of those killed and injured and stands with the brave law enforcement officers and first responders who are currently working to secure and safeguard the people of lewiston. the department of homelandderal, state and local partners to support a lewiston community. we are looking at pictures here of the central maine medical centre in lewiston. 0ne maine medical centre in lewiston. one of the big health care facilities in the area. all the services are coordinating to take care of those people who have been injured in this attack. police have circulated some images of the government. this is an image that was circulated by the lewiston police department a little earlier. the police departments in the area have been updating on social media throughout the evening. we are waiting a press conference at the city of lewiston city hall from those of various local authorities. i'vejoined in the studio by helena humphrey. it's a very fluid situation and it seems to be very much still an active one? absolutely. a warning to all residents in that area is to stay at home, stay inside. lock the doors. at the same time they are being shown these images which you can see on your screen now, fairl

. >> the department of homeland security says the u.s. remains in a heightened threat environment as the violence continues between israel and hamas. the agency reports lone offenders motivated by violent ideologies post the most likely threat. raquel martin reports. >> as the war between israel and hamas re just lawmakers in washington are urging the public not to turn towards heat. we need to speak out loudly clearly forcefully. >> against anti-semitism and against us. on the phone the department of homeland security is reporting a recent increase in threats against jewish muslim. >> and eric communities and institutions, lawmakers like california, democrat ro khanna say they're receiving calls from constituents living in fearful of sending their kids to school. people are feeling vulnerable. they're feeling targeted threats turned to tragedy near congressman bill foster is district where a man is charged with murdering a 6 year-old palestinian boy in a chicago suburb. this is not who we are as americans. the department of homeland secu

in fact, he said that he agrees with the department of homeland security's assessment that the 2020 election was the most secure election in american history. it's quite an about-face for meadows. he was by trump's side as he tried to overturn the election, including setting up that phone call where trump urged georgia's secretary of state to, quote, find 11,780 votes. >> mr. president, everybody is on the line, and just so -- this is mark meadows, the chief of staff. >> reporter: and meadows was standing backstage with trump and his family at the january 6th rally outside the white house. >> mark meadows, an actual fighter. >> reporter: but sources tell us meadows testified that in the weeks after the election, he repeatedly told trump the allegations of significant fraud were turning out to be baseless. there was simply no evidence. meadows also said he thought of resigning many times himself, those sources say, but he stayed on because he wanted to help ensure a peaceful transition to a biden administration. this comes on a day of drama and tears in a georgia courtroom, as another close t

secretary alejandro mayorkas's the seventh secretary of the department of homeland security. secretary mayorkas has led a distinguished career over three decades as a law enforcement official and a lawyer in the private sector. he has served as the department's deputy secretary as director of u.s. citizenship and immigration services and at the department of justice as assistant united states attorney in the central district of california. secretary mayorkas, thank you for appearing before our committee once again. you are recognized for your opening statement. sec. mayorkas: chairman peters, ranking number paul, distinguished members of this committee come in september the department of homeland secret he published the 2024 homeland threat assessment, which focuses on the most direct, pressing threats to our security. in the weeks since the assessment was published, the world has changed. hamas terrorists horrifically attacked thousands of innocent men, women, and children in israel on october 7 can brutally murdering, wounding, and taking hostages of all ages. in the days an

at home in cities across the united states of america, police departments have stepped up security around centers for jewish life. the department of homeland security and fbi are working closely with state and local law enforcement and jewish community partners to identify and disrupt any domestic threat in connection with these horrific attacks. this is a moment for the united states to come together, to grieve with those who are morning m --ourning -- mourning. let's be clear. there is no place for hate in america, not against jews, muslims, anybody. we reject, reject, what we reject is terrorism. we condemn the indiscriminate people, just as we have always done. that is what america stands for. you know, just over 50 years ago -- i was thinking about of this money talking with the secretary of state and vice president in my office -- over 50 years ago, as a young senator, i visited israel for the first time as a newly-elected senator. and i had a long long trip, a meeting with golda my year in her office just before the yom kippur war. and i guess she could see the consternation in my face as she described what was being phased, what th

