the department of homeland security and better work. i'll mention a couple of things if i can. remember the response of fema which is part of the department of homeland security, remember their response to katrina, it was deplorable. response to hurricane sandy, for the most part, all around kudos were won. how about t.s.a.? t.s.a. has been a whipping boy for a lot of folks, all of us who have the opportunities to fly commercially. we've seen t.s.a. make changes. they've taken criticism, taken it to heart, among other things created trusted traveler program so a local of people don't have to take off their shoes or belts or do all kinds of things to get through a security check. the t.s.a. has done a number of things. some of the technology they're using is not as intrusive as it was before. security is actually stronger. and most recently for ten years the friends at the g.a.o., the government accountability office have every two years on the high risk list at the beginning of every congress have cited the department of homeland securit

speak in strong support of the nomination of jeh johnson to serve as the secretary of department of homeland security. as my colleagues know, i've been concerned for many months about the high number of senior level vacancies that exist at the department. in fact, the department of homeland security has been without a senate-confirmed deputy secretary since april and without a senate-confirmed secretary since early september. that is simply too long for such critical positions to be vacant, especially since the department of homeland security has been without senate-confirmed leadership and a number of other senior leadership positions, too. that list of vacancies include these. the position of deputy secretary as well as the heads of customs and border protection, immigration and customs enforcement, and the inspector general. working with the president, we need to do something about it, and today we can. it's my hope and expectation that we will vote to confirm a new secretary to lead the department within the next few hours, allowing jeh johnson to be sworn in and to start work later this week. ge

on the one hand, i was dismayed to find out the department of homeland security ranked last on their list of cabinet departments. however, however, u.s. citizenship and immigration services, led by ali mayorkas, was one of the highest ranked components within the department of homeland security, coming in i think at 76 out of some 300 federal agencies. and after mayorkas took over in 2009, employee satisfaction with senior leadership didn't drop, it increased by over 20%. we need more of that kind of proven, committed leadership at d.h.s. mr. president, everything i have learned about director mayorkas over the past year -- and i've learned a lot -- has led me to conclude that he is an exceptional candidate to be the next deputy secretary of this department. but just don't take my word for it. director mayorkas has received glowing accolades from a number of my colleagues. he's been strongly endorsed by every single former secretary of this department, every one of them twovmen. two appointed by george w. bush and one by our current president. they've all endorsed him. he's also been

of the physical security standards and the dod guidance for example unified facilities criteria. the dot also participates in the various interagency forces such as the interagency security committee along with representatives, the department of homeland security and many other federal agencies and the department's. these enable the sharing of best practices, physical security standards and cyber and terrorist information in support of the collective resolve to enhance the quality and effectiveness of the physical security of federal facilities. we also have ongoing initiatives across the department to enhance the security such as the development of an identity management enterprise services architecture and the approach to the sharing of identity and physical access control the information and complement ongoing continuous evaluation concept demonstration efforts. we will provide real-time vetting of individuals requiring unescorted access to the dod facilities and these will be run against the dod federal, state and other authoritative data services. the users will be able to authenticate individual access credentials and fitness to enter the facility. we believe that it will vastly enhance the security of the personnel facilities w

. >>> new reaction from the department of homeland security to a judge's finding that it is encouraging human smugglers along the southern border and that its actions are dangerous and unconscionable. trace? >> remember this centers around the case of a woman from el salvador living here illegally who paid a known human trafficker to smuggle her 10-year-old daughter into the u.s. the smuggler was caught and convicted. the judge wrote a scathing opinion because of the conspiracy being broken up the department of homeland security helped complete the conspiracy by delivering the 10-year-old to her mom. the mother wasn't arrested, charged or deported. as the judge noted it was the fourth time dhs had done it in a four-week period. the judge wrote if the human traffickers are successful, mission accomplished. even if their coconspirators are unsuccessful the government will finish the job of the human traffickers, mission still accomplished. the judge said there was no excuse but dhs offered this statement. again quoting here. the department of homeland security adheres to the trafficking v

