orderly way, to not thrust the fbi deeper into the fray. >> reporter: the fray is all 58-year-old christopher wrayfired fbi director james comey, as the fbi investigated whether trump campaign associates schemed with russia to sway the 2016 election. wray had deep experience, yale law, a justice department official on 9/11, and years in private practice. but trump soured on wray after the fbi investigated the alleged plot to overthrow the 2020 election. >> our job, as investigators at the fbi, is to follow the facts wherever they lead, no matter who likes it. and i add that last part because one of the things that i've seen over my 7 1/2 years as fbi director is that people often claim to be very interested in independence and objectivity until independence and objectivity lead to an outcome they don't like. you know, truth is truth, not necessarily what either side wants it to be. and ultimately all we can do at the fbi is make sure we stay focused on doing the work in the right way, following our rules, and not letting preferences, partisan or otherwise, drive or taint the approach. >> and were

as christopher wray told all of us, our threat level is at unprecedented levels.tart to listen. >> kayleigh: without a doubt. and just reminding our viewers, you're looking at a live image here from houston, texas. they believe this was the terrorist suspect's residence. they're approaching this very carefully because as you look at this image, you think there could be ieds blocking the doorway here. they have to be safe and meticulous. but upon entering, i imagine they're looking for something like a manifesto, any communications, a device that might have any coordination with the others that we believed are involved. your thoughts as we look at that live image right now. >> absolutely. i saw this a little bit ago, and from my understanding -- i don't know if they've made entry or not. i've been on these type of calls. obviously not something of this magnitude involving a terrorist attack, but when they're dealing with a possible ied that they know was in the suspect's vehicles, their bomb squad is going to be involved in this. this is a massive thing. they're go

i was reminded when christopher wray heading up the fbi said that the terror level in this country has level. we read about those here who will inspire acts like -- by the way some of the one that just happened in new orleans. they said that terror level threat is higher than before october 7th. one might wonder why there hasn't been a change in policy that has led to that. >> there has been a change in policy. quite frankly the number of individuals encountered at our southern border on a daily basis now is lower than it was in 2019. the last year before the pandemic. number one. number two, director christopher wray was speaking of the fact that we have a diverse set of challenges that our country is facing. i'm spoken publicly about this as well. we have the persistent threat of foreign terrorism that really gave rise to the department of homeland security in the first instance after the tragic events of 9/11. we have the individuals already resident in the united states radicalized to violence by a foreign terrorist ideology or over the last eight years, what we have seen, antigove

i think christopher wray is well informed and well aware of this the problem. a gao report in 2023 that said that the if fbi had doubled the number of domestic terror investigations since 2020. so they are doing those investigations. if i think so to dan's point, the public's impression is that they're going after people that perhaps are not really the problem. paul: right. >> and, of course, there's the famous 2023 memo from the fbi that said catholics attending the latin mass were a suspicious group. there was also in the fort hood attack the department of defense called it a workplace violence event. and, of course, mayorkas, the secretary of homeland security, has said that the big problem in the u.s. is white white supremacy. so that all feeds into this feeling for the public that they're not really paying attention to this other problem which is causing a lot of violence, the isis threat. paul: kim, that's particularly true for a lot of republicans who say the fbi's focused just too much -- and this goes back to, of course, 2016 -- on donald trump. [laugh

i question where director christopher wray is or where the deputy director, paula bait is, or at leasthe assistant director is. if, in fact the fbi is the lead law enforcement agency working this case, they need to have the top echelon front and center. you don't pass off a national security investigation with the gravity that is played out at 315 this morning to a special agent in charge of a local field office. and i think that fueled, quite frankly, senator kennedy's frustration. but i also, to some extent, will pull the curtain down on the fbi for a very long time, has been trying to play catch up. given the open border policies. wray has appeared many times before congress. he has sounded the alarm. he has told us it is not if it's just a matter of when. and the i think the fbi may have lost track of certain individuals or cells, and this may be, unfortunately, one of them. >> i want to play some remarks from president biden. this was 2023, and this is the kind of extremism that president biden said we should be focused on. listen to this harsh reality that racism has long torn us

