>> eric: hello, everyone. it's 5:00 on the east coast. this is "the five." i'm eric bolling alongside andrea tantaros, bob becket, dana perino, and greg gutfeld. "the five" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> eric: a new york court paveed the way for the ground zero mosque to be built at the world trade center site in lower manhattan. we all know this project has seen major push-back from families of 9/11 victims, because they feel the mosque lies on sacred ground. who can blame them? there are bone fragments from 3,000 innocent people there. there is really no question that the ground zero mosque is, in fact, a victory mosque. a victory by al-qaeda over the american innocence. we woke up that september 1112 -- september 12 realizing there are forces of evil willing to go further than we imagined to kill us. somehow one of the biggest lessons to come out of the tragedy is how tolerant we

have to be of those who hate us. so now ground-breaking is set to begin but listen to whey found out from a group of construction workers when i asked them if they would work on the mosque. >> i agree with the constitution. they have a right to build it whenever they want. they can build it here. but should they? >> i no problem with it. >> no mosque. >> don't build it? >> no mosque. >> i don't think they should build it. >> would you work on it? >> no. >> so you would turn away the job not to work on the mossk? >> absolutely. >> eric: this just in, moments ago. we got word from a senior u.s. official that bin laden was working oban attack against america to mark tenth anniversary of 9/11, based on information obtained from the raid on his compound. dana, there has been a lot of questions about bin laden, weapons of mass destruction, but now we know he was going to do it again. they were after us again. d/b/a i think we have to assume that -- >> dana: i think we have to assume they'll do it every day, which is one thing we

talk about the whole week. the security and how we have to protect ourself and be right every time. they have to be right just once president bush who i worked for when i was at the white house in the two terms he was president, he was the first to call for tolerance after 9/11. especially religious tolerance. one of the first things he did was go to a mosque. i think a lot of people will be surprised that the mosque is back on the table. people thought it had gone away as an issue. they will be surprised, shocked, outraged. i just think that for the tolerance that they are seeking, that they say they are seeking the mosque builders they would be better off building it somewhere else. >> eric: before we dig deep in the mosque, bob, take a victory lap. i'm sure i will hear from you now. your guy got bin laden. >> bob: he did. >> eric: go ahead. >> bob: he did. yeah. yeah. did you just hear that? the whole reason for 9/11 is to go after the foundation of

the nation, and among the most important is religious freedom. the muslims, the radical muslims couldn't stand that. somehow the idea that we don't allow, don't want them to build a mosque near ground zero i agree it would be better to be some place else but they have every right in the world to build there. they should build there if that is the only place they can build. i don't get it. >> andrea: this is bigger than public relations. they have a right to build there. of course. we don't want to tell them where they can build place of worship but cordoba house says they are doing it to bill a bridge. it seem like a one-way bridge. they don't care about the feelings. they know they're exacerbating them. i want to know if the new attorney enjoy schneiderman will investigate. he says they will only investigate if there is terrorist -- >> eric: you mean go after the money? find out where they're funded from? >> andrea: wouldn't it better to go after the cordoba house, which is broke and say

we leered it. it's okay. it's not funded by terror sources. >> eric: i had some experience with the -- >> greg: i had some experience with cordoba house. they come off as a bunch of jerks. they really are. of course, it's okay to do something. it's your right. but there is a taste question. i can see show tunes in a crowded elevator but i don't. i want to, but i don't. i tweeted them and i told them i was opening up a gay bar next door to the mosque and saying i was happy they would be there and i'd be next to them. they scolded me for not respecting their, you know, their -- >> bob: look if you are going to investigate everybody that building something in the city whether they properly take care of the taxes or not. you're suggesting they are funded by terrorists. >> andrea: they are broke and this costs $100 million. look into it. it's the attorney general job to regulate charity. >> eric: do you have the full screen of top of the

building? park 51 from the top there is an important part of the picture on the top. forget that it looks like a flag upside down which is a distress signal in the corner, black spot in the corner. that is where the landing gear from one of the airplanes that went in the world trade center landed on top of the building that is going to be the world trade center mosque. >> bob: what is your point? >> eric: a burial ground. see the black spot in upper right corner? that is where landing gear fell. >> bob: it looks like a air conditioning unit. >> eric: it's not. it's landing gear there are families of 3,000 people that found boning fromments on that roof as well, saying you can't build a mosque there. they may be some of the people involved in killing the families. >> eric: would you say the same thing if a financial building was hurt or ruined in 9/11 they should not be able to rebuild because it happens to be a bone fragment in their area? say it to merryl lynch? >> eric: i'd say same thing. >> andrea: the difference is

merrill lynch would move. >> bob: merryl lynch would move, my butt. >> andrea: cordoba house is trying to build this bridge and improve muslim relations and make at it sign of peace, they would not be literally ripping open the hearts of 9/11 families. >> greg: the thing that bugs me, if they to build it, fine. we all agree with that. they have the right to build it. it's that if you question the taste, you are now guilty of the new bigotry that came out within the last year, islamophobia. i say it's a jerky thing to do. that's how i feel. but you got to let them do it. that's america. >> eric: why do they want to? there are so many other buildings. >> greg: they're clureless. the developers had no idea what they were getting into when they got into this. i think they were shocked. i think they were shocked by the amount of anger. when they saw the anger, they should have backed off. >> bob: do they own the building? ask a question. do they own it? >> eric: cordoba house got together with a developer, a guy who apparently years ago

was a waiter and somehow came up with $5 million to buy park 51 location. now, cordoba house gets together with this guy there is funding for up to 200, not 100 but $200 million for the project no one knows where it's coming from. >> dana: the other thing i think that is worth mentioning is the poll out today that said that america is even legislation popular now in the arab world than before 9/11, before president obama came. i think president obama and president bush and secretary clinton tried outreach. at one point we look around and say why don't we stick up for each other for once. >> greg: the weird thing the reason they say the