john katko here who prosecutes terrorists and others is the head of homeland on the republican side. asked him the question, “what list are you talking about?" “the terrorist watch list.” we asked him, “which countries are people coming from?" “yemen, iran, sri lanka.” that's what's coming across. they even talked about chinese as well.

let's bring in now new york congressman john katko.former federal prosecutor for the justice department on the u.s./mexico border in el paso, texas. congressman, thank you for joining us. i want to end -- start on the last accolade that i mentioned, and that's your experience there on the border as part of the doj. based on that experience, how would you suggest the biden administration handle these illegal crossings? or what are they not doing to process them that could be improved? >> well, what they're not doing is sending a signal to mexico and to the central american countries that were not going to to tolerate this. they did the exact opposite. on january 20th he signed some executive orders that basically signaled to the mexican people and the south american and central american people, people all over the word, matter of fact, that the border, it'll be pretty different coming across the border illegally. that's all the drug traffickers need to know. you can't cross the mexican border without paying the drug traffickers. and the

new york congressman john katko is ranking member on the house homeland security committee.gressman, we just got some breaking news that alejandro mayorkas homeland security secretary is tasking fema with addressing the crisis of unaccompanied minors crossings the border. what's the purpose of that? what good will it do? >> i can tell you this much right by doing that there are many a crisis even though they won't say it there is absolutely a crisis think about it fema is dealing with the first nationwide state of emergency ever in the history of their agency. that being the pandemic. and they're in charge of distributing vaccines and in charge of getting person protection equipment all of the things related to pandemic. and this order that was just sengts out by health an human services few minutes ago, is man dating that fema take away the precious resources to deal with what's going on at the border and what's going on at the border was created that crisis was created on biden executive order so there's no doubt that this order at the border was by executive order and now

with that i want to introduce the republican leader of the homeland committee, john katko. former -- what were you, a prosecutor? >> organized crime prosecutor. rep. mccarthy: organized crime prosecutor right here in this community. >> good afternoon, everybody. and thank you for coming. in fact, kevin's right, i just lived right up the road in summit park drive as a federal organized crime prosecutor back in the 1990's. and i was charged with going after the drug cartels. and i had a fundamental understanding then, and i do now that the cartels know when to exploit the southern border, and they're doing it now masterfully. they're doing it because president biden rolled back a lot of the orders of the previous administration that were working. one of the perhaps most reprehensible things i've heard in a long time is nancy pelosi and some in the administration saying that this is caused by a pent up demand from the previous administration. there's always a pent up demand for crime. crossing the border legally is illegal, and so we shouldn't accommodate that pent up demand,

you mentioned john katko a moment ago. republican from new york and down ton border.d the people they're finding and apprehending now. hold on, stand by. john katko will come on in a moment. republican lawmakers meanwhile were down there on the border. large delegation led by house republican leader kevin mccarthy touring south texas where they were briefed by the border patrol about their demanding mission and the surging of the number of unaccompanied minors showing up at the border. the biden administration defending its efforts to handle the influx. griff jenkins back on the border of el paso, texas. you've been down there 10 days. what's the story today as the sun comes up there? >> well, bill, we're here in el paso. that's exactly where house minority leader kevin mccarthy brought the group of a dozen gop house lawmakers. what they found was the processing center there in el paso, built last year to hold 1040 minors is full capacity yesterday. a small snapshot of the problem that he encountered that he called a human heartache. here is more of what mccarthy said

