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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 how you turn that political will into substantive operations to go after and neutralize these threats...

Of the aisle don't 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. america's sitting there saying, hey, we're my fireside chat to say we have this under control? >> i think that's a valid point. i mean i think he can say we shouldn't be scared and he should say fear gives isis exactly what they want, but fear exists. and so you don't just get a...

Part of leadership is to create calm and create assurance. i do think there's room for obama, even though that's 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 we're 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 think there's no doubt about it. i don't want to be a pessimist but i'm less convinced that as obama ...

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, you know. we cannot afford that. >> joining me now, a lecturer and researcher of american history an...

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 president's 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 territory. here's a little bit more of what president obama said during that news conference. >> the mo...