they're calling maher a blatant bigot. what a turn around on that. >> why these have they said anything about the christians that have been killed in the northeast? have they said anything about the atrocities? my guess is no. before you stand up about basic rue man rights, you should stand up and let maher speak all he wants. >> here's what happened, this is in response to selective outrage that bill maher could say these things. the left is outraged at bill maher, am i saying something that's a surprise? >> this is mid eastern students. >> bill maher was invited to speak at berkeley, and the students at berkeley said he should been allowed to speak, there's a big long petition going on. well, fair enough, but nonetheless, there are some hundreds of signatures that they -- i don't want to make bob's head explode here, but the left is outraged that he could say something like that because he's not as inclusive as they would like him to b what they have created is the echo chamber of what you wanted them to hear at burkry,

talk show host bill maher will give this years commencement speech at u.c berkeley. students like don't think it's a good idea. >> reporter:but other students welcome him! >> reporter:and still other students >> i cannot think right now. >> reporter:on tuesday night the student group known as the california's voted to withdraw the invitation they had originally sent to 4,000 upset students signed a petition asking that he be replaced however u.c berkley administrators say they will not honor that vote -- allowing maher to speak >> i think the students had a right to have input on hold their commitment speaker will be creek >> reporter:administrators also saying that they can not and will not accept the vote, because they believe it appears to have been based on maher's opinions and beliefs witch he conveyed through wants to make it clear however that it's decision should not be taken as an endorsement to maher's views >> i wish the university would listen to taste to the students. would listen >> reporter:now maher will be making that speech here in december by the w

maher and the liberal talk show host. what has student upset? >> reporter: this campus is known for its demonstrations and protests through the last five decades, right? but this is not about politics, left and right. this is about religion. not making it up that in the muslim world it is mainstream belief. so marium started this change.org petn calling to stop maher from giving the december graduatn speech. se types of r merriam novi, a uc berkeley student says it's hard enough to be a muslim. >> people have asked me do you believe in terrorism? i had that experience a few weeks ago on telegraph. obviously you learn to laugh it off, but this is bigotry. >> reporter: but what she does not find funny is a recent talk show hosted by comedian bill maher. >> criticize bad ideas. >> of course, we do. >> but islam is the mother load of bad ideas. >> reporter: maher, an atheist famously criticizes all religions, but some believe he went too far when he said a majority of muslims believe in the extremism of the religion. >> based on reality we aren't ma

it comes after maher's debate with ben affleck in which maher said islam is the only religion that acts like the mafia if you say the wrong thing, draw the wrong big tur or write the wrong book. the student says it's not an issue of free speech it's about campus climate. the first amendment gives him the right to speak his mind but it doesn't give them right to speak at such an elevated platform as the commencement. that's a privilege his racist and bigoted remarks don't give him. so our twitter question for you are students trampling on bill maher's free speech or protecting their graduation against what they call hate speech. still ahead on "way too early" washington gives dallas an unexpected run for its monday. we'll let you know who came out on top. has walmart ever heard of the term plus-size? we know they have. the offensive advertising that has a lot of people shaking their heads this morning. you won't believe this. you'll see it for yourself. "way too early" comes right back. oats go! wow! go power oats! go! go power! yayyyy! what's in a can of del monte green beans? ( ♪ ) gro

so why is it there a petition going around campus asking the university to cancel bill maher's speech? he is a liberal talk show host. joe vazquez shows us what the controversy is all about. >> reporter: mariam a student senator says it's hard enough being muslim. >> they look at a muslim person and they -- they ask, like, do you believe in terrorism? and -- >> reporter: people ask you that? >> people have asked me that. i have had the experience like a few weeks ago on telegraph. of course life. muslims have learned to laugh it off but this is bigotry. >> reporter: what she does not find funny is a recent talk show hosted by comedian bill maher. >> criticize bad ideas? >> of course [ simultaneous speakers ] >> the mother lode of bad ideas. >> reporter: maher criticizes all religions. he says most muslims believe in the violence associated with the extremists in the religion. maher is an atheist. >> based on reality that in the muslim world it is mainstream belief. >> reporter: she started a petition calling to stop maher from giving the december graduation speech. >> someone who has

let bill maher come speak on your campus. you will find something in that speech that makes you think. and that's what we want on a college campus. >> but what about jason's point that this is commencement, it's not about free speech on campus. this is about a family day of commencement, where all of the graduates, the seniors and all, have a right to weigh in? >> he was invited to be there. if the school administration chooses to disinvite him and listen to the students, that is a separate issue. but their complaint is based upon a freedom of speech argument. >> let's move on. next topic. the walmart controversy. the retailer is under fire for selling fat girl costumes on their website. there it is, right on the website. fast girl costumes. the company responded monday making it plus size. and saying, this should have never been on our site and we apologize. we quickly removed it and made sure to not let it happen again. seema, how in the world does this happen? >> i'll tell you how it happens, rev. walmart sells alcohol and

