when we have an insightful look at the pew research center, it was chockful of the kind of chewy detailsthat get people thinking and talking chanz who call themselves consistently or moefshth conservative has risen over the last decade. so has the percentage of democrats who would call themselves consistently or mostly liberal. in both cases, it's now more than half. is that what you see when you look around your own life? when you look at the way our politics works and doesn't, does pugh's explanation reflect what you see? >> our focus this time. s i believe we can sees this future together because we are not as divided as our politics suggests, not as cynical as the pundits believed. we are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions and we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. we are and forever will be the united states of america. >> president obama first used that line at the democratic national convention in 2004 and it became part of his standard stump speech in both campaigns. the rhetoric aimed to pull the country together in governoring, the rhetori

i am pleased to welcome the director of hispanic research at the pew research center. in case you are wondering, pew research center is a separate subsidiary organization. we do not even get to work in the same building, they have their own offices around the corner on l street. mark is a well-known commentator in english and spanish-language media on all things opinion, attitudes, political engagement, and other things. with that, we welcome him to the panel. >> good afternoon and thanks for that introduction, adam. i appreciate it. it's a real pleasure to be here today and i want to talk about some public data we have on the pew research certificate to the current immigration reform and ideas that are out there in addition to the views of the general public about immigrants and how they see them in the united states. let me get started. first, i want to start by talking about deportation. daca is directed at providing relief from deportation for children, young people who came here as children and are unauthorized immigrants. you look atmosphere of deportation particu

the pleased to welcome director of hispanic research at the pew research center. in case you are wondering, pew research center is a separate subsidiary organization. we do not even get to work in the same building, they have their own offices around the corner on l street. mark is a well-known commentator in english and spanish-language media on all things opinion, attitudes, political engagement, and other things. with that, we welcome him to the panel. >> good afternoon and thanks for that introduction, adam. i appreciate it. it's a real pleasure to be here today and i want to talk about some public data we have on the pew research certificate to the current immigration reform and ideas that are out there in addition to the views of the general public about immigrants and how they see them in the united states. let me get started. first, i want to start by talking about deportation. daca is directed at providing relief from deportation for children, young people who came here as children and are unauthorized immigrants. you look atmosphere of deportation particu

it scored the highest in the pew research centers religious diversity index.tican city, came in last place. the u.s. known as the great melting pot actually only has moderate religious diversity. it ranked 68thout of the 232 areas that were studied. that ranking falls behind france and muslim countries like bahrain. thank you for being part of high program this week. i'll see you next week. >>> hello. i'm fredricka whitfield. these are stories topping our news this hour. we'll tell you what action the feds are taking in the michael brown case. and hear from the attorney of the store owner who police claim was robbed by michael brown. >>> plus, on the streets of ferguson, a second night of unrest. police crackdown on protesters after one demonstrator is shot overnight. >> i was disappointed in the actions of tonight. as many of you know, the crowds we've had for the last two nights. >> tear gas and smoke canisters are deployed to disperse a crowd. we'll go live to ferguson and the u.s. steps up its air campaign against isis militants in iraq. retaking a strateg

what is the most religiously diverse country according to the pew research center?nited states, b, india, c, france, or d, singapore. stay tuned. >>> this week's book of the week is "temptations of power." by shadi hamid who was on the show earlier. if you want to understand the middle east between brutal dictators on the one hand and jihad did i dictators on the other, you must read the smart, well-written analysis. now for the last look. last month in honor of what would have been hugo chavez's 60th birthday, his supporters in venezuela remembered his life. and for some reason his handwriting. a new font was unveiled during the birthday celebrations. the font mimics his clear, bold block handwriting style. it's a neat idea. if you're shooting for the history books, you may not be able to get your face on a coin or dollar, but you may be able to get your handwriting on a typeface. the secret service might have something to say about barack obama oblique. easy access to the president's handwriting would surely inviet forgery. our neighbors to the north might enjoy s

