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dhs cyberworkforce authority. we pass the a bill on federal information security management act, it's the law that governs.gov, civil federal networks. what we've try to do is key things. one, clarify rules and responsibilities between dhs and omb. as lawyers, we can all appreciate clarity in the law. it's not often there, but we try. and what we tried to do here define rules between omb, dhs, for those of you, the law that was written in 2001, 2002, dhs was just getting started and omb has a handful of people to oversee federal network security what happen we triedmemoranda, e responsibilities to dhs. so what we tried to do is ensure that the law is up to date with -- is covers reality, really. and so, we decided authority between omb, dhs on federal network security. that's where we are today on that one. we tried to move away from essentially compliance check lists, paperwork exercises, to more of a real-time and continuous diagnostics, monitoring, the buzzwords that you'll hear. we have real-time security in p
dhs cyberworkforce authority. we pass the a bill on federal information security management act, it's the law that governs.gov, civil federal networks. what we've try to do is key things. one, clarify rules and responsibilities between dhs and omb. as lawyers, we can all appreciate clarity in the law. it's not often there, but we try. and what we tried to do here define rules between omb, dhs, for those of you, the law that was written in 2001, 2002, dhs was just getting started and omb has a...
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they call dhs and drop the oldest sister off at an inpatient psychiatric facility. but then on a day visit home, they say she kills the family guinea pig. how did that happen? >> her words to me were, i stepped on it until i felt it with my foot. and i wanted it to die so that my brothers can hurt like i hurt. >> reporter: after that, the oldest girl's temporary removal from the harris home becomes permanent. still within her six-month trial period, her adoption is terminated. but what did you tell this little girl about why she couldn't stay with you? >> you know that you can't come back and live in our home. you're not safe. you have to go live where there's not other children. >> reporter: coming up -- the harrises remain convinced the other two girls can be saved. but what lengths will they go to do it? >> there was a group coming in from alabama that was supposed to pray over the children and get the demons out as an exorcism. >> reporter: so marsha and justin told you there was an exorcism? the babysitter's story, when we come back. she can rage, and roar, and
they call dhs and drop the oldest sister off at an inpatient psychiatric facility. but then on a day visit home, they say she kills the family guinea pig. how did that happen? >> her words to me were, i stepped on it until i felt it with my foot. and i wanted it to die so that my brothers can hurt like i hurt. >> reporter: after that, the oldest girl's temporary removal from the harris home becomes permanent. still within her six-month trial period, her adoption is terminated. but...
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in fact, by now, the three little girls are wards of the state department of human services, or dhs. and how were they doing, all three girls? >> the two younger girls were doing great. just two normal little girls. the older girl had some problems, and she would have some outbursts sometimes. >> reporter: adoption specialist jan wallis is brought in to find the girls a permanent home. by now, the oldest daughter is in therapeutic foster care and the two youngest girls are in the home of cheryl and craig hart, experienced and respected foster parents. you got the baby first. >> we did. she was cute. she was really cute. >> reporter: what about the middle daughter, what was she like? >> she was just over 2. she loved bows in her hair. she loved matching flouncy little tutus. she loved to get dressed by herself in the morning. >> reporter: but the harts can one sign? it appears the youngest, still a baby, has already been sleep-trained the hard way. >> she didn't cry? >> not really. >> not much. you could see that she hadn't gotten any attention and she wasn't used to people, you know,
in fact, by now, the three little girls are wards of the state department of human services, or dhs. and how were they doing, all three girls? >> the two younger girls were doing great. just two normal little girls. the older girl had some problems, and she would have some outbursts sometimes. >> reporter: adoption specialist jan wallis is brought in to find the girls a permanent home. by now, the oldest daughter is in therapeutic foster care and the two youngest girls are in the...
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which is very different from most communities that dhs and others are dealing with. this is a unique situation speaking to how difficult it is to secure places across the country for this type of shooting, this type of event. >> we should note according to reports we've received that police units from multiple jurisdictions responded to that shooting at umpqua community college. another one of our security consultants on the line with us pointed out that the fact that they were able to get buses onto the campus and then to take people off right away, in other words, to evacuate the scene quickly, is an indication that perhaps this particular school did have a plan in place and that local authorities had received some sort of training on how to respond to this sort of issue. we just saw in this pictures as we are looking at the images recorded by our local affiliate, i noticed a mobile crime lab heading towards the campus and then a school bus removing people from the campus to the fairgrounds where they will be meeting with crisis counselors. alan is on the way to th
which is very different from most communities that dhs and others are dealing with. this is a unique situation speaking to how difficult it is to secure places across the country for this type of shooting, this type of event. >> we should note according to reports we've received that police units from multiple jurisdictions responded to that shooting at umpqua community college. another one of our security consultants on the line with us pointed out that the fact that they were able to...
