for the last three months acting secretary elaine duke has provided exactly that kind of leadership during a crucial time for our country. melania and i are particularly grateful for her contributions to the rapid and life saving response for the families affected by the wildfires in california and during one of the worst hurricane seasons in united states history. she is going to be a great partner for kirstjen has deputy secretary at the department. kirstjen, congratulations again you to, your friends and your family. i know you willful fill your duties with dedication, determination, and resolve and i know you will never waiver in fulfilling your obligations to the citizens, the laws and the country we all took an oath to protect. may god bless you. may god bless america. good luck. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you very much, mr. president. thank you for the honor of this nomination and for your extraordinary leadership. i am humbled by the trust you are placing in me, and should i be confirmed, i will, with the utmost strength and dedication, work every day to protect and secure ou

i look forward continuing the leadership from john kelly and elaine duke at dhs.ig shoed s to fill, i will als continue to give the sport, tools, and resources they need to carry out their difficult and often dangerous missions. i look forward to speaking with the members of the senate, republicans and democrats to answer their questions and seek their advice. if confirmed to work closely with them and all members of congress in the years ahead. finally i want to thank general kelly for allowing me to serve with him. he is the epitome of selfless service and he truly leads by example. it is a tremendous honor. i would also like to thank my family for their love and support throughout my life. it would not have been possible without all of you. i hope to make you all proud and live up to your high standards and the standards that the american people expect and deserve. thank you for this opportunity to help fulfill the commit tome to defend the nation in a we love. thank you. >> all right, we did it. i'm following you out. [ applause ] [ applause ] >>> so, the pres

elaine duke, the deputy. and madam secretary kiersten yelkin. she is the latest in a number of women that president trump has elevated, gave women a chance in new york real estate when no man would. in his corporation. his campaign, his white house and cabinet. such a juxtaposition to think about what the two parties are dealing with. this is a president who says when i'm going to empower women, how am i going to do that? he signs an executive order that helps. they have no health insurance, it's huge. he is out there with truckers and others in pennsylvania promising them middle-class taxt that's the way you empower women. you help them when you are in a position to do that. these people in hollywood failed. this president is succeeding. >> sean: last night before the president arrived for the interview, i can't let you go without an important political question -- i went through the crowd. you might argue this is a pro-president crowd because they were there, i asked about the president. they love the president. and i asked about the republica

and elaine duke herself has said, that wasn't the best way to say what she was trying to say.rly, you mentioned earlier, he doesn't like to lose. we've done a great job, fantastic job. people are now starting to recognize the amazing work that has been done by fema. he is defending his response, but then "outside of the fake news or politically motivated ingrates." i'll just make one more quick point and yield to the table. our reporters on the ground are showing you what's happening. there's no fake news, those are real people or real pictures. sometimes when they complain or voice frustration, they may misdirect it, they've lost their homes, their lives, their towns. those are human stories. but, "politically motivated ingrates," when you're trying to turn the page. one would hope the goal is to turn the page, get everybody back on the same paymege and fo on the paeople of puerto rico. >> the word "ingrates" is the most difficult to swallow, because you had people just ravaged by a really severe storm. you should not expect them to say, oh, thank you, thank you so much for t

elaine duke, acting secretary. dom, great job. to all my people, i have to say general buchanan got here a few days ago and no doubt about it you are a general. there is a reason you are a general, right? i said, give me a general. i'm one to have a general who plays games and you have been a great general. the whole team is amazing. the governor, who i did not know, i heard very good things about him. he is not even from my party and he started right from the beginning of appreciating what we did. he was tremendously supportive and he knew the level of problem that you had at the beginning before in the level -- what happened with the tremendous storms that hit your beautiful island. mr. governor, i just want to tell you that right from the beginning this governor did not play politics. he did not play it at all. he was saying it like it was and he was giving us the highest grades. on behalf of our country, i want to thank you. [applause] pres. trump: i also -- i also want to thank your congresswoman, who actually represents the

