constitution? no, i don t. i do not. i would not advocate that we put a muslim in charge of this nation. i absolutely would not agree with that. dr. carson s camp later clarified that remark, saying muslims could certainly run but their faith may be at odds with the constitution, similar to something once said of catholics and the presidency. these comments and the pope s visit come as donald trump weathers his own muslim controversy. in this one, he did not refute a questioner at a rally that said that president obama was a muslim and that america should get rid of them. here s his defense today on the today show. i assume that i was talking about radical islam. again, no matter where you turn, you re reading about it and you re seeing it. it s an amazing problem. it s a very big problem. i fully understand the muslims great people. i have many friends and they re great friends and by the way, they re concerned with radical islam, too. but i assumed that that s what
i think what s particularly disappointing to many observers including me is that we haven t seen a significant outcry from all of the other candidates in the republican race and it s for the same reason. bausz they re chasing for the same votes. dr. carson s comments come as donald trump weathers his own muslim controversy. in this one, he did not refute a question at a rally last week saying that president obama was a muslim and that america should get rid of muslims. here s his defense today on the today show. i assumed i was talking about radical islam. no matter where you turn, you re reading about it an seeing it. it s an amazing problem, a railroad big problem. i fully understand the muslims are great people and i have many friends and i have they re great friends. by the way, they re concerned with radical islam, too. joining me in studio is katy
love america and the short video says a lot. especially the spanish heritage month. the catalyst for getting you to this point was something that someone you would consider a friend, donald trump, had to say. take a listen to this. they re sending people that have lots of problems and they re bringing those problems with us. they re bringing drugs. they re bringing crime. they re rapists and some, i assume, are good people. you have known donald trump for a very long time. you and your wife. you would consider yourself to be friends? listen, it s not about him. he mentioned that. there was a lot of confusion. that s the reason i decided to create and produce this film and the video. i think it s good that we get we know we have a problem with immigration. we know we have a problem that need to be resolved. i think that s the only way to approach it in the latino community. i think a lot of us have been here for many, many years and accomplished the american dream.
planned parenthood president cecile richards will appear before a house committee next week as the senate is expected to defeat a measure passed through the house last week that would defund planned parenthood for a year, all linked to the controversial video and that s not all. the senate is debating a bill that would ban most abortions after 20 weeks. nbc s luke russert is covering it for us from the hill. there is a lot to cover on this, because a lot of people suspect this is just a smaller issue to get to a larger problem of a government shutdown. reporter: that s right, thomas. also, there is criticism about this 20-week abortion bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks from harry reid, the democratic minority leader, saying it was intentionally put on the senate floor a few days before the pope s visit to capitol hill as a political show. but part of this is also the play by the gop leadership to try and show pro-life conservatives they are serious about pushing a pro-life