>> david schuster is park with more of today's news right now. >> tony, in the war against i.s.i.l, forces with air support, iraqi troops are closing in on the city of ramadi. more than seven months controlled by i.s.i.l, now several neighborhoods have already fallen. al jazeera am jamie mcintire has the latest. >> iit appears the offensive to retake ramadi is underway. as iraqi forces are getting closer to the heart of the city they are dealing with more boopie traps and i.s.i.l. forces who are holding hostages. so there's still lots of tough fighting ahead. it would appear that some of the forces have melted away but nests of siel opposition are i..

and still months before ttys it's fully under control. will see if it can mount a major operation to push i.s.i.l. out of dug in positions, and u.s. f-16s to attack around ramadi. when i.s.i.l. is out, if the iraqi government can restore government to the mostly sunni city. sunni force of anbar police has also been trained and is ready to provide security once the city has been secured. freeing ramadi from i.s.i.l. control will allow iraq to end the year on a significant victory and allow it once again to set its sights on recapturing

mosul, i.s.i.l.'s de facto capital in northern iraq. >> al jazeera's jamie mcintire at the pentagon. mark kimmit joins us. >> i think jamie was spot on with his analysis. it is going to be a significant victory not just for the iraqi army but for the police forces, and in many ways the tribal forces that are participating in the operation. more importantly it will be a success for prime minister abadi's campaign which has come under criticism for quite some time. >> it is difficult getting in because of all the ieds.

>> the air support mortar support that all goes away. are whether iwhether in staling. it's a block to block operation. >> given so inept the iraqi forces have see seem to be overe last several years. >> how important getting back on their feet, they're about to lose their country to i.s.i.l. and we've seen what happened in syria. but it is also credit to the great coalition support that's been provided by 60 some odd nations. some of that is close air

support and logistical support. >> are given this is one part of iraq, what is left to be done in terms of not only pushing them out of iraq but starting to mack inroads against i.s.i.l. in syria. >> one of my criticisms of this administration is that it's frankly beyond their control at this point. sure, it's going to be fine to taktake mosul, certainly pushing i.s.i.l. beyond iraq. but they are a threat to aircraft as we saw them bring down a russian aircraft. we saw what happened in san bernardino, and what happened in paris. we should be proud what the iraqis have done but we have got to recognize that we have something larger than iraq or

syria. >> what is the battle against i.s.i.l. than compared to a year ago? >> much better in iraq. it was hunkering around baghdad now they are pushing out they have now got operational momentum on their side. and it would not surprise me that they would be able to take care of mosul as quickly as they did ramadi in a couple of months. you've got only open desert between ramadi, mosul and the border. however, the fight in syria is making no progress. the only chance we have is really on a political basis and i know that's what steact kerry isecretary ofstate kerry is tryh out. especially this ridiculous assad

must go policy that only the u.s. was pushing. >> thank you, general, we appreciate it. bodies have been returned to the united states. the transfer cases arrived at dover air force base. in delaware. the taliban has claimed responsibility. syrian activists are accusing forces loyal to assad of using toxic gas outside of damascus. the assad government has called the accusations baseless. civil war has gun begun march 2011 and left 220,000 people dead. russians have denied the allegations that it used cluster

bombs during its air operations in syria, and that russia lied to cover up civilian deaths during the strikes. according to the report russians should be charged with war crimes. back here in the united states, there was a high profile civicivil protest. at the half america, on this one of the busiest shopping days of the year. the action and the disruptions moved to the minneapolis airport. al jazeera's andy rosegen reports. >> there were 12 arrests here, four at the mall of america and eight at the airport on this one of the busiest flying days of the year. by the time black lives matters protesters blocked the entrance to the minneapolis airport and

started chanting and crowding into two terminals, police had had enough and chewed them out. >> i order all those assembled to immediately disperse. >> earlier the protests at the mall of america had barre bareln when signs went up. a section of the mall housing a quarter of its 520 stores went into lock down. some protesters stayed to mock police, but others headed out. and packed onto trains. >> everybody who is with us we are heading towards the light rail. >> and into the airport. is police followepolice followee that handcuffs came out. november 15th police shooting of jamar clark who died one day later.

