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mr. robertson.lly on the parents of that 16-year-old texas rich kid who killed four people. wait until you hear about them. those reports after these messages. you know how painful heartburn can be. for fast, long lasting relief, use doctor recommended gaviscon®. only gaviscon® forms a protective barrier that helps block stomach acid from splashing up- relieving the pain quickly. try fast, long lasting gaviscon®. [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell's healthy request soup lets you hear it in your heart. [ basketball bouncing ] heart healthy. [ m'm... ] great taste. [ tapping ] sounds good. campbell's healthy request. m'm! m'm! good.® >>> continuing now with the phil robertson series. with us michael mcclan ski marketing consultant. a and e are going to take a lot of heat on the right from christian fundamentalists, people who agree with phil robertson no, doubt about it. did they do the right thing for the corporation? >> i think they absol

mr. robertson's vision is flawed, according to luke. as i said last night, this controversy is helping anti-christian forces in the u.s.a. the secular progressive movement seizes upon stuff like this to portray christians as cruel fanatics. people only interested in imposing their point of view on the nation. i don't know mr. robertson, but i believe he is acting according to his conscience. but, in the process, is he actually hurting his own cause. having written a book about jesus, i know this much: he was adamantly against bad behavior that injures other people e would not condemn another woman in his presence who was adult truss. time and time again the nazarene persuaded folks that his way of living was worthy because it was so compassionate. homosexual americans should not be demonized just like devout christians should not be demonized and people have strong beliefs should understand the big picture. portraying gay americans as sinners gives license to harm them. it's insulting and demeaning. jesus would persuade not condemn. the

mr. robertson is espousing. me ask you this, sir, as a christian man, can you point to a single public utterance by jesus christ, the christ in christianity about gay people or about a gay lifestyle? can you name one single thing -- >> of course -- >> i'll name three for your piers. number one in matthew five, jesus said he didn't come to abolish the torah. in matthew 15 he says all sexual acts and matthew 19 he says marriage as god intended it is the union between one man and one woman in one life. jesus didn't address wife beating and heroin use. of course he reinforced and piers, i would encourage you to restudy the bible. we should love our neighbors ourself but that doesn't mean we approve everything -- >> piers, there are several problems with that interpretation. number one -- >> marc lamont hill first -- >> it does offer the words in jesus. the scripture about marriage and talking about being gay -- >> marriage is one man and one woman, sir. >> i heard everything you said and i want to respond. the old t

mr. robertson was there in full camouflage gear. and several of his friends were there, also fully bearded with camouflage on. they were incredibly friendly, welcoming, interested to know what i was do there and where i was from, et cetera. and then after ten minutes of preliminary conversation, and he started this bible study group. and which went on for about 45 minutes, referencing me on a number of occasions. and it was interesting. >> referencing you on a couple of occasions. he also said this at the end. >> i will not give or back off from my path because you conquered death, father, so we're not worried about all the repercussions. so talking about a bible reference, but himself as well? >> well, it was a prayer, something that they do a lot of these things on an ad hoc basis. and that was a prayer that was obviously specific to what had happened the previous week. obviously it has connotations beyond that. but i think it was in reference to the controversy and the fire storm of last week. >> and so after the bible study clas

mr. robertson's comments in "gq" magazine are reflective of a biblical view of sexuality, marriage and familyah, it's right there in the bible. man shall not live by bread alone because with the vagina there's more there. (laughter) folks, folks, tonight -- -- (laughter) (cheers and applause) tojt tonight we are all phil robertson. phil has taught us so much like this little bit of eternal wisdom. >> if you catch squirrels for your wallet-- your woman will never cut you off in bed. >> stephen: and if she does, hey, you still got the squirrels. and it's not like he singled out homosexuals. he also waxd nostalgi nostalgia-- nostalgic for the jim crow era, he said i have never in my sigh eyes seen any misdream of blacks. they are sing and happy, i never heard one, these doggone white people, not a word. free entitle thement, they were godly, they were happy no one was sing the blues. yes, but people had nothing to sing the blues about, for pete's sake, they got their own water fountain. in fact, they had it so good white people pretended to be them. i tell you, who i kneel sorry for, folks, a &

