nypd record on radicalization. most muslim groups condemn that report when we should have been doing that report. let me state clearly it is a problem that we can only solve. christians, jews, nonmuslims cannot solve muslim radicalization. yes, there may be other types of violent extremism, but that cannot be solved by nonmuslims. so we can close our eyes and pretend it doesn't exist. we can call everybody a bigot or islamaphobe, but you're not going to solve the problem and the problem is increasing exponentially. i hope we can get behind this blind concept of violent extremism. radicalization is a continuum. cooperation is a continuum. i personally have never known a muslim that wouldn't report somebody about to blow something up or commit an act of violence, but that's a final step on a continuum of radicalization. i believe there are small elements, but significant elements of ideology within our community based on the lack of identification and separatism and disenfranchisement of certain muslims from this soc

radicalism. how can i help you as a muslim, help my children resurrect their faith if i can't talk about it >> i think we can talk about it. we talk about it in the terms of the constitution and religion. we don't have to single out the single religion but we can have an honest dialogue about race, about with relign if we talk about the fact it's not just the muslim religion, the islamic religion. it's a broad spectrum. >> 220 arrests of terror cases in the last two years, 180 plus were muslims so you're going to waste all of this time discussing all of the other faiths which i can't help you with, while we have a muslim problem that i can help you with, not for most mlimsa minority but we're going to twhaeft time and resources because we're worried about offending muslims because of political correctness? >> no. i would suggest that every terror plot is important and every life that's lost is important. i would not consider it a waste of time to talk about extremism in any form or fashion becaus

they say if you have a hearing discussing radicalized muslims you'll incite radicalized muslims to kill you well right now on our station right now about setting up right now ignorant people who don't know the facts who don't understand what's really going on the country are with up against muslims we see this all over the country there's a lot of violence going on against muslims is that a form of terror or is it a form of terror tony when when innocent muslims are targeted when their mosques are burned when the qur'an is burned showed a form of terrorism first and where to go here on where the big hairy ones like you are going about like that because that's what's really happening well tony let me ask you this you know one of the main concerns i no matter what side of the argument you're on is that this is going against the constitution that specifically targeting a group is going against the freedom of religion and you know a lot of people i guess that's right you've already got freedoms have been abridged what if there is a what if there wasn't one of them was hearings about radical

we are talking about islamic rattle -- radicalization. i want to make that clear because that is a difference. i have muslims in my family. i'm stuck in the middle. we are not talking about all moslems. we are talking about the ones who are hiding behind the moderate muslims. they are the ones who are a threat to america and a threat to our babies and a threat to the children and they are a danger of. >> into the mosque's know they are responsible for the radicalization of your son? >> they know. they are waiting around to do it again to someone else's child. that is why i am here today to make sure the american people are listening. i hope you'll learn something from this. i don't think any other child or parent in america should have to go for what i am facing today. >> i agree with that. as the mosque that rattle -- radicalize your nephew apologized and or take responsibility? >> no, never. as a matter of fact, they called us names like infidel. none of the islamic organizations have helped get the somalis-american families out of this

states with the presidency of ronald reagan these people will call him the radicals he used to call themselves birchers libertarians objective was these radicals wanted to transform america from an egalitarian democratic society into a pit in a republic where the wealth is concentrated into the hands of a very very tiny group a very elite group of millionaires and billionaires how let me introduce you to a concept called starving the beast essentially what it means is cutting off government revenue by lowering taxes so that you can force the government at some future time when it's facing a massive budget deficit because of those lost tax monies you can force the very same government to cut spending the government in this case is the beast very biblical. and it's exactly what reagan serving a very intentionally began the process of starving the beast. reagan cut taxes on the wealthiest americans from over seventy percent to under thirty percent drastically reducing government income and since he didn't cut spending at the same time in fact he radically increased spending reagan ran

now the hearings have begun it's peter king's investigation into the radicalization of muslims in america so bring you the latest from capitol hill and we'll look into how this move by washington could increase tensions towards the most american community then we're hearing drum beats for war with libya for american politicians and pundits i mean it's us wonder have we learned nothing from our past and protests in wisconsin to reach a new level after the g.o.p. passed legislation to strip the unions of their collective bargaining rights without the democrats present for the vote so is this the end or just the beginning for democratic activism then pimco has dropped all of its u.s. gaunts car i can't is giving investors their money back do these two know something that we don't and the a.o.l. huffington post merger is causing quite a few job casualties but don't worry they have plenty of non-paid writers to fill those spots some are even now protesting the huffington post and we'll find out why the tales on all those stories and much more but first our top story. today marks the start of t

