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Director comey. there is one area and dan can speak to this as well as i can that is different. that is, who do you pick as allies around the world? this president has said if there is a dictator around the world, for example, the president of egypt who will fight extremism, i will favor that dictator at the expense of language about democracy. that is an area where president trump has been clear. >> daniel, your take? >> right. i think phil has it exactly right about the continue yties. and by implication, supporting repressi repression, which as we know is a big driver of radicalization. so ...

Just two days after trump acknowledged for the first time russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election. the senate intelligence committee continuing to look into just how far that interference went including were there any political campaign people in connection with the kremlin directly. daniel benjamin now director of the john sloan dickey center for international understanding at dartmouth college. first your reaction to what donald trump has told "the wall street journal," which is that, you know, he's willing to consider removing the sanctions that have been put in place about a mo...

This country is 1 in 4 million on an annual basis. i think we do need some perspective from time to time. >> i was just talking to ambassador daniel benjamin who was saying it's the cycle. you have this political rhetoric and some members of the media are to blame as well, but it's this political rhetoric and the terrorists want to terrorize, that is the sheer definition. once they do, there's more payback for them to strike, whether it's an organized cell or someone who's self radicalized and a lot of americans totally buy into it. and to your point. >> and more than 50% of republicans who wi...

Is stoking so much of this. ambassador daniel benjamin, thank you for your perspective, i appreciate it. >> thanks very much. >> you can see the fifth republican presidential debate right here on cnn moderated by wolf blitzer. the first debate starts at 6:00 eastern tonight only here on cnn. as we're watching and waiting for more of these candidates to live here at the venetian hotel before they take a tour around the stage, did you know that tonight is not the only debate this week? we will talk about the democrats who will debate this coming saturday ahead. also much more on our breaking new...

He'll make more remarks in the wake of that. all of it before he departs for his own holiday to hawaii. kate? >> all right. kristen welker at the white house, thank you so much. let's turn to jonathan benjamin at dartmouth college and coordinator for the state department. nice to see you again. >> good to see you. >> let's pick it up where kristen left off. the president clearly trying to calm americans today but it looks like he has work to do if you look at the poll numbers. a poll shows 29% of americans are worried they or a loved one will be a victim of a terrorist attack. a recent poll ...