tuscany, the province of mosakacra, current population, just 15. it was about 300 in the 1950s. no electric, no indoor plumbing when renado was born. he had four siblings, was a shepherd, he was nevertheless able to emigrate to the united states where he became an orthopedist, one of countless american rags to riches stories. when i travel abroad, i often come home mindful of two things, first how insular we americans can be, inwardly focused and disconnected from global affairs, despite as tom friedman would say, the world being flat. and second i m always grateful to have been born here. this time, i had a third thought, for the first time in my life, i worry about our ability to stay in tact. leadership, incivility, polarization, immigration, violence, all very much on my mind. and recent data suggests i m not alone in my concerns. many of us have more fear than optimism about the united states. of course i m concerned about the economy, with the price of everything fro
This is cnn breaking news. Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. It is sunday, october 8th. Im victor blackwell. Im amara walker. Our colleague Becky Anderson is live in tel aviv as we continue to follow developments in israel. We will be checking in with her in just a moment. Fighting in israel and gaza is raging into a second day. At least 350 israelis are dead and more than 300 palestinians have been killed. And thousands of people on both sides of the border have been injured since the attack began 24 hours ago. Today hamas says it has fired at least 100 rockets into southern israel. Many of their fighters are still in the country after infiltrating the border yesterday. At this hour, Israeli Defense forces are still fighting to remove militants from eight different areas inside the country. In gaza, israel is striking back. Israeli forces are using drones to keep hamas militants from crossing the border to israel. Idf sent dozen of airstrikes into gaza. They say they have hit
so these are all either things that don t happen, i ll ganothe example of things that don t happen, jihadist terrorist attacks, they were an obsession, 15, 20 years ago, and they have drastically declined. you tend not to read a story about in the past year, there have been virtually no jihadist terrorist attacks on american soil. and that used to be an obsession. we forget about all the terrible things we lived through in past years, and of course our attention is and ought to be focused on the challenges that face us right now. i feel like you re talking me off the ledge, and i appreciate that because you re doing it with data. have we been through similar periods in the recent past? is there any historical ant dote or measuring stick that you would compare this to. absolutely, of course, in terms o. ecf the economy, i liv through the stagflation of the
gates is calling on the president toer press the saudis for answersss about a mass shooting committed by a saudi flight student that happened in matt gates s district at naval air station pensacola. in december of 2019. the attack killed three sailors and injured several k others tht gates serves in the united states congresss. ngressman, tha julia carson, thanks so much for coming on . so why would the saudi government have something to say abouthing this? saudi arabia has been involved in two terrorist attacks on american soil, 9/11, where they provided material supportja to hijackers and at naval air station pensacola, whereck, as you said, one of their flight students was notrl properly vetted, was not k properly monitored and then killed three american service members. now, joe bidenrv. is so intent t kill american energy that is in turn financially helping the very people that i think a responsible for killing americans. i do not believeve that t the world s superpower should tra
78% of americans say isis is a major threat to national security and then there s this whopper. two-thirds of the american public feel the u.s. government is not doing enough to defeat the terrorist group here at home, only 32% believe the u.s. government is doing enough to prevent any futurer terrorist attacks on american soil, while 59% say not enough being done. that is more dire than when asked that same question back in january when 44% said the government was doipg enough. more americans believe that radicalized u.s. citizens pose a greater threat than terrorists who infiltrate our borders. but what do we actually think is up for grabs? well, just 26% are in favor of trump s plan to temporarily ban muslims from this country, while 43% support profiling possible terror suspects based on ethnicity or religion. no doubt, all those question, they re going to come up tonight