i want to thank ramzi kassem, law professor, haji yusuf, debbie almontaser, and our debbie almontaserour guests inller is "ready to rio" with celebrity chef claude troisgros at his famous ct boucherie restaurant, with chef katia barbosa for some of the best home cooking in rio, and with thomas troisgros to try his famous "hunger killer" brazilian burger, starting now on ready to rio with chef hubert keller. (music playing) ♪ ready to rio is made possible by cuisinart, makers of the cuisinart chef's convection oven, with 15 cooking functions and 1875 watts of power. cuisinart: savor the good life. ♪ (hubert keller) it was a very special day for chantal and i.

debbie almontaser is president of the muslim community network.2007, she was forced out of her position as the founding principal of the khalil gibran international academy. the equal employment opportunity commission later ruled that the new york city department of education discriminated against her on account of her race, religion and national origin. alsoso joining us here in new yk ramzi kassem, professor of law , at the city university of new york school of law where he directs the clear project, which stands for creating laww enforcement accountability & responsibility. welcome all of you to democracy now! we're going to begin with dr. debbie almontaser. your response to what happened this weekend? >> thank you for having us. i have to say this week as been really, really hard for me, as well as for other american muslims across the country to see what is happening to our nation. and on two levels, there is fear for our own personal security, especially for american muslim women who identify as muslims hijab, as well as for our city, our co