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i'm afraid of radicals. i mean, everybody should be afraid of radicals. but we've got to understand that my religion, islam, has nothing to do with these people. they've convoluted it. >> reporter: in this family, today's hearings have simply fueled fatigue. >> you know, what else can you do? what else can you say? >> reporter: a lot has been said, but both sides may wonder if the other is listening. seth doane, cbs news, murfreesboro, tennessee. >> couric: turning to libya now, moammar qaddafi's forces continued to gain ground and had rebels on the run today. the u.s. intelligence chief james clapper told congress today that qaddafi has the firepower to win the fight. meanwhile, secretary of state hillary clinton said she will meet with libyan opposition leaders next week when she visits neighboring egypt and tunisia. and france today became the first major power to officially recognize the rebels' governing council. tonight qaddafi forces control most of western libya, including tripoli. battles continue, though, in zawiyah, just outside the capital. re

nypd record on radicalization. most muslim groups condemn that report when we should have been doing that report. let me state clearly it is a problem that we can only solve. christians, jews, nonmuslims cannot solve muslim radicalization. yes, there may be other types of violent extremism, but that cannot be solved by nonmuslims. so we can close our eyes and pretend it doesn't exist. we can call everybody a bigot or islamaphobe, but you're not going to solve the problem and the problem is increasing exponentially. i hope we can get behind this blind concept of violent extremism. radicalization is a continuum. cooperation is a continuum. i personally have never known a muslim that wouldn't report somebody about to blow something up or commit an act of violence, but that's a final step on a continuum of radicalization. i believe there are small elements, but significant elements of ideology within our community based on the lack of identification and separatism and disenfranchisement of certain muslims from this soc

look at revolution in iran, at pakistan, a muslim government that was radical, a president that was radical, he started blasphemy laws, sharia laws. it is a great concern for us, the christians living in the egypt, a muslim government governed by muslim brotherhood. look at the bylaws. they say that their goal is to institute an islamic government, that is their goal. to universalize muslim, alaw allah's law. that is their goal. >> on that very serious concern to you, gary lane, just it is last few seconds we have remaining, you have covered the middle east, are you hopeful, concerned about what you see playing out? not just egypt, tunisia, perhaps, saudi arabia, yemen, your final thoughts? >> there is concern about potential. i am hopeful for the young people. i know the young people in egypt, they are wonderful people. they would like to see freedom of speech, freedom of religion, more economic opportunity. i believe in them. if their voices are heard, they'll have victory in the end. >> okay. gary lane, our senior international correspondent calling us from skype in egypt. paul marshal i

but mr kenya called for hearings to investigate the radicalization of american homegrown terrorism in regard to muslim americans i would i would agree that there is a problem in terms of terrorism and violence in this country but i would just ask why are muslim americans being singled out certainly there are many other terrorists of different ethnicities races religions that have contributed to the escalating violence in that country and furthermore mr i find it here alarming because it is very empathetic and for the america that i believe and i'm an american for there's been born in this country and the america that i feel that strongly or and love would not single out a group of people based on their religion i'm sort of piggybacking on that i want to point out something that you wrote you use a lot of call this what it is bigotry brace in the american flag nothing more than a fear mongering attempt drenched in political theocracy laced with reactionary hatred and deceptively packaged in an incredulous label of national security same as it ever was america's tragedy is no longer tha

