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Half, actually, approve of the president's handling of terror overall. why do you think that is? >> i think that's because he tends to couch terrorism in religious terms. and i think this is the biggest -- that and the fact that he isn't really showing an honest effort to get at the root causes of radicalization. look at his strategy about self radicalization and getting at the terrorists narrative, it's mentioned but not in great detail. they like to couch this as religious conflict. that's turning a lot of americans off. second thing i would say reasons why people are still worried about isi...

Them by having, you know, appreciating every day that we have here. >> reporter: now, this 29-year-old terror suspect, obviously, the investigation continues into him. his sister speaking on a radio station saying that she believes her brother was a good guy. she doesn't understand how this happened and that he was, quote, brainwashed. and that kind of focuses on what the investigation is all about right now. there's no doubt that he was self-radicalized and was an isis sympathizer. that happened sometime here while he was in the united states since 2010. authorities also believe he acts alone...

>> yeah. >> so all of this has taken place in seven years he's been on u.s. soil, correct? >> you did lone wolves as a misnomer, self radicalization as a misnomer, everything we learn about the path, it's much more like an ep deemial model, a close tan tact with people that have an ideology, they are trying to imparm. it's aided and abetted by what people read online. it's not the germ that makes it happen. as we will see with this guy, we are already beginning to see, there is a connection. >> people that maybe knew. >> yes. >> so discounting all of the president's very unfortunate statements...

Zblncht federal prosecutors have fired the first charge against the suspect in the deadly truck attack. at a news conference, authorities said one of the suspect's cell phone contained 90 videos, many isis related. earlier, the governor said the suspect self-radicalized while here in the united states over the past seven years. tell us more, brian, about this process of self-radicalization. >> right, wolf. terrorism experts say this kind of attack takes almost no skill. just someone radicalized to procure a vehicle as a weapon so tonight, we're investigating a critical piece in this. how the n...

Are signs he had been consuming isis propaganda on line, looking at isis messages on the internet, so it does appear to be a case of self-radicalization at this point. there seems to be no obvious indication, one official said this morning, that he was planning anything with help or that anybody knew about this. no indication of that, so it does appear to be self-radicalization. no sign that he was in connection with with any terrorists overseas. i would simply say, andrea, this is the sort of attack that is the absolute hardest to detect in advance. because millions and millions of people eve...