is happening in some of these mosques. these are people on the ground and living there. they are the ones who endure this day in and day out. to me, it s going to set a very good picture for the american people, the democrats want to bring on their witness. that s fine. i m having i m also inviting congressman keith elson who disagrees with me completely on this issue, i invited him to testify. a survey of muslim americans found that mosques help make them better engaged americans. hank led that survey. thank you for joining me. when you first heard about these hearings, what was your reaction? it was actually pretty sgoiting. our findings show the total opposite of that. in fact, we have conducted the largest survey of muslims in the united states. the muslim public opinion survey. we found contrary to what congressman king suggests that actually mosques do, in fact, make people more participatory in the system.
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was part of the failed bombing plot there. a father of a man in detroit alerted thrds about the extreme rat cal views months before the attempted attack. keith elson, the first elected to congress. how does it make you feel that peter king thinks the time has come to investigate your religion? it s a disturbing use of a congressional hearing. there is power associated with being the chairman of a committee and able to investigate and do-over sight and go after a religious minority group is a scary proposition i would submit to all americans, it could be muslims today or others tomorrow. this is a bad precedent and i have actually gone to congressman king and asked him. he has so far declined
parade because peter king was too cozy with terrorists. now he is chairman of the homeland security committee and the man behind alleged radicalization. keith elson, the first muslim elected to the house joins me. charlie sheen s days on hit comedy two and a half men are over after the production company fired the star today. nbc s jeff rossin is in los angeles after spending many hours with charlie sheen. he will join me. here s a myth:
well-respected and expert in religion. why not bring in others in law enforcement who had excellent experiences. what about the first responder of 9/11 of the muslim faith who protect and defended americans of all faiths and all backgrounds? these are the basic things that i would do. i would also ask experts about radicalization itself. what is the psychological click or change that happen when is a person goes from a normal citizen to wanting to kill and harm other americans like. tim: thee mcveigh or people who committed acts of terrorism in other places. not in america can you go after a particular religious group. it s wrong. keith elson, democrat from minnesota, thanks for joining us. thank you very much. when the polls show a republican governor is more