there often times against the will of the people in some of those countries for example the pew research center has just released a survey showing that eighty two percent of turks disapprove of the obama administration's international campaign of drone attacks but regardless of the backlash the march of drones continues an expense for beyond known combat zones the commander of u.s. forces in africa told congress in february that he needed a fifteen fold increase in surveillance reconnaissance and intelligence gathering on the continent fifteen fold that's in africa the pentagon says the u.s. is also committed to increasing its surveillance in asia and the pacific. which effectively means beware china at the other end of the world in south and central america u.s. military commanders say they need drones for counter-narcotics operations so in every region on every continent there is something to keep an eye on but everybody understands that it's not just an eye wherever there are the spy drones there will be the predators waiting right behind to go on a kill mission and washington's request and

these are the numbers from the pew research center issued in february. widespread opposition to iran requiring -- acquiring nuclear weapons. 62% of the lebanese oppose. that is a majority. support for a tougher approach toward iran -- use of force generally supported. 47% of the lebanese support the use of force. 36% oppose. one final thing. iran widely disliked -- members in lebanon, 61% this like iran. >> if these poll results are overstating the results, iran is really in trouble. that is why i have a jaundiced view of polling. pew has been doing these polls in the region for a number of years. the discrepancy in terms of the number is is really staggering. i am not equals the. i know the history of the region. the numbers in lebanon on iran do not correspond with what i know about lebanon, do not correspond with what i know about the region. >> first of law, that was a classic lebanese response. [applause] it is not always about lebanon. the lebanon numbers are out of sync. you are absolutely right. if you look closely at the polls and look closely a

the washington post and pew research center surveys both found 86 percent of african-americans disapprovedf the verdict. while a majority showed a majority of whites agreed with the jury's decision. the poll also found women, younger people and democrats were more likely to disapprove of the verdict. zimmerman was acquitted in the 2012 shooting death of trayvon martin-- an unarmed african-american teen. zimmerman said he shot martin in self-defense. >>mark:the fate of kids brought to the country illegally is on the table today. the house works on a series of bills dealing with immigration after house republicans rejected a comprehensive senate a house committee is holding a hearing on what to do about such child immigrants. leaders of the house judiciary committee are expected to endorse a path to citizenship for at least some of those immigrants. but they may face opposition from democrats, who are pushing for a comprehensive solution that deals with all 11 million immigrants here illegally, not just some of them. >>darya:debate begins today on a nearly 600 billion dollar defense spending

. >> reporter: according to the pew research center, 34 states have pension fund shortfalls of at least 20%. the worst, illinois, which has less than half what it needs. the same day detroit filed for bankruptcy, the bond rating service, moody's, downgraded chicago's credit rating to negative. among the reasons, extremely underfunded pension plans and the political barriers to pension reform. >> what chicago gets from detroit is the opportunity to see what happens when you don't address the problems when you still have a chance. >> reporter: something that leaders in states and cities across the nation will likely look at very closely. john yang, nbc news, chicago. >>> and still ahead for us on this monday night, a rather stunning new look at what's become our economic reality. where you live in america goes a long way in determining just how far you may go in life. >>> and later, the legacy and lessons of a young mother who raised her children in front of the world, including a future king of england. >>> as we mentioned, fascinating new research out tonight about america's new socioec

a pew research center poll says 44% of venezuelans want to have better diplomatic relationship with thes.. 23% don't. now, many believe allowing edward snowden into venezuela will be counterproductive. no, because i think we have enough internal issues do not take on problems that don't belong to us. snowedn't think having in here will add anything to the country. what could be the benefit? we have serious problems here and the government is not doing anything about them. but maduro has chosen to confront the u.s. again feared many analysts here believe president maduro still needs to legitimize his residency. so, it is likely he will continue to resort to the anti- u.s. rhetoric that emulated his predecessor, late president hugo chavez. throughout his presidency, hugo chavez attacked the u.s. but oil trade worth billions of dollars continued. dependency on the oil trade is key in the face of any measures that go beyond anything diplomatic area. >> if edward snowden arrives in venezuela, there are likely to be protests against his presence. he also has supporters, and they are waiting t

