it is too late to call back no matter what happens next already rippling through afghanistan. we ll have that later in the hour. we begin with pastor jones of the dove world outreach center in gainesville, florida, who decided months ago to burn korans to take a stand against radical islam and american accommodation of it. despite a direct appeal by president obama via abc news today on that program and despite a personal appeal in a phone call from defense secretary gates today because of the violence it could inspire against u.s. troops. jones continued to say only god s word would sway him. that word apparently came today from our guest or via our guest standing by, imam mohammed musri of the islamic society of central florida, who says he has arranged a meeting between jones and imam feisal abdul rauf of the islamic center planned for two blocks from ground zero in new york city.
korans by a small florida church and our fifth story on the countdown tonight. the koran burning has been suspended. originally the pastor of the church said the burning was canceled. the ugly ramifications, it is too late to call back no matter what happens next already rippling through afghanistan. we ll have that later in the hour. we begin with pastor jones of the dove world outreach center in gainesville, florida, who decided months to go to burn korans to take a stand against radical islam and what he described as american accommodation of it. despite a direct appeal by president obama via abc news today on that program and despite a personal appeal in a phone call from defense secretary gates today because of the violence it could inspire against u.s. troops. jones continued to say only god s word would sway him. that word apparently came today from our guest or via our guest standing by, imam muhamma muhammad musri, standing by from the islamic society of central florida who
nbc s kerry sanders is live outside the dove world outreach center in gainesville, florida. kerry, pastor jones told you this is not a stunt. and now we have the president saying it is. what s the reaction in gainesville as all of this is approaching? well, outside of this pasteur here, we re right next to a cow pasteur, outside the community there is a fair amount of anger this community is now known worldwide for what the pastor claims he is going to do here. as you noted, the fbi came and visited him here today. they made no comments going in or coming out. we had not seen pastor here today, but we can now confirm with the fbi going inside, meeting with him, that he is here. kind of interesting, because the pastor had been rather accessible, leading up to this point. now, as you know, the president has referred to this as a stunt. it s a question that i posed to the pastor when i talked to him,
mor,ra as the countdown to 9/11 rat now one of america s top military men is asking for before the rhetoric makes things worse, much worse. secretary of state hillary clinton has now joined the growing chorus of those warning against a planned koran burning this september 11l i am heartened by the clear, unequivocal condemnation of this disrespectful, disgraceful act that has come from american religious leaders of all faiths. reporter: a day after a protest in kabul against the planned book burning, general david petraeus implored the 50-member dove world outreach center in gainesville, florida, to call off the event, saying it would only benefit extremists. they would use them to inflame public opinion and to incite violence against our soldiers and civilians. reporter: despite the plea, pastor terry jones told nightline anchor terry moran, he plans to go through with the demonstration. the question that we have is if we don t do it, when do we
he stepped down under pressure last month amid charges of personal misconduct. once again the market pretty much is down across the board. off just a quarter of 1%. just fractionally. already. thanks. appreciate it. a church protest is becoming a huge worry for the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan to commemorate the 9/11 attacks. the dove world outreach center in gainesville, florida, plans to burn copies of the koran. petraeus says that protest could endanger troops in the overall effort in afghanistan. he says that it is precisely the kind of action that the taliban uses and could cause significant problems not just here but everywhere in the world where the u.s. is engaged with islamic community. petraeus prediction may be coming true. hundreds protested in kabul yesterday for the plans. pastor jones the man behind the koran burning protest, appeared