you know, so, the department of homeland security is no different from any other government agency or department. it wants to grow. sharyl: when you look at the department of homeland security today, what are your reflections on that agency? prof. nichols: i'm trying to figure out why the department of homeland security is worried about people who are deep-frying turkeys. sharyl: thomas nichols is a professor of national security affairs at the u.s. naval war college. he studies the h prof. nichols: at one point, homeland security put out a reminder that if you throw a frozen turkey into a giant vat of boiling oil, you could get hurt. which is true. no one would recommend that you throw a giant frozen bird into a vat of oil. but i don't understand how that became a homeland security issue. >> watch how easy it is to top over. sharyl: and what does tell you? prof nichols: it tells me that they're looking for things to do. sharyl: and, apparently, looking for ways to spend your tax some of homeland security's $50 billion in anti-terrorism grants has gone to questionable expenses. like a

of that department. but the department of homeland security has more than 230,000 employees stationed around our country, at our ports of entry, our major transit hubs in major cities and small communities alike. each day department of homeland security employees perform some of the most challenging jobs in the federal government, from securing radiological materials to protecting our cyber networks to responding to the natural disasters, such as flood, fires and tornadoes. the department of homeland security employs work around the clock to stay ahead of the threats to our communities, to our homes and to our families. i commend their secretary jeh johnson, deputy secretary and their entire leadership team for their continued efforts to bring the department together and to make the department of homeland security more than just the sum of its parts. in fact, last week the 2016 viewpoint survey was released with good news. the annual survey is provided to hundreds of thousands of federal employees every year to gauge their satisfaction with their jobs and their engagement with their agency as a whole. af

department of justice on contracted facilities. the question has arisen in the public discourse whether immigration customs and agency of our department of homeland security should follow suit and end the contracted facilities and we, in the federal system should run them ourselves. i think, actually, one editorial writer captured what i think is a more fundamental question and a fundamental question of identity, which is the question of are we detaining the right people? and are we proud of the conditions in which we house them during the period of their detention? straying a little bit from the question of the day who who's operating the facility to the more integral question of who is in the facility and what are the conditions of their confinement? those two questions i don't articulate a guiding thought in terms of my opinion, but those two questions, to me, go more to the issue of our identity and how we answer that identity should be the guide post of how we resolve that. i will, because i can't help but pine on this last example. that is children in the immigration system. having prosecuted criminal cases, having observed removal proceedings, havi

he is the secretary of the department of homeland security. as such, he leads the third-largest department of the u.s. government with a workforce of 229,000 employees and two

we've done to move forward on my unity of effort initiatives to build frankly a better department of homeland security. fewer toef pipes, more efficient, effective hiring acquisition process. all of you, i think, are aware of our joint task forces for border security, which is not only a border security mission but a counter-narcotics mission. i'm pleased that the committees of congress are seeking to codify that into law. i think that is title-of- vital for our homeland security mission. i appreciate the support for much of our initiatives at management reform. i think you know that the levels of employee satisfaction and moral improve significantly this year thanks to the efforts of our leadership team to get out there and engage the workforce and show them what we can do to help them with their jobs. so we're building a better, more effective, more efficient department of homeland security and i appreciate the support that we've received from this committee. thank you very much. >> thanks, secretary johnson. we certainly appreciate your efforts. our next witness is director james comey. director co

including 315,000 individuals whose fingerprints were lost, and not only that, if the department of homeland security was serious about this, they would not have shut down the program that discovered this lapse in the first place, but at the end of the report, you will read that they shut the program down. >> so now that they have discovered their error, their mistake, what are they going to do now? >> well, they say they are addressing it, but if they shut the program down that originally discovered it, it's hard to really effectively address it, but they s they have recommendations that the agencies are following and that they are expecting a follow-up report. >> okay. the department of homeland

the mothers first launched the strike on august 8 to protest department of homeland security secretary jeh johnson's claims that the average time in family detention is only 20 days. as of today, at least three families will have spent a full year in custody at the berks facility. this is margarita. year.are here for one

