security of the u.s. refugee admissions program, a responsibility the state department shares with the department of homeland security. specifically, the state department's bureau of population, refugees and migration, through our resettlement support centers, conducts preliminary overseas pre-screening of refugee applicants for u.s. admissions, collecting pertinent biographic information necessary for numerous consular, law enforcement and intelligence reviews. the state department is responsible for checking all refugee applicants against the consular lookout and support system known as "class," which comprises security information from the fbi terrorist screening center and dhs as well as certain intelligence agencies. certain refugee applications are also submitted by the state department for a security advisory opinion. this check requests that certain law enforcement and intelligence agencies share with the state department any information they have on refugee applicants with possible terrorism linkages. our partners at dhs' u.s. citizenship and immigration services as well as dhs's office of intellige

in aerospace engineering team at the university of texas demonstrated to the department of homeland security how for just two thousand dollars they can get this sort of equipment to basically hijack these domestic drones and then use them for whatever they could crash them into buildings you know use them for their own sort of surveillance i guess hacked into the information that's in the drones are concerned should we be about this stuff and is the homeland security or the f.a.a. doing anything about this we have just a minute we i mean you already should be concerned because people can legally use drones and conduct surveillance the fact that the legal drones that we know are out there can be hijacked and used for other purposes the surveillance equipment this event surveillance equipment can be used by possibly nefarious actors should increase should really concern us even more and i think that we need to address this issue it's something they're looking at but it hasn't been fixed yet and it needs to be as soon as we saw militant we've seen a few military drone supposedly get hijacked an

. >> item number 4, resolution authorizing the department of emergency management to retroactively accept and expend a fy 2012 homeland security grant program grant in the amount of $667,670 from the united states department of homeland security, through the california emergency management agency, for building and sustaining preparedness capabilities for the period of october 12, 2012, through may 31, 2014. >> thank you. for this item we have [speaker not understood]. >> good morning, supervisors, [speaker not understood] with department of emergency management. this item is a grant for $667,000 from the department of homeland security. unlike other grants i brought before you this is a small grant just for san francisco. it will fund planning operations, equipment training and exercises for several city departments including the police department, sheriff's department, fire department. it fund equipment at rec and park as well as training in hazardous materials for staff at the department of public health. there are no new positions that are created under this grant. there are no matching funds that are required. the legislat

the department of homeland security is still not satisfied that oracle has fixed flaws in java software - flaws that leave users vulnerable to hacking. the issue is with the jdk7 version of the java web surfing software. late last week, users were advised to disable the software. oracle provided a fix over the weekend. but monday, the department of homeland security's computer emergency readiness team said the software bugs remain and the software should continue to be disabled. oracle has not yet responded to this latest development. united parcel service is giving up its $7 billion bid to acquire dutch delivery company tnt express. ups abandoned the plan after encountering strong opposition to the deal from the european commission. the commission was expected to announce its decision february 5th. ups will pay $267 million to terminate the deal. swatch, famous for affordable watches, is polishing its brand by acquiring harry winston jewelers, famous for its diamonds. the switzerland-based swatch group is paying $750 million for the luxury jeweler and will assume the company's $250 mil

department of homeland security is not waiting. on its website, it recommends people disable java. the latest security problem is the talk of the tech world. tech journalist leo laporte explained what to do on his weekly radio show. >> if you go to the settings of your browser, in safari on the macintosh on the security settings, uncheck the box that says enable java. >> reporter: experts caution users not to disable java script, a separate program not affected by the current flaw. charles hadlock, nbc news, dallas. >>> this year marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of john f. kennedy. last night in dallas, jfk's nephew robert f. kennedy jr. spoke out about the assassination. kennedy said like his father, he questioned the warren commission report which concluded that lee harvey oswald was the lone gunman. he said he believed the evidence is very, very convincing that oswald did not act alone. >>> up next here tonight, when getting married can make a difference to others in need. >>> saturday, of course, is a popular wedding day. and tonight how a wedding can make a big d

security of the u.s. refugee admissions program, responsibility the state department shares with the department of homelandsecurity. specifically the state department's bureau of population, refugees, and migration, through our resettlement support centers, conducts preliminary overseas prescreening of refugee applicants for u.s. admissions collecting pertinent biographic information necessary for members consular, law enforcement and intelligence reviews. the state department is responsible for checking already g. applicants against the consular lookout and support system known as class, which comprises security information from the fbi terrorist screening center and dhs as well as certain intelligence agencies. certain refugee applications are also submitted by the state department for a security advisory opinion. please check request that certain law enforcement and intelligence agencies share with the state department any information they have on refugee applicants with possible terrorism linkages. our partners at dhs's u.s. citizenship and immigration services as well as dhs is office of intelligence

