when regina won an emmy for katrina muslim character wearing her headscarf in a positive role. that was a huge shock. for many of us in the community to see that role exist, this fall we also have shows like quantico that feature muslim characters in more and more roles. what do you think, where other possibilities for better for trails in television and film of muslim characters. this is one of the most common grievances or criticisms of welywood is the way in which are reduced to such a caricature. >> the possibilities, they are endless. there are so more people who are writing. before anything people have to write it. that is when i talk about internships and informational important tot is have that voice where the creators are creative. to be seen as dimensional people , as people who have lives, who have cats and dogs, that eat pizza. i think it is the more we're able to see that, that the possibilities are endless. we had an event with all of our casting directors. we had a real talk about when diversity comes into play. that you can't have someone diverse supersede their

katrina. former aid to mitt romney tweeted, sad but true, the gop's attitude towards muslims are very low.ecially towards white evangelical protestants the. do you think he's doing this to appeal to protestants on the day in poll came out saying cruz is a strong second place contender? >> no. i think this is what donald trump believes. he has a sense of describing his immigration policy through the lens of talking about the muslim community, unfortunately, and it's playing into the hands of the democrat narrative, trying to call us to the gop islama-phoneislama islama-phobes. i think he's looking at cruz and saying he's picking up support of evangelical voters, but at the end, i think this is what trump believes and he's going to continue moving forward on it despite that it's a radical policy. >> katrina, the gop chairs in iowa and new hampshire and south carolina are distancing themselves from trump's statement tonight. jennifer horn is new hampshire's gop chair said the idea is un-republican, it is unconstitutional, and it is un-american. south carolina's gop chair matt moore tweeted th

trump national spokeswoman, katrina, donald trump says all muslims from around the world, we do business with a lot of muslims where there hasn't been the radical islam element. many are saying why wouldn't it be sufficient to narrow down to areas we know are trouble spots. >> i think it would be. just to put this in context. this was an immigration policy. the headline was muslim immigration. if you are a united states citizen this does 23409 apply -- this does not apply to you. but he made this clear on fox news and good morning america. this is just for muslims trying to immigrate to the country. charles: if you had a muslim person trying to up grate to america you are saying the risks are too high where we have good relations with that country. even donald trump may have business interests there, even someone like that would be put on the sidelines until our representatives could find a better way. >> the moratorium is a halt. there are these things like you have just talked about in breaking news. there are mechanisms people are looking at in congress with regard to refugees and the

>> what about the muslims already in the u.s. katrina? >> well this doesn't apply to them.ere are three million in this country. and in they are not planning to kill americans they have nothing to worry about. >> what about -- >> but what we do know is that we have eighty radicalized mosques in this country. >> what data is that from project? >> the clarion project has hosted a entire list about it. and they have themselves have radicalized individuals or they are hosting radicalized individuals. we also know from san bernardino that the neighbors were afraid to say something. they were multi million people going in and out of that house. we can't just say there were only two involved here.ple peop in and out of that house. we can't just say there were only two involved here. >> there is concern people don't raise the alarm perhawhen they should. there are those in the community who are helping and they don't believe jihad is part of their religion. >> you don't see enough of that and it didn't stop those people from dieing in san bernardino. but right here in texas. this m

"outfront" now, katrina pearson, national spokes woman for donald trump. blocking all muslims united states, the campaign said that would apply to muslim citizens currently abroad. republican candidates hear this and people at the trump rally who say, this is crazy. >> i don't think that they said it was crazy. whether they agree with it or not is one thing. but erin, we are seeing and hearing the difference between politicians of political correctness, versus a war time commander. the reason he says this, he wants to freeze all visas for a number of reasons, not to just mention what happened in san bernardino. but we also know that homeland security chairman mccall, he also talked about a letter from the counterterrorism center that the administration did not disclose that said there are radicals, that they have identified, that have infiltrated the refugees. when we talk about tourists, remember, one of the 9/11 members, the world trade center, came here on a tourist visa. we don't know what's going on. we have at least 80 radicalized mosques in this country. we have a thous

>> we had katrina pearson say, this is not against muslims, it's just a temporary fix for a problem thatdon't have our arms around yet. donald trump was saying it's not going to be muslim americans living abroad, it's just the muslims that want to emigrate here or tourists, but muslim athletes and foreign leaders would be allowed in. so it does seem like they're trying to soften the edges. but it's still a pretty hardline. >> if you're wealthy and famous, you can get in. >> if donald trump says you're okay, you can get in. >> he himself has said, see, that's his justification, it's popular. >> he's right. they were supportive of it. they stood up and gave him a standing ovation, when he started unveiling this plan. and when we talked to supporters and asked them, is this something you agree with? a lot of them said, yes, we think it's a good idea. ship them out. get them out of here. not just don't let them in, deport the ones who are already here. the softest reaction we got out there was no comment, i have to think about it, but it's not going to change my vote. i'm still going to vote

