." >> reporter: as humans go through life, we pick up phobias. the fear, perhaps of dogs. we were bitten once. or spiders. perhaps we watched "arack that phobia" as a kid and it never left us. me? i'm scared of cows. i was chased by a herd of them as a child. on a more serious note, people exposed to traumatic events, explosions, car wrecks, plane crashes, might develop post-traumatic stress disorder. after my time reporting in iraq, i was one of those people. >> body produces a large amount of adrenaline. any memory of that traumatic experience could cause you to pull out large amounts of adrenaline. >> reporter: now, here in this laboratory in amsterdam, they are working on a perhaps unsettling theory that we can chemically alter our memories and erase our fears. >> what we want to do is to erase the fear from the memory. >> reporter: okay, so, this brings hollywood to mind. >> i don't know if i like this. >> reporter: and, of course, "eternal sunshine of the spotless mind," in which the memories of entire relationships gone sour are medically deleted. so, this is not "e

going to happen in the us growth in chinese growth and therefore what the impact will be on risk phobia as it were and then you can start talking about where the ruble will be because it's all going to be driven has as has been the case driven by external events my sense is that what we're seeing seeing from europe now is more of an effort at least to fix the problem for now i think we might come back to this problem in its debt default next year but it looks like we might find some solution temporarily. and the us fed has already said that it will do what's necessary to try and sustain growth in the us economy so i think we're pretty much at the bottom of the weakness in the ruble right now i would believe i would expect to see the ruble recover some of its losses over the next couple of months and i would expect it to end the year stronger than it is today for death absolutely predicated on no greek default and u.s. fed taking action to try and stimulate growth in that economy but chris a weaker but for russia given such and see all the global economy it's a real quandary for most eme

show bowling was discussing the center for american progress report entitled the roots obviously a phobia now working america as we've discussed on the show the six month report looked into the funding behind the islamophobia frenzy here in america and they found seven foundations are spending more than forty million dollars to help spread now they include the donors capital thought the richard mellon scaife foundation the lyndon harry bradley foundation the newton and michelle backer foundation a new international back. her charitable trust the russell berry foundation banker charitable fund and william rosenwald family fund and the fair book foundation that is right about now moving on the report also highlights of five so-called experts these would be frank gaffney daniel pipes david your shelby robert spencer and steven emerson so these are the people in the report are accused of taking the foundations money spreading islamophobia on air online and a number of events as you can imagine this report both kind of pissed off right wing land here in america including eric bolling take a lo

secret muslim caliphates to the threat of shari'a law why are so many americans fine and while a phobia it has something to do with the major cable news networks were feeding its viewers a war in the south of the border from. what drives the world of beer mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to break through get through to people in may who can you trust no one who is you know maybe you would have noble mission or would see where we had a state controlled capitalism is called sessions when nobody dares to ask we do our t. question more. welcome back to the big picture i'm tom hartman coming up in this half hour fox viewers aren't just the most uninformed cable news viewers are also the most intolerant the new report confirms what we all suspect that if you're in islamophobia you get the most bang for your buck on fox so-called news and later a daily take our eye opening trip to the dentist i had today confirmed what i fear most of the american dream is all the dead in america is headed straight for the futile dark ages. don't know where islamophobia is coming from look no f

q >>> overcoming phobias.aking or heights is a daunting challenge for people. but you can now overcome your real fears through virtual reality. there is david louie. >> for 45 years kathy milton harbored a fear of heights after falling out of a tree. she just lived with the fear until she lost a job. >> first question out of the interviewer's mouth was how are you with heights? and i didn't answer directly or quickly. so he naturally figured out i did fear heights. >> she turned to a special clinic at kaiser permanente in fremont using virtual reality. and with help of a psychologist she uses head gear feeding her images to simulate situations triggering fears. >> this is more vivid than imagination but more controlable than real life. >> this monitor displays through her goggles. she's watching the floors go by then will exit to a walkway. >> look at that. how are you doing? >> and on the fear scale 100 is the highest level. and dr. mcmahan says a typical patient starts at 84 dropping to 24. and kathy is at z

. >>> calling it a case of phobia. 15 people were arrested after a scuffle. one woman argued with a police officer. witnesses say that escalated when the officer pushed her to the ground and several men jumped in to help her. >> four to five people arguing in the crowd and sparked a fight. the two seasonal park rangers were hurt. >> officials at playland say they only ban head gear and scarves from some rides for safety reasons. they could get caught on something and cause strangulation. . >>> vote today on a contract with a new operating company. appears the agency will pick the second lowest bidder. the presentation by trans it america quote blew our socks off. operate and maintain service when cal trans contract expires. the lowest bid was 5 million dollars lessp. . >>> seems some of the 70 state parks foreclosure have found a way to stay open. the senate passed a bill that would allow non-profits to run some of the parks. so far there are two parks that already have operating agreements. parks and rec rehabilitation spokesman say these deals will be compl