. >> dhs has been headed up by elaine duke up until now. what else does kirstjen nielsen have to confront, specifically borders? >> that's a huge issue. you heard john kelly talk about border security and push democrats -- >> he dodged that question. the president said democrats don't care about security and that's why they don't want stronger borders. >> he went back to obama and hillary clinton voting on borders. i think the good thing she brings to the job is she's close to john kelly and that gives him a strong ally. >> there was tea leaves reading, and that's his way to give her a soft landing if he ends up leaving. >> that was one hypothesis. the other is he needs allies across the administration. you've seen cabinet officials get caught up in scandals, including tom price who had been h to be let go because of his use of charter flights. he has secretary mattis and tillerson and now he has one of his right-hand people at dhs. >> we're going to keep an eye on this and we're going to go to it once it begins. so we're going to take a qu

elaine duke has been incredible. tom bossert is here someplace. tom, great job. great job. president trump: and to all of my people -- and i have to say, general buchanan got here a few days ago, and there's no doubt about it you are a general. there's a reason you're a general, right? but he's no games. i said, give me a general; i don't want to have any -- i don't want to have a general that plays games. and you've done a fantastic job. the whole team has been amazing. president trump: your governor has been -- who i didn't know; i heard very good things about him. he's not even from my party, and he started right at the beginning appreciating what we did. and he was tremendously supportive, and he knew the level of problem that you had at the beginning, before, and the level -- what happened with respect to the tremendous storms that hit your beautiful island. president trump: and, governor, i just want to tell you that, right from the beginning, this governor did not play politics. he didn't play it at all. he was saying it like it was, and he was giving us the highest

friday morning she was critical of elaine duke, the acting dhs secretary.he said there was a good news story to the fact that the federal government was beginning to get supplies in the hardest hit areas. it's not a good news story. it's a people dying story. i asked sarah huckabee sanders beyond that though, because this clearly goes deeper, what else the mayor of san juan to have the president respond to her in a critical fashion. let's listen to that exchange. >> the president was very sharply critical of mayor cruz. other than her comments on friday morning which she criticized elaine duke for saying this was a good news story for dhs getting supplies to areas that was needed, what was she doing that prompted criticism? >> our focus is to bring the mayor in the coordination efforts. this administration as well as other members on the ground have reached out to her. we hope she will join with us. >> so there's clearly a deeper story there. it sort of revolves around the idea that she thought the federal government should be going to her. fema has respond

under the comments on friday morning where she criticized the elaine duke, this is a good news story in terms of d.h.s. getting supplies out to areas, what was she doing that prompted such criticism? ms. sanders: look, right now our focus is to bring the mayor into the coordination efforts. this administration, as well as other members on the ground have reached out to her. we hope that she will join with us in those efforts. even be part of things. she's been invited to participate in the events tomorrow as well. and we hope those conversations will happen and we can work together to move forward. reporter: reimburse the government yet? if not is there a specific deadline? ms. sanders: i'm not sure the time frame on that or whether or not it's already taken place. but we'll certainly keep you posted on that. reporter: thank you. given what the president said about secretary and over the weekend, does the president still have confidence in him as secretary of state? s. sanders: he does. reporter: since those reporter: since those -- ms. sanders: i believe so. i have to verify. report

over the sluggishness of the federal response as well as for tone deaf remarks like this one by elaine duke, the acting homeland security secretary during a thursday press conference. >> i am very satisfied. i know it's a hard storm to recover from, but the amount of progress that's been made and i really would appreciate any support that we get. i know it is really, a good news story in terms of our ability to reach people and the limited number of deaths that have taken place in such a devastating hurricane. >> a good news story. just let that sink in for a moment. make no mistake about it. the situation in puerto rico is dire. roughly half the residents still without running water. just 36 of puerto rico's 69 hospitals are open and have power. millions of people, again, u.s. citizens, are increasingly desperate and begging for help, literally. a trump administration official is concerned about good press. after a day of bad news stories about elaine duke's response, she had a different message today. >> clearly, the situation here in puerto rico, after the devastating hurricane is not sa

other than your comments on friday morning, where she criticized elaine duke for saying this was a good news story in terms of d.h.s. getting supplies to areas where they were needed, what was she doing that prompted such criticism from the president? sarah: look, right now our focus is to bring the mayor into the coordination efforts. this administration, as well as other members on the ground, have reached out to her. we hope that she will join with us in those efforts and be part of things. she's been invited to participate in the events tomorrow as well and we hope that those conversations will happen. and we can all work together to move forward. reporter: -- [inaudible] -- reimburse the government yet for -- [inaudible] -- and if not, is there a specific deadline when you and the president expect -- [inaudible] sarah: i'm not sure on the time frame for that. or whether or not it's already taken place. but we'll keep you posted on that. reporter: given what the president said about secretary of state tillerson's outreach to north korea over the weekend, does the president still hav

