good morning, everyone. it s wednesday, august 25th. i m alisyn in for gretchen this morning fortunate morning. the results are in. john mccain is still in the game for one more election. in alaska, could palin s power have come through for her candidate? it looks like that could very well happen and in florida, it was all about the money. a big spender takes the ticket. your results inside america s election headquarters momentarily. ok. the mayor of new york standing by his support for the mosque near ground zero. listen. to implicate all of islam for the actions of a few who twisted a great religion is unfair. and unamerican. are those against the mosque now anti-american? we report, you decide. meanwhile, it s breakfast time. you can have your bagel but if you want the bagel sliced, it s
president bush has well. it doesn t exactly sound like this guy who is out right now on a speaking tour for the u.s. department of state is that pro america. but p.j. crowley at the state department said yesterday, yeah, we ve heard those comments. listen to this. we are aware of those remarks. i would just caution any of you that choose to write on this that once again, you have a case where a blogger has pulled out, you know, one passage from a very lengthy speech. if you read the entire speech, you know, you will discover exactly why we think he is rightfully participating in this international speaking tour. one of the things he did say, he said, for example, nothing about islam that justifies suicide bombing, homicide bombings or the killing of innocents. he also acknowledges the right for israel to exist. that would contradict some of the segment some of the statements like that. but we know what he said on 60 minutes as well. it s somewhat of a he s got some soundbit
as opposed to the mansion. exactly right. why live in a mansion? i m used to. after all, i got to get the subway to work. bloomberg stood firm last night and doubleded down, don t move it. build it there. listen. islam did not attack the world trade center. al-qaida did. to implicate all of islam for the actions of a few who twisted a great religion is unfair and unamerican. today, we are not at war with islam. we are at war with al-qaida. and other extremists who hate freedom. that s one way of looking at it. you could say for a few, those few have us bogged down in two wars, one, i guess is concluding and we have those few people in yemen and those people in somalia and the bus bombings in london, besides those few, i don t see the problem. look, i think you have to respect the mayor for sticking to his guns. so many politicians here in new york and across the country have flip-flopped on this issue.
here s the mayor. islam did not attack the world trade center. al-qaida did. to implicate all of islam for the actions of a few who twisted a great religion is unfair and unamerican. today, we are wanot the war wit islam. we are at war with al-qaida and other extremists who hate freedom. the question is is this imam an extremist? don t you also have to respect the mayor for standing up for what he believes? we so often criticize despite the polls. despite the polls truly. he is someone who is not pandering to the polls because the majority of new yorkers and even americans say they think the mosque should be moved but mayor bloomberg who has stood by the mosque being built there two blocks away from glouround zero he s not waffling or changing with the political winds as we often complain that politicians are doing. we have to respect him on some level, that he s standing up for what he believes in.