leaving children like you said a moment with no resort to wish for a better future. is now going to come and get me to study i would go with them maybe they would give me a better life i would learn english french arabica. i would be able to travel and go places. china is facing fresh international criticism over its policy of detaining ethnic muslim leaders this after passing new laws which beijing says are vital for its security the region in western china is home to the because now the region has passed laws so that readers can be sent to what it calls education centers authorities claim the centers will tackle extremism through thought transformation the ability of seamless and separatists for radicalizing muslims but critics say the religious cation centers are in fact
be a center for an extremely conservative branch of islam. a german authority has announced a ban against the organization that ran the mosque, saying they are suspected of radicalizing muslims, pushing them to take part in the jihad, but they would not announce whether any arrests were made. jon: tensions play between turkey and the netherlands as the dutch slammed the door on turkish officials who want to campaign in their country. dutch citizens of turkish dissent are eligible to vote in an upcoming referendum in turkey which could explain that he might expand the powers of president erdogan come he s accusing the of ism. is a little bit of hysterical reaction, and i do not think it will be much of a problem. we laugh about it and go on with the next issue. jon: all of this as the judge had to the polls tomorrow for an important election of
this time with men posing as potential donors, o keefe captured an npr fund-raiser making disparages remarks about republicans and the tea party. they believe in sort of white, middle-america, gun-toting, i mean, that s pretty scary. they re seriously racist. reporter: last fall npr came under fire after it dumped analyst juan williams for comments he made about muslims on fox news. ceo vivian schiller then said this about williams. his feelings that he expressed on fox news are really between him and his psychiatrist or his publicist or take your pick. reporter: schiller later apologized, admitted she made mistake, and was denied her annual bonus. when this video came along, it apparently was the last straw. both schiller and the fund-raiser had to resign. house republicans who long have accused npr of liberal bias have changed their rhetoric to focus on the deficit. what kind of mission does the
trying to reach to society in different parts. we have seen evidence in the ft. hood shooting and other evidence. the tone of these hearings, how it may be singing out an entire group is what it troubling a lot of folks. we will hear testimony from some relatives of family members they say their loved ones were radicalized and they will describe that and hear from congresswoman keith ellison, the first elected muslim in the u.s. congress. he was very concerned about these hearings and the notion it could lead to some targeting and persecution of those of the muslim faith yet he says he wants to engage in the process in order to make the point that muss muss muslims have been instrumental in some cases reporting issues to law enforcement and been a help to law enforcement. that was the point that congresswoman loretta sanchez, who sits on this committee, was making to us earlier in the show. as we watch this morning,
quick look today. we have live pictures at capitol hill where any moment the house homeland security committee will begin its controversial hearing into radicalizing muslims that chairman peter king plans to hold on the threat of homegrown islamic terrorism. we will bring you the opening statements as soon as they get under way. also driving the day today, the wisconsin state assembly plans to take up a bill to curtail collective bargaining rights for public employees. a slimmed down version of that bill passed the state senate last night without the 14 drik state senators who fled the state in protest. it is expected to pass the republican controlled assembly and head to governor walker for his signature. overseas, the battle for libya rages on, nato s defense ministers are meeting in brussels right now to discuss a potential military response to gadhafi s attacks on opposition