we all believe in mercy. that message res natured with i think a lot of folks in that room. obviously it got heated on both sides, but walking out of there, talking to members of both republicans and democrats, they felt it did not get too out of hand today, in which a way a lot of folks feared it would turn into as you described in quote, a witch hunt. >> a number of participants have made it clear they think the hearing is both part biassed and potentially discriminatordiscri. huh does mr. king respond to the criticisms? >> reporter: king said in the name of political correctness we should not turn away from what he views is a significant threat, the islamic radicalization in the united states. his critics say that, look, it's obviously a problem within the country that you could have radicalization with local here within the u.s., but the optics of this type of hearing are all wrong. there are plenty of groups in