coalition of prominent leaders from several faith traditions gathered to show solidarity with american muslims. >> i feel congressman ellison's pain. i share the pain. i share his concern that these hearings will only exacerbate anti-muslim bigotry and islamaphobia in our country. >> reporter: the group acknowledged that congress has a responsibility to examine violent extremism but objected to how this hearing was framed. >> i can imagine hearings that would come under the heading of the role of religion in promoting violent extremism, that would be able to address the real problem, not a group of people, the vast, vast majority of whom who have thing to do with problem but part of the solution. >> reporter: members were grateful for the support. >> i believe by isolating and singling out the community will really feeding into the stereotyping in the community but this america that i know, that's standing with me here, this america that i love. >> reporter: the leaders announced a new interfaith initiative called shoulder to shoulder which they said would promote tolerance and fight anti-musl

bias targeting muslim, arab, sikh and asian-americans were before 9/11. some are deadly. late last summer a new york taxi driver was stabbed and almost died after a passenger asked him whether he was a muslim. just earlier this year, two elderly sikh men were gunned down while taking an afternoon stroll in their neighborhood in northern california. killing one and critically injuring the other. employment discrimination complaints are at an all time high with muslim bias based complaints comprising 25%. 25% of complaints received by the eeoc from 2008 to 2009 while muslims comprise only 1 to 2% of the entire population. opposition to mosque construction is also on the rise and getting uglier. in muslim americans, sikh and south asian parents are more concerned than ever about their children. and one especially egregious case, a muslim high school student in stanton island was subjected to a harrowing ordeal in which he was frequently labeled a terrorist, punched in the groin, and spat on by fellow teenagers. sometimes his mother would ca

american muslims would do a disservice. we also asked our non-americans and not to succumb to peer mar gramm -- to fear mongering. we ask the members of the public to communicate and get to know them in personal visits. we believe this is the best way to know one another. we demand political and religious leaders. ladies and gentlemen there were principles. we have to tell them not to divide our nations. many of our positions on terrorism have been condemned without an organization. there are reluctant to work with law enforcement. this is a false accusation. we are backing of the main allegation. he will have no research to substantiate the allegations. he will have no evidence and no research to back up his allegations. uses the there are too many mosque in america and that should be rejected by americans. [unintelligible] his bias makes him unfit to lead a very important committee like homeland security. thank you. >> our next speaker is michael from the american civil liberties union. >> thank you. i and the legislative

it was a terrorist attack that was an attack on all americans, muslims included. in the last several months, anti-muslim rhetoric has reached greater levels. even political leaders have joined the fray, feeding hysteria. the vitriol has real life and death consequences. the message is clear. you are not welcome. words that were graffiti last inr on a sun for a maskemoscow tennessee -- for a mosque in tennessee. more are coming together to reject fear and divisiveness because they recognize that it is not american. as former secretary of state: powe collin powell said, "is the something wrong with being a muslim american?" the answer is no. challenges remain and more must be done. i have outlined steps that congress should take and i ask that my full written testimony be entered for the record. thank you. >> thank you very much. i can tell that, as a former staffer, you knew you had five minutes. your written testimony will be made part of the record. >> allow me to thank you for the invitation and the of eternity to be with you to offer testimony today. as archbish

every american including muslim americans suffered on 9/11. 29 muslim died at the world trade center. three died in hijacked airplanes united flight 175 and american flight 11. muslims stood with the rest of the america united in grief and in our resolve to protect america. along with americans of all faiths, muslim americans rushed into save and rescue victims of al qaeda's terrorism. let me close with a true story, but remember it's only one of american stories that could be told. muhammed hamdani was a 23-year-old paramedic, a new york city police cadet and muslim american. he was one of those brave first responders who tragically lost his life in 9/11 terrorist attacks almost a decade ago. as "the new york times" eulogized, he wanted to be seen as an all-ameran kid. he wore number 79 on the high school football team in bayside queens where he lived. he was called salbi his friends. he became a research assistant at the rockefeller university and drove an ambulance part time. one christmas he sang handel's messiah in queens. he saw all of the star war movies. it's well known that h

