[ male announcer ] icy hot spray. relief that s icy to dull pain, hot to relax it away. and no mess. icy hot spray. don t mess around with pain. taking a look at top stories here. do you see the american flag being burned? that is what happened at a protest today outside a united nations building in afghanistan. eight u.n. workers died, four afghans died. do you know why these protestors were so mad at americans? because of this guy, remember him? pastor terry jones, allegedly burned a koran at his church in florida last month. his church web site claims he put islam on trial. we asked jones for his reaction to the deaths in afghanistan today. he demanded action from the u.s. and from the u.n. and said, quote, the time has come to hold islam accountable. the official death toll in
the american muslim community and that community s response. critics, however, call it by a much shorter name. islam on trial. the head of the house homeland security, says he wants to focus on the radical islam in the u.s. and he defends the hearings in an interview with our dana bash. some do see you as an anti-muslim bigot. and they re not happy about the fact that you re holding hearings in this room using your tremendous power as the chairman of this committee to hold hearings on the radicalization solely of the muslim community in america. right. i have no choice. i have to hold these hearings. these are absolutely essential. what i m doing is taking the next logical step from what the administration has been saying. eric holder says he lies awake at night worrying about the growing radicalization of this country. people willing to take up arms against their government. i believe that the leadership, too many leaders in the muslim community do not face up to that reality. and
storms threaten much of the country. tornado warnings in effect south of new orleans and tornado watches in alabama. you re going to want to keep an eye on that. in central pennsylvania, seven children have died after their farmhouse caught fire. the parents survived along with their 3-year-old daughter who went running for help. the hearings about radical islam begin tomorrow in washington. peter king the head of the homeland security in the house will lead the hearings. the kick boxing republican is taking some hits himself it seems. critics say he is singling out muslims and putting islam on trial. dana bash talked to king about all of them. reporter: this is the chairman s seat. this is chairman s gavel? yeah, all this right here. this is where it s going to be. reporter: homeland security chairman peter king preparing for his hearing what he calls radicalization of muslims in america. to some, a akin to joseph
repeats, right? also by whatever s going to go in its place will likely cost a heck of a lot less to make than was in its place before. but the brand of charlie sheen i find so fascinating. would he be able to change the brand he is now? i doubt it. we need to have your brand week. still ahead, outraged over planned hearings on radical islam in the united states congress. one congressman not backing down. critics say he s putting islam on trial. we re going to take a look at some muslim communities say they re taking care of the problem themselves. also, mcdonald s has been the king of fast food for so long. no longer this morning. we ll tell you what fast food chain has now toppled mcdonald s.
some have called him a new mccarthy and also calling this simply putting islam on trial. that s right. king says that the problem, though, is a growing threat and he is not going to give in to political correctness. you know, at the same time, some heavily populated muslim communities say they don t need his help that they re discussing solutions and policing themselves. deb feyerick joins us now. it s a hot issue and a difficult one to discuss because you don t want to broad brush a community because of the actions of a few. well, that s exactly right. and political correctness may have nothing to do with. no law enforcement personnel are going to be testifying at this hearing. many just say they don t want to come. now, the people i spoke with yesterday in the community say maybe five years ago these hearings would have been relevant, but not now. they say so much progress has been made, american muslims are cooperating with local law enforcement like police and the fbi. there s