Risk experts say candidates not focusing on key threats but Clinton has better handle

WASHINGTON – It's a scary world out there, risk experts agree, but they say Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton often focus on the wrong dangers -- fixing on hazards that are unlikely, or unlikely to cause massive pain. The Associated Press asked 21 risk experts to analyze the presidential campaign and list what they consider the five biggest threats to the world. Climate change topped the list with 17 mentions, often as the top threat. It was followed by use of nuclear weapons, pandemics, cyberattacks and problems with high technology. Neither Trump's signature issues of immigration and terrorism nor Clinton's major concerns, financial insecurity and gun violence, made the list. "I have not heard or read about any significant deliberations of the major risks that face our country today and tomorrow.