they took care of the second in command at the department of homeland security, and we saw them figureut who the new irs chief will be. they did confirm him into that position. a big job, del, because that job also has to do with seeing the rollout and enforcement of obamacare. and we saw the senate pass a defense spending bill. 52 years congress has been able to come to terms and pass that bill. defense spending package, huge, over $500 billion in spending and that contains a number of things, including some provisions dealing with sexual assault in the military. there are some amendments defen spending bill. >> libby as strange as it seems, 2013 would wind up being the yeardo-nothing congress do something. >> they did manage to get a modest budget proposal hammered out. it set spending levels for two years, so now the hard work hits for the appropriators. so even though we talk about washington emptying out for the holiday, there will be many appropriators and staffers working very hard to get through that it ine gritty stuff. but there is still a bit of work to do. and we saw party

error rate and the office of the government accountability office has criticized the department of homeland security the f.b.i. for not making it clear how you can get removed from the list if your name is on there by mistake and with that many people on the list how can security officials really distinguish who is actually a national security risk i think that's the question that needs to be answered and i think that with the increased attention to the surveillance that we've seen over the last several months it provides us with a window of opportunity to ask our elected officials for more accountability and oversight about really how we can make corrections how we can get our names off quickly right now there's virtually no way to do that with the exception of a program called the traveler redress inquiry program that the department of homeland security has started where if you're stopped many times at the airports you can investigate and ask them to look into it you know the argument that the needle in the haystack in order to be able to find the haystack if you remember that is why the n.s.a. su

are they stacking the deck at the department of homeland security? we'll talk about it next. >> this administration knows personnel is policy. they're changing personnel to change the policy. >> all >> that is an exclusive report on a bunch of new attorneys just hired to manage litigation for the obama administration. reviewing nearly all of the new lawyers hail from pro amnesty groups that, is his term or pro immigration groups he says they're very controversial. joining me now is the ceo of l and g incorporated. what chris adams is saying is that they're stacking the deck in a way immigration policy will not be enforced. whatever the president decides to do won't be challenged within the administration because everyone will be like minded since he's added scores of new attorneys who are from these groups that have been to the left. >> thank you. as a matter of record the obama administration is being criticized for the record number of deportations under president obama's watch. it's against the law and the evidence proposing for this is thin. first

it enhances public awareness of attacks on federal networks by requiring that the department of homeland security and the department of defense report to congress on cyber incidents in the dot-gov and dot mil dough mains. as we work -- domains. as we work to protect people from cyber attacks we must first understand the nature of attacks on our own systems and what we can do to ensure that those attacks are not successful. the bill also tasks the departments of justice and the f.b.i. to report to congress on their investigations and prosecutions of cyber intrusions, computer or network compromise or other forms of illegal hacking. those reports also must detail the resources that they devote to fighting cyber crime and any legal impediments they find that frustrate prosecutions of cyber criminals. it's not enough just to try to stop hackers when they're coming after us. we must identify and prosecute the people who commit cyber crimes whoever they may be. the bill requires the securities and exchange commission to report to congress on the corporate reporting of cyber risk and cyber incidents in

are they stacking the deck at the department of homeland security? we'll talk about it on "the kelly file" follow up next. >> this administration knows that personnel is policy and they are changing the personnel to change the policy. >>> all of the demonstrated organizations with hostility toward immigration law are now the source of dozens of new lawyers inside the department of homeland security. this administration knows that personnel is policy. if you don't want immigration enforced hire lawyers who don't like immigration laws. spp that was a former doj attorney friday night with an exclusive report on new attorneys hired to manage immigration litigation for the obama administration. he is revealing nearly all of the new lawyers hail from pro amnesty groups -- that's his term -- or pro immigration groups. joining me tonight, julian epstein. he's a ceo of lng incorporated. good to see you. basically they are stacking the deck in a way immigration policy won't be enforced and whatever the president decides to do by fiat won't be vigorously challen