the mall of america threatened a lawsuit. >> do you think the lawsuit had something to do with the lack of organization? >> absolutely. i know for example some of the real organizers that were doing this, this year as well as last year, at least three of them said they were not able to come in here. >> the manager of this store who we saw closing up his shop, told us that black lives matter turned off more attention than its attracted. >> if somebody happens to somebody and their family at a distance because well they couldn't get somewhere or they couldn't go somewhere, then what you going to say? i'm sorry? >> burn but protester pointed to the way other issues made people uncomfortable. >> but all movements have been blamed and all movements have been accused of turning people, the mainstream message is out. >> reporter: and at the very

least the protesters remain peaceful. while the mall's response to all this said they had every right to kick them out, it's private property. david back to you. >> the man who admitted to killing three people at a planned parenthood clinic in colorado now wants to represent himself. robert deer says he wants to fire his court appointed attorneys and act as his own attorney. announced he is guilty and said i am a warrior for babies. in tallahassee, florida there are new questions about the action he of hospital staff and police. following a woman's actions. woman collapse and died in the police car. the conversations report of

recorded by the police dash cam could help their case. courtney kealy reports. >> 57-year-old barbara dawson was admitted saturday night after arriving in an ambulance complaining of stomach pain. she insisted she needed to stay, having trouble breathing. she was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and trespassing and escorted from the hospital in handcuffs. >> the nurse ran over there and cut her oxygen off, took some scissors and cut her oxygen. they didn't try unplug it, but just, cut her oxygen. i said she needed it, they said no she's fine she's fine. >> staff say they tried their

best to save her, and family contradict that. >> i said barbara barbara barbara, she never responded, i waited two minutes, i say barbara barbara, i said, y'all done kill her. >> something happened in the course of them taking her to the car that alerted them she should go back. the fact that you would take a sick person and put them in cuffs says something about both the hospital and the department in and of itself. those are things they need to address. >> police say they are investigating. in a statement issued wednesday they said the state medical examiner said that dawson died from a blood clot in her lung. the dash cam apparently does include audio, but the tape has

not been released. the family is asking the florida department of law enforcement to step in and investigate. agency is aware of the incident that occurred at calhoun liberty hospital and will review to determine appropriate actions within our agency's purview. >> the general public should be strongly concerned that a person who is seeking medical help ends up in cuffs and are dead. >> courtney kealy. al jazeera. >> the hospital has vowed to review the circumstances surrounding barbara dawson's das death. tornado warnings are in effect in much of the united states tonight. fog may have been a factor on a deadly chain reaction crash on interstate 49 in arkansas.

about 10 inches of water fell causing heavy flooding. and washington state, much snow has fallen, open space on the nation highways. aaa says over 900,000 americans will travel over by miles from home. rules about body scans.in the past you could refuse get a physical pat-down instead but now, you may not refuse if the agent thinks necessary. the agency put the plan into effect last week.

a newspaper pokes fun at a presidential candidate. >> folks, you want to attack me, that's fine, i signed up for that but my children didn't sign up for it. >> but picturing his children as monkeys go too far. >> he said they had a phone call from washington, d.c, not admitting us to go to the plane. >> was their faith the reason. >> plus head games, focus on concussions. we talked to an nfl player about his solution. and an i intriguing reaction. the only way to get better is to challenge yourself,

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is. >> in presidential politics, republican presidential candidate ted russia is heading into the holidays with a major gift from the washington post, an apology. cashing in online, today in front of political supporters. >> let's not mess with our kids, my kids, marco's kids, hillary's kid. leave our kids alone. >> ted cruz hammered the washington post. depicting cruz as stlawz and his

and his two daughters as trained monkeys. the government used his daughters in his christmas-themed campaign ad. >> t'was the night before the shutdown, and throughout the house, not a bill was turning not even to fund a mouse. >> having fun of hillary clinton's e-mail scandal. >> the grinch who lost her e-mails. >> i know what i'll do, i'll use my own server and none will be the wiser. >> and ted cruz: >> washington post generally avoids children in its editorial pages and after a few hours the paper pulled the cartoon from