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looking ahead, congress, dhs and other agencies face some tough decisions. the multilayered federal effort is complex, vital to our security and certainly not inexpensive. as dhs and other agencies adapt to changing threats, upgrade or replace aging equipment and enhance their capabilities, gao will be there to provide congress independent oversight of this critically important mission. mr. chairman, thank you for the opportunity to testify this morning. i look forward to your questions. >> thank you, mr. moore. i'm going to now recognize members for questions beginning with myself so let's just stay on this. you're satisfied that cbp took into account what you guys found and that they're making corrective action? >> yes. they took the findings from our report from last year very seriously. they put together a team of folks within cbp to address those recommendations and they have actions under way to fully address them. they're not all the way there yet and we're working with them on it but they're taking action. >> thank you. mr. owen, let's start with the
looking ahead, congress, dhs and other agencies face some tough decisions. the multilayered federal effort is complex, vital to our security and certainly not inexpensive. as dhs and other agencies adapt to changing threats, upgrade or replace aging equipment and enhance their capabilities, gao will be there to provide congress independent oversight of this critically important mission. mr. chairman, thank you for the opportunity to testify this morning. i look forward to your questions....
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and dhs are really the experts on it. but the steps include then the referral from unhcr, so they weed out people who are not appropriate to refer to us. the preparation of their case, very importantly the interview by dhs examiners, and then checking their names and their biometric data, their fingerprints against u.s. law enforcement and national security databases. when there's a question, sometimes applicants are put on hold while further investigations are carried out. so nobody comes to the united states about whom there are any open questions. dhs is -- they take their role extremely seriously. >> and how long will this vetting process continue? how long does it take? >> right now, the average is 18 to 24 months. there's a sense in the administration this is too long. and part of it is we want it to be as quickly as possible for the sake of the refugees, but we also want to make sure we don't cut any corners that would relate to security. so in the coming months, we will be carrying out a review of the program. the
and dhs are really the experts on it. but the steps include then the referral from unhcr, so they weed out people who are not appropriate to refer to us. the preparation of their case, very importantly the interview by dhs examiners, and then checking their names and their biometric data, their fingerprints against u.s. law enforcement and national security databases. when there's a question, sometimes applicants are put on hold while further investigations are carried out. so nobody comes to...
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and dhs are really the experts on it. but the steps include then the referral from unhcr, so they weed out people who are not appropriate to refer to us. the preparation of their case, very importantly, the interview by dhs examiners, and then checking their names and their biometric data, their fingerprints against u.s. law enforcement, and national security databases. when there's a question, sometimes applicants are put on hold while further investigations are carried out. so nobody comes to the united states about whom there are any open questions. dhs -- they take their role extremely seriously. >> and how long will this vetting process continue? how long does it take? >> right now, the average is 18 to 24 months. there's a sense in the administration that this is too long. and part of it is we want it to be as quickly as possible for the sake of the refugees, but we also want to make sure we don't cut any corners that would relate to security. so in the coming months, we will be carrying out a review of the program.
and dhs are really the experts on it. but the steps include then the referral from unhcr, so they weed out people who are not appropriate to refer to us. the preparation of their case, very importantly, the interview by dhs examiners, and then checking their names and their biometric data, their fingerprints against u.s. law enforcement, and national security databases. when there's a question, sometimes applicants are put on hold while further investigations are carried out. so nobody comes to...
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also to dhs components with a zero failed mission, the transportation security administration and the secret service, are ongoing, much-needed reform. furthermore, the department cyber mission is critical as we look to prevent crippling attacks from cyber terrorists. while we've heard from several dhs officials, this congress, we've yet to hear from the head of the agency on the record about how he is building his vision for the department and needs from congress. today's hearing in the topic and testimony does not provide for urine from the secretary on the topics i've mentioned. therefore, i'm asking you, mr. chairman, for a commitment at some point hold a hearing on the oversight of the department of homeland security, and invite secretary johnson to testify before the end of the first session of congress. i know this success of the department is a shared concern. each member of this committee should have the opportunity to question the secretary in an open setting and to continue to hold him accountable. today's hearing on the world wide threat gives the committee the opportunity
also to dhs components with a zero failed mission, the transportation security administration and the secret service, are ongoing, much-needed reform. furthermore, the department cyber mission is critical as we look to prevent crippling attacks from cyber terrorists. while we've heard from several dhs officials, this congress, we've yet to hear from the head of the agency on the record about how he is building his vision for the department and needs from congress. today's hearing in the topic...
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>> i think i have to defer to dhs.y make the final determination. >> the definition of a refugee is contained in the refugee convention -- >> i understand -- >> -- and u.s. law closely tracks that. so basically looking at whether a person has a -- has suffered past persecution or has a well-founded fear of persecution on account of one of the protected grounds which is race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group. however, there is a bar under u.s. law to vetsds fundamental an individual has -- to resettlement if an individual has firmly resettled in another country. there's quite a bit of law around what it means to be firmly resettled. if are you living in precarious circumstances, if you're not able to work, if your children can't go to school, if you're in a tenuous circumstance, that does not amount to firm vetsds. even if you -- firm resettlement even if you have been in a country for a long time. it's a fact-specific circumstance. a short way of thinking about it is
>> i think i have to defer to dhs.y make the final determination. >> the definition of a refugee is contained in the refugee convention -- >> i understand -- >> -- and u.s. law closely tracks that. so basically looking at whether a person has a -- has suffered past persecution or has a well-founded fear of persecution on account of one of the protected grounds which is race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group. however,...