of the physical security standards and dod guidance. for example, the unified facilities criteria. dod also participates in various such as thefora, interagency security committee, along with representatives and the department of homeland security and many other federal agencies and departments. these enable the sharing of best practices, physical security standards, and ciber and terrorist threat information in support of our collective resolve to enhance the quality and effectiveness of physical security of federal facilities. have various ongoing initiatives across the department to enhance facility security, such as the development of an identity management enterprise services architecture known as imesa. imesa will provide an approach to information and complement ongoing efforts. imesa will provide real-time vetting of individuals requiring unescorted access to dod facilities, and these will be run against dod, federal, state, and other authoritative data services. imesa users will be able to authenticate individual consent -- credentials and fitness to enter a facility. we believe imesa will enhance the security of dod worldwide. thank you for your time. i am happy to take your questions. >> thank you. i'm going

protective services component of the department of homeland security. it is responsible for protecting federal facilities owned or leased by the general services administration. there is no doubt that the federal protective service has a difficult mission. that agency employees only about 1000 enforcement officers to protect more than 9000 civilian federal facilities. federal facilities. these facility's are spread out all over our country. while effective services are was possible for assessing security at these facilities, and lacks the authority to let the security measures. the nadir prevents installing metal detectors and x-ray screening equipment at a facility, but it is the local facility security committee that decides whether to authorize and pay for those recommended security measures. governmented accountability office report has highlighted, a number of internal management challenges have impeded the federal effective services ability to protect facilities. for example, the federal protective service must the bleep the facility security asse

they hired new immigration enforcement attorneys at the department of homeland security. you concerned? >> becse they turn to radical open borders organizations. they turn to groups funded by the tides foundation. mexican-american legal defense fund, latino justice. all of the demonstrated organizations with hostility toward immigration law are now the source of dozens of new lawyers inside the department of homeland security. this administration knows the personnel policy. if you don't want laws enforced go hire lawyers who don't like immigration laws. >> be specific. can you name names? >> we do. the article names dozens of lawyers with their photographs that we obtained the biographical information for. let's talk about two. the first the jennifer lee. jennifer lee came from an organization that was militantly open borders. when she was there they published a pamphlet to give to illegals entitled "what to do in the event of a raid" and it gave advice to people here illegally how to behave if they come calling. now jennifer lee is working at drk hs. this organization was

of homeland security. on july 12, secretary napolitano announced that she would be leaving the department of homeland security after four years heading up one of the largest departments of the federal government. on october 17, the obama administration announced that it had finally found a replacement. the committee on homeland security moved quickly on jeh johnson's nomination approving him by voice vote. on november 15 before the committee approved him, i sent a letter to mr. johnson along with several colleagues on the judiciary committee. we on the judiciary committee asked for his views on a number of important matters, including our nation's immigration policies and the fair treatment of whistle-blowers. we asked if he would cooperate with us on oversight matters and work with us to improve immigration policies going afford. because the judiciary committee has primary responsibility on immigration matters, it is necessary for us to know any nominee's position on almost any issue. it has been nearly a month and there's been no response to our letter and no indication that he might respond. in fact, i wou

secure facilities. require some responsibility, and the federal protective services a point a department of the homeland security to protect those that are older leased by the general administration. the federal protective service has a difficult mission. the agency only employs about a dozen enforcement officers to civilianore than 9000 federal facilities. these facility's are spread out all over our country. while effective services are was possible for assessing security at these facilities, and lacks the authority to let the security measures. the nadir prevents installing metal detectors and x-ray screening equipment at a facility, but it is the local facility security committee that decides whether to authorize and pay for those recommended security measures. governmented accountability office report has highlighted, a number of internal management challenges have impeded the federal effective services ability to protect facilities. for example, the federal protective service must the bleep the facility security assessment in a timely manner with the share them offices it protects. this service ha

