steve: they can hear you now. verizon wants to listen in on your conversations. the company filing a patent for ads that collect information from infrared cameras. they also want a patent for a microphone that co-detective the amount detect the amount of people and types of conversations happening in customers living rooms. i wonder if that s when they re on the phone. technology is not the first of its kind. comcast patented similar technology in 2008. can you hear me now? apparently yes. gretchen: sorry, charlie. a church canceling performances of a charlie brown christmas because, did you know it s too religious? i guess i really don t know what christmas is all about. isn t there anyone who knows what christmas is all about? gretchen: well, some elementary school students were supposed to see the christmas classic at a church in little rock, arkansas, but an atheist group threatened to sue the school district because of the play s religious content. the church tells fo