the purpose of 228 is to amend the homeland security of 2002 to improve morale within the department of homeland security work force by confering new responsibilities to the chief of the capital officer and establishing a steering committee requiring action plans and authorizes an an award program. security of our homeland depends on efficient and dedicated individuals who feel empowered in the workplace. mr. speaker, i thank mr. thompson for introducing this legislation and working on a bipartisan manner on it. i urge my colleagues to support this legislation. and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from mississippi is recognized. mr. thompson: i rise in support of h.r. 2283, the department of homeland security morale recognition learning and engagement act of 2017 and yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, since its inception in 2003, the department of homeland security has faced a number of challenges, one of the mos

testimony of the head of you know jay johnson as you know former head of the former head of the department of homeland security and said she said there was a low level staffer who was contacted and that was the extent of it. for all the low level stuff so that's what they're already throwing some names low level staffer under the boss but on top of it they're now saying that the very intelligence people the very government the very people that they just that they said in they were administration that they said were so great that we had to trust implicitly that they didn't trust. their you know interesting ok now you have like two different versions ago saying remember contact. you say well they just contacted someone lower you know a member of the. what do you make of all those first of all it doesn't really matter who contacted who if the d.n.c. really was concerned about the hacks i'm sure they were at that point that we stepped down right the whole point was well we've been exposed then they should have contacted the department of the government departments to help support their investigation but t

ensure greater consistency and transparency in how discipline is administered across the department of homeland security. administered in fair and equitable manner has a huge implication on job satisfaction. since 2003, d.h.s., a diverse multimission federal department, has struggled with low morale. at the end of the prior administration, there was evidence that the d.h.s. work force was starting to feel a more fair and cooperative and supportive d.h.s. in 2016, the office of personnel management reported a 10% increase in the annual employee viewpoint survey that indicated that d.h.s. supported fairness and protection of employees from arbitrary action. while the o.p.m. survey results are positive indicators, more must be done by the current d.h.s. leadership. this bill seeks to give the department's chief human capital officer a more prominent role in ensuring the discipline is handled in an equitable and fair manner. specifically this bill charges the chief human capital officer with oversight of how employee misconduct is managed across all components. ensure fairness and the bill requires

between the analytic work of the intelligence community and the sniefr sharing world of the department of homeland security. if confirmed, your job will be to insure that pieces of information are delivered immediately throughout the department as well as to your partners at federal, state, local, and tribal department agencies if needed. i believe that you have an understanding of this need given your background in law enforcement and the intelligence community. i also appreciate the support you have received from my friend, jim clapper, and from law enforcement organizations representing the nation's chiefs of police, county sheriffs, and narcotics officers. let's be clear, dhs, ina requires a strong leader. while the organization's mission is defined, it continues to evolve and mature since the creation of dhs over a decade ago. i remain concerned about the level of sharing with law enforcement. the large contractors who work for us, and the whole fusion concept, a fusion center in virginia, conceptualy, it makes sense. i'm not sure it's been implemented in the right way and would love to have

the department of homeland security accepted the g.a.o. recommendations and my question to you and to you as well, mr. larkin, if relevant, is given the fact that the capitol police and sergeant at arms, are part of that security system, do you feel that those provisions, those g.a.o. recommendations are being implemented? do you feel like you're being properly included as part of the team? how are the lines of communication? what's your assessment of where we're today? chief verderosa we have a very robust communication with all our partners. specifically, some members of d.h.s., d.h.s. central, we're on their communication links. we work very closely, particularly with large-scale events. national security events. nsse events. frankly, i say this to my partners all the time, in the 32-plus years that i have been in law enforcement, i have never seen better coordination between all entities, particularly our really closest partners -- secret service, f.b.i., service being part of the d.h.s. we get tremendous support, information sharing is

democracy got hacked by eight supposedly hostile foreign country and y'all didn't call the department of homeland security it's pretty ridiculous when you really break it down to that and she doesn't have a great yeah record you know a lot of. saving of all where. we may spend over six hundred billion on our military but for some the d.c. bubble it will just never be enough. john mccain the senate's warhawk in chief who in his thirty page request for even more money had this to say for do long we have allowed the budget constraints to drive strategy it is time to turn this around and return to the first order question what do we need our men who tarried to do for the day shadwell apparently one thing our military needs to be doing is providing ninety three million dollars worth of uniforms for the afghan army but not just any old uniforms these have to be a rich dark green uniform with special camouflage to blend in with the dense forests lush flora except here's the problem afghanistan doesn't have too many dense forests i mean if we're to believe our own central intelligence agency what areas c

