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trump, there was sweet miggie, our interview with the co-founder of the foogies. from rockefeller center in new york city this is "politics nation with al sharpton." >> good morning, i'm al sharpton. once again, america is facing the question of how to respond to acts of terror without giving in to fear. the california terrorist pledgeed aleenlg yans to isis before the horrific shooting rampage this past week, and while authorities continue investigating, the political debate is heating up with some pointed comments aimed at the president. >> we cannot defeat radical

islamic terrorism so long as the president is unwilling to utter the words "razzical islamic terrorism." >> radical islamic terrorism, and i'll tell you what, we have a president that refuses to use the term. he refuses to say it. there's something going on with him that we don't know about. >> ted cruz speaking at a gun event held two days after the shooting. >> folks in the media ask at the behest of democrats, isn't it insensitive for us to do a second amendment rally following this terror attack? let me tell you something. i really don't view our job as being sensitive to islamic terrorists. >> and on talk radio, the rhetoric goes even farther. >> the left knows it is responsible for this. the left knows that it is as

guilty as those pulling the trigger here and they're doing everything they can to transfer that guilt and cover it up. >> this kind of talk is over the top, and getting in the way of real policy debates. we need to have real policy debates in this country. what should be done about isis overseas? how should the government monitor people who could be planning terror attacks here at home? should the government make it harder for would-be terrorists to buy an assault rifle? why are people on the terror watch list allowed to buy guns? >> if you are too dangerous to fly in america, you are too dangerous to buy a gun in america. >> there are people who are arbitrarily placed on this thing, sometimes people put in there by mistake and we would deprive them of their constitutionally protected due process rights. >> how do we protect the country

without demonizing innocent muslims who are just as horrified by this violence as anyone else or why do some people seem to have separate standards for what should be called an act of terror? i am weigh mckay from buzz feed, his new book about the gop 2016 fight is called "the wilderness," and yamesl al cinder of the new york times and republican strategist susan delpressio. let me go to you, mckay, you not only puz feed but you read a bo have written a book on the republican primary. the climate is the worst since 9/11 and the responses of a lot of the republican candidates people fear has only reinforced that fear. how do you see that? how do you accept it as one that

has studied this primary and now you put colorado and now san bernardino within five days on top of that landscape? >> yes, i think that what's fascinating and troubling to a lot in the kind of mainstream shrinking mainstream establishment of the republican party is that people like donald trump when they use tragedies and terror attacks like this to fan the flames of islamaphobia or xenophobia, when they do that, we've seen that increasingly it's not just -- even conspiracy theories aren't just catering to far right fringe anymore. people like donald trump with a big mega phone are able to attract vast portions of the republican electorate around, kind of rally around it and they're bringing and politicians like this are now bringing along some republican voters. >> i'll get to trump and the candidates specifically later in the show, but you know, susan,

and i always go to you as our republican expert, how has it affected the gop in terms of the vote is what i'm saying, because you have this fear, you have this really deeply placed sense of almost panic in some areas of the country, how has this impacted the gop voting in the primary? >> we know you're right. people are scared. we saw the largest amount of background checks for gun sales this past black friday. people are going to get guns. they feel they need to protect themselves. people are scared. when it comes to -- >> i think it was over 180,000, i mean this is record gun sales on black friday. >> that's right. now what does that mean when it comes to the republican party? it means that people are trying to garner more support, that's what people want in the republican primary right now. they want to hear someone who will say i'll go after the

terrorists and let you keep your guns. when it comes to the general election, whoever comes out of the republican primary is going to have to mainstream themselves a little bit, but people are still afraid. democrats, republicans, independents. it's not just colorado and what happened just recently in california. it's building upon what happened especially in paris, and i think you're going to continue to see one thing after the other, and under the leadership of this president who called paris a setback, said that this current incident in california could have been workplace issue dispute. they don't feel that the president is leading and caring for them under the terrorist flag, not the flag, i should say but leading when it comes to terrorism. people want to feel secure so whoever is going to make them feel that way is where people are going to go. >> yamesh, i've watched you cover some very tense things in ferguson and all, and was very cool-headed. now you are at the "new york

