>> joining me now, charles crowdhammer. syndicated columnist, fox news contributor and author of the book "things that matter." charles, thank you for being who are tonight. let's start with the significance of what we have learned. which is terror attack hit the homeland. hit the homeland in the worst possible way, in a way that had been imagined by our security experts. for the first time in the worst way since 9/11. >> and happened just a couple of weeks after we had been assured that a paris style attack was extremely unlikely to occur in the united states. giving the people a sense that they were secure. i think one of the reasons for the true widespread and deep anxiety in the country, insecurity, reflected for example in the increase in the purchase of firearms. is that people feel that the authorities, particularly the president, the white house, ultimate authorities, simply are clueless about what's happening. either that they have no idea what to do about it and thus deny its existence or its importance or its sev

>> joining me now, charles crowdhammer. syndicated columnist, fox news contributor and author of the book "things that matter." charles, thank you for being who are tonight. let's start with the significance of what we have learned. which is terror attack hit the homeland. hit the homeland in the worst possible way, in a way that had been imagined by our security experts. for the first time in the worst way since 9/11. >> and happened just a couple of weeks after we had been assured that a paris style attack was extremely unlikely to occur in the united states. giving the people a sense that they were secure. i think one of the reasons for the true widespread and deep anxiety in the country, insecurity, reflected for example in the increase in the purchase of firearms. is that people feel that the authorities, particularly the president, the white house, ultimate authorities, simply are clueless about what's either that they have no idea what to do about it and thus deny its existence or its importance or its severity or th