the important importation of radical terrorism. others temperature to stifle debate and obstruct cooperation with law enforcement. in june 2009, i spoke on the house floor in great detail laying out my concern about care and discussing the holy land foundation case. the foundation and five of its former organizers were found guilty of illegally funneling more than $12 million to hamas. we know hamas is a terrorist organization on the terrorist list by the eu, by the united states and wants to destroy israel. they designated a foreign terrorist organization and among the unindicted co-conspirators in the case was c.a.r.e. which is routinely and mistakenly elevated in the press as the voice of mainstream american muslims. they have been granted access to the highest levels of government at times. last week during a hearing before my subcommittee, attorney general eric holder recognized c.a.r.e.'s troubled history, he said, and fbi director has suspended all noninvestigative cooperation with c.a.r.e. my concern is not limited to its d

has a problem with muslim radicalization. i'm muslim and realize it's my problem. >> reporter: but holding musliming to account for the crimes of a few angered many leaders. >> islamic muslims have spoken many times against violent extremi extremism. >> reporter: a muslim in congress remembered a first responder killed on 9/11. >> he was a fellow american who gave his life for other americans. >> reporter: a hero's story in a hearing about who's to blame for a new crop of muslim villains. some democrats up here today were so upset they insisted this hearing itself would be used by al qaeda as a recruiting tool that radicals could claim as proof that the u.s. government really is at war with islam. this hearing, the lead up to it, all the controversy followed avidly, of course, by muslim american communities coast-to-coast. our traci grant today was in san francisco. that's where she is live. traci. >> reporter: well, steve c.a.r.e. stands for the council on american islamic relations and describes itself as the nation's large

not radical, liberal. muckraking news sheets, i can't remember the names of the ones in san francisco, the bay guardian is one of them, i guess. these are the papers you see in these vending boxes. and they, you know, they tend to be very left wing, they give their writers a lot of personal freedom to sort of go their own way, and they allow people to contribute who maybe don't have pedigrees to break into the daily papers. they tend to appeal to young people. they're going after this, you know, 18-34 demographic. they cover the arts very well, you know, rock and roll especially. and so these have some of the same qualities of the underground press. the huge difference is these underground papers were always about movement building. they were staffed and run by people who generally saw themselves as activists first and journalists second. and then this, you know, network of alternative papers is, is maybe the reverse of that. but they were very successful in the '80s and '90s. i mean, they got gang buster

america and tomorrow republican peter king will begin hearings in his investigation into the radicalization of mug of muslims congressman king who is the chairman of the house homeland security committee says he's doing it in the name of protecting the homeland across the country protests against this have erupted against the targeting of a single really. some even calling it a modern day attempt at mccarthy's on r.t. scale in four parts. half a decade ago during america's second red scare this was the accusation to answer. head rather than of the promise today it's this one most of the leaders are not doing enough to cooperate with law enforcement there's actually been instances of the mobs instructing people in their mosques not to cooperate with law enforcement accusations of disloyalty subversion treason made not by some pundit you're a wonder of radical islam versus like the neighborhood you live in and the author operates there. but by the chairman of the congressional homeland security committee republican pete king who is launching his highly publicized hearings on the radicalizatio

it's the radical jihadists. it's the radicalization of our youth as mr. bledsoe and mr. bihi have talked about. and i think it's absolutely critical that we as a nation focus on exactly what i was taught in the united states marine corps, know your enemy. >> warner: for his part, los angeles county sheriff leroy baca told the committee that from what he sees, muslim americans are concerned and willing to cooperate with law enforcement. >> the truth is that muslims are just as independent, just as feisty, just as concerned about safety. they certainly don't want their mes or their mosques blown up. and thereby, as individuals, they have been doing things with local law enforcement without the cover-- so to speak-- of an organization. >> warner: the hearing adjourned after four hours, but chairman king has aid he plans to hold additional sessions in the future. for two different perspectives from congressmen involved in today's hearing, we're joined by republican michael mccaul of texas. he's a member of the homeland security committee. and minnesota democrat keith ellison

