a muslim. but why? we ll explore it. laura: caution, you are about to enter the no the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. hour lawyer this week s time magazine s cover insultingly asks is america islam phobic? claim that the widespread opposition to the mosque near ground zero shows an ugly, dark, anti-muslim strain in our country. but if america was islam phobic we probably would have seen mosques vandalized after 9/11. we might have seen law abiding muslim americans targeted and demonized but, instead, the pentagon set up a muslim prayer area in the interfaith chapel. let s not forget president bush appointed emissary to the muslim world and frequently met with muslim leaders at the white house. now, fast forward to last december when news of a planned islamic center near ground zero broke. i was subbing for bill on the factor and interviewed daisy chan. the wife of the imam who hatched. laura: why that space. i think the closeness of the center to ground
a muslim. but why? we ll explore it. laura: caution, you are about to enter the no the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. hour lawyer this week s time magazine s cover insultingly asks is america islam phobic? claim that the widespread opposition to the mosque near ground zero shows an ugly, dark, anti-muslim strain in our country. but if america was islam phobic we probably would have seen mosques vandalized after 9/11. we might have seen law abiding muslim americans targeted and demonized but, instead, the pentagon set up a muslim prayer area in the interfaith chapel. let s not forget president bush appointed emissary to the muslim world and frequently met with muslim leaders at the white house. now, fast forward to last december when news of a planned islamic center near ground zero broke. i was subbing for bill on the factor and interviewed daisy chan. the wife of the imam who hatched. laura: why that space. i think the closeness of the center to ground
a muslim. but why? we ll explore it. laura: caution, you are about to enter the no the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. hour lawyer this week s time magazine s cover insultingly asks is america islam phobic? claim that the widespread opposition to the mosque near ground zero shows an ugly, dark, anti-muslim strain in our country. but if america was islam phobic we probably would have seen mosques vandalized after 9/11. we might have seen law abiding muslim americans targeted and demonized but, instead, the pentagon set up a muslim prayer area in the interfaith chapel. let s not forget president bush appointed emissary to the muslim world and frequently met with muslim leaders at the white house. now, fast forward to last december when news of a planned islamic center near ground zero broke. i was subbing for bill on the factor and interviewed daisy chan. the wife of the imam who hatched. laura: why that space. i think the closeness of the center to ground
what s going on here? first tonight, it s judgment day on planet blago and a guilty verdict against the former illinois governor but as i mentioned only on one count of the 24 he has faced. guilty of lying to the federal government. lying to the fbi. the jurors telling the judge they are deadlocked hopelessly on the other 23 counts, including the most significant charge of all, trying to sell president obama s bleeping golden senate seat. our blago said tonight, i told you so. that very prosecutor said that he was stopping a crime spree before it happened. well, this jury just showed you notwithstanding the fact this government and the power and the resources bring to bear this jury just showed you that notwithstanding the fact that the government threw everything but the kitchen sink at me that on every count except for one and every charge except for one, they could not prove that i did anything wrong, that did i break any laws. shepard: blago insisting tonight he is
case. bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. bill: hi, i m bill o reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. president obama on the dissent. that is the subject of this evening s talking points memo. as we reported last night, this week is the low point for the obama administration. and today a new wall street journal poll confirms what we said yesterday. for the first time in that poll, more americans think president obama is doing a bad job than a good job. 48% disprove, 45% say he is doing okay. but the really bad news for the president is that 62% of americans now feel the country is heading in the wrong direction. that is the highest number since before the presidential election of 2008. talking points believes it is the chaos factor that is damaging the obama administration once again. the economy shaky. the oil spill chaos. the afghan war, not going well. and the border situation is so bad the state of arizona is now def