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More. also, some brand new reaction just in to the fox newsroom, new york's governor david paterson speaking out about the mosque at ground zero. >> reporter: developers of the park 51 mosque and cultural center have been offered a deal that would involve the project moving to state-owned land elsewhere in manhattan. the democratic governor addressed this issue during a ceremonial bill signing in the executive chamber press room in new york city just a short while ago. at one point he said his office plans on resuming discussions with the properties and the cordoba initiative, the backers of t...

Weeks ago. nearly 60%, bret, said the issue will play a role in how they vote in november gubernatorial election in new york. >> bret: not the end of this. thank you. the imam behind the mosque project will be paid $3,000 in fees by the u.s. government during his three nation outreach trip to the middle east. the state department says it breaks down to about $200 per day. the taxpayers will pick up imam feisal abdul rauf's airfare, lodging and expenses for a total cost of around $16,000. in face of dismal poll numbers and a struggling economy, president obama today went back to a suburban, c...

Speaker nancy pelosi felt compelled wednesday to clarify her first public comments on the proposal to build islamic center two blocks from ground zero. speaking to reporters in san francisco tuesday, the house top democrat called the mosque project local urban and planning development issue that new yorkers should decide for themselves. >> there is no question that there is a concerted effort to make this a political issue by some. and i join those who have called for looking into how is this opposition to the mosque being funded? how is this being -- >> reporter: congressman peter king, the q...

Zero. three blocks away in the old burlington coat factory if you prohibiting mosques in certain blocks away from ground zero you really do call foul of the constitution of the united states. i think the president did show principle in defending the first amendment against those that would stop any building and a church? of course a church should be there. a synagogue, a mosque, anyplace is okay. >> it's sad when governor dave patterson, the embattled voice is the voice of reason. he's essentially said build a mosque, just somewhere else. >> kelly: we're going to keep following the story and o...

Meeting. it's not the first time that he has made a proposal, but washington usually dismisses those proposals. jenna: the anti-tpef tpa phaeugs league reversing its earliest stand on the issue of the mosque. live in our washington bureau is james rosen. even as the adl came out against the mosque project the group made some con kegses to the reporters. can you break that down for us. >> reporter: that's right. they said that the sponsors of this proposed 15-story $100 million center have, quote, every right to build at this site and they. they said it comes down not to a matter of rights but ...