its website. i understand why ann thought an exception to the policy was warranted in this case but do i not agree. >> and if the media wants to attack and ridicule every republican, that's what they're going to do but leave our kids alone. >> cruz is not leaving the kids alone nor is it passing up an opportunity to cash in. he just sent out a statement saying, this is an emergency, all hands on death, liberal media was trying to attack and destroy my family by any means upon. a holiday opportunity by ted cruz. >> jeannie zeno, any hypocrisy that he wants to leave his children alone but using them in a campaign ad and asking for money? >> it is the high political season right before christmas. this is just kind of vintage politics as it's gotten to be

now. putting your children out there, not just as a picture of the family but actually having as you mentioned the little girl read something about another candidate and get into a policy debate if you will. and then of course the cartoonist comes out with this cartoon and he last used that magically over the last 48 hours to raise a lot of money and get his name in the press. probably a lot of donation he will follow. >> probably not as much free press had the washington post not retracted it. is that a mistake? >> the washington post says it stays away from children and for the editor to say he didn't read or see or pay attention to what was depicted, i think it was a little problematic to publish and then pull it. but the cartoon it's has not backed down from what she did. >> the big news, donald trump made an arguably sexic remark,

mentioned her bedroom break and said she was disgusting. due bernie sanders. >> he has discovered women go to the bathroom and it was very upsetting to him. here it is, i quote. i was there at the debate saturday night. i got to be honest with you, got to lay it out on the table, i also went to the bathroom. >> bernie sanders has a light comedic touch. how crucial is it for him? >> he does and you can see why he appeals to young people. i think so many young people scratching his head, how does this guy 74 years old get so much momentum out of people college age and generation x. because of these things, he's a very funny guy and he has policies which are very attractive to them aan and so we

seeing the light side of bernie sanders. >> to try to attract women and draw your attention to yourself. >> absolutely, i think that was bernie sanders at his finest. >> hillary clinton got a little emotional. >> you have looked at a person who has had a lot of bad things to say about me, and we shouldn't have someone bully himself into the presidency because that was not who we are as americans. >> around hillary clinton embraced the young girl and almost wiped away a tear. what does that say about hillary clinton? >> 2008, got a little weepy and

came back to win. she at this moment was very good, she didn't seem to be very scripted, as we often see hillary clinton. when she embraced the girl and said she too had been bullied. speaks to what hillary clinton is trying to do, be a mother and a grandmother. and these are the kind of warm moments that hillary clinton doesn't get enough of so that is a good moment for her. >> her authenticityity. in iowa and new hampshire, voters say she doesn't have it. >> she is one of the warmest funniest kindest people, when you meet her, but in front of that fairly big crowd it was a fairly nice moment for her, people who know her feel like the real hillary clinton coming through. it seemed unscripted and that she wasn't as sunshine and clean

and following a teleprom ter t r like she usually does. >> we'll ask mackenzie phillips about overcoming heroin addiction. the motor city may have some hope thanks oa new intriguing program.

have. >> hello everybody this is al jazeera america, in new york i'm david schuster flight risk. a british muslim family said they were blocked from flying into the united states. a dream vacation into a nightmare. controversy building over concussions in the nfl. we'll talk to a former player that says his new patented design would make helmets better in the sport. and why charlie brown's famous scene almost did not make the cut. there is now a slew of complaints from muslim men, being blocked from traveling to

america. starting with a highly publicized report that said he and his family could not get to disney land. roxana saberi reports. >> my work is fitness, that's all i care about fitness that's it. >> he said he felt humiliated at london gatwig airport, when officials barred him and ten of his family members from boarding a flight to los angeles. even though they had travel visas. >> i don't know what to say, the only thing comes to my mind is because i have a muslim name perhaps. >> the pakistani born british citizen says his family members were devastated they couldn't go on to disneyland. >> i would plan this trip for two months, kids are excited, then all of a sudden someone comes aboard saying you are not allowed to board the plane.