radicalism. how can i help you as a muslim, help my children resurrect their faith if i can't talk about it >> i think we can talk about it. we talk about it in the terms of the constitution and religion. we don't have to single out the single religion but we can have an honest dialogue about race, about with religion if we talk about the fact it's not just the muslim religion, the islamic religion. it's a broad spectrum. >> 220 arrests of terror cases in the last two years, 180 plus were muslims so you're going to waste all of this time discussing all of the other faiths which i can't help you with, while we have a muslim problem that i can help you with, not for most muslims, a minority but we're going to twhaeft time and resources because we're worried about offending muslims because of political correctness? >> no. i would suggest that every terror plot is important and every life that's lost is important. i would not consider it a waste of time to talk about extremism in any form or fashion

he supported groups in sierra leon in liberia, the radical groups in the philippines. he tried to rad clies people in australia, in new zealand

we know they are radicalized inside america. of course it is a problem. the attack on king has been nothing but an attack on political correctness of a very high order. >> nina? >> that term political correctness is, at this point, and at that. >> it was meant as an epithet. >> i understand that, but it is incredibly not constructive. these hearings, even if they were about homegrown terrorism in the muslim communities, could have been constructive, but the second part of the hearings, what were billed as was, why isn't the muslim community doing more to condemn this, to fill in the black? the onus was put on the muslim community. there is a good deal to learn about this. the head of counterterrorism in the bush administration said this week if the emphasis had been on the first part, we may have learned something, but the witnesses did not tell us anything. >> the champions of the hearing had to be disappointed, as well as the critics. the first day was anything but starke chamber, anything but the inquisition. no one was burned at the stake. nobody was

now tomorrow marks the start of peter king's radicalization of muslims hearings on capitol hill but today we're going to look into king's past and his support for a terrorist organization then all eyes are on n.p.r. for the public radio station has become the center of attention for all the wrong reasons but we want to know about the money issue should n.p.r. stop receiving federal funding have a debate then the list is out giving out the who's who of billionaires we'll have details on who made the forbes list and how it's a huge side of the disparity between social classes and lincolnton used to grow then deaths are on the rise in afghanistan as a u.n. report states the last year was the deadliest for afghan civilians well find out how this plays into our strategy of winning hearts and minds and is the da playing politics when it comes to marijuana we'll tell you about a move by the feds that would benefit big pharmaceutical companies while keeping all other marijuana users hanging out to dry the tails on all that and more but first let's move on to our top story. republican peter king h

they are making more people radicalized. host: how so?ler: its dividing the muslims and christians right now. host: how are those people you mentioned making more people radicalized? caller: because all those [inaudible] host: thank you for calling in this morning. mayflower, arkansas, you are on the line. darwin on the line for independents. you have to turn down the volume on your tv. we will put you on hold. we will come back to you. . >> whatever that run the neighborhood came out and beat this 15-year-old boy with a pipe. they are letting this goi run off to israel. >> may flour, arkansas on the independent line. good morning and wake up america. i have a problem with c-span. people are calling that don't even know what the koran is or have never read it. i have read it twice. it is a radical religion. their goal is to an i'll ate christians and jews. that is the instruction host: james allen tweets in. today's republican party is attacking unions and muslims. notice the similarities. >> good morning, peter. you make it look so easy.

talk about this are no muslims and radical muslims right now especially these women bred muslims. so freydis unbelievable cooperation with the government that right here in virginia the two biggest centers in this area cooperate regularly with the f.b.i. i cannot speak i used to be one of most problems because on the platform i could not speak fact i spoke unknown island a while back i can't speak on any platform and now in a muslim platform with cause of my ideas and the way i talk. of free that i will make the government. although they're being oppressed so i'm sorry anything that the congressman says it reminds me of. house where they call the house of on american activities anything that they don't like was considered a threat to america. research we ran across was as the various groups of citizens in america were mormons muslims this is where you see the thing now let's talk about this i mean at what amount is bigger a picture of what these here i think right here i think we just heard the bigger picture he said losing speaking gigs because he's insane when it comes to what h

not radical islam in the middle east, radical islam in the united states, namely, the threat of homegrown terrorism among muslim men residing in the united states. the same population that the chairman of the homeland security committee, peter king, fictionalized in a novel, the chairman wrote titled veil of tears. in in his opening remarks, he cited several times square bomb square bomber, fort hood shooter and york city subway bomber. the 18-year representative of long island, new york's 13th congressional district, dismissed calls to cancel the hearing. >> to back down would be a surrender to political correctness and abdication of what i believe to be the main responsibility of this committee, to protect america from a terrorist attack. >> critics of the hearings said the hearings would unfairly stigmatize the muslim american community, among those congressman keith ellison. ellison is the first muslim congressman in u.s. history. he testified before the king committee and described a paramedic of the muslim faith who was killed in the 9/11 attacks. >> some people spread false rumors

