joining me is rakesh kosher for the pew research center. welcome to the program.t are we seeing going on here? the dpiksz that i have seen of yourepictions that i have seen of your study have been sort of sky-is-falling, bad news reports but i think it's something more subtle than a good news, bad news story. isn't it? >> it is more subtle. we say the middle class is losing ground. there is a smaller share of the u.s. population. we also mean it is falling behind financially compared with those who are upper income, and the share of aggregate income held by middle class households has diminished quite a bit over the last 40 years from 63% to 42%. and the shift has been all to upper income households. but the news is not all bad. there are people moving in either direction. if you are moving out of the middle, you are moving down or you are moving up. we find there is more movement up the economic ladder than down the income ladder, and, also, over the last 45 years, incomes are up. but they are not up 4 the middle income households at the same rate as for upper in

co author of pew research center middle income households over the past 45 years.n 1970, approximately 61% of americans were considered middle class. today, that number has fallen to 50%. an 11 point drop in 45 years. polarization, more low end jobs and a hollowing out of the middle? jobs that paid well were things like bookkeepers or payroll accountants, things we now sort of associate as back-office functions. those were repetitive tasks and any kind of repetitive task that follows a certain depth, computers can do that t you can say polarization of the jobs market is led to significant growth in the upper and lower classes, though the top tier has grown more. 49% full american income to upper income households in 2014 in industrial would again far exceed. the median income or middle class housing has dropped 4% since the turn of the century. combine that with housing market lost in the recession and their median wealth has fallen about 28% since 1961. there was a pause during the recovery where the share of adults in the middle classhold held to about 51% it loo

and they're measured by the kind of expert polling that pew undertakes and they are growing. it looks like these trends which have been going on for about 20 years are going to continue in the direction of less and less religiousity in the future. have. >> you wouldn't know it professor looking at the future looking at the time republican presidential primary debates would you? >> well, politics involves a lot of talk about god. but there are less and less signs that people, even mean the same thing by god, or as the pew report suggests, that people consult the bible about guidance on moral matters. in fact the pew report shows the younger an american is the less likely it is that they'll rely on their denomination or their bible to give them moral answers. >> phil rouyhem bush, the world is shifting under our feet as we speak but how do people leave aside centuries of family tradition, leave aside what they were taught growing up, why is it so easy almost to shed that like changing your clothes? >> well, i think that we are in a moment where people are looking around, expose

i would nick pew like the lasers, pew pew. and i would yell out pewdiepie whenever i did well in games and people would laugh. i went with it. >> they told me i could become anything. kjellberg, currently has the most popular channel on youtube with over 40 million subscribers. his videos now seen over 10 billion times. when the numbers started to climb though, i mean, it must have been a little mind blowing for you. was it? >> i never expected it. i never been the popular guy or whatever. to all of a sudden be in this situation where there's so many people who loves what you do and appreciates what you do, that's amazing. i couldn't be happier about it. >> reporter: it all started five years ago when the swedish gamer began uploading videos of himself playing games along with some colorful commentary. >> it's at least 7.5. people watch for many different reasons. maybe you watch someone else play the game because you want to learn about the game. you want to become better at the game. kind of like you watch sports, i would sa

for calling a suspension, based on pew research.t was an on-line poll, 25% saying, mus muslims opting in saying they felt u.s. should be punished under the global jihad. >> calling for a pause cannot necessarily that radical but what strikes people the wrong way i don't think it will play well, politically, for broader electric cat i -- electorate is idea of a religious test for immigration, we need -- >> coming in. >> muslims are number one group coming in to the united states under this president. number one group of immigrants, your thoughts? >> well, i think that you have to look at where people are coming from, we have asian immigrants, they are number one, it used to be latinos. now number one is asians, therefore you see more muslims, i think this is a intriguing moment, i think that history would indicate that kind of tomorrow nation about 2 gets in is not in keeping with our values, not with who we are. lou: i hear this thing about keeping our values, and i think we'll have a great debate over religion as parts of the test.

