muslims hate freedom. they hate liberty which is nonsense but that breeds fear in the american people. what what it how has this i mean the sikh community is not a muslim community how has this impacted the sikh community well there's no question that in the post nine eleven environment six have been targeted for hate crimes and other forms of discrimination because. the prevailing stereotype is that if somebody works a turban they're associated with al qaeda or other forms of extremism but i agree with corey this is islamophobia anti muslim bigotry is the latest manifestation of a problem that's been with us for centuries which is fear of the other xenophobia six have been in this country for more than a century and as early as nine hundred seven were targeted for violence and other forms of discrimination because of who they work are there and look if any of you want to take a shot at this sir or maybe this is just the over the top. i live in germany for a year back in the eighty's i read the rise and fall of the third reich by sure with great fascination and i actually knew people wh

this into the public into the public sphere cory how do you how do you deal with this how do american muslims deal with this how do they respond to this it's not an american muslim problem anymore so david your show me one of the people on the list came up with a bill that essentially targets islamic practices to be treated differently under the law than others and the last two years we've seen seventy eight and bills introduced in thirty one states in the u.s. congress eighty five percent of those are the ones pushed by david you show me another reason that i say this is no longer just a muslim problem because this is clearly on its face a violation of the first amendment because you have the government targeting a particular faith for particular shot sanctions so we're no longer in a discussion about you know forgive me for putting it this way but mere discrimination we are now talking about changing the conversation to undermining the constitution because of the fear pushed by the people in this megaphone that you're talking about so how do we deal with it we fall back on the bill of right

besides jihad it says support if you don't support israel you are a savage so she's trying to call muslim americans are americans palestinians just people who just don't support what's going on as savages so her message isn't strictly stop jihad and that word is it has a lot of different interpretation of different meanings to different people it doesn't automatically mean terrorism violence that she's the what she's portraying it as being a lot of people jihad means we can up in the morning go into work taking care of your family reason your kids working hard to a lot of people that's. and she did say that i mean this word is a very loaded word a very controversial word to use the word savage but she says that when she i've seen another interview she said that this word is more referring to those that are religious fundamentalists do you think that are her using it and that context is except of all or do you think that it was just a poor choice of words all together i mean she could be critical of religious fanaticism but seems like she's only targeting one group and it seems to be muslims and mus

ambassador to libya and three other american plomats earlier this week. an anti muslim film...produced by americans may have played a role in the violence. ">>>this was the fiery scene after an enraged mob attacked the u.s. consulate in benghazi libya. u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans were killed. " these are innocent people. these aren't the people that made the movie you know what i mean. alright don't mean by that you go kill the people who made the movie however there are other ways to protest against that." the movie is innocence of muslims. american real estate developer sam bacile produced the film. it ridicules the islamic prophet mohammed. " it is a problem because in my view, the libyan government doesn't seem to be in control of the situation." the us film is protected by the first amendment. but muslim american student badr feels that does not grant the right to produce material that can be disrespectful to religions. "sometimes the first amendment offers to much protection because then your just digging deep and it's like your trying

on one hand you speak to muslims around the world, and you also speak to american society and trying to say not all muslims are like the people who are in the streets doing violence. has that been a challenge for you all? >> it is a difficult balancing act, but i think people realize that the majority of people o on the streets, they were a very small number. and amongst that small number the ones who committed acts of violence were smaller. as we said earlier in libya, people came out in the thousands in support of the ambassador, in support of our country. >> but there's also some politics in here, isn't there? hard liners in some of these countries, are they not encouraging some of the violence in order to put pressure on these new fragile governments to become hard line themselves? >> absolutely, absolutely. these countries are democracies, and hopefully democracies. there's a vacuum of power and a vacuum of authority in many of these societies. so extremists are taking advantage of this vacuum and power and authority. unfortunately they don't want to see a free democratic libya o

