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That, unfortunately, is at risk of deteriorating, into a source of division? >> i dont have any quick answers or silver bullet, all im doing is ask that the dialogue go on as civilly and charitiably as possible. martha: trying to inspire dialogue and acted as a go-between with the mosque developers and the governor. gregg: not a lot of people feel the same way as mayor bloomberg, and other mosque supporters, look at the latest "pew research poll," a majority of americans, 51%, object to the plan...

And -- of more fundamental problems and we need to get the business community going and there is nothing in stimulus for the business community. martha: im hearing you, the things the administration has done are not stimulating the economy at all and i want to play a sound bite from joe biden. with regard to the economic team. >> it was billed this morning as a major economic address and the chief proposal, apparently was the president should fire his economic team. very constructive advice and ...

Like you to jump right back in with both feet into the middle of it and we are thrilled here at fox to have you back. thanks very much for that report. martha: jennifer fought a courageous battle of her own, in her personal life and we are thrilled to have her back, a big welcome back and it is like her to jump in with both feet and head to afghanistan, we welcome her back today, coming up republicans looking to regain power and democrats looking to hold on to it. there are new questions about t...

To watch as well last night, carl. >> reporter: and a big, big upset. rick scott, the self-funding , health industry executive, millionaire, won the republican nomination, defeating attorney general bill mccollum, a 20-year veteran of congress who had the benefit of widespread and deep establishment republican support. the republican governors association, and its chairman, haley barbour, jeb bush, the former governor, republicans from washington to south florida were lining up against -- with b...

By farmland and, homicide bombers in baghdad, detonating a car bomb outside a police station. that explosion killed at least 15 people, were told and it comes as the u.s. is set to end all combat missions in iraq, by the end of this month. gregg: a new report in todays "washington post," it could change how we look at the war on terror, for the first time since the september 11th attacks, cia analysts are seeing one of al qaedas offshoots in yemen rather than the core group in pakistan as the mo...

Successful in getting him released, gregg. gregg: kelly wright, live from washington, thanks. martha: a story on the biggest threat the u.s. faces from al qaeda this morning, the cia analysts now see that the yemen-based group, now reporting the yemen-based group is the most urgent threat now the u.s. faces in terms of security here at home and our bases abroad. and, bigger even than usama bin ladens core group. u.s. officials told fox news there is no doubt al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is ...

>> i want you to leave here and i want you to know what we stand for. now, this election is going to be about where the candidates stand. i am running against two conservative candidates for the united states senate that has similar records. >> reporter: charlie crist says he does have a similar record because hes an independent and the governor has been courting democrats and the obama administration, the president particularly, for weeks. one of the subtexts to this race as it unfolds now is j...

Fire. ripping through one town in brazil, well show you how it got started. gregg: and house minority leader versus the white house. vice president joe biden says the stimulus is working, citing a number from the number crunchers in washington. is it true and what do those numbers really mean? that is next. >> we were told the presidents economic team is exhausted. and already, as budget director and chief economist, have moved on or they are about to. clearly, they see the writing on the wall, ...

That people think washington and democrats who control washington are the problem, can i just add one point of trivia. "the new york times" says david paterson is talking to, consulting with ted wells, a well-known attorney who defended none other than scooter libby at his trial a few years ago and lost. so kind of interesting little fact there. no question about it. the rangel thing, paterson, all of this does not enure to the benefit of the democrats or white house it just makes the problem wo...

Adopted. the republicans made it clear they werent going to entertain anything on the floor. she hasnt one said if you give me a, b or c, ill vote for the bill. thats the problem. weve been negotiating against ourselves most of the time. >> most americans -- we can get into the process, and 60 votes are required to do this, but most americans look at this and they say, democrats control washington. they control congress. they control the white house, so understandably, i think a lot of people wo...