Situation until our countrys representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. The implication is that we might have a better handle on this. Reporter on tuesday, widespread rejection from his gop rivals. Hes a religious bigot. He doesnt represent my party or the values that the men and women who wear the uniform are fighting for. You know how to make America Great again, tell donald trump to go to hell. Its not about the blow hards saying stuff. Thats not a program, thats not a plan. This is serious business. Reporter trumps proposal, even Hillary Clinton and dick cheney are united in opposition. This is both a shameless and a dangerous idea. This whole notion that somehow we can say no more muslims, ban a whole religion goes against everything we stan for and believe in. Reporter the white house also issuing sharp criticism. The fact is what donald trump said yesterday disqualifies him from serving as president. The question now is about the rest of the Republican Party. And whether or not theyre going to be dragged into the dust pan of history with him. More and more republicans are telling me they look at donald trump as Hillary Clintons best possible chance of winning the general election if hes nominated as the republican nominee. But you can see how far the party has to go to knock him down. Our cnn wm ucht r poll shows trump with a wide lead in new hampshire, he has 32 support, his closest rival is marco rubio at 14 support. Back to you. We have two big dynamics going on here, what this means for the party and what this means for the country. This is a fundamental question of how were going to deal with terrorists. Lets turn to senior contributor and conservative commentatocomm mr. Matt lewis and ron brownstein. Ron, i start with you. I see this two ways. The gop has to figure out what theyre going to do with trump. Hes the guy at the top of the list. Do they have the power or the leverage, especially with the third party looming. Lets start there. That threat of the third party is something mr. Trump has dangled at times and i think will be dangling all the way through every day hes in the republican primary. If hes not the nominee well be hearing about it until next summer. He has an identifiable constituency. Its not an implausible idea that he could run as a Third Party Candidate and draw a substantial vote, a la ross perot in 1992. Its a legitimate threat. Its something a lot of Party Leaders have in the back of their head as they struggle to deal with a trump phenomenon that in the long run puts them at odds with the fundamental diversity and demographic change we are living through after most republicans recognize. Most republicans believe they have to reach out to the changing america. Most republican strategists. What trump is show, however, a big portion of the Republican Base is simply unwilling to go in that direction and will coil very sharply from it. What a crazy time we are living through and witnessing. The frontrunner, the republican frontrunner by a vast margin is being criticized by people, leaders in his party. I mean, what happens now . Yes. Its crazy. Look, if Hillary Clinton paid somebody to try to destroy the republican brand, they would do exactly what donald trump has done. That tells you how bad things are, how potentially bad they are. But republicans, i think, are walking this fine line on one hand they have to make clear that donald trump does not represent their view, does not speak for the party. On the other hand they want to keep him inside the tent, keep him from launching that Third Party Campaign which could throw the election to Hillary Clinton. So its a really, really difficult situation. I would say, though, dont hit the panic button just yet. I think its entirely plausible you end up with a nominee like a marco rubio, for example and that the party can go the direction that will be more inclusive and take conservatism into the 21st century. Look, this is an opportunity. You have all these guys and fiorina on the gop side have been saying we need a moment. You give trump so much attention. This is their moment to step up and say how they are different on this particular issue. Its metaphorical. That takes us to this bigger thing. The republicans are reaping what theyve sewn. They went heavy on opposition, heavy on negativity. Nothing works. You have somebody who embodies that. You have a bigger issue of who we are as a country and how were going to face the fear and the threat. How big is this moment in your estimation . This is enormous. Ive written what we are living through is the transformation of america into a true world nation or Kaleidoscope Society without any single dominant group. A majority of our Public School students are nonwhite. A majority of our under 5 population is nonwhite. White christians who have always been the dominant group is less than half of the population. We are diversifying. We are becoming, as i say, a kaleidoscope country. We saw even before San Bernardino all of the economic and cultural strains of trying to adapt to this change, how difficult an issue this is, how explosive an issue it is. When you add to that the economic and the cultural issues, the threat of security and terrorism, you are truly producing a combustible moment in a