These are central time zones, 2027488000. Mountain pacific, 2027488001. We are also getting your tweets at cspanwsg. Facebook. Com cspan. Thanks for being with us. The front page of the Washington Post shows home and security secretary jeh johnson not very far from where we are at union station. Beis advising people to alert but also telling americans to enjoy the Holiday Weekend. A state Department Travel warning that was issued two days ago that reads, as follows. The state department alerts u. S. Citizens to possible risks of travel due to increased terrorist attacks. Current information suggesting daesh, ala. K. A. Qaeda, boko haram, and other carry outnted terrorist attacks using conventional and nonconventional weapons and targeting both official and private interests. The state department is pointing out there have been multiple attacks in france, nigeria, denmark, turkey, and molly. U. S. Citizens should exercise caution when using transportation, be aware of immediate surroundings and avoid large crowds or crowded places. Exercise caution during the Holiday Season and that festivals or events. The warning was issued two days ago and remains in effect until february of 2016. The economist has this cover story, how to fight back. , more from the president from the roosevelt room. President obama in the event of a specific credible threat, the public will be informed. Foro think its useful people as they are going about their business to be vigilant. If you see something, Say Something. That is voice helpful. Otherwise american should go about their usual thanksgiving activities. It has been a time of family and friends and celebrating our while the threat of terrorism is a troubling reality of our age, we are equipped to prevent attacks and are resilient in the face of those that would try to do is time us harm. That is something we can be thankful for. Happy thanksgiving. Thanks very much for spending part of this Holiday Weekend with us, we will be here through the weekend on the washington journal. The New York Post has this. The warning of potential copycat crimes because of the terror attacks has Police Agencies across the country advised to keep an eye for copycats inspired by the jihadi assault in paris. Is atrial drill simulating a terror attack in city, the in new york bulletin is being sent to 18,000 local Law Enforcement agencies to be on the lookout to four suspicious people four suspicious people across the nation. In the New York Times, for on the statement yesterday. The headline, frightened after muslims coping with potential backlash because of what was seen in new york city. Lets go to rusty in elizabethtown, kentucky. Welcome. Happy thanksgiving, i wanted to thank cspan for the way you do your format. Added, and a couple questions. The comment is i feel pretty safe in my home country but the questions that i have are if we have been bombing isis for the last 18 months, how is it that france had all of these new targets to bomb last week . The second question is, schlanger will we watch every time isis has a victory how much longer will we have to watch every time isis has a victory in iraq with two hourlong, threehour victory convoys that we dont do anything about . I dont understand if we are serious about bombing over there why we are not actually bombing and taking care of the situation. Things for taking my questions. We will have a conversation at the bottom of the hour with a Major General from afghanistan to talk about the operations in that country and u. S. Troops that remain in afghanistan. This tweet from david roth, you can send us a tweet at http twitter. Com cspanwj. He says we have nothing to fear but fear itself, fdr are great socialist leader was true in 1933 and more today. To enter the about roosevelt room yesterday, this was the photograph with the headline obama seeks to. Assure skeptical public there was subtext to his statement as well. Feels anxiety in the wake of the attacks and does have a plan for defeating the terrorists of the Islamic State and if given enough time, mr. Obama understood that the audience was skeptical although he once enjoyed the benefit of the doubt he does not anymore. His response has been criticized by republicans and democrats. New polls showing most of the public has lost confidence in the president s handling of the terror threat. This morning from a former Moscow Bureau chief for the New York Times and a white house reporter, inside todays times, also available at nytimes. Com. Brandel from butler, oklahoma. Are you worried . Caller not at all. There was a cuban missile crisis, the soviet union had thousands of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles aimed at us. I am not worried about terrorists. When you worry about them, you give them effectiveness. The thinghink about that happened in sandy hook, i think two years ago somebody killed 20 children. Terrorists are not here, if they come to oklahoma they would not be living very long. Host thanks for the call. Bill king who has this point saying i can tell you i would not attend the macys thanks giving parade today. Security will be like boarding a flight at the airport. This is from abc news. Com, an estimated 3 Million People expected to attend the parade. It will air live on nbc. Mark is joining us from melbourne, florida. On the issue of Homeland Security, we ask are you worried . Had he respond . Caller good morning, happy thanksgiving. Well, i think you have to be worried. I beenthink and following since 9 11 that this is a Law Enforcement issue, not a military issue. We are never going to change the way the radical muslims think about america or the west. What we have to do is either keep them out of this country or if they slip in, we have to hunt them down and either kill them or arrest them and prosecute them. Thats my comment. This is from