the iowa department of homeland security says if the total amount of the damages more than four now deemed disaster areas. the iowa department of homeland security says if the total amount of the damages more than 49 $3 million, governor branstad can request a formal presidential declaration. that would provide additional fema money with state and local recovery efforts. >> we have been pretty successful at getting those disaster so, we are going to go about that in a very saying, cautious, careful, diligent way cbs 2 news reporter stephanie johnson is >> he has also extended the property tax deadline for all of linn county. >>> stephanie johnson live in cedar rapids joins us from the czech village. what is happening there? separating the czech village museum and the river. i talked to a crew worker from the city. he said they had to come back out here because they needed to add more sand and dirt to the area. the river is moving pretty fast. it started out at 19.71 feet earlier today and has now risen. it started at 18.55, i apologize. now it is at 19.86. it has gone really the fire depar

numerous revelations from the department of homeland security raised alarming concern on the heels of the new york and new jersey terror threats. the department of homeland security admits wrongly granted citizenship of 900 illegal immigrants from countries of concern. the chairman of the senate committee on intelligence reacted to this report. >> let's put a pause on this. this figure the system we can feel confident, really recognize who we are allowing it in the person that claims they actually are. the dhs found fingerprint missing federal databases for as many as 315,000 immigrants who could be fugitive criminals. billionaire george soros pledging to invest up to $500 million to help refugees and migrants after the first-ever u.n. seminar refugees. in a statement dating we will in past in startups, established companies, businesses started by migrants and refugees. investments are intended to be successful but our primary focus is to create products and services that truly benefit migrants in his community. the u.n. estimates 65 million people were forcibly displaced last year. l

secretary johnson is the fourth in the department of homeland security and prior to leaving he served as general counsel for the department of defense, general counsel of the depression of the air force and the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. >> senator carper, senators of the committee you have my prepared statement. i will just say briefly a couple of things. number one, i've talked repeatedly about how we see the global terrorist threat evolving and the threat to the homeland evolving from terrorist directed attacks to the global threat environment that now includes the rest inspired attacks of the type you see most recently where an actor is self radicalized without receiving direct orders from a terrorist organization. as senator carper noted he spent most of his life here as a u.s. citizen but is inspired by things that he sees in the internet, social media and the like. this makes for a more complicated and challenging public safety environment. i think i speak for all three of us when i say the prospect of the next terrorist inspired attack on the homeland

now homeland security is considering whether to put our electoral voting systems under its protection and some control. mike, on friday, the department of homeland security issued a statement, i'm going to read from it. the department of homeland security stands ready to assist state and local election officials in protecting their systems. it's important to emphasize what dhs since does not entail. it is strictly voluntary and does not entail regulation, binding directives. does this make things better or worse that they would get involved, even in a limited capacity? >> terrible, david, it would be a complete power grab. when the secretary of state of louisiana asked the head of dhs several weeks ago whether or not there was any credible evidence at all of a potential cyberattack, the head of dhs said no. why would they do this? because they want to take over local elections so they can do the same thing with elections that they had the irs do by going after conservative groups. >> we can talk about that in a moment. but bruce, they say that they're not going to like supersede local authority. that has been said by a lot of federal ag

but this is part one of the big advances that came about because the department of homeland security that's not much talked about is the department of homeland security by direction of congress created a section that interfaces directly with local and state law enforcement. and, you know, that gives -- i forget the number. i used to know it. hundreds of thousands of personnel to join the effort to stop terrorist attack. and i bet that drill in boston, i don't know, was either encouraged or financed by the department of homeland security because we did that and we have done that in major cities throughout the country. >> still your baby. >> yeah. i'm a proud and i would i guess i'd say protective father to that. >> i think you would agree. at some point we have to say we have this huge amount of money being poured in the funnel at the top. maybe it's not coming out the way we want at the bottom. can we restructure it? we need to re-evaluate and the whole of government approach, that's one thing we haven't gotten right. it hasn't got to where we need to go. the nsa and cyber command is

has the department of homeland security supported your mission? to emergency communications? >> so the department of homeland security, particularly undersecretary johnson, has been the most accessible department of homeland security i've known since 9/11 having done this job in both los angeles when art was in california and new york city so that's in terms of our ability to work with dhs. if we ask them for something, they work hard to get it for us. when you refer to communications, are you talking about the passing of information or actual interoperability? >> i'm talking about everything. >> we get a steady stream of products from dhs and i am fortunate enough -- and it may be because of the size and scope of new york -- to have two dhs intelligence advisors assigned to the nypd to make sure that that feed and floe is early and often. >> okay, let me put it this way. how can we improve it? i'm always telling my staff we have to get better, we have to get better. how can we make it better? >> i'm unfortunately a satisfied customer. i've got not

