bush created the d h s he made senator tom ridge or maybe governor tom ridge of pennsylvania head of the d.h.s.s. now it's janet napolitano you basically have a department that is not you know constitutionally created that's not created by an act of congress or the senate it's just the department the president says well we need this type of thing and so we're going to do whatever we have to do but do you think that these body scanners first of all are unconstitutional i mean they do basically just project that entire new image of yourself you have to be radiated to go through them and then the only other option there are these you know extensive pat downs which a lot of people will compare with. and it is if you go through the body and image machines it's nothing short of a pornographic image and it takes a naked picture of you the t.s.a. has claimed the pictures are not saved it's come out that they're absolutely false they were lying the whole time they are safe and they can be stored they were weren't they in fact being distributed when for the famous i forget his name at them i w

in a few moments, former homeland security secretary tom ridge on evolving terrorist threats. in a little more than an hour and a half, a forum on prosecuting and defending cases involveing classified information. after that this year's elections . later, a discussion on the relationship between the military and the media. on washington journal tomorrow morning, we're focusing on the elections with role call director. >> now former homeland security secretary tom ridge on current and emerging terrorist threats. hosted by george washington university's homeland security policy institute, this is an hour and a half. >> where we see the threat environment, where we see priorities that need to be addressed, and where governor ridge sees the future to a large extent occurring, and he and i will have a conversation, but then we want to be able to draw upon all of you in terms of questions, and let me also welcome our c-span audience who is watching live. we have a number of television cameras here, so governor, let me start with the first question, and, yam -- i mean, the last month

tom ridge. working in the counter-terrorism and homeland security field by have been privileged to work for a number of devoted, dedicated people you will ever meet. that doesn't always get recognized outside of those of us in the field but i will put no one above governor ridge. he initially served in vietnam, that experience, land did so valiantly after becoming -- after that he went to law school, became the ada, a different attorney in erie county and ran for congress for five terms. from there he went to two successful terms as governor of the fine state of pennsylvania. then 9/11 occurred and he came in a new form where president bush called on gov. ridge to stand up at the time as the first homeland security adviser to the united states. i had the opportunity then to work for the governor. from there he became, as we look at the hole being less than the sum of its parts, governor ridge was instrumental, drove the creation of the department of homeland security that brought together 22 dif

of my favorite people in the world and someone i hold in the highest regard ask respect, governor tom ridge. working in that counterterrorism and homeland security field, i've been privileged to work for a number of devoted, dedicated and some of the most hard working people you will ever meet. that doesn't always get recognized outside of those of us in the field, but i would put no one above governor ridge. i mean, he literally has devoted his entire life to public service. he is the george c. marshall soldier/diplomat in that he initially served in this vietnam, combat experience, and did so valiantly. after, after becoming -- after that he went back to dickenson law school, became the ada, the assistant district attorney in erie county, then ran for congress successfully five terms. from there went to two successful terms as governor of the fine state of pennsylvania. then 9/11 occurred, and a public calling came in yet a new form wherein president bush called on governor ridge to stand up at the time as the first homeland security adviser of the united states. that's when i had the opp

host: third congressional district, longtime held by tom ridge.let us take a look at the election results. you received 55% of the vote. why did you win, why did she lose, and what lessons are there for you two years from now? guest: there was a lot of strong wind behind the backs of republicans and against incumbents. there was nothing that was zip code specific in this race. everything was the same. it came down to representation. people ask me, how would you like to be referred to? representative kelly. not congressman kelly. people are looking for people to represent them in congress. this is not a criticism of the congress, but the perception was someone from northwest pennsylvania went to washington and started behaving as if they were raised in san francisco. she voted her conscience on these things, but at the end of the day, the people who sent you expect you to represent their core beliefs and values. there were a lot of things that did not make sense to people in that district. someone like mike kelly, a common sense guy who knows where

inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> in a few moments, former homeland security tom ridge. >> now, former homeland security secretary, frank cilluffo on emerging terrorist threats, hosted by george washington university homeland security policy institute. this is an hour and a half. >> to have a conversation, to get a sense of where we see the threat environment, where we see priorities that need to be addressed and we're governor ridge sees the future to a large extent occurring. and he and i will have a conversation, but then we want to be able to draw upon all of you in terms of questions. let me also welcome our c-span audience who was watching life. we've got a number of television cameras here, so governor, let me start with the first question. and i mean, the alone you've seen tons of various cases that come to the headline. firstly, the euro class. a lot of attention focused on how the threat has metastasized and were no longer dealing with simply al qaeda senior leadership, but you've got al qaeda's affiliates. you've got eight jihadist threat in the united states

satellite corp. 2010] >> coming up and a half hour, live remarks from homeland security secretary tom ridge. he will talk about existing and emerging terror threat, including the discovery of explosive materials on board a cargo plane bound for yemen. live coverage begins at about 10:30 this morning. also today, the ninth circuit court of appeals hears oral arguments on whether to hold up a lower-court decision on whether to strike down parts of arizona's immigration flaw. -- law. a lower court ruled arizona. did the federal government's authority to set an immigration law. you can see the argument from san francisco today starting at noon eastern. tomorrow is election day. on this day before the americans had to the polls, we continue our campaign 2010 coverage with a number of debates. coming up, the debate between patty murray and tino rossi. later on, the candidates vying for the illinois governor debate. and finally, russ feingold and republican ron johnson explain why they feel they are best for the wisconsin senate. you can watch all of the debate today, right here on c-span. in addi

here's tom. >> so many people enjing the weather for so long, and let's keep it going. this gorgeous autumn pattern thanks to a ridgegh pressure from eastern quebec to the gulf ast. another clear morning. temperatures near 40 in the suburbs and rural areas. and upper 40s in washington and near the bay. later today we should make it up to or so with lots of sunshine for veterans day tomorrow. upper 30s in the morning and sunny. sunny during the afternoon. more of thsame on friday. saturday should be mostly sunny with highs in the 60s. a look into next week. sunday, part cloudy. increasing clouds mop. might get rain monday night into tuesday. jerry, how is the traffic? >> northern virginia, interstate 66 at the ranch to go to th capital beltway. as you can see, reened. travel lanes are open. everyone is moving along pretty well. into town, northeast, new york avenue, anostia to bladensburg road. very minor traffic light issues. 395 wide open. moving noosely out on the rails this morng. metro, vre and mark with no early issues. joe, eun >> it turns out digging into a good book can have pretty big rewards. a friend gave