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Understanding. on the other side of the coin, there are people who are worried that the tone is going to be too hostile, that this could alienate and further isolate the muslim community. they also fear that it has the potential to play into the jihadist narrative that the west is at war with igs laslam and i could increase radicalization amongst muslims in the united states. >> we will get a quick break before the hearings. it's a necessity. find investments with e-trade's top 5 lists. quickly. easily. use pre-defined screeners and insightful trading ideas to dig deeper. work smarter. not har...

Very to the point and blunt to the chairman in particular about the fact that he thinks that the idea and the tenor of these hearings, the way that peter king, the chairman, is going specifically just focusing on the muslim american community, specifically calling it the radicalization is simply not the way to go. he said that this is exactly what happens when you get to scapegoating. and he mentioned the fact that there have been plenty of other problems, violence, in this country. the holocaust museum shooter, for example, and nobody went after his religion. so, those are some of the things ...

Was interest is very high. they're paying a lot of attention to it. >> reporter: islamic radicalization has been an issue in american politics ever since september 11th, 2001, and now going on ten years later, homeland security committee chairman pete king stirred up a hornets' nest when he announced hearings on it. such hype on the hill seldom lives up to expectations. whether it's sha aria law, the ft. hood shooter or letting the detainees go at guantanamo, right and wrong, fear and scariness still grabs people's attention, not only at the capitol but also for some of the presidential conten...

Doesn't exist. it's that the muslim community is not being engaged directly to create a solution for it. >> reporter: there's always hope. perhaps we'll find a way in the next ten years. now, congressman pete king, the chairman of the homeland security committee, has said he wants to open up a dialogue on this issue. and perhaps he's doing that. nonetheless, there is a real controversy here, because some muslims believe king has suggested they're not doing enough on the issue of radicalization. so, that is one of the controversy points. kate, back to you. >> very interesting. great piece, joe....

On offensive thing. just to give you background. i got an e-mail from his campaign. he is sending out e-mails from his, again, from his political campaign saying watch my radicalization hearings, i won't back down. he thinks also this is clearly playing to an important political constituency as well as him actually taking on the role that he has as chairman to deal with this very important issue. >> did both of you get the sense that king and his prepared remarks was trying to make kind of a methodical argument of why this is important and -- oops let's stop and take a little listen. the heari...