we were behind the scenes with craven on the set of "scream 4."y to calculate your attrition rate in your films? >> no but i think this one probably has the highest mortality rate of any of the "screams" by two or three. count it out you know. >> reporter: this is a guy who orders blood by the gallon. it's all part of his job. which is what exactly? what would you say it is you do? >> what do i do? i don't know. i scare people. sometimes i scare the dickens out of people i think, to put it politely. >> reporter: you seem like a pretty happy guy. >> i am happy, extraordinarily happy. >> reporter: very happy. >> i am and i'm funny too. >> reporter: the creator of the horrifying freddy krueger. >> this is god. >> reporter: the director of the terrifying "scream" series. he may be responsible for more nightmares than any person on the planet. but all, he says for a good cause. >> you're talking about the beasts in the forest that come after you during the day time or in the night but in a way that's under control. in a sense, you can own the beast. >>

>> reporter: yes, bad things tend to happen when director wes craven is around. e scenes with craven on the set of "scream 4." >> you ever try to calculate your attrition rate in your films? >> no. but i think this one probably has the highest mortality rate of the "screams" by two or three. >> reporter: this is a guy who orders blood by the gallon. it's all part of his job, which is what, exactly? >> cut it. >> i scare people. sometimes i scare the dickens out of people, i think, to put it politely. >> seem like a pretty happy guy. >> i am very happy, i'm extraordinarily happy. >> very happy? >> i am. and i'm funny too. >> reporter: the creator of the horrifying freddy kruger -- >> this is god. >> reporter: the director of the terrifying "scream" series. he may be responsible for more nightmares than any person on the planet. but all, he says, for a good cause. >> you're talking about the beasts in the forest that come after you during the daytime or during the night but in a way that's under control. in a sense you can own the beast. >> reporter: strange? maybe.

. >>> tonight on "nightline", wes craven is back with a new 3d film. >>> the toyota sports desk, broughtota dealers. moving you forward. >>> donovan mcnabb has been asked about going back to philly about a million times already, it is only wednesday. he has to be emotional. he played there for 11 years and they went to four straight nfc championships and won some super bowls. she wants to go back in there and prove he still has said and that the redskins are a better ball club than 1-2. >> everybody has a chip on their shoulder about something. is this something i use? i have all season ahead of me. >> donovan has a little something extra for this game, but it will be business as usual for us. >> the nfl might change that icing the kicker roule. so now, the nfl competition committee would like to see the rule change. when the offensive team is in field-goal formation, the defense cannot call a timeout after the center puts his hand on the ball. but that makes too much sense. >>> the nationals played their final home game tonight and it was not the way they wanted to finish. the phillies

i don't believe that miss craven has attended many community meetings. [unintelligible] >> as we responded to that, s.f.p.d. did not have enough control. they did direct ourselves as well as -- [bell] so there is much in that report that doesn't reflect the true situation oferinge on the ground. thank you. president marshall: thank you. >> demigsers, my name is jane green and i am a resident that benfits from the patrol specialists. there has been a trrtable improvement in terms of plife, -- of life and safety. you have those testimonials in

i don't believe that miss craven has attended many community meetings. [unintelligible] >> as we responded to that, s.f.p.d. did not have enough control. they did direct ourselves as well as -- [bell] so there is much in that report that doesn't reflect the true situation oferinge on the ground. thank you. president marshall: thank you. >> demigsers, my name is jane green and i am a resident that benfits from the patrol specialists. there has been a trrtable improvement in terms of plife, -- of life and safety. you have those testimonials in the documents you've been given. it seems to me you have an extraordinary opportunity to do something very right or very wrong with this bill. if you engage a group with a competitive bias you will naturally see a bias report from that emerge. the wrong thing to do is accept the very plaud assumption implicit in this report. which is, what is good for the sti is not good for the citizenry. the people that live in the neighborhoods that are today protected by patrol specials, enjoy a higher level of safety and security that is measurable. we g

city are behind climbing each getting the goal there was but was important at craven cottage spurs the tide of one apiece we have west brom goals from s.c. and chelsea in control of their london derby match with west ham. football despite signing a three year contract with aston villa gerard houllier still hasn't been released from his contract by the french f.a. meaning it's not clear if he'll be seen on the birmingham side's bench this week a lot how about villa have already anyway unveiled a sixty three year old frenchman on friday. to a convergence of several things first of all with maybe a passion for the game get back into it. i was missing that. and the second thing is that you know i had several offers but it looked as if you know the villa i like to do things as a team i mean. wherever i went with the group will. i like to work as a team and i can feel the we're going to be in this together. or i would hope so soon on their first home and shabba something out of this season on saturday manager jose marino aiming to keep intact his record of not having lost a home league game in eight years. but i'

craven. what else did angela merkle have to say? >> the thing we always have to bear in mind is that she grew up in that repressive state that was the former communist east germany. that is why at the heart of this address there was the statement "freedom is the happiest experience of my life." she was referring to france -- to press freedom of expression, which she views as for mental -- as fundamental european values. europe is a place where a caricaturist can draw cartoons like this. this ishe pnt forngel marc regardless of whether refined and tasteful, necessary, or helpful. the chancellor talks about another fundamental european freedom -- freedom of religion. she says this must always be practiced in the constitutional context. i have another quote from the chancellor. "freedom of religion should never mean that sharia law comes before the constitution." quite firm words. >> freedom of the press -- the ceremony comes among this debate right now, this book with his controversial comments on muslims and integration in germany. are we seeing a c

craven. what else did angela merkle have to say? >> the thing we always have to bear in mind is that she grew up in that repressive state that was the former communist east germany. that is why at the heart of this address there was the statement "freedom is the happiest experience of my life." she was referring to france -- to press freedom of expression, which she views as for mental -- as fundamental european values. europe is a place where a caricaturist can draw cartoons like this. this is the point for angela marco, regardless of whether refined and tasteful, necessary, or helpful. the chancellor talks about another fundamental european freedom -- freedom of religion. she says this must always be practiced in the constitutional context. i have another quote from the chancellor. "freedom of religion should never mean that sharia law comes before the constitution." quite firm words. >> freedom of the press -- the ceremony comes among this debate right now, this book with his controversial comments on muslims and integration in germany. are we s

. >> we are going to get this done. not to get craven here, but here is the polling that has been done about "don't ask, don't tell" recently. overall, 75% of american says repeal "don't ask, don't tell." look at the number among republicans. 64% of republicans support repealing "don't ask, don't tell." 75% of independents. and look at the number among democrats. 80% say repeal it. a, this is a promise that president obama has made. b, republicans are totally caught with their pants down on this. they're on the wrong side of public opinion on this by a mile. and c, democrats do have this little problem with the enthusiasm of their base in this election season. the whole reason the white house says it won't suspend, it wouldn't suspend the implementation of this policy, that it wouldn't stop kicking people out while the military study on this is still pending is because they say they agreed not to as part of the political deal. they gave that up in exchange for enough votes in the senate to repeal "don't ask, don't tell." those votes did