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This gulf situation, and it's the mosque situation. >> reporter: yeah, there were controversy about if he would get in the water, and is he here enough? they will be here 27 hours on the ground. and all of that seems like a distant memory now, and not a big deal after the controversy on friday evening when the president at a white house event said he would back the project to build the mosque near ground zero. yesterday i had a chance to catch up with the president one-on-one and pressed him on this very issue. rather than run away from it, he was very eager to answer my question about it, and...

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He swam late this afternoon with his daughter. he was underwater. you can only see him from the shoulders off. but a much more substantive issue to discuss with him moving forward about this mosque situation. the president last night in a white house ceremony, suggesting that he supports all of this because of the principle of religious freedom. when i caught up with him he tried to clarify those remarks because of this huge, huge, controversy. >> you get in the water today or tomorrow? >> i think we'll go tomorrow. >> and as i said, ed, i'm not going to let you guys take a picture of me witho...