we also have a statement coming to us from a spokesperson at the department of homeland security, thewith the loved ones of those killed and injured and stands with the brave law enforcement officers and first responders who are currently working to secure and safeguard the people of lewiston. the spokesperson said the department of homeland security is working closely with federal, state and local partners to support the lewiston community. however, this is a relatively small city, as we heard from billy jane cook earlier, is normally a very quiet place, they are not used to this level of even sirens sounding. the not used to this level of even sirens sounding.— sirens sounding. the part emphasise _ sirens sounding. the part emphasise here - sirens sounding. the part emphasise here is - sirens sounding. the part emphasise here is that i sirens sounding. the part . emphasise here is that there was highways, those routes into the affected areas completely closed off due to the sheer number of emergency responders we then saw in that area. this is despite the fact it is the second large

security officials on the use of ai technology. they address ai machine learning, employee training, and potential cyber security risks. this is just over an hour. ande house defense department andande homeland security officials on their use of artificial intelligence technology. they addressed ai machine learning, employee training, and potential cyber security risks before a house oversight and accountability subcomm >>> good afternoon the subcommittee on cyber community information will now come to order. we welcome everyone for their participation this afternoon. the chair made the clear recess. ranking member connolly is running a few minutes late but we have another member here. we will go ahead and get started and get everybody plenty of time. they will be rolling in momentarily. i would like to recognize myself for the purpose of making an opening statement. good afternoon and welcome to the hearing of the subcommittee on cyber security information technology and government innovation. at the very first hearing of the subcommittee held earlier this year expert witnesses told us artificial intelligence, or ai, is likely to bring disruptive innovation in many fields. ai should instiga

the united states cyber command and department of homeland security for example employee ai technology to protect our networks from counter cyber attacks. united states postal service is currently piloting an autonomous vehicle project that employs ai technology. the department of housing and urban development and immigration services are using ai chat bots to facilitate communication with the public, looking for help from the agency. however, like all new tools, if used improperly, ai could result in unintended consequences. for example, automated systems can inadvertently perpetuate societal biases such as faulty facial recognition technology or opaque sentencing algorithms used by our criminal justice system. ai can also threaten jobs, proliferate misinformation and raise serious privacy concerns. that's why i applaud the biden administration for proactively taking significant steps to ensure transparency in the government's use of ai. last october the white house released a blueprint for an ai bill of rights to ensure the protection of civil rights in the algorithmic age. prior to

we also have a - statement from the department of homeland security, a spokesperson saying, the secretaryo monitor the situation. the spokesperson said the entire department of homeland security grieves with the loved ones of those killed and injured, and stands with the brave law enforcement officers and first responders currently working to secure and safeguard the people of lewiston. the spokesperson said they are working closely with federal, state and local partners to support the lewiston community. we are awaiting further updates, awaiting further updates, awaiting a press conference there. we are told the spokesperson is on the maine department of public safety, shannon moss, is going to address the media, to tell us the latest situation as we understand it currently. this is still an active situation, a gunman is still at large. we will bring you this press conference as soon as it gets under way. conference as soon as it gets underway. it conference as soon as it gets under way. it has been quite delayed, as you can appreciate, the authorities dealing with a very serious situati

number one, your question to suggest that that is emblematic of the men and women of the department of homeland security is despicable. >> i'm sorry, what have -- this person works for the department of homeland security. have you fired her? >> that was one of four answers. >> have you fired her? >> one. >> have you fired her? don't come to this hearing room when israel has been invaded and jewish students are barricades in libraries in this country and cannot be escorted out because they are threatened for their lives. you have employees who are celebrating genocide and you are saying it's despicable for me to ask the question? >> senator hawley takes an adversarial approach to me in this question and perhaps he dupt know my own background. the child of a holocaust survivor. perhaps he does not know that my mother lost almost all her family at the hands of the nazis so i find his adversarial tone to be entirely misplaced. i find it to be disrespectful of me and my heritage. and i do not except an apology. >> and chris, secretary mayorcas also said the employee in question had been placed on leave and h

