{"id":1074,"date":"2015-12-06T13:19:56","date_gmt":"2015-12-06T18:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=1074"},"modified":"2015-12-06T13:19:56","modified_gmt":"2015-12-06T18:19:56","slug":"mtp-exclusive-ag-lynch-says-obama-tonight-will-urge-americans-to-not-give-into-fear-call-on-congress-to-review-measures-on-gun-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/12\/06\/mtp-exclusive-ag-lynch-says-obama-tonight-will-urge-americans-to-not-give-into-fear-call-on-congress-to-review-measures-on-gun-control\/","title":{"rendered":"MTP EXCLUSIVE: AG LYNCH SAYS OBAMA TONIGHT WILL URGE AMERICANS TO NOT \u201cGIVE INTO FEAR,\u201d \u201cCALL ON CONGRESS TO REVIEW MEASURES\u201d ON GUN CONTROL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exclusive: Lynch on San Bernardino suspects: \u201cWe do not have any evidence that they were part of either a larger group or a cell\u201d <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an F.B.I. investigation now because of the indications that we do have of radicalization\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cDealing with guns is one way to handle the violent-crime issues\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

DEC. 6, 2015 — In her first Sunday show interview, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch <\/strong>exclusively previewed President Obama\u2019s address to the nation tonight, telling \u201cMeet the Press\u201d moderator Chuck Todd: \u201cYou may hear him call on Congress to review measures and take action as well. \u00a0But I think what you’re going to hear the president say is to call on the American people to pull out the best in themselves and not give into fear at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lynch’s staff later confirmed that the president will specifically call on Congress to review certain gun control measures. Watch the full interview with Attorney General Lynch here: http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/1RxFEJH<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a discussion on terrorism and surveillance, presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)<\/strong> told Todd that he \u201cwould reinstate the N.S.A. program as robust as possible within the constitutional limits.\u201d Watch the full interview with Sen. Graham here: http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/1jIa9Pn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)<\/strong>, another presidential contender, voiced support for getting rid of no-carry rules, saying \u201cpart of the answer is saying \u00a0\u201cWe need to allow people to defend themselves.\u201d\u201d Watch the full interview with Sen. Paul here: http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/1PME1Zi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dalia Mogahed<\/strong>, director of research at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, and Asra Nomani<\/strong>, author of \u201cStanding Alone: An American Woman’s Struggle for the Soul of Islam,\u201d joined the panel to address the idea that ISIS is espousing a strain of Islam. Watch the discussion here: http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/1ObVk03<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Also joining the show for insight and analysis were The New York Times\u2019 Elisabeth Bumiller<\/strong>; The National Review\u2019s Rich Lowry<\/strong>; Harvard Law School\u2019s Charles Ogletree<\/strong>; and The Cook Political Report\u2019s Amy Walter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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