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christopher wray saying early this year since october 7th risk for terrorism is at a high and this is tragic reminder. we need to think about the alleged terrorist in question from texas. this can happen anywhere and it shows how important security at home is an security abroad. a resurgence of isis is not out of the question especially as things are shaking up in the middle east. this points to the importance of maintaining a presence in syria and supporting the kurds in syria who have been faithful allies fighting isis alongside the us. ashley: a lot of criticism coming in from the biden administration for leaving the border wide-open, not focusing enough on those issues and going off on a tangent, do you think that is fair criticism? >> it's too early to say of the border is related to this instance in particular but it creates a national security risk. the fbi has been saying raising the risk for terrorism, we've had terrorism list hits coming from the southern border so security is an issue when it comes to the border not just national security terrorism but crime as well, we are

i am glad christopher wray was talking about it, but unfortunately, what has the fbi and doing the lastthey have been focusing on it that they have been focusing on parents speaking at school board meetings and getting everybody in the capital january 6. those are resources that could have been placed elsewhere. time and time again this administration went political agenda have come at odds with each other, they have always chosen politics, which is the most frightening thing about it. we have talked about it here and other shows, something bad will happen because of this agenda. >> todd: under the biden-harris administration, nearly 2,000 suspects on the terrorist watches at the southern border. they are the numbers and they are not good. how will the incoming trump administration root out terrorist cells and threats within the border? >> first of all, among those 2,000, this administration allowed in 99 of them after already on the terror watch list. that is not going to happen anymore. they were is going to be a massive deterrence. we will not have this weeping massive numbers of mig

i am fbi deputy assistant director christopher wray.rom our counterterrorism division at headquarters. i'm also joined by assistant special agent in charge olivia duncan from our new orleans office, who you heard from yesterday. i am here to discuss not only the latest investigative information we have in new orleans. there are other investigate of activities outside of the state. first and most importantly, i want to send our deepest condolences to the victims of this horrific attack on their loved ones. 14 innocent victims were killed in this senseless attack and at least 35 were injured. we cannot ease the grief people across the nation are feeling at this time. we stand with you and in support of you. all the resources -- we are going to go into that a little bit later. all the resources of the fbi are being focused when tracking down every piece of evidence, every lead, every interview, every potential -- every potential lead we have got. while i won't be able to answer all your questions today, my goal is to be as forthcoming as p

fbi director christopher wray and the attorney general garland have been briefed. not yet heard from president-elect trump. those statements could come at any time. he typically posts them on social media. so the federal response is vigorous. the fbi is the lead in this case. the atf also involved on the scene. but again, notable that the fbi is calling this an act of terrorism. as we wait, we don't want to speculate, but as we wait to find out more information about why the fbi is prepared to use the word terrorism just hours after this tragedy occurred. molly? >> so very swiftly. tracking the response from thighest levels of our government, david, thank you very much. >> let's bring in chris zwicker. thank you so much for being here under terrible circumstances. what's happening right now with the fbi investigation from your perspective? they obviously have this individual, who has been killed. i would imagine they're gonna know his identification fairly quickly. go to his home. what else, chris? >> right. i mean, it's highly likely at this.they do know who this

to you, jonathan, you heard the fbi director christopher wray talking how many times he hanys said weightened alertb heree too he said it is no time for panic that maybe ifor t is e for panic. what do you think? it is like he's putting us on tables to grip probation peer into the reality i s the bureauea anu d law enforcement agencies d offcity officials, politicianse g due diligence and forward thinking things. isis wrote an article somewhereg 2010 talking about efficiency os trucks running through crowds and how efficient that is as an attack. yet we have never progressed and evolved faster than the attackers to start formulating better tactics to counter those attacks and mitigate those avenues of approach. what happened today, i heard earlier they were talking aboutc whether the car could have gotten through if they had bollards up. that was a low-speed attack at first.. that vehicle was able to go around the cop car and not able to go 100 miles per hour but that could have been prevented from better tactics. >> trace: do you heard what jonathan said andin christopher wray was say

