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Personal story segment tonight. playing the part of jesus. not an easy thing to do. this coming sunday 8:00 and 11:00 p.m. on the national geographic channel "killing jesus counties will day debut. a actor playing is a muslim. i talked to him this week. you were raised in lebanon correct. >> correct. >> lebanon is a interesting place big christian community as well as the muslim majority. when you were growing up as a muslim, did you know anything about jesus? >> oh, yeah. absolutely. we celebrated christmas. >> you did? >> oh, yeah. and i knew not so much in details about his teachings and wh...

>> yeah. >> what does that mean? >> well, what's this pee-wee herman stuff. why does he behave like pee-wee herman? even pee-wee herman is an actor playing pee-wee herman. is this guy playing what he thinks is a presidential candidate? >> i think rick perry is stunned and baffled, because he was supposed to be -- just waltz into this race and walk away with the whole thing. and then everything fell apart. and he's saying, all right, what went wrong? and i think what he's come to the conclusion of is, maybe i wasn't crazy enough. you know, before i used to talk about -- before i used to talk ab...

Why does he behave like pee-wee herman? even pee-wee herman is an actor playing pee-wee herman. is this guy playing what he thinks is a presidential candidate? >> i think rick perry is stunned and baffled, because he was supposed to be -- just waltz into this race and walk away with the whole thing. and then everything fell apart. and he's saying, all right, what went wrong? and i think what he's come to the conclusion of is maybe i wasn't crazy enough. you know, before i used to talk about -- before i used to talk about secession, so, okay, i'm maybe not secession, but we're back with the bir...

Laugh. harwood's a serious journalist. he's not laughing with him. who's laughing with this guy? >> well, clowns are funny. that wasn't funny. >> yeah. >> and it really was too worlds. it was john harwood trying to get a serious answer out of the guy. and it's rick perry basically saying don't pay attention to anything i'm saying. don't take what i'm saying seriously, because i sort of mean it or i don't mean it, and it's all political theater anyway. it's a good issue to keep alive. >> yeah. >> what does that mean? >> well, what's this pee-wee herman stuff. why does he behave like pee-wee her...