members of the sikh community are often targeted unfortunately because sikh men wear turbans and they often wear very long beards and bigots not being brain surgeons they associate turbans and beards with muslims so we see it quite often we've we've come to the assistance of sikhs who have been attacked on a number of occasions a number of cases in california california elderly sikh men out for a walk beaten shot and killed one of the first deaths after nine eleven was a sikh man shot to death in the aftermath of the nine eleven terror attack so we've seen this unfortunately too often and we saw it in this case as well the individual was called osama in other words osama bin ladden called a terrorist but we see that same day a muslim woman at a pro-democracy rally in times square in new york was similarly called a terrorist and hit by an individual who was arrested and we're working on that case as well it's it's an unfortunately growing phenomenon and we as a muslim community we're very tiny minority we can't combat or challenge growing islamophobia all by ourselves we have to do it

man out for a walk be moon shot and killed one of the first deaths after nine eleven was a sikh man shot to death in the aftermath of the nine eleven terror attack so we've seen this unfortunately too often and we saw it in this. as well the individual was called osama in other words osama bin ladden called a terrorist but we see that same day a muslim woman at a pro-democracy rally in times square in new york was similarly called a terrorist and hit by an individual who was arrested in we're working on that case as well it's an unfortunately growing phenomenon and we as a muslim community we're very tiny minority we can't combat or challenge growing islamophobia all by ourselves we have to do it in coalition with others of course and so i'm talking a little bit more about the trend toward islamophobia i know that over twenty states have at least attempted to pass bills against adopting sharia law. is this a rational fear of islam like we growing we've seen this in a number of states nationwide where right wing anti muslim extremists in state legislatures take a template promoted by

members of the sikh community are often targeted unfortunately because sikh men wear turbans and they often wear very long beards and bigots not being brain surgeons they associate turbans and beards with muslims so we see it quite often we've we've come to the assistance of sikhs who have been attacked on a number of occasions a number of cases in california california elderly sikh men out for a walk beaten shot and killed one of the first deaths after nine eleven was a sikh man shot to death in the aftermath of the nine eleven terror attack so we've seen this unfortunately too often and we saw it in this case as well the individual was called osama in other words osama bin ladden called a terrorist but we see that same day a muslim woman at a pro-democracy rally in times square in new york was similarly called a terrorist and hit by an individual who was arrested and we're working on that case as well it's it's an unfortunately growing phenomenon and we as a muslim community we're very tiny minority we can't combat or challenge growing islamophobia all by ourselves we have to do it

it was sikh youth who organized the vigil.malt faith, christian choir, natsive american dance, sikh singing and it was political. but this is a modeling of a new way. >> right. there you go. >> to the polls for the midterms. >> give them someone to vote for. >> let me underline exactly that. this is part of my point. he says, all right, you have this racial makeup, right, right, where he says the right-wing populism generally requires rousing white christian straight native born americans against americans who are not all of those things but among millennials there are fewer white christian elements to rouse. 848% are ethnic minorities. i like that. but people, the fact that you have different groups of people doesn't necessarily mean they engage differently. >> how do you get that power to vote in the next midterm election? what is the plan? >> right, because -- >> representing you. >> you. >> there has to be leaders in place that are actually progressive leaders that don't just talk that talk but are committed to the actual

are sikhs. >>> pope emeritus benedict has been living quietly inside vatican city, but this week, head a rare public statement. a newspaper published benedict's response to criticism from a prominent atheist. the retired pope defended his record on clergy sex abuse, saying he had never tried to cover up the crisis. >>> meanwhile, benedict's successor received a warm welcome during a trip to the island of sardinia. catholics around the world continue to shower pope francis with high praise. >>> that's our program for now. i'm bob abernethy. you can follow us on twitter and facebook and watch us anytime on the pbs app for iphones and ipads. and visit our website, where there is always much more, including audio and video podcasts of this program. join us at pbs.org. >>> as we leave you, scenes from a special shinnyo buddhist ceremony in new york, timed to coincide with the u.n. general assembly. participants floated homemade lanterns to send a message for peace. >>> major funding for "religion and ethics newsweekly" is provided by the lilly endowment, an indianapolis based private fami