american muslims are not americans. i disagree with your assessment. in fact, you have never been able to support your statements with any factual data. here are some facts. i am part of a group of muslim leaders which cover major organizations in northern virginia here are a part of -- arab muslim communities. we need on a regular basis. community leaders are engaged ts ifa, homeland security engaged homeland and security. many tears plots were reported. the muslim community and the leadership has the same goals as congressman peter king it. that is to protect our country from any harm, foreign or domestic. however, singling out a group of americans for government scrutiny based on faith or race is divisive and wrong. if you look back into the history of our nation, many other communities have suffered similarly. african-americans, a jewish americans, japanese americans, a catholic americans, and irish americans. even more to even martin luther king now has a federal holiday named after him and won a nobel peace prize w

university of chicago i believe another from harvard who did the biggest study of its kind of the american muslim community and it showed that greater engagement in mosques and greater religiosity attract with greater belief in american democracy greater engagement of the american political process and this is a real it's a rebuttal and i think a decisive rebuttal to the claims of people like osama bin laden and other extremists who claim their true islam is incompatible with democracy in american civic life it shows that these people who are conservative very committed religious muslims are the most engaged in american politics in american democracy and i thank you very much for joining us and of course tomorrow the hearings begin and we will definitely be covering thanks. now i'll take the story one step further remember that peter king is a congressman meaning that he represents the people of new york which also includes a large muslim population and add more irony to the issue muslims from his district . claim the king useful embrace their community that is up until the attacks on nine eleven

increase and we feel the hearings put fuel on the fire. >> reporter: he says the majority of american's muslims are outstanding americans but a small percentage pose a threat. a spokesman says if the committee was looking for answers -- >> they would have panelists who are members of mosque in america, you know, leaders of muslim communities but they don't have that. >> reporter: mike says the hearing is whipping up paranoia. >> that's what happened when we were incarcerated. >> reporter: american-muslim group says the focus of the hearing is too narrow. >> a hearing that focuses on one community, would be counter productive. >> reporter: peter's list of witnesses include keith, the first american's muslim elected to congress. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> berkeley is vowing to fight a lawsuit alleging it looked the other way involving an attack on a jewish student. she was holding a sign in support of izraal. >>> aaa is predicting gas prices could top $4 a gallon by the end of the week. prices increased 50 cents in the past month. san francisco's average hit $3.97 today. in oakland an

of targeting innocent american muslims and so really what that does is that stokes fear in the community and leads to anti is on the anti muslim sentiment i want to thank you both for joining us sorry. good luck with your case and we'll see where it comes up i definitely wouldn't want any kind of a tracking device placed on my guard i'm from california so i don't like their ruling either thanks guys thanks very sorry. still to come tonight free speech or hate speech the supreme court reached a decision over the westboro baptist church protesting the funerals of soldiers here in the u.s. and that the cozy relationship between d.c. and hollywood former senator is now going to head the motion picture association so why do politicians get to sell out for big a lobbying money when their careers are over look into that in a moment. for the feast we've got. the biggest issues did voice face to face with the news makers. that has become. the creation of the system the global food system. to feed the people of the world is created to maximize the profits. journey trading the actual physical grain

accusations i've got cooperating with law enforcement that have been levied not to say against muslim americans but against activists in peace movements as well. are an effort to divide them and discredit human ford washington d.c. . hearings on muslim radicalization have now manifested they're happening as we speak so it's no longer a question of will this divide communities it's already doing just that and while representative peter king may try to argue that this is a real threat of the opposition is simply too politically correct to bring up perhaps he and his supporters are the ones that are too blinded to confront this country's past the atrocities that it's committed against its own citizens when marginalizing certain groups to acknowledge that it's not just muslims they kill american citizens here to discuss it with me ours said giuliani reporter and blogger for think progress and attorney jordan secular director of policy at the american center for law and justice department thank you both for being here today . is this is this the new form of mccarthyism is this the new red scare that

every american including muslim americans suffered on 9/11. 29 muslim died at the world trade center. three died in hijacked airplanes united flight 175 and american flight 11. muslims stood with the rest of the america united in grief and in our resolve to protect america. along with americans of all faiths, muslim americans rushed into save and rescue victims of al qaeda's terrorism. let me close with a true story, but remember it's only one of american stories that could be told. muhammed hamdani was a 23-year-old paramedic, a new york city police cadet and muslim american. he was one of those brave first responders who tragically lost his life in 9/11 terrorist attacks almost a decade ago. as "the new york times" eulogized, he wanted to be seen as an all-american kid. he wore number 79 on the high school football team in bayside queens where he lived. he was called salbi his friends. he became a research assistant at the rockefeller university and drove an ambulance part time. one christmas he sang handel's messiah in queens. he saw all of the star war movies. it's well known that