>> a former candidate for britain's parliament said he had a similar experience two days later at heathrow airport. he said a u.s. embassy official stopped him from bein boarding a plaiplane to new york. >> i was furious that he would make accusations against me without any proof or any substantial evidence that he could provide me and they would just arbitrarily refuse or revoke a visa. >> spoken out against extremism said he has heard of 20 similar cases happening to other muslims in britain p britain. he says muslims are bard from tuesday. >> donald trump is calling for muslims being bashed from

entering the united states, until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. >> on wednesday he criticized trump on facebook saying if the u.s. doesn't approve of his policies then it must not bar innocent muslims from enter the united states, the religion, faith or spiritual beliefs of an international traveler are not determining factors. people can be denied entry for reasons including health issues, prior criminal convictions, security concerns and immigration violations. but says the u.s. is singling out muslims. >> people like me withstood and very vociferously condemned terrorism. doing it to me is in itself a big insult. >> roxana saberi, al jazeera. >> u.s. centers for disease control says there's an epidemic of drug overdoses in the united

states. since the year 2000, deaths from opiates like heroin are up 50%, in the cities, citizens are dying like never before. john terret reports. >> small affluent new england town is 40 minutes outside new york, the busiest highway in the country i-95 cuts rye through it. >> we are wedged between two much, much larger cities of stanford and norwalk. >> that's a problem because people can buy mayor fill had those two cities. >> i've never seen anything like this in my 40s years. >> prescription can cost $80 per pip pill to heroine, $10 or less a bag. >> to see that we've faced this problem for the last five years, we're seeing our addicts and our

overdoses and users cemg addicte 20 years old. the problems are here at the high school. >> among the million dollar hoimhomes, the heroin is hidden. addiction often takes place behind closed doors in big houses. kevin conroy knows this all too well. his son jack was looked on heroin. >> he's a big guy right? >> he is a big guy. is he just about 6'5". >> he dwafer dwaives dwarves yo. >> he dwarves me. >> jack died. >> being in the city and crack houses and heroin, i don't think bit being in the schools of fairfield county and l.a. and

different places but it is. don't try pretend it's not real because it is. if you don't, you won't win. >> down the road in norwalk a different father with a similar story. gary mendell tells me about his son's addiction to heroin. >> he was burdened by the addictions and shame. >> he killed himself because of the shame he felt addiction brought to his family. ending the stigma of addiction. >> it's time to make our families shatterproof. >> if you would ask me how many fathers in my town had sons who were adeducted, i would raise my hand and say i'm it. i figured there might be one or two others. >> sheart proof is raising money

and pushing for new state laws to help cut the number of deaths nationwide. back ton streets of derry ann. >> it could be in this house, in the parking lot of that restaurant. it's pretty much everywhere. >> reporter: john terret, al jazeera. >> mackenzie phillips is a former heroin addict. the facts that heroin addiction is becoming more prevalent in the suburbs now. >> heroin addiction is becoming more prevalent everywhere. my heart goes out to the families who have lost their children. i'm here to speak to you about this only because i work a strong program of recovery you know, and i went back to school and now not only am i an advocate at pasadena recovery

center but i'm a counselor thro, there. i work there every day. it is a hollywood problem, but my people are dying, i don't mean celebrities, i mean other addicts who haven't found recovery yet. it's brutal. >> why did you start using heroin and how difficult is it for anybody to get off of it? >> i tell you my history. i was basically a stimulant, i was a cocaine user for many, many years and then i had a long stretch of beautiful sobriety which was about close to ten years and then hi some elective cosmetic surgery which necessitated my brain back into addiction. and when the doctor finally said

i got to get off of this medication, it wasn't a far jump from ox oxycontin to heroin. mackenzie phillips not far for her to jump from prescription policing to heroin. but surprisingly gone from opioid are prescription medications to heroin abuse. >> what is it that their family members and friends can do to help them? >> that's a huge question that really can't be answered in a really quick sound bite but let me try. you know, it's about behaviors, the disorder lives between the ears. it's in behaviors and thinking and reactions and you know a lot of people start using because they have a childhood trauma. a lot of people start using like me because of prescription

opioid problem. how do you get out of it? you dedicate yourself with as much energy and fervor that you get into scoring and gettings high into staying well an changing the way you're getting on with your life. >> was that the key the getting you off of heroin? >> you know, i got arrested for felony possession in 2008. and for me, that was a defining moment. it woke me up. you know the universe had been knocking on my consciousness over and over again. mack, you're going to die, you're going to change, you got oget clean again. it wasn't until my back was up against the wall, handcuffs, that i went oh my gosh thank you police department for stopping me in my tracks and saving my life. and i've dedicated my life to helping the addict who still suffers to find the way to recovery. >> one way they suffer is the

