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Exclusive at that world is waiting to see and now reacting to soledad o'brien's riveting one-on-one with imam rauf. >> the mosque is being built near ground zero in manhattan. the imam has not talked about this until now and telling cnn that he regrets such pain but it may be dangerous to back down now. >> soledad was up late last night and she's here now. what did he have to say? >> i think this is a person that's well-known for being a moderate. in the muslim world, there are many people who find that this moderate position, the fact that he supports america so much is say problem with them....

Disruptive to say okay, gay couples can get married now and then maybe at the end of the appeals process the marriage would not be allowed to go forward, and maybe there might even be some question about the marriages that were consummated in the interim. >> but professor, the appeals court judges, they did agree to expedite the hearing schedule and set a december 6th date for the oral arguments. what does that tell us? >> well, exactly. it seems that the appeals court here was in a way trying to steer a middle path. they said they were going to keep the ban on gay marriage in place. at the sa...

It's going to take a long time and cost a lot, or you have to recognize we need to -- we have to radically reduce our goals in afghanistan. there's no middle path there. obama is looking to split the baby. and you just can't do it. >> larry: michael, you're there. what do you see? >> well, i mean, this morning i witnessed a -- i was down in kandahar and witnessed a nasty firefight between taliban and americans. i was in a helicopter when it happened. then later in the afternoon, the base i was on was rocketed. which -- and we all had to get into the bunker and dive under our desk. these are da...

You either have to be a real counterinsurgency person in which you say we're going to do it for as long as it take, as much as it's going to cost and it's going to take a long time and cost a lot, or you have to recognize we need to -- we have to radically reduce our goals in afghanistan. there's no middle path there. obama is looking to split the baby. and you just can't do it. >> larry: michael, you're there. what do you see? >> well, i mean, this morning i witnessed a -- i was down in kandahar and witnessed a nasty firefight between taliban and americans. i was in a helicopter when it happe...

If they can bait the president into proposals to cut things that their constituency likes they will go after him. >> is it even broader than that? could republicans have studied the coalition in britain and how it has been brutalized by the public there for making these budget cuts even though it was necessary to make it happen. republicans hoping to try to avoid that by making the president go first and in some way blaming all cuts no matter who they were directed at on the president? is that what we're hearing in these sound bites particularly that stuff from cantor? >> i think that's part o...