>> i have a kind of phobia about people, and i can't carry on conversation. but i want to be honest and even talk about things that are painful to me. i didn't know how to go about it so i thought i could learn from others by listening to them. >> the two listen to strangers now, but they used to be really shy and afraid of people. when motooko was in high school, he wasn't good at connecting with people so he often skipped school. after graduation, he just hung around doing odd jobs now and then, but he decided to change by talking to people on the street and asked nahayama to join him. >> there's so much work to be done, but they hardly ever pay me for overtime. i know it's grumbling. >> it's depressing to think that i'm so insignificant. >> everybody has something to complain about so the two decided to become good listeners. >> good evening. will you listen to my story? >> a middle-aged man stopped by. >> i'm fed up, but what's the use of saying all this? the steel industry isn't doing so well. >> this man runs a small factory. >> it's like this -- a work

the government attorneys hardly medical professionals simply prey upon public phobias and presents no evidence of danger. >>> the wife of harry reid is going through treatments for breast cancer. senator's office announced today reid has stage two breast cancer. she is receiving chemotherapy. she's expected to recover since doctors found the cancer early. she recovered from those injuries. reid has been married for 52 years. >> there's new information about the death of a george washington university student. find out what we're learning about the fatal altercation. plus, the charges have been dropped in a deadly tour bus crash, and it's been a year since the cell phone ban took effect in maryland. wait until you hear how many tickets have been handed out since then. >> up and down. it's been a long one to get through and i wish i could say it was going to be nothing but sunshine and fall weather for the weekend. it's going to be one of those. we'll talk about that. your complete forecast is coming up. stay with us. the edge will continue right after these commercials. ♪ ♪ [ male anno

islam phone yay phobia is spreading to . >> only a few speakers were against the mosque expansion. >>re is going to be a place for them to park, so they go somewhere else. that's the way a business person looks at a situation like that. >> and so the planning commission told the mosque and the office park to go back to the drawing board and figure out this parking issue on their own. until then, the mosque has a temporary use permit until november 1. cbs 5. >>> all across the country this week, there are growing tributes to the victims of the worse terror attacks in u.s. hawaiily. the bay area is now home to a rare piece of september 11 history. don knapp shows us how it's being used as a symbol of strength. >> it is still under construction. it needs to get the finished stucco. >> it's just a piece of steel from the trade center towers destroyed in the 9/11 attack. we saw the pile of rubble the steel came from in 2001. the cape tan had almost given up on getting a piece of it when a box arrived in may. >> it is very emotional to be able to touch something that was actually there at t

creating a sense of guilt for all muslims in new york, instead of building bridges after all of the phobia we've experienced over the last 10 years. >> around manhattan, boats patrolled heavily armed officers. authorities deny they're going to far. 10 years on, they also say they will do what it takes to keep the city safe. bbc news, new york. >> remembering 9/11. now to a question that has baffled us for generations. just how did we become human? who are the closest ancestors? scientists now believe they may have found the missing link between chimps and humans thanks to the help of two skeletons that are over 2 million years old. our science correspondent has more on the controversial claim. >> south africans call this the cradle of humankind. it turns out that it may well be. these remains were found in a cave at the park. they are of an ape-like creature that lived 2 million years ago. the new detailed analysis published in the journal "science" shows they're the most human-like of their time. these hands may have been able to use tools. newsstands of the skull shows that the brain was

program united we stand these are all prominent muslims one nation one destiny with all of this nom of phobia with many of these people being arrested and challenged they had a big program here in washington d.c. called united we stand one nation looking here and and if you were to read it you would see that they are saying one nation one destiny you know civil revolutionary call united we stand. divided before where all of the oppression of muslims look gone out of their way i mean been over backwards to see less all work together we human being there's one you will program this one was called. in god we trust this is what i'm going to tell you is everybody knows that this is on the money in america these are all american ideals and the muslims are breaking a mirror back trying to cooperate. dictators like. love you back to carol because i don't think they carol swain is saying that you and others that all muslims are bad but i think that she is thing and carol answer because i mean you're saying that there needs to be some sort of closer look taken at the muslim community is that correct no

