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Back to the united states. >> reporter: he told them, you go there and blow up the subways. >> yes. >> reporter: a lot of people are saying hes involved in evil things, planning attacks on the united states. can you imagine this? >> no. that is not my son. my son is not a violent person. he is very kind, generous. >> reporter: in her only televised interview, his mother insists hes incapable of doing harm. >> hes a scapegoat. >> reporter: he came to america as a young child. his mother shared ex...

What we cant do is do what germany did. they give the turks working visas, but never allowed their children to become u.s. citizens, and now all of a sudden theres a huge population in germany of folks that are stateless. thats not what america is about. >> the origins of this, as i read from the newt gingrich part of the platform in 1996, it suggests this is not part of the cyclical process that we see. find a scapegoat, whoever they are. my ancestors, your ancestors. whoever it happens to be. ...

We have five million of the undocumented are children, that for all intents and purposes, they believe that they are american, except for that little piece of paper. so what are we going to do with their aspirations and their belief in the american system when we marginalize them. what we cant do is do what germany did. they give the turks working visas, but never allowed their children to become u.s. citizens, and now all of a sudden theres a huge population in germany of folks that are statele...

What has incited this, in particular, now? >> i think right now, our countrys at a cross roads and americans of all ethnicities are hurting. the economys bad, we cant find jobs, and we still fear national security. what is it? lets go to the scapegoat. its easy politics, but its not leadership. >> as we were discussing before the show started, is it a design to campaign on the, we tried, but we failed. >> theyre scapegoats, but they realize they dont have leadership right now, so theyre trying t...

Lets go to the scapegoat. its easy politics, but its not leadership. >> as we were discussing before the show started, it is a design to campaign on the, we tried, but we failed. >> theyre scapegoats, but they realize they dont have leadership right now, so theyre trying to find the lowest denominator in politics and thats divisive politics and thats not where the american people want to go. they want people in congress, both democrats and republicans to roll up their sleeves and actually get so...

>> you know who got the biggest hoot out of that is john mccain, hes got a good sense of humor. [ inaudible ] to the more serious point though, 10% unemployment in the country, its high out here, youve got the real estate issue out here, foreclosures -- and yet the number one issue most of the candidates and a lot of people seem to be talking about sim grags. >> right. but isnt that tied to economics? essentially every time the economy goes south, you go looking for a scapegoat and the scapegoat...

Hayward was reluctant but talked in the phone conference call to shareholders and said deciding to leave -- and he claimed it was his decision -- was a difficult one indeed. >> todays a very sad day for me. as many of you know i spent my entire professional year are career at bp. i love the company and everything it stands for. i thought long and hard about the right course of action. its clear that tragedy will leave bp a changed company. to move forward, particularly in the united states, it s...

Prosecute r make big profits. lets not say all byes. >> all the banks are making big money, mr. zuckerman, you know that. >> im got going to dispute you. the business community i travel a lot in that community. the business community really feels that theyre being made the scapegoat for all the problems of the country. and let me tell you what they are concerned about. about a huge increase in regulation, the cost of regulation, increased taxes, increased medical costs. these are serious issues ...

That was lord john brown. you wonder if he is just a scapegoat. he is a ceo. the buck is supposed to stop with him, and certainly he made a lot of mistakes in the things he said and the response time. >> he is reportedly walking away with this mega severance package. is part of forcing him out of this job has to do with a pr campaign, what does it say when he is walking away with millions and millions of dollars? >> youve got to look at what he is getting. first of all, we dont know officially w...