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. >> we woke up yelling dhs said they didn't know anything we called the cops. >> reporter: this cop safely had michael's son. mike sell said he's nothing but grateful. >> i don't care if dhs take the kid or not as long as my kid is a life. god works in miss serious ways maybe this will benefit us in the long run. >> reporter: them won't have to stay here at love park tonight they have a friend house they'll be spending the night with. as for court hearing for their children that is set sunday. here at love park greg argos cbs eyewitness news. >> deck rating their homes in memory of 3 year-old men don cree toe creato hat ton field flor row is making royal blew and black ribbons 10 dollars two dollars from each sale will go to to the familiar for funeral expenses. surrounding his death so far no charges have been filed. authorities in gloucester county now say a drunk driver seriously injured a franklin township police officer in a crash. happened on route 40 last night. she was driving drunk with 3 children in the vehicle when she ran a stop sign and struck officer's crew sir s he su
. >> we woke up yelling dhs said they didn't know anything we called the cops. >> reporter: this cop safely had michael's son. mike sell said he's nothing but grateful. >> i don't care if dhs take the kid or not as long as my kid is a life. god works in miss serious ways maybe this will benefit us in the long run. >> reporter: them won't have to stay here at love park tonight they have a friend house they'll be spending the night with. as for court hearing for their...
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and dhs are now proactively, aggressively going out, meeting with law enforcement, sheriffs and police to try to in a sense sell the program to gain the collaboration. we think those conversations are important. but there hasn't been any transparency yet from the federal agency itself as to what is the baseline for what will be acceptable from a constitutional perspective. because there are certain cities that new york or chicago that we know will think thoughtfully about how to protect all its community members. others jurisdictions there is no concern whatsoever for the constitution, quite frankly and there is a possibility that they would allow for detainers to be issued by i.c.e. and respect those detainers without making sure to protect the constitutional rights of those who apply to them. i would say that would be our concern. the last thing i'll mention since, lynden, you mentioned the issue of sanctuary cities is a tragic murder which happened in san francisco which is my home town of a young woman shot while walking on a wharf by somebody who was undocumented. this opened up t
and dhs are now proactively, aggressively going out, meeting with law enforcement, sheriffs and police to try to in a sense sell the program to gain the collaboration. we think those conversations are important. but there hasn't been any transparency yet from the federal agency itself as to what is the baseline for what will be acceptable from a constitutional perspective. because there are certain cities that new york or chicago that we know will think thoughtfully about how to protect all its...
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intelligence community partner, the dhs office of intelligence and analysis. other community member agencies. they also have full-timely a zon officers stationed at the fbi headquarters national joint terrorism task force, interpol and the fbi terrorist screening center. we rely on these everyday connections to share information at the headquarters level, both proactively and when asked. these connections also reinforce the established information sharing agreements that exist within the security check rubric. before refugee applications are scheduled for interview by the refugee officer in the field, syrian cases are reviewed at cis headquarters by a refugee division officer. all cases that meet certain criteria are referred to the fdns headquarters-based staff that i mentioned earlier for additional research and review. fdns intelligence analysts conduct open results and assessment by the interviewing officer. this information provides case-specific context relating to country conditions and regional activity and is used by the interviewing officer to form l
intelligence community partner, the dhs office of intelligence and analysis. other community member agencies. they also have full-timely a zon officers stationed at the fbi headquarters national joint terrorism task force, interpol and the fbi terrorist screening center. we rely on these everyday connections to share information at the headquarters level, both proactively and when asked. these connections also reinforce the established information sharing agreements that exist within the...
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>> just to correct your statement about lebanon, it is not a dhs policy that dhs officers have to stay on the compound, it is an embassy policy. that on want to blame the department of homeland security. unfortunately, we see those sorts of challenges in many places that we operate. i mentioned earlier we brought in master 71 nationalities from close to 100 processing locations. we are operating and some pretty remote and sometimes dangerous parts of the world. so for almost a year, we weren't able to get the hs interviewers into baghdad. so we had to shut down our direct operations. we have challenges in getting officers into other locations, like chad where we have authorized a partner of u.s. officials because of violence. it is hard getting people into sudan, into kenya. so the challenges that because of the places we operate, we are constantly facing challenges like that. your question about -- about whether dhs could determine whether a syrian essentially is a refugee, i know that is something that dhs would have to respond to because there's there and just occasion -- it is thei
>> just to correct your statement about lebanon, it is not a dhs policy that dhs officers have to stay on the compound, it is an embassy policy. that on want to blame the department of homeland security. unfortunately, we see those sorts of challenges in many places that we operate. i mentioned earlier we brought in master 71 nationalities from close to 100 processing locations. we are operating and some pretty remote and sometimes dangerous parts of the world. so for almost a year, we...
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to make it possible, last congress for dhs to have the tools they need to do a better job. you are doing a better job. we applaud you for that and focus on information sharing, doing it in a smart way that incentivized folks to share their information with the federal government and the federal government send realtime. comes through the dhs portal realtime. you share it with everybody else so there's no loss of time. so those are the kind of things to take einstein, build on it and put it on steroids and i think you're doing a lot of good things in your department, mr. secretary, to help build on those tools. last thing i want to say is this. two weeks ago maybe senator johnson and i were invited you with tom ridge, former governor, with whom i served as governor, invited us to pennsylvania. it was a day i will never forget and i just want to thank you again for that. it reminds us again of what can happen, when bad people want bad things to happen in your country. we have to be on guard, ever vigilant and reminds me of the strength and the courage of the 40 people on that
to make it possible, last congress for dhs to have the tools they need to do a better job. you are doing a better job. we applaud you for that and focus on information sharing, doing it in a smart way that incentivized folks to share their information with the federal government and the federal government send realtime. comes through the dhs portal realtime. you share it with everybody else so there's no loss of time. so those are the kind of things to take einstein, build on it and put it on...