security is being increased here at home. >> we are taking steps at home in cities across the united states of america, police departments have stepped up security around centers of jewish life. department of homeland security and federal bureau of investigation are working close with state and local law enforcement and jewish community partners to identify and disrupt any domestic threat that can emerge in connection with the horrific attacks. >> we are looking into security in the bay area. we'll have more on what local communities are doing to stay safe coming up on the evening edition at 5:00. >>> we continue to follow the latest developments out of the middle east. stay with us on air streaming on cbs news bay area and online at kpix.com. >>> let's look at some of the stories we are following around the bay starting with a live look at the north bay. here is jessica burch. >>> it will be a cool, cloudy day today all throughout the bay area once that cold front sweeps in. it will bring a little bit of rain in the forecast, widespread throughout the bay. look at the scattered showers here and there. it doesn't amount to much, a hundredth of an inch of rain from san francisco into fairfield. into

we refer to them to the department of homeland security to be deported properly. >> okay. nk of our fellow americans taking to the streets viet in new york city or college campuses around the country? what are we to think of them blaming israel the victim in this particular case. the only conclusion i can come to is there supporting the terrorism against innocent people in the barbarity that we saw and that we have chronic told and discussed in detail, it seems like they support that too. i never thought the numbers would be that large, senator. >> yeah, unfortunately, that's right. a little bit is rampant anti-semitism. they take to the streets to support hamas and excuse what hamas did as a savage massacre of now the more than 1400 israel these. the worst slaughter of jew's since american gis liberated concentration camps in world war ii. i think its rank anti-semitism. to the extent that these people are not natural born american citizens, to the extent we have allowed them to come into our country. whether they are people on visas, green cards or naturalized citizen. th

on wednesday, the department of homeland security, announced that 20 mile of barriers will be built int in a sparsely populated area of the rio grande valley. members of his democratic party said walls did not work, while rival republicans accused him of hypocrisy. but speaking to reporters in the last few hours, president biden defended the decision. i was told that i had no choice, that i, you know, congress passes legislation. to build something, whether it's an aircraft carrier, a wall, or provide for a tax cut, i can't say, "i don't like it, i'm not going to do it." if this hadn't been vetoed... you said yesterday that you tried to re—appropriate the funds. yeah, we tried to ask congress to consider changing the law. to re—appropriate, use it for another purpose. give me more border agents, give me more technical capabilities. detect fentanyl, that's what i want to do. the announcement comes as officials at the southern border report increasing numbers of crossings. last month, border patrol agents registered about 210,000 apprehensions. that's the highest level this year. and sin

>> yeah, and, gabe, i'm reading the actual department of homeland security document that was released overnight. and in section one it says, the united states border patrols rio grande valley sector is an area of high illegal entry as of august 2023 border control encountered -- to enter the united states in the rio grande valley, therefore i must use my authority to install additional physical barriers. it sounds to me, i'm reading what it says, that there is a direct correlation between 245,000 entrants at the rio grande valley and the announcement of a wall. >> yeah, that's what you're hearing from dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas as this administration tries to contain the fallout from those -- that increased -- those increased numbers of illegal border crossings that we have seen rise in the last several months. but, again, the white house says that also because this was the end of the fiscal year that, you know, this process that the -- since congress set aside that money in 2019, that you need to waive the environmental laws to get this construction done. certainly reaction pou

number one, your question to suggest that that is emblematic of the men and women of the department of homeland securityve you -- this person works for the department of homeland security. have you fired her? you have employees who are celebrating genocide is, and you are saying it's despicable for many to ask the question? elizabeth: senator, when you heard, when you saw that, what was your reaction? >> well, i was in shock as well, and i would just encourage the secretary to not be so defensive, to take accountability for this employee and say is, look, this employee made a mistake, she's no longer working for us, and we're going to move on. but instead, he projects, he projects what senate hawley was talking about back at him. this is a constant theme of this administration, this projecting what they're actually doing. i was this shock and really, liz, if i could just give one piece of advice to everybody to turn down the temperature, go visit the holocaust museum and see what the jewish people have went through the past century and just realize that if we -- they come, the hate the jews first, they'

department increased patrols in beverly hills. and so far there's been no word of stepped up security here in san francisco. now, the department of homeland security and the fbi issued a public safety bulletin to us law enforcement. they say there's no indication of threat to the united states, but americans are scrambling to come home as flights are being canceled at israel's ben-gurion airport. some spent hours at check in hoping to take off here in san francisco. united airlines flight 954 was due to leave for tel aviv at 805 last night and it was canceled then and is also been canceled for tonight. coming up on abc's this week later this morning, george stephanopoulos spoke with secretary of state antony blinken about israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, his declaration of war after the hamas militants attacks on israel. and you can watch that full interview on this week with george stephanos poulos at eight this morning right here on abc seven. good morning to you. >> our upper ridge is shifting to the east. that's allowing for fog dense fog to enter the bay area. so we have a dense fog advisory until 10:00 from the peninsula.