americans. i would feel muslim americans would have a special obligation to help intelligence agents to root this out. do you think it's wrong to investigate and prosecute the individuals that i mentioned? and do you stand by the muslim community alert instructing muslim americans not to cooperative with fbi and other law enforcement investigating potential acts of terrorism or at least without not having a lawyer present? >> senator kyl, i fully understand the threat that we are facing you know, on september 11 i was working here at the capitol and i run from my colleagues because we thought planes were approaching. i philly understand the threat. those who engage in criminal acts must be stopped and brought to justice. and every american has a civic duty to report criminal activity to law enforcement. you know, and i might add that attorney general holder has actually said that the cooperation of the american muslim community has been essential to detecting and thwarting terrorist plots. at the same time, every american has the right to seek legal advice. and that's a right that's guaranteed to

you know i'm twenty years old and he was an american muslim living here alone in the u.s. i travel overseas a lot i'm on the phone overseas sometimes i even transfer money overseas to my brother's home which we're living in egypt right now so you think it directly has something to do with the fact perhaps like you said that you are muslim that you travel a lot that you have to have an overseas as i think you feel someone who is an american who was born in this makes me feel like they're treating me like a terrorist or criminal and they're not giving me my my rights as an american citizen i was born and raised here so i feel different and it's not a nice feeling and tell me about the details of the day when the f.b.i. actually showed up at your house and decided to get that tracker back off your car well they did in common knock on the door and they were sweeter or they came by with two s.u.v.s and the f.b.i. saying next to my car and they were really intimidating they were threatening me with arrest if i don't give them a device back. you know finally i gave them devices t

conservative muslims killed a lot of americans on nine eleven. but have also killed a lot of muslims in other parts of the world how does the muslim community best deal with its murderous conservatives. and do you think that peter king's so-called investigation is going to increase the power and the number of these. radical or conservative muslim first of all thank you very much for having me on this time and second i think that like all other americans muslim americans are very concerned about terrorism you mentioned before that muslim violent extremists such as al-qaeda and bin laden to have been largely killing a lot of other muslims around the world in the commission to the to the horrific acts on nine eleven and according to a study by west point eighty five percent of all of its victims are actually muslims so that's the first point the second point though it's going here to our shores is that most americans again are very very concerned about this issue and we're front line partners in the fight against terrorism according to a study that w

>> there's nothing radical or un-american in holding these hearings. >> targeting of the muslim american community for the actions of a few is unjust. >> a very controversial debate today, lawmakers wanting to know are many american muslims looking the other way as terror groups do their recruiting in the united states. we have team coverage. tracy has local reaction to today's hearing but we begin with steve handlesman with a very fiery debate on capitol hill. >> reporter: thanks. good evening. on capitol hill it was definitely fiery, for several hours this house hearing called by new york republican peter king. he insists his goal was to prevent more terrorism in america not to question the patriotism of american muslims. the main point of the hearing was not controversial. >> that homegrown radicalization is part of al qaeda's strategy to continue attacking the united states. >> reporter: no question. radicalized virginia born doctor nadal hassan killed 14 people at ft. hood. carlos bledsoe killed a private in little rock. his father says he was recruited at a tennessee mosque. >> he

but mr kenya called for hearings to investigate the radicalization of american homegrown terrorism in regard to muslim americans i would i would agree that there is a problem in terms of terrorism and violence in this country but i would just ask why are muslim americans being singled out certainly there are many other terrorists of different ethnicities races religions that have contributed to the escalating violence in that country and furthermore mr i find it here alarming because it is very empathetic and for the america that i believe and i'm an american for there's been born in this country and the america that i feel that strongly or and love would not single out a group of people based on their religion i'm sort of piggybacking on that i want to point out something that you wrote you use a lot of call this what it is bigotry brace in the american flag nothing more than a fear mongering attempt drenched in political theocracy laced with reactionary hatred and deceptively packaged in an incredulous label of national security same as it ever was america's tragedy is no longer that fateful day in