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that's not a dhs policy dhs officers have to stay on the compound. it is the embassy security officer who has made that rule. we don't want to blame that on the department of homeland security. unfortunately, we see those sorts of challenges and any places. we brought in last year 71 100onalities from close to locations. we are operating in some pretty remote and sometimes dangerous parts of the world. for almost a year, we were unable to get people into baghdad and had to shut down our direct application process. we had challenges not getting officers into other locations because of boko haram violence and targeting people into sudan. of thellenges because places that were facing challenges like that. your question about whether dhs could determine whether it's a prima fascia refugee -- i think that to because it is their adjudication. i know that dhs like we are come are looking at a lot of ways for streamlining processing. we had a major improvement with security checks over the summer that consolidate some of our them so checks and run it means w
that's not a dhs policy dhs officers have to stay on the compound. it is the embassy security officer who has made that rule. we don't want to blame that on the department of homeland security. unfortunately, we see those sorts of challenges and any places. we brought in last year 71 100onalities from close to locations. we are operating in some pretty remote and sometimes dangerous parts of the world. for almost a year, we were unable to get people into baghdad and had to shut down our direct...
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border, their fingerprints are can i want -- kept and they go to the dhs system. >> can i interrupt you? in iraq we also had background checks and actually talked to people on the ground in iraq when we had a lot of troops on the ground. we don't have it in syria. is that not going to create a tremendous shortfall in data? >> so we have added a specific entry check since the time we were in iraq and we can brief you on that in detail in another setting, but the -- another additional thing that we've done is enhanced review that i just described. the individual comes in contact at first the refugee applicant comes in contact with ncr and provides a story and at the time all of his family members and the applicant, i'm saying he, it could be she, the principal applicant is registered as the family members. then that interview is -- that individual is interviewed again at the rsc, by the time our folks are reviewing the application, they've already talked to twice. they have had a very good inkentive to -- incentive to provide, that's how they get housing for the most part. so i don't want
border, their fingerprints are can i want -- kept and they go to the dhs system. >> can i interrupt you? in iraq we also had background checks and actually talked to people on the ground in iraq when we had a lot of troops on the ground. we don't have it in syria. is that not going to create a tremendous shortfall in data? >> so we have added a specific entry check since the time we were in iraq and we can brief you on that in detail in another setting, but the -- another additional...
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secretary johnson, the term outing is a dhs term, correct? >> it's certainly a term we use around dhs. >> use by your field officers, people apprehended across the southern border that are not of mexican descent. >> yes. >> i'll take the latinos out, there are other people that cross the border that are african and asian and middle eastern descent, am i not correct? >> you are correct. >> that are apprehended crossing the southern border. okay. thank you. >> you are absolutely correct. >> well, our southern border's not secure. we have no idea who is coming into this country. i could go on to iran and hezbollah and the tri-border region and the ties between lebanon and paraguay, the tri-border region there that the chairman and i investigate d a number of years ago. we have no idea who is in this country and we have no idea who can come into this country through our southern border because it is not secure. are you familiar with the jewish museum that was shot up in brussels i think in may or june of 2014? >> yes. >> that's for director comey
secretary johnson, the term outing is a dhs term, correct? >> it's certainly a term we use around dhs. >> use by your field officers, people apprehended across the southern border that are not of mexican descent. >> yes. >> i'll take the latinos out, there are other people that cross the border that are african and asian and middle eastern descent, am i not correct? >> you are correct. >> that are apprehended crossing the southern border. okay. thank you....
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. >> joe: i think that is one spot where the royals are better and that is at the dh compared to a year ago. morales had a big year. three home runs in this division series. he's 1 for 3 tonight with now a sac fly. >> tom: totally agree. a much larger margin for error. offensively, a better team with morales and zobrist coming aboard late in the season. >> joe: hochevar is getting loose in their bull pen. >> harold: no need to use davis if you have 5-0 lead. >> joe: and a day game tomorrow. >> harold: great point, great point. strike. official caps, hoodies jackets and more. celebrate with your favorite team at the mlb.com shop. popped into left for revere. the inning is over. but two more runs put on the board. a 5-0 kansas city lead. for adults with an advanced lung cancer called "squamous non-small cell", previously treated chemotherapy, this big comes along. a chance to live longer with... opdivo, nivolumab. opdivo is the first and only based on a clinical trial demonstrating longer life... ...for these patients. in fact, opdivo significantly increased the chance of living longer ve
. >> joe: i think that is one spot where the royals are better and that is at the dh compared to a year ago. morales had a big year. three home runs in this division series. he's 1 for 3 tonight with now a sac fly. >> tom: totally agree. a much larger margin for error. offensively, a better team with morales and zobrist coming aboard late in the season. >> joe: hochevar is getting loose in their bull pen. >> harold: no need to use davis if you have 5-0 lead. >>...