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between the analytic work of the intelligence community and information sharing role of the department of homeland security. confirmed, your job will be to ensure the critical process pieces of information are delivered immediately throughout the department as opposed to your partners at federal, state and local tribal department agencies i believe that you have an understanding of this need , given your background at law enforcement and the intelligence community. i also appreciate the support you've received from my friend and former odi jim clapper and from law enforcement organizations representing the nations chiefs of police, county sheriffs and narcotics officers. let's be clear, dhs, ina requires a strong leader. the organization's mission is to find engineers to evolve and mature, hence the creation of dhs over a decade ago. i remain concerned about the level of sharing with law enforcement.the large contracted workforce, and the whole fusion center concept. i have a fusion center in virginia. conceptually it makes sense and i'm not certain it's been implemented in the right way and i be

. >> department of homeland security issuing new rules for international flights coming into the countryoreign airports and airlines will be required to comply. fox's c >> it is time that we raise the global baseline of aviation security. >> reporter: citing the ongoing effort by terrorists to target aircraft, department of homeland security secretary john kelly spoke at a conference in washington today. detailing a swath of new security measures soon to be required of all flights coming into the united states from abroad. including enhanced screening of electronics, more passenger vetting and new steps to mitigate the threat of insider attacks. >> we will also lay out a clear path to encourage airlines and airports to adopt more sophisticated screening approaches including better use of explosive detection k-9s advanced checkpoint screening technology. >> reporter: kell said inaction is not a possible. the new rules come as the transportation security administration and american airlines test a three dimensional screener complete with a spinning x-ray camera that gives officers a cleare

lou: today former jeh johnson, the department of homeland security saying the dnc turned down the departmentty and the fbi their help when the dnc was informed by the fbi they had been hacked by the russians. congressman gohmert: isn't that interesting? i know in my days as a prosecutor and as a judge and chief justice, normally when someone had a crime -- were the victim of a crime, they wanted law enforcement to come in and help them with few exceptions. lou: especially over a national security issue. congressman gohmert: and especially when we're talking about, you know, their whole essence through the internet, and especially when we know as we do now, that the head of the ccc or the dnc hired one of the arwan brothers from pakistan and apparently they're under investigation had, been working for her, with her, and the last episode not that long ago -- lou: congressman, i got to ask you, why is anybody taking any one of these lying son of a guns at the dnc seriously? and why would the fbi and the department of homeland security not insist they get into the servers and start acting in the

certainly both in the department of transportation -- the department of homeland security, rather, originated in the department of transportation, i think too that both organizations rely heavily on intelligence information to kind of get ahead, as senator booker was mentioning, to get ahead of the next threat so we're there and ready to meet it should it occur. so i think really from those aspects, similar as with the organization, it is a really good fit. additionally, i would say that to go to the chairman's question earlier, when you look at the tsa workforce, how can you really invest more heavily in that workforce? these folks are on the front line of our operations. in my view, my experience traveling over all of the years since tsa has been established is i've never had a bad experience at a security check point. i really respect very much the work that our individuals, should i be confirmed in tsa, perform day in and day out. what i think is needed though is more investment in them as individuals, in their training, and also in leadership overall within the organization. tsa is 16 ye

the department of homeland security says that the move is a way to address the threat that intelligenceggests is looming without having to do an all-out laptop ban. back to you. >> all right. thank you for that. >>> pressure is increasing on senate republicans to come up with a health care bill that can pass. they're still trying to thread an incredibly title needle that the satisfy -- incredibly title needle that the satisfy both republicans and democrats. the president offered this thought -- >> health care is working along very well. we could have a big surprise with a great health care package. so now they're happy. >> what do you mean, sir? >> a great, great surprise. thank you very much. >> no. we're not doing that. no word on exactly what that surprise will be. worth noting the president has a bit of a history of raising, then sometimes dashing expectations. sources say senate republicans are making progress and that the president is open to changes. cnn's phil mattingly has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: there was some optimism if no clear path forward yet. at least when i