dhs, department of homeland security, your baby. i remember you fighting for that long time. a lot of battles on the hill. hand over heart, is it useful? >> i'm not going to deny paternity here this baby occasionally acts in ways that has all of our children you're not so sure of, but i know -- incidentally, i was actively involved, i was glad to be but really bipartisan. fred thompson, the late great fred, dear friend, working with me on homeland security committee. people in the house on both sides. the bottom line was we took then 22 significant agencies, brought them together. >> you wanted more, the fbi to be in there. >> incidentally, this all started -- i don't take full credit for this because it was actually a report earlier in 2001 before 9/11 by a commission shared by warren rudman and gary hart that foresaw a terrorist group taking advantage of the disorganization of the american security agencies and striking us and recommending something like department of homeland security. this is going to be a funny reference point. i want somebody to send me a speech that fre

islamist terrorist takes flew four airlines into the trade center, what has the war on the department of homeland security alone, the budget increased from $19 billion in 2002 to a budget of 50 billion in 2017. are we any safer? next week, we investigate the cost of terror. >>> that's all for this week. thanks for watching. i'm sharyl attkisson. until next time, we'll be searching for more stories that alex: coming next... his passion is helping all kinds of animals in trouble. we visit a unique sanctuary. plus, life-ssurgery.aving this is "animal rescue."

talk about eliminating the department of homeland security. these aren't exactly, mainstream opinions. >> well, what you can count on, the two of us to provide is consistency. we are going to always be consist in looking for -- we are the libertarian nominees for president and vice president. we are not looking to eliminate medicare. we do believe in a safety net. but there has to be -- reforms for medicaid and medicare. and social security. and itch f we are going to put head in the sand. say we are going to do nothing in any of the areas. it is a fiscal cliff. nobody can tell me that no changes are necessary in appropriation of every account goes up 5% they call that a cut. well that's not how we approach our state budgets. that's not what we would do in washington either. >> do you think most want to do away with the department of homeland security? >> i do. i do. i think there is a real -- skepticism. i mean, really, we have the fbi why another agency? i mean, and all these homeland security cars driving around these days the what are they

the department of homeland security alone, the budget increased from $19 billion in 2002 to a budget of 50 billion in 2017. are we any safer? next week, we investigate the >>> that's all for this week. thanks for watching. i'm sharyl attkisson. until next time, we'll be searching for more stories that . - welcome to the "nbc primetime preview" show, starring the cast of "superstore." - lift with your knees--we don't need anyone getting hurt. we're fresh out of workman's comp forms

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of security officers. >> it's terrible! look at this long line. i've never had to do this before. >> reporter: the agency responded by hiring 1300 new the department of homeland security says it worked. >> we reduced wait times this summer without compromising security. >> reporter: this summer, 92% of travelers spent an average of 15 minutes waiting to get through security. >> thank you. >> reporter: part of the reason? more people signed up for the faster precheck lanes. >> total membership in tsa precheck is now 3.5 million today, compared to about 1.6 million a year ago. >> reporter: the tsa is looking for other improvements, like installing more automated lanes. this one in atlanta allows multiple passengers to drop off carry-on items at the same time. >> we hope to see as many as 60 by the end of this calendar year and possibly as many as a hundred by this time next year. >> reporter: that could be good news for travelers as the number of people taking flight continues to increase. kris van cleave, cbs news, washington. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the stars of the new cbs series "mcgyver." you brush your teeth diligently..