and a new poll on global attitudes from the pew research center finds rising concerns about the growth of islamic extremists. our national correspondent these are countries where it makes up a substantial part of the population. >> in the middle east, economic extremism -- islamic extremism has become a growth industry. the majority of people say they are now very concerned about militants. keep in mind, these countries are dominated by muslim majorities. >> the challenge with fighting muslim militarism -- militantis is that very few people actually support the message. >> so why is it on the right? >> the facts -- on the rise? but the fact that some of these need aoffer money, they salary to survive. >> in countries like syria, jordan, saudi arabia, kuwait, egypt, and lebanon. >> and it's been on the rise in 2013. inthe pew poll found that lebanon, tunisia, egypt, and jordan, that well over half of the population was concerned about it. americans should have the same concerns. >> when you allow these radical groups to control territory, oftentimes, they will reach out and strike us. >

according to a new poll from the pew research center, twice as many americans blame hamas for the fighting israel. but when you break it down by age, it is a much different story. deborah feyerick has the story. >> reporter: when a peaceful sit-in protesting jewish groups ended in handcuffs this week, what bothered young people like maxberger was not the arrests so much as the older generation's response. >> i was more upset after the fact when they described us as being, quote, insignificant. >> reporter: when it comes to israel and gaza, if you're over age 30, chances are you support israel. but if you're 30 or younger -- >> enough! >> reporter: chances are you're more sympathetic to the palestinians says a new poll by the pew research center. >> how many you have been to israel? >> reporter: iona lieberman on the left, carol segall and max berger are peace activists with the group if now, when? >> is your support of israel different than your parents' support of israel? >> certainly. i think my parents feel that the violence is more justified than i do. >> reporter: among americans 65 o

a new pole by the pew research center shows on the left and right were more divided than in 20 years.n 1995. >> what does the middle look like? it's shrinking. in 1994 49% had mixed views. today it's 39%. it's important to point out it's still the largest group of americans there in the mixed middle, but remember it's the partisan who is are the most politically active. these numbers show our politics are getting more polarized and as a result nastier. 20 years ago 17% of republicans had unfavorable views of democrats. and 16% of democrats had u unfavorable views of republicans. those numbers are jumped to 43% and 39%. do redder reds and bluer blues threaten the well-being of the country? the poll used that word threaten. more than one out of three republicans think so. more than one out of four democrats do, too. can the partisans and the applications they support come together to solve problems? the numbers point to why this is so tough. the majority of partisans believe their side should get the better end of the deal. it's the opposite of compromise. it's called gridlock. >> a cou

according to the pew research center, 11% of south koreans are catholic. christians overall make up the largest religious group there, with 29% of the population, followed by buddhists at 23%. 46% say they are religiously unaffiliated. >>> our recent headlines have been dominated by reports of religious persecution against christians and yazidis in iraq, but people of faith across the globe face ongoing persecution and discrimination. in iraq, the perpetrators are muslims who follow a particular interpretation of islam. but in myanmar, formerly burma, muslims are the victims of oppression by the buddhist majority. lucky severson was in myanmar recently to report on the dire situation for that country's minority rohingya muslims. >> reporter: violence in myanmar, also known as burma. rohingya muslims being burned out of their villages and driven out of their country by mobs of buddhists, which sometimes include monks. >> the police stood aside, the army stood aside. >> reporter: phil robertson is with the asia division of human rights watch. >> entire areas

particularly the government surveillance that's according to a study released by the released by the pew research center suggesting that astonishing eighty six percent of americans were unwilling to discuss last year's revelations by the former n.s.a. man ad word snowden online they say they prefer to discuss those revelations in private conversations during a family dinner and so on and so forth and only forty two percent of facebook and twitter users were actually willing to discuss those issues online but that's only provided that these people knew that the people they were talking with would agree with them those who felt that they will not find understanding among their own lying discussion partners they did not go into those sensitive issues that the authors of the report are also lamenting that this may go beyond just social media that people who are not willing to discuss sensitive issues online are less likely to speak up even in their private life even in their offline life. reporting from new york city and the trend is even as our name now the spiral of silence the study also challenges the v

