his dhs working with the courts -- is dhs working with the courts? is this on the radar?is this the primary responsibility of some other element of government? sec. kahangama: valid question. there's a respect for separation of powers here. the courts have their cyber offices that are responsible for protecting those systems and making sure those things are coming out. we want to be respectful. providing information/advisories, we do that when appropriate. to zoom out, that's a common threat. adversaries generally exploit divisions in culture and society to influence us, whether any range of issues. we are alert to that. suzanne: you mentioned ai. the department has come out with the first in the federal government, a proactive policy statement about the ways in which you are going to look at using ai and the challenges of ai. talk more in this precise election context. how are you helping with the threats and dealing with challenges? sec. kahangama: i give credit to secretary mallorca. you may understand the activities the department does. others may not. 200,000 employe

being lumped into a massive agency like dhs ocongressioctioo funding? deanne: wow. i'm going to love that question? andrew: yep. deanne: i listen to secretary mayorkas the other day when he was speaking at the conference. the department as a whole is a for purpose, and there is so much interdependency and interconnection between the work that we do in the work the rest of the department does, and it gives us the opportunity to really leverage resources. there is so much value in being able to tap in to support her agency. as far as the second part of that question, it is a work in progress. andrew: very deftly handled. by the way, i saw secretary mayorkas speak earlier this week. i had no idea how funny he is. deanne: he is. andrew: the moderator referenced in being a little bit controversial. he said something about i have no idea what you are talking about, so that was pretty good. you are into triathlons i hear. deanne: i am. andrew: that is my -- deanne: not a lot of people around me is an opportunity to think clearly, and i remember writing my master's thesis a

the future of dhs project convenes leaders and provides recommendations to assist u.s.ational security officials as they transform the department of homelandec homeland from threath as natural disasters, pandemics, terrorism, and other future threats. and today's event is the final installment of that future of dhs project series and over the the honor of hosting awe have series of really important convenience, all which you can find online. some of these include a hosting three formerlec for a conversation exploring how the agency should realign his priorities to meet today's pressing threats to the homeland. we hosted former chairman of the u.s. house of representatives committee on homeland security, bennie thompson, to discuss fongressional oversight at dhs. we have customs and border protection commissioner troy miller for a conversation on how leverage biometrics at u.s. borders. and most recently, hosted dhs undersecretary for intelligence and analysis ken wayne steen for a discussion on the current challenges facing homeland security enterprise. today's event, w

it is not just dhs.ns need that we have to continue. this has to get done. >> the israeli delegation coming, do we have a sense of who is leading that from their side or the u.s. side? >> i don't have anything to share on tas we get closer to an we can share information on when that meeting will happen, we will have more to share. just don't havenydetails than wd earlier. >> imperative to that biden is having with netanyahu and his government, does this mean that president biden feels that the government is legitimate and shoul continue, and that engagement with them can bear more fruit than in the past? >> say that again? >> that the netanyahu governnt m as a legitimate leader -- >> let's be clear. bibi netanyahu is the prime minister of israel. that is something that we know, that is fact. that dthat is the reason why wee been in constant communication with the israeli government from all levels. changed. >> i asked because schumer suggested -- >> as it relates to any elections or anything like that, t

>> reporter: essentially it's a paperwork error where dhs did not file the required notices to appearscheduled court hearing and that resulted in since president biden took office 200,000 deportation cases being thrown out. look at this video from yesterday where we had 150 migrants across the border illegally in california. according to the nonpartisan group track, dhs is backing up the courts by scheduling immigration hearings before the agency is capable of filing the notice to appear. there are 3. 5 million pending immigration cases, dhs can restart the process after its mistake but according to this group track, that only happens roughly 25% of the time. take a look at this next video, let's pull up our live fox news drone, crossings are down in texas right now as we await a ruling for the immediate future on sb 4, a law that would allow texas to arrest and deport migrants who cross the border illegally. you see this small group that just crossed the rio grande. these people under sb 4 would be eligible to be arrested and possibly deported. the immediate ruling will determine the