moment when you have leaders talk about what the country has in common. What trump is doing is giving voice and validating those most unnerved by these changes and making this a difficult situation not only for the pear but ultimately for the country. Lets remind our viewers about the interview chris did yesterday with donald trump where he said some of these very provocative things, including how long a ban he would see on muslims from coming into the u. S. Listen to this. Im talking about a temporary situation, until our countrys representatives can figure out what the hell is going on, chris. Is it temporary . Yes, its until the countrys representatives can figure out what is going on. Fact is, until our people can do something about these horrible people that want to do damage to our country, real damage to our country, then i think it should stay in place. But its temporary until we can figure that out. So, matt, he was vague, obviously about the timing as he often is, about specifics. Yesterday i sat down with a panel of Trump Supporters and they this is music to their ears. They agree with this. They say that they feel scared right now in the country. This is not anything that makes them take a second look. They feel even more strongly than ever about him. In fact, the fact that the Republican Party establishment is trying to reject him, that doesnt bother them at all. That makes them him stronger in their minds. Absolutely. Look, we have the culmination of so many cultural societal, technological changes happening right now. Part of the reason republicans have to be delicate with the way that they distance themselves from trump, its not just donald trump. Its a lot of americans who like donald trump and support him. And some of whom are fight good, you know, patriotic americans who are very afraid economically theyre afraid. Theyre afraid for this country in terms of terrorism. They feel like the country that they love is changing. They think that theres liberal overreach, Political Correctness run amuck. They have legitimate fears and concerns. The question is, i think trump is exploiting that in a very negative and cynical way. How do conservatives respond and how do we try to win them over . So, look, i think that when trump says hey, what im talking about is common sense, in a sense hes right. Becauseresponding to fear is a base instinct. Telling people to consider things like religious liberty or unintended consequences, thats a move more sophisticated thing to do. Its harder to sell in a sound bite. When people are scared, and theyre scared, they want control. What hes giving them, donald trump, is control. Ban the muslims, theres your control. This is a moment for leaders to step up. Hillary clinton put out a tweet, not enough, you have to come out, be full throated and you have to tell the American People what you are on this. I think its going to be the extension of the issue that decides the election. Ron, matt, thank you for your perspective. Great to talk to you. Stick around, everyone. Coming up on new day, well discuss trumps controversial muslim ban with senator angus king, senator tom cotton and congressman andre carson as well as Christine Todd whitman. And the timing couldnt be more pivotal for a moment in this election. Were less than a week away from the big cnn Republican Debate. The last one of 2015. And really, probably the most at stake in terms of how big this issue is going forward. It starts, of course, tuesday, 6 00 p. M. Eastern. Thats when the coverage starts. Then you have the undercard debate and the main event is at 8 30 eastern only on cnn. Interesting timing, huh . Uhhuh. Planned it perfectly. All that happening just before the next debate. Other news, breaking news on the paris terror attacks investigation, the third attacker who blew himself up at the bataclan concert hall has been identified. Cnns senior european correspondent Jim Bitterman live in paris with the breaking details for us. Jim . Reporter right, michaela. In fact, hes been identified by the Prime Minister himself as Fouad Mohamed aggad. He went as part of a group. The others returned to france. They were arrested by police and put under provisionary detention, all of them except for fouad, Mohamed Aggad. He vowed to take revenge on france and in fact has now. Hes been identified. That makes all three of the attackers at the bataclan theater, the performance hall, who killed 90 french young people, all three of them were french born and had french passports. Michaela, chris . Thank you very much. We appreciate it, jim. Paris driving fear of terror striking here and then it did. San bernardino, the more we learn, the scarier it is. The male terrorist was planning an attack three years ago. They also believe now he joined his wife in pledging allegiance to isis on facebook as the recent attack was unfolding. Cnns dan simon is live in San Bernardino with more. Dan, what do we know . Reporter well, hey, chris, a couple new developments to talk about. We are told that siyed farook my have been planning an attack in 2012 with someone other than his wife. We are told at this point they apparently abandoned this sort of plot because the, were told, in effect they may have gotten spooked. The second thing, were told that farook may