mr. robertson's comments were not limited to gay people.luded inaccurate statements about the journey that african-americans have had in this country's well. a & e has equally attentive to that, and has been working with our partner at the naacp in order to make sure that those comments are addressed as well. >> fred sainz with the human rights campaign reacting to this news that phil robertson reinstated on the program "duck dynasty." thank you, fred. >>> i want to turn to the host of "reliable sources" brian stiller, you just spoke with a spokesperson. what did you learn? >> one of the interesting choices, is they'll let their statements speak for themselves. we request share what they were saying, which is the one person's comments do not reflect the entire show, and do not reflect the entire family. i think they're going to leave those words there publicly as the comment. behind the scenes, this is the product of a week of conversations between the family and a & e. they took a one-day break for christmas, they came back yesterday, and

mr. robertson and that also the right of empty robertson to give his personal religious views as supportedy the scriptures. for too long, the silent majority has wered silent when we ought to be speaking up in support of these constitutional issues. and that -- i just think we need to publicly get to moving and get the people fired up. >> now, your resolution calls robertson a hero, but let me play devil's advocate a little bit here. even his family said that his remarks were coarse. >> i agree. >> you would agree with that. do you think in that case that. >> i don't greet with the way in which he said some of the things. i don't agree with putting the bestiality in the conversation because that's completely foreign to the issue that he started out on. and also, i don't believe in what he had to say about the african-americans. that he grew up having no complaints about their life. we understand they didn't complain because they were afraid to. and we've got that behind us, i believe. i didn'tdon believe in either of those issues but the other issue he spoke upon, that's still a relevant i

mr. robertson was in there in full camouflage gear.everal of his friends were there fully bearded with camouflage on. they were welcoming and friendly and interesting to know what i was doing there and where i was from, et cetera. and after ten minutes of conversation, he started this bible study group which went on for about 45 minutes, referencing me on a number of occasion. it was interesting. >> referencing you on a couple of occasions and said this at the end, i will not give or back off from my path because you conquered death, father, so we are not worried about all the repercussions. you think talking about himself as well? >> he was saying a prayer that he had come up with off the top of his head. they do these things on an ad hoc basis and that was a prayer that was obviously specific to what happened the previous week. it has connotations beyond that but it was directly in reference to the controversy and firestorm of last week. >> after the bible study class, robertson joined the congregation for the sunday service. he was

mr. robertson, not any activist group.hat means a&e has the right to suspend the duck commander and the views have a right to demand the duck guy cked should. i have faith in the market and it will prevail. "duck dynasty" will fly again with commander phil if a&e is dumb enough to lethem go, i'm sure a smart cable network will take that opportuny. have a great week. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> that sound, music to a car lover's ears. the collectible car industry has motored into morehan a hobby. >> i'm lucky that my hobby is also myusiness. >> we founded the company because we love what we do. >> it's a multillion dollar business be

mr. robertson could count his blessing. i'll see you back here next week at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. for the 11th hour, i'm don lemon. >> good evening. welcome to cnn's best reporting all day and the breaking news tonight. we have a lot to tell you about beginning with the shocking new revelations about the "duck dynasty" star who made controversial comments about gays. wait until you hear what else he has said. also a terrifying crime caught on camera. you see this man fights back in the whole crowd. and damaging new revelations about barack obama sr. unflattering details about a chilly brotherly relationship. that and a lot more. now let's get started. we begin tonight in london. a ceiling collapsed on to a packed house of theater goaters at central london appall low theater when an actor yelled watch out and people thought it was part of the play. in the chaos more than 70 people were injured. a number of them, quite seriously, investigators still don't know why this happened. we know that more than 700 people were there. minutes after this happened, cnn spoke