>> bill maher took on islam and ben affleck. >> it's gross, racist. >> maher said islam was an affront to american ideals. >> i'm saying that liberal principles like freedom of speech freedom to practice any religion you want without fear of violence, fear to leave a religion, quality for women, homosexuals, these are liberal principles that liberals applaud for, but then when you say in the muslim world this is what's lacking, then they get upset. >> how about more than a billion people who aren't fanatical who just want to go to school -- >> wait a second. >> -- the debate echoed what appears to be a growing rift in the united states, a polling by the american institute suggests that since 2010 more and more americans have had unfavorable views of muslims. about 35% of americans viewed muslims favorably in 2010 but by this year that had dropped to just 27%. there are 1.6 billion muslims worldwide. maher made several references to global islam but according to the data that really may not exist. a survey done last year, shows that thoughts of islam vary from country to country but the

we contacted bill maher's publicist but so far no response.y active on twitter, has also not posted any comments online, kind of odd given that he seems to enjoy a good debate. >> let us know what you think about this. follow me on twitter @megyn kelly. the kelly file plus coming up tonight on "hannity." >> well, we'll see what happens. >> you're going to start this again, you're going to flirt again. you're not, you're out. >> no, i didn't say that. i say i won't start that again. don't forget, i never did start it. if yand you're talking toevere rheumyour rheumatologiste me, about a biologic... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. this is humira giving me new perspective. doctors have been prescribing humira for ten years. humira works for many adults. it targets and helps to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including

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i want to cite this poll that bill maher and sam who was on bill maher built a lot of this around.013 of different views. this is views of egyptian muslims. 74% say sharia should be official law. that's sort of ckoraniccally defined law. and 86% favor death penalty for converts. now that's a troubling polling result. i think both you and i would agree, right? >> the second number is a troubling poll result. the furst one, you have to understand that those very -- that very same poll showed that of that 70 something percent there was a massive diversity of views of what they even meant by sharia law. talking about marriage and divorce laws and inheritance laws and penal laws. it's incredibly frightening until you read the rest of the poll where in 75% of egyptians also wanted religious freedom. if that's sounds like a contradiction, it is because religion and religious lived experience is full of contradictions. so 64% wanting the death penalty, that's scary. but, of course, in neighboring tunisia, it's about 12% in, let's say, lebanon, it's 1 in 6. in turkey, it's 5%. so the larger

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that's the same situation with bill maher.e's being honored with a keynote address at the commencement. that's an endorsement of his views by the university and i think that creates a situation in which anybody can stand up and say no. that shouldn't happen. we're the first ones to defend freedom of expression. the first amendment. when the hate radio host michael savage was barred from england because of his views, we said no. you shouldn't bar people from a country merely because of their views. even if they're hate filled. we stand for the first amendment but we also believe that the first amendment i can'ts us the right to say no, we don't want these kind of hate filled views endorsed and honored by institution of higher learning. >> let me show you the numbers. american numbers toward muslims 27% hold a favorable view. let's look, for example, at the one quote from bill where he said talk to a woman who dated an arab man, the results are not good. if you insert talk to a woman a woman who dated the black man the results a