but, again, the department of homeland security says that that was a legal requirement to waive these laws and to build this extra section of wall which the money was appropriated back in 2019 under the trump administration in congress. take a listen to peter alexander's exchange yesterday with the white house press secretary on this very point. take a listen. >> i want to tell you what the president said and what your colleague asked him. >> a direct contradiction -- >> i hear you. i'm speaking for the president. he has said that he does not believe a border wall is effective. he has said that for some time now. it still remains to be the case. he asked, right, he asked congress multiple times, his team has asked congress to reappropriate the funds. they refused to do that. >> reporter: an official says all of this has nothing to do with the mounting pressure that we've seen, jose, from northern cities and democrats in new york, chicago and places like massachusetts as well that have been sounding the alarm asking the federal government to do more. the white house and the department

the department of homeland security says that the u.s. remains in a heightened threat environment as the violence continues between israel and hamas. the agency reports lone offenders motivated by violent ideologies pose the most likely threat recall. martin reports. >> as the war between israel and hamas, regis lawmakers in washington are urging the public not to turn towards hate. we need to speak out loudly clearly forcefully. >> against anti-semitism and against us on the phone the department of homeland security is reporting a recent increase in threats against jewish muslim. >> and eric communities and institutions, lawmakers like california, democrat ro say they're receiving calls from constituents living in fearful of sending their kids to school people are feeling vulnerable. they're feeling targeted threats turned to tragedy near congressman bill foster is district where a man is charged with murdering a 6 year-old palestinian boy in a chicago suburb. this is not who we are as americans. the department of homeland security says

that is why i am directing the department of defense and the department of homeland security to develop game changing cyber productions that will make our computers more secure than it is today. that is why our administration is taking decisive steps to prevent cutting edge ai chips from being used to undermine our national security which is possible. second, the order is about making sure that ai systems can earn the american people's trust around the world. all too often, it has already happened, ai devices are being used to deceive people. deepfakes. using ai generated audio and video to smear reputations, and commit fraud. with ai fraudsters taking three seconds and you will know this, rate second recordings of your voice, i have watched one of me on a couple of occasions! when did i say that? [laughter] three seconds and it can generate an impersonation good enough to fool your family, fool you! [laughter] i swear to god, take a look at it. they can use it to scam loved ones into thinking you are in trouble. thanks to this order, the department of congress will help develop standar

department increased patrols in beverly hills. and so far there's been no word of stepped up security here in san francisco. now, the department of homelandenforcement. they say there's no indication of a threat to the united states. americans, though, are scrambled to come home as flights are being canceled at israel's ben-gurion airport. some spent hours at check in hoping to take off here in san francisco. united airlines flight 954 was due to leave for tel aviv at 805 last night. it was canceled then and is also been canceled for tonight. and coming up on abc's this week later this morning, george stephanopoulos speaks with secretary of state anthony blinken about israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's declaration of war after the hamas militants attacks on israel. you can watch the full interview on this week with george stephanopoulos at eight this morning right here on abc seven. >> all right. it was 92 yesterday. a new record at the oakland airport this morning. a dense fog advisory from the san mateo coast, the peninsula, all the way down to monterey. so the fog is back and even over the golden gate bridge, the richmond, san

it's gotten so bad the department of homeland security issuedrt additional terrorist warnings last month about increased terrorism and criminal actors. watched the horror of hamas and israel a week and a half ago. women, children tortured, raped, beheaded. thirty americans killed, others held captive. the terrorists would love to see the exact same thing happened to us right here. joe biden's open-door policy -- open border policy, makes that our greatest threat of terrorism. republicans have solutions that will actually work. to secure the border act of 2023 has passed the house already. it provides the manpower, the technology, and actual physical barrier to work against illegal immigration and protect our communities. protect our citizens. under joe biden he's undermined the nation's safety and security. >> the united states stands firmly beside his royal. i was privileged there was bipartisan to the middle east this past week. our final destination was his royal. unfortunately, we found out about the attacks upon israel by hamas. our journeys were stalled momentarily, but the delegat

