of hacking voting is seen, this is two hours and 10 minutes. >> the meeting on homeland security will come to order. the committees meeting to examine the work of the department of homeland security state and local officials to secure election infrastructure. including voting machines, tallying systems, and voter databases. in addition to election security we will also examine dhs's role working across all 16 critical infrastructure because a cyber threat elections -- elections will pose a similar threat to other infrastructures. i now recognize myself for an opening statement. >>> the democratic system and critical infrastructures are under attack. in 2016 russia meddled in our presidential election through a series of siebel attacks. and information warfare. their goals were to undermine the credibility of the outcome and so discord and chaos among the american people. this was a provocative attack against our country. we must not allow it to happen again. i say repeatedly and long before the last election, that foreign interference in our democracy cannot be tolerated. i strongly believe we will be targeted again this november in the midterm elections. we

data. >> i don't believe everything i read in the newspaper, i'm sorry. >> it's from the department of homeland security, so the data is from the department of homeland security run by the trump administration by people in the administration, by the way, who are very hard line on the issue of immigration like yourself. >> well, i guess it comes down to the fact whether or not we are okay. i am not, whether we're okay with releasing someone to a parent just because they say they are. >> there is also the issue of having to detain these families altogether. are you in favor of that, putting them on army bases, acting as armed guards in detention camps and so on? is that what you want to see in this country? >> what's the option, jim? what's your option? >> the option obviously is to release them and perhaps supply them with ankle bracelets so they show up. you would rather put them in detention than keep these families whole and in a situation where they're not being detained? >> so do you believe that they can't take the ankle bracelets off and that woulden encourage more peop -- would not encourage more

it is the responsibility of the department of homeland security and the federal government to provide for the national security and national defense of this country. there is a discussion that needs to happen between those two things. what i think needs -- we need to do in the very near future is rather than just say we need money, give us money, it's we need x amount of money to address x threat and buy down x amount of risk. we have to be much more precise. >> we have to be much more precise? >> i think so. if the state needs money, they need to say what they need it for and how much they need. that will help drive the conversation on the hill. other than a general statement of i need a billion dollars. for what? >> uh-huh. >> so we have -- we work closely with states to help them understand what -- they know what the risk is. these secretaries of state, election directors, they are natural risk managers. even before the russians came knocking, they were dealing on a daily basis or on election day with power outages, tornadoes, hurricanes, in the southeast, civil unrest happens on p

department of justice say about a this? do do they want this as ate ence? do they say the system is appointed change? >> i reached out to the department of justice, it is department of homeland security, the department of homeland security told me thatpolicy has not changed under former president obama, and now president ump, of course, that contradicts what attorneys are aying on the ground which is that bone going up in excess of 10,000 a dollars, the department of justice said that they are not required to record the average bond amount. so it is unclear, because we don't have the statistics how gh these bonds are across the board, but the department of justice and the department of homeland security, you know, say that this policy, which has been in place for a while, is anpo ant part of the process to ensure that immigrants who have beenetained remain in the system while their cases are being processed. >> desjardins: and one mque tion. you weren't just in immigration courts on our side of the border, you were also on the mexican sidee border talking to people who are waiting to file for asylum, families. do they know about this bond policy? >> so i spoke to a group of asylum sp

johnson obama is head of the department of homeland security and sole proprietor the name jack these days. these days johnson received two hundred ninety thousand dollars a year to serve on the board of lockheed martin the largest american defense contractor and the world's biggest weapons manufacturer the world's biggest merchant of death so much more aggressive than the doily thing. yob used to make sure lockheed martin gets government contracts many of which are with the department of homeland security his former office how convenient that suzy yeah hey bill could you send us lots of money for guns. judge johnson called trump separating children from their parents immoral and un-american he's involved in however he's involved in these super american activity of selling weapons to kill lots of people so i'm not sayin don't attack the trump administration go to town my. golf course go in there like a midlife crisis trying to get his ball out of the office i by god get a good job i don't. can't thank like go to town i'm drawn in lies you're working for a war profiteer you ask. plus. p

