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Margaret hoover and gresham carlson. so, whats going on with this mosque deal? >> so right now park 51, the group that wants to build this mosque community center slash whatever it is is in a court battle with con ed, the utility company. why? because they need to buy two buildings in order to put up this mosque. the one they already purchased the second one they have been leasing from con ed. now they owe $1.7 million in bank rent and they are in a court dispute about that figure. >> bill: what...

Here now culture warriors margaret hoover and gretchen carlson. so whats going on with this mosque deal? >> right now, park 51, the group that wants to build this mosque community center, slash whatever it is, is in a court battle with con ed, the utility company. why? because they need to buy two manages in order to put up this mosque. the one they already purchased. the second one theyve been leasing from con ed. but now they owe $1.7 million in back rent and theyre in a court dispute about th...

Here now culture warriors margaret hoover and gretchen carlson. so whats going on with this mosque deal? >> right now, park 51, the group that wants to build this mosque community center, slash whatever it is, is in a court battle with con ed, the utility company. why? because they need to buy two manages in order to put up this mosque. the one they already purchased. the second one theyve been leasing from con ed. but now they owe $1.7 million in back rent and theyre in a court dispute about th...

Here now culture warriors margaret hoover and gretchen carlson. so whats going on with this mosque deal? >> right now, park 51, the group that wants to build this mosque community center, slash whatever it is, is in a court battle with con ed, the utility company. why? because they need to buy two manages in order to put up this mosque. the one they already purchased. the second one theyve been leasing from con ed. but now they owe $1.7 million in back rent and theyre in a court dispute about th...

and at 4:00 eastern time, at the movies, were getting the grade on "contagion." president obama calls his plan a jolt, not a stimulus. but it is. still, the big question remains, will it work? im christine romans. welcome to your "your money." the american jobs act includes payroll tax cuts for 98% of businesses, a tax credit for hiring unemployed veterans, modernization of 35,000 public schools, a tax credit for hiring the long-term unemployed and a provision to help refinance mortg...

this is prattsville in the cat skill mountains. officials say the volume of water rushing through the riverbanks is more than whats flowing over niagara falls today. just think about that. it stranded people in their homes and hotels. no way for rescuers to get to them. next, i want to share video from rhode island. 300,000 people there in the dark. no electricity. several of these, you can see them downed trees, just sheer wind power took them down. half the state is affected here. li...

hello, everybody. i am randi kaye. were glad you are with us. we start off with the victims of irene. for those of you who think irene was a dud, well, tell that to the families of the 21 people who died in that storm and the people that lost their homes and the estimated $10 billion price tag is nothing to sneeze at either. irene may not have been as bad as expected in some areas, but worst in others. vermont, much of the state is under water. a short time ago president obama declared...

been carrying throughout the east coast. back to you. >> no doubt about that. thanks. well continue to check in with you. lets check in with affiliate wcbs whos driving around in brooklyn, see what the scene is there. >> doing everything that residents can expect and even more. well get by this. we will get by this. >> there are some gutsy calls involved here. when you start telling people to evacuate, thats something many have never been told to do before. when you make the decision i...

mary, thanks. this is cnns breaking news coverage of hurricane irene. im martin savidge at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. >> im keira phillips. thanks for staying with us for the hurricane coverage. a massive category 1 storm is what were talking about, slowly churning up the east coast. it its large, dangerous and relent areless. at least nine deaths are now blamed on this hurricane, more than 1 million customers have lost power. >> right now irene is closing in on ocean cit...

are without power in north carolina and virginia now. hundreds of thousands are evacuating as irene heads up the eastern seaboard. it is down to a category 1 hurricane now, but make no mistake, it is powerful and dangerous. nine states from north carolina to massachusetts are under a state of emergency. the latest to be added now maryland. president barack obama stopped by the headquarters of the federal emergency management agency, fema, he says the government is ready to handle whate...