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Never get off the drawing board. will proposed mosque ignite controversy, struck to rebuild the only house of worship destroyed by the terror attack, received little attention. something that could soon change. >> i believe that people around the country are asking themselves the question. why all this talk about a mosque being built near ground zero? what about the church destroyed on 9/11? >> reporter: negotiation between church leaders and government officials to rebuild the church took place for years but fell apart without an agreement last year. the port authority of new york and new jer...

>> reporter: shortly after that, pelosi's aides said she wasn't calling for special investigation to probe mosque critics and issued a formal statement, acknowledging for the first time that there is also a, "need for transparency about who is funding the effort to build this islamic center." >> this mosque, it's wrong. it's so wrong. >> reporter: that opposition to the mosque is growing more organized and better funded. and many wounds from 9/11 have been reopened is evident from a new ad featuring 9/11 families and survivors and produced by keep america safe, whose board include liz cheney a...

We're back with the panel. julie, start with you. >> you hear all the lamenting about this, turning this in to a political issue. too late. it's a political issue. someone needs to step up. we heard obama parsing middle distance on this over the weekend and this weekend saying no regrets but not going any further than that. this is a terrible issue for the democrats. someone needs to step up and clarify where the party stands on this. meanwhile, republicans are fighting with each other, too. pat buchanan said newt gingrich went too far on the issue. now we have gone in a parallel universe. >> ...

See your authorized dealer for exceptiol offers through mercedes-benz financial. >> bret: now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine. senate majority leader harry reid is catching flak from nevada muslim supporters who aren't happy with how he has handled his opposition to the proposed mosque near ground zero. "las vegas review journal" reports even though the director of the islamic society of nevada does not support the ground zero mosque either, he says reid's opposition was based on politics. isl islam abdullah says he hasn't just lost support, he lost respect. i was surprised an...

Mosque being funded? >> nancy pelosi to suggest there is going to been b an investigation of these people, is absolutely outrageous, disgraceful, and the speaker was really out of line on this. >> bret: house speaker nancy pelosi weighing in for the first time on the mosque controversy. she later thought to clarify her first public comments, saying that she thinks the funding for actual mosque project should be looked in to as well. now we have the president weighing in, saying he has no regrets about his statements after being asked in ohio. and this just in this afternoon, former vermont gov...