passports are stopped trying to get into the u-s.and an n wa expert weighs in on the consequences of islamophobia. we'll get to those stories in a moment, but first, we head to the weather center where chief meteorologt terry swails is tracking whatatould be the if you've been outside today, one of the first things you've probably noticed is the wind. that's what residents in marengo have been dealing with since early this morning as the wind damaged pieces of the community.in the last hour, the national weather service confirmed a microburst storm - with winds up to 85 miles an hour - blew through the town. cbs 2 news reporter mellaney moore went to marengo today as neighbors clean up. if you've been outside today, one of the first things you've probably noticed is the wind. that's what residents in marengo have been dealing with nce early this morning as the wind damaged pieces of the community.cbs 2 news reporter mellaney m mre went to marengo today as the city cleans up.pkg authorities say strong winds came in to marengo just after two wednesday morning.a call came in to charles capper not to

how do we remain safe while not giving into islamophobia? and how will all of this impact the campaign for the white house in 2016. we have the top names on all those issues with us this morning. we'll begin with efforts to keep america safe. this morning in new york city, a counterterror exercise took place, and right now you've seen simulating how the authorities would deal with an active shooter situation in the new york city subway. joining me from this exercise is the head of the department of homeland security, jeh johnson, and new york city police chief, bill bratton. gentlemen, welcome back to "meet the press" for both of you. >> good morning, chuck. >> good morning. secretary johnson, let me start with you. there's a lot of chatter, a lot of unsubstantiated threats including one in atlanta having to do with a wrestling event tonight. what can you tell the american public this morning about any specific threats out there and how concerned are you? >> chuck, let me reiterate what the fbi director and i have said before. we have no spe

amy: reports of islamophobia have emerged following the paris attacks. in st.petersburg, florida, a mosque received a voicemail from a caller who threatened to "firebomb you" and shoot whoever is there in the head. we will spend the rest of the hour on the paris attacks and the aftermath after headlines. the paris attacks have dominated discussions by world leaders at the g20 summit in turkey. protesters have been kept miles away from the meeting venue and dozens of people were arrested during peaceful protests opposing g20 policies on war and climate change. in iraq, two mass graves containing scores of bodies have been found in the area of sinjar after iraqi kurdish forces said they had reclaimed the area from the islamic state. one of the bodies reportedly contained the bodies of 78 women believed to be members of the yazidi religious minority. a second grave contained about 50 or 60 bodies. authorities say they expect to uncover additional graves. lebanese forces have arrested nine people in connection with last week's double bombings in beirut which killed

"islamophobia is exactly what isis wants. the very reason why i believe they struck at paris was to generate more tension between muslims living there and the non muslim majority."with more than 100 deaths and even more injuries, greeeesays it's an impulse to automatically associate the bloodshed with the religion. "isis attacks other muslims who they believe do not fit in to their religious particular worldview."but he says too often - we worldview." particular religious fit in to their religious particular worldview."but he says too often - we don't realize that. "that's why when we say we stand with paris, by all means stand with paris, but standing with paris doesn't mean standing against muslims."just a day before the paris attacks, 43 died after isis suicide bombings exploded in lebanon.many criticized the uneven coverage between both tragedies."but i do think it sends a signal in many ways implicitly that certain lives are more valuable than others." as foreign policy continues to be a heated topic"we want to fight isi

we're joined by the senior editor of of the islamic monthly who is writing a book about islamophobiall. arcelan, has this week been -- how tough has it been to be a muslim american? >> well, chuck in the seven days since the parse attack we've seen mosques attacked here in the united states in omaha, nebraska, pflugerville, texas, that was 43-year-old man in st. petersburg, florida, arrested by the fbi for saying he's going to shoot and kill every single muslim child he sees and southwest airlines had two or three flights where are muslims were taken off of the flights simply because they were muslim so it's been par for the course since september 11. >> i want to play -- we've seen the republican rhetoric this time. i want to play for sort of a comparison what you've heard today from some of these republican presidential candidates and what we heard from the last republican president on the issue of islam. here it is. >> i watched when the world trade center came tumbling down and i watched in jersey city, new jersey where thousands and thousands of people were cheering. >> the face