marc thiessen to you first with all the red flags that christopher wray has kind of raised over the pastot to the border. are you surprised that the fbi did not have this new orleans suspect on their radar? >> a little bit, yeah. but it just shows that almost a quarter century after the 9/11 attack the forces of islamic radicalism are still a threat to us. we have homegrown terrorists. we have hundreds of people on the terror watch list who snuck across our southern border and then abroad. the terrorist's goal was to get control of t the state with weapons of mass destruction. they just did that in syria. isis off chute overthrew the assad regime and led by a guy al-qaeda terrorist inspired by the 9/11 attacks to go fight the americans in iraq. is he thought leader of the state that has massive stockpiles of chemical weapons. donald trump is inheriting a very dangerous world where there are threats here at home within our borders and outside our borders. and he has got to find those people who snuck into our country and deport them and he has got to come down hard on these terrorists tha

the fbi director christopher wray has warned previously of the recruitment efforts by isis and the afghanistans been echoed here in the uk by the m15 chief ken mccullum. you've seen a veritable rogue's gallery of foreign terrorist organisations calling for terrorist attacks against us in a way that we haven't seen in a long, long time. we are very concerned about the risk of inspired attacks. lone actors here, inspired by some of those same calls for violence from over in the middle east. today's islamic state is not the force it was a decade ago, but after a few years of being pinned well back, they have resumed efforts to export terrorism. we and many european partners are detecting is connectivity are detecting is connectivity in our homelands, which we're moving early to disrupt. i'm watching, chris for ray there, and i'm bound to think he is the retiring fbi director, there is an income or, cash patel who has been nominated. the patel who has been nomin

and kash patel who is president-elect trump's nominee to take over the fbi, christopher wray said he's retiring, is there a cultural issue at the fbi that you think might need to change and does what we saw in new orleans and handling by the field office kind of play into that story a little bit. >> i think examining those cultural challenges is something that is going to be a responsibility for everyone that president trump appoints not just at the fbi but at every major federal agency, is this an agency that's meeting demands and the needs and the requirements of the american people. and i think what we saw on the ground in new orleans is that sort of rush to categorize something as a certain type of attack which is really unnecessary. the number one thing they teach you when responding to things in the intel community is don't jump to conclusions, look at all the evidence and take the time to do that so you don't end up in a position where you have to walk back the statement because that undermines the trust from the american people and it's something that's absolutely critical if y

christopher wray sat down in interview with "60 minutes."t which time he wanted to make abundantly clear our number one enemy is china through cyberattacks they have embedded in all our infrastructure from water and power to our dams this is incredible that he says it and didn't stop it greatest long term threat peoples republic of china, chinese government, which i consider to be the defining threat of our generation china's cyber program is by far and away the world's largest. bigger than that of every major nation combined and stolen more of america's personal and corporate data than every nation big or small combined but even beyond the cyber theft there is another part of the cyber threat that has not gotten the attention, publicly that i think it desperately deserves. that is chinese government's prepositioning on american civilian critical infrastructure to lie in wait in a position to wreak havoc and infacilitating real world harm at a time and place of their choosing. >> i'm thought shocked that he outlined the threat. we have been

christopher wray, who was at the fbi at the time, said the chinese government could control the recommendatione operations, that is the sentiment that has been put through quite a lot. do you understand how the algorithms could be manipulated?- understand how the algorithms could be manipulated? there is absolutely _ could be manipulated? there is absolutely zero _ could be manipulated? there is absolutely zero evidence - could be manipulated? there is absolutely zero evidence of - absolutely zero evidence of those claims. meanwhile, we have actual claims of the app, not just evidence have actual claims of the app, notjust evidence but proof, of american social media apps being manipulative by foreign powers. the whole internet is subject to manipulation, however there is absolutely zero evidence that tiktok knowingly has allowed anybody to manipulate people on the app. in fact we have seen tiktok is the one app where you can freely gain access to information. we have x are being controlled by elon musk, now mark zuckerberg is altering the ecosystem on mata. tiktok has been a real lifeline for

fbi director christopher wray testified to congress in the spring and red lights were flashing and it was a serious situation. we knew that large scale events when people are on big, you know, pedestrian areas in the street like the french quart fertilizer new orleans, my otay mesa state, they'd be vulnerable for something like this, and the idea that somehow we missed this guy being radicalized is a real concern. larry: well, hearts and condolences out to everybody. i always think of the cops first, but to all the families and i hope those wounded can get through. how does the speakership look for tomorrow, sir? >> i think we'll be okay. maybe one no vote. i think we'll get it done in the first round, hopefully hopeful for that. we need to stick together and the first 100 days of congress and perhaps longer into the year so necessitates that every single republican is diverse as our caucus is, can put aside their personal preferences every day and work together for the team, and i think everybody understands thanksgiving clearly the mandate that we have and the importance of the mome