thing and he didn't mention that you see in my bio i spent many years working at the department of homeland security, most recently for ice, so my colleagues are here speaking. i got to see a lot of immigration policy from her and then i came to understand well the federal perspective on immigration. what i didn't completely understand this is a perspective and that is what led me to dig deep into the research. let's start with the recent news that just this month we admitted at 10,000 refugees in syria. that is achieving the goal of a president obama has set forth to bring in 10,000 refugees in 2016. this is a far cry from what many other countries have done. this is very modest and night of what we've done in the past to admit groups of refugees. and he mentioned the refugee act , which largely coordinated with our admittance of the chinese, vietnamese and individuals following the vietnam conflict. we could look of a narrow port crisis in the 1980s who admitted about 100,000 cuban refugees. typically what's happened over time is when the united states has been somehow directly or indirectly invol

i just want to ask you, has the department of homeland security supported your mission? have they done that? especially in regards to emergency communications? >> so the department of homeland security, particularly under secretary johnson, has been the most accessible department of homeland security i've known since 9/11 having done this job in both los angeles when art was in california and new york city so that's in terms of our ability to work with dhs. if we ask them for something, they work hard to get it for us. when you refer to communications, are you talking about the passing of information or actual interoperability? >> i'm talking about everything. >> we get a steady stream of products from dhs and i am fortunate enough -- and it may be because of the size and scope of new york -- to have two dhs intelligence advisors assigned to the nypd to make sure that that feed and flow is early and often. >> okay, let me put it this way. how can we improve it? i'm always telling my staff we have to get better, we have to get better. how can we make it better? >> i'm unfo

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eboni, the department of homeland security is politicized? entire administration is politicized. >> you would never say something like that. lou: the labor department reporting on job creation, economic growth. >> the irs. the bureau of labor statistics, justice statistics. >> it's sarcasm but a significant amount of americans are legitimately curious. i think this government is politicized from a. to z. from top to bottom. this administration is carrying out a ruse on the american people. >> when you look at things, they should be apolitical like the f.b.i. and the department of justice. lou: the most politicized parts of the administration. >> as a lawyer that breaks my heart because the american people deserve better than that. >> it should break all of of our hearts. it's horrifying what's happened during this administration. this is the genuine authentic left, and these are the levers of power. they use and abuse the departments and agencies to advantage the democratic party. bryan pagliano and lois lerks rner. if this were a republican a

takes flew four airlines into the trade center, what has the war on terror costme the department of homeland security alone, the budget increased from $19 billion in 2002 to a budget of 50 billion in 2017. are we any safer? next week, we investigate the cost of terror. >>> that's all for this week. thanks for watching. i'm sharyl attkisson. until next time, we'll be searching for more stories that hello, i'm bill lumaye, and thank you for watching community matters. we hope you continue to watch as we discuss issues facing our community, and provide you with the resources and information needed to find solutions. ?? career colleges are growing fast, and vernon malone is at the forefront of these programs. the new school is only a few years old, but is already celebrating many graduated students. here to tell us more is ashley thompson, principal of the school. ashlie, it's so kind of you to be here. welcome to the show. thanks so much for having me, bill. i'm excited about this. yeah. tell us about the school. yeah, so, vernon malone college & career academy is a really exciting option for our wake c

>> so that by the department of homeland security, particularly under secretary johnson as both been the most successful department of homeland security i've known since9/11 , having done this job in both essentialist and new york city so that's in terms of our ability to work with dhs. if we asked them for something they work hard to get it for us. when you refer to communications, are you talking about the passing of information or interoperability? >> i'm talking about everything. >> we have the extreme of products from dhs and i am fortunate enough and it may be because of the size and scope of new york to have two dhs intelligence advisors assigned to the nypd to make sure that feed and flow is early and often. >> let me put it this way. how can we improve it? i'm always telling my staff we've got to get better. how can we make it better? i'm unfortunately a satisfied customer. >> fair enough. >> fromthat department on that issue. >> there enough . >> i'm talking about money until the cows come home but i imagine ... >> i understand that and i understand it takes money but it als

