times" and eric lipton of "the new york times." " first question do eric lipton of "the new york times". >> when you are going to sleep at night, what are one or two of the things that you worry about the most in terms of threats to homeland security and what specifically are you doing to try to make sure that those concerns don't ever come true? >> well, we're always concerned about the threat of terrorism. it westbound somebody trying to sneak explosives on a plane. it can be somebody trying to sneak bombs on a plane or a cargo shiphold. it can be biological, raid logical as well as more traditional explosives. we are always concerned about terrorism. the jurisdiction of this department is huge, so it can be whatever the event -- threat of the day is or whatever event we need to make secure. or it can even be the weather. so this week we had a huge storm, ultimately covered about 100,000 people. the worst storm of the season, we hope. it runs the gamut. >> in terms of terrorism threats, i know the previous secretary used to talk about dirty bombs or something. is there a specific sec

>> no, i was not surprised. >> eric lipton? >> isc submenu is better versed -- i see someone who is better versed. therefore more able to answer questions more comfortably than on in her tenure, when she got into a little trouble with some of remarks in response to the detroit bomber and was a bit of a despair -- embarrassment for the department. i think she is better versed in the whole breadth of this enormous and dependent -- in this enormous entity. this enormous entity.

. >> eric lipton were you satisfied with the answers you received on the virtual sense of there have been three secretaries that have talked each one has been positive about the technology. until they actually do it, it is unknown. >> in terms of using technology on the border, one of the big flaws of f.b.i. net is they tried to use off-the-shelf technology that didn't work in the field. tumbleweeds were setting off scensors and so forth. some of these things useful, but they will not eliminate the need for border patrol, but they can be aids to what the border eric lipton covers "the new york times". gentlemen, thank you for being on "newsmakers." >> thank you. >> thank you. >> today r. memmett tyrerell live on booktv. join our three-hour conversation with your e-mails, phone calls, and tweets. s >> the reason for doing a dumeri was to -- documentary was to show another side of this. everyone remembers humphrey as licking johnson's boots all the time, and people didn't understand his position. >> "q & a" tonight at 8:00 on c-span. >> on wednesday the senate voted on a written measur

. >> brian bennett writes for "the and eric lipton, who writes for "the new york times," thanks to both of you for joining us on "newsmakers." [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the whole environment had come apart. it had become violent. >> "q&a" tonight on hubert h. humphrey. the art of the possible. " everyone just remembers you become free as someone who was looking lyndon johnson's boots of the time -- licking them. >> "q&a" tonight at 8:00 here on c-span. >> former alaska governor and 2008 republican vice- presidential nominee sarah palin spoke friday evening at a banquet in california honoring former president ronald reagan. this was one of several events being hosted this weekend by the young america's foundation to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the former president's birth. this 35-minute event took place at the reagan ranch in santa barbara. >> ladies and gentlemen, oh, thank you, marc. you are lovely. thank you. ladies and gentlemen, please take your seat. now, before i get started, i just