the most chaotic, out of control, and wasteful elements of washington pork. every government program, every layer of bureaucracy is eternal. until, of course, one day the whole system goes bankrupt and comes crashing down. on the program today, we ll start with the economy. just how bad is the outlook? i will ask a top economist, jeffrey sachs, who has some very interesting views on the topic. next, is the wild weather around the world evidence of global warming? that s what i wanted to know. so i ve brought together a great panel with jeff sachs and two climate scientists to tell me what they re seeing. then, what s islam all about? especially islam in america. it s a question many are asking in light of the controversy at ground zero. we will answer it with two terrific guests today. and finally, which oddball dictator is trying to pay off some of his debt with an herb instead of cold, hard cash? and also, a victory for both
the two talked about the problems with islam and the solutions. welcome, both of you. thank you. ayaan, in your book one of the things you worry a lot about is muslims in america and the growing radicalization of islam in america. it strikes me that some of this is pretty fringe phenomena. it seems that what you describe is real, but it does not seem widespread. how worried are you? how widespread is it? you look at someone like faisal shahzad, he comes into this country with a student visa. welcome to the american dream. and he takes advantage of that. he works hard. he marries an american woman. he has two children. he s full of so much potential. and yet he he says okay, this is not what i want, and my loyalty is more to islam, my loyalty is more to jihad,
against islam in america. i would invite you to do. that i guarantee you, i don t think you ll be able to come up with it. the fact is, if you look at this ground zero, and let s talk about the ground zero islamic center. absolutely. that is one after another, republican candidates. the republican gubernatorial candidates are trying to kind of out islamic center each other between rick lazio and his opponent whose name is escaping me at the moment. what do you make of that? why is that a big issue for these republican candidates? let s first talk about the ground zero mosque and the actual vote that counts. those members have to new york chinese had to vote on this. the ground zero mosque, and that s a misnomer. it is not a mosque. it is a communicate center that includes a mosque, cultural center, auditorium. so it exists aller to united states in many states. that vote that took place in the city council was overwhelmingly voted in 5 of it. and indeed, many of those
thee things what do the texts say what are the conditions and in which context? in the same name of islam, we have to stop and to come to a moratorium on this and to have a discussion exactly like amnesty international when it comes to death penalty it is saying let us first go for a moratorium to stop it right now and then to have a discussion. coming up, we will have more of that interview with tarik ramadan, as well as with james zogby who is the president of the arab-american institute on the differences between islam in america and in europe. that s next. thanks for coming.
to condemn stoning in paris is not going to change anything on the ground. why for example, france or the united states of america are dealing with these petty monarch and dealing with governments implementing them. my position is quite clear. i m against implementing them and what i m asking the scholars, three things what do the texts say what are the conditions and in which context? in the same name of islam, we have to stop and to come to a moratorium on this and to have a discussion exactly like amnesty international when it comes to death penalty it is saying let us first go for a moratorium to stop it right now and then to have a discussion. coming up, we will have more of that interview with tariq ramadan, as well as with james zogby who is the president of the arab-american institute on the differences between islam in america and in europe. that s next.