ship their endorsement of mister mayorkas, a sata leadership vacuum and turmoil at the department of homeland security may have contributed to the failure to anticipate and adequately prepare for the attack on the capital . that's the reality. after 4 years of disorder and disarray department of ca homeland security, the security of america including the security of this very building suffered because of lack ofleadership under the trump administration . over the last four years, we have watched the politicization of the department of justice and homeland security. we have seen some horrible things occur. operation zero tolerance. 2700 infants, babies, children separated from their parents at the border of the unitedstates . cast into a bureaucratic system and forgotten. until a federal judge in southern california said enough. i want to know who thosekids are and i want to know why they haven't been reunited with their parents .that was months after they had been separated. mister president, i went to an immigration court in chicago doin a big high-rise office building. i didn't expect to find a cour

one, i commit to you that if i am confirmed as the next secretary of homeland security, the department will be open, transparent, and responsive to this committee on a bipartisan basis, number one. number two, the threat of domestic extremism is one of the greatest challenges the department of homeland security confronts and it has unique capabilities in confronting that challenge. it's office of intelligence and analysis is a critical partner with state and local, tribal, and territorial governments in gathering information and intelligence about the threat we face here at home and disseminating that information so our brave and noble first responders are best equipped to tackle it. i look forward to playing a critical role in empowering the office of intelligence and analysis in an a political, nonpartisan way to do it important job and tackle the threat domestic extremism is today. sen. peters: the events of january 6 have renewed calls for increased prosecutorial and investigative powers to respond to the mystic terrorism. additional powers could be -- domestic terrorism. additiona

this committee work to great the department of homeland security department of homeland security following horrific events of september 11, 2001. at the time were mainly concerned with foreign threats coming from outside our country borders. as we stated today with a capital complex surrounded by fencing and thousands of minutes of the national guard, all about us, the threats to the department is being passed to protect us from our very different while foreign threat actors remain a concern, its attack on the capital general six was an assault on our democracy itself, in my view. of course it was a domestic attack. 20 years ago such a threat was unimaginable. i think also unimaginable are the new ways foreign actors are breaching and accessing or sensitive government networks,, the solar winds come cybersecurity breach appears to be the first met for an active, likely russia, has set unfettered access to important daily agencies. this includes that her agency tasked with keeping the federal government networks secure. at the same time our country still struggles with threats posed by illi

men and women of homelands of land security improve during my tenure as deputy sector in undersecretary johnson's leadership. i prioritize. morale, of the men and women of the department of homeland security. an agency that i lead, and the first chairman of the prior ministration. we are focused, on equipping the workforce with the work tools that they needed to perform their jobs ably in a manner which they could be proud of. he created opportunities for them to advance in their career and fulfilled their highest ambitions. i can be granular and some of the recommendation and some of the things though implemented, bellamy to speak to the fact that if i indeed have the privilege of homeland security, i will make their well-being in the morale of the brave and noble women men and women of the department my highest priority. >> okay thank you. let me just say alex when all of the new yorkers were confirmed to lead the the department of the home land security lots for years of the obama administration, what they found is if you recall leader sips like swiss cheese. we had so many people and acting positions, positions or on-field and leadership, and we worked together in

so one, the department of homeland security is a critical element of our government, especially these days. whether it is the pandemic or having fema play leadership role by being part of the department of homeland security, or issues around the cyberattack. there was significant cyber intrusion. i think it is the pearl harbor of our day, really critical and i think not receiving enough attention, or issues around immigration. the department of homeland security plays a fundamental role in our government in many many different respects. so having leadership there is absolutely vital and the gap in leadership that has existed there for so much of the trump administration creates even more problems. if you look at employee morale at the department of homeland security, the lowest of all of the large agencies in the government. there is a lot of work that needs to be done. i think it is a real problem not to have a firm leadership in place immediately at the department of homeland security, and i think it is incumbent, in terms of all priorities, there is lots that needs to get done. it'

mayorkas, they went on to say the leadership vacuum and turmoil at the department of homeland security may have contributed to the failure to anticipate and adequately prepare for the attack on the capitol. that's the reality. after four years of disorder and disarray at the department of homeland security, the security of america, including the security of this very building, suffered because of lack of leadership under the trump administration. over the last four years, we have watched the politicization of the department of justice and homeland security. we have seen some horrible things occur. operation zero tolerance, 2,700 infants, babies, children separated from their parents at the border of the united states. cast into a bureaucratic system and forgotten until a federal judge in southern california said enough. i want to know who those kids are and i want to know why they haven't been reunited with their parents. that was months after they had been separated. mr. president, i went to an immigration court in chicago, downtown in the loop in a big high-rise office building. i di

