but first, bill maher. host of "real time with bill maher," which returns friday night, september 17th, one of the best shows on television. his stand-up special is out on dvd. today, he received a star on hollywood's walk of fame, which we'll get to shortly. we'll talk politics with bill right now. i know you have a personal interest in delaware, which could be the big story of the night because the republican establishment looks like he's going to get beat. they won't support the person who is going to beat him, tea party person, who you brought us. >> i really dmplt christine o'donnell was one of most frequent gets on "politically incorrect" people who don't remember it because they were too young or watching johnny carson. no, i guess gi jay was there. we created anne colter, laura ingraham. i could go on. >> how did you find her? >> we used to become -- i drank a lot in those days. we liked to book female conservatives, you can't not like her. she's such a nice person. we have a great clip that used to

first, bill maher, best-selling author, host of "realtime with bill maher" which returns september 17th. one of the best shows on television. his standup special "bill maher but i'm not wrong" is back on. we'll talk politics with bill right now. bill, i know you have a personal interest in delaware which could be the big story of the night because the republican establishment figure looks like he's going to get beat, the republican establishment saying they won't support the woman who is going to beat him, a tea party person, who you brought us. >> i really did. i mean, christine o'donnell was one of our most frequent guests on "politically incorrect." people who may not remember "politically incorrect" because they were too young. we created people like an ingram. we did like to book a lot of female conservatives. they were good press and they were good for the show. we loved christine o'donnell. i still like her. you cannot not like her. she is such a nice person. we have a great clip that used to be in the highlight reel of ben affleck on the show saying please, christine, shut up. s

first bill maher. the comic, best selling author, host of "realtime with bill maher," which returns to hbo on friday night, september 17th. his standup special bill maher but i'm not wrong is now out on dvd. and today, he received a star on hollywood's walk of fame which we'll get to shortly. we'll talk politics with bill right now. i know you have a personal interest in delaware which could be the big story of the night because the republican establishment figure looks like he's going to get beat. the republican establishment saying they won't support the woman who's going to beat him, a tea party person who you brought us. >> i really did. i mean, kristin o'donnell was one of our most frequent guests on politically incorrect". people who may not remember it because they're too young or watching johnny carson or something, may not remember that we created people like ann coulter, laura ingram. i could go on with a number of -- >> how did you find them? >> we like to book, you know, i don't know. i dra

. >> bill maher does not like conservatives. tonight, we'll challenge him in a raucous interview. >> if you can't see the extremism on both sides, i'm flabbergasted. >> ahead, dennis miller on rahm emanuel and president clinton's christianity. >> i am getting sick of being hassled by the man! >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. "the factor" begins right now. >> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. progressive values, that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. a few months ago on this broadcast we had a debate on whether president obama would move to the center in light of his falling poll numbers. well, that question has now been answered. mr. obama is not moving to the center. he's moving further left. recently, the term progressive values has been used more and more by the president's allies in the media and on capitol hill. so what exactly are progressive values? well, the overarch is big government. mr. obama firmly believes he can change american society for the better by r

bill maher played that clip recently on his new show. o'donnell had fun with the controversy. >> that witchcraft comment on bill maher, i was in high school. how many of you didn't hang out with questionable folks in high school. no. there's been no witchcraft since. if there was, karl rove would be a supporter now. >> we all had lunches at midnight, picnics with blood in high school. come on, guys. o'donnell was scheduled to appear on "face the nation" and on "fox news sunday with chris wallace" but dropped out at the last minute of both appearances. both sunday show hosts called her out for cancelling. >> we expected to have christine o'donnell, the surprise winner of that republican senate primary up in delaware with us this morning. she called us or e-mailed us yesterday morning and told us that she was canceling, said she had scheduling conflicts and a lot of political things she's need to do in her homestate. >> this was not the program we were planning to bring you. christine o'donnell, the surprise winner of the republican senate