we provide kits to dhs to collectder that get sent to the fbi lab. in samples that need to be collected. that's what helps us identify people emitting crime in the united states, or, as has happened too often, they go back across the border and try to re-illally to process those sams quickly if there's a backlog. we asked for enhancement. not only will we knockt enhancent, there was a 10% cut to the screening center. whatever happened in 24, but i would urge you look at fiscal year 2025 if we are serious about protecting the border. >> i think it's worth noting that■■■)■ a serious, tough, bipartisan security measure was put forward in the congress. in fact, co-authored by conservative republican have searched enforcement resources to the border, which would provided substantial resources to fight cartels and cut down on fentanyl trafficking, it would've tightened asylum standards and expedited adjudication, therefore, movable timelines for those trying to enter the country without a valid reason to. the former presint out the word that he wanted the.

may not be what were saying behind the scenes fairplex you have details for us what's in the dhs billr specifically? >> they were actually able to add several billions of a dollas for more border enforcement. soe republican saw as a win. we will just have to see where this comes out to rid really fast for. >> what is the hold it by the way why hasn't come out yet? i thought everything was agreed to. >> most of it was agreed too the last minute with dhs the bite administration had some last-minuteme concerns i think t took a little time to work through. the borders number one election issue going into the fall. i was very strong feelings on both sides. it takes them to hash these things out but once you agree in a meeting you have to work out the exactan journalists we can e every word it matters. hopefully it will be seeing that later today. >> i want to ask you about an article you wrote for the christian science monitor congress takes a hard swing at tiktok. words that stand to pass theà house in a bipartisan fashion? or does it stand in the senate now? occidental gave a cooler rece

prohibits dhs from processing the entry of non-us nationals.er federal law arriving between ports of entry in other words it requires a manageable administrative process. these are the ports of entry you want to come in, you get a line on discuss it, we eventually make determinations there. not everywhere between the ports of entry so they said that is it is ports of entry or it is nothing. the democrats don't believe in that it limits asylum eligibility to non- u.s. nationals arrive in the u.s. states and a port of entry. it authorizes the removal of non- u.s. nationals to a country other than that individual's country of nationality or at last lawful habitual residence where it were as apparently thif removal may only be to a country has an agreement and the united states for such removal such an example venezuela run by a communist genocidal murderer has said we are not taking anybody back he is sending his criminals here. he is sending his gang members here. it's having an effect right now in our country the venezuelan criminals we've never

they do need to agree on a pathway to keep dhs open until the end of september.in all of the dhs programs is republicans agreeing effectively to continue the biden administration's border policies which they are vehemently opposed to. so a real thor any issue. i'll be honest with you. this is not coming out of nowhere. they've known for a year that they needed to get this done. they needed to wrap their arms around it and haven't done it yet. >> they keep kicking the can down the road. >> that's right. >> the latest fight coming almost six months into the fiscal year. how unusual is this? >> very. we've never had a shutdown this late in the fiscal year. remember, what we're fighting over on capitol hill is funding from march until the end of september. this is not even a full year of funding. this is just about six months of funding. we'll be right back at this at the end of september right before election season, and speaker mike johnson is already getting pressure to shut down the government at the end of september as to not lock in on what some conservatives s

dhs assets are - ensure all dhs assets are integrated. _ ensure all dhs assets are integrated, so _and, we heard senator ben cardin, the senatorfrom maryland, talking to the press as well, wes moore, the governor of maryland, also thinking those first responders who attended the c —— also thinking. also look into the future as well, talking about what the future might look like in terms of getting that bridge up like in terms of getting that bridge up and running. we will leave this press conference momentarily. as i said to you a little bit earlier, these are the hours after the accident and so we will leave that press conference now. let's take you to some other news now that we are talking about here at the bbc, and this is... the director general of the bbc, tim davie, says the corporation will launch its biggest ever consultation process next year so the public can inform and drive the debate on the future of the bbc and the licence fee. he said it was right to ask fundamental questions about the licence fee's longevity in a world that is now full of choice. here's our media ed