it's the department of homeland security. same agency being denied leadership by one senator on the other side of the aisle. it is time to get over it, time to get present butter the leadership we need as quickly as possible. we know america a unique nation and what makes us special is people all over the world coming in becoming american. not because of their race or ethnicity but because they embrace america's democratic ideals. the son of a holocaust survivor and immigrant from cuba knows firsthand that america can be a beacon of hope and promise for those facing persecution. he's an experienced national security leader who can restore integrity and decency at the department of homeland. i appreciate skill and dedication the u.s. citizenship in in the year 2012, he implemented daca. it allowed more than 800,000 young people to have a chance to be part of america. deputy secretary oversaw a $60 billion budget and workforce of two 30,000 individuals. he's the right man for the job and should be on the job today. he excelled i

. >> andrea, this unprecedented alarming bulletin from the department of homeland security tells you just how dangerous the situation really has become with, you know, the forces who continue to spew the big lie from donald trump that he was cheated out of an election and that they're willing to engage in violence to overturn that election. we saw that at the capitol. it's especially outrageous that right after the department of homeland security issued this

department of homeland security. in a new threat assessment citing the growing risk of violence by domestic extremists, the department now says anger over the inauguration of president biden and grievances fueled by false narratives could prove to be a very dangerous combination. there are also deep concerns that extremists have been emboldened by this month's attack on the u.s. capitol. and there's other breaking news on the coronavirus pandemic. the u.s. death toll has now passed 427,000, with more than 25 1/2 million confirmed cases in the united states. the urgency of the crisis underscored during the first formal briefing from president biden's new covid task force. top officials vowed to speed up vaccine distribution and pledged, i'm quoting now, everything is on the table to tackle the growing national emergency. let's start with cnn's brian todd who's following these truly alarming developments. brian, first of all, tell us about this new warning from the department of homeland security. >> right, wolf. some d

i know that under the leadership of secretary mayorkas our department of homeland security will strive to uphold the values of our nation. it will also bring much-needed stability to the department. it will work to reverse the cruel and heartless policies of the previous administration. it will work to protect dreamers and t.p.s. holders. he will work on smart solutions to secure our border and he will work with congress to finally past comprehensive imagination reform. that's not all he'll do at d.h.s. under mr. mayorkas's leadership, he will work to ensure the safety and security of our homeland. the homeland he was brought to as a child. the homeland that he and his family have made their own. i spoke with the persecution that ali mayorkas' family faced during the holocaust, a threat of an ti semitism and white -- anti-semitism and white supremacy. it still persists today and it's growing right here in the united states and everywhere across the globe. last year a d.h.s. assessment concluded, and i quote, racially and ethically motivated violent extremists, specifically white suprem

service so company representatives made repeated inquiries to the department of health or human services or the department of homeland securityand mr. mayorkas is an they did this in effort to get mr. mayorkas to speed things up. my investigation found that tbetween 2010-2013 mr. mayorkas had nearly a dozen contacts with that company including direct communication with its attorneys and mr. mayorkas forwarded requests from the company along to his team marking at least one of those forwarded messages as highly, high-priority and became, he became heavily involved in the process and revising a draft of a technical decision for his divisions with the ministry of appeals office unfavorable to the company and so because of his involvement in the end the opinion was written in a manner that was much more favorable to mr. rodham's company and in 2013 i wrote to mr. mayorkas five letters about his management of the aeb five program and in those letters i asked him detailed questions in order to get his side of the story and when he did not answer my initial questions i wrote him repeatedly to follow-up. at this point it has been mor

episode of our series on elections, covering election operations, election integrity, and election security, which will be the focus of our conversation today with our guest, a former department of homeland security secretary, mr. michael chertoff. i'm going to read a little bit about mr. chertoff's bio before i turned it over to our host, elliot burke. as secretary of the u.s. department of homeless committee from 2005 to 2009, michael chertoff led the cut--homeland security from 2005 2009, michael chertoff transformed fema into an effective organization following hurricane katrina. his greatest successes have earned if headlines because the important news is what didn't happen. at the chertoff group, mr. chertoff provides high-level strategic counsel to corporate and government leaders on a broad range of security issues, from risk identification and prevention to preparedness, response, and recovery. for heading the department of homeland security, mr. chertoff served as a header will judge on the u.s. court of appeals for the third circuit. during more than a decade as a federal prosecutor, he investigated and prosecuted cases of political corruption, organized crime, corporate fraud