>>> finally as promised, bill maher dug into the christine o'donnell files and come up with another gem. if evolution is real, o'donnell wondered, why don't we see monkeys evolving into humans right before our eyes? talk about a "sideshow" item. all that's ahead. >>> right now let's check the "hardball" scoreboard. the latest polls. let's start with a couple of races where democrats may be gaining strength. in kentucky, rand paul's lead over jack conway shrunk to two points in the newest poll from survey usa. it's a robo poll, but it's a 13 point swing toward conway, the democrat. in three weeks. he is moving. in nevada, harry reid is up now 45-40 over sharron angle. that's a significant lead considering the outfit who did the poll. a republican pollster. harry reid in a significant lead now. now to california where new "l.a. times" usc poll has senator boxer building a comfortable lead over carly fiorina. look at that number. 51-43. boxer leads by eight points. she's up over 50% which is very significant for an incumbent. in the pennsylvania senate race, pat toomey, again, seven-point

i was helping bill maher get ratings. i don't see the relevance in this campaign because the campaign is about getting our country back on track. really, she has no explanation. >>> let's talk news. if joe and i had our way, we would wear no pants on "morning joe" each and every morning. we are forced to by some law that fcc -- standards no such standards in slovenia apparently. check out this news anchor this is your leading slovenian broadcast. he pushed back from his desk to talk to his producer, turns out he was just wearing boxer shorts no pants necessary when delivering the news in slovenia. one more for you from the dumb criminal file. if you are going to rob a store in a darth vader mask, put on the darth vader mask before you enter the store. this guy got into the store first, stared up into the camera, then he goes to the darth vader mask. he robbed the 7-eleven joint. the police said "this is one of the world's dumbest criminals." clearly displaying his face before putting on the darth vader mask. they expect t

>> thank you. >>> up next, bill maher. by the way, republicans will never tell you eliminating a major program. you've got to get rid of what the president is promising to do for people at some point or else it never adds up. >>> up next, bill maher releases another old videotape of christine o'donnell. this is chinese water torture for this candidate and it's pretty clear she doesn't believe in evolution. [ manager ] you know... i've been looking at the numbers, and i think our campus is spending too much money on printing. i'd like to put you in charge of cutting costs. calm down. i know that it is not your job. what i'm saying... excuse me? alright, fine. no, you don't have to do it. ok? [ male announcer ] notre dame knows it's better for xerox to control its printing costs. so they can focus on winning on and off the field. [ manager ] are you sure i can't talk -- ok, no, i get it. [ male announcer ] with xerox, you're ready for real business. [ male announcer ] with xerox, how are you getting to a happier place? runni

. >> larry: bill maher. he returns with "real time with bill maher r" on hbo friday night. he'll be appearing for two nights in las vegas september 25th and 26th. >>> this hour, everything you need to know for your week ahead including the man you just saw, bill maher, exposing the controversial past of a tea party darling and the new media darling of the tea party to cancel appearances. the head of the gay republicans here this hour. hurricane igor bearing down, thousands either fleeing or bracing for the worst. it's a giant storm, and we're live in the middle of it in just moments. >> we begin in southern california where an overnight scare about a possible cult suicide turned out to be a false alarm. 13 salvadoran women and children who had been the subject of an intense manhunt were found today safe and unharmed. in fact, they were praying in a public part in palmdale unaware police were even looking for them. cnn's thelma guite reds has been sorting out the facts. thelma? >> reporter: don, the group of 13 including eight children and five adults were found right here a

bill maher. he returns with "realtime with bill maher" on hbo friday night. he'll be appearing for two nights in las vegas september 25th and 26th. >>> i'm meteorologist jacqui jeras in your hurricane headquarte headquarters. category 1 storm producing winds of 75 miles per hour just at its closest point it bermuda, about 40 miles off to the west. the storm has been lashing the islands for hours now with hurricane-force wind gusts and they've been reported as high as 93 miles per hour. those strong winds will continue throughout much of the night tonight. and then begin it subside by monday afternoon. the storm has started a northeastly turn. we'll start to pick up in forward speed. that's a little bit of good news. it will also continue to create large swells up and down the atlantic coast. and that's going to last at least through your monday possibly into tuesday, as well. that's the latest. i'm meteorologist jacqui jeras. we'll have updates as needed throughout the night. >>> this hour, everything you need to know for your week ahead including the man you