it's akd attempting to radicalize them. i think that's what we tried to point out with the 27 terror plots in the last two years involving radical extremism that we need to be paying close attention to as the next generation of terrorists. i thought the father and the uncle's testimony was very emotional and very persuasive in terms of these two mosques that, unfortunately, perverted the muslim faith, took them this the wrong direction, essentially held them hostage, and they ended up in so maulia and yemen. one was shot in the head in somaulia, and the other one returned from yem tone kill two u.s. soldiers. and the father and uncle were very passionate about the fact that their children changed and they couldn't do anything about it. and i think that's the important point here. >> congressman ellison, do you agree that-- do you see it as a significant problem in the muslim-american community that needs to be addressed? >> well, one of the points i made in my own testimony is that i voted in favor of jane harmen's bill to

they are our efforts to recruit and radicalized young muslims in america that has to be dealt with it i can show you the statistics. was going on in your? we are not immune from the. so the idea we want to get ahead of an enemy who is trying to come to our shores and radicalized people in the country is a part of this war and we are at war. what's going on in scotland -- england. we have doctors that attack an airport. why should we be immune from that glaxo to the american muslim community i will stand with you to practice your faith in the an integral part of this country but you have to help your country, partly uniquely compared to anyone else, understand what's going on and fight back. the front lines of this war are in our own backdoor. our own neighborhoods. so to the american muslim community i will stand with you as you practice your religion and your exercise your right under the constitution, but i'm asking you to get in this fight as a community. and let it be known to your young people that there are lines that you will not cross, and his radical message that is being spr

all of the arab states they have been yes you can see the thirty million radical islamist parties that have been suppressed by previous regimes like the brotherhood in egypt for instance. in libya you know al qaeda is very strong in libya actually libyan people card is one of the strongest and the will need be the second strongest after the previous time one of the greatest dangers now is that. their trucks try to get into sort of city so they're highly volatile situation in this northern african region really bears significance not just for libya egypt in argyria but really for the rest of the world. r.t. . well russia's former ambassador to libya told r.t. the veris a danger of the uprisings in the arab world could bring a fundamentalists. if the fundamentalists come to power the consequences will be serious they are not moderate fundamentalists like in egypt or tunisia they are extremists they're radicals this means that inside the country till it came to impose a dictatorship on their own people for to put into practice their principles an islamic state of an islamic economy etc it

and congressional hearings on the radicalization of america's muslims prepare to start look at what lies behind it and the fears that it's a little more than a rule that's just which one. coming to you live from our studios in moscow you're watching our teeth thanks for joining us well there is mounting pressure for action in libya after fresh clashes between rebels and the government well shelling and airstrikes from colonel gadhafi supporters have pushed the opposition back more than a thousand people are thought to have died since the uprising broke out almost a month ago locos locals are still united in their determination to keep out foreign intervention later on thursday nato defense officials and e.u. foreign ministers will meet in brussels to discuss what moves they could make or correspondent daniel bushell is there right now for us all down over the question everyone's mind is what's likely to come from to base meeting. well nato defense ministers here in brussels are meeting to decide on any course of action be military humanitarian the u.s. defense secretary robert gates is a

that's just the reality. >> reporter: webb says a major problem is that many of the radical websites twist and misrepresent islamic teachings, either intentionally or through ignorance. he was one of nine u.s. scholars and imams who denounced extremism in a recent video produced by the muslim public affairs council. >> communities really need to focus on religious literacy so that our young people start at an early age knowing what the koran actually says and what the koran actually promotes us to do, which is to be a part of society, to be contributing, and to be good to our families, and to be model citizens within whatever countries we live in. >> reporter: with the straight path campaign, the muslim-american society is also trying to educate muslim young people about the tenets of their faith. imam mahdi bray draws from his own experience in the u.s. civil rights movement and talks about the importance of nonviolence within islam as well. >> nonviolence, the sanctity of life, is valued, and it's not the sanctity of muslim life. it's the sanctity of all life. >> reporter: the camp

