cabinet secretary, homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas, hallie jackson in washington and we have the team covering every angle, and every location, and steve patterson and pinellas park, florida and blayne alexander is here to start us off, along with somara theodore with us as well. let me start you with, steve patterson, because you have seen some of the destruction in pinellas county where you are. and as we've seen newspapers across florida today reporting on what is one of the worst storms in the state's history and look at low fast it made landfall, just 24 hours ago, we watched it here on this show, and talk me through what you're seeing. >> how fast, and the amount of rain, halle, just devastated and that is miles south of where we are. this area dodged a bullet, all of the models a few days ago, had this in the bull's eye, this making landfall here in pinellas in, hillsborough, the bay area, that doesn't mean there wasn't significant storm damage. here is a tree behind me, down into the road, and cutting across this power line and the line is live by the way, into t

let's bring in homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. secretary mayorkas you were there.fe. tell us what you can about that. >> jake, the president has moved so very swiftly, both in anticipation of and in response to hurricane ian. he issued an emergency declaration before the hurricane hit landfall so we could pre-position assets and get our resources and capabilities ready to respond as swiftly as possible. he also, when the hurricane hit, issued a major disaster declaration so we could bring additional resources, and that is indeed what we have done. we have fema, the united states coast guard, transportation security administration, cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency. we have thousands of people deployed to florida and that's just the department of homeland security. the president has issued a directive that this be an all-of-government response so we can address all of the affected floridians. we spoke of what we have done thus far. we are in a search and rescue operation and moving swiftly to response and recovery. we informed the president of all tha

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joining us now is alejandro mayorkas, the department of homeland security overseas fema. mr., law enforcement. it is just overwhelming, hard to know where to begin. where do you all begin at fema as you look at the damage and assess things? >> thank you. the first thing i want to say is our hearts are with the people of florida who have been devastated by this historically strong storm. we engaged before the storm made landfall. president biden acted swiftly in issuing a pre-landfall emergency declaration so we could preposition our assets, resources and capabilities for the assistance of potentially impacted floridians. since then, we have deployed thousands of individuals, not just in fema, but the united states coast guard, our cybersecurity infrastructure agency, tsa, we brought in an all-dhs effort, which is an all of government effort, not just the federal government. last night i spoke with mark milley to speak about the department of defense resources that he has deployed. we're working also with our state and local, tribal, nongovernment organizations. this is an all

earlier this morning i spoke with homeland security alejandro mayorkas who was at ground zero in new llenges facing the country. >> secretary mayorkas, welcome back to the sunday show. >> thank you very much, jonathan, for having me. >> secretary more mayorkas, how are you and the and the department of homeland security reflected on the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks? >> we are very committed to honoring and commemorating the lives lost on 9/11. in the days, weeks, and months following as well, due to illnesses suffered on that day. we commemorate those lives on days like this. we also commemorate in honor of those with the work we do every single day around this country and around the world to keep the american people safe and secure. >> the department of homeland security was formed in the wake of the september 11th attacks. how has it evolved since then to safeguard the u.s. from foreign threats? >> the that, jonathan, the threat landscape has evolved considerably over the last 20 years. back when 9/11 occurred in those years we were very focused on the foreign terrorists. th

also on hand, alejandro mayorkas, the secretary of the department of homeland security, an agency thatevents of that day. the secretary, in a conversation with me, talking to me about how the threats that the agency is monitoring, how those threats have evolved from not just international ones but also some that are domestic in nature. >> the threat landscape has evolved so dramatically. it is extraordinarily dynamic. you know, back 20 years ago when this department was formed, the greatest terrorism-related threat that we faced was the foreign terrorist who tried to come into our country and do us severe harm. we then began to focus in the second decade on the individual already resident here in the country, radicalized by a foreign terrorist ideology. now we are seeing increasingly the threat of domestic violent extremism, individuals, you know, driven to violence because of an ideology of hate, anti-government sentiment, false narratives. 20 years ago, the cybersecurity threat by criminal actors, adverse nations, wasn't top of mind. now it's something that we're very, very focused o

department of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas says abbott doesn't coordinate with theve sought to communicate with the governor, but partnership takes two. >> so, the governor has not been responsive? >> the governor has fwhont responsive. >> reporter: abbott's press secretary responded to mayorkas saying in part, the biden administration has made little to no effort to communicate or work with texas to address their almost two-year-long border crisis. only now is secretary mayorkas feigning attempts to reach out. the last leg of a grueling journey. >> would you do it again? >> no. >> no? >> no. >> reporter: she says she wouldn't because she has learned that having a humble life anywhere surrounded by family is more than enough. >> so, what are the migrants telling you about what they're going to do when they get off those buses in the northeast, in new york or washington? what are they going to do? >> reporter: you know, a lot of these migrants don't have family in the united states, erin. so, this is actually a pattern that we've been tracking on the border for a whi

the dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas still refuses to call the board or a crisis. there are challenges and does not know basic facts when asked, mark milley and lloyd austin missed the dangers of evacuating thousands in afghanistan. and treasury secretary janet yellen missed a minor thing. you may have heard about it. it's called inflation. >> i think i was wrong then about the path that inflation would take. as there have been unanticipated and large it shocks to the economy that i did not at the time did not fully understand. >> laura: the public is not stupid, they know zero accountability when they see it. joe biden's cabinet members should not have more job security and then stay at a college basketball coach. if a coach all he does is lose and then blames others, he is canned, right? and everybody from senator mallorca's to senator millie should've been left along time ago. the fact that you are getting poorer and america is getting weaker, that's just part of the necessary transition. you may not be able to fill your tank, but you should be filled with pride

jose, you also had a chance to speak exclusively with homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkasimmigrants being sent to these other states. what's his take on what's going on? >> reporter: he blasted the decision of the governors of arizona, of texas, and florida to move people around with no coordination. he's part of what he had to say. >> when we work in coordination with one another we address the situation ably and effectively. when a governor acts unilaterally and refuses to coordinate with other government officials, that is when problems arise, and that is when we deplore political stuntsmanship when we're dealing with the lives of vulnerable individuals. >> reporter: vulnerable individuals like the little girl who was 5 years old who just a month ago died right here on the river as she was crossing in, and this is new mexico. this is texas. that's mexico. they had gotten here. she died. an official told me yesterday that on the mexican side they were finding bodies of little children as recently as last week. so it is a crisis that continues very, very much so. aaron an

department of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas says abbott doesn't coordinate with thehip takes two. >> reporter: so the governor has not been responsive? >> the governor has not been responsive. >> reporter: abbott's press secretary responded in part that the administration has not worked to address the almost two year long border crisis. only now feigning attempts to reach out. new york is the last leg of a grueling journey. would you do it again? >> no. no. >> reporter: she says she wouldn't. because she has learned that having a humble life anywhere surrounded by family is more than enough. rosa flores, cnn, el paso, texas. >>> still ahead, the welcome surprise almost no one saw coming at the apple iphone event. >>> and how can teachers and students overcome pandemic learning loss? the right relationship with a bank who understands your inindustry, asas well as the local markets where you do business, can help lay a solid foundation for thehe future. pnc provideses the resources of one of the nation's largest banks and local leaders with a focus on customized insigh

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out the white house, joe biden, kamala harris, the department of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkasm, for the suffering and death on their watch caused by their policies. maria: yep, absolutely. and so far we're only hearing from the small town mayors, mark, that have been affected. but texas is literally seeing 7,000 people a day. >> it's crazy. maria: a san antonio area sheriff wants to open a criminal investigation, he's opening a criminal investigation he claims into florida governor ron de santis, because he flew the migrants to martha's vineyard last week, he accused the governor of doing so under false pretenses. the governor is fighting back, calling out the sheriff for being more outraged over the 50 migrants in martha's vineyard than when 53 people died, dead migrants discovered in a tack tore trailer back in -- tractor-trailer back in june. remember the pictures of the tractor-trailer jammed with dead bodies. >> yeah, i do. obviously there were no issues when that happened. once again, they this is a situation where you have the des fighting dirty, they're trying to crimi

. >> department of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas spoke with -- >> you know, back when the foreign terrorists, the individual who sought to do us severe harm to the united states. it doesn't evolved. we began to be more and more concerned about the individual already resident in the united states, radicalized by foreign terrorist ideology. now, we are seeing an emerging threat, of course, over the last several years. of the domestic violent extremists. >> evan, do you agree and where do we go from here? u agree and whwell, i agree that to american democracy has evolved from something that was very external on september 11th, 2001, to the primary effect to our democracy coming from within our country. i think it is the on mooring of truth and the anti-democracy movement that comes from that. and again, you know, there is no way we will preserve the republic if we, those of us still committed to american democracy, are divided between ourselves. we have to come together. and that is what we are doing in utah. we are inviting all, regardless of who people voted for the las