our friend bill maher rebroadcast a clip of o'donnell from the show in which o'donnell said she once dabbled in witchcraft and went on a date with a satanic altar. what will the voters of delaware make of that? republican dale peterson of alabama said things like president obama hates america. you know, the usual stuff. this unthinking hatred of the president by right wingers and tea parters has gotten pretty far out. so far, how the democrats going to fight with it? speaking of screwball talk how about newt gingrich? he's out with the craziest chug-a-lugging the kool-aid and sounding like a paranoid or is he or talking a joaquin phoenix right now by pretending to be wild to fire up his brand-name. and let me finish tonight with what i saw today with president obama in today's town hall with cnbc. we begin tonight with the obama/clinton coalition. arianna huffington. author of a great new book "third world america" there it is in red. and "newsweek's" howard fineman is an msnbc political analyst who always in the news. go to arianna huffington. arianna, congratulations on "the huffin

on sunday. >> the witchcraft comments on bill maher, i was in high school. how many of you didn't hang out with questionable folks in high school? but, no, it -- there has been no witchcraft since, if there was, karl rove would be a supporter now! [laughter]. bill: that was the latest comments, and, there could be more today, and if and when there is we'll pass it to our viewers, how do you think she's doing on this topic over the past 48 hours? >> i think we ridiculing it she's doing fairly well. you know, what is worse than witchcraft a guy trying to aim for relevancy while wearing a mullet and releasing a tape of a high school girl as a way to tear done the conservative candidate. that is what i think is worse than witchcraft, as long as he ridicules it because it should be ridiculed. if any one of us were to go on things from 14 years ago, none of us would be fit for office and that includes bill maher and everybody. bill: would you have the -- encourage her to take chris wallace's questions? sit there and answer it and get that on the table. she didn't.

as you said maher is march left. it's an opportunity to skew her and opportunity then by extension to say that the tea party, and all of those people who supported her really are people who are extremists. it plays into the democrats' hands. it energizes the democrat base. it's harmful. it's harmful for republicans. >> bill: do you see it the same way mary katharine? >> look. i think there is an upside and downside. actually, i think in this particular instance with the witchcraft thing which has become the central message of the democrats and liberals against her which i think is a huge mistake for them. if i didn't know better i would think bill maher was trying to get her elected. the nins were a questionable time. some people voted for bill clinton. i thought reality bite was great movie. some people make mistakes. it's a silly thing she said 11 years ago. i wouldn't hold it against her. >> bill: you don't discount the samantha factor because bewitch was a very popular program in the united states. >> it's a prob

chr >> christine o'donnell seen in this 1999 television appearance with bill maher talking about her experiences with the cult. >> one of the my first date was on a satic although tar and didn't know. >> maher reair it had andhis morning she had scheduling conflicts and couldn't be here. >> she was a no-show for two interviews she was backed by sarah palin in the tea party and defeated a moderate republican favored by gop leaders in washington. today at least one that opposed o'donnell has seen his fears confirmed. >> there are serious questions raised about miss o'donnell's ckground, character and previous actions. >> reporter: they hope the crack in gop unity gives them a foot hold in november. >> they merged with the tea party and, they're finding out it's the donner party in many instances. >> reporter: christine o'donnell was back in delawarcampaigni campaigning. she told an audience how much of you didn't hang out with questionable folk in high scol? lester. >> for more we're joined by cnbc's chief washington correspondent don harwood, he's at the museum in washington where he'

sound bite, please. >> the witchcraft comment on bill maher, i was in high school. how many of you didn't hang out with questionable folks in high school? but no, there has been no witchcraft since. if there was, karl rove would be a supporter now. >> bret: diffuse the issue there? s>> i don't think it did. she has said so many wacky things this is one in a series of bullets shot at her. i think she is a very weak candidate. i think even trying to look like sarah palin is not going to help her in the long run. >> bret: although her supporters and others say chris coons, the democratic nominee said wacky things in his career as well. >> yes, we heard that this weekend, too. look, this is, this is politics. is this really an accurate test of where the tea party is going to make the difference? is it the christine o'donnell or a state like nevada or a state where you're going to have a lot in play? >> bret: charles, i know you're chomping at the bit to get in on this conversation. >> yeah. i profited mightily on my stance on christine o'donnell. i thought she deflected

let's talk about bill maher is a comedian. he has a talk show. >> yeah. >> so are, you know, jon stewart, right? and steven colbert. what do i make of the thing they're having on october 31st in washington, these rallies? >> the restore sanity rally? i love it. i've long dreamed about the day when people take to the streets and yell, be reasonable. it is a good pushback at some of what we've seen. colbert's competing rally is keep fear alive. which itself is pretty inspired. we're living in a time where sometimes satire is the only way to tell the truth about our politics. because the spin cycle is so insidious, is so extreme. and it also does speak to the way that media's playing a really dominant role in our politics. it is informing the conversation, driving the conversation. this is just another step in that direction. and from my point of view, centrist point of view, independent point of view, that's a hopeful point of view. >> you can look at people, christine o'donnell, the beginnings of the tea party movement, what gl