as american muslim prepare for prayers at the remains that the worshiper next to them by all. this is especially true in southern california where paid again formants have fractured the cohesiveness of a law abiding community i'm fearful of retaliation. and my wife fears that my family fears it and i fear that. you know the f.b.i. is going to come down pretty aggressive. after i'll email you found out he was being spied on he felt betrayed by his country and now he feels alienated because fellow muslims are now suspicious that he might be a spy the twenty six year old southern california native was approached by f.b.i. informant craig months he'll presumably because of his devout muslim faith now the a.c.l.u. and the council of american islamic relations are teaming up against the f.b.i. suing the agency for what they say is its attempt to incriminate people based simply on where they prey something they consider of by a lation of the u.s. first amendment freedom of religious worship the f.b.i. insists that it doesn't ask it's important to target people for their religious aff

groups call king's hearing a witch hunt. >> the way he has been singling out and stigmatizing the american muslim community raises a lot of concern. >> reporter: king denies any anti-muslim intent and claims his i.r.a. past makes him more credible on terrorism. >> barack obama offered me ambassador to ireland. would he have done that if i had a background the u.s. government had to worry about? >> reporter: the white house is not commenting whether congressman king was granted that offer. he of course did not take that job. he said after tomorrow's hearing the focus will be off him and back on muslim extremism. kelly o'donnell our capitol hill correspondent starting us off tonight. kelly, thanks. >>> now to another major story tonight, the weather. severe weather hit today over a multi-state area in the south, including severe localized damage from tornados, and it now sets up the possibility of another day of severe weather torrow. it is a massive system, as you see stretching from louisiana north to new york, and by the time it's over and blows north and east and out to sea, 100 million america

of targeting innocent american muslims and so really what that does is that stokes fear in the community and leads on the outside muslim sentiment are want to thank you both for joining us. good luck with their case and we'll see where it comes up i definitely wouldn't want any kind of a tracking device placed on my car and i'm from california so i don't like the rolling either thanks guys thanks very sorry. still to come tonight free speech or hate speech the supreme court reached a decision over the westboro baptist church protesting the funerals of soldiers here in the u.s. and that the cozy relationship between d.c. and hollywood or research center is now going to head the motion picture association so why do politicians get a sellout for big lobbying money when their careers are over both look into that in the. a charmer over here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. new website with twenty four seven live streaming news towns like thank you about the ongoing financial hardship unlimited free hi paula the videos for download. and stories you nev

citizens within whatever countries we live in. >> reporter: with the straight path campaign, the muslim-american society is also trying to educate muslim young people about the tenets of their faith. imam mahdi bray draws from his own experience in the u.s. civil rights movement and talks about the importance of nonviolence within islam as well. >> nonviolence, the sanctity of life, is valued, and it's not the sanctity of muslim life. it's the sanctity of all life. >> reporter: the campaign is holding a series of meetings with youth and youth leaders across the country to discuss violence and islam, and also how to address injustice and discrimination in positive ways. bray says it's important not to dismiss the very real concerns and frustrations among young muslims. >> providing young people with skill sets and tools that embrace nonviolence but at the same time doesn't give them the feeling that they're just rolling over and that they're not really fighting back against some of the injustices that they see every day in their lives, both here and abroad. >> we don't separate islam from politic

americans. he never said muslim americans. also, we need to point out that in 2007, and i won't say people by name because i do respect my colleagues, itwas said in reference in a political article, too many mosques are in this country, there are too many people sympathetic to radical islam. nothing reference to cooperation. in this committee hearing on february 9, 2011, it was said in this hearing we've got to focus on those people who harm us. it's the islamic extremists. these are dangerous ings. now, i also want to point out a reference that wasn't talked about in this hearing, i asked michael leader, the national counter terrorism center director, i asked him specifically, what percentage of the people being looked at by your agency for domestic terror threats were muslims? his answer for the record, it is absolutely tiny, a my minute percentage of muslim population that is looked at. finally mr. chairman, i would like to ask my sheriff for the record because the whole cause of this hearing was to say there was a lack of

the committee chairman says he wants to look at why some american muslims are being radicalized. today, protests from many muslim-americans who say they're simply being singled out. linsey davis was there. >> by the united states constitution, then leave this country. >> reporter: protesters showed up for a showdown, about a congressional hearing scheduled for later this week. >> it's un-american to go and attack muslims. >> reporter: representative peter king of new york, the chairman of the house homeland security committee, says affiliates of al qaeda are radicalizing some american muslims and thursday's hearing is about the threat they pose to the u.s. >> there's been radicalization going on, within the muslim community. within a very small minority, but it's there. >> reporter: but hundreds of protesters showed up in times square this afternoon to say muslims shouldn't be singled out under any circumstances. >> what i want us to do now is not go down the same road as mccarthyism. not to target a whole community with the fault of the actions of a few. >> reporter: the imam who