a study by the pew research center shows marriage has taken a nose-dive. a mere 26 % of millenials, now 18-33, are married. since 1960 the marriage rate among adults has dropped 21% and among 18 to 29 year olds, it dropped by two-thirds. but the data also reveals that the desire to marry has not changed and is strongest amongst young americans. there are educational differences as well. college graduates are more likely to be married than those with only a high school diploma. that gap has from to 16% compared today from 4% in 1960 more than 50 years ago. another new study challenges the idea that the divorce rate has flattened. the university of minnesota report shows divorce rates are on the rise among baby-boomers, while divorce among young couples is rare. so, are we sad to see -- got mixed up from the last discussion. marriage dropping as the goal among young people? >> yes, i think this is a problem. i usually have the rosy outlook of how women and girls are doing but i think that the decline in marriages is a serious problem because we're seeing ris

themselves larry i don't know if you think the public cares about this a recent survey by the pew research center indicated people haven't paid any attention real attention to supreme court rulings on campaign finance. yeah i think people care deeply about it because there's also been polls over the last few years that has shown that it crosses party lines the democrats and republicans you know i think the one to the last one that i saw was eighty nine percent of americans believe that there needs to be moves to reduce the influence of billionaires in the political process to regulate campaign spending. you know it may not be the first issue that people point to it's not a very sexy issue but it really gets at the fabric it depend whatever it is you care about larry it matters the way that people can spend money to influence public policy is going to make a difference to you and it should you know it's about the water we drink it's about the air we breathe it's about the products that we consume. you know the government is important and government needs to be able to function well and in the way

this month the pew research center released a study on the future showing that a majority in the field believe that robotics in order fishel intelligence will permeate wide segments of daily life by twenty twenty five with huge implications this robot takeover is already underway factories look like this now. even replacing police artists and forces. now a lot of this change has been met with fear and anxiety people are afraid they're losing their jobs but here's where i say you should look at this as an opportunity for on all new technologies displace jobs at first but also at the same time create new ones too but above all that and the reason why i've invested my entire savings into robots am. is because i want to join the leisure society experts argue that technology will free us from day to day drudgery and allow us to define our relationship with work in a more positive and socially beneficial way in other words we can just let our robots do our work for us now this has long been predicted writing in the one nine hundred thirty s. john maynard keynes argued that progress in ever i

particularly the government surveillance that's according to a study released by the released by the pew research center suggesting that astonishing eighty six percent of americans were unwilling to discuss last year's revelations by the former n.s.a. man ad words snowden online they prefer to discuss those revelations in private conversations during a family dinner and so on and so forth and only forty two percent of facebook and twitter users were actually willing to discuss those issues online but that's only provided that these people knew that the people they were talking with would agree with them those who felt that they will not find understanding among their online discussion partners they did not go into those sensitive issues and there's another side to the coin here as well according to the study only fifteen percent of the people actually got their information about the snowden case from twitter and facebook as opposed to between forty seven and fifty nine percent compared to other big news which were which were released on facebook and twitter the authors of the report are also lamenting t

the very sprightly discussion today on the state of play in america two thousand and twelve pew research center religion and public life study found that religious disaffiliate in america's recent all time high we welcome a panel of religious leaders and nonbelievers to discuss this trend and more atheist dr lawrence krauss is the director of the arizona state university origins project and a renowned theoretical physicist a worldwide advocate for the advancement of the sciences gus hall word is an outspoken atheist who directed the film the unbelievers which documents the global speaking tours of dr krauss and the famed evolutionary biologist richard dawkins dr michael beckwith is director of the a gobby international spiritual center here in l.a. and david a are white is the actor and producer who has raised it was raised a man and i community and a sense started and produced over forty faith based films including most recent god's not dead later we'll be joined via skype by jay bakker the son of fame televangelist jim and tammy faye bakker dr krauss were you ever a believer. well when i grew

the pew research center found 61% of republicans under 30 said that gay marriage should be legal. so if the expand to younger people and minorities, t is something they really don't want to alienate some those demographicon. >>> let's move on to what's happening iferguson, missouri, violent protests over the shooting of an unarmed man by police. what are politicians saying about this? are they getting on the bandwagon campaigning with this in mind? >> you are starting to see not necessarily campaigning, but you are starting to see statements like the governor in the state of missouri came out and said that he bedt is is a deeply troubling situation. you did also see the president -- the white house said the president has been briefed. i think it's possible that you may see him start to weigh in on this issue, especially if it isn't deescalated in the coming hours and days. >> do you thin' hear from president oma on what's going on -- he has already spoken on it, but again? >> we got a brief statement from him earlier in the week but this president h not really shied away from weig

