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Actually, say for instance, in france, there was a whole battle about whether or not women could wear head covers, right? they're saying, well, that's not french. well, could you have a head covering and be french? >> absolutely. let me point out the european union, the council of europe for at least the last 15 years, has very strong what they call directives. basically policies. to really push for more social inclusion. more racial ekwaquality, more respect for human rights. france has been one of the countries that's been dragging on implementation on some of those policyings. >> so the fre...

Happening now, arming isis terrorist forces now said to have more than 2,000 u.s. humvees in their hands, abandoned by fleeing iraqi troops. are they now being used to launch deadly terror attacks? close encounter. russian warplanes buzz a u.s. navy destroyer in international waters flying within hundreds of feet accusing the ship of provocative and aggressive action. will these confrontations escalate? major ruling the u.s. supreme court decides the case of a muslim woman who lost out on a job opportunity because of her head covering. did a major american retailer violate her rights by re...

They had to be taken into custody. during their court appearance we learned they cannot afford private attorneys and they had lawyers appointed at taxpayer expense. noelle velentzas had head covering. but asia siddiqui wore western garb. in the court document, asia siddiqui allegedly had repeated contacts with al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. she had contacts with a deceased al qaeda member who wrote a bomb making guide. she hid a knife in her bra and even demonstrated how to stab somebody with it if she was ever

And frankly, i haven't yet heard a lot. i've heard a couple of french imams, which is very good and very important. but as i say, there are dozens and dozens of muslim majority countries in the world. and i haven't seen a single head of state yet -- i may be wrong. but right now, i haven't seen any statement come out -- >> we're about six hour, 50 minutes since this attack. perhaps it's just the beginning of the movement and who knows if there will be more voices that emerge. but let me ask you about france in particular. nicolas sarkozy, the former french president, presided over a ban of the...

World. thousands of messages in support for the campaign. it all began with a social media post from a woman who saw another woman take off her head covering to hide her religion. i said put it back on, i'll walk with you. she started to cry and hugged me for about a minute and walked off. tv producer tessa coombs saw it and said if you don't feel safe alone, i'll ride with you. and then tessa writes, maybe start a hash tag. tessa talked to the bbc by phone. >> i saw one tweet that was just a very small act of kindness to a frightened muslim woman on public transport and that pretty much broke...