carol who says i feel safe here in boca raton but i plan to stay home instead of flying to atlanta, it is such a large airport hub. The area code, for eastern and central time zones, 2027488000. And 2027488001 four mountain and pacific. The head of amtrak joined us to talk about how the rail carrier is preparing for the weekend. Heres a portion of that. Guest its safe to use rail travel. Weekend, our chief of police paul hansen were on the phone for a substantial part of the time trying to understand what happened and what this was about. We regularly talk about the necessity for security. We have a multilayered approach at amtrak so monday morning and after that weekend, if people were riding the train they saw dogse stations a surge of and guards and things people see visibly. We have a very strong team of canines and a special Operations Unit and great partnerships with Law Enforcement up and down and across the country. Behind that, what you dont see is the fact that we are plugged ,nto the fbi so we understand we have analysts there, topsecret clearances, we try to understand if there is a credible threat. We look and have patrols along the rightofway, we are looking all the time for what is necessary to keep our passengers secure and safe. Host he was with us this week on cspans washington journal to talk about security along amtraks rail routes between new york and boston and elsewhere. We are asking you whether or not you are worried about Homeland Security in light of what happened in paris. And the heightened travel alert put in place by the state department. The hill newspaper has jeh johnson again advising all americans to remain vigilant but also go ahead with their daily lives and from the Washington Post, a poll showed most americans are fearful of a major terror attack. That story is available at Washington Post. Com. Alan is joining us from asheville, north carolina. Good morning and happy thanksgiving and thanks for having me. If with ourd Political Correctness situation. For instance, if we were the boy with the clock that went to school, it was in a briefcase and it looked dangerous and he happened to be a muslim. Incorrect tocally say what are you doing with this briefcase, it is all wired up. He says its 00 and it looked he says it is a clock and now he is suing the school and the school board for his detention. And i was traveling in europe and there was a fellow across from me on a train and he got off the train and he left his at the backpack station. He went out on a cell phone and i was looking at his backpack and wondering what i should do. If offend this person it didnt seem right to me, it seemed unsafe. If we do take action like our president suggested and we do see a situation that looks report it, allwe of a sudden, oh no you are a racist or what are you picking on me for just because i look like a muslim or whatever the situation is. You are going to offend somebody when they do something suspicious. You are caught between doing something wrong here or taking care of the problem or do i mention it or ignore it and walk away . The Political Correctness put us in a situation that is not helping. It is a serious problem. Host in your case, what did you do with the backpack . Did you alert somebody . Did he come back . There were five of us my wife, myd daughter, and my son and sisterinlaw were in the other four seats and i was by myself. I was looking at my family and im like, what should we do . We were making eye contact. Whenare laughing at me now you talk about this story, i was close to throwing the backpack off the train. Me, i felt that uncomfortable with it. The man was making eye contact with me while he was on the cell phone. It was right out of the bourne movies. Im living the situation. I Pay Attention to whats around me but on the other hand, i dont want to be called racist so if i happen to Say Something incorrect, i think we are in a situation here that is uncomfortable that our president has put us in. Not just our president , the whole progressive, we are afraid to say anything about anybody. Sometimes we could be wrong. Host thank you very much for the call. It does go back to the other question when the administration or Homeland Security says if you see something Say Something, what does that mean . What should you say . Who should you say it too . When should you say it . Thanks very much for the call. Another viewer calling herself jersey girl in pennsylvania on whether or not she is worried, it depends on the type of terrorist. If you meet a white male limited shooting people in a school or theater, yes, otherwise not so much. David joins us from jackson, mississippi. Caller welcome to the program. Thank you for taking my call. But i am more worried about the invasion of iraq. Im talking about john mccain, dick cheney, paul wolfowitz, various neoconservatives. We would be better off if we just pulled out of the middle east completely. Host thank you for the call. Bobby joins us next from mobile, alabama. Caller good morning, i am not the least bit worried. I am looking forward to it. I have a concealed pistol weapons permit so i have a number of very quality made weapons. I think conversely that the terrorists are the ones that should be worried. We americans have the right by the grace of god to defend ourselves. People thate for sit around expecting something to happen and they will react. We dont do that as americans. General patton said we proact. We take the fight to them. Thats what we are not seeing with this administration. He should be there bringing the fight to them. Thats what i intend to do. Host thanks for the call. This is from another viewer, a lot of you weighing in on twitter. We would love to hear from you. Send a tweet to cspan wsj. He writes the terror attacks remind me of ebola panic. His comments last week saying there is