times" but let me ask you, now that it has been designated as a terrorist attack by the federal government, how does that make the relevance or nonrelevance of the gun debate? >> i think the gun debate is still very important, mainly because we have this idea that gun debating and terrorism are two separate things but a lot of people say that the idea of what we even talk about in terrorism, and what we designate as terrorism is something that we pick and choose in a post 9/11 world. we look ait the as a religious thing. one of the original domestic terrorists hate crimes talking about the idea of african-americans and what they suffered in lynch mobs and the kkk. the idea it's been designated as terrorism for some people still means we have to figure out how terrorists in america are getting their hands on guns. >> and how we defined who terrorists are. >> how we can he fined who terrorists are. a lot of people think there's

real stereotyping and prejudice against who we describe as a terrorist because i was down in south carolina when those nine people were killed in emmanuel and a lot of people were saying we should talk about this as terrorism, and the federal definition of terrorism is something than act of intimidatg people. this was an african-american chump, mother emmanuel, so in his actions he was trying to intimidate people so i think it's important to think about that. >> and we would not call him a terrorist and when you hear this terrorist debate that we're talking about here, mckay, that yamesh was referring to, and let me play that for you. >> we spoke about the issue that happened in planned parenthood. people should not be killed in that way. that was wrong. >> is it terrorism? >> well i think it's important to understand what we're talking about, obviously terrorized and killed people but the pathology of that attack is probably more of a mental illness of a deranged individual. these individuals in california

were motivated by an ideological belief in radical islam. >> but how do you take a statement like that in the context of what we're talking about in? right, well what you see marco rubio there is separate, he wants to separate the two forms of terrorism because republicans are very strong on the issue of islamic radical terrorism, when the ideological roots of a domestic terrorist attack such as the one in planned parenthood, when that occurs, republicans want to distance themselves as much as possible or put as much distance between -- >> but can you have it both ways? if someone is committing murders based on a belief, does it matter whether you agree with what their target is or not or their belief is or not? isn't terrorism terrorism? >> it is, but we've come in this country to label things as domestic terrorism, which means it's all happening as a result of our own policies and our own

country, so we've seen that over decades. >> i didn't hear rubio call that domestic terrorism. >> i understand but that's what i'm saying as a general rule that's what we hear and do we have to be more careful in how we define our terms in this day and age? absolutely. when you talk about the gun debate and terrorism, we should be able to agree, it's like hillary clinton said and i am a republican, but i do agree with her on this statement, if you're not allowed to fly on a plane, you shouldn't be able to get a gun. >> absolutely. >> that's something that republicans can come forward with and say if you are on a terrorist watch list, on a no fly list you should not be able to get a gun. >> they just voted against that, there's loanholes. governor cuomo was on my show earl whier this week talking about that, voting against closing the loopholes where people on the no fly list can go in and buy a gun. we are still, we can't get them to vote on background checks. >> but at the same time -- >> her name is yamesh.

>> what's interesting about that, it tells you how polarizing this issue is, that when you start thinking of or saying the word gun control that it already splits the two parties in two, so i think that's what we're seeing here. we're seeing people saying we need to do something but republicans are still thinking i don't know what that something is and i'm not prepared the week that this happened to say this is what we need to do. >> i'll give susan and chance and then we'll be back. republicans are saying i know what not to do. i don't know what too do, and i know what not to do, and that is say something against my base. everybody stay with us. there's lots more ahead. >> coming up, the debate in congress over terror, guns and planned parenthood. congressman january chaikowski is next. also questions new questions in the shooting of laqwan mcdonald. the activist and journalist who forced the release of the dash cam video.

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>> the day after the terror attack in california, senate republicans pushed a series of revealing and controversial votes, they voted to defund planned parenthood. it just came a week after that deadly shooting in colorado, a shooting many say should also be called a terrorist attack. officer garrett swasey was laid to rest on friday. senate republicans defeat aid measure that would have banned people on the terror watch list from buying guns, and once again, they voted to repeal

sections, core sections of obamacare. next up is a vote in the house and then a veto by the president, but these votes left no doubt about the priorities of republicans in congress. joining me now is congresswoman january chaikowski democrat of illinois, the ranking democrat on the planned parenthood committee. thank you for being here. >> it is my pleasure reverend al, nice to be on set with you. >> nice to be on set with you. i've got to ask how do you respond to the votes the gop controlled senate took in light of what's going on? i mean, this is incredible to me. >> isn't it remarkable when we can actually do something about keeping guns out of the hands of people on the terrorist watch list, do something about real homeland security. they vote no, but at the same