mr. robertson, not y activist group.means a&e has t right to suspend the duck commander and the viewers have a right to demand the duck guy backed should. i have faith in the market and itll prevail. "duckynasty" will fly again with commander phil if a&e is dumb enough to let them go, i'm sure a smart cable network will take that oprtunity. have a great week. ♪ ♪ [♪...] >> announc: the following program is brought to you by nopalea, thenti-inflamtory wellness drink by trivita. stay tuned to learn how yocan receive a 32-ounce bottle of nopalea free. >> aew months ago, i h a hard time walking this hill. but today, i'moing it pain-free. do i have a cret? you bet. and that's why i'm here today to share th secret with you. >> announcer: could a natural wellness drink really help people with painful sytoms like chronic neck and back pain, swollen joints and muscle aches? or h about even sinus infections, skin disorders respiratory problems and me? on today's show, the newnd natural anti-inflammatory wellness drink that's chang

mr. robertson, not any activist group.ans a&e has the right to suspend the duck commander and the viewers have a right to demand the duck guy backed should. i have faith in the market and it will prevail. "duck dynasty" will fly again with commander phil if a&e is dumb enough to let them go, i'm sure a smart cable network will take that opportunity. have a great week. ♪ ♪ >>> at this hour, nasa astronauts venturing outside international space station, making urgent repairs in the first of at least two and possibly three spacewalks to fix a broken cooling system. take a look. these are live images from space where the repairs are now underway. this isn't without the risk. and for the two astronauts that effort is expected to last at least 6-1/2 hours today. hello; everybody. i'm uma pemmaraju. live in washington. let's get right to the story. making news right now. dominic di-natale has the latest on this important spacewalk. dominic? >> the crew certainly have their work cut out for them today. rick and michael

mr. robertson could count his blessing. i'll see you back here next week at 7:00 p.m. here on cnn. for the 11th hour, i'm don lemon. >> good evening. welcome to cnn's best reporting all day and the breaking news tonight. we have a lot to tell you about beginning with the shocking new revelations about the "duck dynasty" star who made controversial comments about gays. wait until you hear what else he has said. also a terrifying crime caught on camera. you see this man fights back

mr. robertson.e, the network that broadcast the show felt the need to respond because they think they're going to get tremendously negative blow back that could damage their brand. if that's the case, then you have to say, well, exactly what did he say, what are the pressure groups? you can look at gay rights pressure groups that have come on it. to pick it up where we've been talking about it. i haven't seen the naa c. p and if the comments about bayh people and human rights groups and we find this offensive and a & e backs away and cracker barrel initially removed merchandise from shelves and they've suffered blowback from people who are supporters of the show and putting the merchandise back on >> we're wrapping here, do individuals have a constitutional free speech right to say whatever they want when they're hired by a private sector company? that's at issue, right? >> no, look-- i i felt the fire, you don't have a constitutional right you operate at the will of your employer. charles: and you

mr. robertson and the robertson family, these are people who love god, who believe that they shouldn't beudging anybody, that they are calle to love everyone and show stability and respect for everyone, even those that they disagree with, but i think what the broader culture has to do and that's why many people have risen up in the last 48 hours to defend the robertson family is the larger and broader culture has to respect the authenticity and genuineness of the faith testimony of christians and faithfully catholics and when they say they believe the bible and quote it, just sanction them, to punish them, to fire them, to mistreat them because all they have done is express that faith, i think has no place in america. >> well,y didn't fire them yet. we'll get to that in a second. what about what ralph is saying, michaela? they are saying they believe what they believe, an authentic feeling they hold. you suggested this is part of a bigger civil war. >> i agree to a certain extend. this is very authentic. this is very true and core to their believes, but a very, very narrow sequestered fun

mr. robertson's rights are protected. a&e should have done what they did because he is voicing his own personal opinion. host: here is ted cruz's tweet from yesterday. if you believe in free speech or religious liberty, you should be deeply dismayed over treatment of phil robertson. some of the comments regarding his tweet. here are some of those. --e is ted shackelford say an attack on christianity cloaked by speech arguments. kathy says, i have already &e, as my opinion to a many more have. here is another comment. i am deeply dismayed that mike senator has such a poor understanding of free speech and has such amy senator poor understanding of free speech and liberty. if you are on twitter and are interested, you can do #doug dynasty. there are thousands of comments. -- #duck dynasty. here are a few comments. i do not care about duck dynasty. to deny rights is not equal rights. these are a couple of the comments we found. the duck dynasty star should be able to express his beliefs. there was no nastiness intended on his

