer the other day. he said, wayne, let me tell you this. every police officer walking the street knows some lunatic is out there, mentally disturbed person, that ought to be an institution and is out walking the street because they dealt with the institutional side. they didn't want mentally ill in the institution so they put them all back on the streets and nobody thought what happens when you put all these mentally ill people back on the streets? and what happens when they start taking their medicine. we have a completely cracked mentally ill system that's got these monsters walking the streets and we've got to deal with the underlying causes and connections if we're ever going to get to the truth in this country and stop this stuff. >> a lot of people

speaking of a lunatic, most people are lunatics for taking christmas out of hawaii. >> steve: this guyls in churches. oh, really? i don't think the constitution actually says that volunteers from a school can't work with volunteers from a church to raise money. anyway, they caved. >> brian: let's talk about the seniors. >> gretchen: look for a new venue. >> steve: it will be impossible to find. maybe there will be a christmas miracle. >> brian: you have to believe in yourself. >> steve: do you. >> brian: there are so many times things happen, we can't explain it. let's try to explain this. a senior center in california is called the new hope senior apartment complex. i'm going to keep looking at this camera. protesting in order for malignant to remove their beloved christmas tree from the community room because they were told it's a religious symbol. they're upset about it. on wednesday, two dozen residents in the 75 resident complex gathered in the lobby to place a neon green sign that says, please save our tree. >> gretchen: guess what? some jewish people who live in this apartment c

. >>> meanwhile, the house of representatives passed legislation yesterday removing the word lunatic from all federal laws. it's the latest move by congress to remove language seen as demeaning or out of date, like lunatic. >>> and in australia, prime minister julia gillard talked about the supposed prediction by the mayan calendar that the end of the world is coming in two weeks. well, she did it for a comedy video for a radio show. >> i'm confident in the prediction that the world is about to end. whether the final blow comes from flesh-eating zombies, demonic hill beasts or from the total triumph of cable, if you know one thing about me, it is this, i will always fight for you to the very end. and at least this means i won't have to do q&a again. good luck to you all. >> the dead-pan delivery, always important in comedy. that is your morning dish of "scrambled politics." >>> and now for a look at your national weather, we turn to jillian drier, who's in for bill karins, who thinks he gets to sleep in. >> i hope he's sleeping and making use. extra time he has in the morning. you kn

we have no national database of these lunatics. 23 states -- how long ago was virginia tech? 23 states are still putting on a small number of records into the system and a lot of states are putting none. so when they go through the national instant check system and they go to try to screen out one of those lunatics, the record are not even in the system. i talked to a police officer the other day, he said, wayne, every police officer walking the street knows some lunatic out there, some mentally disturbed person that ought to be in an institution is out walking the street because they dealt with the institutional side, they didn't want mentally ill in institutions so they put them all back on the street and nobody thought what happens when you put all these mentally ill people back on the streets and what happens when they start taking their medicine? we have a completely cracked mentally ill system that's got these monsters walking the streets and we've got to deal with the underlying causes and connections if we're ever going to get to the truth in this country and stop thi

the term lunatic derived from the latin word remove. before the modern era it was used to describe a person who suffers from mental disease because of the belief that lunar cycles had an impact on brain function. as science and medicine progressed, society has come to understand mental illness with clarity. senator conrad and crapo wanted to strike the word lunatic from the united states code. i thank them for their effort and i encourage my colleagues to join me in supporting this bill to modernize or codified law to reflect the 21st century understanding of mental illness. and i reserve the balance of my time. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from virginia. mr. scott: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. scott: this bill eliminates outdated references in the u.s. code that stigmatize individuals with mental illness. this legislation easily passed the senate with strong bipartisan support. the bill eliminates the word lunatic f

doning a black ninja style outfit which has become the uniform of choice for niece lunatics this gownan targets teamers reportedly as revenge for his recent expulsion. five years later back on our shores the campus of virginia tech is the scene of the worst ever slaughter by a single gunman on a school campus in u.s. history. >> he opened our door and started shooting professor and classmates. >> english major kills 32 and wounds 15 others in two separate attacks. >> and that time we heard the gunshots and we could hear screams. and it was horrible. and then we saw as we police swarm the building. i was calling my friends to tell them wherever they were to stay put. >> two years prior he had been accused of stocking two female students at which time he was ordered to attend anger management. diagnosed with severe anxiety disorder. >> based on that interaction with the counselor. i a temporary detention order was obtained and taken to a medical health facility. >> federal privacy law prevents virginia tech from learning the severity of seung-hui cho's condition. >> as i understand it f

