lazio has said it kreblgtly where he put the, you know, the onus on governor andrew cuomo. or attorney general cuomo. mr. lazio is only involved in the issue because if you google his name today he's looking for money for his campaign. he says he wants to cut taxes but he doesn't have any ideas of where he's going to cut job or spending. mr. lazio is using this opportunity to whip muslims and use us as a because we're not politically viable or politically active and to prey on the most weakest part of society. >> ifill: mr. mayor. >> here's the thing. yes. >> ifill: you had said that you thought you'd rather be talking about the economy. the president is weighing in on this is a distraction. >> the president weighed in on it. he made his constitutional argument. look at at how he transitioned away from it the next day because he didn't want to get stuck in the mud. the next thing you know everybody wants to talk about the issue. you get stuck in the mud and can't of govern. the president has to worry about afghanistan, iraq, unemployment, stimulus 2, has to worry about repub

new york's attorney-general andrew cuomo sued makers of l.c.d. screens for price fixing. the defendants include samsung, sharp, toshiba, and hitachi. cuomo believes the firms created a secret cartel to boost prices which costs new york city hundreds of millions of dollars. no comment yet from the companies. still ahead, tonight's "market monitor" guest says people who buy stocks today will be happy in the next five years. she mary ann bartels. >> susie: c.e.o. mark hurd is resigning effectively immediately. he is leaving after a sexual harassment allegation regarding an outside contract worker. h.p. says hurd filed expense reports that broke the company's business conduct standards. cathie lesjack will step in as interim c.e.o. and h.p. released preliminary third quarter results, and jeff will have more on that in tonight's "market focus." meanwhile, there is a job opening at the white house. the president's top economic advisory is leaving to focus on her family. cyschristina nomar says she plans to return to teaching economics at the university california, berkeley. and

reporter: tonight's parade of politicians included attorney general and gubernatorial front-runner andrew cuomomer, up for re-election in the fall. and the mayor who made light of the rumor some politicians might not show. >> i know a few people couldn't be here tonight because as they tell it, either they had to get a haircut unexpectedly or they were sure they'd have a headache. but charlie, as you know, they were with you as long as they could be. >> reporter: outside the plaza a few protesters chanted and one sign calling on rangel to resign. >> others have a right to say whatever they want. but this judging before the facts is in has become more and more prevalent in this society and it bothers me. >> reporter: others outside said tonight's event was just too ritzy for their blood. >> this is a party that the average person on the street cannot afford to come to. this is of the elite and the high rollers. and my message is that this reflects who charlie rangel is. >> reporter: a lot of people here said mayor bloomberg's decision a few days ago to go ahead and show up gave cover to virtuall

it seems to me again if andrew cuomo did his job as attorney general, we wouldn't have this debate right>> the broader issue is this. we have serious problems with aspects of the muslim world. we have a problem with sunni extremism. we have a problem with shia muslim extremism. but those people don't represent the majority of muslims in the world and what we're doing here is signaling to the majority of muslims who don't like those people and sometimes actively work against those people and fight on our side against those people, it's your religion that's somehow not as good as our religion and that is a terrible message. this is a national security problem. >> we're not saying they can't build mosques all over the country and the world. we say we don't want it at that spot. >> the analogy is what john paul ii did with the nuns. he said this is a special place for special meaning for people. stand down. it's not that the nuns had anything to do with the nazis. >> there was a very specific reason. >> why is it inappropriate to say, look, religious freedom is protected in america. it's not

andrew cuomo is not politically his fatherrer's son. he is not tem premental, the reincarnation of eliot spitzer or so he wants to prove. he wants to redeem albany or maybe himself. has this witter comment saying he is anti-free enterprise, bush is at fault this morning. joe, thank you for your comments. hank is joining us from bloomfield hills, michigan. good morning to you. >> good morning. thank you for c-span. sure. >> i follow things closely and the bush cheney administration, this republican administration has been a disaster. that was 8 years of disasters, and nothing was done for the people, and they showed no care for people. you can imagine if obama came with the things that bush had to work with, how much better off we would be. it is amazing how he has accomplished so much in a short time. he has given us cash breaks, stimulus checks, healthcare, saved the auto industry. he has given us supreme court judges. it's just so much i can't believe he has accomplished so much in such a short time and look what he is fighting agains

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governor paterson, attorney general andrew cuomo, candidate.nside -- a party and a display of bravado. i like to read to you how this piece opens up. david dinkins turned to a heckler -- who said you are going to the party for a crook -- david dinkins put his middle finger of to the man for all to see. there is some photographs of charlie rangel talking last night, the company by his wife and daughter. he invoked his service in korea and with more and the picking and suggested he is not going to quit. the next telephone call is from alexandria, virginia. sylvia, democrats line. caller: i think we have a tendency to put our politicians on pedestals. we have done this to george washington, we have done this for abraham lincoln. and we cannot help it. that is the way we are. when we first elect somebody, we are truly enthusiastic. we put them on a pedestal and we slowly gets -- these are human beings. yes, i voted for president obama. i think -- i believe he is doing a good job. i know that a lot of people do not. one of the reasons why i love wat