christopher wray was in the f.b.i.ivision one week before the parkland school shooting and then the day after the execute shooting there was intelligence that said the f.b.i. knew about that shooter. i would like to see the f.b.i. focus all efforts on fighting crime and stopping terrorism and not focusing on diversity. it is a distraction and it is dangerous to the american people. >> tammy: it does. it sends a message, excellent point. paul, let me come to you because we just talked a bit ago with governor landry about the leader ship and the signaling that hams. you can anticipate how perhaps the city's going to respond or not respond or leadership is weak or if people are going to be easily made even more afraid. so it comes down to the messaging of that, the presumption that cities or certain police departments or the f.b.i. is not ready for this any more and that there isn't any leadership. you've been in new york during a number of issues, another episode very similar to the west side highway incident in 2017. a

you had the fbi director christopher wray talking about how many times he said he were on heightenedt. he said there's no time for panic. maybe it was time for panic. putting us on double secret probation. the reality is the bureau and law-enforcement agencies and city officials, politicians, not doing their due diligence and forward thinking things. isis wrote an article back somewhere around 2010 talking about the efficiency of trucks running through crowds and how efficient that is as an attack, yet we have never progressed and evolved faster than the attackers to start formulating better tactics to counter those attacks and mitigate those avenues of approach. what happened today, i heard earlier where they were talking about whether or not the car could have gotten through if they had bollards up. that was a low-speed attack at first. that vehicle is able to go right around the cop car. he wasn't going hundreds of miles an hour. so that could have been prevented with better forethought tactics. >> trace: i wonder, bobby, when you look at this whole scenario, you heard what jonath

christopher wray was in the f.b.i.iami division one week before the parkland school shooting and then the day after the execute shooting there was intelligence that said the f.b.i. knew about that shooter. i would like to see the f.b.i. focus all efforts on fighting crime and stopping terrorism and not focusing on diversity. it is a distraction and it is dangerous to the american people. >> tammy: it does. it sends a message, excellent point. paul, let me come to you because we just talked a bit ago with governor landry about the leader ship and the signaling that hams. you can anticipate how perhaps the city's going to respond or not respond or leadership is weak or if people are going to be easily made even more afraid. so it comes down to the messaging of that, the presumption that cities or certain police departments or the f.b.i. is not ready for this any more and that there isn't any leadership. you've been in new york during a number of issues, another episode very similar to the west side highway incident in 20

christopher wray is the outgoing f.b.i. director.esigned instead of being fired. >> my decision to retire from the f.b.i., i have to till, was one of the hardest decisions i've ever had to make. the president-elect had made clear that he intended to make a change. my conclusion was that the thing that was best for the bureau was to try to do this in an orderly way to not thrust the f.b.i. deeper into the fray. >> dana: kash patel becomes the confirmed f.b.i. director will have his hands full. he whats a lot to fix. >> i'm glad he was able to make it on 60 minutes. he didn't show up in november in front of the homeland security committee with the global threats hearing. the chairman of the committee said was unprecedented and shameful. a democrat. i'm glad he made time for 60 minutes. he was going to get fired. the fact that he is resigning and this is the hardest decision of his life. it was done. it had nothing to do with him. he presided over an absolute collapse in trust in the f.b.i. when he took over in 20172 years after he took

christopher wray, you are correct, the threat level is all-time high. it is. we have had an open border for four years. we're sitting ducks. there are many terrorists in our country and now have thank goodness president trump is coming in january 20th and our country will be made great again. >> julie: we'll talk about the confirmation hearings especially kash patel leading the f.b.i. at a very significant time now. lawmakers on capitol hill are demanding answers on both of these deadly attacks in new orleans and in las vegas. >> americans should be concerned. they reelected donald trump to get in there and do this thing right because there are people that hate us. america once again will have a standing in the world where we're respected, that we weren't respected under joe biden. a mystery! jessie loves playing detective. but the real mystery was her irritated skin. so, we switched to tide free & gentle. it cleans better, and doesn't leave behind irritating residues. and it's gentle on her skin. tide free and gentle liquid is epa safer choice certified. it's