the department of homeland security the u.s. military and private corporations all cooperated together to monitor and investigate occupy wall street protesters as quote domestic terrorists and quote criminals now the more shocking revelation the headline of this story is that reportedly buried deep within the government. mentions of a plan to use snipers to assassinate occupy protesters and the movement's leaders in various cities throughout the country these alleged plans were supposed to be taking place in the fall of two thousand and eleven and now the names of the groups or individuals involved in the alleged plot are redacted from the f.b.i. documents but what critics say is clear is that the f.b.i. never alerted any one of the potential any of the potential victims that their lives could possibly be in danger or that there's any threat surrounding them the partnership for civil justice fund received the f.b.i. documents on december twenty second so this is fairly new information and this was after they filed a request under

we had an agent with the department of homeland security. ad people from all walks of life including an actor who we see driving up to our hidden camera house in a convertible sports car, and he's here to meet a young teenage boy. >> what's up? >> hi. how are you? >> why don't you have a seat right there? what's going on? >> how are you doing? chris. >> good. how are you? you're chris? >> yeah. >> what are you doing here? >> i was invited. >> by? >> by who? >> who did you think you were talking to? >> i thought i was talking to luke. >> luke. and how old do you think luke is? >> i thought he was 18. he told me. >> 18? >> yeah. >> want to try again? >> if he's young, i apologize. i didn't know. >> the problem, chris, is that i have the transcripts. so i already know what you said. so it would be probably better for you to tell the truth right up front. >> i made a mistake. >> so why don't you just tell me what happened? >> first time i've ever done this. >> the first time you've ever done this? >> yes. >> and how old are you, chris? >> 34. >>

and that there should be an office within the department of homeland security specifically dedicated nd municipal governments on the issue of crime in this country. in 2011, more than 14,000 people were murdered in the united states of america. these are serious issues. you were talking about that earlier. so when the federal government partners with state and local governments, we can actually get things done. and that's what we need to be focused on. dealing with issues of high capacity guns. standards of accountability for gunman ewe factturers and retailers that look at the kind of values that americans have in terms of peace and prosperity. that's the real issue at hand. >> common sense and common ground. mayor michael nutter, thank you for your time and your good work. >> thank you. >> still ahead, honoring martin luther king, jr. a powerful statement from the president for his second inauguration. but, first, we dug up the real gop party platform. if president obama is for it, they're against it. their platform on full display again today. stay with us. i describe myself as a m

of the union coming up in the next couple weeks. in the newsroom, abc 7 news. >> oracle released fix for security flaw in the java software however the department of homelandys it may not work. fix came after homeland security warned computer users to disable java software last week. flaw made some computers vulnerable to hacker attack. homeland security says this afternoon the vulnerability remains even after the fix. computer users are being asked now to disable java unless it is just absolutely necessary. >>> nissan electric car the leaf is going to see a massive drop in price. because of slow sales nissan plans to sell the car starting at 28,000 dollars. that's 6000 dollars cheaperp it previously sold for. by xir son electric ford focus and chevy volt started at 39,000 dollars. all 3 electric cars have state federal tax incentive that bring the praise down thousands of dollars more. >>> well giving award to the award show. coming up. golden globe who had the best lines. and who was the least amused. stay ♪ we were skipping stones and letting go ♪ ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley, we know nature comes together i

homeland security. they issued an alert saying it exposes computertuse tacts from -- computers to attacks from hackers. the department ofhomeland security says there are still flaws. >>> they called the governor's budget's plan imbalanced. >> the administration has had to propose certain things to keep it in balance, build a reserve and fund certain priorities. >> they are projecting a $2 billion short fall. the difference is due tax revenue projections n creased savings and repayments of loans. >>> more and more commuters are riding the bart to work. ktvu's rob roth is in san francisco at one of two stations that bart is taking a close look at. rob? >> reporter: it is the heart of the evening commute and we are here at the bart station, this is the busiest station in the system and many commuters say it is too crowded. but bart is looking at ways to make the commute more comfortable. >> reporter: commuters at the bart station say -- >> it is hectic. >> reporter: gets more crowded by the day. with 391,000 passengers taking bart each week day, ridership is at an all time high and the two most crowded stations are embarca