doning a black ninja style outfit which has become the uniform of choice for niece lunatics this gown man targets teamers reportedly as revenge for his recent expulsion. five years later back on our shores the campus of virginia tech is the scene of the worst ever slaughter by a single gunman on a school campus in u.s. history. >> he opened our door and started shooting professor and classmates. >> english major kills 32 and wounds 15 others in two separate attacks. >> and that time we heard the gunshots and we could hear screams. and it was horrible. and then we saw as we police swarm the building. i was calling my friends to tell them wherever they were to stay put. >> two years prior he had been accused of stocking two female students at which time he was ordered to attend anger management. diagnosed with severe anxiety disorder. >> based on that interaction with the counselor. temporary dr was obtained and taken to a medical health facility. >> federal privacy law prevents virginia tech from learning the severity of seung-hui cho's condition. >> as i understand it from our legal c

but they voted to ban the word lunatic of federal law and keeping the word idiot. lunatic is considered outdated and believes that people would be moon struck by lunar movements. the lone no vote came from texas congressman who believes the word still applies in washington saying we should not eliminate the word lunatic from federal law when the most pressing issue of the day is saving our country from bankruptcy. continuing on, we should use the word to describe the people who want to continue with business as usual in washington. end quote. the senate by the way passed the bill months ago. now actually it goes on to president obama for his signature. >>> prince william's wife is out of the hospital three days after being admitted with severe case of morning sickness. katherine, the duchess of cambrid cambridge, leaving this morning with a small bouquet of yellow roses and royal officials say she is not yet 12 weeks pregnant. no word yet as far as any kind of due date for the baby. >>> possibility here of chemical weapons in syria. the defense secretary issues a w

. >> not only should we not use the term "lunatic" eliminate the term "lunatic," we should also use the term to feed those who want to continue doing business as usual around this town. >> we have no words to add to this story. thank you for watching "state of the union." i'm candy crowley in washington. head to cnn.comotu for analysis and extras. if you missed any part of today's show, find us on itunes. just search "state of the union." fareed zakaria is next from here and parts of the united states. >>> this is gps, the global public square. welcome to you around the states and the world, i'm fareed zakaria. we have a very important show. first up, with washington as an impasse, an exclusive conversation with unof america's greatest deal makers. james bake eric former secretary of state, former secretary of treasury, former white house chief of staff on how to stay off the fiscal cliff and on what his party should learn from the last election. >>> next, when the u.s. aimed high in the 1960s, we sent a man to the moon. with a similar effort, we can now cure cancer. that whees the head

may be disliked by many and he deserves that but he is not a lunatic in a sense and actually the russian position. on syria is that actually will turn it over to. at this point looks much worse than an ass of himself. because. it is now clear that a large if not the larger part of the so-called protesters just international terrorists international terrorist international coming from all over the arab world and not just the arab world and it is not a fight for democracy it it's against the fight. again the fight against the probably one of the last secular semi secular regimes in the middle east let me putin that has recently said that moscow isn't a thoughtless defender as he put it all of the current syrian regime does that mean that moscow's position towards assad is becoming more flexible no more school has never been really supportive. irrespective of what he does no there was not a case where they actually ok we said that we don't see a real alternative to s.x. which is being supportive to us that isn't well that is why there is there is no alternative because even this opposition

a problem with lunatic being used in the federal law. and apparently i was the only one here on the floor that didn't have a problem with using the floor lunatic. in fact, it occurred to me that not only should we not use the term lunatic -- and i've eliminated the word lunatic at a time when we are facing national bankruptcy if we don't get serious about our issues, we should also use the term to identify those who want to continue doing business as usual around this town. it's time we got serious. one of the things that would help the administration get serious, because it is a big deal and not because c.b.o. has no clue what it's going to cost as illustrated by $1.1 trillion, $1.6 trillion, and maybe $1.8 trillion. they don't have a clue. they are not allowed to use historic reality, real rules to score. they use fictitious static rule that is just so inaccurate. it would be a joke if it weren't so sad as to what it's done to good legislation. because of the emphasis on tax and all the people that are going to be hit with a tax becaus