. >> mike pence promising to be there every step of the ways elaine duke the acting homeland securityet to go back to the island later today. but here is the thing. when the president says that fema and federal responders can't stay there forever, puerto ricans hear a message especially puerto ricans that haven't seen the federal response that is very different. on so in the next 20 to 30 minutes, we have some news for you. the governor of puerto rico is going to respond to what the president had to say. he has been apparently on the phone with the white house. he will be holding a breaks conference here. you're taking live look. we are monitoring this.breaks conference here. you're taking live look. we are monitoring this. it will bespanish and we're moon toring monitoring it. gabe guttierez is on the phone because you have been traveling throughout the island here. and there is an interesting juxtaposition. the president says the federal government can't say a whole ton ever time, but in some places people have not even seen the federal government. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. a

currently holding that post, a woman by the name of elaine duke. she you see marine one crossing overhead as the president prepares to head to harrisburg in a short time from now. elaine duke overseeing homeland security after the wake of the hurricanes from texas to florida, to puerto rico. >> peter alexander and courtney kubey, thank you both. appreciate that. >>> put this in perspective. i want to walk you through what was going on around the president during that time. go to july 19th. the day before that meeting on the nuclear arsenal. the president had a meeting on afghanistan. that was when he called for the referring nation of the commander of u.s. forces there, and compared war strategy to a new york restaurant renovation. it was also the day he berated attorney general sessions to the "new york times" for recusing himself over the russia probe. july 20th, the day of that nuclear arsenal meeting marked six months in office for the president, who at that point still hadn't passed any meaningful legislation. it was also the same day nbc news

for the last three months acting secretary elaine duke has provided exactly that kind of leadership duringe for our country. melania and i are particularly grateful for her contributions to the rapid and life-saving response for the families affected by wildfires in california and during one of the worst hurricane seasons in united states history. she is going to be a great partner for kirstjen as deputy secretary at the department. congratulations to you and your family and i know you will fill your duties with dedication, determination and resolve and i know you will never waiver in fulfilling your obligations to the citizens, the laws and the country we all took an oath to protect. may god bless you, may god bless america. good luck. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you very much, mr. president. thankthank you for honor of this nomination and for your extraordinary leadership. i am humbled by the trust you are placing in me and should i be confirmed, i will with the utmost strength and dedication work every day to protect and secure our homeland. i also want to thank

it's not right and it's not fair accountinghank secretary elaine duke for her leadership in responding to the catastrophic storms that have struck our nation and our territoryies we have also issued disaster declaration in california, in response to the we'veating wildfires like never seen. and we mourn the terrible loss of life. fema and first respond ers there. we have our military helping. very sad to watch how fast, how rapidly they move and how people are caught in their house s. it's an incredible thing, caught in their houses. people helping, california.n we've made a lot of progress in the last couple of days but little subject to winds nature. happens with but it's been -- it's a very sad thing to watch. we also continue to pray for the victims of the mass shooting in las vegas. we cannot erase the pain of those who lost their loved ones but we pledge to never leave their side. we're working with them very much so with the f.b.i. and law , department of justice. guess a lot of people think they understand what happened but he was a demented, sick individual. the wires were cro

for the last three months acting secretary elaine duke has provided exactly that kind of leadership during crucial time for our country. melania and i are particularly grateful for our contributions to the rapid and life saving response for the families affected by the wild fires in california and during one of the worst hurricane seasons in united states history. she's going to be a great partner for kirstjen, as deputy secretary at the department. kirstjen, congratulations again to you, your friends and your family. i know you will fulfill your duties with dedication, determination and resolve, and i know you will never waiver in fulfilling your obligations to the citizens, the laws and the country we all took an oath to protect. may god bless you, may god bless america. good luck. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. [ applause ] thank you. thank you. thank you very much mr. president. thank you for the honor of this nomination and for your extraordinary leadership. i am humbled by the trust you are placing in me, and should i be confirmed, i will, with the utmost strength and dedicati