years down to introduce a new result except the growing thirty you see on the one hand and the flower phobia on the other we're asking the former chief of their family bin laden tracking unit in the cia michael showing. the worst attack in u.s. history terrorists hijacked four planes and two of them into the twin towers of the world trade center in new york city the one into the pentagon while the force was presumably targeted at the white house in washington but crashed into a filled the horrific attacks which al qaeda eventually admitted left some three thousand innocent people dad and created a perception that no place is safe from the threat of extremists from the media to u.s. response was to war on terror declared by president george w. bush it instigated highly controversial military complains in iraq and afghanistan they were inter has been criticised many times it's counterproductive because in a further escalation of violence. one of the legacies of nine eleven is the guantanamo bay detention base where l.h. terrorists have been held the markets used that have been condemned by org

your of influence one of the apparent consequences of the war on terror has been a rise in islam a phobia both in america and abroad that's bigger brzezinski a political scientist and former u.s. national security advisor told r.t. that from the outset washington adopted the wrong approach and it's back. the response should not generalize this and this. particular religious phenomenon but it's a political issue in which our objective ought to be to isolate the terrorists from their political cultural national context and required avoiding stigmatizing to phenomenon as a generalized islamic phenomenon and view it as an aberration. against which we can mobilize most of the support of their epic out permits i think if we didn't do that we will send large the theater of war from the gander stand for your rock and as a consequence we have become embroiled in a much larger regional political conflict i'm not some sort of the religious crusade. for terrorists i could pick synonymous with. the senseless slaughter of almost straight people stop the books. publishing publishing. songs bought cheap

of the nine eleven attacks congressman west has decided to use the date to spread more as long a phobia see today here in washington the congressman held a screening of the documentary sacrifies survivors the untold story of the ground zero make a mosque let's just say it the film has a little bit of a muslim slant we probably documentaries trailer online today and this is how it starts. controversy surrounding an islamic mosque and cultural center in the works new ground zero. this is not. this is and. it's as if there's a new immigration bill goes a big deal. all right so as you can see the film is a not in favor of the plan park fifty one community center or ground zero mosque as it's been called in the media the film is produced by the christian action network and this group out of start in one thousand nine hundred is an anti-gay organization after september eleventh they decided to focus on targeting islam and stat i guess they just wanted to be the islamophobia trendsetters so i've got another clip from the film sacrifice survivors just listen to the rhetoric if it's going to use

privacy and of activism that's the that's the national security state part then there's feels llama phobia we've seen where as we talked last night with. the. it was here from from the center for american progress but how it's a forty two million dollars a year industry it's become a major tool of fox so-called news to make their viewers afraid and so they're constantly check the t.v. i was ago and what's going on they've created an other that they have so successfully basically demonized and it leads the series rights the drone strikes and rights abuses human rights women's you know the pretty people in these horrible prisons that they danna writes about what for example. we have had two and now the third consequence of nine eleven we are in two wars and arguably several others with two full blown wars frankly are more likely to die from lightning than from a terrorist strike anyone who went through the troubles will be ira i mean you had maggie thatcher was the then the prime minister of england they blew up number ten downing street you're the equivalent of white house you know they alm

you should have thought about before you decided to base your entire political career on horrible phobia and that's a very fear. coming out united states senate candidate elizabeth warren has a message we all need to hear i'll tell you what's in that message in tonight's tailgating. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to break through that sort of people made who can you trust no one who is in view with a global missionary zeal where we had a state controlled capitalism is called sasha's when nobody dares to ask we do our t. question more. for. your take my take is your chance to have your questions opinions and criticism heard here on the big picture our first viewer comments and i came to us via twitter it had to do with the decision earlier today by the georgia pardons and paroles board that i a last minute appeal by the attorneys for death row inmate troy davis to khalid his execution based on evidence that suggest the ballistic testing which led to davis to the one nine hundred eighty nine slaying of police officer mark macphail was flawe

mosque as a most right wingers like to describe it still exploiting nine eleven to spread is not a phobia and when a congressional seat that's weary here. coming up one decade after the nine eleven attacks america continues to engage in endless wars while compromising more and more of our founding ideals here at home how do we be that we've become the america those are some of them love and hope for that's your next it's a nice feeling. but drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to break through get through to be made who can you trust no one who is in view with the global machinery to see where we had a state controlled capitalism is called satchels when nobody dares to ask we do our tea question more. your take my take this is the segment of the show where you have the opportunity to make yourself heard here on the big picture yesterday our nation marks the tenth anniversary of the nine eleven terrorist attacks in ceremonies large and small all across the country and even in countries abroad people gathered to remember the lives that were lost on tha