this morning as democratic senator dick durbin began his hearings he did discrimination against american muslims do you see on fox do c. and fox are speaking in a different tone. today's hearing led by senator dick durbin focuses on the rise of anti muslim bigotry and discrimination and it comes just two weeks after our next guest the highly criticized hearing to discuss muslim radicalization in the united states so is this move by durbin just political pandering with no do see what you do is political pandering every morning on fox news let me get this straight hearing on violence perpetrated by american muslims that's patriotic but hearing and violence perpetrated against american muslims that's andrew is making sense anyway and a very very ugly republican rick man on dog santorum in a radio interview this morning santorum put his finger right on what's wrong with america's social security program and why it's losing money or should. it. these insoles security is in big trouble if we don't have enough workers to support the retirees well third of all the young people in america are not in amer

is counterproductive and it is hurting the american muslim community. i raise the concerns because if we are to successfully counterradical terrorism, law enforcement will need the active engagement of the muslim communities. i have a recommendation to address the challenge of domestic radicalization head-on. i commend the fbi and director muller and all the men of the february and men and women of the fbi and our services for the outstanding work they have done in inepting would-be terrorists before their attacks. despite back. liveues here on c-span3. >> law enforcement are so i believed it would provide a tremendous service in making a recommendation i believe team b would provide a tremendous service in making recommendations on how we c closely with former congressman jane harmon on a bipartisan proposal before she retired to leave to go to the woodrow wilson institute. for over a year, i repeatedly have written the administration you are urging them to implement this proposal. they have not. mr. chairman, i urge support of this legislation, and tha

with your teen it holds for hearings to investigate the radicalization of american homegrown terrorism in regards to muslim americans i would i would agree that there is a problem in terms of terrorism and violence in this country but i would just ask why are muslim americans being singled out well we are becoming is someone i mean it's no country and nation who find it acceptable to put people on trial for their religion and to put people on trial for what they believe i'm an american citizen was born in this country and the america that i feel so strongly for and love would not allow a group of people based on their religion. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe are powerful earthquake rocking up on no six on the richter scale has struck southwestern china near the border with me on mars at least twenty two people have been killed more than two hundred injured and witnesses report people being buried under debris one part of a supermarket and hotel collapsed a tremor cause serious damage to many other buildings and many homes were toppled. silvio berlusconi is back on the j

. >> they accused king of scapegoating and stereotyping muslim americans and sobbed as he talked about a muslim american paramedic killed in the terrorist attacks. >> it was only when his remains were identified that these lies were exposed. >> congressman team said it is worthwhile and he says he will hold more hearings about the battle cassation of american muslims in -- about american muslims in the future. >>> peter king presented a flyer which was posted on the website for the bay area chapter on the council for american islamic relations. the local director told ktvu that the poster is being taken out of context and that their policy is to encourage cooperation with law enforcement. >>> on wall street stocks plunged following a surprise announcement from china. it has based its largest deficit since february 2004. a slowing chinese economy would be a threat on the global economy. combine that with the spike in weekly jobless claims you might find why it went into a tailspin. the nasdaq suffered a drop, dropping 50-point. >>> lindsay lohan was in court today. we have pictures of t

. >> couric: tonight, as congress examines whether some american muslims are being radicalized, an emotional tribute to one who died a hero on 9/11. >> but as an american who gave everything for his fellow americans. >> couric: i'm katie couric. also tonight the white house takes on bullying as the most powerful man in the world reveals he was a victim and cyber bullying that didn't stop even after a teenager took her own life. dangerous weather. deadly tornadoes in the south, as waters rise in the east and midwest. and she's out to prevent the heartbreaking deaths of teenage athletes. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. it was an emotional day on capitol hill as the chairman of the house homeland security committee opened a hearing that focused on terrorism and the involvement of some american muslims. critics say that by holding the hearing, peter king is unfairly demonizing an entire religion. king contends muslim americans are not doing enough to fight terrorism or t