on the other you have islamophobia industry and saying muslims are hyper early and now the text comingshowing the holy text itself has a large number of opinions, variant i a ideas around just one single word or one single sentence. if people are willing to look beyond some of the emotional rhetoric, they will see a very powerful interpretertive tool in this beautiful translation. you are evidently a convert. let me ask you about education and leadership around this religion. 39% of the american people, according to a gallup poll believe a muslim should not be president. at the same time, the fbi, looking at terrorism committed on american soil over a 20-year period found 94% of the terror attacks were committed by non-musl non-muslims. what would both of you say to let's say presidential candidates who use islam as a sort of a -- you know, a ral rallying point around fear during the presidential campaign? first, you imam and then you, mr. dali. >> i would encourage them to read the life of thomas jefferson who actually pre-cured a copy of the koran and read the koran and wrote that th

. >> reporter: do you think there's islamophobia in france? do you think there's more islamophobia in france? do you feel that yourself? >> what has happened is a catastrophe. to be muslim it's more difficult now in france. people look at us with suspicion. >> reporter: to be muslim in france now is to be afraid? >> translator: it's scary. we feel bad the way people look at us. there's some who put us all in the same basket. they think they're muslim, you have to be careful. he's from an arab or from north africa. to me, the terrorists are not muslim. i don't know where they come from or what their religion is. muslims cannot do. cannot. any religion if you believe in god can you not kill people! >> reporter: it took a while but we began to speak about friday's attacks. >> and you or friday night where were you? >> translator: i was working. i was nearly a victim too. it was omatter of a few minutes, ona matter of a few minuteswills maximum. >> mohammed had not told us where he had been. we asked him to take us to where he had been. >> i arriv

we have islamophobia. rampant in this country right now. your routine, does that tackle some of that? >> listen you know, feel free to throw as many things at me right off the top, okay? i was born in kuwait. i left kuwait after the first gulf war. i had no idea what standup comedy was. i was depressed, i was kind of feeling down on myself. my brother took me to a livestock show and rodeo concert in houston. and it was bill cosby, and co-headlined with alabama as well, the band alabama. >> bill cosby was the first comedian you saw? >> bill cosby was the first comedian. and that's when i decided i was going to be a standup comedian. i was 10 years old. >> inspired at the age of ten by bill cosby? >> i was. to be a comedian. to be a comedian, obviously. a comedian. so yeah, four years later i started doing standup. i was a 14-year-old kid. and my teacher gave me a shot, and let me do standup in my classroom. >> how did that happen? >> i was 14 when i lost my father, at the time. i was just like in a weird space in my life. a 14-year-old kid,

"islamophobia is exactly what isis wants. the very reason why i believe they struck at paris was to generate more tension between muslims living there and the non muslim majority."with more than 100 deaths and even more injuries, green says it's an impulse to automatically associate the bloodshed with the religion. "isis attacks other muslims who they believe do not fit in to their religious particular worldview."but he says too often - we don't realize that. "that's why when we say we stand with paris, by all means stand with paris, but standing with paris doesn't mean standing against muslims."just a day before the paris attacks, 43 died after isis suicide bombings exploded in lebanon.many criticized the uneven coverage between both tragedies."but i do think it sends a signal in many ways implicitly that certain lives are more valuable than others." as foreign policy continues to be a heated topic"we want to fight isis, we have to start fighting islamophobia."he also expects islamophobic rhetoric to play a huge role in the