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. >>> dhs has now, in its custody, a two-year old boy found wandering around philadelphia's love park over the the weekend and his parents have a court dayton monday as a result. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos has more. >> reporter: it is a a picture that is making headlines a across the city, this two-year old toddler clinging to this septa a police officer after cops found him wandering through love park a few in minutes before midnight on friday. >> my daughter was sleeping here. the my son sleeps here. my wife sleeps here. i sleep here. >> reporter: michael jones is that young boy's father. >> we don't have no money to pay rent. >> reporter: he and his family are homeless. while they were sleeping in this makeshift shelter a cold night under some stairs at the park. >> that was best way we can, the wind was not the blowing, we block it off. >> reporter: michael and his wife angelic said her son heard skateboarders went by. >> he woke up because he heard skateboarders because he is in love with skateboarding. >> reporter: and somehow slipped out to check out the noise. >> he
. >>> dhs has now, in its custody, a two-year old boy found wandering around philadelphia's love park over the the weekend and his parents have a court dayton monday as a result. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos has more. >> reporter: it is a a picture that is making headlines a across the city, this two-year old toddler clinging to this septa a police officer after cops found him wandering through love park a few in minutes before midnight on friday. >> my...
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security checks were developed fbi,the expertise of the our dhs partners, the intelligence communitytners, and the security regime was set up with all of that input and i ofe heard no discussion making any cuts to it for any reason. theuld like to point out grants of refugee status are discretionary so if there is a doubt, the case is referred for further review and if there is a national security concern, the individual application is denied. >> as the refugee situation continues to evolve, the administration is assessing needs for fiscal year 2016 with an increased number of refugees, it will be important to reserve available resources at a sufficient level. >> one question related to account ability, i understand you are working with the decisions made, but it seems if we went to 85,000 over a couple of weeks, given the growing crisis, a serious crisis with people's lives are at stake, that would golf again. we cannot only answer the question in the context of the current commitment, but what we will make going forward. i share some of the chair's concerns about ongoing cost and m
security checks were developed fbi,the expertise of the our dhs partners, the intelligence communitytners, and the security regime was set up with all of that input and i ofe heard no discussion making any cuts to it for any reason. theuld like to point out grants of refugee status are discretionary so if there is a doubt, the case is referred for further review and if there is a national security concern, the individual application is denied. >> as the refugee situation continues to...
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johnson: it is certainly a term we use around dhs. across thepprehended border not of mexican descent? sec. johnson: yes. >> i will talk all latinos out here it there are other people across the border of african, asian and middle eastern descent, am i not correct. sec. johnson: yes. >> apprehended crossing the southern border? sec. johnson: yes. >> our southern border is not secure. we have no idea who is coming into the country. i can go on to iran and hezbollah, and the ties between that thend paraguay, chairman and i investigated a number of years ago. we have no idea who is in the country. we have no idea who can come into the southern border because it is not secure. are you familiar with the jewish man start -- shot in brussels in may or june of 2014? sec. johnson: yes. died.eral people the perpetrator was a foreign fighter trained in libya are syria, or a rock. we are not sure, but he made his way back into europe. because of open borders he made his way to brussels and killed several people, and then fled was justay to france
johnson: it is certainly a term we use around dhs. across thepprehended border not of mexican descent? sec. johnson: yes. >> i will talk all latinos out here it there are other people across the border of african, asian and middle eastern descent, am i not correct. sec. johnson: yes. >> apprehended crossing the southern border? sec. johnson: yes. >> our southern border is not secure. we have no idea who is coming into the country. i can go on to iran and hezbollah, and the...
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neither of the two lawmakers has been contacted by dhs. the agency's probe follow as separate one launched by the dhs inspector-general examining whether anyone in the secret service housed within the department of homeland security played a role in last april's disclosure in a story published in the "daily beast" that congressman jason chaffetz had applied to and been rejected by the secret service. he made headlines this week when he announced on fox news sunday that he was challenging mccarthy in the speaker's race. chris? >> it sounds like something out of "house of cards" james, thank you. >>> now to the presidential race as hillary clinton continues to try to fend off the flurry of political blows over her email scandal. chief white house correspondent ed henry tells us the harsh reality is things will probably get worse before they get better. the next two and a half weeks may be the most critical juncture for hillary clinton to reboot her struggling presidential campaign. >> these are opportunities for her. she will do well or she
neither of the two lawmakers has been contacted by dhs. the agency's probe follow as separate one launched by the dhs inspector-general examining whether anyone in the secret service housed within the department of homeland security played a role in last april's disclosure in a story published in the "daily beast" that congressman jason chaffetz had applied to and been rejected by the secret service. he made headlines this week when he announced on fox news sunday that he was...
