karen greenberg, just this week, we see that schools in los angeles close, schools in new york state open, walk us through the psychology of fear and what america needs to do moving forward as mike said, as the president said, this is not a threat to the united states. the flag is not doing to come down over the white house, and the capitol will not be othertaken and we won't have an occupying force, so this is not a threat to the sovereignty of the united states, just makes people afraid. >> right, but the question is, does it change our lifestyle. remember, after 9/11, george bush, said famously, please don't change the way you live. go out, go shopping. go to the movies, do something to show that you spill have your way of life. and so the deeper issue is how is this changing travel plans, how is this changing going to public arenas so that's what you want to be careful about. on the issue of the school closings this is not the first time schools in the united states have had bomb threats they had bomb threats at my school when i was a child during the cold war. >> the question is

greenberg found out why these were being targeted. >> missing from right here. >> reporter: the discovery dimmed karen alvarez's christmas spirit. star shower laser lights stolen from her front yard. >> we were mad. my husband was mad because, you know, people shouldn't be doing stuff like that, especially holidays. >> just plug it in. you'll have thousands of colorful stars everywhere. >> reporter: the projectors light up houses without having to string christmas lights. but they've also become a hot item for thieves across the country. >> real grinches. >> reporter: with at least 11 swiped from 8 homed in vineland in the past week alone. >> i can't afford to buy another one. >> reporter: star showers start at $40, but many stores are sold out. >> the demand was far greater than the supply. >> reporter: police, though, believe criminals might be trying to sell the stolen star showers on craigslist where we found some listed for as much as $100. >> i think it's just cruel. >> reporter: police tell me there have been no arrests in any of the vineland cases and they admit, tracking down the thieves who are unplugging the star show