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>> the president is engaged with dhs.d with leadership -- >> martha: why not the border patrol? >> he's engaged with the border patrol. he was just in brownsville -- >> martha: he never met with the former or current chief. he's been president for three years. just met him the other day. >> he again is engaged with everybody at dhs including border patrol down there in brownsville talking to them on the ground, hearing from them directly about what their concerns are. >> martha: okay. just to confirm that record. they never met before thursday, correct? or spoke? >> i don't have the president's daily calendar with me in terms of like who he's met specifically with. the idea that he's somehow disengaged from the border patrol flies in the face of the facts. >> martha: obviously this is a very important issue for his election. now what we're learning is 75% of the border crossings are happening in what people would consider to be blue states. new mexico, arizona, california. 75% of the border crossings. you can see the numb

national security threat going a little further than broad concern as president and more specific, dhs monitors all available intelligence at the border every single day and we're certainly aware >> bill: what's going on, there was a ceasefire vote earlier today at united nations and the vote went through 14-0 because the united states abstained and all this is developing because the u.s. government is concerned alabama the idf, israeli defense forces surrounding rafah and gaza and going in soon. 14-0 and israel urged the united states to veto it. it chose not to and israeli delegation that was expected in washington on wednesday will not happen. i want to bring in steve hilton, fox news contributor for this and more and breaking news of the day. steve, your reaction to what appears to be a growing divide. >> it's very clear and not just us that have been staunched supporters of israel and it's clear that the official position and biden administration is going to allow hamas to win? is that the position? >> they're saying very clearly israel should just stop and don't pursue hamas in r

it will call on the various federal agencies at dot, at dhs, the army corps of engineers in this casel be involved it will probably take quite a few months before they get the bottom line conclusions. but that's where we should all be focused on that agency and what it concludes and it will make recommendations and i hope both the executive branch and congress will take very seriously. whatever they are. >> laura: less than two month ago christopher wray warned congress that china is studying and targeting our infrastructure. watch this. there has been far too little public focus on the fact that prc hackers are targeting our critical infrastructure. china's hackers are positioning on american infrastructure in preparation to wreak havoc and cause real world harm to american citizens and communities if and when china decides the time has come to strike. >> laura: chad, that's chilling. i forgot that he had said that until we were getting ready for the show. again, we don't have any conclusion as to what happened here, likely an accident. but, nevertheless, are we taking that warning s

former acting dhs secretary chad wolf with me now.n the border tonight? >> i don't think so. i don't think we're going to hear any new policies or new ideas from the prime minister i think he'll double down on on the messaging that he had in south texas just several days ago blaming republicans and blaming others for for a failed senate bill that never got across the finish line. stuart: does that fly with voters really? if we've had this crisis going on for three and a half years, and he blames republicans. does that fly? >> i don't think it does. i think most americans understand that -- they remember the actions that president biden and others took at the beginning of the administration in 2021 that undid a lot of successful programs that kept that border an orderly process. and so i think -- and all the actions that they've taken since to cause an end to the crisis that we see today. so i think most americans know who is to blame here, who is not taking action, and i think that's reflected in the number of poms that we've seen --

and then armed with that list, that's what allows us to engage with dhs as a running -- as they're inith designates someone on the no-fly list? >> well, the difference between no-fly list and the selectee list i guess i would say is they are both individuals who based on the list don't shouldn't fly, and then there are those who are identified for heightened screening. and it, interagency process determines who's in which category. >> what's the fbi's role in that? >> well, the fbi contributes its own threat intelligence, and obviously, maintains the watch list itself. >> and the no-fly list is maintained by the fbi? ■, 81>> that's my understanding. >> have any individuals who are known terrorists, suspected terrorists or who are on the no-fly list presented themselves at the southern border or been apprehended crossing illegally into the united states? >> we have seen over the last, i think, five years an increase in the number of ksts or known or suspected terrorists attempting to cross the southern border. >> have i the knownist list, suspected terrorist list on no-fly if list pres