you know, at the time, christopher wray, the fbi director, you know, he told congress, look, there is potential for a coordinated attack in the united states. do you believe that those warnings should have been taken more seriously at the time, in the sense that should there be an elevated threat level right now? >> yes. and in some ways, we always we sort of always exist under it and we focus them on events like new year's eve for these high profile events, or think about christmas villages in germany. i mean, in a lot of ways, the way we've adapted, rather than being on on defcon one all the time, right? always being a nervous and worried is we do put more effort, safety and security effort into these high profile mass events. and that's what's surprising about this. and those of us who know new orleans know that that mayor landrieu several years back, the former mayor had looked at what was happening in europe, what had happened in berlin, what it what had happened in france and with with these terrorist attacks using vehicles and had put up sort of more security on bourbon street,

outgoing fbi director christopher wray had a very serious warning for the incoming administration. he told 60 minutes last night that china's cyber program has stolen more data from u.s. sources than every other nation combined. how do you think this incoming administration, are they taking it seriously? what should they be doing about it? i mean, we're on the eve of the supreme court looking at a tiktok ban. the tiktok ban isn't about should kids be doing dances all day. it's should the chinese government own this app that millions of people spend endless hours on every day? how serious are we taking this? because it's so important, right? >> and the data that they glean from us, which is one of the reasons why they don't want to divest from tiktok, the chinese government. look, this is one of the areas where you could see some friction between republicans in congress who really don't want any friction with donald trump and the president elect, because there are differences of opinion on how tough you get with china when it comes to issues outside of trade. right. we know donald t

fbi director christopher wray, addressing his decision to resign ahead of donald trump's return to the oval office, saying the president elect was clear he was going to make a change before wray's ten year term expired. >> it was one of the hardest decisions i've ever had to make. i care deeply, deeply about the fbi, about our mission, and in particular about our people. >> trump has nominated kash patel to be the next fbi chief. just a few hours ago, jeff bezos blue origin called off the launch of one of the most powerful rockets in the world to troubleshoot an issue. if successful, the new glenn rocket could help blue origin compete with elon musk's space x. hundreds in the l.a. area gathered for free food, water and other resources at the horse racing track at santa anita park in california. and overnight, beyonce's foundation announced they are donating more than $2 million to help families impacted by the wildfires. for more information about how you can help, go to cnn.com/impact. or you can text wildfires to 707070 to donate. all right. coming up next here. donald trump's cabine

in april, fbi director christopher wray warned congress that the threat of domestic terrorism was on rise across the united states and this attack in new orleans comes just before major security events happen in d.c. this month with the january 6 anniversary, the funeral for former president jimmy carter and the inauguration of donald trump. president-elect trump said that his administration wilfully support new orleans as they investigate and recover, frances. >> okay. chris, thank you. >>> now to the sold-out college football game in new orleans scheduled for last night. it was moved to this afternoon in the wake of the deadly bourbon street attack. notre dame and the university of georgia will now face off in the sugar bowl at 3:00 p.m. local time. the allstate sugar bowl ceo saying the move was in the best interest of public safety and will allow additional security resources to be put in place. our jesse kirsch has more on the city's physical security measures. >> reporter: hours after that bloody attack on bourbon street, growing questions about the physical barriers used to se

our scott pelley sat down with outgoing fbi director christopher wray for tonight's "60 minutes" and talked to him about the challenges facing the new national security team. here is a preview of scott's interview and one threat that's been of particular concern to director wray. >> reporter: china's cyber program is, by far and away, the world's largest, bigger than that of every major nation combined and has stole n more o america's corporate data than any nation. even beyond the cyber theft, there's another part of the chinese cyber threat that i think has not gotten the attention publicly that i think it desperately deserves, and that is chinese government's pre-positioning on american civilian critical infrastructure. to lie in wait on those networks to be in a position to wreak havoc and can inflict real-world harm at a time and place of their choosing. >> the chinese have already insinuated malware into critical american infrastructure. >> that's correct. >> things like what? >> water treatment plants. we're talking about transportation systems. we're talking about targeting o

