and, david, you know, we should point out there was a poll done by -- a pugh poll in 2015 that showed a shift in the american public and showed according to that poll that fewer people support stricter gun control than folks who did not support it. congress is mindful of that, too, that the public has been shifting i little bit and there is a slight majority in favor of not tightening up the gun control laws. so we do not expect to hear from the president later this evening at this point unless he -- there is more information. but, again, he did talk to cbs news and he did, again, say that we need to come up with laws, common sense solutions some way to stop what has become all too normal here in the united states. david. >> lisa, the president also, of course, referred to hoping that the shooters can somehow be contained. given the fact that police in southern california say that as many as three, that they did not exchange gunfire with police, that these three may have fled in an s.u.v., is there anything in particular that's been triggered say at the fbi or the department of homela

. >> take a look at the pugh poll. highly respected. terrible numbers. go a step further. >> please. >> 51% of those polled agreed that muslims in america should have a choice of being governed under the sharia. now, if you're talking about horrible stuff here, chris, we can close the eyes, we can put the blinders on. but i don't choose to do that. now, is it temporary? yes. it's until the country's representatives can figure out what is going on. our country's representatives cannot figure it out. now, the problem i have with that is, they couldn't even build a website for obamacare after spending $5 billion. how do they figure anything out? they can't figure anything out. >> that's not fair. that's not fair. >> it's true. >> our security network is the best in the world. if you ask people in the business of keeping us safe, they say the idea of banning muslims does nothing to help and everything to hurt. they're the experts. that's what they say. they think this idea is stupid. >> until -- well, when they say that. i spoke before an audience last night

. >> i want to show the audience this poll, because the fear is real. this is a pughearch center poll that was just conducted. it shows that 29% of americans say they are concerned about the issue of terrorism, that is up from just 4% last year. only 46% people think the united states is doing enough to prevent an attack, that is down from 72% in 2014. karen i guess the old saying is if at first you don't succeed, try try again. it seems the president is trying to assure the american public that they are safe, but this is palpable. >> it is palpable. there are very mu that are willing to say you are safe? >> is that because they didn't say they know you are safe. there are firearms on just about every corner, and anybody that wants to get one can do anything they want. >> part of it is just plane superstition that if you say you are safe, who knows what is going to happen next. but we have has seen a steady stream of politicians not want to look at the gun issue, because the pushback they will get from the nra and others, but who are intent on saying this is a measure

trump quoted that he used to back up his assertion that all muslims should be kept out is a recent pugh pollte a poll, the only poll we could find was something pugh did in 2011 -- and actually a study on muslims attitudes toward americans. this is what we found. stuart: and that is from 2011 did find hostility on the part of muslims. liz: here's what we found. eight of ten were satisfied with life in america and the communities were excellent that they lived in. half said the muslims did need to do more to fight extremism. here's the number you need to look at. 21% sought the extremism. stuart: no, it's 5%. that's one in 20. tens of thousands of people. liz: so not large segments. stuart: no, 5% is one and 20 and when you've got several millions muslims, that is tens of thousands of people who support al-qaeda. liz: understood. i heard what you're saying. but the poll numbers are mixed, they're not entirely answering or supporting what donald trump is saying about muslim americans attitudes toward extremism. stuart: okay. got it. i think political correctness is turning into a national secu

poll numbers show that there was a pugh poll yesterday that show the 57% of people disapprove of thee's doing handling terrorism. the third problem as i said is that his message is basically keep calm and carry on, we're going to do what we've been doing and people have already decided they don't like and don't trust what we're doing. >> then let me ask the question this way. f.d.r. did not have 24 hour news networks for social media for every president obama saying don't worry, there are a accident candidates saying we are on the brink of disaster, of course i'm exaggerating, but getting the next big sound bite, what are the words the president can and should say? >> you exaggerate, but only just barely. if you watched the republican presidential debate tuesday night, every one of them was saying that we're doomed and, you know, the terrorists pose an existential threat to the country, the most capable terrorists we've ever faced, which would probably come as a surprise to the families of the victims of the 9/11 attacks, so and not only do you have does the president have to deal wi

