president obama is calling on a florida minister to call off his plan to burn copies of the karan on the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. in an exclusive interview airing later this morning on "good morning america," the president calls a recruitment bonanza for al-queda. the state department is ordering u.s. embassies to assess security in case of anti-american violence and a muslim leader is offering to diffuse the situation. >> i said i'll stand with you. i will talk. i will defend you as my neighbor. >> we are not convinced that backing down is right thing. >> imagine a pastor so egotistical he would sacrifice the lives of initialnaries and soldiers to go forward. >> officials urge reverend terry jones to cancel the karan burning. welcome news to many local muslim leaders. terry mcsweeney joins us now with more how local leaders are responding. >> yeah, local religious leaders calling on the reverend jones to not burn the karan but local muslims a bit shaken by this incident. leaders of faith groups got together in palo alto to urge peace and tolerance. one even had a sugg

. >> a florida minister says he sees no reason to cancel plans to burn the karan on saturday.he state department is ordering u.s. embassies to assess security for violence. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. topping our news, police are investigating an overnight homicide in east oakland where the victim was actually killed with his own gun. it happened after 10:00 last night when a group of men were eating at a taco truck parked at a lot near 44th avenue and international boulevard. another group of men drove up, there was some kind of dispute. one of the men who had been eating took out a gun and fired it. there was a scuffle and somebody grabbed the gun and shot him dead. >> the victims, witnesses and police all agree that a chain reaction crash in oakland could have been much worse. a driver claims his dump truck lost its brakes and he had no way to stop tons of steel before plowing into 13 other vehicles. abc 7's amy hollyfield explains. >> the driver of this dump truck said he felt like he was floating when he realized his brakes weren't working and he was barreling ou

secretary of state added her voice. >> the planned karan burng by a tiny florida church this saturdayh anniversary of the september 11th terrorist attacks, has sparked a global cons jersey. >> it doesn't in any way represent americans or american governme or american religious or political leadership. >> thean at the center of the storm, pastor terry jones, leader of the 50-member outreach center. even this warnin from the top u.s. and nato commander in afghanistan. >> it puts our soldiers in jeopardy very likely. >> doesn't have jones' backing down. >> i think jesus would not run around burning books but i think he would bur this one. radical islam is dangerous. let's keep an eye on it, say no to it. >> it would be the latest demonstration tarting muslims nationwide. many at the planned community center and mosque two blocks from ground zero. in this morning's op-ed, says if america backs down from constructs the ceer rewe see the discourse and our future to radicals on both sides, a paradigm between the clash in the west will continue. john boehner laced the two issues saying he is

commander there talked with the afghan president karzai and they agree the karan burning by the floridaastor would undermine u.s. efforts in afghanistan. also today the u.s. secretary of state added her voice. >> the planned karan burning by a tiny florida church this saturday, the 9th anniversary of the september 11th terrorist attacks, has sparked a global cons jersey. >> it doesn't in any way represent americans or american government or american religious or political leadership. >> the man at the center of the storm, pastor terry jones, leader of the 50-member outreach center. even this warning from the top u.s. and nato commander in afghanistan. >> it puts our soldiers in jeopardy very likely. >> doesn't have jones' backing down. >> i think jesus would not run around burning books but i think he would burn this one. radical islam is dangerous. let's keep an eye on it, say no to it. >> it would be the latest demonstration targeting muslims nationwide. many at the planned community center and mosque two blocks from ground zero. in this morning's op-ed, says if america backs down fro

>> the american after threatening to burn the karan canceled a plan. the botched rescue in the philippines. did police shoot some victims. a new band of brothers of the u.s. troops surge in afghanistan peaks. are we finally saying goodbye to the super skinny models? the pastor of a small church in florida has been planning to burn a copy of the koran. he now says he has called off the protest. they say a deal has been raised to move the center away from ground zero. the organizers have denied any such agreement, but here is what the pastor had to say. >> i will be flying out there on saturday to meet at the ground zero mosque. he has agreed to move the location. that cannot happen overnight, but he has agreed to move that. we felt that would be a sign that god wants us to do that. the american people do not want the mosque there, and muslims do not want us to burn the chiron -- karan. we have agreed to cancel our event, and saturday i will be flying of there to meet with him. >> pasteur jones making that statement. this story gets no less bizarre or co