, and islamophobia will bring muslims under the banner of radicals. so we have to be very careful about that and not maybe to anger family members but i don't believe there is much support in europe now adays for a welcoming too many migrants from the region. this may be sad in terms of human rights but this is at least what will be translated in my belief in the forthcoming elections. >> thank you. i think it's fair to say that to an extent that we haven't had before one of of the implications of all this, internal european politics will be on the agenda because of the blowback impact and implications for europe and because of challenges in the middle east. so just another issue on our research agenda. gilles, fabrice, olivier, thank you very much. thank you all for joining us to for this special discussion in advance of voice the french president hollande to washington tomorrow. thank you all. [applause] >> secretary jack lew spoke about the redesign process of 10-dollar bill will feature a woman for the first time in history. this is 40 minutes. >>

experts say it's causing a growing fear of islam.luther college professor todd green has searched islamophobia for several years.he says too oftete terrorist attacks are associated with the muslim religion.he says that's not the case - and that many of the victims of isis are actually muslim. says this misunderstanding rolls over in islamophobic spspch during the election cycle. tonight in iowa city, a candlelight vigil will be held for the victims of terrorism. it's being hosted by the group university of iowa students for human n rights.the vigil starts at 7-30 at iowa city's hubbard park. reusable grocery bags are growing in popularity.they help the environment in many ways - like saving trees by not using paper - lowering the waste from plastic bags. to use one.but! there is a *down side to the handy, easy to use totes.cbs 2 worked with the university of iowa state hygeninilaboratory to see if the bags can harbor germs.the results were shocking! "because you don't have a kill step, they're there, because they have a low infectious dose, just eating a little bit can make you sick." sick."se

luther college professor todd green has researched islamophobia for several years.green tells cbs 2 news, terrorist attacks are often associated with the muslim religion.he says that's not the case - and that many of the *victims of isis are actually muslim. turning to dubuque now... now...where nearly a year after a violent attack outside a bar, one suspect now stands accused of committing a hate crime.cbs 2 news reporter kevin barry has more now on today's new developments. the story makes people grimace when they hear the details of the nighta&and bringing back bad memories of the past in dubuque.at the hair emporium - karen says the focus is more on the hairdos in the mirror...than the bar out the window. cuz we have a great nieghborhood. so a bar fight -- and now a hate crime charge...is a shock it's obviously troubling, that kind of goes without saying i think it's a reminder that we still have a lot of work to do as a community. in the early 1990's - it was much worse. i just remember when the kkk came in that one night in may and when we left work they said just go home, everybod

islamophobia in america and the republican presidential campaigns because it will show to muslims around the world that muslims are not welcome in the west. >> reporter: critics point to cases where the screening process in america has failed. in 2009, two men from iraq with terrorist ties were resettled in kentucky. they were then arrested in an fbi sting accused of supporting insurgents back in iraq. after suspending the resettlement program for six months officials say they've tightened the security protocols. >> we have a much better process. and if there is any doubt at all about someone, if some aspect of their story, their biography that they give, can't be verified, they don't get in. >> reporter: for this kind of perspective and reassurance may ultimately not carry the day. because while the needs of the refugees may be great, so too is the fear. we should say we'll have the latest developments on the investigation into the attacks morning on "gma." speaking of "gma," coming up next on "nightline," something a little different. abc's nick watt on an epic and sleepless journey, p

. >> it promotes islamophobia. marcus: ako abdul samad state representative and long time community leader asks that he and other muslims in the us be judged by their actions, not the deadly acts of others. >> we are better than that, and we can't let someone dictate to us how we are going to treat on -- treat one another. marcus: abdul samad says that type of attitude trickles down to the most vulnerable of people. he says if it gets to that level everyone loses. ,>> our babies lose. that means our children grow up in a society mnot trusting one another, and we can't afford that. marcus: abdul samad went on to add terrorists who claim islam are an affront to the religion and its discipline. in studio, marcus mcintosh, kcci 8 news, iowa's news leader. stacey: student leaders from 16 central iowa high schools all took part today in a diversity summit. organized by the des moines branch of the naacp. the organization's leaders say the summit is in response to the current racial climate in this country. the branch pre

