robinson is a regular churchgoer at the congregational united church of christ in iowa city, and she sometimes preaches there. she loves the old protestant mainline. >> i think of them as being people who are serious about things that deserve, you know, serious attention, for example, social problems. they are very open to acknowledging the value of other religious traditions and tend very much away from harsh judgments. >> abernethy: robinson has great respect for the 16th century reformer john calvin, who she says was far more compassionate than his stern reputation suggests. for instance, about forgiveness. >> the assumption is that forgiveness is owed wherever god might want forgiveness to be given, and we don't know, so you err on the side of forgiving. you assume your fallibility, and you also assume that anybody that you encounter is precious to god or is god himself. >> abernethy: so you cannot judge. you have to forgive. but robinson is very critical of the so-called new atheists. >> i think this sort of avalanche of literature we have gotten lately is very second- rate. it

and tonight, a special congratulations to liberty united methodist church in macon, georgia. hearing the call to serve others. they are building a beautiful playground, redesigning, painting, and kicking off their very first parents' morning out to serve their community. love in action. break a leg, liberty united methodist church, and god bless the little children coming your way. >>> she is pregnant and needs a medical procedure to protect her child. >> there are some things we've been told from her physician that make us very concerned that the baby needs medical attention right away. >> sierra and keara are believed to be in the company of their adoptive father, matthew hess. >> joining me right now, special guest from moorsville, north carolina annette ragula, the next-door neighbor of the family. miss ragula, thank you for being with us. are you surprised the stepfather has allegedly taken off with this little girl and her little sister? >> no, i'm not surprised at all. >> why? >> there's -- he's had a relationship with those two older girls that didn't seem normal to m

units sold. >>> our first country church salute this week goes to rural mapleton, minnesota. d the buford united methodist church celebrated their 125th anniversary last week with a reenactment of the 12-mile walk from alma where the church began. the current church building was completed in 1935 and seen numerous improvements. the pastor is dodd. we thank' lane for the information. it is a perfect example of how our old bearers brought their tradition was them. the 3-rockford illinois is our second salute this week. the congregation marked their centennial last week after a year of festivities. the par issue continues many italian traditions like joseph's table and st. anthony's bread for the poor, often called the parish with a heart over 1,000 families are fulfilling their heritage and building a future of service through faith. >>> as always, we would like to learn about your home church as well. salutes can be sent to the address on the scene. please stay with us. the mail bag is next. [ kick ] stronger, healthier babies. learn more about healthy babies at... . >>> closed

matthews united methodist church in shadyside, maryland. they were being charged with a crime and destruction of property. >>> we have been following the latest on the water main break. >> more information and new pictures. the logan village shopping center has been flooded, as well as several neighborhoods. we are told the waters are 1 feet, 2 feet deep several blocks. some of the pictures we have seen, people are in boats, going around. look at these pictures. this is live video. look at this two-lane road, collapsed on the side, and the water is pouring out. we have not heard any statements from local authorities about how much water we are talking about. that is like ngara falls. that is unbelievable. we have not heard anything about evacuations. we are told that people in that dundalk section of east baltimore should be aware and ready to evacuate. the concern it is the logan village shopping center and the neighborhoods in that area. >> keep us posted. >>> plans to put a shopping mall across from a high school are raising conces. the

she met her husband at a little united methodist church.a lifelong railroad man and together they had three sons. a dedicated member of the eastern star, her joy, providing a loving home for her family. and, oh, what a cook! happy birthday, aunt ella. and happy birthday to california friend simon. he's not just celebrating his birthday today but is now an uncle for the second time of a new baby boy austin, just born in dublin. dear simon, happy birthday. and our thoughts and prayers for lieutenant colonel jeffrey henderson gs13 and soldiers from the 244th, they are in iraq and afghanistan on a special mission. tonight their message, command sergeant major glen bowen sends his love to his wife, daughters, major matt jutson says hello and i miss you to daughter stacy and jamie. hello and miss you. colonel sends his love to wife, teary. friends, hurry home. i don't think you can live the american lifestyle without energy. we have all this energy here in the u.s. we have wind. we have solar, obviously. we have lots of oil. i think natural gas i