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at the pew research center we did polling in 40 different countries on this question, and americans now found only about 33% thought children would live better than their parents. which is sort of a quintessential question of medal middle-class aspiration. in europe it's far worse. but what's interesting is in emerging economies you really see that booming. in china over 80%. in countries in latin america, over 70%. even in africa over 50%. so what you really see is optimism in the world shifting dramatically away from most of the developed countries. >> wow. that's not a good thing. >> i guess cockeyed optimism is over in the united states. at least for a while. but what struck me as interesting about those numbers is that yes, the president's popularity is down but not nearly as dramatically as those numbers. given those numbers, i would think that his popularity would be even lower than it is. and the other thing is the implications of that for the midterm elections. does that mean that the republicans really will take the senate if there's that much discontent and pessimism? >> what

the pew research center surveyed 1900 experts agree had the artificial intelligence will truly protrudeives by 2025. half of the experts aren't optimistic about this automation at all. they say robots and other tech will displace blue and other collar workers. masses of people will be effectively unemployed. still, you have the other half of experts saying yes, robots will do lots of work, but humans will innovate to find new types of employment just as they did after the industrial revolution took many jobs. what's it like out there now? two economists came up with a list of jobs according to how likely they could be automated. among the top 15 were proofreader, bank tellers, secretaries and cashiers. all of these physicians are already in decline in the u.s. work force. what about the jobs with the lowest likelihood for automation? things were athletes, firefighters, teachers and curators. how should people prepare for day when robots really take over? maybe make sure your kids master the pitch instead of the keyboard. bbc news, washington. >> not sure i like the idea of that. thanks

the pew research center found that 80% of african-americans believe the case raises important issuesace, compared to just 37% of whites, and when it comes to police response, 65% of african-americans believe officers have gone too far, compared to just 33% of whites. >>> still to come in "the newsroom," president obama is sending attorney general eric holder to ferguson tomorrow, but shouldn't the president be going there, too? we'll talk about that after bray ek. a break. >>> good morning, i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. the national guard could not control the crowds in ferguson last night, but maybe u.s. attorney general eric holder can make a difference. he'll be in ferguson tomorrow to talk with fbi agents on the ground and also he'll talk to members of his own justice department. officials that are already in ferguson. the big question, why is the president sending his attorney general and not going himself? could it be because maybe the president might make things worse? let's talk about that with me now, cnn legal analyst paul callan and kevin powell, ac

. >> ahora, en los estados unidos, estaba viendo las Últimas estadÍsticas del pew research center, 51%tamente, tiene que ser una decisiÓn personal para cada persona, entonces la ley tiene que respetar la moral de las personas que nunca se practicarÍan un aborto, ¿verdad? y tambiÉn de los que dicen que por cualquier razÓn personal entre ella, su familia y su mÉdico, que es una decisiÓn que tiene que tomar. >> ¿el feto tiene algÚn derecho en los estados unidos? >> sÍ, tiene varios derechos legales dependiendo exactamente de su estado de desarrollo y tambiÉn del estado en que se encuentre, pero ese derecho, sea lo que sea, antes de la viabilidad del feto, o sea, antes de que podrÍa haber un parto, nunca puede acabar con el derecho de la mujer de decidir practicarse un aborto. >> ¿cuÁndo comienza la vida para usted? ¿en quÉ momento comienza la vida? >> eh, bueno, para cada persona es distinta, ¿verdad? si preguntarÍas a 20 mujeres tendrÍan una respuesta diferente. para mÍ personalmente... yo no soy cientÍfico, ¿verdad? entonces... de hecho, aunque soy abogado que trabaja en derechos reprod

in 2012 there was a poll by the pew research center that we cite in the book that said americans have been more polarized now than at any other time during the past 20 years, and what they basically said most of the increased polarization has taken place not just in the last few years, but during the presidencies of both george bush and barack obama, and both administrations were weak dollar administrations. it was definitely, this polarization coincided with the weakening of money. basically we money is weak and there's a sense of increasing unfairness, that the system is rigged, that you're being defrauded. people on fixed income, on salaries see the money losing value of the people are reaping what look like artificially and unfair windfall gains. the link between effort and reward a separate. that's why economies of unstable currencies you get more corruption and triggered a number of studies have found that inflation has a stronger connection, actually a stronger connection to crime than joblessness. crime rates in fact in the u.s. dropped immediately after the financial crisis w