anchor was quite comfortable and taunted the weatherman who suffers from a serious case of iraq the phobia i am leaving the studio right now! iraq phobi iraq monophobiaa phobphobia of an sex-- >> this next video. this brawl in sarasota, florida. we have learned that the team disagreed with the call that the raft made. today the 14 year veteran referee spoke. >> unfortunately i believe that this let their emotions overcome them. many families and players were not involved and all of this to continue. >> today, charges against the coaches and 142 year-old player. -and one of the 14 year-old players. >> take a look at this shark and southern california. the photographer did not know what he captured until we got home. he is looking at this and despite the surfers nobody reported seeing a shark. stay with us, more news after this break. ♪ ♪ mm-mmm-mmm-mm-mm-mmm ♪ mm-mmm-mmm-mm-mm-mmm ♪ ♪ mm-mmm-mmm-mm-mm-mmm ♪ mm-mmm-mmm-mm-mm-mmm ♪ [ female announcer ] kraft cheese has more full length shreds in every bag. you'll see the difference. ♪ mm-mmm-mmm-mm you'll see the difference. met tonight big s

country and what's really unfortunate is that we've seen not only fox news but really an entire islam a phobia industry and people basically for political favor for their own fame or fortune or demonizing muslim americans and unfortunately turning a growing minority of americans to feeling that they should fear muslims when really they are a fantastic part of the american community that makes us stronger just as all racial and ethnic minorities and religious minorities do so tell me about this islamophobia industry. how many many dollars are involved were they coming from and how does that work sure is so we actually put out a report the center for american progress action by the recently called fear it can basically it tracks seven large foundations and other donors that channel something like forty two million dollars a year in two books seminars tours for trade he is usually right it's a multimillion dollar industry now and there are people who make their and you know their entire livelihood is based on pumping up this fear that america should be a lot of things that really you know had no

he using drugs and has phobia of people and might think he is fighting off aliens from mars. >>> let'set out the door. we are watching the roads and bridges. >> we are starting with the golden gate bridge this time around. this is the traffic looking good. we have checked the area and the fog is not an issue. looking good on 880 both ways. north bound traffic is looking good. this morning, if you drive on the peninsula, 101 and 280 is doing nicely. this is not causing a delay. highway 92 is looking good all the way over to the bay. >> happy friday, a chill to the morning air, putting together the graphics. i know that mill valley is in there. there is another one all about 48 and santa rose saw. the morning fog is there. not as widespread as yesterday. plenty to go around. sunshine, a breeze, a cool saturday morning and mid 40s. would not be surprised in the wind picked up. a warm up, the thunderstorms continuing and the cold front right there, to the north. some returns on the radar that are interesting. we just need a stronger system to come in and bring in the first rain. the temper

islam phobia is a crime against humanity. this is how this phrase should have its place in people's mind. >> charlie: there's also you're here and you will make a speech to the united nions and you're going to speak to the issue of famine in somalia. >> the next day i will deliver a present agent the ne day. >> charlie: what is your message? >> i will touch upon somalia. i have not just heard about somalia. i personally went down to somalia to witness whatever was going on because there are certain things that you need to know. you need to see in order to know. i've been there with my family. my wife was there, my children were there. we have observed the situation [indiscernible and i have witnessed unbelievable drama, human drama and i have witnessed personally little children losing their lives on an ongoing basis. and there's nothing close to hygiene. there's nothing even remotely close to the hospital and that's why we went there a imdiately started -- we're still building up the hospitals and right now we are working on

protesters rallied outside accusing the roman catholic church of sexism and homo phobia. >>> the redss released a report that calls for mayor changes in the food system. it said a billion people around the world are going hungry while a 1.5 are overweight. the red cross says enough food is produced but the problem is the lack of access to food and waste. >>> a san mateo county judge set a trial for dozens of parties suing pg & e. the lawsuit stems from a pipeline explosion. the trial is set to begin july 2 of next year. attorneys for more than 90 plaintiffs are due back in court next month to work out how to consolidate those cases. >>> and president obama is campaigning for cash. and it's not just in california. >>> and our chief meteorologist bill martin will bring us the latest look at the weekend weather. right? [ male announcer ] we know life can be unpredictable. that's why we offer affordable health coverage and dental plans. blue shield. and dental plans. dad, a big giant bee! get it! hang on, pumpkin. aw! bad call, dad! hey, sweetie. guess what, the bees came back and i brok