represented by republican congressman andy harris, who sits on the subcommittee of the department of homeland security. >> they have to bring thosepr crabs to bessed somewhere because believe me, when you eat a crab cake, you're not eating the whole crab.se >> reporter: tisas are sitting with the department of homeland security, and the department of labor, ready to go, but the processing plants are sitting empty. >> it's a fairly lengthy process. it normally takes a couple of months, we're hoping that it cae shortened to, you know, only several weeks, but there is a process. >> reporter: 15,000 is woefully inadequate when you've had so many applications. they knew full well that this was coming. >> yeah, look, this is congress' oblem. congress has set the cap, congress delayed doing their omnibus bill, we included the fix in a late appropriations measure, and everything cascaded. it was a domino effect. >> reporter: congressman harris was one of 82 representatives to sign a letter calling on the department of homeland securitye to releasedditional visas. >> this is actually the ideal foreign worker t

can you ensure that the department of homeland security is doing everything in its power actively to safeguard our nation from the kind of meddling that we now know has occurred in the past, including the hacking of our campaigns by russian intelligence officers? >> yes, ma'am. this is one of our top priorities. >> thank you for that answer, mr. secretary. shifting to the topic of security clearances of state officials, is it necessary for every state to have an official with a security clearance? >> it's certainly useful in the event we need to share information, but we do have the ability to provide one-day read-ins if there is a very tactical piece of intelligence if i need to do share with someone in mexico or utah, i could do that using local resources. >> thank you. so what is dhs doing to declassify cyber threat indicators to allow for more widespread and timely information sharing? >> so we work very closely with the intelligence community to define not just what the information of interest for this community would be, but also help -- get a better understanding of what their

juliette kayyem worked in the department of homeland security in the obama administration and led a review of state election system and laura rosenberger is director of e bipartisan project, alliance for securing democracy, which is based at the german marshall fund and tracks foreign interference in thu.s. and europe. she previously worked in the state department and on the national security council staff during the obama administration. we invited the department of homeland security to be tonight's program but no one was available. i want to welcome both of you to the program i'm going to start with you, laura rosenberger. tell us a little bit about the project. we heard the man who heads intelligence for the cuntry, director of national intelligence dan coats, say last friday, he said russia has been the most aggressive foreign actor, no questio the continue their efforts to undermine our democracy. what is your project on thelo out for? >> that's right, judy. and what we see, actually, istl exconsistent with the kinds of things that director of national intelligence coats was outlining

had you been given guidelines from the attorney general's office or the department of homeland security? >> in alignment with the and hererance from doj, on may 5 put out a memorandum. we began working with the department of justice to prosecute. >> was there specific guidance of what to do? >> i'm sorry sir in relation --? >> the separation of children. >> that is not an area that cbp deals with in that aspect. >> somebody does. >> we deal with the prosecution. as the commander said earlier, we have a system of record we import all information into to include alien number and any family members. we have juvenile coordinators. we work hand-in-hand with staff at hhs. >> i know. i have heard the stories. >> and advice. >> -- and of ice. >> i have heard of one-year-old infants being before the judges. , um, they areup removed from their parents. there has to be some kind of system to ensure the children could be matched to their parents? >> this is where we are working closer with our partners at hhs and ice. the initiative was a prosecution initiative and our focus was prosecuting. >> i w

little where are they now for the obama administration jed johnson obama's head of the department of homeland security and sole proprietor the name jack these days . these days johnson received two hundred ninety thousand dollars a year to serve on the board of lockheed martin the largest american defense contractor and the world's biggest weapons manufacturer the world's biggest merchant of death show much more aggressive than the doily thing i. hear ya used to make sure lockheed martin gets government contracts many of which are with the department of homeland security his former office how convenient that . suzi yeah hey ben could you send us lots of money for guns. judge johnson called trump separating children from their parents immoral and un-american he's involved in however he's involved in these super american activity of selling weapons to kill lots of people so i'm not sayin don't attack the trump administration go to town my. golf course go in there like a midlife crisis trying to get his ball out of the office i buy. so i don't. can't thank like go to town on drama. you're working for a w