so it's a mixed report coming out of pew.t out of 10 muslim-americans are actually satisfied with their lives in the united states. and they're very happy with their communities that they live in. they find their communities excellent. the same amount, eight of 10 said suicide bombings are never justified. and half say that their muslim leaders need to do much more to fight islamic terrorism. so the reports are coming in mixed. as for globally, bombing and other violence in the name of islam according to pew, they found more support in countries bangladesh, pakistan and palestinian tar tourries. the pew research is a little more nuanced than mr. donald trump indicated. david: elizabeth macdonald. emac, thank you very much. reporter: sure. >> what donald trump said yesterday disqualifies him from isserving as president, for republican candidates as president to stand by support of mr. trump that in of itself is disqualifying. melissa: that was white house press secretary josh earnest talking about trump asking to ban muslims c

. >> pew! pew"p" pang! pew, pew! >> would you please sit down. what are you doing? >> i'm just trying to get into character here. >> this is carrie fisher. hold on. >> for what reason? >> carrie wants to know if you're in. >> j.j. is looking for a han solo. i'm trying to get character down. >> that was pretty good. >> thank you very much. >> what do you mean that was pretty good. >> do that again. look, look! >> do you that. >> are you having a good time? >> no, i was just-- i was not expecting to be impressed. >> look! look! >> wow. >> i don't do that! >> yes, you do! you wag. i have been taking harrison ford vocal lessons. how does it sound? it wasn't me. it was the guy with one arm! he killed my wife. yeah? >> that was pretty good. >> can you show me how to use one of these? >> is this your idea to bring him here? >> if you're not going to do it, i guess i need to consider my options. >> he needs options. do you know what pressure sohim from did me. >> if you're saying no, i gotta-- >> do you know what this man is going through. think about somebody else for once

according to pew research, there a great hatred towards americans by large segments of the muslim population. most recently, a poll from centers for secure policy released data showing that 25% of those polled agreed that violence against americans, those are people that are here -- by the way, 1% will be unacceptable, 1% is unacceptable, 25% of those polled agree that violence against americans here in the united states is justified. as part -- think of that -- as

i'm going to give you some examples of some of the people in the pews. you ever sat behind this brother fall out laughing? [ laughter ] how about that one little really bad kid? one in every church. sit behind that one kid and see what happens. hey. hey, is that your wife? my mama says that's not the same lady you had at church last week. how about the usher that used to be a patrol cop? how about the lady who gives the church announcement? everybody love her. she just a little old lady. i said, good morning, church. how about the deacons? how about the deacon that leads you in song. you don't know what he's saying, but you join in anyway. [ unintelligible singing ] and my personal favorite is the wants you to think he's been to the juilliard school of music. brother, just be true to yourself. he ends up soundsinging just like the cowardly lion from "the wizard of oz." thank you very much. god bless you. [ cheers and applause ] >> still to come, heavenly melodies from kirk fran in communities across america, people are looking for the one thing that coul

. >> -- adoagd pew research -- according to pew research there is hatred towards americans. charles: he failed to mention some specific numbers or particular polls. he spoke about pew and some are saying that related to older numbers and if you look closely the claim does not hold up. pew found 64% of muslims had no support for the isis. this is as narrative that has take off and more and more people believe this to be a fact. >> those times of generalization create a sentiment of a strategy that is doomed to failure. certainly the radicalization process is fueled by large islamic organizations as far as promoting islamism and isis and the muslim brotherhood and the movement of hundreds of millions. look at america and look at our ideals. however the solution as our founding fathers said our first freedom is religious liberty. they said solution against theocracy comes from within. if we are going to enable muslims like myself who served in the military to step up and be the solution. hilly wants to see islam as a monolith. trump says paused the door. he's not saying all ref

. >> she sat in these pews, the same ones we're sitting in. that hit close to home. >> reporter: the deaths hit close at church of the woods in lake arrowhead. last sunday mike wetzel stood before this congregation with five of his six children. who's in "the nutcracker" next week. >> reporter: wednesday, wetzel was killed. >> mike wetzel served the lord. >> reporter: the victims were remembered too at a mosque today.