>> dhs has not responded to our request for comment because dhs didn't file the required notices to appear in time for the scheduled hearings for the immigrants across the board illegally. that's according to a nonpartisan group called track. the thought here since biden took office 200,000 deportation cases have been have been thrown out. we have a live look from california where 150 migrants have crossed the border illegally set to be processed by border patrol come our photographer on the ground says the vast majority of these migrants are colombians. many of them will receive notices to appear but according to this report dhs is scheduling immigration hearings before the agency is actually capable of filing the notices to appear. this contributes to a massive court backlog where they are three and half million pending immigration cases. you see illegals crossings skyrocketing out west crossings and texts decreasing as we await the immediate future of senate bill four a three-judge panel is set to give if texas can enforce it and then run period of the next two weeks, take a look at our

but also included for example parts of dhs that are not in the intelligence.y to see are there ways in which we can better support within the intelligence community white dea is doing. what treasury is doing in sanctions. >> you have recommendations based on that? >> yes. they just finalize the report we get your copy of that. >> look forwardo it. general, how are they currently using collection to target narcotics trafficking i really want you to focus on the fact that because counter narcotics is not categorized within pfizer 702 that prevents us from actually targeting a lot of these affiliates of the mexican drug cartels they are subcontractors once they do speak to that? >> represented thank you for the question read section 702 is about the national defense of relation and so many different ways. as you have highlighted it does give us flexibility of targeting foreign insurance threats overseas. the area we have been accessible as being able to identify some of the precursor chemicals as they are transiting from china. but we do hit limitations in how we

host: do you have any details as to what's in the dhs bill for the border specifically?blished yet but what i've heard is that they were able to add several billions of dollars for more border enforcement and i that was something the republican saw as a win. we will just have to see when the text comes out. host: what's the holdup? why hasn't come out yet? i thought everything was agreed to? guest: most agreed to and there were some pickups at the last minute. the biden administration had some last-minute concerns that they brought through. these are huge things. the border is the number one election issue going into this fall. sides and it just takes time to hash these things out. even once you agree in a meeting, then you have to guage. has journalist, we appreciate every word matters. hopefully, we will see that later today. host: iant to ask you about an article you wrote for the christian science monitor, congress takes a hard swing at tiktok. where does that stand? it passed the house and a bipartisan way so what is it stand in the senate? guest: the senate gave it

you were starting to say that you talk to dhs and directer wray we're going to close because i think these efforts that you make against these attempts at misinformation and division are critical, but there is a very hazy line between identifying those efforts going after those efforts and compromising constitutionally-protected freedom of expression and speech and. so director haines, give us a sense for what you're doing about it. >> sure. and i welcome to the extent that you have time just to hear from system of my other colleagues, i mean, i think all of us are involved in this in many respects in supporting the fbi's efforts. we stood up in odni the election threat executive in 2019 which was incorporated into the foreign malign influence center. and if that center is responsible for integrating intelligence on foreign malign influence or interference targeting u.s. elections. it also strategy chi manages i. collection and analytic resources on this issue and fosters partnership with other government private and foreign entities x. in 2022 we added the position of a national int

dhs didn't file the notices to appear before the scheduled court dates. according to the nonpartisan group dhs is backing up the courts by scheduling immigration hearings before the agency is actually capable of filing the notice to appear. right now there are over 3 million pending immigration cases. dhs can restart the process after its mistake but according to track, that only happened 25% of the time. the migrants that you see here crossed into california yesterday, 150 of them. right now illegal crossings are down in texas as we await that ruling on sb4. the immediate ruling, john, will determine if texas can en forers the law over the next two weeks and the overall law, the constitutionality of it will be considered on april 3rd. texas argued in court yesterday it whats a right to defend itself. the biden administration says the law oversteps federal authority over the borders. look at this new video from texas dps. we have two human smuggling chases from texas dps. the first one in county. the driver is from jumpsoveraranchfencebefore troopers-- --

joining meecre now chadwick mooe former acting dhs secretary, and kimberly, transportation secretaryresident reagan an ad my boss, both to see you. we are told this is a freak accident, chad, but i thought you just hard, hard target there hard targets but it didn't seemt so hard to collapse.'s >> unfortunately, that is right. i think this is a tragic incident i have not heard oront. seen anything that says otherwise. so let me sa poiy that upfront k of what i think this does point to is thane nation's critical infrastructure and how vulnerable it can be. so you not only look at everything from health care systems to not only oursk transportation system, our utility systems, you looityk ate risk, you look at from b vulnerability and you also look at the criticality. we talked about this bridge and i-95 corridor and servings ma baltimore and a major artery for hazardous material spain transported, you must look at the criticality of that critical infrastructure and harden it ant protect it and make sure something does happen and resilience is built intoons its well. there is a lot of l

