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Issue. it's very offensive to us, and continuously hear every day we have to be respectful of muslims, which i'm fine with, but where is that respect in turn, i ask? >> sharif al gamel is the ceo of the developer of the mosque project. this was a big topic of conversation at the dinner i was attending last night, where people were debating the pros and cons of this. one question that my friends had is, why would you even want to risk -- why would the mosque even want to risk the back lash? why not just build is where else? >> this is an american project that needs to happen in loufer manhattan...

United states, and, everything consolidated in seattle and federal court and he's charged in federal court in seattle. and i think it would make a lot of sense to try to get all of the cases consolidated, in one place. >> we'll be bringing you all of what happens over in nassau, 55 miles east of here in miami and the question, will he be barefoot in court or have jail issue flip-flops, we'll let you know. bill: five second, has anyone talked to him? is he mentally stable. >> the investigators say he is very eloquent, quote-unquote. bill: what is coming up, martha. thank you. martha: a huge con...

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Investigative reporter charles lee. is with wnyw in new york city, he has been all over this story and will join us live today to talk about his reporting on two key figures behind this mosque project. esham al gamadi who has dough -- donated funds linked to a terror group and shar he'll el gamal, this guy was waiting tables four years ago, turned real estate mogul who paid more than $4 million cash for the space, now being used to build the islamic center. he's got new reporting. we will bring that to you live with charles lee just a bit later. by the way, hi everybody! it's wednesday, i'm ...

Special state department cultural program. t.j. crowley had nothing but praise for the imam. >>sy a distinguished muslim cleric. we do have a program whereby through our educational cultural affairs bureau here at the state department, we send people from muslim communities here in this country around the world to help people overseas understand our society and the role of religion within our society. >> crowley also said, though that, fundraising for the mosque project would not be allowed on this trip. bill: what is the reaction to all this, eric? >> critics are blasting the choice this morn...