said two teens accused of sprays kkk on a predominantly black church bus will be charged with a hate crime. it was parked at st. matthews unitedurch. witnesses saw two white teens running from the bus and the attendance records helped identify the pair. >> hundreds of students that live and learn in southeast baltimore county. the goal is to make sure students have the health care they need. >> let's check on the weather with meteorologist john collins. john? >> on t.v. hill 58 degrees. that is chilly. that is the low. the sun is out. here is the satellite. clouds in virginia, portions of delmarva, virginia capes. the cool front slipped through. couple of sprinkles on the eastern shore. see the cool stuff on the great lake. here is what the map will look like. unsettled weather off to the southwest. eventually, the high has positions offshore. throw atlantic stuff our way. the stuff from the south gets in, confuses the forecast next week. but this weekend looks great. today's forecast, sunny today. temperatures mid 70's for highs. we start dropping into the 50's. maybe 40's overnight tonight and tomorrow morning. plus, it's a

she met her husband at a little united methodist church. was a lifelong railroad man and together they had three sons. a dedicated member of the eastern star, her joy, providing a loving home for her family. and oh, what a cook! happy birthday, aunt ella. and happy birthday to california friend simon. he's not just celebrating his birthday today but is now an uncle for the second time of a new baby boy austin, just born in dublin. dear simon, happy birthday. and our thoughts and prayers for lieutenant colonel jeffrey henderson gs13 and soldiers from the 244th, they are in iraq and afghanistan on a special mission. tonight their message, command sergeant major glen bowen sends his love to his wife, daughters, major matt jutson says hello and i miss you to daughter stacy and jamie. colonel al sends his love to wife terri. ba lieu's wife molly and daughter emily also waiting for his safe return. friends, hurry home. and now cnn heroes. >>> this is cnn heroes. >> i'm a single having a car, i have to take three buses every morning. i also depend

he says the united methodist church could pass a law in 2012 banning transgender clergy. >>> the agencyt guarantees the safety of your bank deposits is taking an unusual step to make sure it can make good on that promise. our money expert jennifer westhoven is here. jen, should we be worried about the fdic running short on cash? >> no, but it's been in the headlines lately that their finances are getting destabilized because they've had so much to deal with. imagine that the irs said to you, we'd like three years of your income taxes early. it's a little like what's happening. the governmentnot going to let the fdic fail. they'll ask the banks to cough up three years of fees early. the fdic is supposed to bail out banks. now asking the banks to bail it out because so many small and midsized banks have failed, 95 so far this year. it's had to shell out a lot of money. wants to make sure it keeps the system stable. >>> here's something that gave the dow a boost. there's the dow, up 124 points, not quite to 9800. getting closer and closer to that mark. pulled away from some of the highs, b

our second church is celebrating their 150th anniversary this year. the first united melt difficulty church of good afternoon net, kansas, has its meetings with a circuit writen preacher. the first church was constructed in 1870 after attendance recovered after the civil war t seated about 500 people that. building was replaced in 1911 with the current church home. addition the were made in 1965 and '74 and improvements continue today. one of the oldest methodist congregations in kansas. we thank joe sample for the information. as always, we'd like to learn about your home church as well. salutes can be sent to the address on the screen. please stay with us. mailbag is next. >>> closed captioning brought to you by optimum brand innovations from pioneer hybrid. science with service success. >>> time now for a weekly look inside the old "u.s. farm report" mailbag. dennis tucker asks why prices are so low for commodities. correct me if i'm wrong, but it seems to me that low price force grain is due in part to over production. your statement is 100% correct, but reminds m

and tonight, a special congratulations to liberty united methodist church in macon, georgia.to serve others. they are building a beautiful playground, redesigning, painting, and kicking off their very first parents' morning out to serve their community. love in action. break a leg, liberty united methodist church, and god bless the little children coming your way. a shocker, jon fired but why? should roman polanski be fired and will sarah palin go rich byg rogue? >> joining me right now, special guest from moorsville, north carolina annette ragula, the next-door neighbor of the family. miss ragula, thank you for being with us. are you surprised the stepfather has allegedly taken off with this little girl and her little sister? >> no, i'm not surprised at all. >> why? >> there's -- he's had a relationship with those two older girls that didn't seem normal to me. he always talked negative about their mother, which i couldn't understand. she didn't deserve to -- her children being turned against her. >> in what way? what would he say about the mother? he would be saying this to