is welcoming, authentic and communicates christ can make a difference in one's life.according to the pew research center, fewer americans are identifying as christians. christians.1:34:15 we're an autonomous culture that doesn't really feel a need. jesus said when he came that he preached good news to the poor and if you look at our country, were affluent.the research shows the decline is mainly attributed to decreases in protestants and catholics. hansen says he has noticed fewer people identifying with a particular christian denomination, but still having a relationship with christ. christ.church executive pastor 20:14:21 i think they're hungry for that authenticity and in a sense, it almost would seem that some of the denominational matters can be kind of superfluous to the main things that we need to be about. about.01:53:58 jesus came to earth as the king brucemore is beautiful year-round season, every room is like a winter wonderland.there are thirteen christmas trees - nearly one in every room of cedar rapids most famous mansion.those at brucemore say it's a fantastic way to celeb

spiritually moving, the choir saying carols including come all yee fateful, hundreds sang from the pews, standing room to share in the moment. this year's focus was on the holiday, and family, perhaps not to pope francis, who marked mass here back in september. the homily under scores the importance of pass ago family focused tradition onto children, attendees also called to remember theumble birth of christ, outdoors in a manger, detailed scripture, of course, in song. now if you missed this midnight mass, there are other opportunity for services at 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., of course, noon today. jan, nicole, back over to you. >> all right, justin, thanks for that. we'll see you in a bit. >> pope francis celebrated mass at saint peters basilica in vatican city. >> ♪ >> the pontiff joined by catholic faith full remember the birth of jesus christ in bethlehem last night. in his holy homily the pontiff called for catholics to live a life of impass i, saying jesus calls us to act soberly, in other words, and in a way that's simple, bald, consistent, capable of seek and doing what is essentia

. >> and he also cited a poll by pew. and pew is respected. >> yes. link to the data, and what surveys pew has done with muslims all around the world is contradicting trump's assertions, and majority of the muslims are against isis and opposed thel and that is one finding of pew that is counter acting from a man who is on the trail. >> and man who breathes and dies by the polls, it seems that these polls don't stand up. >> and washington post calls it shod dirks and that is a good word for it. >> and it is going to be a topic on "reliable sources" this weekend. thank you, mike. "legal view" with ashleigh banfield starts right now. >>> hello, everyone. i 'm ashleigh banfield and welcome to legal view. if we have learned nothing else from six months of outrageous pronouncements from donald trump, it is the more outrageous the pronouncements the more donald trump will defend it against a chorus of outrage. and so we begin with the leading candidate with the leading nomination of republicans for president defend ing ing in a c interview his proposal and i

here are some more inside poll results from this pew poll.errorism is now the most important problem facing the nation. in one year, terrorism grew from 1% saying yes, it is the most -- 18%,t problem to 15% sorry about that. this month. the economy dropping six points, defense and national security also raised six points. bill, lake ariel, pennsylvania, republican line or go ahead. my answer to the question is do we have a choice? decide whether we are at war were not at war. are we at war? if we are at war, we have to go over there. we are the most powerful nation in the world. we have to go over there and destroy them. stop farting around. we could do it. americans have to be vigilant and be behind what they do. give the general state power to clean them up. host: bill and lake ariel, pennsylvania. this is herbert and humble, texas on the democrat line. stop being so afraid. reporting of the news is totally different on the bbc. can you read headlines from their? winning up north, the kurds are kicking butt. conduct, america. host: what is

as an example, the report, released by the pew research center, finds that lower-income parents tend to worry that their child might be a victim of violence, or run into trouble with the police. while higher-income parents are more likely to worry that their children's overly-busy schedules may be causing them stress. to help us explore more of the report's findings, and the potential effects different child-raisiing practices might have, we turn to kim parker, of the pew research center, and lawrence aber, professor of psychology and public policy at new york university. and we welcome you both. kim parker, broadly speaking, to start this off, how much difference is there in the parenting styles and approaches of parents at the lower end of the income scale and at the upper-end? >> i think the differences are in not in their style and approach but in yowlt look and worries and concerns and aspirations. -- as operation-- aspirations, we found for lower income parents their financial instability can limit their children's access to a safe environment and the kinds of extracurricular a