are fully engaged with christopher wray in washington on the attack elaine duke it said there is no threat involving other public venues, but we are seeing increased security in or around the country as public events out of an abundance of caution, and those will be made on a case-by-case basis by state and local officials. meanwhile, fbi is bringing its full and get forces to get las vegas shooting as you mentioned the 800 fbi line for tips and video and social media. any kind of evidence they can piece together the events and individuals leading up to the shooting. the fbi has extraordinary ability to process mass amounts of data and to do so, extremely rapidly. much of this work is done at the labs and quantico, virginia. the processing helps investors recreate the scene and in this case, they can understand the direction of the fire from the hotel room by the suspect. the latest information, you just got at the news conference about an hour and a half ago, is that stephen paddock was able to keep a low profile before the shooting. >> this is an individual though described as

for permanent secretary within days, next week perhaps, and rumors are consistent, he will make elaine duke the permanent secretary and send her appointment up. true or false. >> i'm not going to get ahead of any announcement the president may make bat permanent person. i will say acting secretary duke is very competent and has managed the department of homeland security very well in a very tough and trying time, given the hurricane season that we have had, and certainly have not wanted to make a big shift in leadership during this time, and while there's so much going on there, in terms of a timetable, we'll keep you post evidence when he have an announcement. >> that's what you just said about secretary duke's testimony you gave others the president's opinion of her as well. >> yes, he's happy with the job she has done as acting secretary. jordan. >> the immigration principles being floated out there would be harmful to the daca and believes daca should we separate from discussion about illegal immigration. are you committed to attaching legal item the daca debate. >> we want to make sure

acting secretary elaine duke and confirmed that i.c.e. will suspend immigration enforcement in the area until further notice. it is our belief and our understanding as californians that that notice will be clear when this -- this effort will end in terms of not enforcing immigration, and we want to be clear when it's going to start so we can tell californians because right now they are trusting d.h.s.' word that the immigration enforcement has been suspended. we will support -- we're told that fema through elaine duke will also support emergency packages that provide disaster relief for the hurricanes in texas, florida, puerto rico, and the united states virgin islands. california is resilient and we will rebuild, but we need help. more than 12,000 constituents have contacted our office. and we will continue to work with fema, h.u.d., the small business administration, and the usda to ensure that those affected in my state will get all the relief that is necessary. congress needs to fund programs like the community development block grant

deb: speaking in london last week, elaine duke told the audience the terror groups are trying to reorganize themselves for a 9/11 style attack once again using aircraft. can you tell us about this specific threat? nicholas: i think what secretary duke was referring to was terrorists groups, both isis and al qaeda, continue to prioritize the aviation sector. that is a fact. they do that for a couple of reasons. they view it as iconic, a success in taking out aviation targets as attacking aviation would have disproportionate benefit to them. it would create disproportionate economic harm on the united states in western countries, create disproportionate political harm to western governments, and it would create disproportionate benefits to those terrorist organizations in terms of their reach and recruitment. we know of all the things bad guys can do, aviation is a preoccupation. they continue to focus on trying to attack us collectively in that way. they also know we are improving every day with our screening and defensive capabilities. it is a constant push and pull to improve our capabilit

speaking ahead of a meeting of g7 interior ministers, the acting secretary of homeland security, elaine duketo deal with the threat. that threat is probably higher than ever. we are in the midst of working with the uk and other countries on raising the baseline for global aviation security. it‘s a short—term, medium—term and long—term plan. a second and final deadline for catalonia to confirm whether or not it is breaking away from spain, expires at nine o‘clock this morning. the spanish government wants the catalan leader, carles puigdemont, to retract a unilateral declaration of independence he made last week. if he doesn‘t, ministers in madrid are expected to take control of parts of catalonia‘s administration. there‘s been a steep decline in the number of flying insects over the past three decades, which scientists say could have severe implications for all life on earth. research carried out in dozens of german nature reserves has shown a loss of more than 75% of flying insects — including butterflies, bees and moths. scientists have warned of the damaging consequences for wildlife due