have taken out a bank loan in november for 28,500. What that money was used for, were told, half of it was given to farooks mother, the other half apparently has been accounted for. What they were planning to do with that money, were not fight sure. Perhaps they were trying to stockpile some weapons. But parentally thats not been confirmed. Finally, we learned that farooks neighbor, 24yearold enrique marquez, the guy who converted to islam two years ago, he apparently purchased the two assault weapons that were used in the attack. That was transferred to farook, apparently that may have been against the law and authorities are continuing to investigate that connection. Alisyn, back to you. Dan, still as more information comes in, the mystery just increases. Thanks so much, dan. Donald trumps rivals say hes fueling hate by calling for a ban on muslims. But his hardcore supporters completely disagree. Hear what they believe, next on new day. Have you ever thought, i could never do that . Have you ever thought. You just didnt have anything left in the tank . Well you do. Because the courage is already inside. Gegiving up all the thingsan she loves to do. It should just mean, well, finding new ways to do them. Right at homes professional team thoughtfully selects caregivers to provide help with personal care, housekeeping, and of course, meal preparation. Oh, that smells so good. Aw, and it tastes good, too. We can provide the right care, right at home. Big day . Ah, the usual. Moved some new cars. 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What do you think of that . I dont think thats unreasonable to do. Because we need to make sure that the people here are safe. And until we can figure out who is allowed into the country and coming in and if we dont know who they are, we need some sort of protection. Billy, what his critics say it one of the founding principles of this country is religious freedom. We dont have a religious test at the borders. What do you think . If we want it as a nation, we could keep everybody out of the country, theoretically, legally, theres no reason we couldnt do that. Its not like due process or Constitutional Rights apply to people outside of the country coming into the country. Immigration is not a right. Its a privilege. You have to meet certain criteria to be able to immigrate to the United States. It seems that the majority of terror activities have taken place over the past couple of decades, more specifically, since 9 11, have been perpetrated by people of the islamic faith. And so i would say that when you see the propensity of terrorist attacks being committed by christians and buddhists, we start blocking them as well. Are the rest of you comfortable that there would be a religion test, hes painting with a broad brush against muslims. When jews come to america or christians come to america, theyre not trying to reinvent america. Islam, they are in conflict with our constitution. What hes trying to do is put the burden on congress to step up to the plate or our president who doesnt seem willing to, to stand up and say, look, we need a process in place thats going to protect american citizens. Thats the first job of our government is to protect American People, not to protect someone from the middle east or from germany or wherever it is. Its america. And our politicians have been placating islam, not kauing it what it is when there are acts of terrorism. Its about time that we stop being politically correct in this country and we Start Talking about the real issues and the real issues is theyre coming to get us. It is terrorists that are coming to get us in america. Theyre not going to be happy until they take over this country. And we have to be under sharia law. Im not going to bow down to that. I was brought up lebanese american christian. My parents were born here. My grandparents immigrated from what was then syria, now lebanon. And i have to tell you, my personal opinion, this broad brush thats been painted of all muslims, if i was going to say there was a flaw, i would just say that could be the problem. I think theres a definite group of the terrorist groups and theres definite groups that we know who they are but to paunt the broad brush and to just and to include all muslims, i have to say that most muslims i know are loving, fine, outstanding, some of our best doctors, some of our smartest engineers, some of our most highly educated educators and people in this country. The broad brush stroke makes you uncomfortable . It always does, of course. Like i would with any race or religion or particular group, i never would want to paint a broad brush. Does anyone have muslim friends. I do. I go to Southern New Hampshire university. Its a very diverse campus. I have muslim friends who have come to me and theyre like, i am really, really like i really enjoy being in the United States. I see that there are good muslims. Theres always going to be good and bad. Its what were trueing to figure out. I believe donald trump will figure out, is how we can defeat this evil and make sure it doesnt get into our country. Whats your experience with muslims . They were my coworkers. I used to work at cvs. I worked there for six years. There was a pharmacist mohamed that started working. I usually alwa