there but must think of terms of the security over all of the homeland, across the numerous domains of what potential attacks and defense. the department of homeland security is making a difference while the department of defense fights the away game. together and with because of the interagency cooperation with the dia, cia, fbi, nsa, atf and over a million state and local and tribal enforcement professionals america today is safe. , secure and prepared in a way that most did not envision the day before 911. the plot to attack the nation on numerous appropriate traders are relentless. we need a fully funny budget that matches our mission, no more continuing resolutions and i think this budget does that. the budget requests 44.1 billion in net discretionary funding for the department of homeland security and it also requested 7.4 billion to finance the cost of emergencies and major disasters relief fund. when you're talking about numbers like these is easy to lose sight of what's behind each dollar. when you get down to it, behind each and every dollar are hard-working men and women who dedicated their careers in many ways risk their l

thank you for your remarkable service as a brain over 45 years and now as secretary of the department of homeland security, we appreciate all that you have done for our nation. today's hearing is an important part of the oversight duties of this committee now that we have formally received the administration's budget request, the committee will undertake a thorough analysis of it. we will go through each and every budget line, question every witness, and demand credible spending justifications and only then will we make our own determinations on the best use of tax dollars. we intend to put forward a complete set of appropriations bills that adequately fund important programs while working to reduce and eliminate waste and duplication. i'll work with the ranking member ms. lowey and chairman carter and ms. roybal-allard to move rapidly in the coming weeks and months to complete the fiscal year 2018 appropriation's bills. again, today's hearing is part of a process we follow to determine the best use of taxpayers' dollars. after all, the power of the purse lies in this building. it is the constitu

this is a hearing on the department of homeland security's fiscal year 2018 budget. this is the third time that the secretary has appeared before this committee, the second time as secretary of the department. and, again, we welcome you and appreciate your service to this country, many, many years of it. in lieu of my written opening statement, i just want to make a couple comments. i'm, by vocation, i'm an accountant, so i've gone through budget meetingsing many, many times -- meetings many, many times. first, i want to just talk about the history of the budget of the department of homeland security. we're not quite ready for the chart. when you take a look at total budget authority when the department was first stood up, the first fiscal year was 2004, and the department's budget was -- this is total budgetary authority, mandatory and discretionary, $36.5 billion. now, had that budget just grown by inflation, today's request would be a little under $50 billion, $48.25 billion. instead, total budget authority is $70.6 billion, about a 93% increase. now, from my stand

homeland safe. he has also been very supportive of our committee's efforts to pass the first-ever reauthorization of the department of homeland security since its creation. landmark legislation that we intend to pass on the floor of the house next week. finally, secretary kelly has been a great advocate for the dedicated men and women of dhs who wake up each day and carry out the mission of safeguarding the american people, our homeland, our values, with honor and integrity. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming secretary kelly. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. secretary, so much for being here at this conference. let me just commend you again for the job you have done and the moralee in the department. i know on the first couple of weeks on the job you went down to the border. i can tell you when i've been down there the morale of the border patrol has gone up exponentially. i think it is throughout the department and you have been on the job for about five months now. i want to kind of dive into the hot issue of the day, and that is we are in the season of ramadan. this article

. >> reporter: the department of homeland security could better help states protect their systems. >> in my view, this was something that was sort of should have been done years before. >> reporter: the senate committee held a similar hearing with dhs, and fbi officials on the other side of the capitol today. senator mark warner called for more transparency from the agencies. >> to not put all americans on notice. not to have the number of states that were hacked into, or attempt to be hacked into still kept secret is, it's just crazy. >> reporter: the department of homeland security has a policy to protect confidentiality. >> when the entity is a victim of a cyber incident, we believe very strongly in protecting ther information around that victim. >> reporter: officials say they do extract the technical data related to the attacks, and share the information broadly. cbs news, capitol hill. >> in addition to these two committees, special council robert mueller is also investigating the meddling, if there was any collusion between president trump's soars and moscow. >>> ray shern bake

be entered into the record. >> i want to welcome secretary kelly, this is a hearing on the department of homeland security's fiscal year 2018 budget. this is the third time secretary kelly has appeared before the committee. second time as secretary of the department. we welcome you and appreciate your service to this country. in the of my opening statement going to make a couple of comments. by vocation i am a accountant our talk about the department of homeland security budget. when you look at total budget authority, and the department was first it up it was 2004 and the department's budget was $36.5 billion. had that budget grown by inflation today's request would be under $50 billion. instead, total budget authority is $70.6 billion, but a 90% increase. that represents on a bipartisan fashion president bush, president obama now president trump realist the threat environment that america faces has become more severe. it's growing and evolving in the department needs or resources to keep us safe. as much as i'm concerned about the long-term budget situation in this country the money that we are

