starts right now. live from new york, where we let the crew produce the show and pass the savings along to you, it s fox & friends. that was the first mistake right there. we will take you back to 2002. look, it s mike and juliet on the couch again. you have guys met before? wow. i m not juliet and philip. hi, welcome to fox & friends weekend. nice to see both of you. thanks for having us in. mike in from new philadelphia and juliet in from new york this morning. the phrases of 2013. picture. juliet on camera 4 or whatever camera is your camera. there we go. photo bomb. how many anchors does it take to figure out a photo bomb. janice photo bombing us. best photo bombs of 2013 coming up. some of them include pretty big celebrities like a man taking off shirt behind donald trump. that s the one you want to see. we have a lot of stuff coming up on the show today not that that s a surprising
of. wow wow. togetherness, just sort of discuss. this whether or not that s true i don t know, because i read it and i can t remember where i read it? a&e knew who phil robertson was before they started the show. they had publicist with him when he did that interview. let the viewers decide. there you go. that way people can say if you don t agree with his commentary on gays and african-americans, you don t watch the show. there is a lot of stuff on television. if you a agree that which millions of americans agree with family research council kelly perkins was on the kelly file. he said you have to stand up to cultural bullies. listen. good day, good news coming to the fans, the millions of fans of duck dynasty. but also i would say it s good news for christians out there who feel like they have had to suppress their faith, their belief in the bible and its truth as it pertains to morality.
with him i would get sassy with him. i like sassiness and discourse. i don t mind i think when you take to the level he did. i didn t like those comments but he has a right to say those comments. it s about political correctness, right? we can t have these discussions talk about quirks and we have to shutter away from these kind of commentary, the sassiness in this country. so politically correct. here is the story. we buried the lead. a&e, shall we tell the story? a&e is putting duck dynasty back on the air. phil robertson is back on the air in a statement last night. a&e relented and said duck dynasty is not a show about one man s views. it resonates with a large audience because it s a show about family. family that america has come to love. so you can pars it anyway you want. it is about one man s views why should a whole show be kicked off the air. country founded on religious
every time i turn on a&e it s duck dynasty. that s how popular it is. this is victory for christianity and religious freedom. bobby jindal, governor of louisiana where the show is filmed tweeted this almost immediately. today is a good day for the freedoms of speech and religious liberty. the left may control hollywood but they don t control the hearts and minds of the majority of americans. he is right. a number of americans who believe. this and a number of articles popping up saying this should be a sign to those who have a certain faith in this country who believe and believe phil robertson s comments are truth to them. and it shouldn t media shouldn t be controlled by the west coast and the east coast. there is a huge swathe a population in the middle of this country that believe. this. and yeah, and everybody has an opinion. isn t it funny how a reality show about guys who invented a duck call 40 years ago getting all sorts of people to respond, including politicians and
thank you very much. clayton, would you do the honors today? i would love to. because all last weekend we talked about duck dynasty and phil roberts being suspended. now is he back on the show. phil robertson in famous interview now famous magazine interview which has been taken and extrapolated and stretched out of context made some comments that many folks thought were highly controversial and insensitive to gay americans. sticking by his beliefs, a&e said we are suspending you, taking you off the air phil robertson of course backlash. twitter explodes. there is i stand with phil pops up on twitter. a&e now overnight has reversed its source and back on the air now. it seems by far the loudest voices came from those who believe those who have faith and those who believe he was speaking based on his faith and that he has a right to speak that way. let s listen let s look at what duck dynasty what a&e said about duck dynasty. they say it s not a show