they say lunatic is offensive and outdated. now, the house is ready to send a bill that removes the word to the president for his signature. there's also a push to remove the word idiot and the worsd insane person from federal legal code. >>> famed jazz musician and bay area native dave brubeck died this morning. he was born in concord, but he died of heart failure this morning while on his way to an appointment with a cardiologist in connecticut. brubeck had the first million-selling jazz album and the first modern jazz musician pictured on the cover of time magazine. that was back in 1954. brubeck would have turned 92 years old tomorrow. >>> the picture that launch add thousand wofrds in the media landed a bay area blogger before a judge today. the new court order that he says will keep him from doing his job. >>> the wash out here on bien hill road in the santa cruz mountains was the biggest but not the only storm damage that need to be repaired. we'll show yao what could and couldn't be done today . >>> complete bay area ne

platform and you'll see what that party used to stand for and how it's been utterly decimated by lunatics today the planks of that platform included programs of assistance to the millions of workers with special employment problems such as older workers and it kept workers members of minority groups and migratory workers it included help for the low wage workers and extended protection of the federal minimum wage laws to as many workers as is possible and practicable it included help for victims of discrimination with the pledge to continue to fight for the elimination of discrimination in employment because of race creed color national origin ancestry or sex and included support for an equal rights amendment for women and the official platform even gave a fervent defense of labor unions by saying the protection of the right of workers to organize into unions and to bargain collectively is the firm and permanent policy of the eisenhower administration. clearly today scott walker john casey rick snyder reside in a much much different republican party republicans like paul ryan who has twic

is this a a small lunatic fringe that is wildly over represented in in the media and in you know and feared by politicians or or is it actually a good chunk of middle america. you know joe sixpack so i think they're on the margins i don't think it's a big voting bloc politically you know and so you know i think when you look at the polling on specific gun control issues like background checks or so and you see broad support among others as well as i think that shows that this group you're talking about are really you know extremists are on the margins and it's they're not you know a group that politicians have to concern themselves with. much now i you know i'm competent with firearms and have been around the much of my life and i've up until very recently always taken the position that local community should be making decisions about you know what they want to do but this just you know over the over this weekend i've just come around to say we should be doing what's what's learned australia the united kingdom has done you know just say what israel does if you want to have a gun you

occupation they're not actually pro israel at all they're pro armageddon they're call them religious lunatics who yearn for the apocalypse but they're but they they pose as pro israel and in effect they are you know legislated for. pro israel in the democratic party he's embedded a part of the mainstream jewish establishment that is uncritically pro israel or with very limited criticism of israel and you've seen a congressional leadership that was quite a lot and on the subject many of them jewish american democrats howard berman gary ackerman others going and being replaced by people of whether republicans or democrats who frankly are less less informed less enlightened and have a simpler view of things and i do think that on all sides in the run up to the israeli election on the public's the political scene whether hamas or even to some extent the way the p.l.o. handled the un bid and in congress you see people. appealing to the base of the baser instincts of their constituency in a way that is at the expense of getting killed and how do you see this working with regard to the american poli

. >> well, but then there's that lunatic immigration law in arizona.festing... this hatred of the other, this xenophobia-- which is what xenophobia is, is fear of the other; fear of the darkness of the other, the darkness of strangeness, as it were-- is manifesting itself in many ways. it's not just the stereotypical white racist against people of color, but even within hispanic ethnic groups, or... >> oh, sure. >> ...as some people say, latino ethnic groups, when are the black people black? i interviewed people from this new blk in latinmerica seriesn pbs, and... all over latin america, but in dominican republic i saw a man who was darker than i, and i said... he said, "i see myself as an afro-descended person; i'm a black man." i said, "well, when did you learn this?" because so many people in the dominican republic told me they weren't black. and i'd say, "who's black?" they'd go, "the haitians, but nobody here," no matter how black they were. so i said, "well, when did you learn you were black?" he said, "oh, that's easy, when i was in new york." (