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find out why some think it's politically incorrect to have bill maher deliver the commencement address. >>> the amazing volunteer effort to bring comfort to bay area cancer patients. >>> a campaign to keep tv show host bill maher from delivering a commencement speech at uc berkeley's december graduation is picking up momentum. an online petition has more than 1800 supporters. some students are upset that left-leaning maher after he argued that liberals need to stand up to intolerance perpetuated by islam. the petition calls maher a bully, bigot and racist who has no respect for uc berkeley values. >>> election day is next week and california governor jerry brown is showing no signs that he's worried about re-election. >> good. yeah. you can yell a little more. >> governor brown held a get out the vote rally in pleasanton focused entirely on two state-wide propositions he's supporting. proposition 1 is a water bond that would earmark millions to restore the delta and fix crumbling levees there. proposition 2 would create a rainy day fund for the budget. he did not bring up his republica

maher is a liberal atheist talk show host. joe vazquez shows us what the controversy all about. >> reporter: mariam a uc- berkeley student senator says it's hard enough being muslim. >> they look at a muslim person and they ask, do you believe in terrorism? people have asked me that on -- i have had that experience a few weeks ago on telegraph. muslims have learned to laugh it off but this is bigotry. >> reporter: what she does not find funny is a recent talk show hosted by comedian bill maher. >> of course we do. no liberal -- [ simultaneous speakers ] >> mother lode of bad ideas. >> reporter: maher an atheist criticizes all religion and insisted a majority of muslims believe in the violence associated with the extremists in the religion. >> based on reality, ben! we're not making it up! in the muslim world, it is mainstream belief. >> reporter: so mariam started this change.org petition calling to stop maher from giving the december graduation speech. >> someone who has made these types of remarks, these generalizations, is

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why is maher saying this? i understand that as a public intellectual, he feels the need to speak what he sees as the unvarnished truth, though his truth is an exaggerated and simplified one. but surely, there is another task for public intellectuals as well, to try to change the world for good. harris says that he wants to encourage "nominal muslims" who "don't take their faith seriously" to reform the religion. so the strategy to reform islam is to tell 1.6 billion muslims, most of whom are pious and devout that their religion is evil and they should stop taking it seriously. that is not how christianity moved from its centuries-long embrace of violence, crusades, inquisitions, witch burnings and intolerance to its modern state. on the contrary, intellectuals and theologians celebrated those elements of trystianity that were tolerant, liberal and modern and emphasized that, all the while giving devout christians reasons to take pride in their faith. the stakes are high in this debate. you can true i to make n

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john ford and ashlyn maher, welcome to democracy now!ashlyn maher, when did you get a sense that things were changing? >> i have been paying attention to the school board for the past year, and i have an increasingly more concerned about what has been going on. when i heard about the first teachers sick out, i realized more students who are interested in being involved in standing up for their education, so i took the incentive and just started educating people. i wanted to let them know what was going on. i started presenting unbiased information, posting on facebook , and talking to people in the hallway. before we know it, we have a huge following. >> john ford, explain what is going on. >> over the last 10 months, we had a school board majority that was elected into office. they were a conservative group that started to push a conservative agenda. last week, two weeks ago when this proposal came out to create a community -- committee to censor certain parts of our curriculum, i think that is what hit the nerve. and not only hit a ner

as most of you know by now, there was a big brawl on bill maher's show on friday night, and none of them were even drinking yet. the man who got it all started is my first guest tonight. >> after ben affleck, tv shows bill maher and actor sam harris held an active debate. should we be able to criticize iran? >> they are the motherlode of bad ideas. >> i think it's racist. >> it's gross, it's racist. >> we need to get beyond this shallow debate. >> this is what islam is, this is what muslim people are. >> there's isis, there's global jihadists. >> the muslims are this, the muslims are that. >> how about the billion people that are fanatical. >> you are not listening to what we are saying. >>> it's not often that a tv talk show argument gets talked about more than a few minutes after that tv show ends. but a batch of articles continue to appear today, including nick christoph's in the "new york times," about the argument that ben affleck and nick christoph had with bill maher and sam harris on his show saturday night. it was, quote, a tv brawl. >> we have been told there's islamaphobia whe

ben affleck on the panel with bill maher.ill o'reilly took on that last night as well. >> is something you to drive terrorism and many centuries to commit their evil. ben affleck should will understand he himself would be beheaded in a heartbeat by these isis animals and even though they are the most extreme elements of jihad, they are not that far away from their fanatical cousins. bill: i want to debate is now with david webb. and listen marshall, fox news contributor for both of them. good morning to you. i found some information in 2013, let me get to that in a moment. first of all, leslie, where are you in that bill maher, ben affleck back and forth? >> i guess you can say i'm team been not just because i am from boston and he is a local boy from boston. i find historically when we use a paint brush to make a sweeping generalization against a religion as opposed to a perversion of a religion and a very small segment of a religion, i find it prejudicial, discriminatory. we don't want to play into isis's hands. bill: let m

