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>> she died the first day of 2000. >> sean: i didn't know what to make of it. i am sure everybody's asked you that. >> it's a guy who loves his mom a lot. >> sean: no, no. [overlapping dialogue] >> i show it that way. >> sean: all right. let me ask you about obama. >> uh-huh? i know you are libertarian. >> yes, i am. >> sean: you told me, you are interested in the libertarian candidate, perhaps for president. >> i i think gary john sop's pretty good. their personal beliefs don't matter if they have a real strong theory of government. i mean, ron paul, i can disagree with on creationism because...

>> she died the first day of 2000. >> sean: i didn't know what to make of it. i am sure everybody's asked you that. >> it's a guy who loves his mom a lot. >> sean: no, no. [overlapping dialogue] >> i show it that way. >> sean: all right. let me ask you about obama. >> uh-huh? i know you are libertarian. >> yes, i am. >> sean: you told me, you are interested in the libertarian candidate, perhaps for president. >> i i think gary john sop's pretty good. their personal beliefs don't matter if they have a real strong theory of government. i mean, ron paul, i can disagree with on creationism because...

You know, you get away from the national debate and look at the state level and you've got some states where they're so progressive that the idea of any kind of creationism anything like that totally off-limits but there are other states, tennessee or kansas where the school boards have been taken over by fundamentalist christians and texas school books. when you talk about the schools and how they handle these things of the two americas, the vast cultural and religious divide. >> scopes was on trial for steeching evolution and now they're kind of fighting a battle protecting the christian tea...

Environment where all ideas are open for discussion in the science classroom. >> right. >> it's really about giving teachers teachable moments with students about a myriad of subjects, not just evolution or global warming or creationism or intelligent design. it's really about creating teachable moments for teachers. >> as i understand, senator and you can correct me if i'm incorrect, they're in tennessee which is where the scopes monkey trial was many, many decades ago, going forward, if a kid asks a teacher a question about, for instance, creationism, well, teacher, you're talking about ev...

>> if i have a marshmallows, i could have roasted them. >> he was charging his iphone 3g with a third party device when it exploded burning a hole through his seat. he says at&t gave him a new charger but he's now afraid to use it. steve? >> thank you. gretch. a win for christians in tennessee. teachers will no longer get in trouble for bringing beliefs into the classroom. they can talk about creationism and not just evolution. joining us is one of sponsors of the bill, tennessee state senator bo watson. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> what were you folks trying to do with this bill...