is a new congressional report out today bipartisan and it said that the internet radicalizes american muslims or muslim youth quickly, in america. the question, if that's true and they are 'r are not telling one another? eric? >> the scary part. not only do you as a parent after 13-year-old, worry about predators, pedophiles trolling for youth and your credit card now there are groups out there trolling, look are forout and see how people flip and being occupying protesters and just as quickly radicalized via the internet. that is scary. >> the key with the internet it radicalizes everyone. if you're a middle age guy into unicorns, and you're questioned a freak, and if you find others, you're not an oddity, you're an organization. >> i would not object to the n.y.p.d.-- and you're not a freak, greg, by the way. >> i am a freak. it's a challenge and why the cops are doing the right thing. >> first of all, we were not talking about this in the break. these were singing the theme to the brady bunch. the worst i've heard. collectively we got there. >> my god, why? so, let me say what i said. you

. >> well, jim, military officials hope that the local muslim american community can help defuse the koran burning controversy by calling for tolerance. hundreds of washington area muslims gathered for a friday prayer service at the all dulles area muslim society. >> the koran for every muslim is a word of god. >> it is the koran that brought pentagon officials to the largest mosque in northern virginia and acting secretary of defense apologized to worshipers for the burning of korans at a military base in afghanistan. 20 people have died in the protests including two u.s. soldiers. >> we at the department of defense regret and apologize for this incident. we are fully investigating it. we are learning from it. we are committed to ensuring that such an incident will never happen again. >> the apology comes after a thursday meeting at the pentagon between area muslim leaders and pentagon officials. the military is investigating the incident and all troops are being retrained on the handling of religious materials. the mosque's imam called the visit a mile stone and says the government

of this is linda sarsour our executive director of the arab american association of new york welcome to the show linda so what how is the muslim american community reacting to this news. these revelations from the e.p. have basically just been a confirmation of something that our community has been saying for the past ten years and right now our community is are joining other communities have been affected by police brutality as well as racial profiling within the african-american and latino communities and building coalitions iraq demanding accountability and an oversight mechanism over the n.y.p.d. because while the n.y.p.d. spying and watching our communities we don't know who's watching the n.y.p.d. and as a muslim american yourself how does it fear how does it feel to have your fears and suspicions verified through this report i mean it's just unfortunate that many of us as you can hear from my x. and i am a born and raised brooklyn new york and to know that just because i'm muslim that my everyday life is being monitored from what mosques we pray out to the stores we shop out to the bookstore and we attend to the cafe vi

has been spying on american muslims in the fullest sense of the world and business is booming for bodyguards and that's that is based on the first u.s. contractors with the drug cartels fighting the next unliterary as well as each other and terrorizing local populations anyone traveling to the country these days knows that they need protection while the bodyguards are there to make big bucks i'm going to give you all those details just. and unfortunately that does it for now for more on the stories we've covered is what r.t.e. dot com slash usa and don't forget to check out our you tube pages you tube dot com slash r.t. america and as always you can reach out to me by following me on twitter that's at u.c. cafe know i want to hear what you want us to talk about stay tuned. it'll. be a good solid.

focuses on the us today mentioning the guantanamo bay prison and violation of the rights of american muslims it also covers the european union nato members and georgia. i want to thank you very much for being with us hello thanks well first of all. the question about current position about. the job you're here keeping the position of the spur of a special envoy within the foreign ministry was established just this year or so or pleasure last year last year had only been here a couple of months ago right so whose decision was it why was it decided in the kremlin in the foreign ministry or. well the position has been established as you put it last year it was. more than a couple of months it was established last april actually and this almost a year time flies and the decision has been taken by the russian leadership obviously and of course. by the leadership of the foreign minister mr lavrov and the idea was kind of. multi fall to profile even more our country russia in the field of human rights democracy and rule of law and those are very much interconnected in the interlinked elements obvio

justice, they announced the fact or reported the fact that the council on american islamic relations cair referred to them as a muslim-american civil rights organization never ever mentioning cair was an unindicted coconspirator in the major funding case in this country and the fbi cut off its contact with cair. we as a committee should speak up and line up against. they should not ally themselves with cheap press reports. i yield back. >> thank you, mr. king. mr. schiff? >> thank you, gentlemen, for your service to the country. general petraeus i have three questions. my chief concern about afghanistan is the safe haven in pakistan and my questions are these. first, do you anticipate any change in the status of the sanctuary that the insurgency finds in pakistan, and second, if we can't expect there is to be much of a change in that safe haven, for the taliban insurgency, can we reasonably expect that the afghan forces will be able to defend against an insurgency that enjoys that safe haven once we draw down our troops, and finally, should afghan special forces be allowed to take the fight to the enemy leadership in