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. >>> a major run in between bill maher and ben affleck. >>> and redemption night sunday night. it is monday, october 6th. "early today" starts right now. >>> and that say beautiful sunrise over the nation's capital today. good morning, everyone. i'm dara brown t breaking news, an american infected with ebola is now on u.s. soil. nbc news freelance cameraman ashoka mukpo left liberia sunday. his plane stopped in maine early monday. mukpo is en route to nebraska for treatment. this is our first image of the plane, on the ground briefly in bangor it refuel. we start with nbc's jay gray in dallas and breaking news on thomas eric duncan. >> reporter: good morning. for the last two days the coming out of the isolation unit has not been good. doctors and relatives telling us that thomas eric duncan's condition is deteriorating. the struggle to save thomas eric duncan's life continues this morning inside an isolation unit at texas health presbyterian hospital after his condition was downgraded over the weekend from serious to critical. >> i pray for you to get well. >> reporter: relati

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the segment began with maher addressing criticism over recent comments he'd made about muslim.ersial comments including claims that a vast majority of muslims think people deserve to die for having different viewpoints. make sure to follow me on twitter. that is it for "the lead." i'm jake tapper. i now turn you over to one mr. wolf blitzer who is right next door to me in "the situation room." >>> happening now, ebola spreads. a health care worker becomes the first person to contract the disease outside of africa as another patient arrives for treatment in america. can u.s. authorities prevent the same thing from happening here? an urgent huddle at the white house. >>> american isis recruit, an airport arrest of a u.s. teenager accused of planning to join the terror group overseas. >>> and plea for help, the parents of a university of virginia student ask for help in ending their family's nightmare. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> let's begin with the ebola epidemic

and over weekend it got really heated on hbo's "real time with bill maher" between host bill maher anden affleck and author sam harris. i want you to see what happens after the discussion turns to the idea that islam may be responsible for various human rights violations and violence. >> we have to -- >> that's gross. it's racist. >> but it's so not. >> it's like saying -- >> it's so not. >> you shifty jew. >> absolutely not. >> you're not listening to what we are saying. >> you guys are saying if you want to be liberals believe in liberal principles like freedom of speech, like we're endowed by our forefathers with inalienable rights, all rights are created equal p. >> we have to be able to criticize bad ideas. >> of course we do. >> but islam is the mother lode of bad ideas. >> jesus. [ applause ] >> that's an ugly concept. >> joining us now marc lamont hill, cnn political commentator. ben ferguson, cnn political commentator and host of the ben ferguson show. marc, i'm going to start with you. such a bone of contention as you saw there. do you think that most people paint islam or ev

i want you to take a look at an argument that broke out on bill maher's hbo program between maher, benleck, and author sam harris. >> when you want to talk about the treatment of women and homosexuals and free thinkers and public intellectuals in the muslim world, i would argue that liberals have failed us. >> the crucial point of confusion is that we have been sold this meme of islamophobia where every criticism of the doctrine of islam gets conflated with bigotry toward muslims as people. >> right. >> and that is -- it's intellectually ridiculous. >> so hold on. are you the person who understands the officially codified doctrine of islam? you can say this is -- >> i'm actually well educated on this topic. >> why are you so hostile about this? >> it's gross. it's racist. >> it's not. but it's so not. >> it's like saying you shifty jew. >> absolutely not. >> you're listening to what we are saying. >> you guys are saying if you want to be liberals believe in liberal principles like freedom of speech, like -- >> right. >> -- we are endowed by our forefathers with inalienable rights, all

as you said, bill maher has been a patron saint of liberals for so long?ou think he's missing here? some people will say he's brave because he's thinking about a self-critical perspective of literals who are loathe to criticize islam on one hand -- >> i'm a muslim and people are free to criticize us. there's no bravery involved. just turn on bfox news, you see it every night. you have a panel talking about muslims, you don't have one muslim on the panel. it's like another cable news channel having a discussion about black issues, but having all white people discuss it. be responsible, have people learn about the faith. there's a poll this summer, 60% of the americans have never met a muslim, they have no muslim friends. how are we defined? by mainstream media, fox news, tv shows like homeland and the result s there's no counter narrative of a human being. i want to be your muslim friend if you don't have one. [ laughter ] >> i would rather answer your questions than let bill maher or fox news answer your questions. >> dr. peterson, what about this, the rea

