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>> sean: we have seen this "death to america," burning flags, death to israel, burningg flags. this radicalism that has emerged. and i look at this, im like, okay. how do we ever ascertain if somebody in iran wants to escape persecution, which i imagine there are people. i wouldnt want to live there. anybody want to live in iran? imam, would you? >> i used to live ind iran. i use to. >> sean: im asking if you want to live there. somebody wants to come here, how do we ascertain whats in their hea...

Smaller and cooler, which keeps the planets from getting fried. these heavenly bodies are 39 light-years away. thats 235 trillion miles, but by astronomical standards, theyre practically next door, esose enough that when the james webb space telescope is launched bxt year, it will be able to analyze the planets atmospheres, a big step towards answering the question, "are we alone?" chip reid, cbs news, washington. n mason: that is exciting news. r amext, teenage refugees wonder whether america i...

Islamic center in that community. one mosque. on january 28, this year, somebody burned it down destroyed it completely. one of the things that was very moving in the immediate aftermath of that tragedy, that crime, was when the other religious congregations in victoria, texas came forward and offered the keys to their facilities, the keys to their houses of worship. they offered the keys to the imam from that mosque so his muslim congregation could have somewhere else to meet and pray, victoria...

After they hit $1.1 million they knew they had enough to rebuild, they stopped raising funds. but over 23,000 people came forward and donated. they got hundreds of thousands of dollars more than they had asked for. that mosque fire is still not solved. local authorities have declared it an arson. they have put out reward for information leading to an arrest but there is no one in custody. we spoke to the imam today, he told us they are making their plans to rebuild and hoping there will someday ...

You, russell, that you would put a lot of efforts over the last several months i might add saying we have to back up and really look at what we are doing as a country. >> well, let me say, rev, i have been involved in this issue or over 20 years and for 15 years ive been chairman of the foundation for ethnic understanding. in fact, if you remember, you attended my house with a meeting of rabbi and imam and my job to fight anti-semitism and islamophobia for all those years. we have the foundation...

He went to the mosque and he went and he was very respectful. he got to hug the imam, went back to work and made a nice statement to the press. this is an ongoing problem, in other words. he might have made a statement then but hes back again. he needs more people to talk to. hes surrounded by some really scary -- the first thing thats going to happen now, and i wrote this a while ago. he will be impeached. hes doing all the heavy lifting for the right wing agenda. like his attacks on planned pa...

That slices mosul in half. isis holds the high ground on the western side of the river, firing a constant barrage of rtrtars toward iraqi troops on the other. major arkam hashim. where are the mortars coming in from? >> theres a school there. >> reporter: soldiers showed us a house that isis fighters recently fled. in one of the bedroom, forbidden toys that isis militants had d nfiscated. with iraqis and american soldiers fighting a common enemy, one resident told us he couldnt understand why pr...

Were going to go there live en donald trump does take the stage. in the meantime, lets talk a little more about this with our panel. matt miller, former justice department spokesman and aide to former attorney general eric holder, victoria de francisco, msnbc contributor, and imam, founding chairman of the sound vision -- sound vision. im sorry for muddling that up. victory, yeah lets start with up. the president is expected to sign an executive order that would, among other things, authorize bu...

The cia liked it. im told that he also had staff members there. >> staff members and also, someone at cia i communicated with today who said you could go good f you wanted. self-selective. people who went were the people who liked him. and the truth is most of the people there dont like him. for obvious reasons, i think. and maybe not so obvious is they really value people with interest in what is going on around the world and dont feel like he does. >> there we go. ready? four more years. thank...

New years day. >> thanks for having me. david, i want to start with you. initially that imam was scheduled to deliver the call to prayer, but instead read those two passages from the koran. some receiving that trying to send a political message to the president when there are a lot of muslims in this country who still have concerns about how the president views islam in their community. >> right. i see that as the imam taking the opportunity to when he has essentially is face to face with presum...