what has made some headline news recently is that congressman team of new york, peter keane, chairman of the house homeland's security committee -- congressman peter king plans to hold hearings on this very question. what he has titled his hearings is the radicalization of muslim americans. many leading up to the first hearing were quite concerned, from the general public and the media to sensationalize a lot of that hearing leading up to the first one as a reincarnation, if you will, of the kind of red baiting that was done in the 1950's by then senator joseph mccarthy. it's a fragile subject, one that should not be swept under the rug from all vantage points of this perspective. we must not lose our moral compass in making sure that with the advent of patriot act one and two there has been a significant eroding of civil rights of americans and people who are here to be considered american, whether they are muslim american, south asian, arab, persian, it is something we are noticing without fail, a trend that makes municipal governments have to speak up at times. this was not the fir

this process which peter keane has chosen -- peter king has chosen, it will further radicalize the situation. [unintelligible] the same type of environment that has made a mockery of the president of the united states of america. if you look up there, it is not so bad. [unintelligible] i stand -- we stand united with all people of conscious who feel that society needs to be rebuilt. we have to show in terms of our image -- we do stand united with the rest of our brothers and sisters in the united states of america. >> again, thank you very much. almost everything you heard here will not be present during the hearings tomorrow. that is why we held this press conference. i would like to dive right into questions. we will go with a lady first. >> even if you could argue that post 911, is it not true that the vast majority of imported terrorism -- i wondered what group would be investigated? who would you like to see investigated? what we do all the press conference before the hearing rather than after it? >> this is been going on for a while. you can go back a couple of congress's two hearings

in the recent past, peter keane has made unsubstantiated claims that -- these claims are not true. it goes against what the majority of american muslims believe. they also bring about more hate, misunderstanding, and assure me nation. and it discrimination. the reality is that american muslims are peaceful, caring people that generally love their country and want to not make it a better place. they were to get back to the broader community their careers, it teachers, doctors, engineers, public surface, firefighters, and other professions. many participate in public service activities. mosques actually help to facilitate many committee service events in social activities. we started my faith, my boys, because american neat to see who we are and what we do. we feel i stories often not hold. the candid nature allows people to see for themselves what the average muslim things on a variety of issues. we know that not everyone has a muslim friend and neighbor. we can hear stories like that he is motivated to get back they help establish a soup kitchen. they will soon open their doors. we

. >> peter keane had the first series of hearings examining the radicalization of american muslims. more than 50 democrat sent this saying it would jeopardize the trust between muslims and law enforcement. you can see the hearing tonight at 10:00 eastern. >> the houses in tomorrow at 9:00 eastern. before that, kevin talks about his role in the republican committee budget. then weather and not the u.s. should pick u.s. foreign aid during this economic downturn. it is like tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c- span. tomorrow, president obama holding is fresh -- holds a news pressure at the white house. we will have his comments live at 11:15 a.m. eastern. earlier today, president obama said that bullying is not a problem that makes headlines every day. it touches the lives of young people all over the country. they posted a conference at the white house, in fighting parents and teachers. this is a few minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. -- >> good morning. the morning. welcome to the white house. i want to thank all of you for joini