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record amounts of interactions and encounters along the border, but homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkase official acts unilaterally like this it's thrown the federal system for processing migrants out of whack. the state of texas has already spent more than $12 million busing migrants to various other cities since the governor began doing this earlier this year, april into the summer. now, mayor lightfoot says she does plan to travel to washington, d.c. later this week to meet with legislators and try to coordinate federal resources for here in chicago and other cities as well to process some of these migrants. chicago of course is the third major city to receive these migrants from texas on bus of course joining new york city and washington, d.c. brianna? >> omar, we will be watching this. it just seems to be getting bigger between governor abbott and these mayors and democratic cities. >>> the u.s. military is formulating long-term plans to help shape and support ukraine's military, so what could those plans look like? we have new cnn reporting ahead. >>> and cnn sits down with americ

i think everyone should be reaching on -- running on impeaching al alejandro mayorkas and making suree is -- someone is held accountable even if kamala harris wants to look the other way. kennedy: all right. she certainly does, and no one's going to be the held accountable anytime soon. love the insight, ben. thank you. >> good to be with you. kennedy: coming up, the 2024 presidential race, it is beginning to take shape. very sexy. some familiar names dropping juicy hints. when will they throw their actual hats into the veritable ring? plus, the u.k. has a new king who has some very interesting demands. pressed pajamases, ironedded shoe laces. what in the world is velvet toilet paper? party panel will tell you after this. stay with me. ♪ ♪ another busy day? of course - you're a cio in 2022. but you're ready. because you've got the next generation in global secure networking from comcast business. with fully integrated security solutions all in one place. so you're covered. on-premise and in the cloud. you can run things the way you want - your team, ours or a mix of both. with the nat

and other states, and our colleagues speaking exclusive with the homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkasarian crisis and mayorkas with a sharp message to the republican governors who are putting these migrants on buses and planes with virtually no heads up to the officials in the cities they're headed to. >> when we work in coordination with one another, we address the situation ably and effectively. when a governor acts unilaterally, and refuses to coordinate with other government officials, that is when problems arise. and that is when we deplore political stuntsmanship, when we're dealing with the lives of vulnerable individuals. >> you can catch the rest of jose's exclusive interview tomorrow with mayorkas at 10:00 a.m. eastern on the channel you're watching now msnbc. >>> republicans meeting to see what game plan is if they take back the house in november. >>> and live in atlanta, where georgia prosecutors want to hear from one of former president trump's former attorneys and how likely they are to get it, next. unlock new insights and efficiency-right now. allow monitoring of produ

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the >> secretary of homeland security, alejandro mayorkas, taking aim at the governors transporting thehen a governor acts unilaterally and refuses to coordinate with other government officials, that is when problems arise. and that is when we deplore political stuntman ship when we are dealing with the lives of vulnerable individuals. >> all republicans blame president biden's policies, a top administration border of official is blaming congress. >> congress needs to take action, but i think we need to know that it's not chaos here. >> this is a pastor at a local church in yale passer masto. he had other church leaders have been offering a helping hand the last few days, but admits they need more help. >> when a glass of water reaches capacity, what happens? it builds up? the water is going to make a mess. >> is it time for other surety cities to share that? but with more debris pole and local shelters overcapacity, immigration officials here have released neither nearly 1300 migrants in the last two weeks. we witnessed nearly 100 being dropped off at a nearby hotel hotel. we met jenny

they claim that they are looking at a border that is secure according to alejandro mayorkas. want to do, what can you do after the midterm elections in terms of fixing this situation? >> well, first of all, vice president cal la harris -- kamala harris has done nothing for us in south texas to secure the borders. she's useless. and at this point, you know, i'd rather her not come to south texas just because going to be in the way of our border patrol agents processing the women and children that have been raped. i'd rather her stay away because unless she's going to come here to south texas for real solutions, i don't want her here, you know? i'm honestly very frustrated. i'm frustrated with the president, with the vice president that we've asked them, we've begged hem to come to south texas to come and see what they've done to us, what they've done to this country, and they've never cared to come here. at this point i'd rather them not come here anymore. we're very frustrated and, to be honest with you, fed up here in south texas. maria: well, your opponent, the democrat con

maria: not just her, alejandro mayorkas claims it's secure.ioned the word fentanyl once. i went to the crimes lab to show the drugs being seized and the testing going on. they're making fentanyl pills in pretty colors for kids. it was absolutely disgusting. they're seizing guns and other fire arms from these dangerous cartels. that's why florida senator marco rubio is out with a new op-ed on foxnews.com, talking about the fentanyl crisis at the southern of border, striking back after buy ten's continued attacks against maga republicans. biden can't stop saying how dangerous the maga republicans. here's what rubio writes, the greatest source of lawlessness in america is not republicans, it's the southern border where the president's failed policies are allowing drug dealers to feed the worst overdose crisis in the country's history. what is life like on the ground with the drugs a illicit narcots coming in. >> how many more of our citizens need to die? what more do we need see? when you look at the lawlessness that exists on our border today, t