he mentioned a pew research poll we'll look that up for you in a few moments. earlier this month trump called for surveillance on local mosques and for muslims to have to register with the government. republican candidates also di distedis distancing themselves. they're denouncing trump's position saying he is playing right into the hands of radical islamists. >> they have no respect for human life. we have to do something. don't worry about profiling. i promise i'll defend you from profiling. >> his ideas are not just unconstitutional. they are american. echos the policies enacted against the jews. have we learned anything from history, mr. trump? >> a bay area chapter of care, the counsts of islamic relation as it's known. part of a rally last night are saying they are taking phone calls from people, calling saying muslims should go home or die. we have more on that local reaction in the next half hour and also look up that pew poll that donald trump has been citing and saying that many muslims here in the united states want to wage war on this con. laura? >>

richard fry, who co-authored a new pew research study, says that, as the middle class has hollowed out, the upper-income bracket has grown from 14% to 21% of americans. that upper class now takes home nearly half of all annual income in the u.s., 49%, up from 29% in 1970. >> it's not that the middle americans are worse off, it's that they're falling behind relative to upper-income adults. >> reporter: the lower-income tier has also grown from 16% to 20% since 1970. meredith reilly's been among them since she was laid off. she has a college degree and a master's, but little hope. >> i just don't feel like the jobs are out there, that are going to put me back to where i was. >> reporter: the pew study found the great recession hit the middle class especially hard, scott. their median wealth fell by 28% between 2001 and 2013. >> pelley: anthony mason, thank you, anthony. some of the best seats in baseball are the most dangerous. a new plan to keep fans safe, next. platinum-based chemotherapy, it's not every day something this big comes along. a chance to live longer with... opdivo, nivolu

jessica rae: according to a new pew resesech center poll. we apparently can't get through center poll. we apparently can't get through the day without the internet. 73 percent of americans say they use the web on a daily basis. of that number, one in five--or 21 percent report going online "almost constantly." 42 percent say they use the web several times a day. ten percent go online about once a day. several times a week or less often. the pew research center says this is the first time it has included "almost constantly" as an answer option in its survey of internet usage. jessica rae: scott: jessica and scott are chatting about internet use. jessica and scott are chatting about internet use. jessica and scott are chatting about internrn use. jessica and scott are chatting about internet use. scott: good morning siouxland. it's an incredibly warm jessica and scott are chatting about internet use. jessica and scott are chatting about internet use. jessica and scott are chatting about internet use. scott: good morning jessica and scott are c

. >> and later a thief was caught on camera stealing from the pews at a florida church.en. >> storm tracker6 live double scan showing we are dry but not all day because on the rain arriving coming up. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> welcome back. taking a live look here out across philadelphia international airport. 4:42. 47 chilly degrees out there right now. >> so, karen rogers is back from her fabulous family christmas vacation. >> it was. i cleaned every day. such an exciting life. my closets are clean. >> good way to start a year. >> that's how i feel about it tam. let's take a look outside right now. storm tracker6 live double scan showing we're dry through the region. not staying dry tonight. i want to show you what it looks like and sky6 looking live with our temple university camera and as you look at this you can really see the fog that's in place through the area. not quite as bad in philadelphia but it's north and west of the city where we have a dense fog advisory until 10 o'clock this morning. so you need to be careful as you're headed out. 47 degrees may feel a little chilly

he is a senior researcher at the pew research center.hank you so much for being here this morning. guest: a pleasure to be here. aboutyou are here to talk a report that shows the middle-class is action shrinking. tell us what you found. to finding middle-class, we can get into that, on the theis of household income -- share of adults in 1971 was about six in 10, 61%. as of 2015, the most recent government data, it has fallen to about exactly 50%. the american middle class is no longer the clear majority. the number of americans, both roughlyd above, now equals the size of the american middle class. the middle-class is no longer a majority. host: here, we have some charts that you all compiled that show exactly what you are talking about in graphic form. you can see, in 1971, there were 80 million people who were considered the middle class. that is larger than the amount of people in the upper and lower class. now, you can see, the middle class is roughly equal to those in the upper and lower class. why does it matter if the middle class