the zero tolerance of the trump administration resulted in our agents, the department of homeland security, forcibly separating children from their parents. forcibly separating up to 3,000 children from their parents. i saw some of those kids separated by that agency. they were toddlers and infants. some were being held by the care workers that i happened to visit up in chicago. little babies taken from their mothers. toddlers, children 5 and 6 years old, separated by this agency under the president's zero tolerance policy. up to 3,000 of them according to the administration's own estimates. had that happened before? only rarely but it became the policy of this administration until there was such an uproar in the united states and around the world that president trump reversed his position on zero tolerance. but reversing the position did not return the children to their parents. it took federal courts to do that. one in particular in san diego where the judge called the representatives of i.c.e., health and human services, all the other agencies involved in these children being removed fo

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of homeland security -- department of homeland security. >> host: let's go to the title of your book, "how safe are we," what's the answer? >> guest: i think we are safer from the risks that were present on 9/11. i believe there are new risks that constantly are evolving that we are still not effectively dealing with as a country. and chief among these i would put the risk of cybersecurity. the frequency of attacks, the number of attacks, the fact that our democracy itself was attacked in the 2016 election are. we are just not coping well with this as a country. we need to up our game. >> host: can't let you leave without talking about your current role as president of the university of california. break down a typical week. how much time is spent on academics, fundraising, security, other issues? >> guest: so the university of california is the nation's largest and best public research university. it's ten campuses and five academic medical centers, it's three national laboratories. there is no such thing as a typical day, just as there was no such thing as a typical day when i was s

is to make sure lockheed martin gets government contracts many of which are with the department of homeland security his former office how convenient. to say yeah hey bill could you send us lots of money for guns. judge johnson called trump separating children from their parents immoral and un-american he's involved in how.

the efforts of our department, the department of homeland security and other federal agencies and all the state election boards throughout the country are ongoing. those efforts preceded this indictment and they're going to post-date this indictment. we have continued to share any relevant intelligence with all our partners. it would take a longer time to talk about this but there's a concerted, organized effort by the federal government to make sure that we do deter and prevent any sort of cyber attacks on our elections and that we harden our election systems to prevent against intrusions. reporter: deputy attorney general, you mentioned that you briefed president trump. did he indicate support for this action? what was his reaction? mr. rosenstein: i'll let the president speak for himself. obviously, it was important for the president to know what information we've uncovered because he needs to make important decisions for the country. he needs to understand what evidence we have of foreign election interference. thank you very much. reporter: who ordered the attack? >> today on c-s

department of homeland security has been very supportive in providing resources to us. one of the things that vermont has been doing since the fall of 2016 is a weekly cyber hygiene scan where they take a look at us every week and provide us a report to see what they find. they have other resources as well, penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, and there are many other projects they can do for us as well. they are providing these at no cost to the states. i think it is something that gets lost in the discussion. today, i would say the elections community is in far better shape than it was in 2016. susan: we have six minutes left. eric: there are a couple of elements to any secretary of state's job. especially when it comes to election. there is the voter registration side of things. the voter tabulation side where you are counting the votes in deciding who won. as i understand it, it is the voter registration side that has been vulnerable to these attacks and scans from russia and other outside actors. how concerned are you that those scan attacks might impact

