. >> this is tsa administrator peter neffenger's first appearance testifying in front of the committeepoke to the inspector general in detail about a report where teams posing as passengers smuggled weapons throughout airport security check points 67-70 times. >> are there issues in the way we are approaching our business that lead to the failures. what i want to see is other failures in the future. >> he wants to improve the perimeters around the airports following the stow way incidents. >> and peter neffenger says boarding passes may be a thing of the past because each is different. >>> big news out of santa cruz. frank and julie are here. the district attorney outlined his case against a 15-year-old boy. >> yeah. for the first time we are seeing the 15-year-old who is accused of killing 8-year-old madyson middleton and the district attorney charged 15- year-old adrian gonzalez with murder. we will hear from the district attorney about the chargeles and the penalty the teen could -- charges and the penalty the teen could face. ktvu fox 2 news at 5:00 p.m. starts now. >> good evening

peter neffenger serves as affers the sixth administrator of the t.s.a. where he leads security operations at more than 450 airports within the united states. and a work force of almost 60,000 employees. prior to joining t.s.a., administrator neffenger served as the 29th vice commandant of the united states coast guard. and the coast guard's deputy commandant for operations. we want to thank you for being here today. and your debut performance before this committee. the chair now recognizes admiral neffenger. administrator neffenger: thank you. i have written comments for the record and just a brief opening statement. good morning chairman mccall and rank ranking member thompson and the other members of the committee. thank you for letting me testify in my new role as administrator of the t.s.a. i'm pleased to share my vision and my thoughts about the future of t.s.a. let me begin by saying that t.s.a. is fundamentally a counterterrorism organization. our job is to deter, detect, and disrupt those who would harm our system of transportation across the cou

peter neffenger served as -- serves as sixth administrator of t.s.a. with a work force of almost 60,000 employees. prior to joining t.s.a. he served as the 29th vice deman daunt -- commandant of the coast guard and the coast guard's deputy commandant for operations. we want to thank you for being here today in your debut performance before this committee. the chair now recognizing admiral neffenger. mr. neffenger: thank you. i have written comments for the record and a brief opening record. good morning chairman mccaul, ranking member thompson and distinguished members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to testify in my new role as administrator of the t.s.a. i'm pleased to appear before you to share my vision and thoughts about the future of t.s.a. let me begin by saying that t.s.a. is fundamentally counterterrorism organization. our job is to deter, detect and disrupt those who would harm our system of transportation across the country, especially the aviation sector. we protect legitimate trade and travel. we have a no fail mission one

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peter neffenger is a retired coast guard admiral who took over as the head of the t.s.a. earlier this month. this hearing of the house homeland security committee is an hour and 20 minutes. chairman mccaul: the committee chairman mccaul: the committee on homeland security will come to order. the committee is meeting today to provide members with an opportunity to hear from the newly confirmed transportation security administrator, peter neffenger, on his plans for leading the t.s.a. we expect to explore a range of issues related to the operations of the t.s.a. and i now recognize myself for an opening statement. a terrorist attack in the american heartland inspired by a hateful ideology killed five american soldiers on u.s. soil. just a day after we marked up the extremism bill out of this committee. 14 years after 9-11, not only are we still under threat from islamist terrorists, but they have gone on the offensive globally and expanded their footprint. radicalization is on the rise. and the war is being brought to our doorsteps at a terrifying speed. we have long known

i would now like to take the opportunity to ceremonially swear in pete neffenger, the new tsa. >> raise your right hand. i peterlemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> that i will defend the constitution of the united states. they make against all enemies foreign and domestic. but i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. but i take this obligation freely. without any mental reservation or corpus of invasion. and i will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office of which i'm about to enter. >> the duties of which i'm about to enter. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. [applause] >> mr. administrator, over at du. >> all have to get used to that. that's a new title for me. >> thank you for being here. thank you mr. secretary for the privilege of serving in this position and for the honor of having you here with me. thanks to all of my family and friends and my colleagues from the coast guard with me today and the ones who did the real work standing against the wall over there. it is really truly an honor and privilege to be h

i comment peter neffenger do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the unitedenemies foreign and domestic, that i will bear true faith and allegiance to defense, that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that i am well and faithfully discharge, the duties of the office on which i am about to enter. so help me god. congratulations. >> thank you, sir. [applause] >> mr. administrator come over to you. >> thank you. i'll have to get used to that. that's a new title for me. thank you. and over been there. thank you, mr. secretary for the privilege of serving in this position and thank you for the honor of having you here. and thanks to all of my family and my friends and my colleagues from the coast guard to hear today and the ones who did the real work for standing over against the wall over there. it's really an honor and privilege to be here today. and i think you for extending that honor to my family as well. i'm really humbled by the president tresemme, by your trust in the, at a commitment for to serve in this