. >> next, house homeland security member john katko on the evolution of the homeland security department. this conversation with woodrow wilson center president harman. >> i'm now president emerita, we have the latin correct, jane harman, and we'll have a conversation in a moment and in addition to that, i'm the grandmother to eight perfect grandchildren plus one institution and the name of that institution is the homeland security commission of the house of representatives and maybe the homeland department because i was there and in the end one of its principal advocates. so i'm delighted to welcome the ranking member of the committee, i'm also delighted shamelessly to tell everybody on this call that i'm the author of a new book on u.s. security policy called, get ready "instant defense" why our failure for security problems makes us less safe. i'm thrilled to feature my friend john katko who, as i said is ranking member of the house homeland security commission and i'm honored you chose the wilson center. and he's in his fourth term, he represents new york's 24th congressional distric

we will go into that later but i'm really thrilled to feature my friend john katko, who as i said, is ranking member of the homeland security committee and we are honored that he chose the wilson center to speak about your policy agenda. john is in his fourth term, he represents new york's 24th congressional district. a lawyer in training, just like me, i'm recovering. he served in the justice department and various roles including in the criminal divisions dangerous drugs section, where he served as a senior trial attorney on the u.s.-mexico border in el paso. later he was a federal organized crime prosecutor for the district of new york. so he has extensive experience. john and i will have a conversation and i gather that because he has to leave 10 minutes early for a vote, we will possibly pass questions. if you have a question you must ask, please be in direct touch with us. before i start my conversation with you, john, i cannot say enough about what meg brings to the wilson center. now, in addition to training capitol hill staff, which we have done for years, we are now training

after that, representative john katko, on the homeland security committee, republican, talks about protecting u.s. border, fighting terrorism, and securing the u.s. against cyber threats. later, on the communicators, representative jerry mcnerney from the energy and commerce committee come up looks a potential media and tech issues. ♪ >> c-span's washington journal, every day we take her calls live on the air on the news of the day and discuss policy issues that impact you. saturday morning, a pediatrician at the children's national hospital, discusses covid-19 and its impact on children. and from the national parks conservation a nation -- conservation association, talking about the national parks since the pandemic. 7:00 a.m. eastern saturday morning and join the discussion with phone calls, facebook, about texting and tweets. ♪ >> next, a senate budget hearing on addressing income inequality. witnesses include former labor secretary robert

. >> next, representative john katko, the top republican on the homeland security committee, talks about the evolution of the panel and the role the homeland security department plays fighting threats to the u.s. eat. >> welcome to the wilson center, not the actual wilson center by the virtual wilson center. we the latin correct, jane harman, i am also a recovering politician, we will have that conversation with john in just a moment. in addition to all of that, i'm the grandmother to eight perfect grandchildren, plus one institution and the name of that institution is the homeland security committee of the house of representatives and maybe even the homeland department because i was there and in the end i was one of the principal advocates so i'm delighted to welcome the ranking member of the committee and a delighted shamelessly to tell everyone that i'm his mom, i'm the author of a new book called insanity defense: why our failure to confront our security problems makes us less safe. we will go into that later but i'm really thrilled to feature my friend john who as i said is a rankin

speaker, as the member designated by representative john katko of the state of new york, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. katko will vote nay on h.res. 179. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: as the member designated by ms. bonnie watson coleman, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mrs. watson coleman will vote yes on h.res. 179. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. timmons of south carolina, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. timmons will vote nay on house resolution 179. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. rush, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yes on h.res. 179. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does -- the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >>

a dozen other gop house members who include the ranking member on the house homeland committee, john katkooing to come after over the weekend the governor here in texas, greg abbott, sounding off with maria about how bad this crisis is. listen. >> the border patrol officers told me9 that the biden administration policies, they are enriching, they are empowering the drug cartels and mexico who make money over the people that they assist in smuggling them into the state of texas. >> reporter: speaking of making money, the cartels, that is, when i was over in mcalp eleven and talking to that -- mcallen and talking to that bar owner, lupe cabrera, he said he was in contact with a family who was extorted not once, but twice. listen. >> i had a family that i knew that was crossed over, and then the same guy that crossed them over charged them money, and a month later went back and told her i can send the border patrol to you. >> reporter: looked at these numbers. they will shock you. the unaccompanied minor crisis for which secretary mayorkas had to call in fema, up 61% from january, 9,457. yet

