with gun control. we can t let another newtown happen. essentially he was trying to shame america into calling and shame congress into doing something. here is the president. 100 days ago that happened. the entire country was shocked. an entire country pledged we would do something about it and this time would be different. shame on us if we ve forgotten. i haven t forgotten those kids. shame on us if we ve forgotten. steve: we haven t forgotten. eric: who has forgotten? i mean, it s a tragedy. we re all heart broken. why would president obama say shame on us if we ve forgotten? no one s forgotten newtown. we all remember it. what s his point? gretchen: well, quite frankly, it could be the polls. the polls that have shown that
series and other things. this was sort of a mission that the two of you had. it didn t come together immediately, did it? what do you make of the fact that it s been such a success? isn t it just phenomenal? i feel that god is moving. i think that these millions and millions and millions of people are hungry for spiritual programming and we ve also made it exciting, it s cool and edgy. we ve had more response from parents saying it s their teen-agers who are inviting them to the television set to watch it. but it s engaged the country in a conversation which is great. they re talking about faith. they re talking about god. they re talking about the bible. and here we are on good friday going right into easter weekend. it couldn t be better timing. eric: tell us about right before you were filming some of these scenes. what did you do to prepare for such an important role? well, the crucifixion, the
texting shut-offs inside cars. steve: great. eric: there are libertarians who salem handle my own issues. but look steve: it s like a breathalyzer before you can drive a car. eric: exactly. steve: it s dangerous. if you re driving 55 miles per hour in the 4.6 seconds it takes to look at a text, you ll have gone 100 yards. the length of a football field, blind, a lot can happen in that football field. gretchen: all right. coming up on our show, questions about obamacare? no worries, call the obamacare hot line. why not? taxpayers are apparently paying for it. eric: the breakthrough in the fight against cancer. it kills all forms of it. is it really a miracle drug? our doctor is here next look what mommy is having. mommy s having a french fry. yes she is, yes she is. [ bop ]
disproportionate in terms of impact on the economy. it s causing more damage than doing in terms of saving jobs in those particular areas. eric: we re going to leave it there. thank you very much. thanks. eric: up next, she s executive producer and plays mary in the hit tv series the bible. roma downey is here to talk about the show s massive success and what it s like to step into the shoes of the blessed mother. first this day in history, on this date in 1972, a horse with no name by america, number one song look what mommy is having. mommy s having a french fry. yes she is, yes she is. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could ve had a v8. 100% vegetable juice, with three of your daily vegetable servings in every little bottle. with three of your daily vegetable servings backflips and cartwheels.mile? love, warmth.
steve: next time we do a dodge ball segment, let s not bring in a former professional athlete. gretchen: i need to get an oxygen tank for him. eric: that s a good workout! gretchen: and you re over 50. steve: you think? stop it! gretchen: i m sorry. steve: so mean. gretchen: i m sorry. i ll still be your friend. come o we were just having a little fun and games. even old people can have fun. steve: yeah. it s fun. eric: don t ban that sport. that s a blast. gretchen: do i get extra credit for the heels? [ laughter ] steve: luckily we had already gone to break when one of the members of the team used an expletive that normally is not societied with dodge ball.