President Barack Obama is condemning the violence in Bahrain and urging the country's king in a phone call to show restraint after a series of bloody protests.
Bracing for the largest crowds in inaugural history security will be far reaching. People going can expect to be searched by machines and security officers or both.
The president says he was asserting that Muslims have the same right to freedom of religion as everyone else in America. He didn't say whether he believes building the mosque is a good idea.
He stood with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement and offered the benediction at President Barack Obama's inauguration last year.
The poll also shows that more people plan to celebrate Monday's holiday honoring King -- 30 percent, compared to 23 percent who had such plans five years ago.
Obama used the Lincoln Bible while taking the oath four years ago -- the first time it had been used since the 16th president's 1861 inauguration. This inauguration, he will use two.