it was secretary mineta who prevented the profiling of arab- americans and muslim americans in our country. tonight, we honor secretary mineta and we give them -- him this for a very special reason. i want to thank the san francisco giants for donating this bat. the reason why we are giving this back to secretary mineta is because of what happened to him when he was a young boy. secretary mineta was forced to relocate into the internment camps. as a young boy, he was taken to the train station by military police officers. as a young boy, he was a huge baseball fan and he had his prized possession with him, his baseball bat. military police saw the young boy with his baseball bat and said you are not taking it with you. that is a weapon. what did they do? they took away his prized possession. later on in his life as a member of congress, a very generous person heard the story and offered him an autographed hank aaron bat. as a member of congress, you are not allowed to accept a gift valued over $200. so the government took away his back again. tonight, we cannot replace the bat that was tak

now back to you. >> thank you, steve. >>> muslim-american leaders here in washington are also condemning what they describe as the disaceful killings of american diplomats. >> the killers of our diplomats deserve condemnation and should be brought to justice. this attack is inexcusable, and cannot be justified under any justification. >> the local leaders also called on muslims in the middle east to ignore the film that apparently triggered the violent protest. >>> there is a lot going on behind the scenes right now, as u.s. officials respond to the killing of ambassador stevens and the three other american diplomats. nbc news white house correspondent mike vicaro joins us with the latest. mike, first of all, is there any word on any -- any additional word from the white house on who's behind the attack? >> reporter: well, it's being investigated but i can tell you that they are warning our white house officials not to jump to the conclusion -- remember, doreen, there were two attacks that happened in the course of 12 hours. first was cairo, where protesters actually breached the embassy

it was hastily organized by the muslim american community but well attended. many were of libyan heritage. they held cannedless and talked about the impact of this week's deadly violence. stay with fox 5 for the latest on this developing story both on air and online at myfoxdc.com. >>> making headlines this morning, members. the cuban government say they are ready to negotiate a solution in the case of a maryland man imprisoned in their country. it is the first time a senior diplomat has hinted this kind of proposal has been made when it comes to alan gross' situation. now, gross was working in cuba as an american contractor when he was arrested in 2009. cuban officials say he was part of a multimillion dollar u.s. plan to undermine the government by supplying people with internet access. gross is currently serving a 15- year sentence. >>> also new this morning, prince george's county police are asking for help in the search fay missing man. 6 #-year-old george fairnot was after the lean on september 7th driving in the district in an area of h street northeast

if you look at public opinion for muslim americans after 9/11 and looking at them today, a decade latere average american is far more worried and suspicious of the average muslim than they were a decade ago. in the last decade, things have gotten worse for the muslim community. >> so that sense of anxiety has grown? >> yes, coupled with an environment last year that permitted islamaphobia, it's far worse than it was at 9/11. >> i'm a little obsessed with your book, i've been spending a lot of time with it, but exactly this idea is part of what i felt resonating in it, you write about feeling like there was never a moment previously before 9/11 where there was a question to imagine yourself as muslim and american, but that particularly the so called ground zero mosque recognized them pulling apart. she said you should change your kids names because they sound a little too muslim. that's how afraid muslims were. i have to say that that fear has transferred into something different for me. i've spent a lot of time reading about the civil rights movement, and what struck me so much about th

witness before on my committee has a book called a battle for the soul of islam which is an american muslim's attempt to focus american muslims on the war against al-qaeda, against islamic extremism. and can then another book which is world affairs, it's berlin 1961 by frederick frederick kemi was in college at that time, and it describes the behind-the-scenes destruction of the berlin wall -- construction of the berlin wall, and it's interesting to compare those times with what's happening today. and finally, a complicated man, a history of bill clinton. i was mentioned -- i was interviewed for the book, so i guess i'm reading it because i'm in the book. again, that was the first president i served under in congress was bill clinton, and