time, they want to defund planned parenthood. they want to defund obamacare and not want to really do something about these mass shootings. >> and now these are people that can't fly, but they can go and buy a gun legally. >> you're exactly right. it's just remarkable. so now we're going to have another moment of silence, we're going to send our thoughts and best wishes and condolences to the people who were shot. that is simply not enough anymore. we have to do something serious about the proliferation of guns and stop doing these ridiculous things like going after, well, planned parenthood, how about the shootings at the planned parenthood clinic? >> and how do we define that this is not a terrorist attack? i mean, how do we define terrorism, if that's not terrorism, then what is? >> you know, this he want to define terrorism right now, frankly, reverend al, as muslims, and i'm not even talking about people who

associate themselves necessarily with extremist organizations, and i want to tell you, i have a lot of people who believe in islam in my district. they are scared. people are afraid to send their children to school. they're afraid to cover themselves, and are being attacked right now. it's really frightening for law-abiding american muslims in this country. >> and muslims around the world, but clearly muslims here in america, and we must not forget that many of those that have been killed by isis have been muslims. >> but you know, words matter, so when you have people who want to be president of the united states saying they want to have all muslims register in the united states, when people who talk about planned parenthood and clinics and talk about baby body parts and then the killer repeated those words, echoed those words, when he shot the

people at the clinic, words really matter, and right now those words are terrorizing americans. >> you've taken a position that you want to see the gop close down this planned parenthood committee, where they really have gone after planned parenthood. explain that. >> well, i am afraid that the committee continuing along the lines, these inflammatory language that they use, is only going to continue to create an atmosphere that will increase the threat. we have seen since july, when these manufactured doctored tapes came out about the fetal tissue, et cetera, a dramatic increase in threats, in arson, in vandalism, not only planned parenthood but other clinics who serve women mainly for preventative care, for primary care. my fear is that continuing this kind of witch hunt is going to

make those clinics even more dangerous. no woman in the united states of america should have to be afraid to go see her doctor for fear of violence. >> laqwan mcdonald, you're a congresswoman from chicago. >> yes, i am. >> how do you weigh in on this? a lot of calls for the prosecutor to step aside, mayor of chicago, what do you say? >> well, this is not going to go away for a while. we're going to have now the investigations by the federal government, by the justice department, and i think that it is important, that we look at what are the procedures? what is the accountability, and this is not just happening in chicago, as you well know. this is around the country and i want to give credit really to the black lives matter movement for raising this as a national issue, and holding our police departments, the majority of whom do the right thing, but saying that we cannot tolerate when those mistakes and

misjudgments and killing of black people, you know, that we have to hold everybody accountable. >> we're going to stay on it. we've been on it a long time and going to continue to do it. congresswoman, thank you for your time this morning. >> thank you for your leadership. >> thank you. ahead, the stunning surge of donald trump, his biggest lead yet in the polls, and new questions in the police shooting of laqwan mcdonald, the men who forced the release of the video join "politics nation" next. before you and your rheumatologist move to a biologic, ask if xeljanz is right for you. xeljanz is a small pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well. xeljanz can reduce joint pain and swelling in as little as two weeks, and help stop further joint damage. xeljanz can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections, lymphoma, and other cancers have happened. don't start xeljanz

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running high. >> we're not going away, rahm emmanuel! we will be back! we'll march. we'll do whatever it takes to have this system changed from the top to the bottom and that includes you as well! >> i'm joined now from chicago by independent journalist brandon smith, and activist william calloway. their hard work, their work is what forced the release of that dash cam video. thanks for joining me, first of all. >> thank you. thank you for having us. >> thank you. >> brandon, you are still pushing for answers. what do you want to hear from the city now? >> there's all kinds of documents and data that are still missing from this case. we're talking about a video from a car, police car on the scene that had real clear view.