he is a desouth sikh. >> it was a biased related event. >> he holds no animosity toward his attackers and believes if they were better educated, it would not have happened. he hopes the event will trigger action in his community. >> my fear is they'll disappear into the neighborhood, which makes it all the more important to reach out to the neighborhood more deeply, and really have the community mobilize to make sure that things like this don't happen again. >> because of their long beards and at your bans, sikhs are often thought toes muslim. even though sikhism has nothing to do with islam, a recent survey showed 70% of at your ban waterers in the u.s. are misidentified. he vows to do his part to change that. >> the doctor called on the f.b.i. to track attacks on sikh's separate from muslim. >> it is sad how many times this has happened and continues to happen. perhaps maybe this episode will bring a change. thanks very much. >> typhoon you sag guy causing damage in asia. there is yet another storm brewing. returning now to our meteorologist, nicole mitchell. >> as we continue out t

he is not, he is a sikh.n sikhs were killed in wisconsin. >>> president obama didn't quit smoking for his health. here he is today caught off mic talking with an official about his bad habit. okay. like i said, president obama says he hasn't had a cigarette in probably six years. but is he crunching the numbers? back in 2010, the former spokesperson robert gibbs said the president had not seen him with a cigarette in nine months. if gibbs was right, the timing remaybes uncertain. >>> well, louisiana's angola prison is one of the most difficult prisons from which to escape. and yet two inmates tried to make a run for it during yard time. they used gloves to scale a razor wire fence, according to our affiliate wbrz. they then tried to throw off the k-9 unit by spraying pepper around the nearby woods. they were carrying 30 bags of peanuts. i don't know why, and i don't know how think got them. the next time, the warden says they will get their exercise in a small came. >>> just after 2:30 in the morning in nairo

members of the catholic, muslim, jewish community and sikh all got together. >>> the fire danger wasut down by the soaking and the river on raised a couple inches. >> this is what we needed. this timing was not that great. my son's soccer match was canceled. this is what we needed to quell the fire danger. coming up in the seven-day forecast, clear skies over the bay bridge. looking gorgeous. follow will roll into the bay and the coastline and the city by tomorrow morning. how active it was yesterday, tonight there's nothing on it nor will there be for the next several days. what a dreicher yesterday. making yesterday the wettest day in any september in 24 years and making this september, just from one day the wettest september here in the bay area in a generation. that's how dry we are in september. pretty chilly. santa rosa 52. napa 54. cooler parts of the north could drop down to the 40s. concord 57, redwood city 55. microclimate forecast take you to san mateo. sunny skies 77. on tuesday the onshore flow comes back and temperature fall. talk about the next few days. high pressure

this is an elderly sikh woman with her grandson with many questions about how the westgate mall siege came about and how it was answered. al jazeera, nairobi. >> we're live in nairobi. mohammed, are we expecting the death toll to rise further here? >> well, yes, indeed, elizabeth. the death toll will rise. although the entire year minister of kenya said some sections of the media are reporting that the red cross has reserved up to 100 body bags to be used when--that the walk that is going on now, the si investigation is going on there, and they're of the mission of looking for the bodies. >> is there any new information of how it was carried out at all? >> well, very little information coming out of the government. first of all, they're very tight-lipped on how many bodies were there under the rubble, how many hostages were there when the mall collapsed. they're also not faked how many of the again men were there. if their bodies are still there. information is still coming out. investigators are doing forensics. they are carrying out how the attack was done and all of the things that

aal-shabab picked its target carefully: this is a sikh woman and her grandson. with more questions of how the west malwestgate mall siege cam. >> the latest update from nairobi. >> reporter: it would be a long time before kenyans actually know how many people died in the westgate small attack. right now the government is saying that there are bodies trapped under the wreckage and republiandrubble of the floor c. we don't know what caused the collapse but officials are saying this was caused by rocket-propelled grenades that were used by the kenyan defense forces when they were tackling the gunmen who were holding people hostage. an official who is one of those involved with what is happening, the investigations have told al jazeera that the forensic experts from different countries across the world will take a long time to make sure that they get some lead that will help with the investigation. also, later this morning part of the mow tar is still smoldering, and it will be a wild befor be e they're able to get to this part of the mall. 71 people are missing and

