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But a.i.g. is no longer privately owned. its owned by the american taxpayer. so, center for security policy is supporting a lawsuit. center for security policy.org to challenge the con stiewrnlt of the sharia fund of a.i.g. saying that its an affection the american government because the government owns a.i.g. and it violates separation of church and state. get behind that lawsuit. contribute money to them and help them. >> laura: thats interesting. the bottom line is we have a lot of muslims li...

>> reporter: ed henry, cnn. are you still on twitter? >> yeah. and you know what? if you want to submit a question for "q & a," ed, we have a hash tag for that on twitter, too. hash tag cnn "q & a". put a topic on there and richard and i will discuss it. >> reporter: you have a hash tag for richard and not for me, is that what youre saying? >> you and i have our own hash tags. trying to bring you into the fold, ed. you dont see what ive done, ive taken my tie off. im like a mini ed henry right n...

Scrutinized but it may be the most important time. matt gutman, abc news, baton rouge. president obama returns to washington facing growing criticism over the planned mosque near ground zero. the first family spent the weekend on the gulf coast but ended up fielding questions about the mosque. friday the president told a group of arab americans that he believes muslims have the right to build a place of worship anywhere they want. that set off a firestorm and a political debate. >> this has ta...

A bit of a political nightmare. the independent care about deficit spending. because of bushs big spending they went to barack obama. the problem is the only thing you could have done to haveificked this economy was to spend. when times were good, bush had a surplus. president obama had no choice but to spend to get the economy going again. i think you will see a rough mid-term. every off-year election first-term you will see a loss of seats. but the economy is slowly improving. as it does, and ...

>> well, all i know is they screwed up, they blowed up and now theyre doing the same things again to screw up again. its amazing, theyre just repeating history and the financial system is tied to housing prices, still. and not only housing prices, but ten fold and 20 fold, 30 fold and thats what caused the collapse in the first place. this is classic. it can be right into it again and were going to be back to ground zero again, if somebody doesnt do something about it. you just cant hand out hom...

Associate with most other countries around the world. >> so if they did, that returned those three hikers that would be an important gesture. >> that would be a very important gesture. >> it could lead to what? >> it could lead to better relati relations. weve been very clear about what it takes to have iran come back into the fold of the community of nations. and the community of nations is very worried that iran is developing a nuclear weapons capability, that they might export it to terrorist...

>> i think it does. im sure karl rove doesnt want to talk about this. one of his big projects or one that he hoped for, anyway, during the bush years, was to recruit hispanics more vigorously to the republican fold. in large measure that was an unsuccessful project. jeb bush has spoken out many times about the need for republicans to be open to immigrants. over the weekend, mike gerson, president bushs former speechwriter of lindsey graham, very critical of this idea. i think people who are thin...

Or one that he hoped for during the bush administration was to recruit hispanics more vigorously in the republican fold. you know in large measure, that was an unsuccessful project. jeb bush has spoken out many times about the need for republicans to be open to immigrants. over the weekend president bushs former speech writer was very critical of lindsay graham. very critical of this idea. i think people who are thinking about the long-term prospects republican party in general are very, very sk...

They have had great successes. they feel great about this november. but youre right. there have been a lot of controversies. his comments have gotten him in trouble. also the way he raised money and spent money at the rnc troubled a lot of people. there is a lot of question as to whether hell run again next year. if he rubs, two other republicans, top republicans say they may go after him and challenge him next january when his term is up, don. >> lets talk about someone else in the republican p...

-- i think the president has worked day and night. >> sean: hes earned it. >> what do independents say? >> sean: in the 30s with independents. >> thats the disaster. >> i now want to quote charles krauthammer, a good conservative, who says do not underestimate barack obama. >> sean: hes right. i think what hes saying, and i read that column many hes saying dont underestimate him when he runs. hes too busy in nantucket, maine, his wife in spain, they went to the gulf and playing golf, hes very bu...