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and good morning, everyone. did you lose your voice cheering for the hoff last night? >> the only way it could go. i don't know it is. the back-to-school cold crept up on me. i apologize. we have a big story. >> a huge story. >> bob woodward's book, a bombshell. infights over sending thousa nds of troops. the president pushing hard against the chairman of the chief of staffs, mike mullen. against general petraeus. the top security adviser, jim jones, reportedly referred to his aides as water bugs, the mafia. he says the cia has set up a 3,000-man paramilitary force, a secret force,...

the decision, live. and good morning, everyone. did you lose your voice cheering for the hoff last night? >> the only way it could go. i don't know it is. the back-to-school cold crept up on me. i apologize. we have a big story. >> a huge story. >> bob woodward's book, a bombshell. infights over sending thousands of troops. the president pushing hard against the chairman of the chief of staffs, mike mullen. against general petraeus. the top security adviser, jim jones, reportedly referred to his aides as water bugs, the mafia. he says the cia has set up a 3,000-man paramilitary f...

and can it be? the hoff is off. david hasselhoff, the first to go on "dancing with the stars." we'll tell us what he thinks of the decision, live. and good morning, everyone. did you lose your voice cheering for the hoff last night? is that why? >> the only way it could go. i don't know what it is. this back-to-school cold crept up on me. overnight. so i apologize to all of you this morning. we have a big story. >> a huge story. >> bob woodward's book, a bombshell. called "obama's war" exposes the in-fighting over sending thousands of troops to afghanistan. the president pushing ...

>> i understand there's always context, mr. patel. there's always context. >> sure, don. >> i don't think anyone is saying anything against religious freedom or the freedom of expression or any of that. but there's always context. this is an extraordinary circumstance. and you understand that it is very heated. many people lost their loved ones on 9/11. and if the -- >> including muslim -- >> if it's going to cause a controversy like this, when it's supposed to be building relations between christians, jews, muslims, americans. it seems to be doing the exact opposite. so just considering the c...

To the muslim world on this. it's upside down. >> mr. patel, how did you view the president's comments on friday? >> you know, we expect our leaders in america to stand up for our highest principles. one of the highest prince pefls america is we're a nation of people from different backgrounds living in equal dignity and mutual loyalty. presidents from washington and jefferson to clinton and bush have stood up for that. president obama stood up for that as well. i applaud him for that. >> this situation, though, don't you think it's a bit different considering what happened on 9/11? and the pe...