and from the department of homeland security, those numbers speak a different language and they say that actually, you know, hate crimes are on the rise of the last 2 years. that's why the president had to and he really believes in this appeal to the american people to be well american, in his words, anything else but being peace, loving and helping people, all the people and nations that need would be in his mind. and in his words on american dw correspondence steph assignments, thank you so much for all of your insights. palestinian militants continue to fire rockets from gaza into israel on thursday. best as is rarely forces struck targets in the gaza strip throughout the day, including in the size of the territory where israel had told thousands to head for their own safety. one explosion reportedly killed and injured several people, including children. the father carrying his child to the grave. and so was one of 3 children, one of those receiving the final rights on this barren patch of land prey as a house to the sound refrigerator, the aircraft hovering above the constant mainten

[applause] the department of homeland security of the department of justice and health and human servicesaunched a safety partnership to better protect festivals and marches and community centers and businesses, t to better protect healthcare provider serving the community, and hope folks report hate crimes. nearly a a year afteraf the hc shooting at club q in colorado springs we have to fully implement the most significant density loss in nearly 30 years, and then asked against the assault weapons ban, which diane and i passed. no excuse. [cheers and applause] who in god's name each weapon with 100 rounds in the chamber? the weapon is only meant for one thing, to kill people. we get it before. we can do it again as long as i'm at office on the corner stop until we get it done again. look folks, let me close with this. a week ago we saw hate manifest in another way in the worst massacre of jewish peoplee sine the holocaust. more than 1300 innocent lives lost in israel, including at least 27 americans. children and grandparents alike kidnap and held hostage by hamas. as you manage crisis i

this department of homeland security is here for you and we are here with you forever. thank you. wish organizations. it is an honor to bring this remarkable solidarity to a close. for those of you watching at home live on c-span, you notice many of us are wearing these blue ribbons that were mentioned before. there's a project of the jewish federations is a global unity symbol in solidarity with of the hostages and their families i encourage you to go to blue ribbons for israel.org. the ribbons for israel.org to order your own. for those of you in the room today, we have these cards on your seats. send love to israel, which we will hand deliver to our israeli brothers and sisters in the show of support. please fill them out and leave them on your seat. i want to thank all the organizations that helped coordinate this event and thank the dedicated staff that worked tirelessly over the past few days to put it together on such short notice. [applause] i want to show gratitude to our elected officials who joined to demonstrate the support for israel is a bipartisan consensus issue. we

any support whatsoever in your to fight this in florida from the state department, the department of homeland securitydepartment of justice? the federal bureau of federal bf investigation to try and find who among this population are terrorist and terrorist sympathizers? works not that i am aware of a certain live not seen any of it. i think this administration views what is happening, these are effectively leftist movements and i think the administration is just sitting there not doing anything that they really should be doing great when you see something at the cooper union in new york city with how they treated the jewish students that is a civil rights issue that is a federal civil rights case right there with the environment they are creating. this has been pathetic to watch the bite administration they were not even or moving people from israel who wanted to get back to america once the war started i have the marshall planes from florida we brought back almost 700 people from israel back to florida. mostly floridians but not all. a lot of children and then what biden was doing he would take some

that is why i am directing the department of defense and the department of homeland security both ofop game-changing cyberprotections. >> the tech world reacting. calling it a giant leap towards ethical ai. it will attract great ai talent to the u.s. but, a trade group that represents large trade companies like google, amazon and x are against the order saying it will quote result in stifling new companies and competitors from entering the marketplace. >>> from that let's shift to something that we know right now, our forecast. paul heggen is all over it. all of us are wondering what is it like tomorrow night when we knock on the doors for those big candy bars? >> it will be nice out there for halloween evening. looks like the weather will remain nice. i think the most they will do is filter the sunshine. bigger changes in the large scale weather pattern or what we experience here at ground level will not kick in until we get passed midweek. the storm system off of the coast at that point, getting closer, sending more clouds, cooler temperatures, a chance of showers towards us. we co