the protest drew mus -- muslims, sikhs and those with no reliage ace affiliation. >> president obama will kick off a week of economic talks with a speech from the rose garden. he'll mark five years since the collapse of lehmann brothers and the star of the financial crisis. the president is expected to urge congress to hept strengthen the middle class. the schedule this week includes an appearance with the business roundtable made up of ceos from some of the biggest companies. a week ago u.s. officials appear to have given up on reaching an agreement with russia. after days of behind the scenes negotiations they figured out how to agree. we look at how it went down. >> a flurry of global diplomatic activity was prompted by these comments by the u.s. secretary of state john kerry on a troip to london. >> sure he can turn ever every bit of his chemical weapons, in the next week, tonne it over, all of it, and allow a fuel and total accounting for it. he isn't about to do it, it can't be done obviously. >> the state department says kerry's ultimatum was a rhetorical flourish but was pick

this is the funeral of a sikh woman and her grandson with many questions of ho how the westgate mall siege came and how it was handled. the answers could be a long time coming. >> for more now on the scene, we're live from nairobi, kenya. are we getting details of how many bodies might be buried in that mountain of republic? >> no, we are not. the government is tight-lipped on how many people were in there at the time of the collapse, or how many bodies are still trapped under the rubble of the three floors that collapsed at the site. what we know is that they are also saying that the minister of interior that the death toll is an official toll of 72 and the number is not going to be significant. however, sources are telling us that the government has asked the red cross to reserve 100 body bags to be used when they get to the rubble. so macabre mission of removing bodies from the site we know there are people who are missing and unaccounted for. and their relatives are looking for them in mortuaries and hospitals across the city. >> thank you, mohammed. >>> the war in syria is now i

six at a sikh temple in wisconsin. 12 in aurora. 6 in tucson. 13 at fort hood. 32 killed at virginia tech. now 12 here in washington, brian. >> tom costello rounding out our coverage tonight in washington, d.c. tom, thanks. >>> now to the other front we are covering tonight and have been for days on end. we shift our coverage to boulder, colorado, where today they officially set the all-time record for rainfall. it has resulted in a desperate situation there, as you know. the latest numbers from there are grim. seven people confirmed or presumed dead. at least 19,000 homes destroyed or damaged to say nothing of the estimated 30 bridges that are out. most urgently, hundreds of people are still officially unaccounted for. in a moment, an extraordinary view of it all from just above the unfolding situation. but first the very latest from the ground against this fight against water in boulder, colorado. our national correspondent kate snow is there for us tonight. kate, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. it is believed to be the most massive aerial search and rescue effort s

most jews or muslims or sikhs or hindus would see that as a pretty religious symbol but that is the argument interesting. talk about how difficult this is actually going to be. will it pass? do you think something like this will pass? >> if i had to guess i would say that something will pass. the ruling party is a minority government right now. what is between them and -- the difference between them and the majority is another party, the coalition for quÉbec's future. they have said they think this charter as proposed is going too far. but they want something, they want rules against teachers and prison guards and other people of authority from wearing religious symbols. but there is room for compromise. maybe daycare workers and hospital workers should be allowed to wear religious symbols or that certain institutions like certain municipalities or particular schools could exempt themselves. i would suspect that there is going to be some sort of compromise position and that i would suspect there is going to be a long, drawnout court battle. >> we will keep our eyes field to see what happens

last year, i wrote in the "new york times" an op-ed around anti sikh hate crimes, but after a decadetes our communities all over the place. it affects people as broadly as transgendered woman killed in our neighborhood last year, and hate really can target anybody at some point. we really need to make our own communities safer and healthier so these things don't happen to anybody that looks or acts differently. >> i'm pleased to have had at least a few moments to sit here at the table with you and i just -- you should know all of nerdland wants you to get better and that what you have given us today is incredibly inspirational. >> thank you so much. >> thank you to dr. singh and that is our show for today. of course, there's always two days of nerdland on the weekend.thanks to you at home for watch. come back tomorrow 10:00 a.m. eastern. we are going to answer some flabbergasting questions about obama care on our brand new call in wmhp. later, we will be joined by a special guest, chris knee, the creator and executive producer of the immensely popular children's show "doc mcstuff ins

