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Some righteous free speech event, i dont agree with that. and the person who is organizing it, according to the story i read, he was -- wears a shirt that says "f islam." he says what hes trying to do is expose islam, you know, as if these two fanatics who went and shot people are representative of all muslims. i mean, to go outside of an islamic center and treat them like they are the same as these two crazy people, i mean, its just not righteous. does he have a right to do it? he does, i just ...

Attended at one time. heres what the organizer says about the planned rally. >> they need to learn tolerance. were not the ones out committing these acts. were not the one threatening anybody. the cartoon contest especially is stupid and ridiculous. its what needs to take place in order to expose the true colors of islam. >> the rally is scheduled to start about the same time of evening prayer taking place inside that mosque. joining us to discuss, the executive director of the council on americ...

Want to point out that was said by the organizer. he wants to push out the truth about islam. whats your reaction to that? >> what hes saying is frankly no different than a klan member saying i want to push out the truth about black people. its hate. and this protest not about freedom of expression. its going to be hundreds of protesters with guns. the goal is to intimidate the muslim community, to tell them you dont belong here. you dont have the same rights as us because of your religion. just...

Encouraged participants to utilize their second amendment right and come armed, just in case our first amendment rights come under much-anticipated attack. reporter joe dana has the story from phoenix. >> i dont even really want it to be about me. i want it to be about pushing out the truth about islam. >> reporter: john ritzheimer calls himself a patriot and an atheist. he said news of the texas shootings motivated him to hold a protest against the religion of islam. now hes taking it further w...

I think that needs to be pointed out. you spoke with the leader of the mosque where this event is planned. how are they taking this and whats their plan for tonight? >> i spoke to who you just saw on the video. their goal is to avoid any confrontation. he didnt get the press coverage hes wanted so two weeks later hes back. i asked him, are people in the community afraid? he said yes, they are afraid. my question is -- as a parent how do you tell your children that there are armed angry people ou...

T-shirts saying f islam. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. we start this evening with major developments in the indictment of former republican house speaker dennis hastert. a federal law enforcement official told nbc news hastert was making payments to a man in order to conceal a sexual relationship they had while the man was a student at yorkville high school in illinois. the transcribeibune citing two law enforcement officials. also saying the former speaker was...