management performance fiscal year 2012 in the amount of $289,613 from the united states department of homeland security through the california emergency management agency for the building and sustaining capabilities. >> now we have amy to come and speak about it. >> good morning chairman farrell members of the committee. the item before you is expense approximately $290,000. it's a general grant for disaster preparation, mitigation, response and recovery here in san francisco. this grant requires $290,000 match. it's equal amount and it's an amount we already budgeted in the current fiscal year through emergency management include inclined services. most of the match comes from our department and part of the match also comes from meals on wheels the local nonprofit here in san francisco. the quick summary who we're buying for this grant is upgrade of the security cameras at the emergency operation center at 101 turk street. we're upgrading the car key access. we're putting in new fire suppression system. we're funding existing emergency planning position. it's ongoing funding. the cool thing we're doin

the justis system will be different, connected to any federal database like the fbi or department of homeland security. >> i am the justis project manager. justis is designed to replace the aging cable mainframe system. each department is in the process or has completed the implementation of the wrong department specific case management system. though specific case management systems connect to justis is a way to exchange data between departments. since justis is at that how point, it gives us the ability to all information and roll it up to public data as well as criminal justice data. what was your other question? >> i am wondering if justis is any different. >> i know their systems in the city and county of seven san francisco to collect to colect, for background checks, as far as justis replacing the cable system, justis will assist individual departments in creating the roll up reports. we have not received whether to the technical steering committee or the justis council, and requirements to connect federally. >> i asked because of my background. i was curious because one thing that was helpful

i was like, "well, proper procedure is, "first, we have to contact the department of homeland security." so... i saved a lot on my insurance, and she's in guantanamo bay right now. and i'm driving a porsche cayenne with a dent in it. it's okay. i e-mail her every once in a while. "how's it going down there? "heard it's hot. porsche is driving kind of nice." [ ululating ] [ laughter ] thank you guys very much. thank you. thank you. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show" with jon stewart. ["daily show" theme song playing] [cheers and applause] captioning sponsored by comedy central >> jon: welcome to "the daily show." my name is jon stewart. my guest tonight fresh off -- fresh off golden globe win for acting, producing, choreography, lena dunham is on the show. [cheers and applause] obviously the big news president obama's hotly anticipated announcement of his new steps to try to curb gun violence. ah, i didn't see it. i don't -- [ laughter ] i don't want -- i don't want to bring the room down. my mind

the department of homeland security the u.s. military and private corporations all cooperated together to monitor and investigate optic occupy wall street protesters as quote. fall of twenty eleven now the names of the groups or individuals involved in the alleged plot are redacted from the f.b.i. documents but what critics say is clear is that the f.b.i. never alerted any one of the potential any of the potential victims that their lives could possibly be in danger or that there's any threat surrounding them the partnership for civil justice fund received the f.b.i. documents on december twenty second so this is fairly new information and this was after they filed a request under the freedom of information after now many civil rights attorneys previously have accused the f.b.i. of functioning as a de facto intelligence arm for u.s. corporations during the occupy wall street movement especially as it grew bigger however some critics say they never ever suspected that the f.b.i. would neglect to tell occupy protesters u.s. citizen

of a security weakness. the department of homeland security says the program makes computers vulnerable to everything from viruses ware, which can force users to pay to log back into their own pcomputers. users should just disable the software in web browsers. some web companies are taking action by blocking it on their end. >>> the bizarre saga of a silicon valley software pioneer is headed for the big screen. the hollywood reporter says warner brothers picked up the rights to john mcafee's last stand. the filmmakers behind the movie "crazy stupid love" will adapt that article for a movie. mcafee is a person of interest in the death of a neighbor in belize. he was deported to the united states after faking an illness. he says he's now broke. >>> we're back in a moment to talk about the warriors big night and the 49ers. stay with us. oh! progress-oh! -oh! -oh! oh! oh! ♪ what do you know? oh! ♪ bacon? -oh! -oh! oh! [ female announcer ] with 40 delicious progresso soups at 100 calories or less, there are plenty of reasons people are saying "progress-oh!" share your story for a chance to win a progress-oh! makeover