this sikh temple prepare lunch for many. it's provided three for those who come. but with the cost of grains and vegetables at a three-year high, this service has never been more important. >> people can't survive because of the food situation. it doesn't make any difference to our politicians how expensive food has become. i feel bad watching all this on television. when i come here i feel better because food is available 24 hours a day. >> reporter: about 20,000 people eat here every day. many are from poor or middle class backgrounds and are the hardest hit on food prices which rows to 18% in august. the price of onion, a staple in the diet here, have increased by almost 250% in the last year. the government says it's part of a predictable economic cycle. >> sometimes it goes up. sometimes it comes down. if you say it is in the economy, and in the case here. >> reporter: analysts say while late planting of crops and heavy summer rains have disrupted food supply, the pain problem is hoarding by private traders. they say there is plenty government can do but it h

here's the thing, singh is not muslim but sikh. do not cut their hair, aump wear it up in a turban, and the new york police department is now investigating this attack as a hate crime. margaret conley spoke with the professor this afternoon. and margaret, how is he doing? >> brooke, doctors are saying he's an assistant professor at columbia university. a practicing doctor, and he was walking on 110th street and lennox right here in new york around the top of central park just after 8:00 p.m. on saturday. that's when he says he was suddenly attacked by over a dozen men. >> as we passed them, i heard "get him, osama" and terrorist, and different orders. and felt somebody grab my beard and hit me in the chin. i started running away from where all the bikes were. and i was punched a couple times while people were biking. then ultimately, stumbled and they were on foot. got punched a few times in the face, in my lower jaw. >> he said he was targeted because of the way he looks. he suffered a fractured jaw and his body is bruised, but he

different songs but you can get sikhs for that at jkltickets.com on the internet and also we'll be joinedain, hailee steinfeld, avril lavigne, sons of the sea and dave salmoni will be here with wild and unpredictable animals, which happens to be my least favorite thing. our first guest took the long way here because he doesn't like toll booths. he is a great and legendary actor whom you know from "the godfather" and "misery" and "elf" among others, and he has a new show here on abc. it's called "back in the game." it premieres wednesday night at 8:30. please welcome james caan. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: all right. >> okay. thank you. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: a lady in the audience here tonight told me during the commercial she is hoping to see a star tonight, and i told her that you would be here. so here he is. look at that. i'm going to ask you how you are doing and i want an honest answer -- >> let me -- before you go, i came here to lie to you. >> jimmy: no lying tonight. let's be honest here. you spoke to our producer yesterday. we had a little phone call beforehan

muslim, sikh and jewish communities took part.others with no religious beliefs took place . >> one of america's great lakes is being strangled by a toxic algae. it's having an affect on the tourist industry. >> this lake is choking. an underwater forest of toxic algae is suffocating the lake. >> it's out of control. little is being done. it's toxic no animals - fish, et cetera, will avoid it. it's like a gooey green slime. without much benefit to the natural system. so it is totally disgusting. >> fertiliser from north america's richest farmland - washed into the water by spring rains - overfed the algae. it blooms in summer, sucking up oxygen, the green bohemeth is growing. >> you see it on the beaches. it's a foot deep of algae, you didn't see it before. you see a little layer, but now it is thicker and thicker and more seaweedy like. this is the best vantage point. from 1500 feet you see algae covered a sixth of lake eerie. biologists say this year is the second worst. >> formers tried to reduce run off. testers say the problem

surveys went out in 2011, before the mass shoot anything colorado, before the sikh temple, before newtowning. but now they have collected the data, done the analysis and releasing what they have found. it is fascinating. this is the first ever independent scientifically sound survey of people who sell guns for a living. nobody did this before. so that's amazing. but what they found when somebody finally bothered to ask these guys is even more amusing for context, we knew ex expanding background checks something supported by democrats by a large margin, by independents by a big margin, for gun sales supported by republicans by a large margin. self described tea partiers support expanded background checks, supported by members of the nra. people who pay to belong to the national rifle association want expanded background checks. gun owners broadly support expanded background checks by a large margin. now we can add the data by the researchers at uc davis. it turns out gun dealers support expanded background checks. the people conceivably burdened by this the most, democrats are in favor, in