the fbi advised that we work with the department of homeland securities, united states computer readiness team. to insure that there is no ongoing malicious activity to any of the sbe sxs. the department of homeland security occurring in sbe computer systems. to comply with the personal information protection act, 76,000 registered voters were contacted as potential victims of the data breach. the sbe provided information to these individuals, on steps to take if they felt they were the victims of identity theft. additionally the sbe developed an online pool to inform affected individuals of the specific information that was included in their voter record that may have been compromised. as far as looking for future concerns. one of the concerns facing our state and many others i believe is aging voting equipment. the help america vote act, establish requirements for voting equipment. while never funding was made available to replace the old punch card equipment, additional funding has not been further appropriated. if additional fund something not available, we would like to receive permi

within the department of homeland security. and they oftentimes make the decision to go in another direction to knock another airplane down because if they got this very sophisticated device, they don't want to run the risk of having it detected by t.s.a. just the reputation of t.s.a. and what we do overseas in a couple thousand locations with c.b.p. personnel, just what we do as established a great defensive line against that kind of threat traveling to the united states. that's before they even try to get here. the point is that the aviation threat is real. very, very real. you know, chairman, i came over and briefed congress while i was doing it in mid march, putting a number of final points of departure airports, 10 of them, in the middle east. because that's where the threat was. put them on a list to where we would -- did not want large electronic devices, anything bigger than an eye phone to travel in the passenger compartment that was because the threat was real. it was immediate. and we reacted to it. since then we have

the department of homeland security has extended the grace period that was set to expire today. last month, governor wolf signed a real i.d. bill which will allow pennsylvania residents to get a compliant driver's license or state i.d. card to use at federal facilities and perhaps, more importantly, at airports at tsa. the enforcement period for air travel doesn't begin until january of next year. that's how long you have to get that new i.d. if you want to get through security. >>> 5:17 on this wednesday. for those of you commuting south jersey, let's look at route 73. >> jessica boyington has you covered. >>> yeah. watching through voorheis, route 73 at cooper road. actually looks like a good drive. you see both directions are okay. the area will be fine. north and south on 73 looks good for now. doesn't look the same. we're watching construction in cherry hill on route 70. both directions dealing with lane restrictions from cuthbert to crop well road. that will be there until 6:00. at least another 45 minutes or so before that. and also watching 95, again, around woodhaven. y

specifically, the department of homeland security. i think with any transition of in administration, there is a handoff and they ramp up -- and a ramp. i have been extremely impressed with our witness from dhs who not only was here today, but she has taken the bull by the horns on this issue. i think you will see those guidelines very quickly. i hope there will be some interaction between secretaries of states since in 40 states you control the voting process. and you can find the system of federal guidance and collaboration that works comfortably with every secretary of state in your organization. i think it is absolutely critical that we have not only a collaboration, but a communication between the federal government and the state as it relates to our voting systems. if not, i fear there would be an attempt to in some way shape or form nationalize that. that is not the answer. i will continue to point mr. sandoz to illinois as a great example of a state that apparently focused on the i.t. , andstructure and staff did not wait for th

acting director of cyber diversion within the office of intelligence and analysis at the department of homeland security. jennifer, acting deputy undersecretary of the national protection and programs, also at dhs, and jenness, i think i told you, next time you came i did not want acting in front of your name. now i publicly said that to everybody at dhs. hopefully next time that will be removed. we have worked through so far over five and a half months of our investigation into the 2016 elections. as you're well aware, the this committee is in the midst of an investigation on this issue, the extent of whether the russian government conducted intelligence activities targeted at the 2016 u.s. election. the intelligence community assesses while russian influence access to multiple u.s. state and local election boards, those systems were not involved in vote tallying. during the first panel i would like to address the depth and the breadth of russian government cyber activities during the 2016 election cycle come the efforts of the u.s. government to defend against these intrusions and the steps t