. >> almost half of catholics under 40 are latinos, according to the pew research center. the church's hold on second and third generation hispanics is not as strong. just 40% of latinos whose grandparents were not born here say they are catholic, while 30% now call themselves protestant. >> i hear people come to our church and say, "what time is mass?" or they call me "father." so i know they come from the catholic -- and they just say, "you know, it's just so different. i love it here. i feel like you're talking to me. i don't feel like it's just so rigid." >> wilfredo de jesus became pastor of new life covenant church in chicago a dozen years ago. born in chicago to a puerto rican mother, de jesus, like many in his congregation, is not fluent in spanish. >> our primary language is english, yet we still love our culture, we still love our rice and beans, we still love our music, but we love to hear the word of god in the language that we can understand. >> under de jesus, the church added services in english and experienced explosive growth. new life is now the biggest a

a recent study by the pew research center found in that in the first two years of the obama administration, the net worth of households in the upper 7% rose by about 20% or 30% rate. >> growing inequality is not just morally wrong, it is bad economics. when the rungs on the ladder of opportunity go farther and farther apart. it undermines the very essence of america. reporter: conservative economist show the gap between rich and poor has been widening on the president's watch think there's too much emphasis on quality and not enough emphasis on how you grow the economy, how you create jobs. one of the number to her resumes on tuesday when the president in visits the amazon for film and center. stinnett we will end up in the same cycle. with very few legislative victories, they realized that the president needs to jumpstart the agenda. lou: president obama's organizing for action group is rolling out action august. obamacare and emigration, climate change, and gun control, top issues. let's look at that list. it is pretty staggering. joining us now to go through what is missing, we have the

the pew research center recently asked people and thirty nine countries if they had a positive view of the u.s. overall sixty three percent of the world so they had a favorable opinion of the united states now of course no poll is a perfect scientific instrument it's still pretty interesting even more interesting though was that many of the countries we supposedly helped with financial assistance has the potentially lower approval ratings for the u.s. then countries where we pay out of their business for instance we give each it's about one point five billion dollars every year but only sixteen percent of egyptians asked so they had a positive view of the u.s. we give palestine about five hundred million dollars every year and only fourteen percent there had a favorable opinion on us and we get about a billion dollars every year to pakistan but only a mere a levon person then there have a positive opinion on the us. so it seems like these countries do like us all up in their business even if it means a lot of money in their pocket you would think the opposite would be true that a count

the washington post/a-b-c news and pew research center surveys both found 86 percent of african-americansapproved of the verdict. while a majority showed a majority of whites agreed with the jury's decision. t/a-b-c news poll also found women, younger people and democrats were more likely to disapprove of the verdict. zimmerman was acquitted in the 2012 shooting death of trayvon martin-- an unarmed african-american teen. zimmerman said he shot >> the fate of kids brought to the country illegally is on the table today. the house works on a series of bills dealing with immigration after rejecting measure. a house committee is holding a hearing on what to do about such child immigrants. leaders of the house judiciary committee are expected to endorse a path to citizenship for at least some of those immigrants. the house begins considering a 600-billion- dollar spending measure today and an unusual tea party-liberal democrat coalition has led voted on. >> they include limits on secret u.s. surveillance programs and requiring congressional approval for president barack obama's push to help syr

the pew research center reports back in 2001 virtually no households headed by senior citizens had anyl. now it's about 3%. investigators in las vegas are trying to figure out how a cirque du soleil acrobat fell to her death during saturday night's performance of caw at the mgm grand hotel and casino on the vegas strip. that's one of seven or 8 different cirque du soleil shows. the victim is the performer on the left in this photo. the las vegas sun newspaper identifies her as a mother of two, who had been performing for more than 20 years. witnesses say a wire was pulling her up towards the ceiling when she appeared to slip and then fell about 50 feet on to the stage. they also report hearing screams and people crying. after a couple of minutes, cirque du soleil stopped the show, told the audience they could get refunds and suspended future performances. well, more ahead on what was an enormous day in the murder trial of george zimmerman as jurors not only saw zimmerman himself reenact the shooting of the unarmed teenager trayvon martin but also heard from the former lead detective in