host: the pew research center said that politically 50% consider themselves and appended. what does the case, it mean for your organization as you approach politics? guest: we want to be pro-generational. we look at the majority consensus position where young people stand and represent that. on social issues you will see millennial's align more with liberals and democrats . on many fiscal issues there is a lot less consensus. for the most part we try to encourage civic engagement. that has been totally depleted in this country. less than 20 states still teach civics. importantly, it has been cut from our federal funding from the department of education grid kids are growing up with no understanding of how government works. nonprofits are trying to take up the slack. host: talk about your organization. we have a point of view for what improves the lives of young americans. what will create more well-being an opportunity. that is less government and more freedom. that is where most americans are today. they don't put their trust in politics. they don't trust big institutions

the pew research center recently put out numbers about how the different con stitch wents in the united states are responding. it shows younger americans, americans between 18 and 29 years of age, are not really so in line with what israel is doing, nor are the lot of people of color, minorities. much of the democratic constituency, quite frankly. given the fact that democrats and republicans -- there's no daylight between the two parties on this issue. it's 100% support for israel no no matter what is going on. who represents those americans who disagree with what's happening in gaza right now? who are their representatives right now in congress? >> well, i don't know there's 100% of israel no matter what's going on. i think there's a recognition that our two countries share values and that we respect the right and the responsibility of the israeli government to protect their people federal an ongoing terrorist act. this is not a conflict between israel and the palestinians. this is a conflict between israel and hamas, a terrorist organization that we've identified as a terrorist organ

that's one of the findings revealed in a new survey by the pew research center. to explain, carroll doherty, director of political research there, joins us. out we thank you. >> thanks for inviting me. >> woodruff: your poll done nationally august 14-16, done last thursday through sunday you were just telling me. and it shows really some stark findings abut how whites and blacks view the question of whether race is an issue here. >> that's the first question. whether race is an issue or whether it's getting too much attention. 80% of african americans say this case raises important issues about race amuck whites, more divided views but 47% say issue of race has gotten too much attention. of stark division right off the bat. >> woodruff: you were telling me over the course of the days you were in the field with questions, some of these answers were shifting. >> well, certainly the circumstances were shifting, especially came to the questions about the police response. because that changed night by night. >> the sharpest is just -- absolutely. >> 80% of blacks sayi

would approve this time offer cause their performance for a record is just that terrible as the pew research center pointed out in a recent study the one hundred thirteenth congress and acted fewer laws of the for the first nineteen months of its two year term than any congress in recent history for a left break congress actually did manage to pass a few things like a builder reform the v.a. and build a reef. up funding for israel's iron dome missile defense system but once it comes back in september congress will have a lot of work to do chief among its tasks will be finding a long term fix to the refugee crisis on our southern border over sixty thousand central american children have crossed into the u.s. since october but the only solution house republicans have for the situation is to throw more red meat at their base by basically trashing these kids on friday the republican controlled house of representatives passed two pieces of entirely partisan legislation that while satisfy the whacko ted cruz the gohmert wing of the republican party as zero chance of becoming law one of the bills a joke o

it isy you can look at that pew research center did a poll of all americans and asked them about ferguson you believe this is indication for having a national conversation about race? 80% of blacks thought so. 44% of whites thought so. thirds of blacks thought ferguson police overreacted. one third of whites thought so. we are looking at things through very different lenses in the country. >> yes, for sure. thank you very much. to read the entire article, check out the most recent addition of "bloomberg businessweek." available digitally today and on newsstands tomorrow. coming up, small businesses still having trouble getting loans from traditional banks. there may be another option. we will talk about that when we are back in two minutes. ♪ >> central bankers to send on jackson hole, wyoming for their annual meeting. banks have over -- increased overall business loans. those two small firms are still 24% below their pre-level crisis. there is a fast-growing alternative, online lenders. bill: is here. -- bill cohen is here. aren't we seeing more banks willing to lend to small businesses?