what is the position of african-american muslim american community. re privileged to now have the muslims in and out of congress he happens to be the muslims of faith. i'm grateful he is a witness as i am. he will likewise commend himself in any manner. there are only 100 that may have been involved. these individuals may be in the hearing. i've heard them so many times express their affection with others. when you watch muslim americans sing with beauty, god bless america. nearly a quarter of that population is muslim. 2.6 million muslims in the u.s. with a population of the u.s. >> all miss limbs is not all terrorists. when is this going to go for heari hearing. why don't they come ought to prote protect. if they don't like bhaz going on, they should protect. guest: it is well documented through law enforcement officials locally and national ly you will find that they are very eager to engage in matters of which they can be helpful. it is focussed on them. the hearing is purposely adhering and focusing on only the muslim-american community. that's wh

congress will soon hold hearings into the radicalization of american muslims are being led by homeland security chairman peter king who says the issue threatens the country but as our he's married important i have found out king's views on the muslim community have been less than consistent. on friday. a familiar sound of worship echoes from the islamic center of long island. oh no it's a place of prayer education and community service for many of long island's seventy thousand muslims it's also a place where u.s. congressman peter king spent years building bridges with american voters. supporters who today remain shocked that king labeled their mosque a hotbed for extremism that should be put under surveillance and i want to read things also we have been to his office many times when we needed

around the world. >> reporter: the first muslim elected to congress sobbed as he testified about american muslim first responder killed in the attack on 9/11. >> some people spread false rumors that he was with the attackers because he was a muslim. but i'm amazed -- >> reporter: after the hearing congressman king said it was worthwhile. that it broke down political correctness. reporting from washington, d.c., allyson burns. >>> and today jackie spears noted there was no testimony from the federal law enforcement officials and just one muslim advocate. congresswoman spears drew a parallel from the hearing and her experience as a catholic. >> i'm no preu -- i'm no more prepared to talk about the pedophelia going on in the catholic church. i think we need experts. >>> in wisconsin tonight. lawmakers passed a controversial bill that strips almost all collective bargaining rights from public employees. capital police forcibly removed protesters who had camped inside the rotunda. the demonstrators were furious that the state senator approved the bill without the 14 democrats who left the state to av

muslim-american leaders say this is the new senator mccarthy, new york congressman peter king. chairing a thursday hearing entitled radicalization in the muslim-american community in the house. >> a body that, let's be fair, has done this before. the house on american activities committee was a central ingredient in the mccarthyism, that representative king now aims to replicate. >> reporter: king is unapologetic. >> when the major threat to the united states today is coming from al qaeda and al qaeda is attempting to recruit in this country. >> reporter: king says american-muslims generally do not cooperate with law enforcement. and he uses tactics and statistics that his critics say near mccarthy's. like saying 80% to 85% of american-muslim leaders are extremists. john hendren, abc news, washington. >>> a central pennsylvania community is said to be coming to the aid of a family that's been devastated by a fatal fire. seven of the family's eight children were killed in a tuesday night blaze. an initial investigation indicates that the fire may have been caused by a space heate

communities and while fighting back tears total powerful story of an american muslim firefighter who sacrificed his life on nine eleven saving others . just turned on bravely sacrifice his life. to try to help others learn how to look. after the tragedy some people tried to smear his courage or. so because this is a little bit for. some people spread false rumors and committed that he was a meet with you truckers because of discipline. it's a maze. these lawyers were exposed. mohammed so what i'm going to do was the first wonder. who would throw the americans this is large should not be a good father is just a member of the group or just a member of a religion. but is that. ellison also said we've seen the consequences of anti muslim ate the best defense against extreme ideologies is social inclusion and civic engagement i fear these hearings he said might undermine our efforts in this direction we need more congressmen like keith ellison representing us the bath house republicans back in two thousand and seven noting the start cops were known carcinogen and bad for the environme

welcoming congressional interest in the matter, but also encouraging religious tolerance. g÷6do as americans. and muslimamericans are part of the solution here. they're not the problem. >> reporter: some experts say the matter is worth looking into. considering recent arrests like faisal shahzad who is accused of trying to bomb times square and army major nadal hasan, the accused fort hood shooter. >> name another religion where there's an international effort today where there could be an imam in yemen talking to a member of our military in texas. >> reporter: but critics insist muslim americans have also helped authorities crack several plots and they don't want these hearings to stop that trend. and some house republicans worry the hearings could distract congress from where it needs to be focused right now, on the economy. betty? >> all right, susan mcginnis in washington this morning. thank you, susan. >>> jared loughner is being arraigned in phoenix today on new federal charges from the january shooting rampage in tucson. six people were killed and 13 wounded, including congresswoman gabrielle gif