and there is much more to discuss, we're joined now by julie chyme who served in the department of homeland security, certainly well aware of the details and depth of threats in this country. first julia, could you give the viewers and poppy and i some context here on the degree of this threat right now. i mean, a bulletin talking about armed protests in all 50 state capitols and now more national

before heading up the department of homeland security mister chertoff served h as the federal judge of the us court of appeal the third circuit. earlier during the decade is a federal prosecutor he prosecuted cases of purple corruption, organized crime, corporate fraud and terrorism. investigation of the 911 terrorist attacks. mister chertoff graduate from magna cum laude from harvard of harvard college75 in 1975 and from harvard law school in 1978. from 19791980 he serves a clerk to the supreme court justice william brennan junior. hosting today's talk is elliott burke. the managing partner of burke farrar, and an expert on everything related to politics includingg election law and election operation. so we're very pleased to have him here for some host on salt talk and for that i will turn over to ella different in their view. >> thank you john, thank you secretary chertoff for her talk today. we launch is talk in the form to discuss the administration on elections. including the role federal government. both these talks will provide a counter to some of the noise in thisse informati

clinic in the south bay is doing but first the latest details on a suwarning issued b the department of homeland security about the continued threat from white supremacists across the >>a department of homeland security issued a warning about the potential for attacks by homegrown terrorists, the same furor over joe biden's victory in the 2020 election that led to the siege at the u.s. capitol could lead to more domestic terror attacks in the coming weeks for national correspondent trevor shirley reports on what federal and local law enforcement are doing to try to prevent any more attacks. >>well it's been 3 weeks now since right-wing anti-government rioters attacked the capital. >>and now the department of homeland security says others with similar views may feel emboldened the carry out domestic terror attacks elsewhere. the morning didn't reference any specific threat but did say violent extremists who are upset over the 2020 election results and covid-19 restrictions pose an ongoing security threat. the warning says that threat will persist at least through early 2021. the fear is some of these extr

security personnel. >> reporter: ken is acting deputy secretary of the department of homeland security which oversees theecret service. he told us inauguration security planning has been going on eight months. on social media, the terrorists seem to see the attack on the capitol as a win. and i wonder if you are picking up intelligence that they are emboldened by that? >> there's a lot more online chatter, if you will, that has come up since january 6th, but i would point out a lot of the chatter isn't capitol, nation's capitol focused it's more general across the country. >> reporter: has the suspect who planted two pipe bombs during the attack on the capitol been caught? >> as you and i sit here speaking, the answer on that is no. >> reporter: so you have him to worry about. >> of course. yes. >> reporter: is tsa intercepting known suspects before they get on planes for washington? >> if they identify an individual like you describe, they will keep -- first of all, keepflying and if there's a legal basis to do so, they will seize and hold had that person for delivery to the fbi or local authorities. >>

of that reporting. joining us now, we have cnn national security analyst, juliette kayyem. she's a former assistant secretary at the department of homeland security. and cnn national security commentator and former republican congressman, mike rogers. he's the former chairman of the house intelligence committee. great to have both of you. yul juliette, i want to read this dhs bulletin, because i want your thoughts on the language here. it's so specific in some ways. it says information suggests that some ideologically motivated violent extremists with objections to the exercise of governmental authority and the presidential transition, as well as other perceived grievances fueled by false narratives could continue to mobilize or incite or commit violence. what do you think of that language? >> so as both someone who received these as a state homeland security adviser and someone who helped draft them, i've never seen language like this in what we call the sort of state and local bulletin. it's to go out to first responders and the states and localities and get them prepared to warn the public of a potential threat. and i think what's imp

