about an islamic community center and mosque in lower monta manhattan and a florida's pastor threat to burn a holy koran. we'll talk with rudy giuliani. finally, our political roundtable weighs in on the legacy of the 9/11 attacks, religious tensions in america and the outlook for the midterm race. with us the bestselling author of "no god but god: the origins, evolution and the future of islam" reza aslan. former white house press secretary to president clinton, dee dee myers, republicani strategist mike murphy and ron brownstein of the "national journal." captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning. after a weekend of start and stop announcement, news from iran this morning that jailed american sarah surer will be released on $500,000 bail along
of staff and will be focused on his duties as chief of staff. he's looking at it -- he loves the city of chicago. no question about it. he hakas a hard decision to mak because he has a lot of responsibilities here and he enjoys working with this president and serves his country in this capacity but he'll make a decision and after he makes his decision he'll make subsequent decisions about when it is appropriate to begin doing that campaigning. >> david axelrod, thank you very much. enjoy the steak fry this afternoon in iowa. >> looking forward to it. thank you. we turn to a republican candidate for the 2008 presidential election and of course the mayor of new york city at the time of the september 11th attacks, rudy giuliani joins me now from 30 rockefeller plaza in the heart of manhattan. mr. mayor, welcome back to "meet the press." >> good morning. how are you, david? >> i'm well. thank you. i want to talk about a tumultuous week leading up to the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. as you look at the controversy
center and mosque in lower monta manhattan and a florida's pastor threat to burn a holy koran. we'll talk with rudy giuliani. finally, our political roundtable weighs in on the legacy of the 9/11 attacks, religious tensions in america and the outlook for the midterm race. with us the bestselling author of "no god but god: the origins, evolution and the future of islam" reza aslan. former white house press secretary to president clinton, dee dee myers, republican strategist mike murphy and ron brownstein of the "national journal." captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning. after a weekend of start and stop announcement, news from iran this morning that jailed american sarah surer will be released on $500,000 bail along with shane bower and josh