they are reconsidering their plans to burn the karan tomorrow. they did not say exactly what they were going to do if the ultimatum runs out, but that is implicit somehow. from new york, we hear from of imam himself who is behind the controversy all islamic center that he is not planning to meet with the pastor on saturday, and we have heard from her daughter saying about the pastor, i think he has gone mad. >> how much has this u.s. pastor from a very tiny convocation in florida managed to dominate media coverage on this anniversary of september 11? >> it was clear cents a couple of weeks that this 9/11 would be different because of the ongoing discussion about integration of muslims in the united states, but this episode with the pastor has a totally new quality, the pastor trying to blackmail the islamic community with the burning of the koran. that could hurt the u.s., although this is just one person with a combination of only 30 people, and we are very concerned that there might be people who see this and say, hey, it is easy to get more at

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muslims in this country. >> yesterday a crowd of 500 people gathered in kabul chanting long live the karanthey also burned an effigy of pastor jones draped with an american flag. protestors chanted death to america and threw rocks at a u.s. military convoy. >> businesses can get tax write-offs for expanding and hiring more workers. another part of his recovery plan. yesterday he announced plans to spend $50 billion on transportation projects. >> i want america to have the best infrastructure in the world! we used to have the best infrastructure in the world! we can have it again! we are gonna make it happen. (cheers and applause) >> his proposal includes rebuilding 150,000 miles of road, laying and repairing some 4,000 miles of railroad tracks and restoring 150 miles of airport runways. he says he'll create a infrastructure bank to pay for the work without adding to the deficit. republicans responded by saying more government spending is not the fix to the economy's needs. if you're looking for work, we're cosponsoring another job fair later this month. it's on tuesday september 28 at the

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plant toa passenger's burn the karan did not happen. >> yesterday, angry demonstrators clashed with police. >> more demonstrations about alleging burning of the koran. about 800 demonstrators confronted police. "we are not defending ourselves. we will kill americans wherever we find them. this is my message to obama and hillary clinton. there were clashes. 25 policemen -- several of the protesters suffered gunshot wounds. the afghan government said among the crowd of protesters were taliban agitators' stirring up the crowd and trying to cause trouble. the taliban has threatened to disrupt elections by attacking the afghan government forces and the polling stations throughout the country. >> quite the firestorm still. 64 degrees on tv hill. you may be able to eat things like cookies without any regrets at all. >> will tell you how the tasty treats are getting a better rappo. >> don't forget to e-mail us your response to our water cooler question of the day. do you think the placement of a walmart in north baltimore would be good for the neighborhood? e-mail your response to watercooler@wbal

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. -- a public karan burning -- koran burning. >> is much more dangerous and violent that people would like to believe. >> it is regrettable that a passer with -- of pastor with a church of no more than 50 people can make this outrageous and distressful, disgraceful plan and get the world's attention. but that is the world we live in right now. >> the pastor, too, spoke out today, saying in reference to the 9/11 attacks, these deplorable acts cannot be -- already this week muslim protestors have taken to the streets. for at the university where president obama gave his address to muslims, there is trouble ahead. >> there is clearly anger that will not last long. there are deep wins that will last much longer. >> in afghanistan, there are fears that there will be retaliation. these views can play into the hands of moslem extremists. to them, this is a gift they would like to take advantage of. >> stay with us, if you can, and "bbc world news." silda come -- malaysia. -- still to come -- malaysia. >> he the carriage will then come down for the baby. >> will this new innovation save more