o conducted 12 reviews of federal facility securities and federal protective service became part of the department of homeland security in 2003, reporting oversight of contract cards, facility reassessment, cooperation with local law enforcement, planning and budgeting for security challenges tampering protection of federal agencies. witnesses advocates emphasis on the first syllable, stephen amitay, director of the national association of security companies. mr. amitay has worked with congress on federal agencies and government accountability focusing on legislation and other issues related to issues since 2006. final witness, david wright, of bent national program director union, the american federation of government employees. he has served in his present capacity since 2006. he is a 27 year veteran of federal protective services and served as inspector, performed myriad responsibilities necessary to that decision from responding to crimes to overseeing contract cards to security assessments, mr. wright brings a wealth of experience before this committee, to find solutions that face the federal protective

today the office of inspector general for the department of homeland security released an embargo version of its audit for the eb-5 immigrant investor visa program. the report states that the u.s. custom immigration service has difficulty ensuring the integrity of the program and does not always ensure that regional centers meet all eligibility requirements. specifically, the report said -- quote -- "u.s. custom immigration service did not always enforce its own regulations and procedures to assist with managing the regional center programs." end of that quote. another quote -- "until imriewsmimprovements are made, . customs immigration service is unable to prevent fraud and national security threats." eppedthreats. "end of quote. "it cannot report the results of the program accurately or ensure the eb-5 program is benefiting the u.s. economy and creating jobs for u.s. citizens as created by congress." end of that quote. you understand mr. mayorkas is in charge of these programs. the i.g. said that the agency needed to improve coordination and rely on the expertise of of other agencies. t

of noncitizens. for national security reasons and set up a registry for those from predominantl predominantlym countries. in 2003, the bush administration created ice, under the newly formed department of homeland security, its ten year goal was to deport every single deportable noncitizen in the country. two years later the bush administration expanded the detention of criminal prosecution of undocumented people crossing the border. >> undocumented individuals to enter our country represents an obvious homeland security act. >>> in 2006, congress passed the secure detention act, ice also promoted programs like secured communities and the criminal alien program that flagged potentially deportable immigrants. secure communities has expanded leading to a sharp rise in detentions and deportations. >> the highest number of roofnlingremovals in our histor. >> it has been another record breaking year in immigration and customs enforcement. >> more than 195,000 were convicted criminal aliens. that is itself another record. >> but the bottom line here is that the population that they call criminal includes in the majority people who have been charged or convicted of criminal activity that is very, very

they have to cross-check it with the department of homeland security. stop the whole thing and let them get it right from insurance companies. >> steve, it's just a matter of fi efficiency. >> this gets to all the problems people have with startups in the private sector. if you don't succeed you go out of business and you don't have taxpayers you can put your fingers in their pockets and get more money. again, why not have private enterprise and health care, have safety nets and let people know what they're doing turning scarsty into abundance. >> there is a little bit of a free market in health care and where there is it works well. >> things like plastic surgery that are typically not covered by insurance, they have improved tremendously in quality over the last ten to 15 years and prices have plummeted. i like what steve is saying about accountability. look at ted turner. he got cnn up and running in one year. he had his whole reputation riding on that. they have had five years for obama care.gov and they still can't get it rig. >> fox news by the way

of this material is coming through. now, as rafael has mentioned, it is a very big concern obviously for many years now, the homeland security department has worried someone could try to pass something like this across the border to try to detonate some kind of bomb. as rafael has also mentioned, it's a very difficult thing to do. this thing is encased in lead. it is very difficult to extract. there are these little chunks of cobalt 6 on a now if one were to handle it, to even hold it for a few minutes, it is a very dangerous thing and could cause permanent damage, but it is not something that is easily done. at this point, i think they're trying to help the mexican government figure out whether this was just taken by somebody who was targeting some of the scrap material that was on the truck that was taken, fredricka and michael. at this point, they're trying to figure out how to track it down. >> all right, evan perez, keep us posted as you learn new information. and rafael romo, thanks for that reporting >> if it was at a gas station, which you pop in and get something and the truck gets stolen with that stuff in it. >> happening qu

