government. i think that's more the reason for radicalization than anything else in the united states. >> so, that said, let me ask you again how you feel about the hearings thursday, good thing, good thing america will have the conversation about the radicalization? >> well, i think that if we were talking about the radicalization in general that would be a good thing. but unfortunately we're specifically looking at muslims, and the majority of americans in the poll you cited about 71% said that the hearings should really be about radicalization in general, not specifically about muslims. >> so you echo what the imam told me yesterday, the fact if we're talking muslims, we should talk jews, christians, across the boortd. peter, thank you for coming on and talking to me about that. keep in mind here, we're going to continue this conversation at cnn a little later this month, cnn's soledad o'brien takes us into the dramatic fight over this construction of a mosque in