in addition, during the conference, department of homeland security secretary nielsen delivered remarks to members of nas and to the national association of state election directors. during which secretary nielsen emphasized the fact that election security is national security. she also highlighted the positive progress in working relationships of dhs and the states to protect elections infrastructure. while state and local officials have always been focused on election security, the focus of our national organizations and the federal government has increased significantly since 2016. it is clear that election security will be a top priority for state, local an federal officials as well as the general public moving forward. what is also clear is that the federal government and state and local election officials must keep the lines of communication open when it comes to election security. and must continuously work together to harden our nation's election systems. now, to a little bit about my state. new mexico is a leader in election best practices. i am proud to say. we utilize paper b

doesn't seem the judge has a good awareness of it because he's saying check with the department of homeland security>> suddenly you are deported and your child is left behind you. nbc received permission from the woman's attorney to show that audio of the hearings on the condition that they not be identified by name, although 2,551 children were separated from their parents. justice department officials said they plan to reunite just over 1600 eligible families by end of the day. however, "the l.a. times" reporting as of yesterday the government was, working to reunite more than 1500 parents with their kids and about 900 parents were fighting final deportation orders. the aclu suspects the 463 parents already deported may have waived their rights to be reunited with their children without knowing their legal standing or what exactly they were signing. >> absolute mess. >>> still ahead, a possible breakthrough in alzheimer's research. details about a new drug to slow the disease. >> a swos woman for melania trump reports the president was upset when he saw his wife's tv tuned into cnn. those stories

klobuchar and members of the committee for the opportunity to testify regarding the department of homeland depad security's ongoing efforts to assist state and local election officials, those wh who own and operate the election systems with improving the resilience of america's elections. later this week tha the leadersp will meet with officials and private sector partners as they gathered in philadelphia the birthplace of our democracy for the national summer conference ansummer conferenceand meetingse coordinating councils throughout my career i worked with state and local officials to defend the use of technology to better serve american voters. in the last three years i served as a commissioner at the assistance commission and now i served as a senior adviser at the dhs focused on the work the department is doing to support the thousands of officials across the country. in this decade of work i can tell you the best part is working with a dedicated professionals that administer elections in the face of sophisticated threats these officials have responded by working with us, state and local resources, p

the department of homeland security and the fbi are demonstrating leadership on the threat and of applying a more federal response as we have just seen today. my former colleagues in the house and senate are bringing significant attention to the threat from cyber and expressed strong support for legislative action. having said that, we have to do better and what we deliver to our customers, how we get it to them in the speed by which we receive it. to today those cost-cutting threats have been eliminated, how rigid we still act when it comes to public discourse. respected self-interest of the government, the private sector and the public have created independence rather than complementary lines of effort and awareness. as a result we need to think differently about our customers. in many ways the nature of the threat requires that we, the national security community treat the private sector and american people as intelligence customers. that is why you will see us talking about this threat more vocally and why you will continue to see us publish unclassified assessments and statements to i

bob auto, a senior official in the state department, and in addition to that, if there are three special agents of department of homeland security who have been conducting investigations into russian money laundering in new york, buying property and so, the idea that the white house, that donald trump would be considering handing these people over, and me over, to the russians is just appalling. it's effectively treason to hand over patriotic people who have been trying to do the right thing, and they better come out quickly and walk that one back, otherwise this is truly a litmus test for the trump administration. >> martha: ambassador mcfall has said that he hopes there is immediate pushback publicly to this idea. do you think the president is very familiar with your case and really understands the whole thing? >> well apparently he spent quite a bit of time in his private meetings discussing me and my case so he shouldn't be unfamiliar with it at this point. >> martha: and the russian officials, what are you hearing about what their understanding is of what may or may not have been discussed in the closed door meeting? >> the

elections may just be a hypothesis at this point but the trumpet ministration from the department of homeland security to the secretary of state are ready to fight the two thousand and eighteen midterm elections remain a potential target for russian cyber and influence operations i think we should be absolutely prepared to assume that they will try to interfere in all fifty states we will not tolerate russian interference in our two thousand and eighteen elections we are planning and preparing as if they'll try again this fall and beyond now it hasn't happened yet but the retaliate tory sanctions to be imposed on russia are all set up by congress we're going to pursue russia's energy and financial sectors which overgaard its parastatal and it is my goal along with senator graham to make sure that we're protecting the united states the friend in the united states folks in washington d.c. are manning their battle stations all prepared to face an oncoming onslaught but what are they worried about well it could be the twenty sixteen presidential elections let's not forget that james clapper the former dir

