. >> she loves merson so much that i was as a child convinced she was going to leave my dad for morrisonnot that they ever crossed paths once. but that was my theme song. >> brown-eyed girl -- >> what are you doing today? >> i am working per for the "today" show and it is fun and very ironic because we hid from the media. i literally ran from dave and i don't use the word my dad is one man campaign to end the word literally when meela four-year-old said eric told me not to do literally he said that. i was like what did you just say. that will be furious because you know how literally has become a word with like like, throw it in -- but this is true. i literally ran, springted in the opposite direction from david gregory on the steps of the white house when i went for a run around the mall. you know, we spent all of these years trying to hide from the media. and now i work for them which is so ironic but also really awesome buzz it shows that life is unexpected. and it can take these crazy turns and that you're so ridged on what yowpght your life to be then you never can experience kind o

state such as current leader of the islamic revolution ali company with me is grand ayatollah shaikh merson iraq and thanks so much for speaking to me grand ayatollah let's begin with the terrible figures coming from the middle east of numbers of wounded at a mosque maybe a thousand since israel on july fourteenth put the metal detectors up your reaction . in the name of god the most gracious the most compassionate or the issue of the mosque is a major issue it doesn't only concern the palestinians not just the muslim world of the it's an issue that concerns humanity and muslims have been praying for hundreds of years in the lots for the israelis to harm and prevent the palestinians to break goes against the most basic of human rights we see that the israeli occupation has resulted in the killing in torturing of the palestinian people right from its creation if they impose themselves with violence and no doubt this behavior from them will not stop unless there is a severe response not just from the palestinians but also from the muslim world and anyone who defends human rights and who wants