friday bill maher led the charge trying to suggest she dabbled in witchcraft as a high schooler. o'donnell gave the response. >> bill wanted ratings, i gave him ratings. this was high school! >> sean: nonetheless, maher's fellow liberals took his cue and continued to attack o'donnell and the tea party phaeft that backed her so strongly. >> when you an -- >> when you call her on something she says everybody is playing negative politics. >> i think it is going to be bad for the republican party. >> some of these core positions of the candidates don't resonate with independent and moderate voters. >> the wicken voight could be an real -- vote that could be a value. >> reporter: the mainstream media of course there to grease the wheels. >> she said of all things she had once dabbled in witchcraft. >> inside the republican party the chatter of civil war among democrats the feeling there's an opportunity here. >> what about christine o'donnell, does she ensure that a democrat holds that senate seat? are candidates like a christine o'donnell helpful to the democratic party? >> sean: joi

we start with bill maher, the host of "real time." here he is, let's listen to the great man himself. i'm sorry, we're going to go right now to -- you know what? we're going to go to you on "real time." >> christine, if you're watching, i created you. you need to come on this show. if you don't come on this show, i'm going to show a clip every week. i'm the only one who has them. let me show this. this is from politically incorrect, like 1997 or something. >> you were a witch. >> i dabbled into witchcraft. never joined a coven. >> you were a witch? >> i didn't join a coven. >> wait a minute, you're a witch -- >> i was a witch. that's exactly why. >> how? >> because i dabbled into witchcraft. i hung around people who were doing these things. i'm not making this up. i know what they told me they do. on one of my dates, my first date with a witch was on a satanic altar and i didn't know it. there was a little blood there. >> on a satanic altar? >> yeah, and had a little midnight picnic. >> that's the candidate for united states senator f

here's bill maher on his hbo show. >> christine, if you're watching, i created you. you need to come on this show. if you don't, i'm going to show a clip every week. i'm the only one who has them. let me show this clip. this is from 1997 or something. >> you were a witch. >> i dabbled into witchcraft. i never joined a coven. >> you were a witch? >> i didn't join a coven. >> wait a minute. you're a witch -- >> i was a witch. that's exactly right. >> how could you be a witch? >> because i dabbled into witchcraft. i hung around people who were doing these things. i'm not making this stuff up. one of my dates, first date -- one of my first dates with a witch was on a satanic altar and i didn't know it. >> your first date was on a satanic altar? >> went on a date, then a little picnic. >> videotape it. it's dangerous stuff. christine o'donnell came back with an answer to that question. >> bill wanted ratings. i gave him ratings. i was in high school. who didn't have interesting friends in high school? >> michelle bernard is an msnbc analyst. david corn, the washington bur

that witchcraft comment on bill maher, i was in high school. how many of you didn't hang out with questionable folks in high school? but no, there's been no witchcraft since. if there was, karl rove would be a supporter now. >> reporter: he's not. here's how rove responded to the witchcraft comment -- >> you know, in southern delaware, where there are a lot of church-going people, they're probably going to want to know what was that all about. >> reporter: but none of the voters we spoke to in delaware today seem to care much about o'donnell's words from years ago. >> teenagers do and say a lot of things that are crazy and silly and have no relevance to their future. >> i really don't care. >> i don't think anything of what she may have dabbled in as far as witchcraft 20 years ago is really relevant. >> reporter: and o'donnell isn't the only one haunted by past statements. politico obtained this article, "the making of a bearded marxist," where the democratic candidate, chris coons, wrote in his college paper that "my own favorite beliefs in th