should point out to there has also been a statement from the homeland security acting secretary elaine duke just to echo what rob reynolds was reporting there in terms of motivation still unclear but concerns for americans about public spaces and whether or not there was a need to be concerned right now with the statement coming from the homeland security secretary is in fact that there is no connection to international terror no connection in terms of a specific or credible threat with regard to public venues although the united states still stepping up security in order to alleviate those concerns and can really whenever we have a mass shooting on this sort of a scale it reignites the debate doesn't it about america's gun laws and that is a fierce debate. it's a fierce debate that brings out very strong passions on either side well there are certainly those who will want to point out that that are in favor of oh the open carry gun laws that exist in some united states for example in tennessee where last week there was a shooting in a church and it was an usher who was carrying a gun who p

condolences and sympathies but we also had a statement from the acting homeland security secretary elaine duke where she said in fact that she has no information to indicate that this may have been a specific credible threat regarding public venues because of course this took place at a concert where thousands of people were in a public open space however she does say that the homeland security department is now monitoring other public spaces in and around the united states and in some of those areas there has been stepped up security again until this investigation can be completed and that is going to take some time given the scale and scope of the crime scene certainly it's going to be a while before the motive of the sixty four year old gunman stephen paddick remains clear now certainly we've also had updates from law enforcement that they are continuing to try and determine what caused this man to act we do know that the only reason that he stopped was when he turned the gun on himself when police officers breached his hotel room so a lot of unanswered questions a lot of rifles found in th

howie: san juan's liberal mayor was asked to respond to elaine duke. >> i know it is a good news storyrms of our ability to reach people. and the limited number of deaths that have taken place in such a devastating hurricane. >> when you are drinking from a creek, it's not a good news story. when you have to pull people down from their buildings it's not a good news story. i'm sorry but that upsets me and frustrates me. howie: joining me is jennifer gonzalez-colon and puerto rico's only member of congress. there is criticism that the administration's help has been a failure. congresswoman gonzalez-colon: of course it's unfair. it was less than 10 days to recover. in the first hurricane we got 4,000 federal employees on the island, before, during and after. the same burg maria. then the government sent 10,000 persons. president is sending his staff, his secretaries, his cabinet to make sure the provisions are arriving. and he understands the main issue we have got is the logistics issue of the supplies. howie: you were just telling me you were down there during the hurricane and holding

isis could be planning another 9/11 style attack according to acting homeland security secretary elaine duke who warns, quote, the terrorist organization want to have the biggest explosion like they did on 9/11, they want to take down aircraft, they also said recent attacks like the van attack on the london bridge and bombing at the area on the ground a concerts are being used to keep isis members engaged while they plot another, quote, big explosion, this comes days after the terror army was driven out of their self-declared capital city of raqqa by us back forces. new information about the convicted felon accused of gunning down 3 of his coworkers. he was arrested after leading police on a massive multistate manhunt, he is accused of opening fire in a business park outside baltimore and shooting another acquaintance outside a used car dealership in his home state of delaware. he was eventually arrested outside a high school. he has a long criminal history including 15 felony convictions, 42 arrests and a history of workplace violence, he was fired from a job after hitting a coworker and th

it is specifically when the administration, when homeland security secretary elaine duke said this was a good news story. she said it is not a good news story. people are dying. they need help fast. it has been a nightmare in puerto rico. there is supplies. they are waiting at the port. it has become very difficult to get the supplies to people on the island across the island. donald trump, when he landed he held that meeting in which local officials and first responders essentially praszed him and praised the government response. very unlike what we had been seeing from folks on the ground in puerto rico. from what our reporters frankly were sai seeing on the ground a still are seeing on the ground he did meet with the major for just a moment. she said this is not about politics. he sat down and immediately praised the governor. this is when he met with the mayor of puerto rico which he had been hammering on twitter. he walked away, sat down and praised the governor who has been much friendlier saying the government said this is not about politics and he never played politics. we are

elaine duke has been incredible. tom bossert is here someplace. tom, great job, great job. and to all of my people, and i have to say, general buchanan got here a few days ago. no doubt about it. there is a reason you are a general, right? he is no games. give me a general, i don't want have any, i don't want a general that plays games and you have done a fantastic job. the whole team has been amazing. your governor has been, who i didn't know, i heard very good things about him. he is not even from my party and he is started right at the beginning appreciating what we did. and he was tremendously supportive. and he knew the level of, of problem that you had at the beginning before, and at the level what happened with respect to the tremendous storms that hit your beautiful island. and governor, i just want to tell you that right from the beginning this governor did not play politics. he didn't play it at all. he was saying it like it was. he was giving us the highest praise. on behalf of our country. i want to thank you. [applause] i also, i also want to thank your congres