. >>> an american muslim group has appealed to iran's top leader to show salem si for a former u.s. military translator who has been sentenced to dead. he was sentenced to death after being accused of being a c.i.a. spa. the council on islamic relations sent a letter to iran asking them to spare the life of the 28-year-old former marine. >>> the former los angeles elementary schoolteacher is in jail accused of sexually molesting nearly two dozen children. officials say 61-year-old mark berg blindfolded kids, gagged and even placed cockroach oz their face. it was during school hours. >>> a severe cold snap has killed dozens of people in europe. officials say at least 60 people have died over the last week, many from hypothermia and many of the victims were homeless people on the streets. in the ukraine, temperatures plunged close to minus 30, the coldest in six years. forecasters say the extreme weather will keep battering europe through the end of the week. >>> filing your taxes early will not guarantee an early refund in the mail. >> a new report suggests the food industry isn't do

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might not be so honorable after all a new report shows they're actually profiling and monitoring muslim americans so what's the good cop bad cop act and whatever happened to a reasonable expectation of privacy. in this crucial block. on the case of director of operations. you want some advice don't get on this man's bad side that's right leave it to the republican candidates to assemble a ragtag team of neo conservatives to act as their political henchmen get ready to meet some questionable characters the g.o.p. has up its sleeve. it's thursday february twenty third here in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl and you're watching r t well the man accused of the biggest leak and classified information in u.s. history had his day in court today twenty four year old army private bradley manning was arraigned in a military court in fort meade maryland he faces a slew of charges including aiding the enemy today manning the furred his plea he allegedly gave hundreds of thousands of secret documents and cables to the whistle blowing website wiki leaks some celebrate manning as a hero for exposing the truth behi

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. >>> senior defense department officials will issue a formal apology today to the american muslim communityurning copies of the koran by american soldiers. the muslim holy books were destroyed earlier at bagram air base in afghanistan. obama sent a letter of apology to afghan president karzai yesterday saying the incident was not intentional. that is not stopping the anti-american anger and deadly riots across afghanistan. two u.s. soldiers were killed yesterday during the rioting. meanwhile, republican presidential candidate newt gingrich is criticizing president obama for apologizing. he says afghan president karzai actually owes the u.s. an apology for the deaths of the two u.s. soldiers. gingrich went on to say that, "if hamid karzai, the president of afghanistan, does not feel like apologizing, then we should say good-bye and good luck." he went on to say, "we don't need to be there risking our lives and wasting our money on someone who does not care." >>> al qaeda claiming responsibility for the coordinated attacks that killed dozens of people in iraq yesterday. several attacks occurr

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we will be >>> senior defense department officials will issue a formal apology today to the american muslim community for the burning of copies of the koran by american soldiers. the muslim holy books were destroyed earlier this week. president obama sent a letter of apology to afghan president karzai yesterday saying that the incident was not intentional. but that it is not stopping the anti-american anger and deadly riots across afghanistan. two u.s. soldiers were killed yesterday during rioting and afghan officials say at least seven people have been killed in protests around the country. meanwhile, republican presidential candidate newt gingrich is criticizing president obama for apologizing. he says that afghan president karzai owe it is u.s. an apology for the death of two u.s. soldiers. gingrich went on to say that if hamid karzai, president of afghanistan, does not feel like apologizing, he should say good-bye and good luck. gingrich also said we don't need to be here risking our lives and wasting our money on somebody who doesn't care. >>> al qaeda is claiming responsibility for th

. >>> senior defense department officials will issue a formal apologize to the american muslim community for the burning of copies of the koran by american soldiers. the muslim holy books were destroyed earlier this week at bagram air base in afghanistan, sparking deadly riots across the country. president obama sent a letter of apology to afghan president hamid karzai yesterday saying the incident was not intentional. but that is not stopping the anti-american anger in afghanistan. two u.s. soldiers were killed yesterday during rioting. >>> and newt gingrich is criticizing the obama administration for apologizing to afghan authorities for the koran burnings. the republican presidential hopeful calls the apology "astonishing and undeserved." he says afghan president karzai actually owes the u.s. an apology for the deaths of the two u.s. soldiers. gingrich went on to say that "if hamid karzai, the president of afghanistan, doesn't feel like apologizing, then we should say good-bye and good luck. we don't need to be here, risking our lives and wasting our money on somebody who doesn't care