of origin and social security numbers. now democrats believe ice agents were abusing the system to investigate people living here illegally but the department of homelandity is disappointed with this move, spokeswoman katie says sanctuary city make philadelphia less safe by putting the rights of criminal aliens over the safety and security of american citizens despite the misguided action taken by philadelphia today, dhs will continue to work to remove illegal aliens and uphold public safety, this is a major win for activists who camped outside of city hall, protesting the immigration and customs enforcement agency rather but elsewhere folks on social media are less can vinceed. brian who says, that was unwise managing the next ten years will be difficult at best, kelly on twitter also calling for the government to cut off federal funding now. so big controversy happening in philadelphia. >> they just don't get how much ice protects us an sad state of affairs. carley: a little bit of both, how about this? netflix will focus programming on faith and family, the vice president of original theory said this that represents a significant percentage of popul

elections may just be a hypothesis at this point but the trumpet ministration from the department of homeland security to the secretary of state are ready to fight the two thousand and eighteen midterm elections remain a potential target for russian cyber and influence operations i think we should be absolutely prepared to assume that they will try to interfere in all fifty states we will not tolerate russian interference in our two thousand and eighteen elections we are planning and preparing as if they'll try again this fall and beyond now it hasn't happened yet but the retaliate tory sanctions to be imposed on russia are all set up by congress we're going to pursue russia's energy and financial sectors it's overgaard it's parastatal and it isn't my goal along with senator graham to make sure that we're protecting the united states the friend in the united states folks in washington d.c. are manning their battle stations all prepared to face an on coming on slot but what are they worried about well it could be the twenty sixteen presidential elections let's not forget that james clapper the former d

states this is just one particular effort made during the 2016 election the efforts of our department of homeland security and other agencies evolved -- involved her out ongoing and this is preceded so we continue to share intelligence with all the partners it would take a longer time to talk about this but there is a concerted effort by the federal government to make sure we do deter or prevent any cyberattacks on elections to harden the systems to prevent against any intrusion. >> you said you briefed mr. trump earlier this week did he indicate support for this action? >> was important for the president to know what information we had uncovered because he needs to make important decisions for the country to know what evidence we have foreign interference thank you very much. >> and then suspend you create suspense all the time i have investigators going to hawaii and then suggested there was videotape coming so that generates more media interest. let's see what he has to say is something comes up guess what it never comes up. and then he selects a detractor to attack you get this point people say we thi

make him a 2017, president in may, 2017 him him president trump signed -- the department of homeland security took the lead improving election security. increased coordination among election partners. county and local departments, others receive scans. provide assessments to states that have requested it. 18 have requested it. a new pilot program was launched. on-site cyber security support was provided. march, 2018, congress provided $380 million for election assistance. is our steps we have taken to prevent it from happening. you see there is a threat. the iscoats said ongoing. does the white house believe it is? >> certainly, we believe the threat exists which is why we are taking steps to prevent it. you would not go through that process if you are not. can you clarify these comments? does the president stand by his other public comments? including the interview criticizing handling of negotiations? other comments, that cast doubt on the intelligence briefing of meddling in the election? saw a need tont clarify the position. he saw how his comments were being interpreted. he looked at the