mr. robertson can say whatever he likes, in is a free country.o entitled too get ramification, a&e is a for for profit show, they suspended th them, cracker barrel is listening to its clients. charles: a lot of people are wondering, where does this line move, are we getting tt a point that any time someone with noteriy hurts someone's feelings, it is town the plug, cracker barrel who initially went that way, pulled back, said maybe that not right. >> i agree with rob. it is about bottom line to me fast nating part is that divide between business conservatives and social conservative, business conservatives saying this will hurt the bottom line, and shareholder value versus social conservative customer base. i would also say not just about hurting people's feelings, in case of cracker barrel, justice department found evidence they had been discriminating employees -- >> woe, where did that come from? >> they are sensitive about the past. charles: okay, now, so you are sayiig that the back story, why cracker barrel reacted so quickly. >> not any re

mr. robertson on behalf of every alabaman, including presumably the lbgt and black residents in the state senate. phil robertson should not be penalized in any way tore practicing freedom of speech but should be celebrated as a hero for courageously revealing his self truth and christian ideals in a world that can be unkind toward those with a conservative mind-set. well, there you go. joining us is gregory t. angelo. thank you for being here. >> my pleasure. >> you have proposed a moon shine summit. >> that's right. >> with whom and how has your request been received? >> in the immediate aftermath of phil robertson's comments leaked by gq magazine there was a knee jerk reaction, many on the left, a lot of vitriol, people on the socially conservative right banging the evangelical christian drum and liberals coming in from los angeles wagging their finger trying to admonish him saying get this guy off television. what we did is decide, hey, there's no better people to make -- rather than come in from los angeles we decided to come in from the other l.a., louisiana, and make the case that w

mr. robertson's comments again.a reality star that we haven't heard of a couple of years ago. not like he has a national platform. suddenly you have people on both sides who feel like they can get a lot of political mime lage out of him. >> did you find disappointing something like this issue could all of a sudden become a red state vs. blue state issue so quickly? >> i do. again, why are we still even a week later talking about something that a reality tv star said and, you know, just to take the jesse jackson comment, comparing him to the bus driver was w. rosa parks, the bus driver was not the issue there. the issue with rosa parks was the set of laws and the set of social practices that made segregation legal. this is not a situation like this. this is one guy who is, you know, on the opposite side of history in a lot of ways and social trends, you know, making some controversial comments. >> cammeron, if you -- as anyone looking at the interview that phil robertson did with gq could walk away with different int

mr. robertson did. that's not american. that's not christian. >> wilson cruz, thank you. molar, thank you very much. coming up, moving off that and talking about, isn't the point of this, this is a reality show? to be as outrageous as possible? find out what really happens behind the scenes of the shows and the decisions made to get them on air. >>> plus, we'll take a look at other celebrities whose comments have gotten them in deep, deep trouble and whether they were able to make a comeback. [ male announcer ] every inch. every minute. every second -- we chip away. making the colors of earth and sunset skies into rich interior accents. or putting the beauty of a forest in the palm of your hands... it will take you to another place... wherever you happen to be. this is the new 2014 jeep grand cherokee. it is the best of what we're made of. well-qualified lessees can lease the 2014 grand cherokee laredo 4x4 for $359 a month. before using her new bank of america credit card, which rewards her for responsibly managing her card balance. before receiving $25 toward her balance