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she met her husband at a little united methodist church.a lifelong railroad man and together they had three sons. a dedicated member of the eastern star. her joy, providing a loving home for her family. and, oh, what a cook! happy birthday, aunt ella. and happy birthday to california friend, simon. he's not just celebrating his birthday today but is now an uncle for the second time of a new baby boy, austin, just born in dublin. dear simon, happy birthday. and our thoughts and prayers for lieutenant colonel jeffrey henderson gs13 and soldiers from the 244th, they are in iraq and afghanistan on a special mission. tonight their message, command sergeant major glen bowen sends his love to his wife, daughters, major matt jutson says hello and i miss you to daughter stacy an. colonel al -- molly and daughter emily also waiting for his safe return. friends, hurry home. announcer: "it looks like nothing else on the road right now," proclaims "gq" magazine. did you see that? the interior "positively oozes class," raves "car magazine." "slick and se

the united methodist church could pass a law in 2012 banning transgender clergy. >>> how about this?he real-life soap opera revolving around the reality show "jon & kate plus eight" it's taking a new twist. jon is gone. the cable network will relaunch the show in november at "kate plus eight." jon and kate gosselin are going through a very public divorce, even if you don't want to pay attentions, you know you've heard the details. their split was featured during an episode of the show. tlc says the show will focus on kate gosselin's evolution of a single mom to 5-year-old sextuplets and 8-year-old twins because it is supposed to be about the kids. remember? >>> johnny carson said good-bye to "the tonight show" his last guest was bette midler. tonight the divine ms. m will be the first guest on the joy behar show. be sure to be there when she welcomes bette midler. the show premieres tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern time on hln. >>> if you are considering buying something because it's a great deal after rebate, you need to follow my strategy. which is only buy something if the rebate is l

matthias united methodist church i m stafford. tct aifhende mdied tctifehen that she had a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy. brennan has been on unpaid administrative leave since july when the church learned of the allegations. she now faces ten counts of taking indecent liberties with c o t contriting to the delinquency of a minor. >> the out of this world snapshots of the space from the hubble telescope, we'll show them to you coming up at 6:20. >>> the story of dumb criminals who steal a statue of cal rien's number. >>> find out if dnorht f ock stk miight fdn t >>> time for your weather and traffic. good morning. we've got a few widely scattered light showers when you look at the radar, you can see those areas of blue to our south as well as a few just up in frederick, northern loudoun county. most of the region is dry this morning. we do have a gale warning in effect for the bay and the tidal potomac. gusts of 45 miles an hour by later on. right now we're in the 60s around the region, 65 in washington. highs today on

them all because if we did and they lost their tax-preferred status, there would be no churches, there would be no uniteday. >> i don't buy that. >> why not? >> remember george bush had the community based faith initiative actor something like that? that's how they got money in the first place. i'm with honeig. there should be no money going to these groups. this is a private sector sending donations, charity, whatever, and i question the tax deductibility and the tax is-fre status of many of these organizations. >> jewellian, you say well, there is all these restrictions on lobbying efforts because we can't police acorn as a nation, and this is one group of out of 1.8 million. how do you watch the groups out there to make sure they're not doing anything improper with taxpayer dollars? >> wayne said it, you can have auditing requirements. you can have transparency requirements. i hope with the investigation of acorn will show it was a few bad eggs but we will wait to see what the investigation shows. >> why at the end of the day am i paying for that trash? i mean, honestly, if an organization where they'

great times with some of these ministers and by the way, we held 800 local church csades, a week a pce, and then we held over 120 united crusades with all the churches coming together and 10 million attending. but i remember these were church crusades and they were two of the first mega churches in ouray and dr. mcgee had thousands attending there and wh we had a crusade with him in los angeles, during the greatest flu epidemic in history, we didn't know where to put the people. and he gave me the that title, the belgian bible bombshell. i've been called, as i said earlier, the walking bible before that. but then we were with adrian rogers and you know he and dr. criswell were the two men in the southern baptist convention, for both of them had been presidents, who brought in the teaching of the rapture and the tribulation and christ's return to the earth and i thk god for these men. and when we were at adrian rogers, just for a wednesday night, we didn't know again where to put the people. oh how the lord used to bless those crusades. but i said all this to talk about posthumous preaching. both of these men are still