the committee chairman says he wants to look at why some american muslims are being radicalized. today, protests from many muslim-americans who say they're simply being singled out. linsey davis was there. >> by the united states constitution, then leave this country. >> reporter: protesters showed up for a showdown, about a congressional hearing scheduled for later this week. >> it's un-american to go and attack muslims. >> reporter: representative peter king of new york, the chairman of the house homeland security committee, says affiliates of al qaeda are radicalizing some american muslims and thursday's hearing is about the threat they pose to the u.s. >> there's been radicalization going on, within the muslim community. within a very small minority, but it's there. >> reporter: but hundreds of protesters showed up in times square this afternoon to say muslims shouldn't be singled out under any circumstances. >> what i want us to do now is not go down the same road as mccarthyism. not to target a whole community with the fault of the actions of a few. >> reporter: the imam wh

now i've asked congress should all hearings on the radicalization of america's muslims for fear of the start we'll look at what lies behind it and the fears that it's a little more than a religious which i. live for a mosque or you're watching our t.v. thanks for joining us now russia has decided to impose sanctions against gadhafi his regime banning the exports of weapons and military equipment but it's part of mounting pressure for action against libya following fresh clashes between rebels and the government shelling and airstrikes from colonel gadhafi supporters have pushed the opposition more than a thousand people are thought to have died since the uprising broke out almost a month ago locals are still united in their determination to keep out of foreign intervention and later on thursday nato defense officials and e.u. foreign ministers will need to brussels to discuss what moves they could make our correspondent daniel bushell is there for us. makes a difference because to us here in brussels all made seem to decide all. in any course of action the military humanitarian wins th

and congressional hearings on the radicalization of america's muslims prepare to start we look at what lies behind it and the fears that it's a little more than a religious which. the business side must go now as more than it is than any other city for just more than one hundred of us and you always have the world's richest people journey the long grass and other stories that have is that what's. coming to you live from moscow you're watching our t.v. thanks for joining us now russia has decided to impose sanctions on libya banning the exports of weapons and military equipment and it's part of mounting pressure for action against libya following fresh clashes between rebels and the government while shelling and airstrikes from colonel gadhafi supporters have pushed the opposition back more than a thousand people are thought to have died since the uprising broke out almost a month ago while locals are still united in their determination to keep out foreign intervention and later on thursday. otoh defense officials and foreign ministers will need in brussels to discuss what moves they co

it is a final step, but radicalization is a continuum. cooperation is a continuum. i personally never have known a muslim that wouldn't report somebody about to blow something up or commit an act of violence but that's a final step on a continuum of radicalization. >> rose: joining me from washington congressman keith ellison who you heard earlier. i am pleased to have him on this program and i begin with just first the response you had from being there today and what you wanted to say to the committee. >> well, i wanted to share basically three points, one is that violent extremism is a dangerous and serious problem and is the business of the committee. two, that going about the investigation of violent extremism by focusing only on one religious group when it's a problem across our society leads to stereotyping, scapegoating and it's ineffective and it's wrong. and then the third point i wanted to make is that positive engagement, working with the community, building relationships based on trust is the most effective way to have people report violent criminal acti

mosques have radical elements. we wanted to know if radicalism is rampant in u.s. mosques. sources say many of those charged were radicalized online or by overseas sources. others in prison. in fact, of the 49 suspects, nearly all muslim men charged with acts of terrorism on u.s. soil in the last two years, sources could only identify three cases where imams may have been instrumental. george, sources say it's a balancing act. on the one hand, there are more homegrown radicals being arrested. but you have to balance that with treating the muslim community with respect and urging that community to be a partner in the war on terror. >> and that is a difficult tension to balance. okay, pierre, thanks very much. >>> we're going to turn now to that wild weather in the deep south we told you about last night. it's now blanketing the northeast, with 100 million people in the line of the storm. much of that region is already dealing with floods and linsey davis is in wayne, new jersey, where the rain is coming down hard. hey, linsey. >> reporter: good evening, george. much of this