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that in perspective that's more than the two thousand and eight budgets were for the department of homeland security and the department of education. and according to some studies twenty to thirty percent of all the money spent in the last two months of a patient's life may have had no impact on their condition for many of these people the only thing that money did was prolong the time they were in pain but up to the to the wires in the machines that were keeping them alive. some people would choose that perhaps many and should absolutely be given that option it should not be forced on everybody. there are some people who in the final days of their lives would prefer to gather their friends and family together tell them how much they love them and say good bye and then drink a doctor prescribe formula that will allow them to comfortably fall asleep and their lives. there's a growing movement underway to stop forcing people to endure unbearable pain at the end of life when they don't want to and to let americans decide when to end their lives on their own terms. right now physician a suicide physicia

he would lead the department of homeland security. no decision yet on him. whole reason this happening, last month democrats changed the rulings, a simple majority is needed to end filibusters to presidential nominees. the republicans are weakened, so they're using everything they have, every minute to consider the nominees and reid says they'll work through until it's done. >> also a vote on the bipartisan budget dealing we heard so much about on wednesday. the house is expected to take up the bill crafted by senator ryan and murray. outside hard lined conservatives say it stunts growth. democrats worry it does nothing for expiring unemployment benefits. a vote in the senate is expected next week on the bill, that would fund the government for the next two years, senate republicans are expected to oppose it, but won't have the votes to stop it. >>> now to a mea culpa out of south africa. a cabinet minister admitting the government made a mistake in hiring the sign language interpreter you see there at tuesday's memorial for nelson mandela, the man was label

totally fine be for people in the department of homeland security. >> it's in play in homeland security. mean, more people than there are on the planet moved through in the last ten years. more than 7 billion people. acquisition is never its own point. acquisitional n period. a privacy er been breach in tsa. i'm endorsing the notion that privacy and security, these two things can travel together. bit worked up. i made a comment in the green room i would ask a philosophical question -- why is privacy such -- if i was growing to the k&b ked drugstore in new orleans and got marlboro, it would take 7 to 10 minutes before my parents would know that. i had no privacy in that regard. sometimes people confuse or they a word we , which is all love which when they really mean is anonymity. do things anonymously in the society. years, we to 3,000 have not had anonymity. if i do something like town, where i grew up. my community, people kind of know. know. without anonymity, we had to better than we do with. do you feel we need to preserve before we go about our liveles? >> in your small town, your

a vote is scheduled for today. >>> the senate has given its okay to the new head of department of homeland security johnson so take over that department as secretary after janet napolitano left to become the head of university of california. the vote in johnson's favor was 78-60. >>> they want a meeting with the director of the fbi. the family of this man, a missing former fbi agent who disappeared in iran six years ago. new revelations published last week show robert levinson was working as a cia contractor when he went missing. the family says fbi director has repeatedly delayed meeting with them. law enforcement official tells cnn the bureau is hoping to arrange a sit-down with levinson's family soon. >>> a top pentagon official responsible for how the military prevents sexual assault is retiring. major general gary patton will leave next month after a 35-year career in the paerm. he has been in the public eye lately as congress moved to make changes as sexual assaults were handled in the military. he is leaving amid allegations he intimidated whistle blowers during an army view of corruption af

. >> we submit complaint after complaint after complaint to the department of homeland security, and we get form letters saying that they've been received, and there's really no outcome to exposing the abuses within the system. >> we're heading to the customs and border patro headquarters in washington dc right now. we've trying for months and months to get an interview with anybody from the organization and we've been unsuccessful. so we're going to try our luck at the door. we've spotted one of the men we've been trying to reach first in command thomas winkowski. >> hey mr. winkowski? what we're looking at is a case of officer involved shootings at the mexican line, and... >> okay. >> and we'd like to know why is it that rock-throwing justifies... >> give me your card and i'll.. >> why is it that rock-throwing justifies lethal force? >> give me your card and i'll do it. i'll have my public affairs.. >> literally for six months we've been asking michael and jenny both to speak to us. >> okay. >> and they haven't gotten back to us. >> okay. >> and we're on a deadline, today, which is