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i know dhs can provide tools, assist. under agencies under your care will not suffer a breach like omms? >> i can tell you we are making rapid and significant progress to ensure that that does not happen. the einstein 3a system right now which has the ability to block intrusions is available and deployed to half the civilian federal deposit. i have directed my folks at dhs to make it available to 100% by the end of this year. and i believe we're on track to do that. we have gotten agency heads, who by law are responsible for their own cyber security. to focus on this issue. an issue of binding operational director in may pure saoupbt to the congress. the get agency heads to focus on this issue. and we have a very aggressive plan for enhancing our diagnostics abilities. so i believe our awareness in these agencies has been enhanced significantly, including because of the opm breach. and that we're on an aggressive timetable to cross the federal government and ensure this kind of thing can't happen or the risk of it happeni
i know dhs can provide tools, assist. under agencies under your care will not suffer a breach like omms? >> i can tell you we are making rapid and significant progress to ensure that that does not happen. the einstein 3a system right now which has the ability to block intrusions is available and deployed to half the civilian federal deposit. i have directed my folks at dhs to make it available to 100% by the end of this year. and i believe we're on track to do that. we have gotten agency...
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and i know dhs can provide tools, einstein, cdm to assist agencies. i have to ask at this point for an update. can you done with confidence that other agencies under your care will not suffer a bridge like opm? >> i can tell you that we are making rapid and significant progress to ensure that that does not happen. the einstein three a system right now which has the ability to block intrusions is available and deployed about have the federal civilian government. i have directed my folks that day just to make it available to 100% by the end of each and play for on track to do that. we have gotten agency heads who, by law, responsible for their own cybersecurity to focus on this issue. i've issued a binding operational directive in may pursuing to authority given to me by the congress to do that which an effective scorecard to get agency heads to focus on this issue. and other very aggressive plan for enhancing our diagnostics ability. so i believe that awareness in these agencies has been enhanced significantly, including because of the opm breached com
and i know dhs can provide tools, einstein, cdm to assist agencies. i have to ask at this point for an update. can you done with confidence that other agencies under your care will not suffer a bridge like opm? >> i can tell you that we are making rapid and significant progress to ensure that that does not happen. the einstein three a system right now which has the ability to block intrusions is available and deployed about have the federal civilian government. i have directed my folks...
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looking ahead, congress, dhs command other agencies face tough decisions. complex, vital to security command certainly not an expensive. as agencies adapt to changing threats upgrade or replace aging equipment and enhanced capabilities gal will be there to provide congress independent oversight of this critically important mission. thank you for the opportunity to testify this morning and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you. i am going to now recognize members for questions. you are satisfied that cvp took into account what you guys found in that they are making corrective action? >> yes, they took the findings my report from last year very seriously can't put together a team of folks to address those recommendations and have actions underway to fully address them. they are out all the way there yet, they have taken action. >> thank you. let's start with the questions from my letter with the numbers. what is the percentage of shipping containers inspected prior to arrival in the us port? >> every container is assessed for risk. 124,000 containers
looking ahead, congress, dhs command other agencies face tough decisions. complex, vital to security command certainly not an expensive. as agencies adapt to changing threats upgrade or replace aging equipment and enhanced capabilities gal will be there to provide congress independent oversight of this critically important mission. thank you for the opportunity to testify this morning and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you. i am going to now recognize members for questions....
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border their fingerprints are captured and they go into the dhs system. >> can i interrupt you? i'm sorry to do this because i want to hear the rest of this. but in iraq we also had background checks and actually talked to people on the ground in iraq when we had a lot of troops on the ground and a lot of people interact. we don't have that in syria so is that not going to create a tremendous shortfall in data in addition to the technical checks you're talking about? >> so, we have added a specific inner agency check since the time that we were in iraq and we can brief you on that in detail in another setting. but the -- another additional thing that we've done for this population is the enhanced review that i described. so, the individual comes in contact at first. the refugee applicant comes in contact with unhcr and he provides a history of his family members, the applicant, i'm saying he, it could be she. the principal applicant is registered as are the family members. then that individual is interviewed again at the rfc, so by the time our folks are reviewing the applicatio
border their fingerprints are captured and they go into the dhs system. >> can i interrupt you? i'm sorry to do this because i want to hear the rest of this. but in iraq we also had background checks and actually talked to people on the ground in iraq when we had a lot of troops on the ground and a lot of people interact. we don't have that in syria so is that not going to create a tremendous shortfall in data in addition to the technical checks you're talking about? >> so, we have...
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neither of the two lawmakers has been contacted by dhs. the agency's probe follow as separate one launched by the dhs inspector-general examining whether anyone in the secret service housed within the department of homeland security played a role in last april's disclosure in a story published in the "daily beast" that congressman jason chaffetz had applied to and been rejected by the secret service. he made headlines this week when he announced on fox news sunday that he was challenging mccarthy in the speaker's race. chris? >> it sounds like something out of "house of cards" james, thank you. >>> now to the presidential race as hillary clinton continues to try to fend off the flurry of political blows over her email scandal. chief white house correspondent ed henry tells us the harsh reality is things will probably get worse before they get better. the next two and a half weeks may be the most critical juncture for hillary clinton to reboot her struggling presidential campaign. >> these are opportunities for her. she will do well or she
neither of the two lawmakers has been contacted by dhs. the agency's probe follow as separate one launched by the dhs inspector-general examining whether anyone in the secret service housed within the department of homeland security played a role in last april's disclosure in a story published in the "daily beast" that congressman jason chaffetz had applied to and been rejected by the secret service. he made headlines this week when he announced on fox news sunday that he was...