25, 2002, a law combining more than twty federal agenciesnto one massive entity -- the department of homeland security. anmoney has poured into other -- $30 billion to the fbi's counterterrorism efforts. we've also spent more than $3 billion tightening port protection with cameras, cargo screening, and fences. david espie, head of maryland port security, points out there have been no terrorist attacks on america's 360 ports. david: we have a very strong frastructure and terrorists, as you've seen in the past years, target the soft targets , of such behavior. we anticipate such behavior every second of the day. sharyl: but amid the successes, e department of homeland bloated bureaucry.e a wildly the budget now tops $64 billon tax dollars a year. number of employees -- 240,000. enough to fill yankee stadium. about five times. sen. johon: the motivation of the government is the exact same thing as private sector. it wan to grow. you know, so, the department of dient from any oer gornment agency or department. it wants to grow. sharyl: when you look at the department of homeland security today, what are y

he is the secretary of the department of homeland security. as such, he leads the third-largest department of the u.s. government with a workforce of 229,000 employees and two companies, including tsa, border protection, immigration, and customs enforcement. guard, and the secret service. undersecretary johnson's leadership, dhs is responsible for counterterrorism, cyber security, aviation security, border security, security, maritime security, administration and enforcement of our immigration laws, protection of our national leaders, protection of physical --rastructure, section of protection from biological, chemical and nuclear attacks on homeland. appointedjohnson was by president obama on december 23, 2000 and, following --firmation by the u.s. and 2000 13, following confirmation by the u.s. senate. but as and sisters, this is the a -- aime a secretary sitting secretary is here to address our convention. join me in welcoming secretary jeh johnson with a loud round of applause. [applause] sec. johnson: ladies and gentlemen, good evening. yo

department of homeland security charter member and retired expert philip haney bravely brought up theple and organizations that threaten this organization to his chain of command. his intelligence information was eliminated and he was investigated by the very agency assigned to protect this country. the national campaign by the department of homeland security to raise public awareness of terrorism and terrorism-related crime known as, if you see something say something, effectively has become, if you see something, say nothing. which is the title of his new book, "see something, say nothing," and in my opinion that is a daereliction of duty. in haney, with previous experience in the middle east and intelligence community, exposes just how deeply the submission, denial and deception run in his new book, "see something, say nothing." haney's insider eyewitness account supported by internal memos and documents exposes a federal government giving in to the enemy within and punishing those who reject its narrative. he will be signing books afterwards. let's give a warm welcome to a true pa

the department of homeland security confirmed over the summer that both illinois and arizona had their elections tampered with -- ?but? now officials are saying that there have been other attempts in more than 20 states. d-h-s has yet to say who was responsible for the failed attempts -- but they have breaches here and in illinois. intelligence officials tell n-b-c news there is now "no doubt" the russian government is trying to influence the election. the city of phoenix has sent donald trump's campaign a cease-and-desist letter -- demanding they pull this t-v ad -- that shows the republican candidate talking officers.. insinuating that trump has the endorsement of phoenix p.d. the letter claims the campaign violated federal and state law by using copyrighted material.. including images of the city's logo.. badge.. police department uniforms and employees -- without permission. phoenix mayor greg stanton -- telling 12 news in a statement -- "the letter speaks very strongly for itself. the trump campaign should cease and desist immediately." this morning.. we're tracking several rallie

the fbi and department of homeland security are also investigating a suspicious package along the semper fi 5k race route. the first explosion occurred at the start of a kids first run. you can see the picture there coming in to us. the picture is of a trash can where the pipe bomb was inside. you can see the pipe bomb decimated the trash can there. there are no reports of any injuries from the explosion. as you might understand, the race has been canceled. obviously there's a lot of investigation to be done on this pipe bomb, who put it there, how was it built, are there any more pipe bombs out there. working this story from all angles, both down there in new jersey and here in washington, as the fbi continues their investigation, developments as they happen. >>> international news, for the first time u.s. special forces will fight side by side with turkish troops against isis inside of syria. this is a separate but closely related to the fragile ceasefire agreement on the verge of possible collapse in that country. russia said the rebels violated the agreement, meaning food and other h

today, charles, even barack obama's home seattle security department released -- palm's homeland security department said some of the united states lied on their applications and are being deported. charles: for her to use if the words "tough vetting" is probably as hard as obama saying "radical is stlam" but she did it. >> you saw her shift in terms of stronger vetting. but she is proposing four more years of the same obama policies. voters are scared and i am patient. she decide to jettison the current status grow plan. this could be political advantage plan for donald trump. charles: you have got the obama administration saying this is -- what we are seeing are signs of desperation because isis has lost a lot of grounds, we are circling, we'll take mosul soon. for someone who had to stay up at night thinking about, where do you keep your citizens safe, what do you think? >> what i learned early on is before you come out and say things and rabble rouse and throw fuel on a fire, you need to be intelligent. it 79 not about being first or fast it's about being accurate with a plan. this is the history of his life