just this past summer, the fbi director christopher wray said he was hard-pressed to think of a time career with so many different kinds of threats were all elevated at once. clearly going forward that has implications for some big upcoming events, funeral of the late president jimmy carter, inauguration, and next month, the super bowl in new orleans. joining me now to discuss is dr. matthew levitt, the director of the counterterrorism program at the washington institute, also a former fbi agent. you are very welcome to the program. let's pick up one of the's luminaries between these two men in terms of the threat level. both served in the military, one a veteran, one still serving. >> thanks for having me on the program. that is very concerning because when people come out of the military when serving in the military, they are learning some unique skill sets. i think it's important to remember that of the overall percentage of people who are serving or have served, compared to the number of people that come to the military and have engaged in acts of violence, it's a very small numb

and i think christopher wray, the director of the fbi, has had similar conversations with congress, particularlyed about this isis inspired threat. and i say inspired because there's a very different approach here, isn't there, between isis inspired, which is someone sitting at home watching videos, watching propaganda, who is becomes more extreme through what he's watching from maybe, perhaps as well coverage of of gaza and things in the middle east to actually something being directed from overseas, somebody travelling into the country. and so i think what will concern authorities in america is that we have a situation here where us citizens, someone who's a military veteran, eight years active service, apparently had an honourable discharge. his life has sort of collapsed. there's been a divorce. there was a dui in north carolina, i think. and then you get to this point, and there's obviously a period of time between his divorce and what happened in new orleans that they will be poring over, trying to fully understand it. but from my perspective over here in europe, it's something that we are

an orderly way, to not thrust the fbi deeper into the fray. >> that was current fbi director christopher wrayrump's first term, explaining why he's leaving ahead of being fired, as he seems to believe trump was definitely going to do. wray also urged fbi employees over the weekend to, according to politico, quote, no matter what's happening out there in here, we've got to stay committed to doing our work the right way every time, with professionalism, with rigor and with integrity. wray's resignation comes three years ahead of the end of his ten year term. a small piece of trump's stated plans to change the fbi and all law enforcement institutions across the federal government. we're back with andrew, glen and ruth. i mean, glenn, why wouldn't why wouldn't? i mean, you cover the department. you've worked in the department. you both know better than me. i mean, every day a thousand things happen at the fbi. every day is an opportunity to save. to save somebody, to save the country from an attack, from a foreign government, to save a company, perhaps from a hack, from a foreign government to sa

spite of the warnings issued by the intelligence agencies. just this past summer fbi director christopher wray threats were all elevated at once. clearly going forward that has implications for some big upcoming events, the funeral of the late former presidentjimmy carter, the inaguration, and next month the super bowl in new orleans. joining me now is dr matthew levitt, director of the reinhard counterterrorism programme at the washington institute and former fbi agent. you're very welcome to the programme. let's pick up one of the similarities between these two men, in terms of the threat level, and that is that they are both, both served in the military, when a veteran, one still serving. military, when a veteran, one still serving-— still serving. thanks for havin: still serving. thanks for having me _ still serving. thanks for having me on _ still serving. thanks for having me on the - still serving. thanks for - having me on the programme. that's very concerning because when people come out of the military, when they were serving in the military they are learning some unique skill sets b

it was important to hear from christopher wray, justice posture in the way he spoke, not just to the american people, anybody in new orleans or attending the sugar bowl, but the families of the victim and the survivors of this attack about, we are on it, here is what we know and we will keep you up-to-date on anything we find out, no longer are there suspects involved. his presence and the way he spoke to the american people was of critical importance. in terms of the digital footprint, there are the videos, five on the terrorist's facebook page and just a couple of hours. three phones were recovered, two laptops were recovered. in this day and age, following a digital footprint have become more difficult because communication, apps, and device operating systems are more heavily encrypted than they were a couple years ago. one thing we haven't talked about much, this terrorist, this dead murderer worked for deloitte. prior than that, ernst and young and accenture and he was still employed at deloitte. he started in 2021. there is a corporate footprint that the fbi and all the other i

