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Warning peek about this violent sex offender who is on the lose. he was on parole but cut off his monitor. a mother of three is accused of having sex with a 14-year-old boy. the 42-year-old met the boy at a football game where the mam was volunteering for a football game. george h. bush was rushed to the hospital for shortness of breath and we have been waiting on an update. >> reporter: we are just getting an update from becker who is his chief of staff. she had in a statement the bush family...

We all know that the penalty for apost civil is death. >> you can speak out about islam. >> you can go into a public square in iran and speak out against islam or in saudi arabia? i doubt it. >> a radical person and an irresponsible person is going to be irresponsible no matter where he speaks out at. >> theyll be killed. >> they may be killed, but not killed by muslims. theyre killed by confused people. >> thank you, we have to run. >> thank you, sean, for inviting me. >> colonel ralph peters. ...

Greatest crisis since its founding decades. this is a multi-sided, multi-layered struggle about the soul and future of this religion and whether its our president thats saying this isnt islam or the imams saying it, when youre in denial, you cant fix the disease. the imam probably means well, but if he wants to save his faith, he needs to deal with it honestly. >> is the problem the koran in as much as how its written and how its interpreted? because this is not a small problem. this is a e prob...

Man had a serious mental problem and had been on the list, the watch list in australia for a long time. and as far as whats going on with the taliban, they are just totally off the hook. you cant contribute that or lay that at the feet of islam. >> are they off the hook in saudi arabia, are they off the hook in saudi arabia where they practice shariah law the are you going to condemn all of radical islamists that treat women the way they treat them and kays and l -- gays and lesbians? >> thats a...

L -- gays and lesbians? >> thats a pretty big -- youve given me a pretty big task there. >> yes, because its a pretty big problem, imam. its a worldwide problem. >> its a huge problem. we condemn what has taken place in sydney. we condemn what took place in pakistan. >> i dont see this happening in the christian community, the jewish community, the buddhist community, radical islamic terrorism is now the scourge of the world. >> well, you can pick out what you want. dont forget we had a serious ...

>> thank you, sean, for inviting me. >> colonel ralph peters. whats your reaction to this? >> sean, the grotesque and tragic joke, the members of the taliban or islamic state or al qaeda would execute the imam for being too liberal. he can apologize and make excuses all he wants, but this terrorism were seeing is one facet of islam. and islam is now facing the greatest crisis since its founding decades. this is a multi-sided, multi-layered struggle about the soul and future of this religion and ...

Dead, including the hostage- taker, an iranian refugee called man haron monis. monis sought asylum in australia in 1996 and was well- known to authorities. a self-proclaimed sheik, he sometimes protested publicly on sydney sidewalks, posting videos to his own youtube channel. last year he was sentenced to community service for writing hate mail to the family of australian soldiers killed in afghanistan. he was also charged with sexual assault and as an accessory to his ex-wifes murder. he was ou...

Imams council condemn this criminal act and unequivocally denounce. and we aspire to a peaceful resolve to this calamity. >> lets go to the president of the lebanese muslim associate in sydney on the line with more details about this. so samir, explain to us, there were occasions where police raided an area southwest of sydney. an area where many ex-pats from lebanon live. that was not the case. tell us exactly what had happened the last couple hours. >> caller: well, i dont know where you got t...

Illegal interrogation techniques. here with us now is indianapolis area imam and zudi jaszer is back. imam, let me begin with you. two kids, theyre yours, killed on 9/11 in the twin towers or maybe the pentagon. we find the people that are responsible. and perhaps they have knowledge of a future attack. are you against using sleep deprivation and waterboarding to get the information to save other kids from dying? other people from dying? >> in principle the answer would be yes. i say that with g...

Like ccair -- >> you raise a point. imam, let me go back to you. i think he raises a point here. that is this is all predicated on an attack that killed 3,000 americans. who attacked us? radical islamists. those that kill in the name of your religion. so they started the war. so perhaps -- perhaps your moral indignation and outrage ought to be directed at the people that started the fight that killed 3,000 innocent people. >> punishment doesnt mean torture. im not against punishing the evil and ...