department of homeland security has issued a terror alert citing the threat of domestic extremists who objects to the presidential transition information suggests some ideologically motivated violent extremists with objections to the exercise of governmental authority and the presidential transition as well as other perceived grievances fueled by false narratives could continue to mobilize to incite or commit violence the document does not mention any specific anti government plot but it says there is some radical individuals may feel emboldened by the breach of the u.s. capitol building in early january and could seek to target elected officials on government facilities is the 1st time the department of homeland security has used such a warning to refer to a domestic rather than foreign inspired terror threat. well let's now bring in really ever there editor a director of the reactionary times thank you for joining us on the program it's great to see you do you think it's appropriate for the department of homeland security to use the terrorism advisory system to flood threats of this

thank you very much tours other news tonight, the department of homeland security did something today it hasn't done in a long time. yes, the department has issued a rare national terrorism warnings very unsettling catherine heenan is here to explain catherine, yeah, panic and when it happens at this level. >>the warning is usually focused on foreign terrorist planning to attack the u.s. like isis or al qaeda. >>but this really is more rare. it is about violent domestic extremists. the department of homeland security says the january 6 siege on the capitol apparently this is motivated to extremists to continue to mobilize with plans to incite or commit more violence and it doesn't help that rioters really made the breach look good disturbingly easy that day. there is information that there are ongoing plans to again target elected officials and government facilities. homeland security says these are among the trigger issues motivating extremists coronavirus restrictions, the 2020 election results. police use of force and strong opposition to immigration. some lawmakers meantime they a

department of homeland security. new threat assessment citing the growing risk of violence by domestic extremists, the department now says anger over the inauguration of president biden and grievances fueled by false narratives could prove to be a very dangerous combination. there are also deep concerns

it's especially outrageous that right after the department of homeland security issued this bulletin, you still have senate republicans slow walking the vote on the nomination of the next secretary for homeland security, mayorkas. so you would think at this moment they would begin to sort of re-examine their relationship with these far-right-wing groups and work with us to pass this nomination as quickly as possible. >> i wanted to play something that senator mitt romney said during an economic club virtual forum yesterday. let's listen to what he had to say about impeachment and his colleagues. >> and the people largely on my side who are saying look at impeachment trial is going to inflame passions more, i say, first of all, have you gone out publicly and said there was not widespread voter fraud and that joe biden is legitimate president of the united states? if you said that, then i'm happy to listen to you talk about other things that might enflame anger and divisiveness. but if you haven't said that, that's really what's at the source of the anger right now. >> it's hard to unde

they were standing whatsoever, that same josh hawley used today to object to the latino department of homeland security leader that joe biden selected, right? that's -- that was what he decided to do with his day. so, it doesn't feel like the republicans are the least bit chastened and not even embarrassed about immediately going after, you know, the brown nominee, you know? and saying it's -- >> right, right. >> saying it's specifically because of, you know, caravans and, you know, all of that coded racist language about daca. so, where do we go from here? democrats are going to want to fight those people, not unite with them. >> yeah, and you know what? well, actually, i would -- i'm not so sure. i mean, there are some democrats that probably will say, you know what, we need to work across the aisle, we need to -- but there is no working across the aisle with those folks. these are folks who are bent on

. >> we have been urging for sometime that the fbi and department of homeland security raise the priority of domestic terrorism to white nationalism as it threatens the country. we'll continue to sound alarm to make sure they have devote the resource and atension. just as we did after 9/11 to international terrorism we'll give the same priority to domestic terrorism. jesse: the left has had a pretty

and cnn contributor, miles taylor, former achiechief of stf the department of homeland security. the 25th amendment, people can see how complicated, but simply put, if a majority of the cabinet and/or the majority of a congressional committee that has not been appointed decides the president isn't fit to serve and the vice president signs on, then the vice president takes over. as i said, a lot of this is a little bit silly or has been silly but this morning it's different. this morning there is real cause to have a serious discussion about it, and our understanding is that some cabinet members are engaged in a discussion about it. what are you hearing? >> john, that tracks with the reporting that i heard yesterday from republicans i spoke with and that my colleague jonathan swan heard. conversations inside the white house. aides that still work for the president, former aides, aides on capitol hill, former aides, lobbyists, political consultants, in conversation with their bosses. all saying it is -- we have to talk about what to do. can republicans let the president's actions st

also joining us, tim o'brien, from bloomberg, opinion and elizabeth neumann from the department of homeland security and adviser to the anti-trumpism group defending democracy together. elizabeth, i'm going to start with you. i stumble when i read your title. defending trumpism. you and steve schmidt have understood that beating trump in november was the tip of the iceberg. what is underneath trump, who really is a figurehead, is this wrought, this brain washed group that now includes it would appear some radicalized extremists. what do we do now? >> i would add to that that the radicalized extremists were