let's go to very sprightly discussion the state of aids in america two thousand and twelve pew research centerreligion and public life study found that rolling just disinflation in america has reached an all time high we welcome a panel of religious leaders and nonbelievers to discuss this trend and more atheist dr lawrence krauss.

by 2010 that figure had more than doubled according to the pew research center. more young people than ever before are dealing with more student debt than ever before, and that can have lasting consequences. americans who took out school loans find it difficult to save and accumulate wealth. a recent study found that college graduates without student debt had accumulated seven times more wealth than those who were paying back school loans. crushing student debt isn't just hurting borrowers, there's mounting evidence that student debt is holding back our economy. historically, young americans have been a source of economic activity as they set up their households and start their own careers. but today many are finding it difficult to save even for a down payment on a home and the high monthly bills to pay back student loans can disqualify many people from even getting a mortgage. when first-time home buyers respect able to get a mortgage -- aren't able to get a mortgage, it can adversely affect the housing industry as a whole. that's why the national association o

question for audrey. >> please identify yourself. >> yes, my name is anna gonzalez, i'm from pew research center. and i have a question for audrey. i was wondering if you explored the effect that some of these decisions, but particularly lawyers who are working pro bono to apply to prepare the applications for daca applicants have in this, one, the effect they would have in what you found of the ages and all those relations. i know from experience that some of them have gone first, sent first applications that they know that they have all the documentation and they will be approved and then continue to follow up. so how much do you think this will have an effect on what you found about the ages of the applicants and also the geography, the rights of approval you have found, first of all. >> right. so the question is really how much are these actors who are providing services shaping the outcomes that we're finding? and it's really hard to know, to be up front about that. but one of the things that's very hard to know, and my colleagues who are working on the project with me who are actually here

. >> do you know, the report from the pew research center shows half of all fathers who don't live withids, only see them a few times, a year, or have no visit, at all, and according to the u.s. department of health and human services children with involved fathers like to guy are more likely to grow up healthy and succeed in life. >> it makes sense, don't you think. >> yes. >> maybe despite your involvement. >> yes, that is exactly right. >> yes. >> once they get out of prison they will be fine. >> i think so. >> sure. >> a grown man gets stuck, in a restaurant, in a high chair. >> yes. >> how does this happen. >> i cannot even begin to tell you, what is going on. naturally his friend pull out their phones and started filming. shocking. this goes on for about five minutes before he even begins to be able to get himself out. he thinks it is hysterical. we are only left to assume this started as a joke or a stunt. this is ridiculous. people do stuff just to get on tv and you tube. >> yes. >> it is so funny. >> for a while. >> would i imagine alcohol was involved. >> one parent has taken

according to the pew research center, 53% of americans believe global warming is happening. when asked what's causing it, they say there's not enough evidence to show it's because of humans. he put his $50 million up. he's going to raise the other $50 million. according to politico a couple days ago, he's been able to raise only $1.2 million from outside donors. the third thing we know is that this rule will have essentially no impact on global temperatures which is the very reason because that's ultimately what the rule is supposed to do. and according to one analysis, which was used a model developed by the epa, the esps rule will reduce global temperature. this is using their analysis. by 0.02 degrees celsius as is shown on this chart. it's hardly measurable with all of the costs we're being involved in. combine that with -- the other day i had -- it was monday night. i had dinner with senator coreman who happened to be here in the country from australia. senator coreman is the guy that was leading the cause after he had one time supported the idea of taxing carbon to rep

it was a smaller percentage but according to the pew research center, they may have been a larger factorn the victory. but the most important political work of young people may happen far from the ballot box. take ferguson, missouri. in moments of racial unrest we have come to expect veteran civil rights leaders like reverend al sharpton and jesse jackson lending support to communities, but today the work of organizing those communities is increasingly being shouldered by a new generation of activists, the dreamers, the undocumented young people whose grassroots activism at the state level led to successfully convincing the president to take action in 2012 in the form of deferred action for childhood arrivals or daca that has stemmed deportations. the dream defenders awake in the death of trayvon martin. the dream defenders led a month log sit-in in florida's capital to protest the state's stand your ground law and many of us got to see the work of philip agnew for the first time. the plaque youth project initially formed because of the inequity of youth of color in the political scienti