he did everything he could to convince muslims that americans are not their enemy. dly he has not convinced them. millions of muslims continue to hate the u.s.a. as the recent muslim assaults on america prove. even in the fails of that, the obama administration doesn't want to change course. here is what u.n. ambassador susan rice said about the assassination of the american ambassador to libya. what our assessment is as of the president is in fact what began spontaneously in benghazi as a reaction to what had transpired some hours earlier in cairo. >> spontaneously. that is not what intelligence agencies are saying. even the president of libya sees it differently. specific date for this so-called demonstration. i think we have no -- this leaves us with no doubt that this is preplanned. >> all right. the date, of course, september 11th. once again the obama administration seems befuddled by muslim violence which is growing. afghanistan now in peril. iran spitting in the eye of america and al qaeda reconstituting in places like yemen. again, the soft power approach ha

this notion that all names are american names, that the bridge, the hyphen between muslim and american> i heard ben jeles talk about this idea, a great grandfather born a slave and died a senator. one is a sort of expansive story about america. who in the world born into slavery would think, oh, i know. i'll run for office in that government. that sense of hope and possibility, and, yet, valerie, and you i have talked a lot about how post 9/11 violence against women. but miss directed violence that gets directed against the sikh community, when i heard about oak creek, i couldn't remember that it was happening more than ten years later. remind us what it was. >> a gunman cultured in the ways of hate, a product of hate groups in america, walked into a house of worship on a sunday morning and opened gunfire on august fifth. i spent most of the last month in oak creek. six were murdered. the pain and grief is profound. for the sikh community, the tragedy is not the great nest sikh american history, but a moment of violence shaken us in the last decade, even in the last 100 years in histor

we have muslim americans here in the united states. we value them and cherish them.here are muslim americans that died in the twin towers. >> obama walked that statement back. >> it's set aside for daily prayer worshipping. to make that statement i think was correct. >> governor, obama eventually walked that statement back and said, it's not our position. so i'm just wondering -- >> not in our position in the wake of subsequent violence. certainly it is a position that we respect and value all religion and therefore the united states government abhors films like the film that is at controversy here. does anybody want to speak up and say that film's a great idea? >> no. i don't think so. no. >> raise your hand, republicans. >> well, thank you for joining us. you're a "cycle" regular. we'll see you soon. up next, foreign policy gets personal. obama versus romney on the u.s. and the world. we're sitting on a bunch of shale gas. there's natural gas under my town. it's a game changer. ♪ it means cleaner, cheaper american-made energy. but we've got to be careful how we get

. >> if you're a muslim american, you are a lotless safe because the fbi has you. >> it's going to be okay. >> more than a decade later, we still rest. how to respond to the terrorist threat without losing sight of the rights that make us americans. bruce leshan, 9news now. >> and here's one thought that keeps a lot of people in america's homeland security offices up at night. they can succeed 99.9% of the time. the terrorists only have to succeed once. >>> now this september 11, a new government accounting office report revealed that four out of five of the nation's high risk hospitals don't do an adequate job of securing their raid logical material. in the wrong hands, that material could be used to create a devastating dirty bomb. but at southern maryland hospital center in clinton, hospital workers spent the day training their employees and included how to protect themselves while caring for others in the event of a disaster such as a terrorist attack. >> i know that we do a very good job of securing that material. we are close to andrews air force base. we take emergency prepared

american consulate in sydney. and the middle east, thousands of muslims have taken to the streets. fbi officials investigating the killings fact of their visit until the volatile region and safer. >> members of the security council to condemn in the strongest terms the series of violent attacks against embassies and consulates premises of member states in multiple locations. >> protesters are raging over an anti islam film this american filmmaker has that out he has been interviewed by authorities and in his weekly address, the president's promised justice for those who killed the u.s. ambassador to bolivia and three other americans at the consulate. >> there's never any justification for violence. there is no religion at condones the targeting of innocent man and woman. there's no excuse for attacks on our embassies and and consul >> some say that tuesday's attack was planned. >> it was a deliberate and preplanned. of >> was given enough details of this i would insist. >> the government says they have no evidence that the attack was premeditated. , appeared to be restored in downt