>> i think the fbi, the department of homeland security is keenly aware that the problem is a domestic problem and the fbi you can make partly in the back they have a lot of sting operations and some look at entrapment, even though it's a legal matter, entrapment has never been successfully argued as a defense. the fbi does have an aggressive effort to go after people they think are radicalizing and that's their job and if an attack happens, the fbi or nypd who are often the people -- they get the criticism for not stopping the attack so it's understandable. yeah, i mean, the big difference on 9/11, the gate was open. we made it very hard for al qaeda, isis, the organizations to send people to the united states and do an attack. we can't stop the internet. and the whole -- this whole question about the travel ban i think is a solution to the problem that doesn't really exist. the problem is people radicalizing in their bedrooms with that they see online and that, by the way, the fbi has 1,000 investigations in all 50 states. the people attracted, they can be young kids in chicago. they

the department of homeland security protect americans from the threats we face. and so it is a great pleasure to appear before you today to talk about the tremendous men and women of the department and the critical missions they carry out in service of our america every day and night, 24/7/365. i believe as anyone who fully understands the fundamental role of our government also believes that the federal government's responsibility every day begins and ends with the protection of the homeland and the security of our people. no other mission is as important. no other consideration more pressing. none. the president's fiscal year 2018 budget request for the department will make it possible for us to continue and expand in many ways on our ability to protect our nation and its people. the world is a different place today. we can no longer think in terms of defense over there but rather much think in terms of the security overall of the homeland across the numerous do mains of a potential attack in defense. making a difference in fighting the home game while the depar

. >> reporter: the department of homeland security says you can keep carrying your laptop and other large devices into the u.s. as long as your airline plays by the new stringent guidelines. >> we cannot play an international whack a mole. we must put in measures across the board to keep the traveling public safe and make it harder for terrorists to succeed. >> reporter: the new global standard for security includes enhanced screening for passengers, large personal devices and the area around the aircraft. >> inaction is not an option. our enemies are adaptive and we have to be adaptive as well. >> reporter: the new measures will affect 200 airlines a day, and 2,000 flights. the order banning laptops on flights from certain countries came in response to intelligence gathered by the department of homeland security that link the isis to a potential terrorist laptops. >> we are not standing on the sidelines. the oust governme >> reporter: but authorities stress if airlines do not comply with the new stricter security standards the ban will go back into effect and some airlines would see thei

. >>> the department of homeland security issued directives for international flights bound for the united states. including enhanced screenings of passengers including larger personal electronic devices like laptops if airports do not comply passengers may be banned from taking laptops and oath electronic items on board. we'll have more and what it means around the world coming up at 5:0030 tonight. >>> philadelphia lease are looking for a suspect that allegedly held a woman against her will in an apartment for a week. and the woman was able to call tore help while the suspect was distracted leading to a large police response and officials got the woman out and during the ensuing standoff. there was only one short conversation with authorities. >> i had one 10 second conversation on my phone and he hung up. >> when police broke into the apartment they found it empty and inside they found a small trapdoor leading to a utility access area they believe was used by the suspect to get away. >>> we have new information about the train tragedy causing trouble for a lot of commuters today. amtrak

. >> the former consultant to the department of homeland security is here with us to talk more about this thanks for coming up in and talking with us here. so, what exactly changes be and how soon do you think we'll see them? >> i think you're likely to see them within 2 hours as the president said and change is basically most of the things he asked for and wucht key things he wanted some amount of urgency and wanted to move on this right away and supreme court punted this and they'll listen to in in october, early december, early part of next year if they weigh in it will be that point. >> they are allowing parts of this to go on. one of things we're told you'll be allowed to come into the country if you have bonafide relationship with individual or entity. what does that exactly mean. bonafide relationship? >> well, you should consider this a travel batch.0. this is what he should have proposed to the first place. if you're a student and you have a student visa and you have a relationship with an existing university, you're allowed to come in. if you have a family member living in

of states that were hacked into still kept secret, it's just crazy. >> reporter: but the department of homelandecurity has a policy to protect confidentiality. >> when the entity is a victim of a cyber incident, we believe very strongly in protecting the, um, information around that victim. >> reporter: officials say they do extract the technical data related to the attacks and share the information broadly. mola lenghi, cbs news, capitol ll. >>> we are following some brking news right now. a 3.3 earthquake in the east bay one mile southeast of el cerrito. the earthquake struck right at noon just about 10 minutes ago. preliminary reports from usgs say the quake was a 3.3 one mile southeast of el cerrito it was felt widely across the east bay communities of albany and other areas. on the phone we have elaine tanaka a resident of berkeley. tell me what you felt. >> it woke me up. i was taking a nap and it kind of scared me and i have been through a lot of earthquakes in -- you know, in the bay area. so -- but i still got kind of chills from it. so -- >> yeah. you have been in the bay area for a w

