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The whole world has to know that judgment day is near. >> this is not an option. we have to say it again and again and again. may 21, 2011, is the day of judgment. >> thats the warning from 89-year-old christian radio broadcaster and president of family radio harold camping. he is using his radio empire to trick an unfortunate few into believing his prediction that jesus christ will return to earth tomorrow and start killing people in a big way starting with a giant earthquake beginning here in ...

>> the peace based on illusions will crash on the rocks of the middle eastern reality. and the only -- only peace that will endure is one thats based on reality. on -- unshakable facts. >> a peace based on illusions. strong words indeed. i will be asking exactly what that meant and i will be asking true insider. i will have an exclusive interview with israels ambassador to the united states mi the end of the world. >> if we dont act now it will be too late. >> some people are sure it i...

at the peace plan obama laid out in his speech yesterday. >> the peace based on illusions will crash on the rocks of the middle eastern reality. and the only -- only peace that will endure is one thats based on reality. on -- unshakable facts. >> a peace based on illusions. strong words indeed. i will be asking exactly what that meant and i will be asking true insider. i will have an exclusive interview with israels ambassador to the united states mi the end of the world. >> if we dont...

May 21, 2011, is the day of judgment. >> david corn is the washington editor for "mother jones" magazine and msnbc political analyst. david, i have decided im in the wrong area of radio. because im from philly. we got these billboards around us in philly. ive seen them in jersey. i woke up this morning in indiana. there it was as i drove to the airport. how are they funding this? there has to be a lot of money in religious broadcasting that supports this. >> there is. "mother jones" did a story ...

Their way to work that they have less than a month before the end of the world as we know it. >> harold camping says the world is going to end next saturday. >> hes 89. [ laughter ] >> hes probably not that far off. >> that was jon stewart, adding his spotlight to the teachings of the family radio network founder and self-taught bible scholar harold camping, who insists the world will end this saturday, may 21. this evening, the top three searches trending on google were, end of the world may 21...

>> i happen to have spoken myself to harold camping. hes the gent behind this, who says the end is near on my radio program. you might find it interesting to see what he sounds like. >> where do you expect to be on may 22nd? where do you expect to be on may 22nd? >> oi may 22nd, i expect to be in heaven because the rap amateur occurs on may 21. >> and those who dont accept or believe that which youre offering, where will they be on may 22nd? >> they will be many the second day of judgment that c...

>> now, i wondered what 6:00 p.m. was. there was eastern, pacific, et cetera. actually one of our fellow co-hosts on the young turks, interviewed and asked him, and he said, no, no, theres it starts anywhere theres a 6:00 p.m. >> so its local time, zone by zone basis. >> it starts in american samoa, apparently, actually at 11:00 tonight for the pacific coast. so you and i got to hurry up and grab those buy pies. >> thats what were planning on doing, right? but harold camping -- michael smerconis...

Couple thousand, tens of thousands of people out there to believe you indeed are a prophet, you can ask them for money and youll get a good bit of it in return. >> i happen to have spoken myself to harold,camping, hes the gent behind this. you might find it interesting to hear what he sounds like. >> where do you expect to be on may 22nd? >> on may 22nd i expect to be in heaven, because the rapture occurs on may 21. >> those who dont accept or believe that which youre offering, where will they b...

Jack is here with the cafferty file. >> if you believe the signs and they are everywhere, bus stations, train station, billboards, you are probably going to try to pack a lot into the next phfew days. according to a well publicized campaign, why, i have no idea, by a group family radio, this coming saturday, day after tomorrow, may 21, is judgment day. on that day about 1,200 million people p.% of the worlds population, will be taken to heaven. according to him the rest of us will live in a worl...

I think this is a tough call for the judge. >> all right. jeffrey toobin, appreciate your insight. glad we got you on the line. the ex-imf chief, strauss-kahn, has been indicted. we will continue to follow that. in the meantime, switching gears a bit two days from now, that is when a california minister predicts the rapture will happen. the day many christians believe theyll be taken up to hev tonight meet jesus. the man making the prediction responsible for thousands of billboards just like t...