authorities now warning the public, the department of homeland security, out with a new advisory. you mentioned, talking about the motivations of some actors to include a big lie that president trump has peddled since before the election and it's continued now with he has not actually called it out. an idea the election was stolen. intelligence officials warning the public that those kind of ideas could inspire additional attacks. also worth pointing out this new advisory is not something we did not know because of our earlier reporting talking to our intelligence sources that extremists are largely looking at that january 6th attack as a success. that emboldened and motivating them. that type of adviser material went out to loll enforcement, warning them. today homeland security warning the pub lech writ large, what we've heard since 9/11. see something, say something. important for authorities to disrupt plots. finally worth noting so maniest ras we've seen since that attack on the capitol have involved people turning in their own family members. their own friends. people they kn

on sunday, i also sent a letter to the department of oman security -- homeland security's acting secretary, chad wolf, regarding inauguration preparation. the district of columbia is requesting the department extend the national special security event period from monday, january 11 to sunday, january 24th. i am urging the department of homeland security to cordon eight with the department of defense, the department of justice, the united states congress, and the united states supreme court to establish a security deployment plan for all federal property. which will ensure that the metropolitan police department's ability to focus on its local possible.mains in addition, i asked the attorney general at the department of justice to direct the federal bureau of investigation to provide an intelligent -- intelligence threat briefing on a daily basis during the period. i am requesting the secretary of the department of the interior cancel any and all public gathering permits in the district of columbia and deny any applications for public gatherings during the period 24.ary 11 through january i

from bloomberg, opinion and elizabeth neumann from the department of homeland security and adviser to the anti-trumpism group defending democracy together. elizabeth, i'm going to start with you. i stumble when i read your title. defending trumpism. you and steve schmidt have understood that beating trump in november was the tip of the iceberg. what is underneath trump, who really is a figurehead, is this wrought, this brain washed group that now includes it would appear some radicalized extremists. what do we do now? >> i would add to that that the radicalized extremists were there and trump added to them. so he took grievanced republicans and turned them into extremists and added to their number. so we have larger groups of white supremacists now, we have larger anti-government extremists and people willing to commit acts of violence now where four years ago that would never cross their mind. so he's added to the extremist members. so removing him helps. and removing his supporters and enablers and people lying and persisting in this conspiracy mongering, that helps. but then we're

hawley holding up the senate confirmation of -- proposed secretary mayorkas to head up the department of homeland security p. here's the thing. we applaud the senate this week giving a bipartisan confirmation to lloyd austin who has, you know, broken barriers all through his life. he's now going to be the first black person to lead the

his acting department of homeland security secretary, though, he did issue a critical statement without mentioning everything that he, himself, has done enabling the president's worst impulses. transportation secretary elaine chao resigned today. so did the president's envoy in northern ireland and former chief of staff mick mulvaney. >> i called mike pompeo last night, let him know, tell him i'd be resigning. i can't do t i can't stay. we didn't sign up for what you saw last night. we signed up for making america great again. we signed up for lower taxes and less regulation. the president has a long list of successes that we can be froupr of. for example, you can go and talk about the lowest in i in history. talk about the fact he's the first president in recent memory not to start a war overseas during his term. there are great successes there we can take pride in. all of that went away yesterday. i think you're right to ask the question as to how did it happen? >> yeah. gosh, how did it happen? mr. mulvaney? perhaps you should look in the mirror because whenever the

>> we've never had a homeland security person step down before the inauguration but many inaugurations without the department ofomeland security and the secret service remains in charge. it's somewhat concerning but most of the important decisions here are going to be made by the secret service. homeland was giving assurances his decision to step down won't affect things. i suspect that's correct. >> so who is in charge of inauguration security right now? is it all secret service or is it something more than that? >> well, by statute it's still the department of homeland security. they will need to get signoff from them on any major decisions. day to day decisions are made by the secret service and the plan for inaugural security is not something they've whipped into shape here recently. it's been in place for months and months and months. they have been making changes in response to two things, basically, this stream of invective in social media about people wanting to come here and commit violent acts and then what you saw last week at the capitol. >> and we know that -- all right, actually i've got to stop c