so, katrina, just as there was no evidence of thousands of muslims in new jersey celebrating, there isidence that isis is using donald trump videos or sending them out to recruit. is this trump getting a dose of his own medicine and hillary clinton getting a dose of her own medicine saying, hey, listen, donald trump is doing these terrible things because she was upset when he said that. >> no, this is not the same thing. this was an actual observation mr. trump -- >> but there's no evidence of it. there's no evidence of either situation. >> i never happened, katrina. it never happened. >> it did happen. there was a report that came out today in new jersey talking about the same thing. >> did it say thousands and thousands? no, it did not. >> did it happen or did it not? rick, did it happen -- >> stop, you're embarrassing -- he said he saw thousands and thousands on television. that is the key fact, katrina. >> that is the key fact which is exactly what i said, rick. this is something that he recalled. hillary clinton made up -- she said that there is a video -- >> it's not the first ti

katrina pierson -- >> you agree it happened, right? >> thousands and thousands of muslimse not celebrating after 9/11, no, that did not happen. thanks for being with me this morning. i appreciate it. >> thanks, carol. >>> let's move on to chicago now. outrage in chicago. superintendent out and now protesters say rahm emanuel could be next. >> show us your hands! show us your hands! >> protesters claiming a cover-up accusing rahm emanuel of protecting police during his run for re-election. here's chi-raq director, spike lee. >> who made the decision why this tape was held so long and who saw the tape? so the day before the judge orders the tape be released, the officer gets indicted. shenanigans to me. >> mccarthy's dismissal following angry protests over the police killing of a black teenager shot 16 times last year. now the department of justice is being asked to step in. ryan young is in chicago with more for you. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. tough times here in chicago in fact, a small number of protesters went to city hall trying to push their way in

muslims happened in an unscripted event. national spokeswoman for the donald trump campaign and political commentator ben ferguson. katrina trump going to be taking audience questions. does that make you nervous? these unscripted moments are often where he, frankly, purposefully, decides to throw bombs. >> that's a great question. it doesn't make me nervous. donald trump is donald trump. he's the same guy he was in the beginning. he has taken questions from audience members before, after and during an event. i'm excited he is engaging with the voters. he's in his element when he's with the people. i'm excited he is doing this. >> ben, "the new york times" reporting tonight republicans are panicking. they are panicking. they are running around scared like chickens with their heads cut off because they are realizing donald trump could go all the way. you have not been a trump fan. is there anyone that can stop him? there's only been one candidate who has proven they can get on top and stay on top and that is donald trump. >> sure. other candidates will be able to challenge him, especially in the ground game of iowa, new ham

>> katrina, if two guys show up at your house for a party, if a thousand show up at your house, it's a riot. there were not thousands and thousands of muslimsets of patterson, new jersey or -- >> but that's what i'm saying. that's the inaccuracy. donald trump didn't sit down and hand count anyone that he saw. >> no, donald trump claimed in the usual recursive bull crap that this guy is always spewing, he claimed thousands of muslims celebrated in the streets of new jersey. 24 is not a fact. the word is thousands. he used the word thousands. he has dug in and quadrupled down on thousands. he has said this over and over again. it's like a tailgate party with -- >> katrina, he also said he saw it on television himself, katrina. >> and so did a network anchor today on fox news and so did his neighbor. that's not just any random people, you guys. >> and yet the most recorded event in history -- the most recorded event in history fails to capture a moment that would have been a gigantic nuclear political firestorm in this country. >> right. 2001. >> somehow that -- rick, that didn't drop until 2007. we didn't have camera phones in 2001, buddy? >>

muslims from entering. the u.s. until congress can figure out what's going on. democrats and republicans across the presidential field are condemning the front runner. i'm joined by s.e. cupp and katrinare. that it's contrary to the bill of rights and that we are not a nation that reacts in a fearful way. how do you respond to ben carson? >> ben carson has been walking his comments back since he got in the race considering he was the one that said he wouldn't have a muslim as president. he's a very nice man. he's just simply not a wartime commander. >> s.e., what your thoughts on trump's comments yesterday about this blanket ban? >> i think, as you pointed out to ben carson, it's pretty dumb. there's really no way to ensure that people coming to either visit or move here are telling you the truth about the religion or as carson suggested what they plan to do in the country. i'm sure no one is going to come in and say i'm going to be a terrorist in your country. so it just doesn't make a will the of sense. i think it gives isis exactly what it wants, which makes us less safe. i also think it's pretty morally repulsive and i think it's unconstitutional and un-american. i don't see a shr

katrina pearson is with us. thanks for being here. >> great to see you. >> donald trump says he didn't propose a muslim ban for political reasons but the poll numbers have been up today in the wake of those comments. a lot of democrats, frankly, are incredulous about that. are you surprised? >> no, not at all. look, mr. trump started out with an immigration policy, a tough immigration policy. if we looked at everything that happened since 2001 when the world trade center came down and 3,000 americans killed, we look at iraq and afghanistan tens of thousands of americans have died yet we still have open borders. we have threats in this country, we have intelligence that have come out saying that we could be in imnebt danger from people who have already come into this country. mr. trump says we need to pause on this. this discussion was already being had before he released this policy in congress, whether it's regard to reforming the visa waiver program or halting the refugee resettlement into this country. so he's just simply saying, let's take a pause and get a handle on this situation before we move forward. it's simple. >> let me

katrina, what do you say to that? helping isis -- he's making americans hate muslims so therefore it's a war between christians and the muslims. >> i don't care what isis wants or thinks. we are talking about american lives here. you can say what you want about what donald trump is talking about. >> i'm going to interrupt you for a moment. i'm sorry. donald trump is talking about t in detail. >> sure go ahead. >> -- agreed that violence against americans, these are people that are here by the way. people here.