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This is -- this -- i -- i have always famously said i dont care what they think of us in luxembourg but as a former speaker of the house, this sends a horrific statement across the world. >> its just fanning the flames that are out there in this country needlessly. people like newt gingrich. jon cornyn from texas seems like a reasonable guy, yet on tv saying they are trying to build a mosque on the site of the world trade center bombing. it is not on that site! and he ought to know that! if he d...

the a -- president is attacked by the republicans over the mosque. in new york is mike barnicle, charles blow, and richard hause. mike, it was a tough weekend. richard, i see you there. a tough weekend, but the president got out and also you had the general running the scene in afghanistan out there talking about the afghanistan war and i dont know about you, richard, but it seemed to me general petraeus commentary could be summed up by saying, time line? what time line? its conditions...

Political place to be in right now. >> and youre right. if 70% of wall street money is now going to republicans, chuck, thats a pretty big shift from just two years ago. >> it is but there is still -- you want to look at the real financial gap there is still a big financial gap between the democrats and the republicans. republicans are still actually struggling to raise money. they have gotten -- they are having some success. >> isnt that megs? amazing? >> part of it is institutional. you basica...

left? >> the consequences? >> uh-huh. >> do you have anything in mind? >> no silver! >> one house member suggested your resignation. >> i dont plan on leaving. and there is no truth for the rumor that ive added an inflatable exit to my office. >> welcome to "morning joe." it is thursday, august 12th. with us, we have mike barnicle. msnbc chris jansing! >> i was going to say pulitzer surprise winner. chris jansing. >> hello. >> its getting hot in here. >> you torched that place, man! th...

Bill: why would that be. >> what their really saying is lets focus on who the opponent is, and dont forget, people, these polls come out every day and obama is up, hes down be and people talk about him when hes done but when he runs and you have a campaign you have to run against somebody. bill: absolutely. >> and what does the other side have -- >> in the case, it is apparently george bush. >> hes -- >> he left office two years ago. >> you have jon cornyn of texas and senator -- and, getting re...

democrats, independents, and republicans, that we can check our party registration at the door, that we can set aside long-held grievances, and that we can show washington its time to get to work. bill: that from late last night, early this morning. why was this race considered so important? >> reporter: good morning, bill. well, this race was watched from way outside of colorado because president obama made a move that historically sitting presidents dont do very often, he came here i...

nbcs chuck todd. you took it seriously when he said he could do the first three minutes of our show. go ahead, chuck. >> there it is. well, you know, what am i supposed to do? wax eloquent about something random in the air? what am i going to learn? how about this? what am i going to learn over the next three hours? >> what we do is i ask the question. i answer my question. i ask you what you think of my answer. and then -- yeah, its -- >> self-awareness is the first step, joe. >> 8:00...

from a lot of spokes surrounding imams trip to saudi arabia. bill: imam and his partners with spending $100 million trying to build a controversial mosque in lower manhattan, critics want to know will he find funding for the mosque in new york overseas and why are you paying for his trip? eric shawn, good morning to you, who is paying? >> reporter: the imam behind that controversial mosque near ground zer low travel the world on our tab. turns out the obama administration thinks that i...

About that money problem its on the national level and has to do with, look. not a lot of faith in the house republican leadership by rank and file establishment donors and not a lot of faith in the republican national committee. theres a lot of trust in jon cornyn. trust in mitch mcconnoll and haley barbour. they are not evenly giving their money so that is where you hearing the gripe. i think the house republicans and the rnc still have a credibility problem with a lot of donors. >> david greg...

the washington area after 5:00 a.m. eastern time this morning. no reports of injury or damage at this point. we do have people we know here at the nbc news washington bureau. >> when you have a situation like this, everybody reacts differently. when i first felt it, i ran out into the streets to see if i could help any orphans. pat buchanan didnt feel it but his wife did. she called him and afraid he was going across a bridge which was crumbling but you told shelley? >> like a freight ...