the pew research center tracks the perception that the community and the esteem that the community holdsupations, from the clergy to doctors, lawyers, artists, the military, and journalists. none of those occupations that they track have lost more esteem in the public's eyes than journalists. now, is that because journalists have sudden ly started to becom deceptive? no, i think it's because consultants have been telling people for years we need to give our viewers more of what they want and less of what they need. if you give them what they want, they watch. if you find them what they need, they find that to be too hard. so we're giving them cotton candy instead of meat and potatoes and that isn't nourishing in the long term. the second thing is we're trying to tell them everything is breaking news. if that's your slogan, if that's your marketing campaign, it's like the guy that only has one tool, a hammer. if you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail. >> you and i first met last month when i did a story for npr about this campaign that you've run. you said there was a story about

the pew research center recently wrote bleakly about the future of journalism. the other side of it, marty, is that some people are saying these are the "glory days" journalism, because there's so much information out there online, if you have access. and you yourself recently wrote, and i'm quoting, "the best journalism in the world, from plenty of sources, is available online, often for no cents a day, and we can access it in video and audio as well, and from anywhere at any time." so where do you come down? >> and as long as you are a critical thinker. as long as you could sort the stuff that's reliable from the crud. as long as you understand that people who propagate information have interests. and so you could understand that, you know, this incredibly popular website is also the mouthpiece for this party. to be able to do that requires exposure to enough quality journalism so that you learn to tell the difference between the stuff that's being hawked in the bazaar that is intriguing and probably only partly accurate, between that and stuff which, where th

. >> bill moyers: but a recent survey by the pew research center finds that the majority of americans are increasingly worried about inequality between, you know, the gap between the rich and the poor. but they're hesitant for the government to do anything about it. >> barbara garson: well, i mean, we've watched the government over 40 years do something about it, namely increase the inequality. why we don't think our government is our government, that's what it reflects. >> barbara miner: this is an area where racial politics are essential to bring into the discussion. you know, there is no easy answers. but i mean, i think reagan was clearly the master of using race and the chicago welfare queen to really divide people who otherwise would be united, should be united. and so it's become easy to appeal to sort of white workers to say, "well, you're not getting ahead because the blacks are getting all those -- you know, those freeloading poor people are getting all these benefits." >> barbara garson: i just thought of another thing that made that documentary really work, because it show

that's according to new polling from the pew research center. 48% of those polled say they have a favorablepinion of the court while 38% have an unfavorable opinion. here's the big one. a big sharp drop among african measures. 44% of african-americans now have a favorable opinion of the court versus 38% who have an unfavorable. back in march, six in ten americans said they viewed the court favorably before its recent ruling that struck down a key part of the voting rights act. we'll be right back. because all these whole grains aren't healthy unless you actually eat them ♪ multigrain cheerios. also available in delicious peanut butter. healthy never tasted so sweet. [ herbie ] eh, hold on brent, what's this? oh, that's the new nissan. there's no doubt, that's definitely gonna throw him off. she's seen it too. oh this could be trouble. [ sentra lock noise ] oh man. gotta think fast, herbie. back pedal, back pedal. [ crowd cheering ] oh, he's down in flames and now the ice-cold shoulder. one last play... no, game over! gps take him to the dog house. [ male announcer ] make a powerful first im

washington and as a result nobility is alive and well in the united states according to the pew research center in one nine hundred seventy one sixty one percent of american households fell under the middle class designation today that number is fifty one percent and right now thirty five percent of u.s. households live on thirty five thousand dollars or less each year so as the middle class america continues to shrink it should come as no surprise that a new study out by the new york times reveals that american children have very little chance of climbing out of the social and economic class that they're born into or in other words social mobility in america is almost nonexistent according to a new york times study one of every three thirty year olds who grew up in the top one percent of the income distribution was already making at least one hundred grand in family income by the age of thirty among and among adults who grew up in the bottom half of the income and distribution only one out of twenty five had family income of at least one hundred thousand dollars by age thirty meanwhile as soci