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while we've heard from several dhs officials, this congress, we have yet to hear from the head of theagency on the record about how he's fulfilling his vision for the department, and what he needs from congress. today's hearing, and the topic and testimony does not provide for a hearing from the secretary on the topics i've mentioned. therefore i'm asking you, mr. chairman, for a commitment at some point to hold a hearing on the oversight of the department of homeland security, and invite secretary johnson to testify before the end of the first session of congress. i know the success of the department is a shared concern. each member of this committee should have the opportunity to question the secretary in an open setting, and to continue to hold him accountable. today's hearing on the worldwide threats should give the committee the opportunity to hear the perspective of top government officials on the wide-ranging threats of terrorism from both international groups and domestic terrorists. through its oversight this committee has given attention to the threat from international terr
while we've heard from several dhs officials, this congress, we have yet to hear from the head of theagency on the record about how he's fulfilling his vision for the department, and what he needs from congress. today's hearing, and the topic and testimony does not provide for a hearing from the secretary on the topics i've mentioned. therefore i'm asking you, mr. chairman, for a commitment at some point to hold a hearing on the oversight of the department of homeland security, and invite...
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sabrina: authorities in washington are scrambling after a hacker may have targeted the cia director and dhs secretary. it doesn't appear any classified information was accessed and released. but there are concerns over how they were able to gain access. elias: and finally in the top five... elias: in the western iowa city of harris, a project is moving forward with a tax plan that will divert millions of dollars into a fund for future projects. it's called "tax increment funding" however, not all in the area agree with how that money will be used. sabrina: new this morning...get ready to see preparations for the coming winter... preparations for the coming winter... winter... sabrina: starting today, city workers in ames will begin winter preparations at park facilities... the parks and rec department will shut off the water in the 37 parks it manages,, with no heating infrastructure in the facilities, cutting off the water prevents burst pipes. residents can still use the parks, they remain open year-round. elias: sam: weather adlib: after 20 days straight of no rain here in the metro, we
sabrina: authorities in washington are scrambling after a hacker may have targeted the cia director and dhs secretary. it doesn't appear any classified information was accessed and released. but there are concerns over how they were able to gain access. elias: and finally in the top five... elias: in the western iowa city of harris, a project is moving forward with a tax plan that will divert millions of dollars into a fund for future projects. it's called "tax increment funding"...
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>> it's not a dhs policy that dhs officers have to stay on the compound.t is the embassy security officer who has made that rule. we don't want to blame that on the department of homeland security. unfortunately, we see those sorts of challenges and any places. we brought in last year 71 nationalities from close to 100 locations. we are operating in some pretty remote and sometimes dangerous parts of the world. for almost a year, we were unable to get people into baghdad and had to shut down our direct application process. we had challenges not getting officers into other locations because of boko haram violence and targeting people into sudan. the challenges because of the places that were facing challenges like that. your question about whether dhs could determine whether it's a prima fascia refugee -- i think that something dhs would have to respond to. but i know that they are looking at a variety of ways for streamlining processing. >> we had a major improvement with security checks over the summer that consolidates some of our security checks which r
>> it's not a dhs policy that dhs officers have to stay on the compound.t is the embassy security officer who has made that rule. we don't want to blame that on the department of homeland security. unfortunately, we see those sorts of challenges and any places. we brought in last year 71 nationalities from close to 100 locations. we are operating in some pretty remote and sometimes dangerous parts of the world. for almost a year, we were unable to get people into baghdad and had to shut...
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the federal government in real time comes to the dhs portal and shares it with everybody else so there is no loss of time. so those are the kind of things we will take einstein and build one, two three, and put it on steroids and i think you are doing a lot of good thing in your department, mr. secretary, to help build on those tools. last thing i want to say is this. a week or two ago, senator johnson and i were invited by you, along with tom rich, former secretary/governor with whom i served as governor, and invited us to pennsylvania and it is a day i will never forget. i want to thank you again of that. it can remind us of what can happen when bad people want to do bad things to our country. it reminds me the strength and courage of the 40 people on the plane who refused to went down without a flight. i am always going to be grateful to them and grateful to you for reminding us what service is about. thank you. >> thank you, senator carper. i would like to thank you secretary johnson for inviting us as well. you gave a great speech, everybody did, but the moment that stood out in m
the federal government in real time comes to the dhs portal and shares it with everybody else so there is no loss of time. so those are the kind of things we will take einstein and build one, two three, and put it on steroids and i think you are doing a lot of good thing in your department, mr. secretary, to help build on those tools. last thing i want to say is this. a week or two ago, senator johnson and i were invited by you, along with tom rich, former secretary/governor with whom i served...
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i ran over to dhs. they don't know nothing. >> reporter: but by that time this cop safely had michael's son and michael says he is nothing but grateful. >> i don't care if dhs takes the kid or not. god works in mysterious ways. maybe this will benefit us in the long run. >> reporter: fortunately michael and angelic tell me they won't to have stay here at love park tonight they have a friend's house they will spend the night w the as for their court hearing for their children that is set for this monday. reporting here at love park i am will a's greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> time right now 6:07. residents in haddon township are decorating their homes with ribbons in memory of the three-year old brandon creato. the his body was found in the wooded area shortly after he disappeared from his father's home on tuesday. haddonfield floral is making the the royal blue and black ribbon. they sell for $10, $2 from each sale will go to the family, for help with funeral expenses. >>> police are invest
i ran over to dhs. they don't know nothing. >> reporter: but by that time this cop safely had michael's son and michael says he is nothing but grateful. >> i don't care if dhs takes the kid or not. god works in mysterious ways. maybe this will benefit us in the long run. >> reporter: fortunately michael and angelic tell me they won't to have stay here at love park tonight they have a friend's house they will spend the night w the as for their court hearing for their children...