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ahead on the five, ben affleck and bill maher, ben accuses bill of racism, it goes back and forth. >>> so friday, ben affleck became a crusader over islam. marilyn harris argue that liberals are cowards when it comes to facing radical islam's acts. affleck proved their point by calling them bigots. >> maybe it's not a real thing, that if you're critical of something. >> it's not a real thing when we do it. >> right. >> i'm not denying that certain people are bigoted against muslims as people. and that's a problem. >> bigoted. >> but -- >> it's racist. >> you're not listening to what we are saying. >> we have to be able to criticize bad ideas. >> of course we do. >> the only religion that acts like the mafia that will kill you if you say the wrong thing, draw the wrong picture or write the wrong book. >> what is your solution? >> we killed more muslims than they have killed us by an awful lot. yet somehow we're exempt. because it's not really a reflection of what we believe in. >> ben relied on that emotional crowd pleaser, cries of racism. it's the crisis that takes off when liberal o

shortly after 9/11 maher said this on his show "politically incorrect."irplane when it hits the building say what you want about it not cowardly. >> if you want to be liberals believe in liberal principles like freedom of speech. >> reporter: affleck is also the founder of the eastern congo initiative promoting the area's economic and social development. his publicist told cbs news that affleck had no hard feelings. his sources said everyone hung out after taping the show and had a great time together. i think they left the argument on the field. but while it lasted what a field day it was. >> i mean if filipinos were capturing teenagers and sending them into white slavery, we would criticize that. >> people who were doing it not the philippines. you know i mean? >> for contract "cbs this morning," john blackistone. >> i thought ben affleck was raising some really good points. you can't paint everybody with the same brush. it's also good to hear that after, everybody still went out and said okay. >> you mean the debate left on the field. >> yeah. >> they

ben affleck battled bill maher and sam harris. they argued they are crowds when it comes out to the world views and gay rights. that's when affleck did what any super movie star did. call them bigots and then miss the target. >> every criticism of the doctrine of islam is inflated with bigotry toward muslims as people. that's ridiculous. >> are you the person who understands the doctrine of islam? you are an interpreter of that? >> i am well educated on the topic. you are saying if i criticize -- you say easy llama phobia is not a thing? why are you so hostile about it? >> it is gross and it is racist. >> it is not. >> we have to criticize bad ideas. >> of course we do. >> but islam is the mother lode of bad ideas. >> it is the only religion that acts like the move mofia that will [bleep] kill you if you say the wrong thing and draw the wrong picture and write the wrong book. >> that couldn't have gone any better for affleck. speaking of radicals here is a skateboarding goat. running low on animal videos. that was stupid. brock, w

" when maher suggested liberals need to speak out to peacefully practice religion.ad a great time together. the video racked up 3.5 million hits on youtube. >> michael phelps is putting his comeback on hold to get treatment after his second dui arrest in six months. fellowships was arrested and charged with drunken driving. the swimmer tweeted he's starting a. program to make better decisions in the future. this means the 29-year-old won't compete until at least late november hoping to make the 2016 rio olympics to add to the collection of 22. >> the day's top stories including developing news on abc 7. >> fans assaulted in the stadium. coming up, details on the latest incident of violence at a football game. >> a shoplifter opens fire inside an east bay walmart. i'm melissa harrington. more from witnesses who scrambled to get to safety. >> we are tracking low level clouds and fog with live doppler 7 hd. a cooling trend but not for all of us today. i'll tell you when it get there is in the accu weather seven-day forecast. >> in the abc 7 traffic center a look at tra

bill maher is talking about muslims in the middle east. and he's right.he is right on much of what he says. however, he always follows it with, but all religious people are stupid. can we stop with this? and start saying there are really good muslims and we need to unite with people like zudi jasser. unite with him. he's a martin luther of the islamic world. he's under attack. unite with them. christians, atheists, jews, let's get together. we all have our whole life and the western way of life, freedom of all mankind at stake. we agree on much more than we disagree. we have to come together. >> glenn beck says there's a civil cold war and he's well on his way to solving it starting with that sweater. it's getting warmer by the minute. glenn, great to see you. >> good to see you. thank you so much. >> all the best, sir. >> god bless. >> also tonight, one of the most iconic images of world war ii now causing an international controversy. and wait until you hear why. plus, we told you last week about what may be an american seen in a horrifying terror video