york post" there was nothing on their radar either, congressman, mo senator josh hawley wants christopher wrayon all of this. your assessment of how the fbi who took the lead in this investigation, right away, has handled it thus far. >> have well, i haven't been happy with fbi in last four years ago under joe biden's -- administration, they are more focus on investigating school board parents, all the things they are focused on january 6 instead of focusing on real criminal terrorists in our country like what occurred what is fund-raising is fbi tiers comes out says isn't a terrorist attack why using that nomenclature said well this is a terrorist attack i can't wait for president trump to get in, we get a new fbi director in this is why it is so instrumental that the senate confirm, all trump's picks right away, so that we can get new leadership into fbi we can get there a new -- the higher echelons fbi all about's people can get kicked out new fbi director can "get trump" appointeeses in. cheryl: you were, brave enough to serve your country congressman we thank you for that service. the sus

one thing to keep in your mind is the director of the cia, christopher wray and others have said of thefrom white supremacists, he said that in 2021, past ten years outwardly have seen the majority of terrorist attacks. that is false, there have been five attack is by islamic radicals in that period, four by white supremacist, islamic radicals have killed only seven people, and by the way this is such a small number of terrorist attacks, few numbers, the set of numbers is too small to discern a trend but either way, you see at best and fbi that has been distorted beyond recognition from it's a traditional law enforcement mission into one that is highly politicized, focused on racialist, dei quotas and honor persecuting effectively the mongo republican base along with the rest of the intelligence community viewing trump support as as a threat to national security. >> jesse: you know the police chief a new orleans it is not know-how to barricaded bourbon street, she teaches eight quarters in dei for the fbi. it is exactly what we are talking about! the priorities are out of whack! what wi

but it was actually the fbi itself, including the highly politicized elm business sell christopher wrayaced by kash patel who was against encryption all along encysted that telecom companies, cisco was involved, verizon was involved. at&t involved, insisted that they have back doors so that law enforcement can conduct surveillance on the communications of americans that's what the chinese used to break into this. >> back door for law enforcement and for the chinese. by the way, this also happened when china had cut the underground cable, a key underground cable that taiwan needs core consistent internet access they were able to cobble it together afterward and reestablish connectivity. it's kind of a message, don't you think, about the vulnerability of taiwan at the same time our own communications networks are being penetrated. >> yes. taiwan, 98% of internet traffic moves on those tables. they need to shift to satellite internet. they don't trust spacex or elon musk because he has such significant factories in mainland, china. they have looked at amazon's property. what they need is o

congressman waltz about the national security at the border, christopher wray, knowing that this is thel security vulnerability and this administration continues today and tomorrow after january 20th to release thousands of uninvited people into this nation. >> sean: is it your goal to start with criminal illegals in the country, have them deported and removed and then what about the people during the harris biden administration that came into the country, did not respect our laws or borders or sovereignty, will they be sent home as well? >> yes, definitely it is on the table. we will prioritize public safety national security because they pose the dangers in this country, we have enough young woman murdered, burglarized, we going to cash -- those in this country released illegally by the biden administration, we will be removing them as quickly as we can. >> sean: are you ready for the predictable, ou no, these are camps that donald trump and tom homan is setting out, the inhumanity of all of this! how do you anticipate you will send these people, deported these people back to their ho

christopher wray testified to congress many months ago back in the springll the red lights were flashing and this was a serious situation. ashley: this also comes, governor, as a new report shows the department of justice spent more than $100 million on dei over just the last four years. the obvious question: wouldn't that money have been better spent by the fbi on protecting us? >> that money would have been better spent burning it in the streets and giving warmth to those that are cold. there's disgust with the fbi for this very reason. $100 million all about diversity, equity and inclusion and about the only thing we've included is the kind of terrorist attacks that we've seen in new orleans and what's especially tragic, the fbi couldn't figure out. first they say it wasn't terrorism and then it was. first, there were accomplices and no, this was a lone wolf. this is an agency that's become tragically incompetent and it needs a house cleaning from top to bottom. i think president trump is going to do just that. ashley: i think he will and the sooner the better. mike huckabee, i want t

senator marsha blackburn on fbi and dei and senator blackburn talking about out going fbi director christopher wray fbi distracted with dei. you know, critics say fbi officials are too politicized going after conservatives and trump doing dei and too distracted in the bureau for the new orleans terror attack. jack brewer is the foundation chairman and former nfl player. what do you make of all this because now fast food chain mcdonalds, mcdonalds, jack, is joining a growing list of companies dropping dei as useless, costly, and poisonously divisive. what do you think? >> it is. i've had to face this head on and they're running deep in the constitutions and across america. look at organization like mcdonalds. mcdonalds has over 30% of its executives are minorities. talking about a company that should have never had to bow down to the dei mob ever in its history because it's always been a place that really symbolized diversity. mcdonalds' work force is full of diversity. they pick winners and losers. this is more political than anything and they say dei but they really don't mean it. you have compani

