they're concerned, because questions aren't being answered, and because -- you know, congressman peter kingointed out, we can have a conversation about the constitution and honoring freedom of religion, while also sitirities of those people who lost their sons, daughters, you know,t the be exclusive. >> larry: peter, are we demonizing muslims there, do you think? >> i think so. i think one has to see this in the larger context. there is now -- "the new york times" reported, a whole wave of campaigns against the building of mosques all over america very far from 9/11. i don't think we can be naive about what's going on here. of course. we all want to be respectful to people who had tragedies occur to them. but sensitivity is not an excuse for bigotry. if an evangelical church opposed to gay rights wants to build in san francisco, i say let them do that. even though there may be some gay people in san francisco that maybe offended by that. the whole point of the first amendment is we allow free speech. even points of view that might be offensive. that's why we aloud the nazis to march in a ne

we thank congressman peter king and congressman keith ellison. who by the way are very good friends. >> thank you and good to see you. >> larry: we'll be right back. >> thank you, larry. sir, have you been drinking tonight? if you ride drunk, you will get caught... and you will get arrested. [ malhis day starts thwith his arthritis pain.. that's breakfast with two pills. the morning is over, it's time for two more pills. the day marches on, back to more pills. and when he's finally home... but hang on -- just two aleve can keep arthritis pain away all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is steven, who chose aleve and fewer pills for a day free of pain. and get the all day pain relief of aleve in liquid gels. my subaru saved my life. i won't ever forget that. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >>> now to debate and discuss this issue, peter beinart is senior political writer for the daily beast. marc lamont hill is professor at columbia university and host of "our world" with black enterprise. david webb is co-founder of the tea party 3

we spokr/wto peter king, a lega expert. he says the judge did that because he knows it will take two years before the u.s. supreme court will ultimately decide whether the voter approved ban on same sex marriage is unconstitutional. >> to have a bunch of marriages during a two-year period where you don't know if the status of them is going to survive, we'll wait until we get the final word. that's a responsible thing to do. >> reporter: judge walker could decide without holding a hearing on whether he will issue a permanent stay as early as friday. san francisco county will not issue licenses to same sex couples. >> i've been instructed to not take any applications yet for marriage licenses because we're working under that order from the federal court. >> a celebration broke out in castro district. that's where jonathan bloom is live tonight. >> reporter: it may be cold and foggy in san francisco, but the mood here in the castro is warm and excited. for nearly five hour, these same-sex couples here and their supporters part

. >> and joining me now, representative peter king, a republican from new york who has been a very vocal critic of the planned mosque. he's joining us now from west babylon, new york. thank you so much for joining us this morning, representative king. >> you're very welcome, thank you. >> yesterday, the president came out and said that his initial remarks on friday were not commenting on the wisdom of building this mosque, rather than the right for muslims to do so. do you disagree with that statement? >> first of all, i think everyone agrees that muslims have the absolute right of religion, to practice their religion, but the fact is, just because you have a right, doesn't mean that you have the right to -- you should exercise that right anywhere. the fact is, with rights go responsibilities, and the responsibility here is on the muslim community, the muslim leadership to reach out to the local people in new york. those who suffered so much. and realize the suffering they are going through and move their mosque to another location. >> and the imam who will be presiding over this mosque,

new york congressman peter king issued a statement saying "president obama is wrong. it's insensitive and uncaring for the muslim community to build a mosque in the shadow of ground zero." earlier sarah palin tweeted "peace-seeking muslims, please understand, it stabs hearts," and a cnn opinion research poll released this week showed nearly 70% of americans opposed the plan while just 29% approved. the islamic center would be built two blocks from the world trade center site. one father who lost his son supports the idea. >> i'm very much in favor of religious tolerance. i don't believe that the 19 people who flew those planes and the people that supported them represent islam. >> reporter: an opinion shared by new york city mayor michael bloomberg, who praised the president's defense of religious freedom. the mosque has already won approval by local planning boards but still faces some legal challenges. so at this point it still seems as if this project is a long way off from becoming reality. bianna? >> all right, meg, thank you. >>> we turn to the story now of the

republican representative peter king of new york, among others, said the president missed the point. >> no one is saying there's not a right to build the mosque. the fact is with rights go responsibilities. it's just incredibly insensitive to be constructing a 13-story mosque literally in the shadows of ground zero. >> ifill: less than 24 hours after his initial comments mr. obama sought to clarify his remarks while traveling in florida. >> i was not commenting and i will not comment on the wisdom of making a decision. to put a mosque there. i was commenting very specifically on the right that people have that dates back to our founding. >> ifill: by weighing in on the controversy at all, the president sparked a fire storm of debate. senate democratic harry reid said today the mosque should be relocated. and at least one republican congressional candidate, this one in florida, has cut a television ad. >> mr. president , ground zero is the wrong place for a mosque. >> ifill: and senator jon corn insaid the president is out of touch. >> washington, the white house, the administration,

republican congressman peter king from new york is an outspoken critic of the plan to build the mosque and community center near ground zero. congressman king, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. >> you've been blunt. you said president obama is just plain wrong on this. and i want to make sure i understand exactly what it is you think he's wrong about. is it this statement, let me read it for you. as a citizen and as president, i believe that muslims have the same right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country, and that includes the right to build a place of worship and community center on private property in lower manhattan. do you agree with those words or disagree? >> i would agree with those words taken by themselves. what i was opposed to and am still opposed to is the inference he was giving or clear inference he was giving friday night that he was supporting the project in lower manhattan, the building of the 13-story mosque. now, the president has backed away from that so right now i'm not certain what his position is. no, muslims and every other rel