the audio from all five videos the city released is really terrible. we're not sure how it got to be that way. it effectively is not audio, and then because there are so many people saying this is a coverup, we want the public to see every document related to this case. we think it's the only real way to restore trust in the police department and the city. we're talking e-mails from within the city, statements from the officers taken that day to see what they -- >> everything that's there? >> yes, yes, i mean if some of the officers describe what was on the video, you know, the officers should have been cuffed and charged with murder immediately, if they all said no, one shot, and remember, there were 16 shots, but the police department initially said

one, you know, if they all lied and said one, then all of those officers are at fault, and liable in the coverup. >> william, you and brandon's persistence and absolute commitment to this is what led to these tapes coming out. what really drove you to really stay on this? we were in the middle of a political campaign there. there were people that were saying let it go. you kept driving it, brandon kept driving it. did you have any feeling or have some kind of intelligence that there were things on these tapes that were not being revealed? >> yes. the lawyer for the family came out and stated that he had seen the video, and that it revealed that mr. mcdonald was shot 16 times, conflicting the fop

spokesperson initial reports saying he was shot one time. immediately then knew that it was a coverup, and as you said, rahm emmanuel, our mayor, or the mayor of this city, he was in an election cycle and he paid the family $5 million and i think all of us think he gave that to hush them up. >> he paid a $5 million settlement, the city did, brandon, when the years i've been out here, involved in a lot of these struggles, i've never seen a settlement with a family that never even filed a lawsuit or even a notice of claim for a lawsuit. >> it did strike me as fishy, though, the timing of it, and you know, the timing of the charge itself, the charge of murder for this officer, didn't come from the state's attorney's office until after the judge in

our case. >> right. >> said the video had to be released, so i spoke with whistle-blower lorenzo davis earl whier this morning, the whistle-blower that came out of the investigative body, charged with policing the police here. he said that back when he was there, he was asked to change his findings to find all the officers, find that they were justified in what they were doing, and he got fired for pushing back against that. >> 28,500 citizens complaints against the chicago police department between 2011 and 2015. 97% of those complaints no officer was punished, and when you look at this, another tape to be are he leased tomorrow of another case, then you hear the whistle-blower that talked with brandon this morning, this is a problem and many don't trust the

prosecutor, many said you need an outside prosecutor. the governor of new york, andrew cuomo has done that in new york. what do you want to see done to bring about fair and just results in chicago? >> we would like to definitely see a special prosecutor over this case, over all officer-involved shootings in chicago. we think alvarez has done a horrible job. the chicago police department as a whole has to be held accountable and i don't think we've been seeing that. i think that the police and all have been getting away with a lot of crimes. ronald johnson, who you were speaking about, he was shot a week before laqwan mcdonald was shot, and his tape, his shooting was also captured on dash cam, and you know, his mother dorothy holmes has been out, you know, we've been supporting her, and she's been championing to get justice for her son for the past year, and we've been staying in

solidarity for that, but the mayor was chosen not to fight in court to release that tape, so he planned on releasing it. i just really hope that the fbi or the department of justice comes in and do a federal probe into the chicago police department, because what's so interesting about the ronald johnson case, police say that he had a gun and he recovered a gun on the scene. the lawyer michael oppenheimer for the family said he watched the video and it clearly shows that ronald johnson was unarmed when he was shot. >> we're going to see that tape, i think it will be released tomorrow. i'm going to have to leave it there and i'm certainly going to keep having you guys on. you are the reason these tapes came out, and we're going to stay on these pursuits for justice. brandsmith and william calloway, thank you both for your time this morning. >> thank you. still to come, donald trump opens his biggest lead yet. can his gop rivals close the

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gop elites were already alarmed about donald trump's rise, and now this, a poll showing trump opening his biggest lead yet. he's at 36%, 20 points ahead of the rest of the field. the poll was mostly conducted before the massacre in california. trump says that means his numbers could go soon even higher. >> it seems that every time there's a tragedy, my poll numbers do go up because they want strength. we have weak people, we have ineffective people and incompetent people. sadly, every single time there's a tragedy my poll numbers go up because they feel that i am going to take care of them and

they feel they want strength. >> as trump surges, a fresh round of gop anxiety, new reports of top donors and republican senators desperately looking for someone to take him tow down and we're seeing fellow gop candidates launching new attacks. >> i'll make it clear, i don't believe donald trump will be our nominee. i don't believe he'll be our president. >> listen, donald is used to intimidating folks but i have no reason to engage with him. his facts are wrong. i know that. he knows it, too. so it's okay. >> the next president of the united states better have a servant's heart rather than trying to push people down to make himself look better. >> but trump points out previous attempts to go after him have all failed, and he says that's not going to change any time soon. >> actually we're going to be doing most of the commercials that if somebody hits me, i'm going to hit them back so hard, oh.