the american muslim community is going to be the first ones to tell the fbi. >> in the meantime, he will remain in jail until he appears before a grand jury. that will happen within 30 days. >> and montgomery county neighborhood is relieved after a suspicious package was found in an abandoned home. police were called for possible explosives. fire crews determined the device was not a bomb. >> turning to the weather. a pleasant subject. we have been in the 60's today and temperatures will get better tomorrow. >> is that a tan i see? >> not really, but i would like one. >> doug hill is standing by. >> the sunshine is bright and high enough you can burn pretty quickly even though it is february. the pollen count is released today. we had high levels of tree pollen. that is what you get for having a warm winter. some high clouds and midlevel clouds, otherwise sunshine with mixed cloud cover is the story. we are monitoring a few showers but the air is so dry that it ought is following between cloud levels. -- a lot is falling between cloud levels. we will keep our eye on possible showers as t

such an incident will never happen again. >> senior defense department official apologized for american muslimty for what the u.s. government called inadvertent burning of religious materials by u.s. personnel in afghanistan. this comes after a letter of apology from president obama, was delivered to afghan president hamid karzai. the top u.s. commander, general john allen and defense secretary leon panetta offered apologies of their own. now the pentagon is promising to do more. >> i know that apologies are never enough and do not erase the incident. after the completion of the prompt and decisive investigation, we will hold people appropriately accountable. the response is this event at theition lammic center in urban washington was peaceful and call made to recognize how some might exploit the incident. >> we understand that the individuals and forces on the ground in afghanistan trying to take advantage of this politically. >> 20 people have been killed across the country in four days of violence, including two american soldiers who were shot by a man wearing afghan military uniform. >> th

officials and today's was from a top leader spoking to muslim americans in northern virginia. during midday prayers in sterling, virginia, he called for calm in the face of hurt. >> don't respond to something -- and two mistakes don't make a right. >> reporter: they were joined by the top pentagon official for u.s. policy in afghanistan. >> and i come here to apologize on behalf of the department of defense for the incident takes place in afghanistan this week. >> reporter: the protests over the burning of the qu'ran by u.s. soldiers in an air base in afghanistan. and copies taken where they were allegedly using them to pass messages. >> we're fully investigating it and learning from it, and we're committed to ensuring that such an incident will never happen again. >> and president obama sent apologies to karzai. the top u.s. military commander to his counter parts los angeles. >> i assure you and promise you, this was not intentional in any way. and i offer my sincere apologies for any, on fence this may have caused. >> reporter: muslim american leaders say a relatively few i

turns out only 10% of american muslims -- for most of them islam is more of a social thing than anything else. they are a lot like the jews. go to synagogue and talk to people and each and even then very few religious muslims are jihadists but when your identity is a negative one this type of nuance has to be stepped out of consciousness. americans regard pakistan has a dark and awful place. they did osama bin laden from american troops or harbor al qaeda operatives or drones strikes in their country which mostly kill civilians or in league with the taliban. what would americans say if they read in newspapers as i did last june when i was in london and picked up our copy of the guardian that a popular tv show in pakistan has a john stuart type comedian who pokes fun at the government and hosts songs like rock groups like bear, woman that ridicules muslim fundamentalists. this is the same music as pretty woman. burqa woman walking down the street with her sexy feet because that is all you say. none of this is picked up by the american press. it would weaken our ability to paint is the ene

it really is, to a large extent, the muslim american community itself, if you are talking about international terrorism, who has alerted us to persons who we need to look further at and has understood that the worst thing that could happen to the muslim american community in the united states is another terrorist attack. yes, we have our reach. every one of our field officers has substantial out reach with and has since september 11 with the muslim communities. but in addition to the relationships that we establish, the education that we do jointly, it is in large part attributable to the muslim community itself that local radicalization is somewhat diminished and, really, it is on the internet where we face our biggest challenge now. >> director, several government officials have raised questions about the relationship between contractors and the federal government, and this is an issue that indicates perhaps not only the department of defense, the state department, and many other government agencies, but also to some degree, our law enforcement agencies. what is your take on -- what would b

only 10% of american muslims are actually religious. for most of them, islam is more of a social thing than anything else. it's like the jews, go to synagogue, talk to people, and eat. you know, even then, few religious muslims are jihads, but when your identity is a negative one, this type of nuance has to be kept out of one's consciousness. americans regard pakistan as a dark and awful place, the country that hid bin laden from the american troops or that harbors al-qaeda operatives, hence our drone strikes in the country which killed civilians. what would america said if they read in the newspapers as i did last june as i picked up a copy of "the guardian" that is a popular show there is a comedian poking fun of the government and hosts songs like rock groups who sing songs like burka women that ridicules muslim fundmentallism. this is as basic as the roy song, "pretty woman," but it goes burka woman, walking down the street, burka woman, sexy is your feet because that's all you can see. this could potentially lead to a softening of

