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After the worst terror attack on the u.s. homeland. president obama revealing his support lies over the building of a mosque where the twin towers once stood. if any doubts still linger this controversy is not part of the national debate, they just vanished with the president's comments. malini wilkes has more from washington. >> president obama has jumped in the debate over building a mosque near ground zero but already trying to clarify his position. until now the white house had called the debate a local matter, but speaking at a white house dinner last night in observance of ramadan, he sa...

York city, why does it have to go two blocks from ground zero where sefrlg of the family members say they don't want to see it, they consider it hallowed ground and they tonight want to look at a mosque on that hallow ground. >> a number of muslim organizations have spoken out. you want unanimity as if the muslim faith is one mono lit thick faith. no religion with a grow on one principle. i think it's simplistic to approach it that way. foes folks that lost friends and relatives in 9/11 if their position is that muslims generally killed their relatives they are wrong, and that's what. >> we do...

Democracy around the globe and you know we can't forget. people die on the capitol. this is not like there is two sides or both sides to this. people die on sacred ground on hallow ground and our capitol. republicans don't want to have an investigation, they don't want to even have a commission to look at this. i mean that's the starting stages you say setting up the big lie and the next coup. >> ma sell, -- michelle, there is a lot of information here already about this plot and we'll update as we go and learn about it that it was very much a political project to carry out join-in and further...

The mud an debris following the mud slide more than a week ago. the official death toll stands at 24. 18 victims been positively identified by the medical examiner. 22 people are still missing. washington governor jay i understandly is asking the federal government for a major disaster declaration. we get more from nbc's kurt gregory. >> reporter: day ten of search and recovery efforts as ground crews press on. wading through the muck and debris, searching for victims buried in the landslide. >> this is hallow ground. it's humbling to be here. >> reporter: the death toll continues to rise each...