a programming note, bill maher will be a guest on hardball with chris matthews. >>> a 58-year-old man is recovering today after being viciously attacked by a 150-pound bear. the victim is a city councilman from bellevue, washington. he was visiting his vacation home about 100 miles east of seattle in a rural part of the state. the man's wife saw the whole thing happened. she called 911 when the attack was still in progress. >> well, the victim is in stable condition. he's got bite marks on his face, head, neck, and puncture wounds all over his body. authorities killed the bear. >>> and a washington state woman who claimed someone threw acid in her face is now charged with three felons. bethany storro admitted she made up the story and the wounds were self-inflicted. >> bethany storro is charged with three counts of felon theft for taking money from the community trying to help her. she duped the community which donated $30,000 to help pay her medical bills. last month she told police a woman she didn't recognize approached her and threw acid in her face. the vancouver, washington, wom

its host, bill maher, revealed the existence of the host. in october of 1999, as the leader of the anti-masturbation group, o'donnell made an appearance on "politically incorrect" and revealed an experiment that even shocked co-panelist, jamie kennedy. >> i dabbled into witchcraft, i never joined a coven. >> wait a minute, wait a minute. you were a witch? >> i didn't join a coven. >> you used to be a witch? >> i dabbled into witchcraft. i hung around people who were doing these things. >> having fun? >> i'm not making this stuff up. i know what they told me they do. >> what do they do? >> in one of my dates -- >> wait, wait, wait. i want to hear about this. >> one of my first dates with a witch was on a satanic alter and i didn't know it. there was a little blood there. >> your first date was a satanic alter? >> we went to a movie and had a little midnight picnic on a satanic alter. >> are you now or have you ever been a witch? mr. march says there's more where that came from. as for o'donnell, after the clip aired wab scheduling conflict po

here what happens she told bill maher in 1999 and show he tried to explain it arecently at a republican picnic this week. >> i dabbled into witchcraft i never joined a coven. >>> you were a witch? >> i didn't join a coven, let's get this straight. >> wait a minute. i love this. you're a witch. i was a witch. >> that's exactly why -- >> how you used to be a witch? >> because i dabbled into witchcraft. i hung around people who were doing these things. >> having fun? >> i'm not making this stuff up. i know what they told me they do. how many of you didn't hang out with questionable folks in high school? but, there's been no witchcraft since. if there was, karl rove would be a supporter now. >> there woo we have the original statement in 1999. how to this wcheekend's rebutta of that. kelly what do we make? is this a quick way of dispelling that video clip from 1999, to make light of it this weekend? when i talked to christine about various clips, not this one in particular, she says that she was trying to be a pundit and entertaining guest when she appeared on bill maher's show about two do

here's bill maher on his hbo show "realtime." >> christine, if you're watching, i created you. you need to come on this show. if you don't come on this show i'm going to show a clip every week. i'm the only one who has them. i ordered them. let me show this clip from "politically correct" i don't know what year, like 1997 or something. >> you were a witch. >> i dabbled into witchcraft. i never joined a covenant. >> you were a witch? >> i didn't join a coven. >> wait a minute. you're a witch -- you are going at halloween i was a witch. >> that's exactly why. >> how could you be a witch? >> because i dabbled into witchcraft. i hung around people who were doing these things. >> having fun? >> i'm not making this stuff up. i know what they told me they do. >> well, what do they do? >> on one my dates, like my first date was -- >> wait a minute, wait a minute. i want to hear. >> know of my first dates was on a satanic altar and i didn't know. >> your first date was on a satanic altar? >> went on a date, then a little midnight picnic. >> wow, videotape. it's dangerous stuff. christin

maher says there's more where that came from. as for o'donnell, after the clip aired wab scheduling conflict popped up and she was forced to cancel her sunday appearance on "face the nation" on cbs. the candidate was so exhausted, she couldn't even speak through fox news sunday, or something. >> late friday night, her campaign canceled. saying o'donnell was exhausted and had to return to delaware. saturday morning, o'donnell called me and said this. "i got triple booked. i had been invited to go to church and then a picnic. i have to keep my priorities to delaware voters." >> national tv, picnic? picnic, national tv? so with no guest, fox news went in house. o'donnell's arch republican nemesis, karl rove, addressed the witch problem instead. >> in southern delaware, where there are a lot of church-going people, they're probably going to want to know, what was that all about? my view is, she can't simply ignore it. she's got to deal with it and explain it and put it in its most sympathetic light and move on. >> sarah palin also tw