no credible threat of a paris type attack in the u. S. From the fbi director. The usb except Holiday Travel security. Mary joining us from lake bronson, minnesota. Good morning. Caller good morning. Think 11 or 12 when the president went to congress obamacare. M into there was the demonstration right there at the capitol. I was walking toward the Botanical Garden and i saw a couple and a female, a beautiful spring day. No one was wearing sweaters. Thats how nice it was. There was this female with the male of middle eastern and walkingalking in the opposite direction. She was covered with a duster. She said toby her, can you see it . Witness,nt the only wasnt the only person that heard that. Host so what happened . I was among tens of thousands of people. I did look for a cop and when i finally found one, i am telling them about it that of course she mob, soway into the thats all. Thank god nothing happened. It was really eyeopening. A bigmart not to be in group of people. Host how can you avoid that in todays day and time in a major metropolitan areas like washington, d. C. , new york, l. A. . Yeah, it is smart to be smart. Host thank you for the call. On homelanding security asking you the question on this thanksgiving morning. Are you worried . The president traveling a few blocks from the white house to see homeless veterans, this is the headline front page of the Washington Times for a happy and safe giving. His wife and two daughters. Thomas from mystic beach, new york. Good morning. Caller good morning, how are you . Host fine, how are you . Caller all right. You know about this feeling secure with Homeland Security and stuff like that. I think americans would feel a lot better if these white supremacists, christian evangelical hate groups who ,upported bundy in nevada dylann roof, and though red state free gun areas would be more put to check. We have the arabs in check. They will not come here. The danger is our own people. Thats all i have to say. Host the president on his Facebook Page a few hours ago issuing this statement. Like Many Americans i was deeply disturbed by the shooting of quan mcdonell. I asked everybody to keep those who have suffered tragic loss in our thoughts and prayers and be thank all for the majority of men and women in uniform who conduct our communities with honor. Im personally grateful to the people of my hometown for keeping protests peaceful. One of the busiest stretches of shops in chicago is expected to see demonstrations in light of the shooting and the video that was released. The shooting took place in october of 2014. Shirley is joining us from new orleans. Shirley is in georgia today. Ive been in new orleans and georgia. But this is my comment. Afraid ofe become so our own shadow . Everything. I mean the part that kills me, going on and on with the tales about the man not knowing what to do, making eye contact. Worried about was the one in the jacket not knowing what to do. This is ridiculous. It makes no sense, absolutely no sense. These people should get on the television, poor these lies right out of their you know what. You let them go on and on. You have a right to your opinion but, on with the facts. They know its a lie. Men, some women, with these guns, those are the terrorists. Host thanks for the call. George has this point, saying that none of you are worried about attacks tomorrow at 4 00 a. M. When you bust and walmart for the sales. Opening at 5 00 or six a clock this afternoon. From the wall street journal, travelers up against the security in the airports and railway stations around the country as joining us from new york in the bronx, good morning ralph. Caller good morning. What me to tell you a story . Host yes. Go ahead. Caller i was coming back from my lunch break going to the Office Walking through times thate when i passed a car was running and black smoke was coming out of it. When i got back to the office it turns out it was terrorists trying to bomb times square, i think that was in 2006. Are you worried . Oh yeah, im very worried. Speaking of new york, this is a frontpage story of the New York Times. The latest miracle on 34th street, macys keeping the wooden escalators. A 400 million renovation of the Herald Square store in new york city and the wooden escalators that date back 95 years ago remain in place. Security is tight around macys and along the route of the traditional thanks giving her a. And joining us from great falls, montana. Caller hi, longtime listener. Yesterday i was at the mall, i got to the door, and suddenly i was aware that i needed to worry. I did it for the first time in my 54 years of life. I became aware of it. Host because . There, they say there are sleeper cells everywhere. They really want to get us. Even if they are little you have to be aware. The tsa administrator testified before members of Congress Earlier this month about the threats, how the tsa is dealing with heightened security, and what happens around the world. Heres a portion. I am directly connected to my counterparts across the intelligence community. I get a daily intelligence briefing with a synthesis of what everybody sees. I am concerned about the complexity and how dynamic it is, i think it is the most complex we have seen since 9 11. What makes groups like isil particularly concerning is that they are intending to inspire operationtent to phase is compressing. The tsa administrator, that was before the terror attacks in paris. We have a few more minutes for calls and comments. The New York Times, where you are flying for thanks giving and some of the busiest air travel routes from major cities. Part of the upshot, clancy from tampa, florida. It morning. Good morning. Caller good morning, how are you doing . Host fine, how are you . Dueer what i was saying is to the fact that we are nowadays seeing more negative things on and part