that was before the aurora theater mass shooting in colorado before the oak creek sikh temple, beforehe washington navy yard shooting. now they have collected the data, done analysis and releasing what they found. the fact that this has never been done before is fascinating. the first ever independent scientifically sound survey of people who sell guns for a living. nobody did this before. that's amazing. but what they found when somebody finally bothered to ask these guys is even more amazing. for context here, what we knew before this survey is that the idea of expanding background checks for buying guns is something that is supported by democrats, by very large margin, also supported by independents by a big margin, expanding background checks, supported by republicans, self described tea partiers, and supported by members of the nra, people who pay to belong to the national rifle association want expanded background checks. gun owners broadly also support expanded background checks by a big margin. and now, we can add the data from this brand new stuff that is just being published

among all the grief, the funeral of an elderly sikh woman and her grandson. the answers could be a long time coming. andrew simmons, al jazeera, nairobi. >> we're live in nairobi. many families are still searching for news of missing relatives, but the grim reality is that the death toll is only likely to go up. >> reporter: indeed surely, and that is what the government is saying, although they are saying that any increase in the number of dead will be insignificant. however, we are hearing from sources that they have been put on stand-by and asked to prepare up to 100 body bags, which will be a very significant number. we also heard from officials involved very closely with what is happening that have arrived now. the forensic investigation is going on, and they're saying it will be days and maybe even more before the death toll is known, because the pathologists and the forensic experts as well as the structural engineers who arrived now at the mall are looking for any leads that might help with the investigation. it will be a consider amount of time befor

the protest drew in members of muslim, sikh and jewish communities. others with no religious allegiance participated. >>> it is sunday night, and that means "talk to al jazeera" is on the air shortly. this week al jazeera's tony harris sits down with reza aslund and he's the author of "income quarters. "a controversial new book, zealot: the life and tyms of jesus of nazareth. like 20% of the fellow jews he could neither read or write. as an artisan and day laborer who lived at second lowest rung of the social status at his time just above the slave, indigent and beggar. he was as a poor marginal jew from the backwoods of galilee, the twijs definition of a nobody. despite that, he formed a movement through his charisma and the power of his teachings and not his education or status that was seen as so threatening to the established orders of this time and movement on behalf of the marginalized, the poor, the dispossessed and outcasts and people like him that rome executed him as a state criminal for the crime. >> a reminder, you can see that full interv

i joined -- i was on there a week after gaby giffords, the same conversation there, after the sikh templeg, and in total over 17 mass shootings involving four or more people killed since the start of 2012. this is so exceptional for any of the other rich, so-called civilized countries of the world. it's ridiculous. but where do we get some kind of movement -- i want to try and stay calm about this debate. >> yeah. >> emotion doesn't seem to work. where do we try and get a meeting of minds to get things practically done so that poor woman who lost her daughter at sandy hook can actually see that somebody is reacting to it? >> i mean, i think you have to have a mass movement of the people. the populous to say enough is enough, this has to change. you know, whether that's universal background checks or whether that is opening up data bases for mentally ill people so we know who we're selling these kinds of weapons to. something has to move forward so we're not making the same mistakes over and over and over again. >> but i remember after the aurora movie theater massacre when 70 people were

. >>> checking other top stories, sikh professor at columbia university says he was atacked and beatenend in central park by men he says were yelling ghetto-sama and terrorists. police are investigating the possible hate crime. >>> two navy crew members still missing after their night hawk helicopter crashed into the red sea. three other crew members were rescued. officials say the helicopter was operating with the destroyer "uss william p. lawrence" when it crashed. the cause is under investigation. >>> where in the world is george zimmerman? according to the attorney for his estranged wife the acquitted of murder is nowhere to be found. it's not exactly clear why he's disappeared but shellie zimmerman's attorneys tell cnn a little space and time between the couple just makes sense. >>> it wasn't rain but bees that stopped the mariners/angels game in anaheim. swarm of bees invaded the outfield during the third inning and players headed for the dugouts. wouldn't you? a fan who works for aby hive removal company had to come out of the stands to get rid of most of the bees when some came

sikhs and others who were not muslim.ere were people who did not have the same kinds of aspirations. they came together. they worked at a food bank for two hours and served side-by- side. maybe we were a little nervous, because they did not know one another, but they came together in fellowship and talked and found out that service can break down barriers. it can build relationships, and it can help us realize how much more we have in common, and as a result of that, these students from the mosque and from the jewish day school have served together 11 straight years. they have programs between the schools that go back and forth, and so i am very optimistic that if we promote public service and service at the youngest of ages, it is a wonderful way of getting away from the kinds of considerations that we sometimes have, whether it is in religion or arguing about public hollis e. >> enormous enthusiasm for the idea of mandatory public service for 18 to 25-year-old, except among 18 to 25-year-olds. [laughter] most americans

