light. i don t know if you can see the sparkles but a dramatic sight from jersey city in liberty otate park. a difficult day for many of us who were there that morning, that deray when the towers were hit and then the towers felt. certainly the most difficult day i ever had in my 23 years of reporting trying to stay focused and do my job surrounded by uncertainty. geraldo: you heard former new york governor george pa pay petacchi saying this is not the day for this kind of provokation. what do you think, rick? reporr: i think there are strong feelings on both sides of the issue and it is n goin away any time soon. in general terms if someone is was going to build something some where and 70% of the people across the country
weree complaints a satisfactory addressed. back to you, geraldo. geraldo: those people, have some of them have lost absolutely everything. i saw them at the meeting. they applauded the facldthat they would have accs to the homes but what utter devastation, just ripping dearthing that they held deer to them from their clutches. just remarkable to me. and you know, when you see the pictures and hear the stories of the situation out here tonight, many people fled from their homes that were on fire. really ran out of their homes with only the clothes they we l wearing and they lost everything. that is w they are now getting assurances that they will waive fees to replace documents like birth certificates and licenses. most of the people were applauding at that meeting today but some were not satisfy and they want pg&e to come clean and show maps of where
representing what we have lost but also the threat of islamic radical terrorism still exists. geraldo. geraldo: thank you very much. pa malik shabazz my gsts. do you, you know, we are nott reporting on another incident that happened at the white house involving theor k because i think we would just be in citing more violence. i got a note from a commander infghanistan talking about another demonstration that weeo have not yet shown and he says it is amazing what some folks will do even after they know it could have far reaching and damaging consequences to the troops in afghanistan. do you support the acts of decration of the koran? no, i don t support that. the anecdote t bad speech is not censorship and book burning.
disorder. but rick levinthal, thanks again, buddy, i appreciate it.e we have provocative guests including pamela geller who heads a group called stop islamizaton of america. and before we begin with them, though, someone far more mainstream. pakistan s ambsador to the united states and also a friend of mine of long standing. he is a ambassador hussein. honored to have you onboard especially on this important day. can you desibe what is the reaction in your country and in neighboring afghanistan to the noise of the koran burning in florida and these dueling demonstrations over the location of the mosque in downtown new york, mr. ambassador? geraldo, let me remind you that i wasn t ambassador at
wogether and find a solution that helps everything that we love the practice of organized religion in the country and founded on faithful people, can t we do that and work together? we cano that. i don t think the imam who is radical. how can you do that when you have a group called stop the islamization. why do you see that as ng divisive. it is happening. it is bizarre that you say that. have you been to europe or the middle east. it was once a christian continent. man muslims were born in this country. the 15 story mega glove a community center they say. a mosque is a community center. it is a 15 story middle finger to the american peopl e, that is my point. geraldo: you made your point.