because the department of homeland security noted, are not yet seen the kind of electoral interference in specific states in voter databases that we experienced and 60. however, we fully realize that we are just one click of the keyboard overlay from a similar situation itself. therefore, we are saying aggressive attempts to manipulate social and spent propaganda focusing on hot button issues that are intended to exasperate social and political divisions. despite public statements by the kremlin, we continue to see individuals affiliated with the st. petersburg-based internet agency creating new social media accounts, masquerading as americans and using these to draw attention to divisive issues. we have learned just before this meeting, the indictment of 12 russian military intelligence officials relative to their role in 2016. focusing on the potential impact of these actions, honor midterm elections, this is the more important part. these actions are persistent, they are per se evasive, and they are meant to undermine american democracy on a daily basis. regardless, of whether it is

operation and border security mission and i would also like to thank the generals for their continued coordination and cooperation with cbp. the department of defense and department of homeland security have long enjoyed the cooperative partnership and cbp relationship with the national guard in particular is several decades long. the personnel support the border patrol office field operations and marine components. it increases the ability to detect, deter and respond to threats of all kinds including weapons and illegal aliens and possible terrorists all while helping facilitate legitimate trade travel. since the operations that began in april the national guard is contributed thascontributed to f apprehensions, the seizure of thousands of pounds of dangerous drugs and multiple resources. to be clear the national guard personnel do not conduct activities that while they equip additional personnel. for example, my home sector of tucson the national guard personnel assigned to the agent told mechanics complete an inspection and they identified it with yowithin 80 vehicles wih suspension issues that could have led to significant safety hazards patrolling in isolated areas. wi

our partners ranging from the department of homeland security, federal bureau of investigatio investigations, u.s. postal service and the dod rely on the deep knowledge of how elections work in the clear line of communications to those in the field who administered the vote most recently the partner agencies can't hurt on them to fulfill this role with regard to election security. this topic isn't new to the state and local officials who run the tens of thousands of administrators staff and members who support the work it has long been a primary focus for the men and women on the frontlines something they think of 365 days a year and during the 366 days a year. the job description of the official as everything from compliance and voter registration to the mail management and human resources. this is why it is vital congress and federal agencies provide administrators with the resources and tools they need to succeed. the establishment is a part of the critical infrastructure was one way the federal government sought to improve the mechanisms to accomplish this goal. in many ways it has worke

little where are they now for the obama administration janet johnson obama's head of the department of homeland security and sole proprietor the name jack these days . these days johnson received two hundred ninety thousand dollars a year to serve on the board of lockheed martin the largest american defense contractor and the world's biggest weapons manufacturer the world's biggest merchant of death show much more aggressive than the doily thing.

set a deadline off today to reunite separated migrant children with their parents the department of homeland security it claims it's on track to comply with government figures show that out of around twenty five hundred children around thirty eight hundred remain separated and even those figures are uncertain as are unifications that take place health professionals in the u.s. are sounding the alarm about the long term damage already done to the children for . the lucky few reunited after months of not knowing whether they'd ever see their children again. and for others even this moment soon turned to heartbreak after being separated for so long as some parents said their children didn't even recognize. the difficult reunifications we've seen so far have highlighted just how hard it's going to be to bring these children back together with their families and how much damage has already been done by the trumpet ministrations original policy of taking them away from their parents. dr laundry for lucy is one of many pediatricians warning of the damage these separations may have caused already she told me

security numbers and countries of origin. now some democrats believe ice was abusing the system to investigate people living here illegally, ice denies any wrongdoing and the department of homeland disappointed with this decision spokeswoman katie saying sanctuary city policies make american communities like philadelphia less safe by putting the rights of criminal aliens over the safety and security of american citizens despite being misguided action taken by philadelphia today dhs will continue to work to remove illegal aliens and uphold public safety. so this is a major win for activists who protested ice outside city hall elsewhere, folks on social media are less convinced. people like dona who says, what is wrong with these people, richard also chiming in writing, this should be against the law, you don't get to choose whether or not ice can operate in your state and paula also on social media saying, do the residents really understand what will happen to them and their children because of this, so what people people are applauding, others feel is dangerous. >> unreal what is going on. covfefe part 2. carley: it's being called rudy giuliani covfefe, he did not make up a word