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fred upton, jamie herrera butler, peter meyer, john katko, and of course the warmonger, person who loves seeing our troops fighting, liz cheney. how about that? hopefully they'll get rid of her with the next election. with your help we will take back the house, we will win the senate, and then a republican president will make a triumphant return to the white house. who, who, who will that be, i wonder. >> obviously a president going after a laundry list of members of his own party is rather unprecedented, but what else is new? trump may soon be facing even more problems on the legal front. "new york times" reporting prosecutors in the manhattan d.a.'s office looking in family business and finances. intensifying their focus on longtime family chief financial officer wieselberg. bring in leadoff guests. ashley parker, white house bureau chief for "washington post." veteran washington journalist and columnist at real clear politics, a.b. stoddard, and dr. bahdelia as well. medical director of the special pathogens unit of the boston university school of medicine. welcome back all of you. as

. >> republican congressman, john katko reacting to secretary alejandro mayorkas decision to fire membersthe homeland security counsel saying, quote, while these members serve at the pleasure of the secretary, today action sengsdz the message that this administration has no intention of upholding bipartisan unifying approach to securing our homeland. our next guest is one of the members who was fired, former acting i.c.e. director and fox news contributor tom holman thanks so much for being with us homeland security counsel tell us a little bit about what its role -- has been. >> well they've taken members from federal law enforcement local law enforcement, and civilian community, and just come up with ideas think out of the box give them ideas whether it is immigration or cybersecurity whatever. so it is a group of professionals, and they sit and they talk and advise secretary and -- different options. that he may not be thinking of so it is exactly what it means advisory group. >> have you met at all since the biden administration came in? >> no. [laughter] absolutely not. look, look i

john katko and the warmonger, a person that loves seeing our troops fighting, liz cheney. how about that? [ booing ] >> those of course are the 17 republicans who voted to impeach or convict the former president and would not validate his election falsehoods. they are also tiny minority in the gop, the vast majority either believe the former president didn't incite the crowd or they are too afraid to say otherwise. there is also an explanation from chad wolf, who spoke to cnn right after the ex-president spoke. >> i think what the president has talked about and what i think the vast majority of americans see that there is some fraud inherent in our voting system and it needs to be addressed before the next midterm or certainly the next presidential election. >> this guy. if you're keeping track, the former president isn't saying what he seems to be saying and turning the gaslight up a notch, there's this. despite the trump flags and oath keeper slogans with the violent mob on january 6th, none of that had anything to do with the insurrection. that's what they're saying. th

congressman john katko in griff's report put it very well.e said fema assigned to this crisis by the very fact that they were assigned to this crisis is an admission it's a crisis but fema was stretched thin by natural disaster in the coronavirus pandemic. to have it now taxed even further by a government-created crisis, is insult to injury. governor ron desantis said, we had it right before but we got it wrong now. >> obviously is a disasterous change in policy, jed. if you look, donald trump obviously had the wall which we all supported but safe third party agreements as well as remain in mexico. guess what happened? the border was under control. so they have gone back on those policies and they have created this crisis but i think that this is intentional. this is idea lodge call. i think that they're getting bit by this politically now but i think this was something that they absolutely anticipated. so it is a disasterous way to start an administration. i think most of the american people will be strongly opposed to this. jedediah: one of

. >> next, representative john katko, the top republican on the homeland security committee, talks about the evolution of the panel and the role the homeland security department plays fighting threats to the u.s. eat. >> welcome to the wilson center, not the actual wilson

congressman john katko, republican from new york, joins us now.r, they in turn, the mexican government, closes or tries to close their southern border to restrict the flow of central americans coming here. is there something wrong with that dealsome. >> well, i can tell you i just went down to the border as ranking member on homeland security, and here's a fact: there's 1,000 una accompanied children and some parents with them at one facility, not a single one have been tested. they're being released into our community, it's naturally going to spread covid. it's just going to happen. and half the border patrol agents or more have not been vaccinated, our schools are still closed, our businesses still have huge restrictions, yet we're going to send those precious vaccines to another country? i'm all for humanitarianism, but i think we need to take care of our people first. so i think it's very ill-advisedded to send millions of vaccines to another country when we have people here who want the vaccines that can't get 'em. stuart: but if you want to