on the republican side we have peter king, john campbell, ron paul. so there really is this growing bipartisan support that the legislation, chairman frank's bill is up to 70 co-sponsors. in the senate there has been some movement beyond menendez's bill. senator ron wyden has actually introduced that says let's regulate the industry, let's tax it and use the revenue to help provide more health coverage to the uninsured. he also introduced another bill with senator gregg which is dealing with tax reform and simplifying the tax codes. and in that legislation is also the provisions to regulate online gambling. clearly for this to be done it needs to go through the house and senate. i think as the house continues to move forward it's going to put pressure on the smat to bring up this issue. host: and remind us, what has the white house said on this issue? guest: well, the white house has not been involved. they have not publicly commented on it. host: let's hear from south carolina now. it's been. good morning, ben. caller: oh, yes. how you doing? host: f

and also congressman peter king. thank you both for joining us. congressman king, let me begin with you. and the last voice that was in dan's piece said that this mosque has nothing to do with the kind of crime perpetrated on 9/11. why can't it be seen as the repudiation of the radical violence islam expressed on 9/11 and the validation of our own values? >> well, george, i represent so many people who lost family members on september 11th. and today, rightly so, this is looked upon as an intimidating presence. 13-story, $100 million building they're proposing, and to have it that close to ground zero just strikes them as being extremely insensitive and uncaring. as far as the mosque itself, i have muslim leaders in my district who do say good things about this imam. the fact is, george, he was on television after 9/11, talking about the u.s. being an accessory to 9/11. he has to this day refused to say whether hamas is a terrorist organization. and there are others issues. he won't say where the $100 million comes from, where he intends to raise

on cnn's state of the union, kevin mccarthy and peter king and democrats chris van holland and gerald nadler. the talk shows reair at noon eastern. we start with nbc's meet the press, 1:00, this week and 2:00 fox news sunday and 3:00, face the nation from cbs and cnn's state of the union. listen to them all on c-span radio on 95.1 in the disk area and on sirius channel 32 or on-line at c-span radio.org. >> harry truman when he just of the seen as a senator from the opinion der grass machine in new york city -- of the pendergrass machine in new york city and senate historian donald richie on washington movies and the u.s. congress, a short introduction, tonight on c-span's q&a. >> i think it's important that i will stand up for the principles of the state of florida. i won't be part of this corruption or special interest. i'm going to fight only for the people of florida. >> and the c-span video library makes it easy to follow the election cycle, victory and concession speeches, all free on your computer, anytime. "washington journal" continues. host: mark murray the political director

king. live. well. peter lavelle remind you we're talking about what stands behind the popularity of reality t.v. programmes live. live. but before let's see what russians think about them so this reality shows first appeared on t.v. these screens they have sparked a lot of debate and the issue of says the ship is high on the agenda the russian public opinion research center conducted a survey. then ask citizens what should be says on the t.v. fifty seven percent said it was necessary to bend. fifteen percent wanted censorship of reality t.v. programs and the same percentage of people called for a filter on the use of bad language and the five percent say they want to see the coverage of tragedies and terrorist attacks censored how about eight percent believe there should be no censorship at all on the russian t.v. back to peta ok stephen i'd like to go back to you on that beef because i want to talk more about values and that's what you were talking about again another comment i'd like to read about what i c

. >> he has made some comments that have trickled out and part of it comes from a peter king. the have requested that the state department reveal more of the specifics of his itinerary. is that something you are prepared to do? could you do that now? >> he remained b millionahrain. i believe -- he remains in bahrain. he goes to qatar tomorrow. he will visit mosques and key leaders. he will be talking to some university students while they're. -- while there. i can characterize the kinds of things he will be doing, but we have not released a public schedule yet because we are expecting the character of the conversation and he will have a similar type of programming inthe uae. he has had some interaction with the media overseas. i expect he will have some interaction with the media in qatar. i think he has indicated that much returns to the united states he will be free to describe what he did and what the reception was in those particular countries. >> what about the key figures he is meeting with? >> on these trips that are -- our 12 matter experts make on a periodic basis aro

russians who want more after mcdonald's and burger king the world's third largest fast food chain wendy's is about to open restaurants in moscow and st peters. you into the river today what might be their swimmers in the moscow river might start coming across these little creatures tally jellyfish as the heat wave tormenting russians brings out some of the nasty surprises. just ahead people of our losses guess whether the world's become increasingly prone to conflict with the rise of more emerging economies that's coming after the business tonight which charlotte. and i welcome to the business program here. is the hottest driest summer in recorded history wildfires are raging across the country and the capital has a blanket of thick choking smoke giving the impression of widespread disaster there's been a terrible human cost because of their normal weather with their lives and homes lost it's also created severe problems for the nation's farmers with more than twenty percent of the week harvest wiped out on thursday promise to impose a ban on grain exports to ensure there wouldn't be a shortage of food prices are going to start to rise wher

king vitaly klitschko has confirmed he will defend his title against american shannon briggs on october sixteenth in hamburg germany for the ukraine and it will be a fair title defense and beating samuel peter and over two thousand and eight still regain the w.b.c. crown having temporarily retired in two thousand and four weeks ago had wanted to face a russian giant to go i've always in his world title fight by the bout through the w.b.c. champions most recent one was over albert of the back in may while new yorker brings his most recent bout victory over old callaway also in the way. that's had to singapore and the youth olympics games now for a glimpse of some of the world's future world record holder as and rushes up and coming swimming poor have been looking just as good as their senior counterparts who talk to the european championships table recently demands for why one hundred meter freestyle relay. school displaying great team chemistry on the way to gold china settling for silver and that won with south africa taking rolls. a great ad for it on the map from the russians as well as a new maya able to pull its own weight and some to take gold in the forty six kilogram freestyle wrest