stigma they feel. is that stigma though changing and is that perhaps an opportunity given society is accepting addicts and focusing on instead what can we do to help them? >> i believe we are slowing chipping away, at the stigma of not only being an active addict, there is a stigma of being an addict in recovery. i insist loud and proud in my recovery, that i have access to people like you guys on occasion to be voa vocal about there is y out, there is another way to live. in my work at pasadena recovery center i have an opportunity on a daily basis to hopefully positively affect the lives of young addicts towards recovery. >> do you still have that temptation in your head? >> i don't. i don't think how can i get through day without a drink and

a drug. it's not the way i live my life. what am i doing in the day i'm in that's taking away from my addiction and what am i doing in the day that takes me back towards it? that sets your consciousness on a path that to do the next indicated recovery based action. >> mackenzie thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> a new movie is coming out this week that is about to put the spotlight on traumatic brain injuries in football. john henry smith reports the film's release comes as the league is denying reports it pulled funding from new concussion research. >> i found adisease that no one has ever seen. >> in the new sony pictures film concussion, will smith stars as

real time physician ben i.t. omalu. he coined the phrase cte. hall of fame center mike webster. >> repetitive trauma cloaks the brain. >> led to the discovery of the disease born from repeated blunt force trauma in the greats like junior seal, andre waters, players who took their own lives. knowing nothing about football to the preeminent scholar on football related injuries. the film also portrays the national football league as determined to cover up dr. omalu's findings. three days before the movie hits theaters, multiple reports have the league reneging on a $30 million grant to a brain

research group. led buy leading critic of the league, dr. stern. the nfl says it's setting the grant aside for another project. and e-mails made public from the sony hack scandal seem to indicate the studio tried to avoid the nfl's rath by softening parts of the film. one august 2013 e-mail from dwight kanes reads, we'll develop, to ensure we're telling a dramatic story and not kicking the hornet's nest. >> that wouldn't surprise me, because they down played the concussion situation for such a long time. >> joe lamaleur. >> if the nfl had a way of altering the film in any way of course they are trying to soften it. >> it should be noted sony films

has no formal relationship with nfl. as for players like delamaleur, he is one of several players collectively receiving $1 billion. he says he is keeping his grandchildren away from the sport. >> we have five grand sons -- or what do we have six? i don't want them playing. >> john roman is currently the ce oampleceo of defend your hea. we'll talk about the helmets in just a second. the movie coming out, what kind of impact is it going to have on the nfl? >> i think it's going to have a great impact because of the transparency and focus on chronic traumatic

encephalopathy. that kind of attention from researchers those who are in biomechanics and neurologists, really identifying the better solutions to keep the game safer. >> the solution your company advocates is something that you have right there, an adjustment to the helmet. tell us what you have and why it could make a difference in preventing concussions? >> we've long been concerned david about the exterior shell. that hard shell is not the best way to manage impact, which cuz outside thoccurs outside the he. that helmet to helmet collision can transfer a lot of energy. and we believe that by slowing down the transfer of that energy with a protective helmet cover that's a form fit to the helmet will slow down the transfer of energy and therefore keep the player's brain from moving so

violently and we have a safer player. >> what about the argument that so many have, to get away from traditional plastic helmet and go back to leather that would force players to avoid using their head right? >> there was a lot of controversy in 1949 whether the helmet manufacturers moved from leather to plastic. the fear was that players would use their hell met as helmets . after i began they moved to polycarbon, but you still had a hard surface. from a physics perspective, it wasn't the optimal way to manage collisions, particularly solving judiciouinjuries such as concus. we have gotten terrific feedback from d-1 college football

players who feel a difference almost teanls. instantaneously . >> it's a different sound, they can hear the dissipation of the force around the helmet. >> what's the reaction from the nfl? >> we are in the stage with the nfl, it will be a long process with them, if you are aware they have a committee called the nfl head, neck and spine committee and six subcommittees underneath that structure. and so we're going to be starting that process later this year into next year and we're really looking forward to it. >> john you played seven seasoneseasonsyourself, offensir job was to basically roll over

people. >> i've had a few concussions in my career but to date again i'm not feeling any of the symptoms and some of the other signs that we're all reading about every day. and certainly hope that continues to be the case. >> john roman, he played seven seasons in the national football league, the ceo of defend your head. thanks for coming on. >> thank you, it's been a great time. >> some parts of this country trouble, very high. detroit is one of those areas but there's a new effort underway that aims to reverse that trend. ines ferre reports. >> grateful her 14-year-old baby is healthy. jessica had a rough start born with a medical condition affecting her intestines she

spent the first two most in the hospital. >> now, you look at her and you wouldn't know anything was wrong with her and she's thriving. >> the classes at hut dell hospital are called name your date. for 1,000 babies born in detroit, more than 13 die by the time they are one. more than double the national rate and higher than cuba and argentina. >> what is the positive in detroit, while the infant morality rate is appalling, we have the ability through tower task force and through our partnerships to make a significant difference relatively quickly as opposed to third world countries or underdworpunderdeveloped countr.