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belongs to muslims or hindus its historic dispute that has already taken thousands of lives karan singh reports. an uneasy rests on the streets of new york here the battleground for an interfaith legal showdown in those considered a two week a plot of land the sacred birthplace of lord a hindu god but previously it was an islamic mosque that stood here until in one thousand nine hundred two a hindu mob destroyed it that and the anti muslim riots that followed remain a blot on india's image as a secular country since then the government has resisted attempts to build a temple or a mosque on the disputed site and now there are fears that riots will follow but that the court supports the claims of hindus or muslims and that angers or york has residents of all faiths because they feel trouble is usually for maintained by outsiders and that. the entire muslim community here wants peace whatever the verdict is whoever the land goes to we are ready to make sceptics for some money years political parties have used the religious sentiments of people to create trouble and gain votes we will not l

embassies brace for karan burning protests. this is from the associated press. governor andate's u.s. embassies around the world preparing. from "the washington examiner" newspaper here in washington -- again, that is in "the washington examiner" newspaper. we want to hear about what you think about this issue. michael, first up, independent line. caller: good one. i was going to say according to the supreme court this man does have the legal right -- hello? host: we are listening. caller: this man does have the legal right, as we know, but we also did not have the right to cry fire in a crowded theater. my position is, i was wondering, why isn't this man being brought up for acts of treason because he can see potentially what this could do to traipse -- the troops in harm's way. i did not understand why barack obama, his administration, is not considering the possibility this man should be brought up on an act of treason. if he is going to do this and the privacy of his home, it is different, but he is broadcast across the world and it will start out rage and a

. >> reporter: the controversial karan burning at gainesville florida on september 11 is off. >> we felt very convinced that we should do this. we thought about what would have to happen for us to call our event off. >> reporter: he says what happened was, he changed his mind when abdul ralf agreed to move the ground zero project to another location. a sign jones called a sign. >> muslims do not want us to burn the koran and god does not want the center there. >> reporter: a muslim leader in florida who's been working with jones says there is no firm deal. only an agreement to meet with iman fizad abdul on saturday. >> to discuss the plan or the project of moving that project to an ideal location, that's not controversial. >> reporter: meanwhile the new york iman issued a statement saying he had not spoken to either jones or muzri. reporting from atlanta, i'm sorry john lisck. >>> ktvu's rob roth is live in san francisco now with how bay area muslims are reacting to today's late development, rob. >> reporter: gasia, many muims are gathering here at this mosque on golden gate avenue for t

international outreach is growing over a florida church's plan to burn the karan on september 11. the dove world outreach center has vowed to burn the islamic bible to march the ninth annirsy of the 9/11 attacks. the inesville church made headlines last year after handing out t-shirts that said "islam is of the devil" on monday, hundreds of afghans rallied to denounce the church's plans. the protests came two days after thousands of indonesians had protests in five cities. the top u.s. and nato commander in afghanistan, general petraeus, has warned the burning could endanger u.s. troops. the u.s.-led occupation of afghanistan seeking an additional 2,000 froops to join the 140,000 already on the ground. according to the associated press, general petraeus recently submitted request to nato command. it's unclear how many new troops would be americans. the associate press is also reporting the u.s. now expects to spend around $6 billion a year on training and backing the afghan military after u.s. troops are supposed to begin withdrawing next year. in iraq, 12 people were killed and d

that church is accosting next national headlines since it would announce that they're holding this karans coming saturday on a nine year anniversary of september 11th. was it as police said 22 people had been arrested during a second that the protests colt guard officers fear those serving of the guatemalans in immigrant who is caring in night. 300 protesters set fires in westlake neighborhood with a some rocks, bottles. at one point officers fired at least two volleys of non the sulfone production of at the demonstrators no officers or civilians were kindred killed or injured. 120 inmates are continuing a hundred your strike in protest of a new policy that reduces their allotments of soap. the strike started last wednesday at your date reduce the number of soap from 4-1 it comes in response that in these recordings soap to make weapons and make for sudbury for kurds. flores slippery for birds. >> the second inning is testifying thing she kept a list of the dead's list given to the model in number 18 at one point. the nurse said she was vigilant because she was starting to be a pharmacy

it is a different magnitude about burning car ran and -- burning the karan, and building a mosque.f the idea was to increase inter-faith understanding, when it became clear for understandable reasons for what this mosque would do to the people of new york, i think it would have made a lot more sense to say i understand i have a constitutional right to do it, but i'm going to show grace here, and do -- and move it somewhere else. that would have deepened appreciation in this country, and helped relationships between mothers bridge between muslims and other religions in this -- moslems and other religions in this country. i did not like it when the country is divided into factions. it's called -- host: "the new york times" writes this morning -- if you are interested in that piece, it is in "the new york times." manhattan, new york. you are the last call. go ahead. caller: i have been watching republicans lately. this guy's job today is to provide the republican agenda. yen to the first 30 seconds he stated that he would not do that. i do not know why he is sitting here, when his goa