mr. robertson did was courageous too. of culture wars comes courtesy of steve stockton who is challenging john cornyn. a tweet, whose side are you own? senator cornyn, depicted at p a pajama boy or stockman? the hater of all things gay. and of course, now we get to the real news. all this is happening on the day a federal judge in ut ah a ban n marriage equality -- violated the 14th amendment and pi the end of the day, this gay couple was getting married and tweeting it for all to see. evidence of just how fast the marriage equality movement is evolving in this country. joining me now, josh barrow, also jordan carlos, stand-up comedian, play ed a character o the colbert report. glad i got that right. and matthew, i believe, a utah native. >> i grew up there. >> so, this is big. >> astonishing. >> it's astonishing. >> red states. >> this is a very big deal. >> on the way over, i got to talk to peggy thompson, the lead attorney on the case. if it can happen here, it can happen anywhere. she was elated, of course. it was rea

mr. robertson lives is changing and he needs to get in line. >> it makes you wonder how we got roped intoknow. >> but others say hold on. robertson was quoting widely supported church positions on sin, not just homosexuality. when he told gq, the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes the homosexual offenders. >> i think suggesting people who hold to what every branch of the christian faith has held to for 2,000 years are somehow bigoted or hateful is not productive for speech. >> whether this battle on the bayou will harm the duck dynasty dynasty is not clear. for many fans, the appeal has long been that the robinsons speak openly about their conservative values. >> theo, be nicer. >> and there is this. polls show about 44% of all americans like phil robertson, still think homosexuality is morally wrong. we got a statement through a&e. he said i would never treat anyone with disrespect just because they're different from me. we are all created by the almighty and like him, i love all of humanity. i'm sure that won't quiet all the kerfuffle down but an interesting pushback on thi

mr. robertson to do by his statement saying, quote, i am a lover of humanity, not a hater.l not give or back off from my path. what's strange is that the republican party, that party that says it wants to change has been rushing to his defense. here's louisiana governor bobby jindal. >> the bigger issue is not what he said or how he said it. the bigger issue is about the first amendment and the right to speak up and say what you believe. >> yes, yes, he had the right to say what he believes. but the company that signs his paycheck had the right not to subsidize it. louisiana's lieutenant governor went even further saying if things don't work out, he'll use his influence with the film industry to look for other producers. >> i certainly want to see this show continue. it's clearly increased our tourism in the northern part of the state. that's what i like to see happen. >> and former presidential candidate mike huckabee went back to the usual gop red meat, blaming political correctness. >> if you want to take a point of view that is traditional that holds to biblical christi

mr. robertson's defense, standing behind him.pect he is now going to be an even bigger star on the right. he is going to come out okay. he be came their new big hero. >> eugene robinson. go ahead quickly. >> that may be a slight misreading joy of the audience. the awed jns mudience may be brn the dem graphic that would agree. from that standpoint. i don't think there is a lot of african-americans watching this show, on a & e. >> one thing about the net works. they have the research. they know who their audience is. >> down to the decimal point. >> gene. >> jimmy: all -- and joy, none s having seen duck dine streeynad. a swing at hillary clinton over the old iraq war vote. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a

mr. robertson's defense, standing behind him. now going to be an even bigger star on the right. he is going to come out okay. he be came their new big hero. >> eugene robinson. go ahead quickly. >> that may be a slight misreading joy of the audience. the audience may be broader than the dem graphic that would agree. from that standpoint. i don't think there is a lot of african-americans watching this show, on a & e. >> one thing about the net works. they have the research. they know who their audience is. >> down to the decimal point. >> gene. >> jimmy: -- and joy, none of us having seen duck dynasty. a swing at hillary clinton over the old iraq war vote. ♪ [ male announcer ] if we could see energy... what would we see? ♪ the billions of gallons of fuel that get us to work. ♪ we'd see all the electricity flowing through the devices that connect us and teach us. ♪ we'd see that almost 100% of medical plastics are made from oil and natural gas. ♪ and an industry that supports almost 10 million american jobs. life takes energy. and