i am also urging the department of homeland security to coordinate with the department of defense, the department of justice, the united states congress and the united states supreme court to establish a security and federal force deployment plan for all federal property. this will ensure that the metropolitan police department's ability to focus on its local mission in all eight words remains possible. in addition, i asked the attorney general at the of justice to direct the federal bureau of investigation to provide an intelligence and threat debriefing on a daily basis during thensse. requesting the secretary of the department of the interior cancel any and all public gathering permits in the district of columbia and deny any applications for public gathering during the period january 11-24. in addition to heating our call to participate in inauguration events virtually, i'm also asking easy residents to sign up for special inauguration day alerts. you can see the text information there, that's for updates on public safety, street closures, weather alerts, transit updates, and more.

serving as deputy of homeland security under the obama administration and during those confirmation hearings in 2013 the same issue came up of whether he had used his influence at the department security to green light and fast track some visas, some investor visas for people who he was politically tied to. that same ig report was read back today where they said that if not for him those visas would not have been granted. as we have now heard already from people representing mayorkas, representing the incoming biden team they say that really he inherited a broken system. i want to flag that that is something that will come up, it's something he's going to have to answer to, but his overall message here so far, hallie, has been, yes, he will look at immigration but he's also looking at the cyber infrastructure, how weak that has been, the response to the pandemic which dhs has a large role in, response to national -- to natural disasters and border security of course as we see this caravan come closer to the u.s. border. he has a lot on his plate and we can expect that this new administration will not use dhs in the same way that the trump administration has that has so largel

that means the department of homeland security. it means the department of defense. we now have a defense secretary. we need a secretary of homeland security as well. especially given the attack that we saw on the capitol, the rise of extremist groups and white supremacy, the cyberattack we saw, one of the most damaging cyberattacks we've ever had in this country. the department of homeland security needs steady leadership and needs that leadership now and hopefully we can move it forward as quickly as possible. >> is it a coincidence that that one senator, senator josh hawley, seen raising his fist in seeming solidarity with the mob that invaded the capitol, just as domestic terrorism is spiking in this country, extremism, why do you think senator josh hawley was the one person who block this? >> i don't know what that is. you're best asking him as to why he would block the secretary of homeland security, which is a person entrusted to make sure that he can keep us safe and to deal with the rise of what we're seeing, extremist groups and white spremmist groups. to me

twitter to take down the video, the sex abuse video, but twitter refused to do so until the department of homeland securityervened, that's what it took. you're getting the picture. there's a lot of "garbage" floating around on amazon web services and twitter but none of it would justify the shutting down of amazon web services. and you should also know amazon web services provides web services for the cia. you're paying for it. amazon has billed data centers in china. according to a report by the horizon advisory group, he runs an innovation center in close partnership with the communist party of china. whatever it is, it's not a problem for our leaders because no one in the chinese government voted for donald trump. it's not like they're dangerous but you know who is dangerous? any american citizen who doesn't agree with msnbc. watch. >> the whole idea of prevention needs to be examined by the new congress. what do i mean? we still don't have a domestic terrorism law. we still don't treat this like we do international terrorism, change the religion of some of those people that enter the capital and you've

. >>> the department of homeland security has issued a rare warning. it says the u.s. is facing threats from violent domestic extremists. the agency warns that groups may feel emboldened following the riot at the capitol on january 6th. a specific threat is not being cited, but the advisory runs through the end of april. >> how severe is the threat? >> this is based on what they must be seeing that, indeed, everybody is seeing in social media, that these groups are continuing to say they're going to carry out acts of violence. >> the warning also says extremist groups may feel motivated to target elected officials because of the 2020 election results. >>> on to weather and more heavy rain expected to push into california today following a powerful weather system. the winter storm triggered mudslides damaging at least two dozen homes and buildings in monterey county. two people were taken to the as chris martinez reports, the storm is sticking around for a few more days. >> reporter: heavy rain is triggering mudslides in central california. a drone captured this video n

psaki: i send you to the department of homeland security for a male specific answer. >> you said earlier that the president has been speaking with members of the senate. you didn't say who they were or anything about those conversations because they were private. they were presumably discussing the people's business. [indiscernible] why not discuss who the president to speaking with? ms. psaki: what i said is that the president to with democrats and republicans as are a number of senior officials from the current white house and we will continue to do that. what i meant was those conversations, getting their feedback about what they think about bills and legislation, how they feel about the covid package that the president put forward, where they have concerns and where they have agreement. some of those conversations are private. they can speak publicly about their conversations as many of them have done. what i was confirming his that he personally is involved in more continue to be involved moving this package forward. >> will you release the names of the people the president is worki