was acting like a thug said bill maher. the government may have been predatory toward the citizenry but when we say the justice department has to pick up the baton and finish running the race, do you see my point? it sounds like we're making them indict. >> i should have added the quota. if the evidence is there to indict. >> there you go. >> all right. >> okay now -- >> i'm sorry. i was assuming that there was an assumption i was making. if the evidence shows that michael brown provoked and tripped this trip wire himself. >> uh-huh. >> then there should be no indictment. let's be very clear. i'm not suggesting there be an indictment no matter what. if the evidence goes towards there being absolutely no grounds for this child being dead, indict. >> right. >> if michael brown attacked the officer and tried to get his gun away and so forth and so on and that's what the forensic evidence supports, it's our job to explain to the black community, we have this wrong. >> will they hear that? >> no, they won't, but as leaderships's

maher said he would address the controversy on his show tonight. >>> some supporters of proposition 45 rallied in the bay area and tried to pull off a stunt. it happened yesterday at the san francisco fairmont hotel where big names in the health insurance industry were attending a dinner. the protestors tried to have buckets of manure delivered to the event. but the hotel did not let them in. if prop 45 passes, the state insurance commissioner would have more control of the individual health insurance market and would be able to reject rate increases. insurance companies oppose the measure. >>> developing news now. officials in maine are trying to get a judge to approve a request to forcibly quarantine a nurse who treated ebola patients in sierra leone. kaci hickox has been staying at himmer who in fort kent but went out last night to meet with reporters. she tested negative for the virus so far. she vowed to end her voluntary quarantine today. >> i'm not willing to stand here and let my civil rights be violated when it's not unsafe. >> there are other cases where individuals have not

you're painting the whole religion. >> reporter: bill maher is no stranger to controversy.11 bill said this on his show "politically incorrect." stayin hits the building say what you want about it not cowardly. >> how about those -- >> reporter: affleck is known not only as an actor and oscar-winning producer but also the founder of the eastern congo initiative promoting its social and ek nom cake development. his publicist said affleck had no hard feelings. his sources said everyone hung out after taping the show and had a great time together. i think they left the argument on the field, but while it lasted what a field day it was. >> i mean as filipinos we're capturing teenagers and sending them into white slavery. >> you criticize the people who are doing it not the philippine philippines. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," john blackstone. >> it makes me want to go back and watch the whole thing. ben affleck made some good points. that was nice they went out afterward. >> and held their argument. >> and nobody backed down. >>> a romantic balloon ride took a dive at th

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. >> ben affleck and bill maher square off over radical islam. they react to this left wing showdown. and liberals pull out the race card about how to keep america safe from ebola. >> the idea that we can keep out a whole group of people -- >> trying to do that is racist. >> buchanan is here to respond. >> the winners and losers of all the important 2014 midterms. all that plus another installment of question of the day. "hanni "hannity" starts right here, right now. >> welcome to "hannity." new questions about why the fbi is not actively investigating the mosque. last night on this program a man who says he attended that mosque reveals exactly what's going on behind closed doors. take a look at what he had to say. >> things that were taught behind closed doors were things like the choice that nonbelievers are to be offered by muslims to either convert, live under submission to the islamic state or to fight for jihad for the sake of the law. other things that were mentioned were open support aleast among fellow muslims for suicide bombings in isr

bill maher is talking about muslims in the middle east. and he's right. statistically he is right on much of what he says. however, he always follows it with, but all religious people are stupid. can we stop with this? and start saying there are really good muslims and we need to unite with people like zudi jasser. unite with him. he's a martin luther of the islamic world. he's under attack. unite with them. christians, atheists, jews, let's get together. we all have our whole life and the western way of life, freedom of all mankind at stake. we agree on much more than we disagree. we have to come together. >> glenn beck says there's a civil cold war and he's well on his way to solving it starting with that sweater. it's getting warmer by the minute. glenn, great to see you. >> good to see you. thank you so much. >> all the best, sir. >> god bless. >> also tonight, one of the most iconic images of world war ii now causing an international controversy. and wait until you hear why. plus, we told you last week about what may be an american seen in a horrifyi