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ss. we are eback with our panel now to talk about donald trump opening his largest lead whiet in the republican race. the new book about the gop 2016 fight is called "the wilderness," and yamesl al cinder of the "new york times" and republican strategist susan del persio.

susan i promised to go to you first. donald trump at 36% is much higher than he thought. many said he'll never get above 30. he's at 36%. how do they stop this? >> first we need to see if that's trending. he's nowhere close to the numbers if you look at iowa and new hampshire the first states that are coming in. if he keeps going in this way, though, he potentially could win this nomination outright. i believe he's going to have problems in iowa, i don't necessarily think he's going to win there and the same problems for different reasons he'll have problems in new hampshire. if he loses those two states, it could have him tumbling down. there's no way to figure this out at this point and time in december. >> one of the things that really strikes me, yamesh, is that 66% of republican voters support so-called outsider candidates, donald trump, ted cruz, or ben carson. what does that say about the

republican voter? >> that says that they're really looking for someone that's going to be a little bit different than what they've seen in the past, they're looking for someone that's going to give them some sort of change. all of the people you just mentioned are people outside of the republicans that have really had jobs in the republican party that have led the republican party in some ways, so i think it really says that people are kind of frustrated with what they're seeing and we'll see if that holds true when it comes to how they're going to think about who this he want to put up against what will likely be hillary clinton. i really want to see a little bit more about who overall they pick, because the people that we talk to at the "new york times," there are a lot of the republicans are saying they're really nervous about donald trump when it comes to the general election and republicans are thinking not only will he not only lose the presidency, but that he'll hurt the party overall, and there will be other people that will be losing house seats and things like that. >> the coat tail effect. mckay, it seems like there's a lot of concern almost to panic

among the republican establishment that he has to be stopped but it doesn't seem like anyone wants to step up to take him down. you wrote the book. what is going on? >> there's general disagreement. some in the republican establishment think it's war, let's camp up on the swing states with negative ads, blitz the superpack money, take him down. the problem is that we've seen repeatedly throughout the cycle that every time somebody tries that particularly from a more moderate standpoint or establishment it only strengthens trump, fuels him. his enpir message is being built around the outsider and the other thing we have to watch is the whole concept of being an outsider now is very different than it was five years ago and i write about that in the book, because there's this whole right wing counter establishment that's been built up, right, supporting candidates like trump, there's lots of money in clout and influence there and it's not easilyover come.

>> i want to go back to something you said, i read in the "new york times" op-ed columnist brooks said we've got to see what they do when they go in to vote, that one thing talking to the pollsters but when they go in to vote and who do i want to run the country and who can win against hillary clinton, who is the front-runner in the democratic side is that where we have to come back to susan saying he may lose iowa, he may lose new hampshire and i remember when i ran in '04 at this time, howard dean was the nominee. he came in third. are we looking at the possibilities of this happening and talking about something that won't pale out? >> i think the thing is it's still early and while we've been talking about the presidential election for months now, people still have a lot of time before they can make their decision and

the idea is that when someone goes to check the wal lot box are they going to say this is who i want to beat hillary clinton? i think hillary clinton will be on the minds of republican voters. while they'll be thinking about all the people they can choose from, they know that hillary clinton has a strong backing. they know what hillary clinton brings to the table and you have to think susan will probably jump into this, who are they going to put in the big ring, who are they putting there. his likability to the overall donald trump is very tough. >> susan, i'm hearing some republican establishment types are as afraid or more of cruz as they are donald trump. >> that is true. they are very, very concerned about ted cruz. you see a lot of people who may have been with jeb going to marco, and so both you have the jeb and the marco folks petrified of what ted cruz candidacy can mean. i think it would be worse than

trrp trmp at t donald trump at the top of the ticket. just to take about what was said earlier, republicans are not only wanting an outsider, they want someone who will be fighting for them and that's what donald trump has tapped into. what he hasn't tapped into in the first two states is he is speaking to people. he's not out there shaking their hands. in iowa they don't consider voting for you until they're been with them four times. he's speaking to people at the rallies, not getting to know them handshake by handshake. >> i have to leave it there, mckay, yamesh and susan del persio, thank you, enjoy the rest of your weekend. >> thanks. next, a fuji co-founder joins "politics nation" about his new movie on one of the most bizarre elections ever. with... opdivo,

