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73 banks across the united states have now failed. why in the world should we be backing up fannie and freddie? is there any reason? >> the only reason is because of the fact that theyre afraid that those banks are going to -- theres going to be more failures because a lot of these loans are not worth what the banks are going to take losses if they have to -- if they have to eat them. so instead, the taxpayer, you and me are going to make the banks whole on these loans. theoretically so the bank...

Continuing to weigh in on the proposed ground zero mosque. >> i believe that muslims have the right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country. >> ground zero is the wrong place for a mosque. >> i do think that a mosque would enhance the cultural diversity of our city. >> but i do think its unwise to build a mosque at the site where 3,000 americans lost their lives as a result of a terrorist attack. >> yesterday, the mosque developer said the center is "nowhere near the world tr...

Important for americans as well. this was in 2001, i wouldnt say that the united states deserved what happened but united states policies were an accessory to the crime that happened. that sounds controversial to me. >> very much. and in his book, in the arabic language, the title of his book is a call to dour from the world trade center rubble. its a process of victimization. he talked in his manifesto of his goals in the middle east and now hes being sent as an envoy. they talked about how the...

Important as he tries to convince voters he can turn things around. our own julie kurtz is live with more on that. good morning. >> good morning. hes on a five day cross country today. he makes a swing through ohio facing some of his lowest marks yet on his handling of the economy. he landed in ohio last night after fundraising for dems in seattle. with that new associated press j.f.k. poll showing a majority of americans describe the countrys financial outlook as poor with 11 weeks to go since ...

More like a woman when theyre doing that. like i said, the jersey shore guys are going to be upset. they get man scaping all the time. >> i love how we have a photo ready to go. >> what are the odds of that? >> its just the situation regarding the culture right now, have that ready and eventually tier going to talk about "the jersey shore." >> at some point, it will be there. >> what about the back hair? >> what did i just say? im 100% against back hair all the time. im 100% against that ear hai...

Terrorist organization. we just had a guest on in the last hour who said the reason he does that is hes going to go to the middle east on this so-called state department trip but he needs to maybe try and raise some money for this mosque as well so hes not going to really go out on a limb and call anyone a terrorist organization. thats problematic for a lot of americans. >> it wasnt enough, though, for the bush administration. president bush hired him during, what, 2006 and 2007. state departmen...

Gotten worse or stayed the same on obamas watch. a huge factor making americans more worried, of course, this summer is the unemployment rate which continues to hover near 10%. this morning, obama will hold a kitchen table chat. you mentioned that. with a family in their columbus home. theyll talk about their very real work and money issues. the same ones facing many americans. money will also be the focus later today when the president headlines a fundraiser for ohio democrat. he then flies to ...