our federal partners who came and talked about increasing grants, safer grants with the department of homeland security, and those are starting to come into the city. we'll continue to work along that way with existing federal programs that are able to assist the city with its current needs. >> reporter: with so much financial weight with the dia as well as [ inaudible ] can you see a greater need to cut one or the other or can you place a weight on what we're going to [ inaudible ] before [ inaudible ]? >> well, i think you have to be careful. people affect the dia. the detroit institute of art is a facility owned by the city of detroit. the corporation manages that facility for the benefit of detroit. those are detroit assets. they are different than pensioners, which are obligees that with have. we have to be fair and equitable in our treatment with all creditor classes, financial creditors, or retirees, pensioners, and the like, and that's what we're going to try to do. >> reporter: are you on track for [ inaudible ] >> well, we hope to stay on track. we had our map out. we had the tank full of gas

perfect pen with his background and experience to serve as a deputy secretary of the department of homeland security, and i frankly think he's one of the most qualified people that i've seen come through here. so, madam president, thank you. i yield the floor. i don't see any other senator wanting to speak at this moment, so i would simply suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: thank you, madam president. i would ask to dispense with the calling of the quorum. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reed: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 259, s. 1797, a bill to extend unemployment insurance benefits for one year, that the bill be read a third time and passed, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. cornyn: madam president? the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. corny

department of homeland security and a whole range of very large network of private companies many of. basically fortune five hundred companies it's something like i mean the figure in the report was twenty thousand but actually it's. an old figure it's more it's approaching thousands ago thirty thousand just under thirty thousand very very large corporations in partnership with the f.b.i. and this partnership. sickly involves them basically feeding information into the f.b.i. guiding them on what they want the f.b.i. to basically. get involved in in terms of espionage in terms of intelligence activity so it's no surprise range of various leaked documents and other kinds of information that has come out over the last year or so shows that the f.b.i. has been systematically spying. and systematically helping corporate entities to spy on. civil society groups occupy wall street activists of spied on organizations like greenpeace have been spied on and the pretext fortunately has been terrorism they've actually used the specter of terrorism to justify some of these operations but there wa

as part of the department of homeland security the federal protective service is responsible for protecting federal employees and visitors an approximate 9600 federal facilities, under the control and custody of the administration. recent incidents of federal facilities demonstrate the continued bone ability to attack or other acts of violence. talpa published its mission sts connects the two security assessments and that's approximate 13,500 contract security guards deployed to federal facilities. my testimony discusses challenges we face in first ensuring contract guard are deployed to federal facility and properly trained. and conducting risk assessment at federal facility. it is based on jails were issued from 2008-2013 risk assessment and programs and preliminary results of geos ongoing work to determine the extent to which fps and select federal agencies facility risk assessment methodologies align with federal risk assessment standards. our findings are as follows. first fps faces challenges in turn that contract have improperly trained and certified before being deployed to federal

circuit court and another is jed johnson who would lead the department of homeland security. pillard was confirmed just after 1:00 this morning. the reason this is happening dates back to last month when democrats changed the rules when a simple majority was needed to end filibusters for the president's nominations. that weakened republicans so they're fighting pack and trying to use up all of the time they possibly can to consider each and every one of these nominees so reid is responding by saying if you're going to do that we'll keep working right on through until this gets done. live in washington, i'm danielle lee. mara back to you. >> we'll watch and wait to see how it unfolds. >>> also on capitol hill a vote on the bipartisan budget teal we heard so much about wednesday. the house is expected to take up the bill crafted by congressman paul ryan and senator patty murray. it funds the government through 2015 and includes some $85 billion in spending cuts. outside hard line conservatives say it stunts growth and democrats worry it does nothing for expiring unemployment be

error rate and the office of the government accountability office has criticized the department of homeland security the f.b.i. for not making it clear how you can get removed from the list if your name is on there by mistake and with that many people on the list how can security officials really distinguish who is actually a national security risk. i think that's the question that needs to be answered and i think that with the increased attention to the surveillance that we've seen over the last several months it provides us with a window of opportunity to ask our elected officials for more accountability and oversight about really how we can make corrections how we can get our names off quickly right now there's virtually no way to do that with the exception of a program called the traveler redress inquiry program that the department of homeland security has started where if you're stopped many times at the airports you can investigate and ask them to look into it now the argument that the needle in the haystack in order to be able to find the haystack if you remember that is why the n.s.a. survei