the group of the united states for separation of church and state, has issued a statement that it wantsls to reminder parents and kids that they have no obligation to recite the pledge of allegiance. >> we're not saying that the teacher has to get up in a bull horn and scream, you don't have to participate if you don't want to. >> reporter: they do want schools to incorporate the right of refusal into school policy and notify parents of the policy. legally, they're on sound footing with the supreme court decision from 1943, that came as a result of a lawsuit brought by a family of jehovah's witnesses who said that the pledge put country above god, therefore, they could not and will not say the pledge. the court sided with them. lou, that was 66 years ago, right smack when we were involved in world war ii. true to form, as you would guess, it was not a popular decision. lou. >> thank you very much, bill tucker. >>> joining me republican strategist, cnn contributor ed rollins. and president of christy strategies, former assistant to george w. bush, ron christy. and robert zimmerman. glad

the senior policy analyst for americans united for separation of church and state is with us.be a tough argument for you to make, you are looking for a standard that applies to every school district. explain your position, should teachers be reading miranda rights to children? >> that is your creative take on it, but now. i would say that the use of the work morning as pejorative. i would say put this information into a handbook that goes home to parents, letting them know that in 1943 u.s. supreme court ruled that the students have an opt to -- have the right to opt out. if the students are informed, parents are informed, it will cut down on unnecessary litigation. bill: i am thinking, if i am in second grade i am confused if my mom and dad talk to me about this. so far the courts have gone against it. >> they have not actually. it was ruled in 1943 that students cannot be forced to say the pledge of allegiance that has never been overturned. megyn: -- bill: last month in new mexico a court ruled against you, that it should be ruled against -- that it should be a local decisi

but the murders, the thievery, the arsons, the desecration of churches and in retaliation, the united states policy is to say this is criminallalty, and they burned their nearest village. you get a whole strip of northeast mexico and a me wide swap of the mexico city road by e end of the war that are just smoldering. but the people have been awkward and driven out. we got a great big proem in this war. these people who are agreed by these atrocities strike back. they are not really guerrilla's they are individuals or small groups. and if you get caught drunk alone, you'll be hacked to pieces. that's it. right up to the end of the war. and this in turn in gender the rebellions against. baja, california is what would be called the servicing today. for go years they were in the invasion. the californians who had thrown the mexican army out also through the united states army and navy out. it took reinforcements fm a very small group of people. the states in northeast mexico, and of course, new mexico. we'll get to that in a minut despite the history, both little and irregular opposition,

barbara boxer is very involved with the united nations children's rights commission, trying to puth our children's rights, including going to churchhing like that, they can be taken out of your home. >> glenn, this program, the international backed laureate organization is an n.g.o. of eweness skoe and being -- of unesco and being sold across the united states. a third of their global programs are in the united states. it is competing with advanced placement of the american borne college board and being sold under the guys of improvements, when, in fact, it is dumbing down our schools. glenn: you start talking about, you know, the united nations and everything else, and it begins to sound, quite honestly, like conspiracy theories are. i mean, i find myself all the time -- i mean, what i believe now, i probably wouldn't have believed a year ago. i definitely wouldn't have believed two years ago. are you are with me? >> every time we figure out where is the line between the crazy conspiracy theorists and the government, then the government moves, too, with the conspiracy theorists. glenn: you are all over the fed. >> right, exactly.

united states. huge protest outside his church this weekend. >>> deadly wildfire near los angeles is now about halfwaynder control. it's been burning for more than 10 days. look at those flames there. fire officials say they don't expect it to be completely out for more than a week. the fire has killed two firefighters and has destroyed at least 78 homes. the san francisco oakland bay bridge will be closed for at least another day now. crews are working how to fix a huge crack in a steel link that holds up part of the bridge. they hope it will be fixed before hundreds of thousands of people return to work tomorrow. now what could be one of the largest reported outbreaks of swine flu at a college campus has hit washington state university. school officials say at least 2000 students have had symptoms of the h1n1 virus and think the outbreak started between fraternity and sorority rush two weeks ago. shawn merriman was arrested this weekend and charged with allegedly choking his girlfriend, reality tv star tila tequila. he was taken to jail and released a short time later. his attorney denies the charge