the department of homeland security saying it will forego expanding that ban on laptops and other electronics and instead add a new layer of screening as officials try to stay ahead of potential new terror plots. the new procedures could include more thorough carry-on bag checks, more bomb sniffing dogs and bag screening technology, as well. this will impact 2,000 flights every day coming in from 105 countries. >>> the fake cameras are out and there's a new sense of security tonight for b.a.r.t. our investigation helped uncover that 70% of b.a.r.t.'s passenger car cameras were not functional. they were fakes or decoys to fool the criminals. but those days are now gone. >> i take b.a.r.t. four, five days a week. and it's uncomfortable. even for a grown man. >> the full cost of the project, $1.4 million to install the real cameras on the trains. >>> going to church has taken on a new meaning for homeless people in san jose. a unanimous vote will now allow churches to house homeless people. so how does it impact the neighborhoods around those churches? here's david gonzalez. >> life just went ba

n addition, the bill changes to the department of homeland security detainer authority exacerbates the current fourth amendment concerns associated with immigration detainers. the bill does not require any particular finding about the individual that may form the basis of a probable cause determination and fails to provide for a prompt judicial determination of probable cause. in fact, in a recent study found that community trust jurisdictions are actually safer than their counterparts. against this considered judgment, h.r. 3003 forces localities to abandon community trust principles and mandates the conscription of local officers into federal immigration enforcement. some localities, of course, would rightfully resist this conscription. as punishment, this bill would rob them of vital law enforcement funding that they depend on to prevent crime, prosecute criminals and boost ommunity policing ranks. the bill further compounds constitutional concerns by eliminating ability for detained individual to obtain an independent, individualized review of his or her bond -- bond determination

hacked into or attempted to be hacked into still kept secret is just crazy. >> reporter: the department of homelandecurity has a policy to protect confidentiality. >> when the entity is a victim of a cyber incident, we believe very strongly in protecting the, um, information around that victim. >> reporter: officials say they do extract the technical data related to the tax and share the information brawled. cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> now in addition to those two committees special council robert mueller is also investigating whether there was nicole lucien between president trump's associates and russia. the president maintains there was no collusion and call the investigation a witch hunt. >>> well, things are returning back to normal in brussels that's after man blew up an explosive device inside a busy train station yesterday. we'll let you know how government officials say they plan to keep people there safe. >>> and police in california shut down an unlicensed daycare. we'll tell you about the disturbing thing they found inside. disturbing thing they found inside. that's when "eyewitness new

. >>> meanwhile, the department of homeland security is roll out new rules for international flights coming into the u.s. here are four things to know. the rules call for more extensive passenger screenings, an increased use of bomb sniffing dogs. there will be other changes that have not been made public. passengers will be allowed to carry electronic devices larger than a cell phone on to a u.s.-bound flight if they board an airline that complies with the new rules. airport officials hope this will not add to wait times at security checkpoints. >>> 4:34 now. many of you are up preparing for the holiday weekend. here's a live look at traffic on the bridge right now. aaa says more than a million people will travel 50 miles or more from home. maryland transportation officials say avoid the middle of the day when planning your trip over the bridge. if you are leaving today, dot p.m. tomorrow before 8:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m. saturday before 6:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m. and similar times through july 4th. be safe. >>> some are calling it christmas in july at the gas pumps. that's beca

forward to your testimony. ,> ranking member, mccaskill every day the men and women of the department of homeland security protect america against the threat we face so it is a great pleasure to be before you to talk about the terrific men and women of the department and the critical issues they carry out. if there is anyone who fully --er man's -- understands anyone who fully understands the role of our government understands that it ends with the protection of our people. no other mission is more important, no other issue more pressing. will018 budget request make it possible for us to continue and expand in many ways on our ability to protect our nation and its people. the world is a different place today and we can no longer think in terms of defense, but must thek of the security of homeland across the numerous domains of potential a fact -- attack and defense. the department of defense fights andaway game, and together because of the dedication of the fbi,-agency integration, desk and another others, america today is safe. america today is safe and secure in a way that people could not have