she cancelled soon after this video surfaced friday night on bill maher's hbo show. >> i dabbled into witchcraft. i never joined a coven. >> wait, you were a witch? >> yeah. i he never joined a coven. let's get this straight. >> wait, i love this. you were a witch. you're going halloween's you bad, i used to be a witch. how were you a witch? >> because i dabbled into witchcra witchcraft, i hung around people who were doing these things. i'm not making this stuff up. i know what they told me they do. on one of my dates -- >> whoa, whoa, i want to hear about this. >> one of my first dates with a witch was on a satanic altar and i didn't know it. there was a little blood there and stuff like that. >> that was a date? >> your first date was a satanic altar? >> yeah, we went to a movie and had a little picnic on a saltnic altar. >> bill maher says he has more clips of o'donnell on the show and promises to play one after the other until she comes back on his program. given her new stranlt of not talking to national media outlets that seems highly doubtful although yesterday she tried to exp

she said it on television when she went on the bill maher show. my view is she can't simply ignore it she has to deal with it and explain it and mover on. >> after saying she was exhausted and cancelling appearances delaware's surprise nominee for senate showed up at a county gop pic picnic. this is how she addressed a controversy caused by her admission of long ago satanism. >> what about witchcraft? >> no. it was high school. >> ep wanted ratings, i gave him ratings. it was high school. i talk to do a reporter today th there will be a story in a couple hours. >> i was in high school. who didn't have teachers and friends. >> i didn't. >> as it turned out back in 1987 the 40-year-old was in high school i probed the state of satanism in america. perhaps even influencing the future nominee from delaware. here's an excerpts of the highly rated widely panned special. >> deadly worship is all religion stuff. it's the grim alternative the flip side of life. evil over good. dark over light. satan over god himself. >> come forth and bestow these blessings

bill maher is going back and digging up old clips of her when she was on "politically incorrect." they're good ones for punch lines. >> sure. >> apparently she said she dabbled in witch craft. >> i did that. >> like most republicans in the 1990s, it was the thing to do. >> you did, also? you had your coven? >> here is krista free land, editor for global reuters. >> it was like harry potter. the freshmen republicans that came in in '94, seriously. let's turn to some serious news. by that way, that will have some punch line impact, but no impact at the end of the race. >> we also have with us msnbc and "time" magazine senior political analyst mark halprin joining the conversation this morning. coming up today richard holbrooke is going to be here. >> wow. >> yes, uh-huh. peter king from nbc's "football night in america." >> yes. >> and broadway star patti lupone to round things out. >> what does that mean, yes! >> speaking of football, a couple of things. first of all vanderbilt, vandy, it ain't easygoing in to oxford on a saturday night with 23,000 screaming fans. >> at the new ham

. >>> comedienne bill maher unveils another clip, crest open o'donald. >>> and a tough college athlete brought to tears when he gets a surprise. his mother is back from the front lines and there he goes, the tears are flowing. we'll show you how that played out. >> those are some of the stories coming your way as fox 5 news at 10 rolls on. the camera is rolling o.  >> a pakistani airplane made an emergency landing in swede know after a tip emerged that a passenger was carrying a bomb on board. the flight was diverted to orlando airport in stockholm. the authorities say a canadian citizens called in a tip of a bomb on board. the police evacuated 273 people from the jet and briefly detained a canadian citizens of pakistani origin. they didn't find any explosives and he didn't appear on the no- fly list. >> and we -- the explosives in some kind and that is why. we made evacuation of the plane and it went very well. and they came out one-by-one on the letter and we could identify the suspect who is taken do into custody. >> police are investigating whether this was in fact a terrori

it's courtesy of a 1999 clip from bill maher. >> i dabbled into it. i never joined a coven. >> you were a witch? >> i was a witch. >> how were you a witch? >> i dabbled into witchcraft. i hung around people who were doing these things. i'm not making this stuff up. in one of my dates, my first date -- >> i want to hear about -- >> one of my first dates with a witch was on a satanic altar and i didn't know it. there was little blood there -- >> it was a date? your first date was on a satanic altar? >> yeah, and had a little midnight picnic. >> bill maher showed that clip last night on his newer program. hbo's "real time." o'donnell's canceled two appearance on his sunday talk shows because her campaign says she has obligations in delaware. cnn contributor john avalon says all of this spells trouble for her campaign. >> look, there's a reason the libertarian magazine reason called her a crackpot of the first order. you are seeing a lot of the controversies from her past have -- are coming out and they're going to keep coming out in drips and drabs. you