because dhs simply failed to file the required notices to appear or nta in time.he transactional records access clearing house writes this in their report. quote: without a proper filing, the court lacks jurisdiction to hear the case and the immigrants often asylum seekers lack a way to move their case forward. these large numbers of dismissals in what then happens raise serious concerns. meanwhile, another criminal migrant arrested by border patrol, this one in paso, this columbian man you see here, is he covered in tattoos confirmed as a gang member of the violent clan day gulfo, they searched him and found photos of people being tortured on his cell phone. great news. now, the border patrol chief, jason owens also says three more colombian nationals recently nabbed in el paso all with violent history, homicide, kidnapping, and firearms trafficking. guys? >> steve: you know, griff, the question becomes where are all those people? because the department of homeland -- dhs never issued new notices to appear to re-start their court cases. so it sounds like they are

texas, sb four, they are doing more to protect the border anybody except front line of dhs. they would not need the law if the federal government was protecting the border much sb four is part of the problem and rich for white house to say that is going to cause chaos. we've had chaos during the biden presidency, for them to suggest this will make things worse is hypocrisy at the highest level. >> todd: that statement from the white house was gaslighting at the highest order. if this case is decided in texas's favor, think logically, you know this well, won't all border states need to enact similar laws or face real threat of the illegal migrants saying we are going to have problems if we go to texas or arizona, california is only place we will not be arrested immediately and sent back. that is a big cries for state of california or any border states that don't enact a law if ultimately approved. what say you? >> we've seen a shift out of texas for how it is playing out in eagle pass. texas locked down shelby park. they have effectively shifted traffic out west. the governor

>> there are, based on my time at dhs and working with the department of justice and the department of state, there is an orn going discussion about how to enhance our information arrangements with other countries while concurrently within the intelligence community, conversations about how to make the best use of intelligence collection and analysis resources. but we need to rethink the international information structure that we have to feed into our vetting architecture. >> and there is a time limit on how long someone could be detained for under federal law. so how quickly could you do all of this vetting? >> well vetting is a point in time check. vetting is based on the best information you have at that moment. if the federal government had additional resources, the federal government could vet migrants on an ongoing basis. so even after they were released, if new information did enter the system, there is a vetting process and that is where technology and the federal government would benefit from additional vetting resources so that all migrants could be vetted on an ongoing basi

we also reached out to dhs for further clarity, no response from them yet.ng us now texas congressman chip roy and chad wolf former acting dhs secretary under president trump. congressman, you get the sense that the biden administration is preparing to bring in hundreds of thousands of haitians into the united states? >> well, good evening, laura, yeah. there is no question about it. you just mentioned it. we had 133,000, i think, haitians. what the american people don't fully understand the extent to which radical progressive democrats, led by biden, led by alejandro mayorkas are releasing large numbers of people into the united states purposefully. right? in total violation of the law. they are using parole, they are using asylum to mass release i think the number around is somewhere around 4.5 million people. now you are seeing this 133,000 from haiti where have you got now roving gangs running around the island engaging in cannibalistic activity. >> laura: these are all law abiding people coming into the country. sure. this is the joke, right? you have g

track also finds dhs is fixing its mistake and restarting the filing process only 25% of the time.he rest result in migrants released into the country without a hearing. human smuggling continues to be a big problem in texas. look at this video. this chase with texas dps is from kenny county. the driver is an illegal immigrant who lived in pennsylvania. you see he is stopped, six migrants bail out of the car, troopers eventually catch the driver with a pit maneuver you see right here and track down five of the six migrants that bailed out. right now, shannon, illegal crossings are relatively down in texas as we await the immediate future of sb4. but again illegal crossings skyrocketing in america's west. send it back to you. >> shannon: nate foye. thank you very much from the border. jason chaffetz, fox news contributor, former republican congressman from utah. always great to see you. i want to start in the role you had as chairman of the house oversight committee. is there a role for that committee when it comes to what nate is talking about. hundreds of thousands of cases dismis