community is a bridge to the muslim world. >> we as muslim americans have to convey this apology made today in the wider perspective and share it with many people along the wall. >> reporter: many in attendance say they were impressed by the administration's gesture which included a muslim american chapla chaplain. >> i think it was very good. i felt better when i saw this and i saw they made an effort and showed us how much -- >> we accept the apologies. we believe that it was an honest mistake, that no harm was intended, so we accept the apologies and now it's time to move on. >> a pentagon spokesman says the appearance at the adams center is part of a broad effort by the administration to defuse the controversy. pentagon officials reached out to the homosque and asked to co and speak directly to worshipers. >> thank you, jane. >>> news 4 your health now. there is a birth control pill being recalled. the pills are from a company based in india and it's called glenmark general e. recalled by the pills are in the wrong order in the blister pack and they may not work. glenmark says the

administration says that it can't stop new york city from spending federal money on programs to spy on american muslims report by the "associated press" new york's police department spent millions of dollars in white house grant money to pay for surveillance on neighborhoods where muslims eat, shop, work, and pray. the white house says it views muslims as partners in the fight against terror. >>> dozens of bay area teachers put on notice. what they will have to prove if they want to keep their jobs. >>> a crime spree in a quiet bay area neighborhood. eight homes broken into in one day. why the crooks are ringing the doorbell. it'll hold your plants... but it'll also hold 'em back. the solution: miracle-gro garden soil. the perfect mix of rich, organic ingredients, and miracle-gro plant food. just mix it in. and turn bad soil into great soil. helps plants grow twice as big. instead of holding 'em back, they'll leap ahead. miracle-gro garden soil. start right. finish big. their jobs next year. the oakland unified school district is asking for morea commitment from their teachs >>> teachers at three oakla

that millions of dollars from the white house is helping to pay for the surveillance of entire american muslim neighborhoods in new york. the ap said it got the information through secret police documents and interviews from the officials. the money is a part of the grant to cite drug crimes. the white house said it has no control over how the new york police department spends the grant mean. >>> the whistle-blower website wikileaks is in the process of publishing millions of e-mails from stratfer. the founder announced the dump today at a news conference in london accusing the company of running a network of paid informants and making investments based on secret intelligence. appears the e-mail were stolen by the activist group anonymous in december when they hacked into the company's system. >>> another gorgeous, winter day here. >> beautiful outside and i love the sunshine. that is chilly on you there the. what was the high? >> 63. >> that must have been in the shade. >> 63. >> oh, man. >> it's great. >> and cooler tomorrow. we're talking lower 50s for highs tomorrow. >> okay. >> and a litt

homeland security committee is going to hold congressional hearings on the radicalization of muslim americans later this week new york congressman peter king says the hearings are to help him learn how certain u.s. citizens are recruited or drawn into terrorism according to court records mohammed said he had been interested in just since he was an early teen even writing for just how this website under an assumed name all of them were actually the intended targets of a would be terrorist here to wage war right in his own backyard. according to the undercover f.b.i. agents who spent time with him nineteen year old will home with us manuel hubbard was a teen anxious to go quote operational and to learn about explosives are you targeting muslims. absolutely not what i'm talking about is violent terrorist in the stream of. so considering our media's obsession with the threat of homegrown radicalization or five you can call it concern if you want although i don't buy it you would think that a certain report released today what caught their eye the triangle center on terrorism and homeland security

muslim college students at schools like yale university say police went too far in surveillance of american muslim groups but new york city mayor michael bloomberg says the police work was indeed justified. >> it's very cute to go and to blame everybody and say we should stay away from anything that smacks of intelligence gathering. the job of our law enforcement is to make sure that they prevent things. >> meantime, governor of new jersey chris christi says this surveillance is and i'm quoting disturbing and newark mayor cory booker called for an investigation. >>> president can obama has issued a rare written apology to afghanistan's president hamid karzai over the burning of afghan korans, but president's show of remorse has not quelled afghan outrage which may have sparked the killings of not just one but two american soldiers in the afghan capital for us. nick paton walsh. >> america's got no one more senior left to apologize to the afghan people. president barack obama has had his ambassador hand deliver a letter expressing regret to the afghan president saying hale hold someone connecticacc