>> dr. sonia hasan. >> we have tests to determine preterm birth, we are astacking it in the term of preterm birth reduction. >> talking with had group helps her cope. >> sometimes it can be overwhelming. having the program leps a lot. >> even children born to ploghts who have had successful pregnancies can be at risk. she already had three children. >> it makes you feel there is someone other than you that cares about your pregnancy, that you are healthy and make it to your due date. >> do you feel you learn more than with the first ones?

>> absolutely. >> now pregnant with her fifth baby, she's putting into practice all she learned with this one. ines ferre, al jazeera, detroit. up next, a master carver involving in a new trade.

>> the airch chent art of stone carving. ash-har quraishi reports. >> chipping away in his studio in the western suburbs of chicago. sculptor walter arnold is breathing life into stone. >> not anything you pick up from book learning. you have got to do it with repetitive work, years of doing it, watching how it is done, traveling around look at work and figuring out how it was

done. >> reporter: growing up near the university of chicago, arnold was fascinated by gargoyles. eventually returned to the u.s. to work under an italian carver at the washington cathedral. >> learning from previous generations who embodied that knowledge that really builds up over thousands of years. >> it is a trade and art traditionally passed down from master to apprentice but aspiring carvers may have a hard road ahead of him. black smiths who make the tools that carve the stone. some of the tools are older than the stone carver. >> he passed on all his tools to

me. >> in recent decades the art has been on a decline. >> 120, 130 years ago, there were oa over 100 stone yards. you would put up a building, you put some ornamentation. they considered it normal to put 2% of the cost of the building into ornaments and esthetics. now if a building has 1% that's considered as a huge deal. >> there are very few carvers left in the united states but there is hope. when it comes to creating modern day monuments, stone carving will ensure the piece will stand test of time. >> whether we talk about stone or bronze we're talking about longevity. we're talking about an artist who is creating something that they know will be permanent. >> it took walter over a year

and a half to design and carve this monument. he started with a 23,000 pound block of indiana limestone and chiseled it into this size statue. >> in a way that it will survive and be worth preserving. >> the passion that burns in an artist to create in stone is something he says can never be extinguished. ash-har quraishi, al jazeera, chicago. >> up next from a negative first impress, the make of a actuarial brown christmas.

>> in tonight's first person report, celebrating bring years agcelebrating 50 years ofthe ch.

bill melendez. his story of the making of a holiday classic. >> i'm steve melendez, one of four people alive who worked on the charlie brown special. the show is about charlie brown being frustrated 50 commercialization of christmas -- by the commercialization of christmas. linus explained it to him by quoting from luke. the networks didn't like doing it. they didn't like the idea of having a religious message in a children's tv show. of course what they didn't realize is the film wasn't a children's show at all. it's aimed at adults.

the story i was told about the reaction to the film was that lee mendelson took it to new york to show it to the executives. they all hated it. but one of them had his daughter sitting there with him. who was ill and she was off school. so she was sitting in this meeting room. and while thee guys are arguing saying how terrible our film was, she looked up and she says "i think it's wonderful." and that was it. >> maybe it just needs a little love. >> after we finished mixing the sound truck, they thought it would die, said we would never make a film genetic. one of the animators on the film said, you guys are crazy. they're going to be watching this thing for 50 years. how right he was! >> and that is our news for this

hour. thanks for watching, everybody. i'm david schuster. "ali velshi on target" is next. >> i'm ali velshi. "on target" tonight, countering i.s.i.l. how did these fighters get so powerful so fast? and what can america do to protect its people from their threat? follow the news and you 92 a small but steady stream of muslims are hell-bent on attacking america. the boston marathon bombing