extremist violence, about half of them islam exist half not islamist. which is a pace of six a year. if we rank the things that are actually dangers to life and limb for americans, this is pretty far down on the list. so i think it s true that when an incident like in happens it s incorrect to look at it and say that this specific thing requires a big policy reaction. whether that s gun control or whether that s a military action somewhere round the worrell. now, we do have a real problem with gun violence in general. generally not of this sort that is politically motivated and that involves many victims at once. and that is a real policy question. but i do think it s true that sometimes when a big terrible thing happens there is a lurch to try to find a policy solution for it when really if the big terrible thing is rare enough it doesn t really require a direct policy solution. but if the big terrible thing is cumulative and keeps happening and you had on the same day that the san
about 80 deaths overall from extremist violence, about half of them islam exist half not islamist. which is a pace of six a year. if we rank the things that are actually dangers to life and limb for americans, this is pretty far down on the list. so i think it s true that when an incident like in happens it s incorrect to look at it and say that this specific thing requires a big policy reaction. whether that s gun control or whether that s a military action somewhere round the worrell. now, we do have a real problem with gun violence in general. generally not of this sort that is politically motivated and that involves many victims at once. and that is a real policy question. but i do think it s true that sometimes when a big terrible thing happens there is a lurch to try to find a policy solution for it when really if the big terrible thing is rare enough it doesn t really require a direct policy solution. but if the big terrible thing is cumulative and keeps happening and you had
which was essentially funding folks to confuse people about the science itself. well, there was some overlap in that. basically so the period that inside climate news looked at was from about 1977 to 1986. and at that time they weren t involved in any denial activities. they actually talked about uncertainty, but they talked about uncertainty in the way that other scientists in academia and government did. their questions were not beyond the pale. and so what we have gathered is that at around 1989 that marks when there was a shift in the internal thinking and the thinking at the executive level about what to do on climate change. and that was when exxon joined this group called the global climate coalition, which sounds very green, but in fact they were put together to fight any policy reaction to climate change. so instead of i mean, at a certain point they decided oh, rather than just accept this as a fait accompli, this thing s going to get regulated, and figure out how w
policy reaction here. and then i think there s the politics of it. essential conservatives are social conservatives are looking for a vase and ted cruise is now stepping up. i think he sees it as an opportunity to become a social conservative champion. i think he has put together a pretty strong profile in other debates. mark, does this seem like a case that maybe a more moderate republican would argue what is good for ted cruise may not be good for republicans? when you look at the polls, more and more americans are supportive of same-sex marriages and rights. he s moving against public tooid and sentiment, it makes republicans look once again they are out of step with the american people. the short history with ted cruz is not much. there s not much you can do
the president echoed what other members of his administration have been saying for days. we are continuing to assess what happened when, where, i think we should wait to get the facts. before we make any judgments on what action, if any, should be taken and what kind of action. it s very important that we take the information that s been gathered thus far and build upon it. because an assessment of varying degrees of confidence is not sufficient to upon which to base a policy reaction. but as members of the administration continue to gather facts and weigh options, the international community appears to be weighing its own response. yesterday, yuxt secretary-general, ban ki-moon renewed his request to have experts investigate chemical weapons. despite the range of responses around the globe, the facts on the ground remain clear syria