. >>> an american muslim group has appealed to iran's top leaders to show clemency for a military translator who has been sentenced to death. amir mirzaei hekmati has dual citizenship in america and iraq. he was sentenced to death after being accused of being a u.s. spy. >>> the former los angeles elementary schoolteacher is in jail accused of sexually molesting nearly two dozen children. officials say 61-year-old mark berndt blindfolded, gagged, placed cockroaches on kids' faces during school hours at the miramonte elementary school in los angeles. >>> the washington capitals travel to tampa without alex ovechkin. >>> the patriots wide receiver wes walker discusses tom brady's hair. why? we're back in two minutes with your weather first. so strike while the iron's hot. starting at $4.99. only at denny's. america's diner is always open. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days is-- is huge. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. you just put one foot in front of the other, and you know that you're walking for such a great

it's also the civil rights of many american muslims which is something will come to regret because wehave been trading some of them very, very badly. but on the geopolitical level, we have to rather work with the mantra forces in islam, which are by far predominate forces in islam and that ranges from morocco all the way to venetia and almost every place, the fundamentalist extremists are a minority that requires having a diplomatic intelligent approach to prevent them to stop helping them become the majority. on iran, we have the precedent that dealing successfully with the soviet and chinese leaders to, which is far greater and not much larger. i don't think are going to war to prevent from having it. and if there has to be a showdown with iran or for iran acquiring a nuclear weapon, 157 and they really are acquiring it it is still somewhat unclear whether they are seeking it or whether they want to be close to having it, but not getting it, if we go to war we have to do it with others. absolutely. it's not to be a repetition of iraq or afghanistan. if we go to war alone, will suffe

. >>> an american muslim group is asking iran's top leader to spare the life of a former u.s. translator sentenced to death in iran for allegedly spying for the cia. the council on american islam issue relations is asking the supreme leader to save amir heckmadi. the former marine was born in arizona and went to high school in michigan. his iranian-porn father is a college professor in michigan and insists that his son is not a spy. counsel leaders say they will fly to tehran to secure his release. >>> this morning, government-controlled tv showed neighborhoods where syrian forces fired air strikes into buildings. the move comes as the united states security council is considering a resolution democrresolution demanding the crackdown of protesters and give up power. the u.s. and arab league support it. russia is signalling it will veto. it a vote is expected this week. >>> prosecutors in the case against jerry sandusky want jurors brought in from other counties to hear his trial. pennsylvania state prosecutors say that pretrial publicity and penn state's prominent role in the

. >> ifill: still to come on the newshour, american muslims under surveillance; a battle over land and water in ethiopia; human rights groups versus multinational corporations; and jazz pianist and composer jason moran. but first, with the other news of the day, here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: the death toll rose to three today, in the shootings at a suburban cleveland high school. hospital officials confirmed two more teenagers had died of wounds from monday's attack. the alleged shooter, a student named t.j. lane, had his first appearance in juvenile court. later, a prosecutor said lane is "someone who is not well." wall street's long climb backb k from the depths of recession has reached a new milestone. the dow jones industrial average finished above 13,000 for the first time since may of 2008. it gained more than 23 points on the day, to close at 13,005. the nasdaq rose 20 points to close at 2986. in pakistan, gunmen in military uniforms stopped a convoy of buses, and killed 16 shiite passengers. it happened in the small village of harban mala in a remote region some 200

senior defense department officials will offer a formal apology to the muslim community for the burning of copies of the koran by american soldiers. the muslim holy books were destroyed this week at bagram air force base in afghanistan. president obama sent a letter of apology to afghan president

still ahead on eye witness news, growing unrest, new fallout over the muslim book at an american militaryase. doctors replace a heart valve without major surgery. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> here comes redding up the middle. corey has been at with the ravens for two years, but made a name for himself, he was asked to be a guest speaker at the chamber of commerce charter night. >> it's not about what i do at the end of the day. it's about i helped someone, along the way, be better. >> the theme, get in the game, focus on the importance of team work. a strategy redding lives by as he tries to help communities. >> lot goes unnoticed because i don't like a lot of media attention. i feel like it's more meaningful to me in the dark than it is in the light. >> reporter: redding spends a lot of time with his foundation, supporting quality educations and social programs for those at risk. i'm andrea fujii, wjz 13, eye witness news. >> redding is an un restricted free agents. >>> tornado watch for maryland. there are concerns about high winds tonight. can we expect any improvements this weekend? bob