mr. robertson said but i will defend his right to say it and i actually prefer to know where people stand and what they really feel. but as "the new york times" columnist charles blow put it this morning, quote, robertson's comments conjure the insidious mythology of historical southern fiction, that of contented slave and benevolent master, gleeingly abiding by the oppression happily accepting their social stations. this mythology posits that there were two waves of ruin nation of culture. the civil war and the civil rights movement that made blacks get upset and things go downhill. joining me now is two guests. i said that wrong, right? >> it's a tough name. >> i'm always sensitive to names. >> thank you. >> i wanted to start because there's conversation obviously about these comments over the last few days but, danielle, i started to kind of -- i just, you know, i did a just little reading on the googles and looked at some of the old negro spirituals from about the time that i think, you know, we're talking about here. and the words -- i mean, if you just pay attention to the words, th

mr. robertson would like to go duck hunting with this sissy, i'm happy to sit in a duck blind with him andm. i guarantee you i'll shoot just as many ducks as he will and i'm gay. >> we'll film it if you let us. >> i'm coming. >> let me raise another question, goldie, before you go off on the duck hunting with these two. the "duck dynasty" star also raised many eyebrows with what he said about race. growing up in louisiana in the jim crow era. and quote -- this is what he said -- i never with my eyes saw the mistreatment of any black person. i hoed cotton with them. i'm with the blacks, because we're white trash. we're going across the field. they're singing and happy. pre-entitlement, pre-welfare, you say. were they happy? they were godly. they were happy. and went on to talk about happier under jim crow. and again, the argument is not his right to say it. the argument is that as you say working for a private enterprise, if you say it, they have the right to say this can't represent that enterprise. >> well, that's exactly right. we as viewers and i happen to have been a viewer of "duck dy

mr. robertson. his first amendment rights are not in danger. first amendment protects individuals from government action that was either priorly restrains future -- this is an argument between him and his employer, let them sort it out. what we see here -- and this is the the question.political correctness -- the new biggest entitlement is to go through life without being offended. people think they have a right not to have their feelings hurt, and have their sensibilities. jefferson said is dot me no home if my neighbor believes in 20 god or one god. neither picks my pocket or breaks my leg. we have worked for millenia to get to the point where we say the law will protect our possessions and our persons and not our feelings, and people have to get over it. >> what about governor jindal's commentses that hollywood and the left are all for tolerance and for minority opinions as long as you don't disagree with them. >> a terrible argument. does he seriously believe if you hold a minority position that, like the blacks shouldn't be married, that's

mr. robertson happens to be an adopted biracial child. what difference does that make?to the behind of abner luima was himself dating a black woman. so there is no one-to-one correlation between particular domestic intimacy with a black person or person of color and the behavior that you manifest that is either just or unjust. so all of this stuff is being brought up as a result of this. >> mike, this is just a big calculation on their part, wasn't it? or do you see it differently? the only color they see right now is green. >> yeah, daddy duck and all the little ducks, first of all, are not reality in duckville. they're highly produced, highly promoted brands that created by a & e. and despite the holy mouth apologies we hear from their multimillion-dollar executives, they want this 50 shades of crazy, this moon bat talk unleashed on the screen, because, yes, it does divide america. but ed, it divides america in a way to where they can still make money from that part that they're going after. the only people who believe that daddy duck's oddball behavior is all spontan

mr. robertson and his comments about race and race relations in the south in the middle of the 20th centuryhey do, and i suspect that some of the audience -- viewing audience of the "duck dynasty" does, their alignment with that is what we refer to as a racial dog whistle. they're aligning themselves with those folk who are still in the south who really actually believe that everything was fine in the south before the civil war. >> all right. so victoria, as we branch out more into this interview, the remarks go on in "gq" to say when he was asked about what in your mind is sinful. his answer start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. sleeping with that woman and that woman and those men. they don't inherit the kingdom of god, it's not right. neither the adulterer, the male prostitutes. homosexual, the greedy, the slanderrors, the swindlers, they won't inherit the kingdom of god. it's not right. so when we look more at this, and a & e cast this family because of their interesting backstory. they have never hidden the fact that they are what they call themselves to be bibl