let's bring in for dhs advisor charles marino. carlsberg going to get to this program in just a moment. fox news is also told the suspect flew directly from haiti to jfk airport in june was sponsored by someone in new jersey. fox news is also told an ice detainer has been lodged against the suspect so what does it mean to have an ice detainer lodged as a likins apb? quick space of the ice issuing to the local authorities a detainer that says since this individual has now been charged with a crime, once that is resolved who should be immediately turned over to ice officials to be deported immediately out of the country. this has been an issue especially within sanctuary cities to have refused to work with ice and comply with these detainer's. therefore allowing those that are in the country whether legally or illegally and not turn them over to ice to immediately be deported but go out and commit further crimes against the public. arthel: to be clear not all haitian migrants are rapists or suspected rapists. >> trooper. >> will get

he serves as the chief intelligence officer for dhs and reports directly to the dhs secretary and director of national intelligence. he also previously served as a commissioner on the bipartisan commission on bio defense as a member of the public interest declassification board, and several other national security organizations. he previously spent over 20 years in law enforcement and national security positions. he was a federal prosecutor, acting united states attorney, general counsel of the fbi and homeland security advisor with president george w. bush. this is quite an accomplished group here today and i think we will have a very interesting time. with that, time for you to come on board. [applause] >> you are here. i'm at that end. why don't we start asking everybody in 90 seconds or so if you could, how would each of you characterize the threats we face when it comes to bio weapons and artificial intelligence, and what do you focus on when it comes to studying the issue? i will give you a chance to reintroduce yourself and put a face to the name and if you can answer that as quickl

but when you read the text of the bipartisan bill it was giving more of the same because it allowed dhs alejandro mayorkas and joe biden more flexibility, they are already ignoring existing laws so we passed another law with loopholes. >> if i can veer to tiktok in the move the senate will take it up, that is no guarantee it was overwhelmingly ruled in the house the republicans wanted it to go away or at least go away with chinese control that might change. i'm wondering if that change when donald trump was saying maybe not so fast he is not a fan of having to go away because meta does far worse, what do you think. >> respectfully what the legislation did was going to compel sl outside of the communist party. >> varinbarring the cell it woud push for a ban. >> i'm still in favor of it because the terms of use with tiktok is too dangerous for the communist party to have a window into what's happening in this country and the bill was narrow and had to have a company that engage in certain activities and social media platform and controlled by north korea, iran, russia or china it was a na

multiple dhs and i.c.e. sources saying the haitian migrant seen here charged with raping a 15-year-old disabled girl at a massachusetts hotel that was housing migrants and they say he was able to enter the u.s. via that controversial parole program. our national correspondent griff jenkins joins us live. this is the thing the biden administration was touting as the solution to the problems on the southern border. looks like it was not a solution of much. >> that's right, that's right, john. and the last part is really important and the story, but here it is for those just learning, 26-year-old cory alvarez, his picture again, brought into the u.s. last summer, legally, via the chnv parole program, allows up to 30,000 a month, from haiti, venezuela, nicaragua, fly in, two years of parole, vetted and have a u.s. sponsor, able to work as well. now in this case, alvarez flew from haiti to jfk airport in new york in june of 2023, john. he listed a sponsor in new jersey and now charged with raping this 15-year-old

areas and does not address chronic underfunding of dhs.exas on the biden administration now await a key ruling on senate bill four which would allow texas to arrest and deport migrants who cross the border illegally. >> that ruling could come at any moment. it will determine if texas can force sb four of the next 10 days then there will be another hearing about whether or not the law is unconstitutional coming up on april 3. we will send it back to you. to succeed nay audit trey yingst live from tel aviv. hi trey. >> good morning paired horrific scenes out of russia this weekend as isis-k launched a large-scale attack against civilians. i duty to warn our viewers some of the following images are graphic. the crack of gunfire pierces the air of a moscow concert hall as a group of isis-k gunmen systematically work their way to the venue killing more than 130 million people in their path. >> the main thing now is to prevent those who are behind this a bloodbath from committing a new crime. russia's president vladimir putin going to identify a