he is the secretary of the department of homeland security. as such, he leads the third-largest department of the u.s. government with a workforce of 229,000 employees and two -- 22 companies, including tsa, border protection, immigration, and customs enforcement. u.s. citizenship and immigration services, fema, the coast guard, and the secret service. under secretary johnson's leadership, dhs is responsible for counterterrorism, cyber security, aviation security, border security, port security, maritime security, administration and enforcement of our immigration laws, protection of our national leaders, protection of physical -- critical infrastructure, protection from biological, , chemical and nuclear attacks on homeland. secretary johnson was appointed by president obama on december 23, 2000 and, following confirmation by the u.s. and -- 2000 13, following confirmation by the u.s. senate. secretary johnson is a native new yorker and in private life has been a corporate lawyer with the new york city bank law firm. brothers and sisters, this

they've gotten into the department of homeland -- department of homeland security is thinking about nationalizing elections, right? excuse me, they've been hacked into. why would we give that to them? you know, number one, it is not constitutional. number two, you know, get their own house in order and then we'll think of -- actually, it's unconstitutional, we'll stop there. >> hello. a couple of weeks ago delta airlines experienced a shutdown that grounded their planes, and then this morning i heard that british airways experience experienced the same thing. so i've been wondering, is this a dry run for something big that's going to happen? i can't help but think that there's some connection. >> i think that, again, what you can basically assume is that most of our infrastructure, including, you know, the transportation system and these kinds of things, is not hardened to prevent the hacking and successful manipulation of data. the thing that i worry most about is -- not most about. one of the things i worry about is what they can actually do with voter databases and these kinds of things. it's

publicly claimed it catches 80% of illegal immigrants, but, in a new report from the department of homeland security appears to be far lower, closer to 50% in fact. this according to new report from the department of homeland security. now fox news has learned that the white house domestic policy council ordered the dhs not to release the report to the public. we will bring you the latest on this story as we learn more. >>> returning to the fight, freid gitmo detainees back to their terror ties. what this means for the national security coming up. >>> plus a stand against the national anthem, outrage over a state senator's decision to join colin kaepernick to protest the pledge. retired marine lieutenant colonel oliver north sounding off on that, next. ♪ approaching medicare eligibility? you may think you can put off checking out your medicare options until you're sixty-five, but now is a good time to get the ball rolling. keep in mind, medicare only covers about eighty percent of part b medical costs. the rest is up to you. that's where aarp medicare supplement insurance plans insured by unitedheal

h.r. 5064 amends the homeland security act to ensure that small business development centers can leverage existing cyber security programs at the department of homeland security. additionally this bill requires the department of homeland security and the small business administration to jointly develop a cyberstrategy for small businesses so that they can better utilize cyberprograms from d.h.s. and from the federal government. h.r. 5064 also requires a review by the government accountability office of current psycher security programs offered by the federal government to small businesses. mr. speaker, small business development centers have been on the ground helping small businesses in this country for more than 30 years. they have a presence in virtually every community in this country. the bill provides them with tools, resources and the expert guidance that they need to tap into the already existing cyberresources in order to better meet the 21st century needs of small businesses in this country. small businesses, mr. speaker, are the life blood of the american economy. so we need to ensure that resources are available to all of them to

continue touring the state this week to assess damage in the seventeen counties now iowa department of homeland security says if the total amount of damage is more than 4-point-3 million dollars -- governor branstad can request a formal presidential declaration.that would provide additional fema money with state and local recovery efforts. "we've been pretty successful in getting those disaster requests approved -- so we're going to go about that in a very same cautious careful diligent way but from what we've seen it's very likely. likely."it would open up money for public infrastructure, we'd also make a request for federal individual assistance for homeowners so that would depend upon the amount of homeowner -- personal homeowner damage is high enough to warrant a federal individual assistance declarati" declaration."branstad has also extended the property tax county.that means property taxes due at the end of the month will now be due at the end of october for ?all? linn county residents. with the water approaching its crest, iowa senator chuck grassley addressed members of congress to start the wee