i recall earlier this year, i was in a church, and a lady brought up her two sons and one looked at me, and said, i am going to be the president of the unitedthe other said, i am going to be the governor of virginia. i said in their minds they see it. about 15 years ago i was in a church and a boy came up to me and said, are you doug wilder? and i said yeah. and the father said, mr. wilder. >> are you doug wilder, and i said yeah. governor, of something. yeah, he said, haven't you been dead? what he meant was for wchim to read about an accomplishments means that these people were not there. so when these two young boys came to me this year, u]1and wi resolution in their eyes, and spirit in their voice, saying, i am going to be the president of the united states. i said you can be anything you want to be in this country, and we are going to help you get there. [applause] >> i think when we look ahead and obviously some of the sessions that are going to be occurring in the near future, looking at internationalism. looking at globalism. looking at the ways that the united states empploys the world. and the president is coming from ghana, and

united states. at bagram airfield in afghanistan, there was a ceremony and a run by more than a thousand service members. the distance was 9.11 kilometers, or 5 1/2 miles. >>> in moscow, a church service attended by american and russian officials. and in london, people stopped by the 9/11 memorial. 67 britons were among the almost 3,000 people who were killed that day. and as the war escalates in afghanistan, british and american are also tied in battle. for one thing, the british rely heavily on the u.s. helicopter support. in tonight's "lead focus" we want to show you how the cooperation is playing out÷"ñ bill neely of itn is with british and american forces. >> reporter: the end of a +f nighttime assault in helmand and british troops struggle on to helicopters. theyere attacked as landed. take-off is a dangerous moment. no lights, little rest, their tour has been deadly, with dozens killed. gunfire from the american troops. who have ploen thrown them in and out. on bore the chinooks are nearly 300 british soldiers. >> it's a british operation, but it would not have been possible without american help. >> reporter: the americans used nine transport helicopters, other gunship

>> the west baltimore clergy united is a combined effort of clergy and churches in the west baltimoreildren international, we provide free food for families as well as school supplies. we're doing it again this year. we're excited. the response has been overwhelming. we are looking for people if they would like to donate school supplies today and tomorrow morning. >> we're talking about all kinds of school supplies. we got the pens and paper here, but there's other supplies as well. >> the supplies in the bag. there will be free food, testing, health and wellness information there. entertainment. >> okay. >> it will take place from 10 to 2:00 at the campus of copper state university. >> when you talk about the testing are you talking about health testing? >> free hiv testing. blood pressure testing and all kinds of pamphlets and information. nurses will be there as well. >> who is el i didn' eligible f? can anyone come? >> anyone. particularly in that particular neighborhood we gownd that there'-- wefound that there's a. in this recession, anyone who needs a little bit of help can com

united in name and purpose. lane kirklan once said that all sinners belong in church and all unions belong in the afl-cio.o not see any sinners out there. i do see brothers and sisters that share our passion for a strong, winning labor movement. our message to them today is the comeback and we will build that strong labor movement together. [applause] from time to time a generation of trade unionists is called upon to reshape organized labor. to meet the needs of workers in a new economy. brothers and sisters, now it is our turn. it is up to our generation, up to our generation, to those of us in this hall to build a new, stronger labor movement. a union that speaks as clearly and boldly for the deeds of america today as it did to the men and women who stood up here in pittsburgh so many years ago. a union that understands that so long as they are paying for the hardship born of grief and greed, our work will never be done. bernard shaw once said that poverty is the greatest of our evils and the worst of our crimes. brothers and sisters, the labor movement that does not challenge the crime of poverty is t

i recall earlier this year, i was in a church, and a lady brought up her two sons and one looked at me, and said, i am going to be the president of the unitedhe other said, i am going to be the governor of virginia. i said in their minds they see it. about 15 years ago i was in a church and a boy came up to me and said, are you doug wilder? and i said yeah. and the father said, mr. wilder. >> are you doug wilder, and i said yeah. governor, of something. yeah, he said, haven't you been dead? what he meant was for wchim to read about an accomplishments means that these people were not there. so when these two young boys came to me this year, u]1and wi resolution in their eyes, and spirit in their voice, saying, i am going to be the president of the united states. i said you can be anything you want to be in this country, and we are going to help you get there. [applause] >> i think when we look ahead and obviously some of the sessions that are going to be occurring in the near future, looking at internationalism. looking at globalism. looking at the ways that the united states empploys the world. and the president is coming from ghana, and i