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also very, very important when you are told, because you will be told you're stationed in in islam a phobiavery important. i get these tips in the book as well because it's really a how-to for both progressive muslims unprogressive non-muslims that if you are fearful, you'd be running away from this conversation. he wouldn't be sticking around to try and press the other person to engage in it. so again, you don't need to freeze in that moment, okay? to recognize that are. the stakes are universality of human rights and reflect on the tips that i could do in the book so you will be prepared for what one would think should be and are very legitimate conversations in a pluralistic society and that you do take a moral courage to watch it. >> earlier we got a tweet tickets to tensions and questions. why your pictures, drives a profit mohammed -- why such trudges steve to print them? the whole danish cartoon is an example of those questions and efficiency should be able to ask. >> let me just say at the risk of offending and you know i don't worry too much about that. when the whole danish cartoo

back then there was no word islamic phobia. american public didn't have a concept of this issue about what is islam a phobia? my name wasn't always ehsan zaffar. it was transcendent hussein. when i came here because we were the victim of intimidation and threats, my father decided change by last name. now we have a president whose middle name is hussein. so yes, 9/11 happened. yes, a lot of tragic events happen and there continues to be racial profiling, yes we have a lot of weeks ago. i agree the with sahar bimini advocates to continue to talk to the government, questioned policies, engage with us on a regular basis. but would also come a long way. or so we thought it net positive impact. sahar and the coalition when it says. they be here for oil? may be impartially so. one day they will go away, but will have advocates like the adc and sahar to continue watching out for issues plaguing our community. also, my office probably wouldn't exist were it not for the tragic events of 9/11. the office for civil rights in other liberti

i still have some phobias about crowds and what not. >> host: because in iraq if there is a crowd, there is a likelier problem of somebody doing something to you hiding with democrat. >> guest: you have no control in the crowd. you don't know what's going to happen. it could escalate into a mob type scene. your main triggers back to okay, can i control the situation i am in? do i know what the threats are around me? even coming back i think there's plenty of al qaeda, what the situation around me? i still think about that a little bit. you never completely out of it. >> host: i'm not going to ask that you specifically, but as a marine with a come back, whether you are a woman or a man come you're supposed to be macho and what we find more and more working with her healthy soldiers and the programs put in camp pendleton, sometimes you really need to go and talk to somebody and get a plan of how you de-escalating combat. do you see more of our marines doing that now? or do you think there is still day, i am strong, nothing is wrong. i'll build it do this on my own. >> guest: i think people

speaker, now there will be no sanction, bigotry or home phobia in the armed forces of the greatest country on earth. our military will accept everyone who demonstrates their fitness to deserve, their sexuality will be irrelevant. they may be as open about it or as discreet about it as they choose. good ridans to don't-ask, don't-tell, our country will be stronger, safer and fairer without it, and while we support our troops by eliminating this wrong-minded policy, let's take the next step and support all of our troops, regardless of their sexual orientation, by bringing them home from iraq and afghanistan. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from puerto rico, mr. pierluisi, for five minutes. mr. pierluisi: mr. speaker, the coming months represented a defining moment for our nation. responsible leaders from both political parties understand that we must come together on behalf of the american people to create jobs for millions of unemployed workers and to put our nation on the path to fiscal stability. president obama has tra

i still have some phobias about crowds and whatnot. >> host: because in iraq, if there was a crowd, it was like lier problem of maybe somebody doing something, hiding within the crowd. >> absolutely. you have no control in the crowd. you don't know what's going to happen. it could escalate into a mob-type scene. your mind triggers back to you, okay, can i control the situation i'm in? do i know where all of the threats are around me? and so, even coming back i think there's still the possibility of okay, what's the situation around me. are there any threats? i still think that way a little bit. so it's -- you are never completely out of that. >> host: as a marine, i know this is a hard question to ask. i'm not going ask about you specifically. as a marine when they come back, whether a woman or man, macho, not supposed to seek help, you are supposed to be reintegrate. we are finding more and more because we work with the healthy soldiers and the programs in camp pendleton. sometimes you need to go over and talk to somebody and get a plan of how you deescalate and come back in. do you s

it's not math phobia, but budgeting concerns. divide the respondents by self-purported household income by rich and poor. those above the median whether you give them a difficult problem or easy problem whether it's mat mat call, financial or not, has no difference. they perform on the intelligence and driving tests the same way. if you look at the below median people, the non-budget problems look just fine. in the budget area problems and the problem is easy, not many happens. all the work happens when you give a poor person a difficult budget problem. notice the performance goes down significantly. you give a low income first person a budget concern, and they drive less well and they're more stupid, do less well on an iq test, and that suggestings when i go through life every day thinking about what do i do with my kids' trip? do i send them or buy lunch instead or a uniform? that makes me a less driver, less attentive person, and i do less well on intelligence tests. just to comment, the result is the conflict of rich and poor