the department of homeland security says u.s.rorists fueled by misinformation pose a growing threat. dhs does say the

of high-security fences near the capitol building. this comes as cnn obtains a new bulletin from the fbi, the department of homeland security and other agencies, saying domestic extremists pose the most likely threat to the inauguration, particularly those extremists who feel the incoming biden administration is illegitimate. >> they have united under the banner of this president. they have embraced his cause, the lie that the election was stolen. and that is not going to go away. it is fueling them. it's adding logs to that fire of grievance and hate. >> reporter: homeland security officials now say the rehearsal for president-elect biden's inauguration is postponed a day. internet and social media chatter about potential threats for this sunday, they say, prompted the department to make that call. >> there's a great deal of very concerning chatter, and it's what you don't know that we are preparing for. so, i don't know if anyone has raised their hand to say we are coming, we will be there, but we are preparing as if they are. >> serious questions are being raised about the capitol siege. there's evidence that rye the ou rioters pla

this is something i would expect the fbi and the department of homeland security to be focused on but the intelligence committee can provide them support of these issues, critical support. in terms of identifying connections between domestic terrorist actors and international actors and white nationalism for example as you pointed out, we've seen as i understand some connections if confirmed to get the job and get better informed based on classified information that's available. there are some connections and this is an issue we can provide some support to them on. i believe that it was a mistake to pull the u.s. out unilateral of the jc poa. at the same time it remains a threat in the region and its increased its civilian nuclear program how would you approach the threat from iran especially in the wake of the killings of the irg see commander a year ago and the founder of the nuclear program this year. i think that this is an issue that we need to focus on from the intelligence community perspective if confirmed, what i would hope to do is provide the best most accurate intelligence

i haven't had a full classified briefing but the department of homeland security indicated publicly thathis is a grave risk to our government systems and critical infrastructure and to the private sector across a range of things and it does seem to be quite extraordinary in its nature and scope and i think this is an area where we obviously have to focus in order to protect the country. >> another area is to try to discern the motivation and intent to exploit. another aspect of this and it's more like a broken record when we talk about stove piping, the russians learned a great deal from 2016 when they were having identified their service in st. petersburg, et cetera. as i understand, this was launched from american servers and that is why we didn't find out for many months and in fact it was a private security firm. cyber calm cannot because of legal and constitutional issues be as open with their information to homeland security. we have fbi and we have the congress. if we try to remedy the situation it would be this committee and the fiduciary committee et cetera. but i think the chal

. >>> the department of homeland security issued a rare warning today about the growing risk of attacks by politically motivated extremists. the timing came shortly after an fbi announcement that it's filing charges against a napa man arrested last week. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman picks up the story from there. >> reporter: these are the pipe bombs seized by napa county sheriff's deputies when they arrested ian benjamin rogers early last week. plus 15,000 rounds of ammunition, 49 weapons, a white privilege card and more, all found after raids of his business and home. the 44-year-old owner of this automobile repair business now faces both state and federal charges. they are serious enough that the fbi went public today. >> our focus is on behavior, and our focus is on those individuals who are not just aspirational but have an intent to use either firearms or explosive devices. >> reporter: the fbi bases those aspirations on alleged text messages from rogers. "we can attack twitter or the democrats who pick," says one. "i think we can attack either easily. i want to blow up a de

at the time of the inauguration but because of the looming security threat it is now being brought in with immediate effect it gives the department of homeland security and the federal patrol emergency management agency added powers in terms of creating security plans for this travel period the acting secretary of the homeland department has resigned chaired rupert did not quote last week's events as a reason for the resignation instead saying that he was resigning because he was facing various court actions because of his acting status but this is serious because the department of homeland security is the body that governs all the security arrangements in this inauguration period and there is a major threat indeed according to the f.b.i. the agency has had a memorandum leaked to the media in which it says that violence is threatened in all 50 states in this period leading up to the inauguration despite the warnings of planned and protests in the days surrounding his inauguration joe biden says he's not deterred. i'm on the free taking you know i. didn't read brian or i think it's critically important meant to be real serious for. all those