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The jam cam. at this hour of the morning i dont really care. lets look and see through our magic romper room mirror who is in new york. i see mike barnicle. hes there. in washington, d.c., weve got pat buchanan. and soon stumbling into the studio in chicago well be talking to mark halperin. we have an awful lot to talk about. why dont we start right now, mika, with news where the president is, and then well get into the mosque, and the political ramifications, and all the gunk that is unfortunat...

Brk says building a mosque at ground zero is about tolerance. hes wrong. its about truth. the truth, muslim fanatics murdered thousands of innocent americans on 9/11. just yards from the proposed mosque. the truth, the leader of the ground zero mosque refuses to admit that muslim extremists used terror tactics. the truth, the fight against terrorism isnt over. mr. president, ground zero is the wrong place for a mosque. >> yikes. >> okay. >> seriously. >> im -- >> chris, i think were going to go ...

>> boom, religious freedom. boom, there you go. you cant be any more clear than that. this was the principle guy that people -- im sorry, theres more? okay. >> i was not commenting, and i will not comment on the wisdom of making a decision to put a mosque there. >> well, thats walking it back a little bit there. kind of reminds me a little bit of his campaign slogan. yes, we can. but should we? you know. >> you think thats funny. thats making me tired. >> look at that beautiful shot of new york ...

Rhetoric wouldnt help him in the least. >> i think mika, most americans want the mosque built away from ground zero. that doesnt mean, though, theyre going to compare the building of this mosque to slapping a swastika on the holocaust museum. >> but just look at the environment were in politically, and on the internet. you know that as a republican conservative, having said what you just said, youre going to get slammed. no matter how fairly you lay out exactly what it is you have to say. okay. ...

Republicans for 2012, if you look at every poll. i think thats even more disturbing, with the comments that hes making. but, newt gingrich has compared a muslim center to putting a swastika up on the holocaust museum. thereby equating all mosques to nazi imagery. i -- where do we begin? mike, where do we begin? >> joe, theres nowhere to begin with this. i mean, here you have a formerly semirespected politician, former speaker of the house, engaging in, weve said it a couple of times, political p...

>> well, good morning, mika. you and joe and chuck are certainly up early this morning. i think that -- >> yes. >> i think that, the white houses strategy on this, i think, is pretty simple. if you look at what the president said at the ramadan dinner its very clear, is that when you have these arpg up thes being whipped up by people, you know, who seek to divide in this country, that a president has to step forward, and call on the country to repudiate the intolerance that frankly is fueling th...

Islamist, suggesting that hes a terrorist somehow connected to 9/11 attacks is newt gingrich. who, again, has compared building of a mosque in america, on private property, mika, to putting a swastika on the holocausts museum. its deplorable. it is sick politics. and i pray to god, sincerely, that some republican on the national stage, some elected leader, will have the courage to call newt gingrich out. because until the party stands up to this type of extremism, this is a party that will find ...

If you look at your monitor, we actually have a picture of you and mika in monte carlo. we actually think you do protest too much, pat. lets go, mike barnicle, from the silly to the serious, i listened to newt gingrich in one statement compare 1 billion muslims to adolf hitler and an evil movement that killed 6 million jews. and i sit and wonder exactly who is he playing to. i suspect he may be playing to some of the same people in nevada that are putting pressure on harry reid, who has decided,...