a capitol hill hearing on radical islam doesn't go the way the chairman planned. it turns emotional and angry. >>> record-breaker. more rain, more massive flooding in the northeast with another c: round yet to go. >>> bully pulpit. the president takes a stand on an issue that affects far too c: many kids, and he says he was one of them. >>> and education nation. could this be the future of learning? 2,000 free online lessons showing the way. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. that rumbling you hear is coming from the state of wisconsin where the governor says he will sign legislation into law as soon as possible that would strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from the state's public workers. this is being called one of the strongest blows to the power of unions in years. it was passed by the state senate last night with very few people present and with all the democrats out of town. the word went out, the protesters arrived and today they were dragged out of the state capitol. suddenly union labor is

>>> coming up -- a congressional hearing examines radicalization in the american muslim community. what do religious leaders have to say about it? >>> plus -- combat veterans suffering from what's been called moral wounding. >> we don't really have a consciousness of our own spirit until it's wounded. and then it needs help. >>> welc. i'm kim lawton, sitting in for bob abernathy. thank you for joining us. faith based and humanitarian aid groups gearing up to help those on friday. the earthquake was at strongest ever recorded in japan, and one of the largest in the world in the last century. the house committee on homeland security this week held a first in a series of controversial herings emining what it called radicalization in the american muslim community and there was wide religious reaction. the hearing called by chair of committee, new york republican peter king, who invokes the member of the 9/11 attacks. >> we must be fully aware home groan radicalization is apart o al qaeda's strategy to continue attacking the united states. al qaeda is actively targeting the american mus

are places in which these radical militant labor movements are not only. crew it not only fighting for. to keep the pay of the jobs that exist but but taking places like mcdonald's making them pay twenty thirty dollars an hour you know which they can afford to do taking places like kmart and wal-mart and making them pay more those sorts of movements are what gets at the heart of what people are thinking about every day once you get movements like that going in you can you can build support for an even more radical movement which says hey you see who's on our side and you see who's not let's make even more changes and let's you know and let's change this whole system that people are fighting to put food on the table pride fighting to pay the rich fighting to not be homeless and we're doing it individually. now it's time for radical organizers to collectivize that struggle and then take it to the next level it's not just about people waking up and realize because people wake up and realize all the time when they have no idea what's it's about organizations.

also who wants to more radical islam in libya. many of them try today overthrow gadhafi because of his relationship with the west. for christians there was relative peace. although there wasn't complete freedom. >> i want to get your opinion about the so-called rebel groups r. they a friend or foe of the united states and those of us here in the west? >> that is a big question. number of coalitions. people defecting from the government. if those democratic groups get together we could see great democracy taking place. my concern is groups like the muslim brotherhood, islam -- libyan fighting group, al-qaeda these groups which might put a face of -- they are lurking and they want a piece of the action. >> dr. clark talked about the muslim brotherhood, they are active throughout the muslim world. there is growing concern this group is taking over the revolution that swept hosni mubarak from power in egypt. >> all right. thanks so much george. as many feared that group is gaining influence in egypt. increasingly the secular faiths ar

. >> there's a concerted effort, a changing strategy by al qaeda, to recruit and to radicalize muslim americans in this country. >> reporter: tomorrow the new york republican will lead congressional hearings into islamic radicalism in the american muslim community. while king insists a majority of muslim americans are outstanding citizens, he says many haven't done enough to denounce al qaeda and help authorities. >> we want to encourage them to look for radicalization in their community, speak out against it. >> reporter: the planned hearings have sparked protest on both sides. >> if you want to talk about terrorism, it should be about everyone. >> it's war on terror. it's not some campaign overseas. it goes on today, right here. >> reporter: the white house is walking a fine line on the issue. welcoming congressional interest in the matter, but also encouraging religious tolerance. g÷6do as americans. and muslim americans are part of the solution here. they're not the problem. >> reporter: some experts say the matter is worth looking into. considering recent arrests like faisal shah