it's the primary investigative agency for dhs. there are about 6000 agents spread out around the country and actually some internationally. they derive most of their authority, laura, from dhs responsibility to regulate the borders and ports of entry and transportation systems. so they essentially have the authority to investigate the illicit movement of all sorts of things people, drugs, money, contraband, across border line, essentially. and that makes sense. if this is actually a, sex trafficking investigation, which is, of course, the investigation of people across borders for immoral purposes and that sort of thing. so it's not maybe the agency that everyone thinks of first. but it is a very active one with strong legal authority, and they're clearly working with prosecutors in new york. >> andrew, why so heavily armed? >> well, there's a couple of reasons there. one, you're talking about very, very large places that have to be searched, and any time you're going to do that, you're going to want to clear those places of threa

more for on the crisis, or chad wolf joins me now, former acting dhs secretary under president trump the executive director of the america first policy institute. chad, welcome. >> thank you for having me. mike: what's your reaction to the latest headlines coming from our southern border? >> well, obviously, the death of national guardsmen and a border patrol agent is tragic. i agree with tom homan, those flights and the type of capability that they give us is absolutely critical. so not only have they done those in the past, but i assume they'll continue those types of operations as that border is very difficult to patrol. but, look, the crisis is ongoing. and and as you anticipated, we're coming upon the spring season. those numbers and the illegal apprehensions start to surge. and they'll start to surge because there's not a policy in place down along that border that is deterring the illegal behavior. mike: president biden's taking some pushback for the way he refers to the alleged murder of nursing student laken riley. let's play it. [inaudible conversations] >> lincoln, lincoln

desantis working with coast guard problem with that, unfortunately, coast guard is under control of dhsactually sends vessels out to turn vessels away not let them in u.s. waters there is no way to stop them, i do believe there are measures can be taken but you can't allow them into u.s. waters easier to stop that than having them koep up through land what i am really concerned, concerned southwest border is going to get lit hard again by haitian smooigz what do you mean by that? >> if you look at easiest way easy to turn vessels away on water as long as you watch them before they make it into u.s. territory, but coming up through mexico no way we can stop them mexican government doesn't want to see this go away they are making too much money are cartels money goes right back to mexicocan economy mexico does not want migrant crisis to end so haitians are able to continue to come up through darien gap to guatemala, el salvador to mexicocan border up to united states border from there. >> it is incredible brandon i don't think there is going to be an outcome that is pleasing to you or bor

i saw today dhs has 50 people who they are looking for in ai.'m not sure how many within treasury we will be hiring, but there are not a lot of folks out there. how do you make sure you were pulling in the right folks with the right skills to address that. how do we make sure this does not get out of control? you know that ai and other things can always go into a direction not originally intended to read that is where governance comes into it. how do we make sure all the different components within treasury are aligned. we have 13 different bureaus. that they are not coordinating so we are doing 13 times spend without the benefits we are getting for it. so understanding how to coordinate this is going to be really huge. how do we also work with our brethren in other departments and agencies like energy, fbi, and the like to understand how they are looking at it to align resources even better. working with trade and other folks like the folks here today to understand, how are you looking at it? how do we take best practices and incorporate those

we reached out to dhs for clarity but no response from f them.ongressmangn chip roy and former acting dhs secretary under president trump, congressman, do you get thatioe sense the biden administration o is preparing to bring inra hundreds of thousands of e united states? >> good evening, laura, there is no question about it. you mentioned 133,000 nations. but i think what the american people don't understand the radical progressive democrats led by r biden, led by s alejandro mayorkas are releasing largpurpe numbers of people in e united states purposefully. in total violation of the law,um right? t using parole come asylum to mass release and i think the numberpe is somewhere between 4.5 million people. now yohis u see 133,000 from hai where you have broken games with cannibalistic -- >> laura: these are law-abiding people coming into untrthe country. dem >> this is the joke, right, democrats will go to the floor liked jim mcgovern, and theyn thwill say republicans on thisri now, why? of fake bill in the senateca. these progressive democrats wa