know we updated phase one this year and we included prudent, and also recommended by the department of homeland security and fema and it goes to the best practices that the project is enjoying in the process we vowed to engineer many of the key elements and the exterior of the statement from glass to metal and incorporated the design which many people are excited about. and a number of elements saving millions of dollars for the project. next month, we are going to publish the statement and expect to receive an unqualified opinion which is the highest level of confidence that any public agency can receive on the financial records and books and so we continue to do good work on that front. i thank our cfo and her finance team for the good work that they are doing there, we started as you know permanent construction of the station by pouring the foundation at the rail levels and we are joined by the board by our chair person kim and mayor lee and leader pelosi., and so that was an mrirment and we also were awarded the steel contract and this month, we put out to bid, the current loft and skylights and so

the survey says it is the department of homeland security followed by the army and the department ofd federal government workers have extremely geerous pay and other benefits on average compared to 88,000 for the private sector and six of the top 10 richest counties in the united states, six out of 10 all-around nations capital. a lot of lobbyists are in there as well. and maybe they don't feel adequate appreciation. 37% believe that zombies would do a better job running the country and does that of our government. imagine it. my goodness. up next, one day after the president praised a fictional television congressman. his newest advisor compares the republican party to party to a murderous cult. we will take that up with the country's favorite radio talk show host. coming up next, stay with us. ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the mercedes-benz winter event s back, with the perfe vehicle that's just right for you, no matter which list you're on [ santa ] ho, ho, ho, ho! [ male announcer ] get the all-new 2014 cla250 starting at just $29,900. lou: joining us now is the "a-tea

and what i find interesting is the department of homeland security has a new secretary the was the governor of arizona who was the idiot for the new secretary used to be on the board of human-rights. they've managed themselves. you need a leader and i say represents something may be the second term obama is getting smarter. may be. if i could see the future i would not be here. but i see signs that indicate. >> i am not sure how we can then be responsible win we don't know because of the masses secrecy calling on. i find it a little disconcerting that people don't seem to mind. if this stops another boston, but it did not stop boston. they have all the money. how do you stop it? >> great question. this is my life work. is there too much secrecy? of course. there is over at the high school. [laughter] i want to make that point. italy makes sense the institution we add created will be the most secretive and now these days secrecy is much as preserving their freedoms as keeping secrets. there are some things snowden has revealed because experts are not supposed to say this that i have learned

defense department and saudi arabian telecommunications companies the mesh network is part of a two point seven million dollars project paid for the by the department of homeland security but according to officers leading it it's not going to be used for surveillance even though the claim is that it's not used for spine they can't tell us what it is being used for but before you think this bizarre big brother box is coming to your city here's the good news public outrage is actually derailed the program at least for the time being seen mounting pressure from concerned residents about what these boxes are and what the hell they're doing to finally force cities servants to consider being in the loop according to the stranger for now the boxes will be disabled into the city can adopt a policy for their oversight thanks guys so although local and state law enforcement often act like they are above the law whether it be unaccountable murder or the installation of surveillance boxes across a big city turns out they still work for us so remember what we want is transparency and accountability we've got to get out there and demand it ourselves . six years ago a seemingly innoc

we know the department of homeland security is part of this inquiry as they try to figure out what ifing is on the ground here in these four buildings on harvard campus. an e-mail that threatened to have placed explosives in these four buildings what set off all of this concern this morning. so they locked down those buildings across the course of the campus. thayer, seven have you ever, and emerson, which are on the historic harvard yard, and science center is across the way. they will finish school friday and harvard and close down for winter break. a lot of concern because we've seen these things happen before and it has been a frightening situation in boston, in cambridge in particular as we were talking about earlier. just there is a lot of local sensitivities to this sort of thing and and that brought a full-court press to try to figure out what has been going on. bill: it has been one hour since the tweet came out from the university. it has been one hour since the harvard university website, harvard .edu. put out its aheard that was 9:30 a.m. eastern time. harvard university r