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en. in 2020 we might have a pop star in the race, if you believe kanye west. but stranger things have happened. just look at haiti, after that country's devastating earthquake in 2010, they had an election that was like nothing the world had ever seen, and it's the subject of a new documentary produced by one of the founders of the fujis, fraz michel. >> you need someone who can inspire the people. >> i was like you know what? you need to run for president of haiti >> for over 20 years he's been one of hate east's favorite musician, outrageous and outspoken. >> from that point i

basically -- >> i read on the internet you used to wear furs performing. >> that's the artist, that's the actor. >> joining me now is praz michel himself or for those of us who are fans just praz. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> sweet mickey he was a pop star who wore a diaper on stage. why did you think he could be president? >> well, at that time i knew he was a popular musician in haiti. he had a lot of followers. people had a lot of affinity for him, and after the earthquake, i thought he can probably be helped to move the country in a direction because people will follow and lead him. >> the documentary talks about that whole movement, and the whole anguish and anxiety that was in the country. what did we learn about the dynamic of a celebrity you

nighting but then having to govern? what did we learn in the documentary? >> well, in this documentary is really about the people's voice. it's about haitians getting together and saying our voice is going to be recognized. he was the third elected democratic president in 207 years, so it's all about all that's possible. that's really what this documentary is about, but just to give you behind the scenes of what happened in the campaign. it just so happened i'm a musician. he was a musician. it was a real strange happening, but it happened. >> now, talking about strange, one of your colleagues wyclef jean, decided to run also at one point, and you have a little scene that i found interesting in the documentary. let me play that for you. >> wyclef's band mate is endorsing marteli on it. >> my strategy play continue it to boost michel. we need a radical change in

haiti. we don't need a celebrity from abroad to come in and think they're going to save the day. i didn't get a sense of what was the real plan of the candidates that are better, more qualified. >> the first thing is i guess there won't be another fuji album. >> so was that awkward having to go up against wyclef? >> yes, you know, it's my band mate. we were like cousins, grew up with each other, but i didn't know he was going to run until the last minute and i was already endorsing michel. so it got real political. my first time in that fray got a little bit testy. >> are you pleased or not pleased with how mickey has been as president? i know you said you still see him as an artist but what about as president? are you satisfied that your work has done something? >> i think the thing i'm safed about, is down in haiti the people realize that their vote is very important, and they want their vote to be recognized. as far as the way he governed down in haiti, a little bit

disappointing. you know, it's like anyone you support. you wish that all the, you know, policies and the mandates that they campaigned on actually happened, but it didn't go the way that i wanted it to go. listen if abraham lincoln came back to life and ran for president of haiti, he would have a hard time in haiti. it's just a hard place. >> your parents are from haiti. you worked a lot down there particularly after the earthquake and the campaign, of course. hillary clinton is front-runner democrat, a democratic nomination here. what did you observe about the work of the clinton foundation? there's been a lot of questions raised about that. >> well, i know bill clinton has done -- i've seen him a couple of times in haiti. he's done some incredible work in haiti. like with anything, some people will be satisfied some people are not. from what i've seen and witnessed between bill clinton and sean penn, they've done tremendous amount of work, given the condition and the environment down in haiti. >> praz michel, thank you for

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good morning. i'm chris jansing in san bernardino, california, where it is now 6:00 a.m. lot of big headline this is morning. let's get you caught up. president obama will address a nervous nation tonight in prime time from the oval office about the investigation into wednesday's attack here that killed 14 people, now being investigated by the fbi as an act of terrorism and to talk about what the u.s. is doing to keep people safe. aides say he will also address the broader threat o