here we are on the corner of church and warren streets in lower manhattan. about four blocks in that direction is ground zero. you can see where that crane is. that s where construction is going on right now. and about halfway between there and here is the proposed site of that controversial islamic center. but most people don t know is about a half block from where i m standing is the site of another very small mosque that has been here for about 40 years in the neighborhood without one with a controversy. i went over there to kind of check things out. this man worships at masjid manhattan and thinks the new mosque should be built. a lot of people got a bad idea between what happened at 9/11 and all that. it don t represent our religion. it don t represent the muslim. we want to show that the religion can be like all other people. we can mix with all those, like christian or jew.
in tonight s state of our nation, in all the controversy over the proposed islamic center and mosque in manhattan you, may not realize there already is one just blocks from ground zero. it s been around since 1970 before construction was finished on the world trade center tow berps today, susan candiotti paid a visit. here we are on the corner of church and warren streets in lower manhattan. about four blocks in that direction is ground zero. you can see where that crane is. that s where construction is going on right now. and about halfway between there and here is the proposed site of that controversial islamic center. but most people don t know is about a half block from where i m standing is the site of another very small mosque that has been here for about 40 years in the neighborhood without one with a controversy. i went over there to kind of check things out. this man worships at masjid manhattan and thinks the new mosque should be built. a lot of people got a bad idea be