it's interesting this moment because christopher wray, the fbi director, had been on capitol hill multiplelast year and had warned congressman and lawmakers. i believe that the terrorist threat level we are contending with right now is at whole another level. and here we are today, what is take away right now it could be even more strident about the threat, particularly given the open borders over the last four years. terrorist cells come across those open borders. the fbi has and the intelligence community at large have been in a prevention mode since after 9/11 they have consolidated their resources and task forces and joint terrorism, you know, jttfs across the country. joint terrorism center in d.c. or just outside of d.c. they are sharing the information they are in a prevention posture. whenever a terrorist attack does happen though, it is a failure. let's see what happened here. this is -- the local police department has their obligations with respect to onsite security. i think there was some gaps there, if you will, to be nice. let's see what has happened on the intelligence front

when i asked christopher wray last year are there people inside the united states at large that match terror watch list, he answered affirmatively. those are the people we're worried about. that's why it's important that we get busy with president trump's agenda, that we get serious. the biden administration was not serious. there are people inside the united states that affiliate with terror organizations like isis that we know about. we have to get them out of the country. this is not one person who was there. we wasn't to see the forensics of his devices, phones, computers, to unders h understae was radicalized. cheryl: were there questions yesterday about how this was initially handled? there was a lot of criticism right now on social media, coming from lawmakers like senator marsha blackburn about how the fbi handled the investigation, in particular when you have the press conference going on the day of the attack in new orleans and the fbi leadership in the new orleans office says this is not a terrorist attack. the mayor comes out and says yes, this is an attack. so many questi

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david, the presidential retreat in the maryland hills, getting regular updates from fbi director christopher wrayal merrick garland, who personally were on phone calls with the president come updating him on the latest, also homeland security allie hunter my arcos. we heard from president biden briefly earlier today on the tarmac as he was heading to camp david, he said he was shocked and sad by what he heard but we have not heard any type of long form statement on camera, perhaps that could come tomorrow. perhaps even tonight, but maybe tomorrow, when the president returns here. but just wrapping it up, this is the suspect right here, the 42-year-old from houston, texas, born in the united states, served in the army. authorities right now looking at any potential accomplices. the fbi at that news conference in new orleans said that it's possible there other people that were aware of this. i also want to point out the extraordinary nature for the fbi to release a photograph of someone. it might be a little inside baseball, but the fbi typically does not release photos. there doing so because they

we know fbi director christopher wray has been briefed, as the fbi is the lead on this.attorney general merritt garland. no word from president trump yet but i suspect we will hear something at some point today. but from a white house perspective, president biden continuing to get updates. the fbi all over it, same with the atf. if i may, the fbi using the word terrorism means there is some motive already determined at this point. molly? >> good point. there must be a few boxes checked for fbi to declare it this early on. what do you make of the fact that they took over this investigation so very swiftly even by the end of that press conference the announcement was made that the fbi would be the lead on this? >> usually when the fbi is the lead on this, it tells you one thing. it wasn't a medical accident. somebody may have had a heart attack while driving. it wasn't a dui, driving while intoxicated or any other type of medical issue. clearly there's some reason that the fbi would jump in and take over. law enforcement always talks about working together with local partn

. >> it was only a few months ago that christopher wray testified in front of congress and talked about the extremist threat to the united states. do you think there is a disconnect between the f.b.i. director and what's happening in some of these field offices? >> you know, no. i think, rich, the thing is the f.b.i. is the thing that's in front of us because they are the law enforcement agency that immediately responds to this. but they are not -- they didn't come up with this on their own. they have masters in washington and they are, you know, working in a way that's consonant with the way they've been instructed. so it is not wray and it is not the agents in the field office. they are down the road from where this approach comes. it comes from the top of government. >> rich: you look at what's the threat environment coming into the next administration. if this is a lone wolf or this is somebody who was radicalized, that is something this administration has dealt with. the trump administration has dealt with lone wolf attacks with radicalized people going back to administrations befo