published in a data entry, but it is supported by many border patrol agents that they have found karan's- korans, they have found arabic instructions on how to cross the border and get into the united states. these are clearly people getting in illegally with bad intentions. the drug violence is the biggest crisis that we have, and the criminal element that go with that, but to this country is not free of terrorism, and we kno that there are cells operating in the united states right now, and that they are looking for places to operate with little detection, and this past border that we have has many places where there would be little possibility of detection. so, we are a nation that is in a war on terror, and we must be vigilant. >> we are going to have to ask you bk by popular demand. we have cars on which people have written you questions. -- cards on which people have written you questions. perhaps you could trouble your staff to answer them. i have all of the estions right here. >> ago, good. -- oh, good. >> i just want to thank you for coming here to honor pete domenici. we as and

published in a data entry, but it is supported by many border patrol agents that they have found karan's- korans, they have found arabic instructions on how to cross the border and get into the united states. these are clearly people getting in illegally with bad intentions. the drug violence is the biggest crisis that we have, and the criminal element that go with that, but to this country is not free of terrorism, and we know that there are cells operating in the united states right now, and that they are looking for places to operate with little detection, and this past border that we have has many places where there would be little possibility of detection. so, we are a nation that is in a war on terror, and we must be vigilant. >> we are going to have to ask you back by popular demand. we have cars on which people have written you questions. -- cards on which people have written you questions. perhaps you could trouble your staff to answer them. i have all of the questions right here. >> ago, good. -- oh, good. >> i just want to thank you for coming here to honor pete domenici. we a

but let me just say to those around the world, again, the issue of the karan burning, yes, it is hurtful. it is intended to hurt. and yet, especially during ramadan that we are just finishing, muslims know that the correne will not -- that the koran will not disappear. most muslims have memorized the koran. they have in their heart and they have as their source of ethics and compassion. we, as muslims, also need to take a step back and although we feel hurt and although we are up said, although we are alarmed by what this might mean, because book burning in history does not have a very good proceed in for the right -- precedent for the rights of people. it is alarming, but our community should feel confident that god's word is eternal and it will not be harmed by fire. >> ready with talking points memo. >> ion welton gaddy, president of the interfaith alliance. -- i am welton gaddy, president of the interfaith alliance. i want to be very specific with what we can teach our children. one, hate is neither a religious nor a democratic value. two, the difference is not a moral category -- th

president barack obama is asking the minister to call off his plans to burned karan's this weekend.all canada. the minister is planning to rethink the act if the white house, pentagon calls him. people here say they want the world to know they are against the preacher terry jones from burning the koran. jones says he is doing this to mark the ninth anniversary of the 911 tax. embassies around the world are be on it being told to be on a lookout for anti-american violence. this is colorado it has been destructive. it is the most destructive in colorado's history. there is one of the homes going up in flames there. it is 10 percent contained more than 3500 people have been forced to evacuate their homes. a lot of them have lost everything. fire officials were happy about the weather yesterday was cool and light rain. today should be higher winds and the humidity should fall. so far no deaths or injuries reported but we do know for people are still missing. they are investigating their whereabouts. tornadoes touched down in dallas tx to people were killed. it is shaky hereby you can se

did he tie this into the florida pastor who plans to burn the karan -- the qur'an? >> he repeated his belief that it does not reflect america's values to burn the sacred text of one religion or another. he called on his own christian faith and saying he understands how religion can inspire passion in folks. the president had his -- was at his most passionate when he was talking about muslim americans, especially muslim americans in the u.s. armed forces. he sees -- he is passionate in his defense. not making a case of us versus them. he says it is just us. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> president obama suggests there may be enough republican support to pass a small-business bill when congress returns next week. he confirmed that austan goolsbee will be the next chairman of the white house council of economic advisers. other topics at this news conference include the florida pastor who has threatened to burn the qur'an. this is an hour 20 minutes. -- an hour and 20 minutes. >> the morning. -- good morning. before i take your questions, i just want to t