timothy mcveigh, the oklahoma city bombing, all these people, including children, timothy mcveigh. we know him, we know his background, his family, his religion, we know everything about him. but a muslim who does such an act, islamic terrorism. they don't know much about the individual or the family or the background or anything. we label 1.5 million people by the behavior of the one or the 19. it is wrong, very wrong. we cannot do that. otherwise we be labeling christians because when christian if he started shooting or went to a school and started shooting, that would be wrong. put all the people together and labeled them by the behavior of the one or the few. and doing that in this country now. when the shooting took place in san bernardino, our town where we are now, i saw it on tv, went through my mind, my daughter not only, my daughter, she works for the county, my daughter was in that area, she was held up because of it, that was the first thing. as a father you really about the children first, but then as an american, palestinian arab-american, i am not muslim either, i am

timothy mcveigh in obama's city bombing, killing all these people including children, it's timothy mcveigh. we know him. we know his background. we know his family. we know is religion. we do everything about him. but if it's a muslim who do such an act, it's immediately islamic terrorism. we don't know much about individual. we don't know much about the family of the background or anything. it's we label 1.5 billion people by behavior of the one over 19. it's wrong, very wrong. we cannot do that. otherwise we would be labeling christians because some christian wants to start shooting or go to school and started shooting. that will be wrong to put all the people together and labeled them by the behavior of the one or the few. and we are doing that in this country now. when the shooting took place in san bernardino here, our town where we are at now, i was at a restaurant and i saw on tv. what went through my mind immediately is my daughter. not only this, it was my daughter because she works for the county and my daughter was in that area. and she was held up because of it of course and sh

it and use it to legit mate their evil, just like the klan said we are christians or just like timothy mcveigh said he is a freedom fighter. this is simply exploiting a philosophy beloved by over a billion people to legit mate their wickedness. that is my take on the problem. >> abig ale from the washington post. from the statistics that you have been able to look at in law enforcement, have you been able to identify there is a spike in anti-muslim attacks, verbal and physical, and are there fears compared to less -- and also have you been able to see a correlation or are law enforcement officials here talking to are seeing the correlation between those effects an the actual rhetoric that you were talking about? >> oh, sure. the islamic society of north america is headquarters at the edge of my district. and there was an act of vandalism very recently there. there have been muslims, a young lady that was threatened on indiana university at the indianapolis campus. and i think we've seen these kind of in stances but what is most troubling is that you have people like mr. trump fab fanning the -

with it, and use it to legitimate their evil, just like the klan says, we are christians, or timothy mcveigh says he's a freedom fighter? this is simply exploiting a philosophy beloved by literally over one billion people to legitimate their wickedness. that's my take on the problem. >> from the statistics you have been able to look at and law enforcement, have you been able to identify their has been a spike in anti-muslim attacks, this year physical compared to last? and also, have you been able to see a correlation or our law enforcement officials seeing a correlation between those attacks and the actual rhetoric you are talking about? the islamic society of north america is headquartered at the edge of my district. vandalisman act of recently there. a youngve been muslims, lady who was threatened on indiana university, indianapolis' campus. thesek we are seeing kinds of instances, but what is most troubling is that you have people like mr. trump fanning the flames of islamophobia. againstn muslims retreating in these kinds of times. i caution any group that has been involved in important

it and use it to legit mate their evil, just like the klan said we are christians or just like timothy mcveigh said he is a freedom fighter. this is simply exploiting a philosophy beloved by over a billion people to legit mate their wickedness. that is my take on the problem. >> abig ale from the washington post. from the statistics that you have been able to look at in law enforcement, have you been able to identify there is a spike in anti-muslim attacks, verbal and physical, and are there fears compared to less -- and also have you been able to see a correlation or are law enforcement officials here talking to are seeing the correlation between those effects an the actual rhetoric that you were talking about? >> oh, sure. the islamic society of north america is headquarters at the edge of my district. and there was an act of vandalism very recently there. there have been muslims, a young lady that was threatened on indiana university at the indianapolis campus. and i think we've seen these kind of in stances but what is most troubling is that you have people like mr. trump fab fanning the -

garland led a massive investigation of the oklahoma city bombing and supervised the prosecution of timothy mcveigh. he called his work for the justice department following the oklahoma city bombing the most important thing he has ever done in his life. his fairness and diligence earned him praise from members of both parties, from victims' families and law enforcement officers and even from the lead lawyer who was defending mcveigh. as the prosecutor, he ensured proper respect for the rights of criminal defendants, and he was confirmed to the d.c. circuit court of appeals in 1997 with a strong bipartisan vote of 76-23. and several of those, by the way, who confirmed him in 1997 still serve in the senate here today. clearly this is less about judge merrick garland as a nominee and more about political obstruction and partisanship, especially after one republican senator admitted if it looks like donald trump will lose the november election, we should quickly confirm judge garland, and that comes after weeks of saying the senate should not do its job until we have a new president. mr. president, eva