i have great fear this is not a nesty thing for this country. >> what about you, eric, do you think it's going to get built? >> mayor bloomberg is the guy who when the times square bombing came out, maybe this is someone who opposed health care reform. we have a lot of people in the country who want to dance around these issues, because they don't want to offend anybody's sensibilities, except the people who don't want the mosque built at ground zero. >> to be clear again, we're calling an islamic center. you started off saying this whole thing has become ab be surd. and people watching are parsing out various degrees of absurdity. thank you very much. up next, how today's court ruling on same sex marriage could do a lot more than simply postpone a few weddings. and a cancer diagnosis for actor michael douglas. we'll talk about the kind of treatment he's getting and his chances for recovery 37.