the religion is just feelings of muslims as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions, unquote. again, that statement was issued before, before the americanmbassy was attacked last night. now, as talking points stated yesterday, muslim fanatics will use any excuse to attack not only americans but anyone they consider to be an infidel. there is no question about that and it is the responsibility of the egyptian government to protect the american embassy. the egyptian government did not do that so they must be held accountable. back here, the issue is clearly being used in the presidential campaign. here is what mitt romney said about the u.s. embassy statement. >> they clearly sent mixed messages to the world and the statement that came from the administration and the embassy is the administration, the statement that came from the administration was a statement which is akin to it apology and i think was a severe miscalculation. >> bill: now, i'm not sure the governor is correct on that. the embassy was trying to head off the violence. being conciliatory in that kind of a situation seems logical. but, after the fact, after the attack on th

. >> it was hastily organized by the washington area's muslim american community but well attended and, in fact, many were of libyan heritage. they met in front of the white house in the middle of pennsylvania avenue. this was right around dusk tonight. the flag on the roof across the street is at half staff. they held candles and talked about the impact of the deadly violence of the past 24 hours. organizers say this vigil was inspired by libyan americans living in tripoli where we're told there was a similar demonstration wednesday night as well as in the city center of benghazi. some say they had met ambassador chris stevens and admired him greatly. >> extremely genuine, sincere, thoughtful person. i remember when i met him first back in early april in benghazi, he was still the u.s. envoy and the minute he found out that i was american, libyan american, and there were other libyan americans as well, he was really excited, wanted to meet them and know their story and wanted to know what made them come back trying to help libya. >> it's really unfortunate that some fringe groups have

. >> if you're a muslim american, you're a lot less safe because the f.b.i. has you in its sights. >> reporter: more than a decade later, we still wrestle how to respond totter i.r.s. threat without losing sight of the rights that make us americans. bruce leshan, 9news now. >> of course we heard it before. one thing that keeps america's homeland security officials up at night, they can succeed in protecting us 99% of the time, the terrorists -- [indiscernible] >> the sentencing for qiewmee -- kwame brown is delayed so he can complete his cooperation with prosecutors. he's now being sentenced on november 13. brown you may remember resigned his seat in june and pleaded guilty to bank fraud and misdemeanor campaign finance violations. he faces a maximum of six months in prison for the bank fraud conviction and an additional six months for the campaign finance violation. >>> police searching for the killer of a local high school senior took their investigation to the public. they're hoping for a break in the murder of amber stanley. >> as matt jablow tells us, po

muslims. to a nonmuslim, you know what that sounds like? it sounds like a "those people over there" attitude. >> american muslims are not protesting this way eeny number. for me to ask my fellow americans, tweet me and tell me what you would like us to do. i am sincere and not mocking, i want to know. we are fighting perception. i am frustrated because i don't know what more to do and we are trying our best. people are denying muslim groups in america and leaders in the muslim world are denouncing that thankfully, and they are going to the street -- >> remember last night, and i want to make sure i get it in. pakistani government leader acting on his own offered $100,000 for the head of the filmmaker, encouraging somebody to kill him. he said i am a muslim first and then a government representative. that seems to reinforce what americans believe to be a truth about muslims? >> that guy is an idiot. he is defining people who are the same color or faith. this man is a radical, and he is an extremist and should not be allowed in the government. the government should make it a case and a point clearly to throw him out of the government. nobody

an american muslim. why did you you trust this man?> because i applied for the job as an actress and i applied on craigslist and went to what i thought was a legitimate casting call and was offered what i thought was a legitimate part in a historical feature. >> geraldo: and when you found out the reality, i wonder are, you know, obviously we are protecting your are identity now. how frightened are you? >> i'm extremely frightened for are my life and for thes. do they fault you at all? >> people who know me know that this film is the absolute opposite of anything that i would have willing participated in so people who know me know the kind of person that i am and what you actually believe in and this film in no way represents any beliefs that i hold. >> geraldo: the lead attorney representing the actors, jeffrey steinberger joins us via skype. on vacation in central america. jeffrey, welcome. can you sue you this sam basil? >> i can certainly do that very well, geraldo. i can sue him for intentional infliction and i can sue him for def