sikhs and others who were not muslim.here were people who did not have the same kinds of aspirations. they came together. they worked at a food bank for two hours and served side-by- side. maybe we were a little nervous, because they did not know one another, but they came together in fellowship and talked and found out that service can break down barriers. it can build relationships, and it can help us realize how much more we have in common, and as a result of that, these students from the mosque and from the jewish day school have served together 11 straight years. they have programs between the schools that go back and forth, and so i am very optimistic that if we promote public service service at the youngest of ages, it is a wonderful way of getting away from the kinds of considerations that we sometimes have, whether it is in religion or arguing about public hollis e. >> enormous enthusiasm for the idea of mandatory public service for 18 to 25-year-old, except among 18 to 25-year-olds. [laughter] most americans ove

lots of second-generation hindus and sikhs are not going to houses of worship. they're trying to figure out how hinduism or sikhism or islam lives in their lives. they are struggling. but that is probably a different panel. >> three years ago i had the privilege of sitting down with a couple to be married and we worked on the ceremony for one whole year. the reason for that intensity is because the groom was first hispanic andslim -- i walked away from that experience more hopeful than exhausted. negotiating kind of -- thewere educating bride and groom were educating their families and why they made the choices they made. and how they're going to accommodate the religious values that were core to both families. it was a learning and growing experience for everyone. they are happily married and they had their first child a year ago. it is going to have a positive effect along with the pushback that all of us have to deal with. i think it is going on and why communities, two. why communities are not just sitting back to agency with the verdict is going to be. they

. >> or the sikh shooting or aurora shooting. >> agree with not being vitriolic or gaining political points but it was what i was thinking about, sorry. it was. >> you can think it and you can wait a couple of days before you start making political points over it. >> it's very frustrating to watch these things happen again and again and again. it's becoming kind of obvious what the problem is here. >> we spoke to this. >> we got a lot nor talk about. >> coming up on "morning joe." >> our thoughts and prayers are with those that lost their loved ones yesterday. we can't even going imagine the pain you're is going through this morning, and we certainly -- we will keep you and your family members and your loved ones in our prayers. >> "the washington post" eugene robinson will join us and pete williams and your morning playbook. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. vo: two years of grad school. 20 years with the company. thousands of presentations. and one hard earned partnership. it took a lot of work to get this far. so now i'm supposed to take a back seat when it comes

sikhs and others who were not muslim. there were people who did not have the same kinds of aspirations. they came together. a food bank for two hours and served side-by- side. maybe we were a little nervous, because they did not know one another, but they came together in fellowship and talked and found out that service can break down barriers. it can build relationships, and it can help us realize how much more we have in common, and as a result of that, these students from the mosque and from the jewish day school have served together 11 straight years. they have programs between the schools that go back and forth, and so i am very optimistic that if we promote public service and service at the youngest of ages, it is a wonderful way of getting away from the kinds of considerations that we sometimes have, whether it is in religion or arguing about public hollis e. >> enormous enthusiasm for the idea of mandatory public service for 18 to 25-year-old, except among 18 to 25-year-olds. [laughter] most americans over 30 thou

include, former attorney general michael mccazey, who also served as the judge in the trial of the blind sikh, the first trial dealing with an attack against the world trade center. admiral james a. lions, u.s. navy retired, former commander in chief of the u.s. pacific fleet. general frederick j. crowson, u.s. army retired, former vice chief of staff for the army. lieutenant general william jerry in, u.s. s. -- boyd army retired and commander during mogadishu during the blackhawk down incident that all of us know about. lieutenant general harry edward soyster, u.s. army retired, former director of the defense intelligence agency. ambassador henry cooper, former chief negotiator of the defense and space talks and the former director of strategic defense initiative. major general valley, u.s. army retired, former deputy commander of the u.s. army forces pacific. honorable mccoy, former secretary of the air force. lieutenant colonel alan west, u.s. army and former member of congress. honorable joseph e. schmidt, former inspector general, department of defense. honorable michelle van cleave, for