support of house resolution 441, honoring the catholic sisters in the united states who have contributed greatly to the catholic church and to the communities where they have lived and worked. the first catholic sisters to live in the united states came from france in 1727 and settled in new orleans. from the small beginning their presence and contributions to society grew over the years. there are about 59,000 catholic sisters in the united states. although their numbers have decreased over the years, their influence is strong and vital. catholic sisters founded staff and managed the largest private school systems in the united states. they founded more than 110 colleges and universities in the united states, thus providing educational opportunity for millions of young people. in addition to schools, the catholic sisters established hospitals, orphanages and other charitable institutions that have served millions of americans. catholic sisters have long been recognized for their fair and equal treatment of all persons. they have worked tirelessly for the eradication of racism and poverty in the united states and arou

united states of america? barack obama! who is going to save the entire world? barack obama! who do we love? barack obama! glenn: ok. one of the networks is almost the churchthe way they get chills up their leg over him. you have kids singing tunes about obama now to the tunes of "jesus loves me." the other song that they were singing was to the tune of "the battle hymn of the republic." ♪ hole he will, mr. president, we honor you today, hooray, hooray ♪ glenn: america, i have a question for you -- request do you think we're as powerful as we are roar have been? what did we do different than other countries? are we just superior human beings? no. it's because we recognized god's authority. it says so in our constitution. all men are -- our declaration of independence. "all men are endowed by their creator with certain inail alienable rights." so many other countries get it wrong. they believe human rights are landed down by a government, some official in the government. it is about them, not him! no government can fill the gaping hole inside of us if god is chased out. maybe we need to stop looking for more social justice and start looking at eternal justi

the united states supreme court will ultimately decide whether the cross and displays like it violate the notion of a separation of churchtate. >> the idea that somehow or other this isn't a religion symbol because it is a national or veterans memorial i think is insulting to both christians and nonchristians alike. >> at just 8 feet tall, the cross stood for decades virtually unnotice until 2001 when the american civil liberties union filed a lawsuit on behalf of a former park service worker who objected to the cross. two years ago the court ruled in favor of the aclu. so far the supreme court justices have been closely divided on cases like these, including those on display of the ten commandments at courthouses. in this particular instance it is a coin flip as to whether or not the court will accept his claim of being offended by the display as being enough. because that would really open the courthouse doors quite wide. >> experts expect the high court's ruling will be a split decision but believe the justices in the end may side with the government to allow crosses like this one i in the mohave december torte stand

workers at this church, around 70, 80 workers, around 20 days after the company they throw out of the street, they show up for the company, a paper saying our business, it was really united, they were waiting forome kind of strategy, some kindf conversation because there were not a lot of people. they decided to run a meeting, before the presentation. we start talking with these people, they work with 70, 80 workers. the work center -- i don't know the name. this monday, you guys are planning, how you are going to do it. you have to involve the police, the government, you have to involve the, the community, more unions. ey start doing that, and two months, as they take the parking lot. th can't sit inside, the company was closed, the company started doing the action of the equipment, they took the parking lot. unfortunately they would be arrested and in the end i don't know what happened in the end but they do that. before these happen, before our occupation in january, taking teimony with the lawyer who lped us fix this stuff, she was asking me to stop, thewner of the republic. we received a call from the lawyers saying the students, the classroom, they demanded to thro

for number one, you have the catholic church, followed by southern baptist, followed by united methodist followed by the mormons. guest: we found that the more religious you are, the more likely you are to be content. the more likely you are to be optimistic about the future, the more apt -- lightly -- the more likely want to be satisfied with your job. religious study has impact on how you view everything. and far from being a panacea, it is one of the few things that people find uplifting in these tough times. host: 0 cretonne, florida. -- boca raton, florida. caller: i am in college. i am wondering when the power of the lobby is going to change. all of the other things seem to still be guided by our financial greed or our lobbyist interests in promoting this country. guest: the most hated occupation in america is the lobbyist, and the most despised occupation is a special interest. it is hard to define them, but that caller and the grandparents and parents can all agree on one thing, that the american government seems more distant from the average american than it has been in decades,

united states. we expect it. so good hand washing and good, you know, coughing but to not touch each other and do not do high five's and not greet each other in churchrt of concerned the common sense is about to get flushed down the toilet. >> the common sense when you shake someone's hands and don't lick your hands or rub your eyes. >> don't reach your hand to someone if you know you've just coughed or sneezed. we touch our hand to our face inadvertently every 10 to 15 seconds and a lot more for kids. >> when you're looking at the skill district, other than saying wash your hands which little kids are already told that. the whole twinkle twinkle little star under the faucet. >> i'm a mother of a 15-year-old who is a freshman in high school and has the grudgiest hands. i am going make sure he gets enough sleep and good enough breakfast so he a decent immune system and i'm pounding into him the wipe your hands with some kind of disinfectant and it has to have 60% alcohol to be effective, those gels and wash your hands. that's the best can i do for now and when i personally am going to get him the vaccine when it comes out in october. and, of course,