actingld note that homeland security secretary elaine duke has said that as of now, there is no otherlieved to be happening in las vegas and the neighboring hotels. she has also been briefed as well as president trump, there have been scheduling changes to the schedule today. he was opposed to have a joint event on deregulatory affairs with the vice president. has been amended. he is set to meet with the prime minister of thailand later this evening, and this following that meeting he will oft with the -- a series republican governors and then later this evening with other republican elected officials. i'm told he is still planning to go to puerto rico tomorrow. we are just a few minutes away from what will be shortly the first time we hear from president trump. a lot of attention now. all the development of the weekend, he is still anticipated to go to puerto rico. now, the deadliest mass shooting on american soil he is now having to face. vonnie: the president has had a number of these crises and tragedies on his watch already. what can he say to the people of america to sort of tam

, on thursday, acting secretary of homeland security, and librarian on the starship enterprise, elaine duke said this: >> i am very satisfied. i know it's a hard storm to recover from, but the amount of progress that's been made, and i really would appreciate any support that we get. i know it is really a good news story in terms of our ability to reach people and the limited number of deaths that have taken place in such a devastating hurricane. >> stephen: you know you work for the trump administration when one of the worst disasters in history seems like a good news story to you. ( laughter ) i know you're trying to be positive here, but the glass is not really half-full. or if it is, that's not water. don't drink it. ( laughter ) ( piano riff ) what say you, mayor cruz? >> damn it, this is not a good news story. this is a "people are dying" story. this is a "life or death" story. this is "there's a truckload of stuff that cannot be taken to people" story. this is a story of a devastation that continues to worsen. >> stephen: okay, that's a leader standing up for the needs of her constit

elaine duke has been incredible. tom bossert here someplace. great job. to all of my people and general buchanan who got here a few days ago. no doubt about it. you are a general. no games. you have done a fantastic job. the whole team has been amazing. your governor who has been and i didn't know and i heard good things about him. he is not even from my party and started at the beginning appreciating what we did. he was tremendously supportive and knew the level of the problem had before and what happened with respect to the tremendous storms that hit i want to tell you that right from the beginning this governor did not play politics at all. he didn't play it at all. he was giving us the highest greats. on behalf of our country, i want to thank you. >> i also want to thank your congresswoman. it's 3.5 million people. congresswoman jennifer gonzalez who i have watched the other day and she was saying such nice things about all of the people that worked so hard. jennifer, do you think you can say a little bit of what you said about us today? it's about th

elaine duke is warming they are planning to carry out another major attack on the scale of 9/11. duke's comments at the u.s. embassy in london were echoed by the head of britain's domestic intelligence agency who says the threat is unprecedented and needs to be met with cooperation between the u.s. and allies overseas. >> our partner agencies are bringing the full weight of our growing capabilities to counter this new intensity of threat. >> reporter: duke says isis and other groups are using smaller attacks to raise money and keep their members engaged but they are also targeting aircraft and domestic infrastructure looking for an opportunity to inflict mass civilian casualties. >> make no mistake about it. the intent still remains, the capability remains. >> reporter: the u.s. and uk are making a major push this week for social media firms to do more to tackle the militants online but lawmakers here at home say more needs to be done in the short term to disrupt ongoing terror plots. and they are calling for greater collaboration with foreign intelligence services, starting now.

in september, the attorney general sent a letter to acting secretary of homeland security elaine duke that recommended an orderly and efficient wind down of the daca policy. the attorney general stated in the letter that daca was implemented by the previous administration through executive action without proper statutory authority and with no established end date, after congress' repeated rejection of proposed legislation that would have accomplished a similar result. the letter also explained that such an open-ended circumvention of immigration laws was an unconstitutional exercise of authority by the executive branch. the attorney general concluded that the daca policy thus suffered from a host of legal and constitutional defects. the attorney general's letter emphasized that courts struck down a similar executive policy that related deferred action for parents of americans and lawful permanent residents or dapa policy. the state of texas challenged the dapa policy, and the district court, after extensive hearings and factual findingser determined that enforcement of dapa was contra