in catherine harris to send us a note from the department of homeland security statement from them. ited to be the department of homeland security says it's closely monitoring the ongoing situation in the united kingdom and it says we are working with our interagency partners and foreign counterparts to gain further insight into reported attacks on civilians on london bridge and its surrounding area. us citizens in the area should heed the direction from local authorities and maintain security awareness. we encourage any effective us citizens who need assistance to contact the us embassy in london and follow department of state guidance. the secretary has been fully briefed on the incident and the ongoing response at this time we have no information to indicate a specific, credible threat in the united states. we've already talked about that. we are in contact and stand ready to assist our friends and allies in the united kingdom as they respond, investigate and recover and it ends by saying our thoughts and prayers are with those who are affected. we should note that we have no info

well department of homeland security has quietly rolled out its ban on metric x. that program scanning the faces of americans as they leave the country while the biometrics of foreign nationals have been collected for decades this is the first time they will be taken from u.s. citizens going abroad delta and jet blue are the first airlines to participate r t v the santo's has the story today from los angeles so how does this program a work tosh of the department of homeland security has partnered with customs and border protection and jet blue to collaborate on a new test testing out new paperless device list boarding practices now this program has already been rolled out for jet blue flights taking off out of boston logan international and heading to the queen beatrix international airport in aruba according to a press release quote customers who opt in during the boarding process can put away their boarding passes and devices and simply step up to the camera for a quick photo the camera station will connect to c.b.p. to instantly match the image to the passport v

the department of homeland security demanding airlines around the world tighten security on all flights into the u.s. or risk an electronic span. the measures affecting thousands of flights every day. our transportation correspondent, david kerley, with the details. >> reporter: jetliners headed to america are the crown jewel target for terrorists according to the head of homeland security who tonight is announcing strict new requirements to fly to the u.s. >> it is time that we raise the global baseline of aviation security. we cannot play international whack-a-mole with each new threat. >> reporter: the u.s. is now setting what it calls a "new global standard" for airport screening worried about explosives being placed in electronic devices larger than a phone. the new directives affecting every flight, every airline, coming into the u.s. that covers 280 airports, 180 airlines, 2,000 flights and 325,000 passengers a day. passengers will see more k-9 units, more swabbing and these machines. which can show contents of a bag in 3-did. this means the laptop ban will not be expanded if air

the department of homeland security the f.b.i. and instead rely on a private firm like crowd strike well our girl debbie fired back at johnson's testimony declaring at no point during my tenure at the d.n.c. did anyone from the f.b.i. or any other government agency contact or communicate with me about.

doug yakel says the airport is prepared in case they see another round of protests.while the department of homeland security released a statement following the partial approval of the ban saying it would implement the ban "professionally, with clear and sufficient public notice, particularly to potentially affected travelers, and in coordination with partners in the travel industry."in sf ella sogomonian kron 4 news. (steve) a former san jose swim coach arrested after police say he sent inappropriate texts messages to members on the team. initially those conversations were about swimming but investigators say later timothy nguyen asked girls and boys on the team for nude photos and sexual favors. nguyeneven attempted to pursue a dating relationship with one of the team members. three victims have been identified. linda richards: i just feel bad for the kids because now where do they go with that? are they going to be able to trust and be successful for another coach? because he's broken that trust. (steve) nguyenworked as an assistant coach at "quicksilver swim team" in san jose. police are urging

. >>> we move to cop toll hill today, and suberring testimony from the department of homeland security. but what is still unclear tonight is if the president agrees with his own department of homeland security. abc's mary bruce on the hill for us again tonight. >> reporter: just how far did russia go to meddle in the u.s. election? on capitol hill today, one of the nation's top cyber security officials painted a stark picture. >> internet-connected election related networks in 21 states were potentially targeted by russian government cyber actors. >> reporter: but they were not able to change or tamper with any votes. >> a small number of systems were unsuccessfully exploited, as though somebody had rattled the doorknob but was unable to get in, so to speak. >> reporter: on the other side of the capitol, the former homeland security chief said there are no doubts. russia's president, vladimir putin, was behind the attacks. >> in 2016, the russian government, at the direction of havladimir putin himself, orchestrated cyber attacks on our nation, for the purpose of influencing our electi