republican dick armey and jennifer granhold. our political round table on the fight over the islamic mosque near ground zero. the growing controversy and uncertainty about president obama's own religious beliefs. with us, jeffrey goldberg of the "atlantic's" magazine, jeffrey goldberg, paul gigot, and katty kay. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning. the president and his family are on day four of their ten-day vacation. before leaving for martha's vineyard, he made the case for democrats in tough races this november. here this morning, the current minority leader, the leader of the republicans, mitch mcconnell of kentucky. leader mcconnell, welcome back to "meet the press." >> good morning. >> we will talk politics but i also want to talk about the controversy surrounding plans for build a mosque and a community center in lower manhattan near the site of ground zero. here is "time" magazine out on newsstands now, is america islamaphobic? we know that it is their right to build a community center and mos

our guest, republican dick armey versus michigan democratic governor, jennifer granhold. >>> plus the fight over plans to build an islamic mosque near ground zero. ♪ [ man ] if it was simply about money, every bank loan would be a guarantee of success. at ge capital, loaning money is the start of the relationship, not the end. i work with polaris every day. at ge capital, we succeed only when they do. whoo! awesome! yes! we've got to get you out of the office more often. my turn to drive. ♪ my turn to drive. this is data. data generated by people moving through a city. people in cars, on trains, on buses. when you can see data as it happens, it can help cut commute times by 50%, reduce carbon emmissions by 14%. on a smarter planet, we can capture, analyze, and use data in new ways to do what they're doing in places like singaporest d anockholm d and build a smarter transportation system. leb's ild a smarter planet. man: hey, how's it going? sir, are you ok? what? oh, this? it's probably nothing. i'm sure it'll go away. go away? but, sir, that can't be good. no, it's cool. really. do y