i see a statement made this morning by homeland security -- acting homeland secretary elaine duke, in which she is given special consideration to those who live in puerto rico and virgin islands because of the obvious disasters they have gone through. may i implore you, implore you to do the same thing at d.h.s. that our internal revenue service is doing by giving that same case by case consideration to those who live in texas and louisiana and florida. who have gone through hurricanes. if it's good enough for tax collectors to have a heart, isn't it good enough for the folks at d.h.s. to have a heart? we have 100,000 daca recipients in texas. 30,000 in florida. i don't know how many fit into this special category. but for goodness sakes, give them a break. if they are facing hurricanes and problems with it, don't hold them to this thursday deadline. give them at least a case by case consideration. would you take that message back? >> we will. senator durbin: thank you. >> senator. based upon what i know i'm going to hear in the second panel from one of our people, i expressed a lot o

meanwhile isis may be losing ground in syria and iraq but acting homeland security director elaine dukeother jihadi groups to inflict large-scale, 9/11-style attacks. with us now, dr. saudi jaster, president of the islamic american forum. doctor, good to see you. no doubt they're losing ground in syria and iraq, some question about the philippines but as they lose ground they become a wounded animal, more dangerous in enacting terrorist attacks than they were before. >> absolutely. we forget their recruitment tool is jihadi attacks, vehicular jihad or attacks as they do in europe or whatever. they may lose territory. the territory was for them to put their flag down, to get oil reserves, food money, sex slavery, other things that allow them to have infusion of income but the ideology grows on the run, when they're victimized, they ultimately take credit for things they may not even have done. we've seen staccato increase recently of attacks. even al that bab which is not isis but growing into this jihadi brand, we saw in niger the attack that killed our four servicemen. ultimately they

thank elaine duke for her leadership in responding to the catastrophic storms that have struck a nation and territories. we also issued a disaster declaration in california in response to the devastating wildfires like we have never seen, and we mourn the terrible loss of lies we have. fema and first responders are there. we have our military helping. it is sad to watch how fast and rapidly they move and people are caught in their houses. it is an incredible thing, caught in their houses, so we have a lot of people helping government in california and made a lot of progress in the last couple of days, but we are subject to wind and what happens been, itre, but it has is a very sad thing to watch. we also continue to pray for the victims of the mass shooting in las vegas. we cannot erase the pain of those who lost their loved ones, but pledged to never leave their side. we are working with them very much so with the fbi and law enforcement and department of justice. i guess a lot of people think they understand what happened, but he was a demented, sick individual, some wires were crosse

he hasn't replaced john kelly who has elaine duke as the acting secretary at dhs, so he can't lose another cabinet, and this is the most important cabinet secretary, the one fourth in line for the presidency. >> reporter: and there is a concern, andrea, if there were any more ousters here within the administration that it would make it that much more difficult to get credible people to come in ask fill these very important positions. dhs secretary, hhs secretary. that's the key focus here, and as you point out, the position of secretary of state is perhaps the most important position here in the administration. so there is a real hesitancy to rock this boat even though there are these tensions that have been on display publicly and that, again, really bubbled up to the surface yesterday, andrea. the president is very aware of making sure that his administration does not look like it is being royaled on a weekly bas -- roiled every day by staff upsets. but if there are all these fundamental differences on issues like north korea which is arguably the most pressing foreign policy crisis they

government on the global terror threat and remarks in our london embassy, acting homeland security elaine duke"the terrorist organizations, be it isis or al qaeda or others, want to have the big explosion like they did on 9/11. they want to take down aircraft. the intelligence is clear on that." her comments echoing the warning from britain's am i five chief and our own attorney general. >> the military tells us they can expect, not a reduction after isis is defeated, but maybe even an increase in attacks. >> thought threat is multidimensional, evolving rapidly, and operating at a scale and pace we have not seen before. >> martha: mi5 says they have taken down seven and seven months. here we have michael walz and buck sexton a former cia officer who served in afghanistan. gentlemen, welcome, good to both of you here. colonel, let me start with you. in terms of what happened in raqqa and the need to continue to go after the sanctuaries and what kind of impact it actually has on these more farther-flung operations in other countries. >> our intelligence community, law enforcement, our government