for just the second time in history, data from the department of homeland security shows apprehensions southern border surpassed 2 million in the past year. southern states are not alone in feeling the impact with texas governor greg abbott sending busloads of asylum seekers to so-called sanctuary cities. mayors from new york to los angeles say they are being overwhelmed by the massive influx of migrants. cbs's nancy cordes is going to start us off tonight from the white house. good evening, nancy. >> reporter: norah, good evening. not only is the biden administration fast-tracking the construction of this wall, it's also waiving 26 different laws and regulations to do something that president biden vowed never to do. 18-foot-high steel panels will be installed along a 20-mile stretch of the rio grande near mcallen, texas. they're meant to stop scenes like this. hundreds of migrants racing towards the u.s. border on tuesday night. president biden insisted today he didn't want to build the wall but that his hands were tied by a law congress passed in 2019. >> they have to use the money

and miles taylor, formerly chief of staff at the us department of homeland security. will be saying hello to both properly a little later. ukraine says a russian attack on a village in the east of the country has killed at least 50 people. that would make it the deadliest missile strike in months. officials said a cafe and a shop were hit in the village of hroza, not far from kupiansk. a six—year—old boy is said to be among the dead. there has been intense fighting in the region in recent weeks, with russia attempting to recapture territory it lost last year. this latest russian attack took place in the middle of the day, as european leaders were meeting in the spanish city of granada, with ukraine one of the big issues being discussed. president zelensky made a point of being at the talks in person. he asked european leaders for more air defence missiles and said other countries could thank ukraine for protecting them from russian aggression. we must not allow putin to destabilise any other parts of the world and our parties in order to ruin europe's power. we must c

the department of homeland security says the laws waived include the clean air act and safe drinking ne of biden�*s first actions in office back in 2020 was to issue a proclamation that "no more american taxpayer dollars be diverted "to construct a border wall." today his critics are claiming he's backtracking on that promise. migration across the southern us border has continued to tick up on president biden�*s watch.

the current process is for an admissible persons at the southwest ports of entry, the department of homeland security began incrementing this last year to manage the increased in irregular migration. and to ensure performance of our primary security facilitation mission objectives. starting in october 2022, dhs incremented a process allowing certain venezuelan nationals to travel to the united states by air which is granted on a case-by-case basis up to two years. this was expanded in january for nationals of cuba, nicaragua and haiti, along with an application feature enabling applicants to request advanced travel authorization via the app. to receive this authorization must meet specified criteria to include having u.s.-based financial sponsors and clearing the biometric and graphic screening. as of july 31, more than 181,000 cubans, patients, nicaraguans and venezuelans have arrived this process. building on this approach on may 11 when the title 42 border -- order ended and they applied a full range of immigration is already set or title viii, the department of justice incremented a circumvention

start with the warnings from the department of homeland security about uptick in potential hate crimese any credible threats, are you aware of any credible threats against jewish or muslim institutions at that point? >> no. thank you. we're constantly monitoring threats on social media and other sources. i, after the buffalo massacre, which was done by a white supremacist, literally doubled the size of our state police force that's responsible for hate crimes. i just launched a hot line for people to be able to call if they see such signs as you described, ascribing nazi symbols or attacks on mosque. i want to make sure people of new york feel there's an outlet, they can reach out to their law enforcement allies and we can put an end to this. it's abhorrent to me as the leader of the state with, yes, the largest population of jews however, i have to protect every institution, mosques as well as synagogues. and it's really abhorrent to me that what has happened, the unprovoked attack by hamas on innocent civilians in israel has turned into people allowing this hate to fester and rise to

this department of homeland security is here for you, and we are here with you forever. mq. liam, the ceo of the conference presidents of major american jewish organizations. it is an honor to bring the remarkable solidarity fly into a close. for those of you watching at home live on c-span you will notice many of us are wearing these blue ribbons which were met you before.er it's a project of the jewish federations as a global unity symbol in solidarity with the hostages and their families. i encourage you to go to blue ribbons for israel.org, blue ribbons for israel.org to order your own. for those of you were in the room here today, we have these cards on your seats. send love to israel cards which we will hand deliver to our israel and brothers andnd sistes as a show of support. please fill them out and leave them on your seat. i want to thank all of the organizations that helped coordinate this event, i think the dedicated staff who worked tirelessly over the past few days to put it together on such short notice. [applause] i want to show gratitude to our elected officia