a case this case is an example of us here in this country not even being able to respect the american muslims what do you think about all of this earthly berman thank you for having me on aka law if you could really. this is happening and. that were occurring in the muslim community how he really could undermine the trust between american muslim them aren't worth american should be partners. and. are on your mind i really. i want to talk about a couple different cases here. but first let's stay with this case here in the last what was your reaction when you found out about it and you know what was the reaction of the people there was this shocking was this sort of expected. it was a polyp and we know our story during that cointelpro era where this type of informant activity was happening at the scene and actually real time with incredibly frightening that someone would i mean the community and our and proctor and unity members acker are to be the only trying over personal information and community relations problematic and. in terms of the reality. that there are you getting congress to trust

muslim. maze of uniform. these nuns were supposed. mohamed so about him going to be was that the wonder of who dislike for other americans this is large should not be a good fun is just a member of the group or just a member of a religion. what is that. ellison also said we've seen the consequences of anti muslim ate the best defense against extreme ideologies is social inclusion and civic engagement i fear these hearings he said might undermine our efforts in this direction we need more congressmen like you tell us represent us the bad house republicans back in two thousand and seven noting the styrofoam cups are a known carcinogen and bad for the environment then speaker of the house nancy pelosi replace them with biodegradable cobbs made from corn and now the republicans are back in charge yes right they're bringing back the styrofoam the republican controlled house administration committee voted yesterday to cut palosi is greening the capitol agenda and replace recyclable utensils and cups with harmful non-biodegradable ones i mean really how petty can these guys gets and the very very ugly mike huckabee the former governor is mee

american men could represent a threat to the nation. the chairman began the hearing saying the overwhelming majority of the muslim americans are outstanding sitten buzz there are realities they cannot afford to ignore. >> there is 15% of muslim american men between 18-29 could support suicide bombings. this is a segment of the community al qaeda is attempting to recruit. >> adding islamic organizations are not doing enough to combat terrorism pointing to a poster from a web site of the bay area kpapter of care. >> a responsible leaders must reject the groups. >> the director of the bay area chapter is zara. >> we're saying don't talk to the fbi without an attorney and knowing your rights but that poster was taken off the care web site. we're concerned that it was in conflict with policy of constitutionally informed constitution. >> jackie speier says there should abe broader view. >> if we're going to be complete we should also be investigating the army of god and their web site in which they openly christian trifts part of an effort to take a look at home lond -- home grown terrorism in this country. >> in a heavily muslim american neigh

muslim americans in this community are appalled that their very own u.s. representative is targeting them based on their religious beliefs there are extremists in every every community every religion i mean you you know i just this long what does he have to gain from it personally and then maybe something to gain in the politics of this is not a fear people are really angry anxious to because the burden falls on the shoulders really please explain why feet in a country of tolerance a new york community left feeling isolated and marginalized by the man they once rallied behind their enough nyah r.t. new york already malim on with i want to talk about this notion reno mentioned something in her package she talked about these hearings not only you know some of the immediate results but she can't about them fanning the flames of islamophobia in america in man many people have said that what we're about to see this week here in washington could perhaps and give more moderate muslims a reason to consider being radical talk about this are no muslims and radical m

jasser, what do you hope will be taken away from this hearing for muslim americans and also for non-muslim americans. >> thank you, congressman. i hope we see this as the beginning of a dialogue and it's interesting, some of the feedback i got leading up to this was what's the government doing getting involved in religious issues. it's against the first amendment. as i heard the conversation i saw that religious issues are all right as long as everything is positive. that's the islam that i teach my children. but we have to realize there are many islams out there. if we are going to prosect our homeland we need to develop a strategy, a forward strach with a platform for organizations that are muslim and our government to work together in a public/private partnership. i think a lot of the discussion has been healthy. there are a lot of partner ships that are successful. those are about the crime element, the violence. the problem is deeper. it's an ideology one. you see for example, in michigan, there was a shooting of an imam who was basically running a radical sect. and the islamic groups