in congress as you mentioned earlier, but they're there, and they're measured by the expert polling that pughndertakes, and they're growing, and 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 religioniosty into the future. >> you wouldn't know it, professor, in looking at the recent republican prim ear debates, would you? >> well, politics involves a lot of talk about god. but there are less and less signs that people, even meaning the same thing by god, or as the pugh report suggests, that people consult the bible about guidance on moral matters, and in fact, the pugh report shows that the younger an american is, the less likely it is that they will rely on their domination or their bible to give them answers. >> well, it's still happening, so i don't want to ask why it's happening. the earth is shifting under our feet as we speak, but how do people leave aside centuries of familytrition, and leave aside what they learned growing up, and why is it so easy to shed that? like changing your clothes? >> well, i thi

. >> a new poll by the pugh research center suggests that 29% of americans say terrorism and isil combined are the nation's biggest problem, up sharply from just 4% a year ago. confidence in the government has fallen sharply. only 46% say officials are doing well in reducing the terror threat, the lowest level since 9/11. as this week's shut down of los angeles schools underscored, fear, justified or not, has consequences. lisa stark, al jazeera, washington. >>> please today are investigating threats at several school districts around the country. some schools in plainfield, indiana near indianapolis are shut down due to an on line threat. houston schools also received a message threatening an attack. they remain open. those schools, but the same story in dallas, police are investigating an email threat. >> obviously someone's trying to scare dallas, and that's not going to work. we understand that there is serious issues going on in this world, and throughout this country, and that's why our partners at the federal level are extremely important in this. >> in just a few hours, president o

he then goes onto cite a pugh research center poll which shows 25% of those polled agreed that violencegainst americans in the u.s. was justified when it comes to a global jihad. and then he goes onto say this. he goes onto say it is obvious to anybody the hatred is beyond comprehension. where this hatred comes from and why we will have to determine. until we are able to determine and understand this problem and the dangerous threat it poses our country cannot be the victims of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in jihad. >> this, as you say you put the word it's an extraordinary statement, cnn will be doing further reporting on this because the poll certainly questionable. thanks, dana, for giving us the first read on this. of course trump's statement is a reaction to last week's terror attack in san bernardino, the deadliest in the united states since 9/11. today we have new details about the killer couple who slaughtered those 14 people. cnn has learned that syed farook had recently tried to contact overseas terrorist organizations including al nusra in syria and al shaba

. >> a new poll by the pugh research center suggests that 29% of americans say terrorism and isil combinedre the nation's biggest problem, up sharply from just 4% a year ago. confidence in the government has fallen sharply. only 46% say officials are doing well in reducing the terror threat, the lowest level since 9/11. as this weed shut down of los angeles schools underscored, fear, justified or not, has consequences. lisa stark, al jazeera, washington. >> tunisia marks five years since the birth of its democracy. >> that revolution we saw kicked off a wave of revolutions across the region, the lasting effect social media has had on the new tunisia. >> new orleans consider as shift from its part, a vote that could remove relics of the civil war. >> every day is another chance to be strong. >> i can't get bent down because my family's lookin' at me. >> to rise, to fight and to not give up. >> you're gonna go to school, so you don't have to go war. >> hard earned pride. hard earned respect. hard earned future. >> we can not afford for one of us to lose a job. we're just a family that's tryi

according to pugh research, among others, there is a great hatred towards americans by large segments of the muslim population. most recently, a poll from center for security policy released data showing 25% of those polled agreed that violence against americans -- these are people that are here, by the way, people here, 25 -- not 1%. by the way, 1% would be unacceptable. 1% is unacceptable. 25% of those polled agreed that violence against americans here in the united states is justice phied as part -- think of that. as part of the global jihad. they want to change your religion. i don't think so. i don't think so. i don't think so. not going to happen. as part of the global jihad, and 51% of those polled agreed that muslims in america should have the choice of being govern according to sharia. you know what sharia is. 51%. sharia authorizes -- and look, this is -- i mean, it's terrible. sharia authorizations such atrocities as murder against nonbelievers who won't convert beheadings and more unthinkable acts that pose great harm to americans, especially women. i mean, you look, especially women. >> so, jeff, you can hear the crowd