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Tough on the border and on employers to make sure that we are not taking advantage of people in this country as well as making sure that players arent getting the cheap labor from mexico that undermines the labor markets near this country. >> greta: what do you make of the news that senator harry reid today is taking a difference position on the mosque than president obama? you were on with us friday night. what is the political ramifications of this? >> well, barack obama as governor palin said...

Hamas. hes given us every indication that hes supporting a radical fundamentalist group that hide behind freedom of religion argument and want to open up this affront to the memories of thousands of -- >> why do you think mayor michael bloomberg supported this mosque and community center? >> i think mayor bloomberg is off the page. i think hes gone too far in just accepting this and calling it a freedom of religion. hes just making a terrible error here, and i think he should rethink based upon ...

It says nothing about matt and trey. it only speaks to islam. >> larry: rachael? >> wow. well, my opinion is a little bit different. i feel like -- well, first of all, the guys that are watching the muslim revolution, right? i mean, if theyre going to turn on "south park" and theyre going to watch it, they should kind of know what theyre getting into. it is not -- you know, it is as if -- >> larry: it is what it is? >> exactly. so i feel like if youre going to watch the show -- >> but i believe ...

Going to watch it, they should kind of know what theyre getting into. its not -- its as if -- >> larry: it is what it is? >> exactly. so i feel like if youre going to watch the show -- >> but i believe they believe that the very existence of that is an affront to their religion. its not a question they dont want to see it. its not a question of taste. its a question of morality. isnt that what theyre claiming? >> right. but then they should go after every organization or every comic thats ever s...

The adl, on the other hand, was against this. but i think the mayor spoke well about building this as a way to get past 9/11, not as a way to stoke those fears again. but you do have to take into consideration, as john said, the emotions of the people involved. i grew up in a town about 20 miles outside the city. we lost 12 people on september 11th. the people who -- the families involved in this see this as a direct affront as newt gingrich said, an act of aggression. that doesnt mean legally t...

Personally the mission of honorably interring those service members who have passed. recognizing the sacrifices that theyve made while they wore the uniform. partner, to me, its an affront to what those individual service members have done to honor and defend the liberties and free documents every citizen of this country enjoys every day because of their sacrifices, and i think we need to go a little further. arlington is a resting place for not only service members of the country who sacrificed...

Disappointing that the prime minister will not agree to our meeting requests because it is critical for us to get the full story from the british government about the release of al meg gra i had. -- megrahi. since he will not discuss this in person it is important that they cooperate fully with our foreign relations committee hearing next week, including providing testimony if they are asked. that hearing, by the way, of the senate foreign relations committee, shep, is said for july 29th. >> she...

Trespassing. >> neil: i.c.e., might not shake up the folks but thats separate. you personally received death threats, right? >> yes, we have. i get a lot of emails and phone calls. some not necessarily fan mail, even by our citizens. yesterday to actually have credible threats and this is from other law enforcement agencies, even outside of arizona, theres a hit placed on me. its different than what we know as a hit with a paid contract. this a green light that those criminal elements have to ca...

Competing priorities, but if the result is going to be states that enact laws that are going to undermine our constitution and be an affront and undermine the civil rights of many in our country, in particular, hispanics, well, then we need to act and it has to be a priority. we need comprehensive immigration reform and that will ultimately be the best solution to all these states acting independently. >> how frustrating that the lawsuit is on the issue of preemption and not racial profiling. th...

>> well, we are clearly opposed to the arizona law. we see it as an affront to the civil rights of so many including the hispanic community. it is inconsistent with the constitution and with the values that weve had as a country for over 200 years. so we oppose the arizona law because we see the fact that it would require law enforcement to basically ask anyone when they have reasonable suspicion, to ask them for their papers, ask them to see if they are here in the country present legally. for ...