the president's own national security advisers said al qaeda is attempting to radicalize the muslim american community. >> reporter: several democrats have written to king, urging him to cancel today's hearings, or at least broaden the conversation beyond the muslim community. but, fellow republicans are coming to his defense. >> this hearing is focused on an issue that we've got to be aware of. it is something that is facing us, and provides a threat to our people. >> reporter: but attorney general eric holder warns against alienating a group he says is already helping fight homegrown terror. >> tips that we have received, information that has been shared, has been critical to our efforts to disrupting plots that otherwise might have occurred. >> reporter: king insists muslims shouldn't feel threatened by the hearings, and if there's going to be any animosity, his opponents would be to blame. now, it appears so far that president obama will be keeping a distance from these hearings. when he has spoken about this in the past, he speaks of radicalization in general, betty, and does not single

kenya holds for hearings to investigate the radicalization of american homegrown terrorism in regards to muslim americans i would ask i would agree that there is a problem in terms of terrorism and violence in this country but i would just ask why are muslim americans being singled out certainly there are many others here is so different ethnicities that race and religions that have contributed to the escalating violence in this country i find that i have heard it is very disturbing to me my my parents came to this country as immigrants in has a better life which i hope i have secured here well we are becoming is somewhat country and nation who finds it acceptable to put people on trial for their religion and to put people on trial for what they believe that is completely antithetical to anything that i believe in and furthermore i think i would think of the way we were having this conversation ten or fifteen years ago i don't think that everybody would call a spade a spade and call this bigotry i'm an american citizen i was born in this country and the america that i feel so strongly for and l

muslim americans in this community are appalled that their very own u.s. representative is targe. based on their religious beliefs there are extremists in every every community every religion i mean you you know why just islam what if he had. not been there may be something to gain in the palm if it's there is a lot of fear people are really angry anxious to because the burden falls on our shoulders to really explain extreme streak in a country of tolerance a new york community left feeling isolated and marginalized by the man they once rallied behind the arena party and new york other international stories now briefly cousin of the afghan president hamid karzai has been killed by nato forces and is reportedly shot dead by coalition troops at his home in southern afghanistan during an overnight nato says they're investigating the incident that comes just days after because i started u.s. led forces for accidentally killing nine boards. from. silvio berlusconi's gone back to work for the first time since operational his face and jaw the italian prime minister was injured in milan i

muslim americans in this community are appalled that their very own u.s. representative is hard. based on their religious beliefs here are extremists in every every community every religion i mean you know why just islam what if it came from it personal been there may be something to gain in the politics there is a lot of fear people are really angry inches is to it because the burden falls on our shoulders really. extreme freak in a country of tolerance the new york community left feeling isolated and marginalized by the man they once rallied behind. r.t.e. in new york. three top world news stories a cousin of afghan president hamid karzai has been killed what makes the forces is reportedly shot dead by coalition troops at his home in southern afghanistan during an overnight raid nato says they're investigating the incident from schools just days after because i just-i u.s. led forces for accidentally killing nine boys in the eastern province. so we've got to stories go back to work for the first time since an operation on his jaw and face the italian prime minister was injured

american islamic relations. and the house homeland security committee says the groups are not doing enough to prevent terrorism and muslim american it a witch hunt. and peter is unapologetic. >> i'm more convinced it's appropriate hearing to hold fchl we broke down a wall of political correctness. >> that was king after sharing a house hearing on radical saigs in the american muslim community. there were accusations many refused to cooperate with law enforcement and melvin bledsoe. his son is charged with killing an army private in little rock he was captured by best described hunters manipulated and lied to. >> several democrats warned the hearings should take a broader look. >> boy suggest if they're going to be complete in this hearing, we should also be investigating the army of god and their web site in which they praise christian terrie terrierists part of an effort to take a look at home grown terrorism in this country. >> the poster chairman king showed from the organization that said don't talk to the fbi is from the web site of the bay area's council on islamic relations. that executive director told me the pos

muslims. all over the world and it's american soldiers are standing in the way and defending the innocent muslims from the radical jihad and trying to kill other muslims but it's also how do you know years who are killing anything this fellow hears exchange let me explain something the most ahead our entry the most hated country in the so-called middle east is the united states let me give you example they want to put a no fly zone to be over. over the libya decimated i don't it just so you know i was going to just be quiet and whole you time for a minute and they on top of that if they wanted to put a no fly zone on somebody why didn't put one on israel when it had to cover all of gaza and starve the people to death bomb straight to murder why don't put a roadside is uncertain i didn't hear put a no fly zone over beirut or when the united states invaded lebannon and killed fifteen and it's invaded lebanon you don't still know nothing about history the israelis invaded first then the united states came in that's how the embassy got blown all right let's not a donation to the troops to defend the

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