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longer the elephant in the room, governor rick perry announces he's joining the republican party for president. >> he may be the republican front-runner but he was not feeling the love at the iowa state fair. he got heckled and laughed at over three words he said, words he may come to regret on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ing. >> oh, thank got it's friday. >> wait a minute. i've got to move my stuff. >> good morning. happy friday to you. it's august 12th. welcome to "american morning." up first, texas governor rick perry, the elephant in the room,...

Stature, but they are big on talent. back by popular demand, the sleepy band banjo boys. ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee. >> thank you. thank you very much. great audience. welcome to huckabee from the fox news studios in new york city. some nut group called freedom from religion has their antenna up because the governor of texas is calling for a day of prayer. now, even though taxpayers aren't paying for any of it, this group is suing to stop it. look, it is one thing to express some cynicism as to whether the timing for a highly publicized prayer event is a precursor to an annou...

Have filed a lawsuit to try and take down this magnificent day of prayer. >> reporter: now the other controversy has to do with franklin graham, obviously a prominent evangelical christian as well, the son of billy graham. he was -- his invite to a prayer event at the pentagon was rescinded after he actually said on cnn to campbell brown some controversial comments about muslims, basically saying that he didn't think true islam could be practiced in the u.s. and insinuating that true islam means you can beat your wife or you can murder your child if they commit adultery. so he is, though, at a...

He's a new man a different man he said he was going to be. he's out. we'll spend time with him and ask him about this controversy as well. we'll look for that in the next couple of weeks and will bring that to you. >> maybe he has a life lesson he can impart having done what he's done. >> he wants to. he did a lot of community service before he went into the jail. a couple thousand hours i believe. he did a lot of work, but -- >> ask him about that. >> no doubt. i will take some of those quotes from the administrators to t.i.'s house. coming up here next, the pentagon uninvites the reverend ...

Mistakes when he was young and yes, he acknowledges t.i. made mistakes, but yes, a lot of outrage. this, by the way, is at woodland middle school, which is in atlanta, just outside of atlanta. t.i. is a very big rapper from atlanta. so yeah, this is sparking a great deal of controversy down in the southern part of the country. shannon: that's interesting. we'll be watching to see if the principal is willing to add himself to the list of those who have made mistakes. thank you for the update. new developments today with creators of "south park" and the allegations that they got death threats ...