laes week the department of homeland security recommended users disable java until the patch was created. >>> a popular pizza chain is making a six-figure pay out for not giving employees enough of the pie when it comes to san francisco's health benefit requirement. those cost wills now be passed along to the customer sgrs workers in chicago pizza are now getting a bigger slice of benefits. that's after 2009 and 2011, didn't use most of a 4% healthy san francisco surcharge add today customer's checks to fund employee healthcare. >> theest mat shows that there was roughly 210, 220,000 dollars that did not appropriately go to employees for employee healthcare. >> the money was being spent for healthcare for invoices that our employees turned into us. we paid every single one of them. we -- we accrued more than the employees actually redeemed. >> they will pay 320 thousand tlrs to 115 current and former employees and increase healthcare spending by a hun thousand dollars this year. the settlement comes as san francisco restaurants say they're gram l with rising rental and healthcare cost an

now to an associated press exclusive that raises some uncomfortable questions for the department of homeland securityeeks back that a volunteer intern in the office of new jersey democratic senator robert menendez was in this country illegally, not to mention a registered sex offender. that's bad enough. but the a p's story was focused on the fact that the feds were, according to the ap, supposed to pick this guy up for deportation before the november election. menendez was up for reelection, but that someone in washington at dhs told them to hold off. the implication was that there was concern over how it might look right before this prominent democrat was facing reelection. so they waited six weeks until after the november election, and then they did it. and now, after considerable pushback from the department of homeland security saying that was categorically false. it turns out maybe not so false. joining me now michael graham, a boston herald columnist, a new england talk show host he's been following this. welcome back. >> and living in massachusetts we call that a thursday. the political frien

the department of homeland security and local police the crackdown was coordinated with the big banks themselves so these are all of the biggest banks they had a bank security group that met with the f.b.i. targeted specific activists including some this is all we did acted for assassination and naomi wolf then says there's a new twist the merger of. private sector d h s and the f.b.i. means that any of us can become wiki leaks a point that julian assange was trying to make in explaining the argument behind his recent book the fusion of the tracking of money and the suppression of dissent means that a huge area of vulnerability in civil society because people's income streams and financial records is now firmly in the hands of banks which are in turn now in the business of tracking your descent but if miscellany were alive today he'd be running j.p. morgan chase yammer thanks so much for being on the gaza report thank you max states with a second half of a speaking to john perry barlow. something . lies beneath. thousands of meters of mice drawn. to lobby. for many. but dangerous even

and the department of homeland security are treating protests against the corporate and banking structure of america as potential criminal and terrorist activity although you have it the truth always has a way of rearing its ugly head as much as the establishment tries to suppress it so what else went down during the fiscal cliff hysteria well what about this mainstream miss have you heard of the violence against women act oh you probably haven't because the bills never really been a point of contention until now since the bill that was drafted and till now or to investigate and prosecute violent crimes against women as well as offer. and while it did pass in the senate it was awaiting a final vote in the house of believe it or not the bill was basically ignored and never voted on for the first time since one thousand nine hundred ninety four why we can attribute that to a bevy of house bigots who refused to pass the bill with the new addition that widen the bills protections for illegal immigrants native americans and the community yes instead of choosing to stand up and protect millions

that's what the department of homeland security is advising because of a potential hacking attack. computer security experts believe hackers have found a flaw in java which is used to write a number of internet applications. they also warn not to get confused and stop drinking coffee. >>> one storm and volcano in russia is dormant no longer, attracting scientists yet again. those scientists have been trying to get close to the first eruptions and lava flows. there's been no activity there in 40 years. they are trying to figure out why now? >>> we also have some stunning images to show you of a dust storm just off the coast of australia. check out these photos. they were taken this week by a worker on a tugboat shortly before sunset. his thought bubble, this can't be good tore my sinus. that is the news. now back to lester. well, we're keeping it cool. i figure why not? >> jenna, thanks. >>> dylan dreyer is back with the national forecast now. >> there's so much going on. we've got the eastern heat. we've got the western cold. we've got snow up across the northern plains. a little b

the department of homeland security the u.s. military and private corporations all cooperated together to monitor and investigate occupy wall street protesters as quote domestic terrorists and quote criminals now the more shocking revelation the headline of this story is that reportedly buried deep within the government. mentions of a plan to use snipers to assassinate occupy protesters in the movement's leaders in various cities throughout the to prove to be taking place in the fall of two thousand and eleven and now they're into the groups individuals. for civil justice fund received the f.b.i. documents on december twenty second so this is fairly new information and this was after they filed a request under the freedom of information after now many civil rights attorneys previously have accused the f.b.i. of functioning as a de facto intelligence arm for u.s. corporations during the occupy wall street movement especially as it grew bigger however some critics say they never ever suspected that the f.b.i. would neglect to tell