. >> the director responded to comments from the acting secretary of homeland security, elaine duke. speaking at the u.s. embassy in london, duke warned that isis remains determined to pull off a large-scale attack like 9/11 using passenger jets. duke says isis uses truck attacks like barcelona in august where terrorists plowed through a pedestrian mall killing and injuring more than 140 people to remain highly visible, raise money, and keep their followers engaged. despite the losses, intelligence officials say terror groups and independent ak terse are developing -- actors are developing nonexplosive devices with the intent of bringing down civilian aircraft bound for the u.s. this led to new restrictions in march, 10 overseas airports banning personal electronics, larger an smart phone in the cabin. the restrictions were lifted in june after new screening procedures were implemented and other standards met. >> bret: catherine, thank you. president trump's top dib low mat has harsh words for china, coming up later on "special report." your brain changes as you get older. but prevag

she reacted in an emotional way to the statements by elaine duke. not even the president saying they were doing a great job down there. from her perspective, how can the president not see that this is a person who's wading through waist water with a bull horn to try and rescue people. this is someone who knows her people are drinking from creeks. that there are babies that need water. and, yet, the priority here in this pattern of tweets seems to be that the president perceived this to be a criticism of him. and that there was no greater priority in that moment of crisis than to punch back. >> you know, jeremy, you just came back from the virgin island. you saw the devastation first hand. when we look at the rhetoric, this president is using to describe puerto rico whether it's bringing up the debt crisis or referring to this island nation as a territory and questioning the role that the u.s. will play rebuilding, is there some clear motivation for him? >> well, i think that he is just punching back as mnuchin said. it's a pattern with donald trump

elaine duke was there to oversee the distribution of hurricane aid and assess the response effort. the u.s. virgin islands are also in dire need of help. sarah hess and her husband live on st. thomas but evacuated to her family's home in south jersey when hurricane irma made landfall. you see the impact of the storm on their house in the tropics. they took this video. the virgin islands' official facebook page said yesterday that it was the last day fema was handing out emergency food and water. hess tells us the island needs more attention. >> i can only imagine the desperation and hopelessness that people will feel. i mean, it's -- talk about kicking somebody when they're down. there's a sentiment of we don't want to be forgotten. we don't want to be lost. >> sarah says it will be at at least three months before she and her husband can return to st. thomas. >>> 6:06 on this friday. about 57 degrees outside the nbc10 studios. here is a live look over center city. a bit of a breezy morning out there. >> yeah, you see the flags there. i think it might be breezy throughout the day. l

last month you probably remember the acting secretary of hope land secretary elaine duke gave agencieso wipe conspiracy software from their systems. officials have not discussed the evidence. the order shows the evidence was deemed credible and significant. current and former government officials told fox news the real concern is that conspiracy executives have ties to the russian military and the intelligence agencies. though the company denies those connections, shep. >> shepard: so they stole spy tools. that's not a new thing. >> if you think back in the last six months, we had a similar situation with the cia and their cyber tools involving contractors. what i would say is that these are serious situations but to a certain extent, you need to think about the cyber tools. like when you buy milk at the store. they have a best buy date. the lifetime is typically 12 to 18 months. when you have a breach or a theft, part of the feeling in the intelligence community is they're going to expire in the short to medium term. but the breach of taking it home is avoidable and self-inflicted. >>

amy: on thursday, acting homeland security secretary elaine duke called the trump administration's response to the disaster "really a good news story." that prompted san juan mayor carmen yulin cruz to retort, "this is not a good news story. this is a people-are-dying story." cruz later pleaded for the world to come to puerto rico's aid in an impassioned news conference. >> we are dying here. fathom the thought that the greatest nation in the world cannot figure out logistics for a small island of 100 miles by 35 miles long. so i am asking the president of the united states to make sure somebody is in charge that is up to the task of saving lives. amy: president trump responded to mayor cruz on saturday morning, tweeting from his golf resort in bedminster, new jersey -- "the mayor of san juan, who was very complimentary only a few days ago, has now been told by the democrats that you must be nasty to trump. such poor leadership ability by the mayor of san juan, and others in puerto rico, who are not able to get their workers to help. they want everything to be done for them when it should b