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Church and state. and basically upholding the rights, the constitutional rights of all americans. not just muslim americans. so i think president obamas comments were right on and i fully support his comments. and again, what president obama was protecting are the constitutional rights of all americans. not speaking specifically about muslim americans. >> amen, rudi odeh-ramadan, 9/11 first responder. thanks so much for your time tonight. lets turn to alex wagner, whos here in the studio with me...

And join us september 26 for the start of education nation, a week-long event examining education. among the highlights, nbc news will host a two-day education summit on rockefeller plaza right here in new york. and coming up the gop is playing offense this midterm election season and theyre ready with a democratic hit list. one of their targets, congressman alan grayson will join us live. and a police chase that ends with a suspect turning the tables on police. msnbc is back in three. tim...

It. there are certain things as president, leader of a party you to think about not just reelection but midterm. frankly, some of that has been . i think hes done phenomenal job -- >> sean: bob does make interesting points. democrats are being left to hang out to to dry, seven, eight days he makes comments on a hot button issue and heading off to his 99th vacation to marthas vineyard which is not helping democrats. maybe it will help because maybe he wont answer any more questions. >> i dont kno...

And correct and what president obama was responding to and remarking to is the beauty of this country, the separation of church and state. and basically upholding the rights, the constitutional rights of all americans. not just muslim americans. so i think president obamas comments were right on and i fully support his comments. and again, what president obama was protecting are the constitutional rights of all americans. not speaking specifically about muslim americans. >> amen, rudi odeh-ramad...

It. there are certain things as president, leader of a party you to think about not just reelection but midterm. frankly, some of that has been . i think hes done phenomenal job -- >> sean: bob does make interesting points. democrats are being left to hang out to to dry, seven, eight days he makes comments on a hot button issue and heading off to his 99th vacation to marthas vineyard which is not helping democrats. maybe it will help because maybe he wont answer any more questions. >> i dont kno...

If its their private property, the retort, well they let us build a church in mecca? and i just wonder why anybody would hold the united states of america to such a low standard of another country that doesnt allow religious freedom? >> right. >> yeah -- >> i dont get it. >> i think that angers a lot of americans, you know, this will prove our tolerance. we are tolerant. joe, the president has something coming out of the bullpen to rescue him from this episode, and it is the economy. people voti...

Dealing with it day in or on the feel safe? they done. >> this was unanimous. pete session called it an effort to receive positive threats but criticism it is press leading right up to a crucial midterm election for the democrats, how do you react in >> border security and national security, that is not something that is a partisan issue and not something we can play politics with. >> last question, the numbers were startling that came out this week. eight percent born to illegal immigrants and ...

Left who see in this president some sort of a shift toward the center and worrying -- you hear the complaints sometimes that hes worrying more about himself in the long-term than us in the short-term? >> i guess so, but you know, i dont think hes in that much danger as a result of this poll. my favorite part of this poll is the fact that tea party candidate -- people who identify themselves as tea party supporters say they support mitt romney. and thats great. the group that came together becaus...

>> whats going on at the white house? people leaving after being there a couple of years. have you gibbs taking on the professional left. the pressure cooking just -- getting to the point it is going to blow? >> no. i dont think it will blow. they certainly are letting off steam. i think that gibbs reflected real frustration inside the white house. they think, as gibbs ebxplained and others explained, they have done a lot for the liberal base. they are hitting from the right and left and the eco...

Still the president. you know, tends to reflect who is in the oval office, people around him. i think probably what will change the president more is the that the second half of an administration is very different. it will be different still if he has to deal with far more republicans after the midterm than he did in the first two years. i think thats much more likely to change him than coming and going of the staff. i think that one thing that happens to a president personally, i think we saw i...