when sharif answered yes, police say enright pulled out a leatherman knife and slashed him on the face, neck and arm. he said asam malikem, then began to stab the driver sort of through the partition. reporter: sharif pointed to the controversy over a muslim community center planned near ground zero and said in his 25 years in new york, he has never felt so insecure. police say enright was drunk but he was still charged with attempted murder as a hate crime. his attorney now wants him in protective custody. there s a healthy population of people of the islamic faith in jail, and they may prejudge the situation. something may happen to him and i just want to prevent that. reporter: enright volunteered for a group that supports the construction of the mosque near ground zero. in may he returned from afghanistan where he had been working on a film promoting peace across different religions. police believe this attack to be an isolated incident but that in no way lessens the concer
supported by the gop establishment. they take pride in the fact that they re running against the system, that they re running against everything that in the past candidates were so eager to have. the support of the establishment. reporter: john mccain was one who was able to buck the trend. but it wasn t easy. especially on immigration. complete the dang fence. senator, you re one of us. reporter: it s not over yet in alaska. miller s lead is now down to fewer than 1,500 votes and there still are about 7,000 absentee ballots to be counted. alaska officials say the process of counting all of them and getting an official result could take two weeks or even longer. jonathan karl, abc news, capitol into a cb t talk wiiverh asked him if he was a muslim. when the driver said yes, police say enright gave an arabic greeting and then began a brutal knife attack. he said asam malikem, then began to stab the driver sort of throug first he knife here.