the muslim community on edge. this was the language used in the campaign that got president trump elected, so at what point are you hearing potentially from any sources about these counterterrorism initiatives going by the wayside if they do continue to make that trust that bridge of trust between muslim-americans and police harder? well, mike downing who you saw interviewed in the piece told me that he s very concerned that some of the cooperation that he built over years in los angeles is disintegrating and that muslim americans are becoming mistrustful and less likely to cooperate with law enforcement that s a bad thing. on the other side of it though, president trump s counterterrorism policy is not that different from barack obama. people like james mattis the defense secretary and hr mcmaster they don t subscribe to the hard thinking pushed by
cooperating with police. and nbc s intelligence and national security reporter ken delanie is with us. i know you had a chance to speak with the former los angeles police chief about the challenges that police have trying to build the relationship within muslim communities. what did he tell you? mike downing spent years as counter-terrorism chiefs in los angeles trying to build bridges to muslim-americans. not because they are prone to terrorism because in the small percentage of cases where people are radicalized, their friends and family would find out first and he wanted them to report it and now he is telling us that cooperation is undermined by rhetoric and policy coming out of the trump administration that appear to equate islam with terrorism. and spaesive lick the use of the phrase radical islamic terrorism and the travel ban is being viewed by muslim-americans as targeting them and it is leading some to be less cooperative with
explain the risk here when it comes to needing help from the muslim-american community in the fight against terrorism and how difficult that is of a job for ce iilding tse relationships of trust. well, thomas, since 9/11 police officials across the country have sought to build bridges with the muslim american community. like mike downing who we is a in the great piece by gadi schwartz. in the tiny percentage of cases where muslims become radicalized they want their friends or their family to say something, to report it. that s a really effective technique. it s thwarted a number of attacks since 9/11. and now downing and other officials are telling us that that is at risk. that cooperation is in question now. in some communities because of rhetoric coming out of the trump administration and in particular the use of the phrases like radical islamic terrorism and the travel order which was directed at muslim majority countries, been held up by the courts these are seen as divisive poli
captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight the jobs crisis, america s and his. there is work to be done, and there are people who are willing to do it. we need congress to get on board. can barack obama save his own job? with the lowest approval ratings ever, is this the last chance to get the presidency on track? ly talk to one of his biggest advisers and the country s biggest labor leader if he has turned the corner, and what he thinks of this let s take these sons of a bitches back and give america what they want. and will dennis kucinich challenge him from the left? and a man who is part of the team who has briefed the president everyday and sat face to face next to osama bin laden, and we will talk to author john miller. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening, president obama hard at work today on the speech that america is waiting for, his address to a joint session of congress thursday night laying out the jobs plan. the stakes could not be higher
ever, is this the last chance to get the presidency on track? i talk to one of his biggest advisers and the country s biggest labor leader if he has turned the corner, and what he thinks of this let s take these sons of a bitches back and give america what they want. and will dennis kucinich challenge him from the left? and a man who is part of the team who has briefed the president everyday and sat face to face next to osama bin laden, and we will talk to author john miller. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening, president obama hard at work today on the speech that america is waiting for, his address to a joint session of congress thursday night laying out the jobs plan. the stakes could not be higher for what may be the make-or-break moment of the entire obama presidency coming in the midst of a perfect storm for the white house. the president s approval ratings are lower than they ever been with 6 of 10 americans give him a failing grade of how he is handli