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People relieved the raids came yesterday after a few tense days but the tension resumes today because theres been no success. what is clear now is that many larger questions remain how to control certain areas, immigration, whether police should now be raiding house to house and people understand theres a terror threat and also need their schools back, shops back, subways back, and a lot of tension between the public and the authorities now as information isnt coming across. so we wait to see if...

Congressman, youre a better judge than i. when 47 democratic colleagues of yours agree -- not on this particular issue, but on the fact that we should sharpen our vetting of this and how we go about approving those who want to get into this country. that puts the president in a pickle, does tnit not, if he was to veto this. >> it sure does. >> youre hoping the senate will take this up. harry reid has said he wont. what do you say to that? >> its irresponsible of harry reid to say he wont. this i...

Part from two of mr. obamas defense secretaries, robert former cia directors in appearances on this very program. >> i just want to be clear that you understand that the criticism of this effort is extending beyond the usual precincts. correct? to include people that worked for this president. >> to include people in washington, dc. and theyre certainly entitle i dontn&sy think either of thoe individuals would deny the seriousness with which the president has taken this issue, or the complexity ...

Im harry smith in new york. melissa harris-perry is back next week. for second straight day, the belgian capital of brussels is on the highest terror alert level amid precise warnings of a paris-style attack. residents are still being urged to avoid public spaces, like concerts, airports and shopping centers. meanwhile, france is stepping up its pressure on isis sending its aircraft carrier to the mediterranean where it is expected to be ready to launch attacks by tomorrow. . president obama w...

Were getting slammed with orders. and my customers knowing right when their packages arrive. totally slammed! introducing real-time delivery notifications. one more reason this is our season. welcome back. here is a quick update on some of the breaking news were following this morning. the fbi says it is taking seriously a rt roed isis threat

But what is clear now, as you saw from the u.n. security council vote in february condemning isis, is that it is obvious that this is a threat that the entire world has to go against. this is a threat to the entire international order, the very nature of the modern nation state. these groups are killing christians and muslims. they are killing westerners and africans. and thus, it is in our collective interest to figure out not only politically how we develop the will to go after them but also h...

Of the aisle dont feel comfortable that they know his strategy. >> answering the question we asked a second ago, think about, these attacks have now been ongoing in syria and iraq for years now and now it seems to creep into europe through turkey, into paris. suddenly it feels like for americans it is on our doorstep. americas sitting there saying, hey, were my fireside chat to say we have this under control? >> i think thats a valid point. i mean i think he can say we shouldnt be scared and he ...

Part of leadership is to create calm and create assurance. i do think theres room for obama, even though thats not his style. i mean his style is not to do that. it is to be steady, to stay the course. but this might be a time without bombast to explain what were going to do, at least the outlines. >> if isis is in fact creating a different strategy by moving these targets away from syria in iraq, does that then demand a different strategy in terms of response to it? >> absolutely. i mean i thin...

Resettlement by syrian refugees. in some dearborn areas, some supported his decision saying they feel increased scrutiny of their religious identity here at home since the attacks overseas. >> for us as syrians here, as part of the muslim community, i have to say, isis is our worst nightmare. isis is not only killing our people and hundreds and thousands of them, it is killing, torturing, but also hijacking our image. >> we could not afford being looked at like, okay, well, you are one of them, ...

Right into the terrorists hands. he says it is essentially creating the type of fear mongering that terrorists are trying to provoke. this all comes as a recent abc news/"washington post" poll found that 57% of americans disapprove of the presidents strategy for combating isis. only 35% approve. some of them saying that he has underestimated the threat of the terrorist group. meanwhile, the white house has pushed back against that type of criticism, noting isis has lost 2 20% to 25% of its terri...