mr. robertson to open it his heart, recognize hating gay is the opposite of christianity and maybe he couldr in terms of accepting people. >> is this rural america? >> it's some rural america. but you know this. there is lots of great, good-hearted conservative folks who have no problem with their gay brothers and sisters because they follow the teachings of jesus. >> but the conservative commentators are defending him. they're giving him license to go out there. it's almost like they're playing him as the victim right now. they're all in chorus on this. >> well, that's one of the defining characteristics of fundamentalist christianity. no matter how fundamentalist your religion, christian, muslim, jew, there is some things use you've have in common. the more violence is okay if my side does it, and the more you put down gays and the more you play victim. ed, on his last worst day, jesus didn't play victim the way this guy's fans are playing. >> so how does a & e bring him back? they send him off to counseling and change his belief system? that doesn't happen. they're going to say just don'

mr. robertson lived is changing and he needs to get in line. >>: which you asked him what he thought was a sen. he said start with homosexuality behavior and more out of there. bestiality sleeping around with this woman and that woman and those women and this man. >>: i think what he said is there's an entire range of cents. anytime there's a loss of a moral compass, there will be any number of things that are going to be taking place is what probably bored very well chosen. he's talking to a gq reporter out on the field. >>: after a day in the suspended him and bring back joe roberson facebook page of nearly 800,000 bikes was on thursday. a petition have more than 90,000 signatures still people think roberts it is being punished for expressing his religious beliefs. >>: it's like we love these guys is so fascinating but keep your christian faith nicely off stage. >>: the roberts family issued a statement that read " we are disappointed that phil has been suspended on hiatus for expressing his faith. i'm andrew spencer reporting. >>erica: live in the weather center, a frigid start to you

mr. robertson need to get educated? >> absolutely, absolutely.at we are not seen as much attention on us. but i see the finger-pointing rests on us in the media that we are focusing more on the homophobic comments in what he said about african-americans. very simply, people who were having a conversation. i don't think he is a racist. i actually don't think that he's a homophobe. because many of the people he worked with at any networks are homosexual. and i'm sure that he has worked with african-americans and i think that he just needs to be corrected and yes, he can disagree on same-sex marriage. that is not what he was saying. >> many say he should be able to say what he wants. but not exactly. the first amendment deals with our interaction of the government. and this is private enterprise in a private company that has every right to do what they want, fire, suspend, sanctions bill robertson, and that is getting so lost in the debate. isn't that? >> yes, you're absolutely right. annie, stop the programming now if you're really offended by it.

robertson? and you can sound off using twitter with the hash tag # hannity. we bring in rick unger, todd starns and the great remy spencer. welcome. mrunger, phil robertson was accused of intolerance but he never advocated anyone being fired for being gay but gay groups want him fired. who is intolerant? >> this may be only the time a liberal says something to you that you will believe. there will be no end of "duck dynasty" on a&e. it is the most profitable show they have ever had. >> in addition to making a bad decision they have no principles. >> they have nine of ten episodes for the season in the can. when they air on january 15 it will be their largest audience ever. >> i want to talk about tolerance. you are so tolerant that you are crushing him for expressing beliefs you don't share. >> not everybody is crushing him. gay groups are offended. you can't be with shocked that they are offended by the way he said it. >> i'm not shocked. >> he does have a first amendment right to say what he wants. he would have been better to put it more artfully. he said gross things in that. he didn't need to. if that's his religious belief he's

details from nick robertson who talked to mr. rockefeller's lawyer. >> reporter: the night before the accident mr. rockefeller had good sleep, he went to bed at 8:30 in the evening, woke up at 3:30 in the morning, reported to work after 5:00 in the morning and mr. rockefeller acknowledges he had a temporary loss of concentration just at that vital moment. that is why he's been heard to have said he was in a daze. the ntsb, of course, giving us more details about the investigation today. human error, william billy rockefeller's days increasingly the probable cause. his union representative says he was nodding off and caught himself too late. >> he's extremely distraught over it, and he feels for the families. i don't believe that in my opinion that anybody could ever -- could ever, ever make billy feel worse than he's making himself feel today, so, billy feels terrible. whether it was his fault or not his fault it's his train. >> reporter: having eliminated causes including signal failure, the reason falling upon william rockefell