jersey town who filed a lawsuit against him claiming is s a slumlord. david lee, we are minutes away from the court hearing. is the imam there? reporter: a spokesman said he would not attend this hearing and true to his word he has not shine and neither has his wife daisy kahn. but we did see the mayor of union city, new jersey. he arrived a few moments ago. yesterday at the news conference he called the imam a slumlord and unsoup plus. union city is 7 miles away from ground zero, the location two blocks away from where the imam would like to build this mosque and communities center. the mayor says what s happening at this courthouse has nothing to do with plans to build the mosque. the imam is being brought to court or his attorneys are because he s accused of being a