toting guards in front of churches in shopping malls as well maybe i wouldn't put anything past the lunatics in the n.r.a. at this point. but it's clear to me what the n.r.a. has intentions are here they've played a significant role in and profited immensely from dispensing around three hundred million guns in a whole lot of bushmasters around the nation to practically anyone who wants one over the last few decades and now rather than doing anything on the gun control side the n.r.a. is asking the federal government to step in with armed guards and protect americans from the dangers these weapons pose in communities across america if you think this solution is out of touch well you're not alone here's what top republican pollster and corporatist wordsmith frank luntz donning a fancy new beard had to say on c.b.s. this morning. so the public wants guns out of the schools not in the schools and they're not asking for a security official or someone else i don't think the n.r.a. is listening i don't think that they understand most americans would protect the second amendment rights and yet agree

and some people are rather reluctant to cast their votes for lunatics. i hadn't noticed. it'd be better if i came here. bye barbara. goodbye matt. albert. yes miss barbara? i'm going home and if the judge awakens during the night please call me. yes miss barbara. [clock chimes eight] [whistling] [whistling] judge! please sir your appointment is for nine sharp. judge your honor. hum. i hated to wake you sir you were sleeping so peacefully. he did it i got one! one what sir? you got one too i hope so sir. i can feel myself i'm solid. solid like i used to be. are you quite alright sir? alright sure i'm alright. hey hey what where's nick, hey nick, nick where are you? hey nick. did nick sleep here too. i am afraid i don't follow you sir. you better not i don't like being followed. who are you anyway? really sir. are you gonna tell me or do i slap it out of you. i know, but your man sir and if you'll pardon me your bath is ready sir. i don't need no bath they cleaned me up good when they laid me out. where's his duds? i beg pardon. his duds-- his rags-- clothes! whose clothes

i'm here with these lunatics here. >> we appreciate the lunatics coming in to play this morning. >> they'ree a lot of the national talent shows popping up now. so many people look at that as a way into the business. so many millions want to be you. so, what do you say to them right now? >> if i can do it, anybody can do it. lord have mercy. there's so many different ways to get in now. and tv's a way. the traditional way. no matter how it is, you have to get your foot in the door, be unique. and once you get it, it's the ride of a lifetime. it's pretty fun. >> are you ready to go on the ride with us here? with no further ado, scotty mccreery. ♪ oh the weather outside is frightful ♪ ♪ but the fire is so delightful ♪ ♪ and since we've no place to go ♪ ♪ let it snow! let it snow! ♪ ♪ let it snow! ♪ it doesn't show signs of stopping ♪ ♪ so i've bought some corn for popping ♪ ♪ the lights are turned way down low ♪ ♪ let it snow! let it snow! ♪ ♪ let it snow! ♪ when we finally kiss goodnight ♪ ♪ how i'll hate going out in the storm ♪ ♪ but if you'll really hold me tight ♪ ♪ all the way home i'll

and president wants house back, pin the blame on the republicans make them look like right wing lunatics, they aren a no-win position. lou: we'll be back, marianne has to weigh in and a bunch more as we continue with the a team stay with us. lou: we're back with the a-team, marianne, senator reid said he is dubious there would be a deal reached? >> now that everyone is talking about it everyone is more pessimistic. >> no deal? >> i think we get a deal, but not christmas. >> i think that senate has been one thing well the last 4 years, nothing. we have not had a budget in three years. never had a budget. i think the senate democrats and president obama, want us to go over the fiscal cliff, they get a bunch of revenue, and return in dribs and drabs on the american middle class, they keep the majority of revenue, spending cuts can be finessed. lou: we looked at total spending under boehner plan and as we understand them obama plan, and no plan, they end ought about the -- end at about the same place in 2022. this is madness. >> the obama drama that is surrounding this negotiation. over an i

. >> the word lunatic will soon be banished. the house of represent passed a law removing the word from the code. it was 398 in favor with only one no vote and it goes to the president for a signature. this is the latest move by congress to remove language that is out of date or demeaning. previous congress removed the term mental retardation from federal law that was passed by the senate in may. >> still ahead tonight, we are learning of a possible leak from apple. >> just released but now there is images online on what is rumored to be the company's latest model. >> it is not just fireworks and music it is also some amazing -- look at those cupcakes. i'm going to have one. >> there are clouds moving this way and a few showers and a warm front. we'll see how it unfolds with the seven hch day forecast. 37 at the airport. >> i'm rob daniels coming up at 6:00. an aide at the maryland school for the deaf in columbia was arrested for sexual abuse. plus, an historic day for some same-sex couples in our state. what is now available th