bill maher recently aired it on his show. o'donnell just recently swept to victory after backing with the tea party movement. rove says her victory did little good for the party. he says she can't ignore her witchcraft comment. she canceled her scheduled appearances on at last two sunday talk shows today. >>> after more than a year in an iranian prison, sarah shourd is home in the united states. she is schedule speak to the media in about one hour from now. susan candiotti joint us now. what a jourpy she has had. >> a long one. after spending more than 13 months in an iranian prison. here is what we do know, fred. we'll be hearing from sarah shourd from the first time since she arrived on u.s. soil. she's only been here for a few hours. we'll be getting her thoughts. and what it is like to leave behind her companions, her fiance, shane bauer, and josh fatal. she will not be taking any questions, that's what we're being told. but the mothers of shane bauer and josh fattal will be answering questions. freedom for her came with

she cancelled soon after this video surfaced friday night on bill maher's show. >> i didn't join a coven. >> you were a witch? >> that's right. >> you used to be a witch? >> i dabbled in witchcraft and hung around people who did this. i'm not making this stuff up. i know what they told me they do. on one of my dates -- >> i want to hear this. >> one of my first dates with the witch was on a satanic altar and i didn't know it. there was blood there -- >> you're first date was a satanic altar and we had a midnight picnic and it was a saw tannic altar. >> given her strategy of not talking to the media it seems likely that she won't be back but yesterday she tried to explain all of this. >> the witchcraft comment on bill maher, i was in high school. how many of you didn't hang out with questionable folks in high school? but, no. there's been no witchcraft since. if there was, karl rove would be a supporter now. >> well, karl rove, who was on fox news sunday without o'donnell said although she was smart to cancel at some point she's got to talk. >> in southern delaware where there are a lot o

bill maher, friend of yours obviously. you did his show an lot, apparently. >> yeah, unfortunately. >> sean: he comes up with this tape, 1999 you made an appearance talking about a boyfriend when you were a teenager? >> right. >> sean: saying you dabbled into witchcraft. why don't you explain, what was that about? >> teenage rebellion. some dabble in drugs to rebel, that's how i rebelled. who didn't do some questionable things in high school and who don't regret the 80s to some extent? i certainly do. i most certainly regret bringing it up to bill maher. >> sean: he's promising to keep bringing out old tapes. others promising to dredge up old comments that you made. what is your reaction? >> it not a promise, it is a threat. let 'em. my focus is on what is important to the people of delaware. if he wants to do that side nonsense, let him. i'm going to focus on letting the people of delaware know what i want to do to get jobs back. reduce the size of government. to make our homeland strong once again. we've got serious issu

bill maher has rulolled out another decade-old clip of the candidate. pat buchanan and karen finney. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> so pat, we'll begin with you this time. and kentucky senate candidate rand paul also had a rocky start to the campaign after make something controversial comment. do you think tea party candidates are finding themselves far outside the mainstream and that's why they're getting that kind of attention? >> not at all. i mean, one of the toughest cases we've gotten is in nevada. sharon angle's running even, rand paul's ahead, rubio's ahead, toomey is ahead. mike lee in utah, they're all ahead. this is the toughest race we've got right here and for a number of reasons. delaware is a liberal state. had a very bloody primary. mike castle lost. he's very popular. the castle republicans are abandoning christine o'donnell or have not come back. she's controversial. no doubt bill maher has put out this stuff and it has been an attack on her. can her energy and enthusiasm and the money that is pouring in behind her an

. >> sean: bill maher, a from of yours obviously. you did his show a lot. >> unfortunately. >> sean: combs up with this tape, 1999, you made appearance. talking about a -- talking about a boyfriend when you were a teenager. >> right. >> sean: saying you dabbled into witchcraft. why don't you explain for people that maybe -- what was that about? >> teenage rebellion. some dabble in drugs to rebel, that's how i rebelled. who didn't do some questionable things in high school? who doesn't regret the 80s to some extent. i certainly do. i most certainly regret bringing it up to bill maher. >> greta: there you have it, the best of the rest. still ahead, the individual nation is buzzing about sarah palin's daughter bristol doing the what what. -- doing the cha-cha. what does sarah palin say about her daughter? stay right here and you will find out. enge that with regenerist anti-aging eye roller. its hydrating formula with caffeine-conditioning complex perks up the look of eyes. it works in the blink of an eye. i kn who works different than