there are so many doctrines and religions in the united states that's a right for a parent to make the choice of where their child goes to churchurch, this sort of thing, it's infringing on my right as a parent on how i teach my child and how my child is brought up. they're still of the age of needing a parents' guidance. >> thank you. deon, one of the mothers said they felt like her child was being brainwashed. what do you think? >> caller: i don't think it has anything to do with brainwashing. i just have a problem because baptism is something serious. it's not something that you just go do. there's a meaning behind it. there's a reason for doing it. i'm wondering if that was explained to the kids what baptism entails and what it's really about. that's the problem i have with the whole issue. >> that's an excellent point. excellent point. thank you for calling in. we're also getting a bunch of e-mails about this. we'll read you one from laura in georgia -- we want to hear your views on this. we're talking about it throughout the rest of today. what do you think about the coach's decision in kentucky to take his players to chu

united states. the toughest one north daimler-chrysl >> and is.1 million pamela anderson owes work done on her home. and 15,000 bees discovered inside a wall in a churchere honey bees and they are no more. you kill those guys? there's a shortage of them. >> he made a campaign promise to close guantanamo and as president reiterated he'll shut it downments guantanamo will be closed no later than one year from now. >> i've ordered the closure of the center at guantanamo bay and swift justice for captured terrorist. >> and that's why i'll close it in one year. the president continues to maintain and keep his commitment to close guantanamo in a year. >> there are new reports that the administration will miss the january deadline to close guantanamo bay and learning that the president won't pursue new laws to hold detainees indefinitely as previously promised. >> the director of the american center for democracy and the author of the book funding evil. he she joins us in the studio. there are free fundamental problems, we don't know where to send the people. no countries want the detainees and no prisons set nup the u.s. to take them and don't have an adequ

church? >> i believe it was the right thing to do, only because i myself are an exmarine and he took an oath to defend the constitution of the united literally put our lives on the line to fight so people would have the right to say what they want. the form in which they chose to do it, at his funeral, was a amoral contra decision. -- contradiction. i don't think that that was the form especially if they're supposed to be a religious organization. >> but you think they had the right to do it whether or not it was offensive or not. >> believe tar onto it or not, , but black and white it was written into law and they didn't go outside of the law. >> forest, thank you so much for your call. let's move on to joyce in baltimore. good morning, joyce? >> good morning. >> what do you think? this the decision had been overturned? should these people have the right? >> i'm against the young man who got finished on the phone. they -- no one has the right to say what good hates. because first of all god do not hate fag or gay whatever they want to call them. they are not one to judge. he don't approve of their lifestyle, but he do not hate the

united states marine corps and helped secure the kandahar airport when the u.s. military first went to afghanistan after september 11. back at home he was active in his local churchwhere he met his wife samantha. the couple recently celebrated their first anniversary together. charleston mourns the life of one of their finest. we mourn with his wife, samantha, with his family and we offer our prayers of comfort and remembrance. i urge my colleagues to join me today to recognize jerry allen jones, our friend, protector and hero for his fearless courage, serving the citizens of charleston and the entire state of west virginia. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> on september 1 we lost an artist who helped shape a generation of music in this country. for more than 40 years eric consul shared his remarkable talent and passion with music lovers across cincinnati and around the world. his enthusiasm helped build the cincinnati pops into a musical organization without peer. there are

united states both in domestic and international adoptions. he also regularly represents private adoption agencies. he continues his work beyond the walls ever his office. helping start church adoption ministries and raising funds to support families with adoption related expenses. he also regularly counsels others who are considering beginning or working their way through the adoption process. finally he and his wife have found fulfillment in adoption adopting both domestically and internationally. i commend him for his leadership and selfless service to unite children with loving families. i'm proud to recognize his efforts and accomplishments. i ask my colleagues today to join with me in honoring keith and the other angels who are working to create a better life for children all around the world. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. smith: mr. speaker, the national media don't have a credibility problem. they have a credibility void. five out of six americans see the national n