slow the process or is this just islamophobia? >>> joining me for insight and analysis are tom brokaw of nbc news, kathleen parker of the "washington post," colleen cooper of the "new york times" and ron fornier of the "national journal." welcome to sunday and a special edition of "meet the press." >>> good sunday morning. the belgian capital, brussels, remains in lockdown with soldiers on the streets amid fears of an imminent isis attack. police in that city are also searching door to door for one of the paris attackers who is believed to be hiding somewhere in the brussels area. meanwhile, overnight in malaysia president obama struck a different tone than he did earlier this week and he addressed americans' fears about terror specifically. >> the most powerful tool we that we're not afraid. to not elevate them. that somehow buy into their fantasy that they're doing something important. they're a bunch of killers. >> this morning we'll look at the isis threat from all the angles. how do we build an international coalition against

how do we remain safe while not giving into islamophobia?l all of this impact the campaign for the white house in 2016. we have the top names on all those issues with us this morning. we'll begin with efforts to keep america safe. this morning in new york city, a counterterror exercise took place and right now you've seen simulating how the authorities would deal with an active shooter at

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we will not allow ourselves to be divided and succumb to islamophobia. we will not turn our backs on the refugees from syria and afghanistan. >> reporter: last summer as hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees fled the region, international aid groups urged the united states to accept 65,000. the obama administration set a goal flex year of 10,000 after accepting only 2,000 total over the past four years. >> we had the most extensive security vetting we ever had to deal with syrian refugees coming into the united states. >> but the attacks in paris, a report that one of the suspects might have traveled to france posing as a refugee, might. >> i think is a huge mistake. >> it's not that we don't want to, it's that we can't. because there's no way to background check somebody who's coming from syria. who do you call to do a background check on them? >> even jeb bush believes that only certain kinds of syrians should be let in. >> i think our focus should be on the christians who have no place in syria anymore. they are being beheaded, executed by both sid

reid: officials just want the islamophobia to start, saying that the people who worship here are law-abiding citizens. heather: breaking news, we have learned a high school football victory. he is at mass general tonight. the superintendent says he was night with a group of boys when someone attacked one of them. just days ago, he had helped his friend and he was stabbed. he rushed 124 yards earlier in the day in everett' s win over st. john' s prep. ed: search crews are trying to confirm that wreckage found this weekend off the bahamas is the missing cargo ship el faro. navy crews are sending unmanned deep-water subs 15,000-feet down for a closer look. 33 crew members on that ship when it disappeared during hurricane joaquin, three with ties to massachusetts. rhondella richardson spoke to one of their families tonight. she' s live in the newsroom. rhondella: tonight, a brockton mother remembers her daughter as a ball of fire, and always up for an adventure. >> mariette was one strong woman, one tough cookie. rhondella: her daughter, mariette wright, grew up in assonet. she died a month ago

. >> when does tough rhetoric turn into islamophobia? >> some on twitter have not been kind. some say the intent of this bill is to really create so many checks that it will be impossible for any syrian refugee to come into the country. >> nbc's harry smith shows three republican candidates challenging the admittance of syrian refugees. >> i was hungry, you gave me something to eat. i was thirsty and you gave me something to eat. you invited me in. >> are you suggesting that all muslims are terrorists or a threat of being terrorists? >> what i am suggesting is the commander in chief -- >> as for liberal outlets, the huffington post post aid picture of syrian children and wrote, keep them out? then showed disgrace when the house passed a measure to tighten security checks on refugees. salon reported america's latest round with a picture of donald trump. statue of liberty bows head in anguish. she has apologized. but concern about a flood of refugees is hardly the french position. 67% of those surveyed said they oppose the president's plan to admit 10,000 syrian refugees. the d

they also say that they are standing against what they call increasing expressions of islamophobia and anti-semitism and other bigotry. >>> a flight diverted because of unruly passengers today. the southwest airlines plane was heading from indianapolis to los angeles when the airline says that three men began acting suspiciously. the crew became worried enough to divert the flight to kansas city. everyone got off the plane when it landed and the men were pulled aside for questioning. the flight eventual little continued without them. no charges were filed and the men were booked on later flights. >>> a call to action on a grim anniversary. coming up on eyewitness news activists here in new york and across the country are demanding justice one year after a boy in cleveland was killed by police. a med student steps in to the centers for medicare and medicaid services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3,500 hospitals. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. cancercenter.com/eastern. meet the moore's! we're the moore family, and as you can see,