Obama's approval rating down amid growing terrorism fears
The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., have pushed terrorism and national security to the top of the American public's concerns. According to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, these worries have helped drive President Barack Obama's job rating to 43 percent — its lowest level in more than a year. On top of this poor rating, Seven-in-10 Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, the highest percentage in over a year. And 71 percent of Americans say the shootings and random acts of violence that have taken place this year -- from Charleston, S.C., Oregon and Colorado, to the terrorist shootings in San Bernardino, Calif. -- are now are now a permanent part of American life.