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reporter: michael woke up, noticed his two-year old gone. >> we walk over yelling and i ran over to dhs. they said they don't know nothing. we called the cops. >> reporter: by that time this cop safely had michael's son and michael says he is nothing but grateful. >> i don't care if dhs takes the kids or not but as long as my kid ace alive. god works in mysterious ways. maybe this will benefit us in the long way. >> reporter: fortunately, they tell me they won't to have stay here at love park tonight, they have a friend's house they are spending the night with. as for their court hearing for their children that is set for this monday. reporting here at love park i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> residents in haddon township are decorating their hems with ribbons in memory of three-year old brand an creato. his body was found in a wooded area shortly a after he disappeared from his father's home on tuesday. haddonfield floral is making royal blue and black ribbons they sell for $10, $2 from each sale will go to help the family, with funeral expenses. police are investigatin
reporter: michael woke up, noticed his two-year old gone. >> we walk over yelling and i ran over to dhs. they said they don't know nothing. we called the cops. >> reporter: by that time this cop safely had michael's son and michael says he is nothing but grateful. >> i don't care if dhs takes the kids or not but as long as my kid ace alive. god works in mysterious ways. maybe this will benefit us in the long way. >> reporter: fortunately, they tell me they won't to have...
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as workers -- dhs workers. elizabeth: let us know what you think. shaina: on a brighter note, we have to share this random act of kindness. a university of iowa student came out from class to find this note on her car. her windows were open and a storm was coming so a good samaritan put bags over her windows so the rain would not get in. elizabeth: it probably took a little bit of time. shaina: most of us would probably say, too bad. she wants to find out who did it so she can say thank you. elizabeth: send the kids in with some jackets to school this morning. for the first time this week, we metinka will tell >> the weather is never more than five minutes away. only on "kcci 8 news this morning." metinka: we have had some beautiful weather this week to hit the bike trails. it is going to be another great day to head outdoors, although it is going to be much cooler than the cost several days. -- cooler than the past several days. we have clouds across the state and hit or miss sprinkles across central iowa, but
as workers -- dhs workers. elizabeth: let us know what you think. shaina: on a brighter note, we have to share this random act of kindness. a university of iowa student came out from class to find this note on her car. her windows were open and a storm was coming so a good samaritan put bags over her windows so the rain would not get in. elizabeth: it probably took a little bit of time. shaina: most of us would probably say, too bad. she wants to find out who did it so she can say thank you....
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one, explicit congressional authorization for dhs's ability to monitor, identify, and block unwanted intrusions in other federal agencies through our einstein system. the very tour of the einstein system it has the ability to brock intrusions and is a platform for greater and better technology in the future. >> that's the federal system, not private systems. >> correct. number two, greater incentives through law for the private sector to share information with the federal government when it comes to seiber threat -- cyberthreat -- those are the two principle areas. there's always the data breach notification requirement, enhanced penalties. >> voluntary congresses or mandatory -- >> we believe encouraging voluntary cooping with the private sector is -- cooperation with the private sector is the way to go. >> the private sector in that cooperation, has jim comey mentioned earlier, fbi doesn't come from mars. we're all american citizens and it's finding the way to work together. i want to shift to what some other folks talked about. we talk about the threat from isis. it's spectacular.
one, explicit congressional authorization for dhs's ability to monitor, identify, and block unwanted intrusions in other federal agencies through our einstein system. the very tour of the einstein system it has the ability to brock intrusions and is a platform for greater and better technology in the future. >> that's the federal system, not private systems. >> correct. number two, greater incentives through law for the private sector to share information with the federal government...
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later in the show we will turn our attention to the world series-bound mets, and who is going to the dh, and how will the lineups sit up against the royals. we will sit down to explore the topics later in sports update. we are diving into it. >> let's go, mets. >> we will give you the details. >>> calling for a crackdown 3 years after sandy. the problem some homeowners are still facing, and the proposal >>> plus, banned from buying legos. one man is in a bitter dispute with the toy company, and he's protesting online. good morning. what can i get for you? a medium hot coffee, cream and two sugars, please? medium hot coffee, cream, two sugars -- sounds good. at dunkin', we make your coffee just the way you like it. if not, we'll make it again on the spot. see you tomorrow. that's the dd commitment. america runs on dunkin'. how do you stay on top of your health? ahh... ahh... ahh... cigna customers have plan choices and tools to take control. so they're more engaged, with fewer high health risks and lower medical costs. take control of your health at cigna dot com slash take control. oh,
later in the show we will turn our attention to the world series-bound mets, and who is going to the dh, and how will the lineups sit up against the royals. we will sit down to explore the topics later in sports update. we are diving into it. >> let's go, mets. >> we will give you the details. >>> calling for a crackdown 3 years after sandy. the problem some homeowners are still facing, and the proposal >>> plus, banned from buying legos. one man is in a bitter...