john katko will vote nay on en bloc amendment number 1 offered by representative lofgren. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. huffman, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. huffman will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 1. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from connecticut rise? mrs. hayes: as the member designated by ms. wilson, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. wilson will vote yes on amendments en bloc 1. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida rise? ms. wasserman schultz: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. payne of new jersey, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. payne will vote yea on h.r. -- on amendments en bloc number 1. and, m speaker, as the member designated by mr. hastings of florida, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. hastings will also vote yea on the amendments -- in en bloc number 1. the speaker pro tempore: for what pu

newhouse, anthony gonzalez, that is another beauty, fred upton, jamie herrera butler, peter meyer, john katko, david valid ao, and of course, the warmonger, a person that loves seeing our troops fighting, liz cheney. how about that? [crowd booing] the good news is in her state, she has been censored and in her state, herbal numbers have dropped faster than any human being i've ever seen. [crowd cheering] so hopefully they will get rid of her with the next election. get rid of them all. democrats are vicious remember this. , it is true, democrats are vicious. he said people, well, there is people there. they are vicious, they are smart. and they do one thing, got to hand it to them, they always stick together. you don't have mitt romney's in the group. they always stick together. fortunately, for the republican party, the democrats have horrible policies like open border, sanctuary, defunding the police, and the ridiculous gray new deal. so, they stick together, they are smart, they are vicious, they've got everything going, but their policies are no good. so hence, we have, congratulations, t

john katko says migrant cartels are exploiting the crisis. the consequences right now. the effects on my state and those consequences are just going to get worse, from a crime standpoint, from a health standpoint and a cost standpoint. it's going to be a really bad crisis as we move on. jackie: joining me now, louisiana congressman and minority whip, steve scalise. great to see you, congressman. want to start with what we're seeing at the border right now. it is a humanitarian crisis, but the administration doesn't necessarily want to call it that. whatever you want to call it, there's some serious problems down there. >> yeah, jackie, good morning to you and what we're seeing is nothing short of a crisis at the border that some border patrol agents have described as total mayhem. this is biden's border crisis, created business his policies. he went in day one, stopped building the wall, ordered that they stop construction on the wall that was going on and actually costs more money to stop executing those contracts. that wall by the way that

newhouse, anthony gonzalez, that is another beauty, fred upton, jamie herrera butler, peter meyer, john katkoof course, the warmonger, a person that loves seeing our troops fighting, liz cheney. how about that? [crowd booing] the good news is in her state, she has been censored and in her state, herbal numbers have dropped faster than any human being i've ever seen. [crowd cheering] so hopefully they will get rid of her with the next election. get rid of them all. democrats are vicious remember this. , it is true, democrats are vicious. he said people, well, there is people there. they are vicious, they are smart. and they do one thing, got to hand it to them, they always stick together. you don't have mitt romney's in the group. they always stick together. fortunately, for the republican party, the democrats have horrible policies like open border, sanctuary, defunding the police, and the ridiculous gray new deal. so, they stick together, they are smart, they are vicious, they've got everything going, but their policies are no good. so hence, we have, congratulations, the republican party. [

congress, i introduced the family services improvement act, fvpsa, with representatives glenn moore, john katkod i look forward to reintroducing this legislation again, this week in order to provide more equitable resources and access to funding for all communities. madam chair, i think we have already done so. we would like to enter into the record illiterates apart that we've already provided that has been signed by 19 organizations, stating their support for the fvpsa act of 2019 and their desire for the passage of the comprehensive fvpsa passage for this congress. >> thank you. >> as the new methods of prevention have been discovered over the years so has the link between intimate partner violence and gun violence. according to the fund to stop gun violence, about 4.2 million people in the united states have been threatened with a gun, and nearly 1 million people have been shot or shot at by a intimate partner. women are also five times more likely to be murdered when their abuser has access to firearms. in my home state of georgia, 73% of reported domestic violence related deaths were comm

. >> next, representative john katko, the top republican on the

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. >> next, house homeland security member john katko on the evolution of the homeland security department. this conversation with