more than one in five americans report going ononne "almost constantly" according t oa new pew research center poll. poll.broken down by age, 36 percent of 18 to 29 year-olds say they spend most of their free time online.among people 65 and older, it's just six percent.the pew research center says this is the first time it has included "almost constantly" as an answer option in its survey of internet usage.their phone survey polled more than two months. life expectancy in the united states has stalled for three years stight according to new numbers from the government.a child born last year can expect to live 79 years and about 9 months.it's not clear why life expectancy has been flat lately, but experts say suicides and drug overdoses are probably playing a role.the last time ititstuck k for three years straight was in the mid-1980's.the world bank reports the u-s ranks below 40 other countries in life-expectancy. it's coming up next... next...the local mpany helping a non-profit reach goals. at some of eastern iowa's top stories -- on this morning... it's computer sciencnc education w

. >>> speaking of which, a new pew poll finds 74% of americans say they've given a lot or some thought president. that is higher than the last two campaigns. >>> businessman richard branson spoke to msnbc's kate snow about his fellow billionaire donald trump. after saying he tries to avoid getting involved in party politics, he cracked and branson called trump's recent statements frightening, and worrying. >> if he really believes them, he shouldn't be in the white house. i'm going to say, you know, they're completely preposterous and very dangerous, and you know, very potentially very damaging. so, so certainly, you know, you know, certainly worrying if he, if he believes half the statements he makes. >> all right. from "the new york times." leading a nation takes years off life studies suggest. that conclusion from a british medical journal studying according to the "times," now the largest statistical study of its kind examining elections held in 17 countries from 1722 to 2015 has found that elected heads of government lived 2.7 fewer years, and experienced a 23% greater risk of pre

. >> some of the numbers the most recent polls that we found pew poll and gallup poll have shown thathere around 8% of muslim americans say suicide bombings are often or sometimes justified. i do math and that number comes 3 million people or so 8%. you are talking about 240,000 muslim americans who think it's okay for suicide bomb at least sometimes. >> well, first of all, i have to say that we have to hire v. your other guest to reform islam. that's ridiculous. islam there is 1.5 billion people believe in this religion. i am one of them. i'm very proud to be a muslim. muslim american. now to answer your question, i don't know what kind of a question was asked i can't answer your make sense out of it. >> both pew and gallup polled muslim americans and the numbers were fairly similar and i cited a pew poll that has 11% say attacks on civilians are sometimes justified. now 11% of 300 million. >> let me give you another poll. can i give you another poll? there is another poll that 30% of republicans wants to go out and fight aladdin. >> nonsense. >> it's a disneyland. it's a movie. >> i

also, richard fry of the pew research center shows a new report about the middle class shrinking to a point to it no longer represents the majority of the adult population. a unique method for helping combat veterans cope with the psychological effects of war. plus, we will take your calls and look for your comments on facebook and twitter. washington journal, live every day at 7:00 a.m. on c-span. >> after two weeks of the negotiation's in paris, representatives from nearly 200 countries reached a deal to lower greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to slow the effects of climate change. after it made official by france's foreign minister, president obama spoke from the white house about the deal and its implications for the future. reduces carbon pollution and sets the world on a course. a few hours ago we succeeded. together around a strong agreement the world needed. the presidentend and the secretary-general for their leadership and for hosting a successful summit. in, french foreign minister for presiding with patients. a special thanks to secretary john kerry, my senior adviser,

having much more fun so i'm worked into a reporter, those were really hard days, we slept on church pews, i slept anyplace i could come in closets. that's what makes my book different. the fact i did all my self, never work for a big company. i work for a series of companies and that's a way to survive in this business now, i've had ten or 14 different clients maybe they pay me at the most 10,000 a year, but, but you can make a living that way, i never had anybody pay me big bucks. i never had insurance i took it out myself, this is the age of the entrepreneur, everyone is a journalist now. i predicted that happened in 1960, i think it's wonderful. the name of the book, you wake me each morning, the final chapter the author, senior white house correspondent, thank you for the time. >> guest: thank you so much. >> next on book tv our coverage from the 50th annual vegas valley book festival features several author panels on topics including the american west, the 2016 election, free speech and more, first up a panel on race and ethnicity in the 21st century.