spying over their jurisdiction in new jersey to muslim american communities what do you think about just the overreach i guess even outside of what's already legally protected with the surveillance operations then of course we know that nothing ever came out of that it's very troubling because the way that law enforcement thing. about it if you don't want to have a particular surveillance technology then you know people on the other side the privacy advocates we have to justify why this technology isn't reasonable but really the justification should be the burden should be on the law enforcement side the government should have to justify why it is reasonable for the government to spend billions of dollars on surveillance technology that massive amounts of people's information and doesn't really deliver that many tangible social goods while an upswell of dissent be the only thing that actually does put the burden on these agencies i think it will be that and government transparency groups that fight for open government people within the government who are whistleblowers i think those are

muslim. in july of this year, it doubled. 30% of americans believed that. i mean, this is incredible. anything wrong with being a muslim but this propaganda of making him other than american and something else, they've actually doubled in amount of republicans that believed this. >> and you see him and his family go to church on easter sunday here on washington, d.c., on christmas. they worship and ame churches that you've preached at and i've been to. this is just, again, an attempt to make him something than a american other. it's not going to work. here's the deal. come the presidential debate, someone has to look mitt romney in the eye and say, do you believe that the president of the united states is a u.s. citizen and once mitt romney answers that, that puts the rest of his supporters who believe this foolishness to bed. >> well, it's not only there on the romney national campaign level, don't forget this guy kobach in kansas was a major part of the gop platform-forming committee and had a lot to do with their convention. let's go to a state level where a flyer showing paul newb

of course average americans and in fact many muslim americans are terrified to donate money to muslim charities and many are charged in prison because of being accused of materially supporting terror groups yet there are zero repercussions for members of the u.s. government to accept bribes from terrorist groups now even though the enemy case off the list officials been getting paid for years to speak on their behalf and there's no retroactive immunity for them to do so in one speech newt gingrich even referred to the emmett case plate as analogous to george washington during the american revolution and said that if the u.s. is moral responsibility to advocate on their behalf really is more. responsibility of the u.s. to support a violent revolt against the democratically elected leadership of iran they break it down to any case completely illegitimate inside the country of iran and has almost no support from iranian citizens the us government is imposing a false choice between the m e k and the iranian regime while throwing the people of iran under the bus who desire a nonviolent pea

that muslim-americans are part of the society, they're a part of the fabric. islam itself is not a problem. it's one of the world's great religion, and that we're at war not with muslims at large, but with a particular faction that seeks to co-op the religious for their reason. i was proud president bush put the qur'an in the white house, named the first envoy from the collection of countries islamic countries. and visits 50th anniversary the washington center again, which people tend to forget. i think we need to be careful about branding a religion versus branding the violence. i wouldn't -- that's a gray area we need to be clear a about. host: why do terrorist hate us? can we answer that question? guest, you know, people have written about this. i think al-qaeda has been clear as to why they hate us. they see us as the head of the snake. the leader of the global movement that is oppressing muslims that is supporting a postchick regime or has in the past. the mubarak regime, the gadhafi. it's clear why al-qaeda hate us. why terrorist or other groups see the u

as angry mobs in muslim countries stormed u.s. embassies and burn american flags the u.s. president delivers yet another speech about how good america's intentions really are and have been in the muslim world america's a friend that we care not just about our own country not just about our own interests but about their. that even as voices of suspicion mistrust seek to divide countries and cultures from one another the united states of america will never retreat from the world. we will never stop working for the dignity and freedom that every person deserves it could be that the obama administration thinks by supporting revolutions by fostering regime change washington is winning the hearts and minds of the people in that part of the world but we sent events showed that's not quite so if you look at poll numbers that gauge public attitude towards the u.s. in different muslim countries u.s. approval rating is the same as it was under president george w. bush in some countries like pakistan it's much worse and these numbers have nothing to do with the infamous film but they d