f.b.i. no longer believes no other suspects involved in the new orleans attack out there. president biden will also meet with members of his homeland security team next hour to get an update on this investigation. meantime this was one of two shocking car incidents to rattle the country on new year's day just at the start of the year. authorities are also looking into a violent scene in las vegas. this is "the faulkner focus." hello, everyone. julie banderas in for harris today. investigators are trying to figure out what led a u.s. army veteran to plow his truck into a crowded street in new orleans leaving 15 dead and more than 35 injured. witnesses expressing their horror and disbelief. >> you just heard this squeal and like the rev of an engine and then this huge loud impact and then the people screaming. and debris, just metal, the sound of crunching metal and bodies. my phone blew up with a bunch of family friends in indiana asking if we were okay. looked out the door and we saw silence

watch. >> f.b.i.so reported to me that mere hours before the attack, he posted videos on social media indicating that he is inspired by isis, expressing a desire to kill, a desire to kill. the isis flag was found in his vehicle that he rented to conduct this attack. >> the suspect was born in the united states and served as an army veteran, in the army and was a veteran. the f.b.i., lead agency in this probe, is going through social media and any other accounts associated with the suspect. a fluid investigation, things continue to thank rapidly. yesterday law enforcement sources said they saw three men and a woman and looked to them like they may have been touching possible explosive devices. it now appears they were bystanders, members of law enforcement are keeping them close in case something changes. as for any explosive devices they have been rendered safe by authorities in the french quarter area. there will continue to be a heightened law enforcement presence on the ground in new orleans in the

tammy, one thing i would like to bring up as a former f.b.i. agent, i left the f.b.i.eemed to be a lack of focus on what the f.b.i. should be focused on and there is, you know, information out on the internet that is discussing a diversity agent recruitment event that occurred july 17th and in new orleans f.b.i. area. and, you know, that's not very comforting to americans right now as we are looking at this massive terrorist attack that occurred there. not saying that there's a direct link but the f.b.i. must be focused, all hands on deck, on the mission at handled. anything other than what the mission is is a distraction. in my opinion, a diversity agent recruitment event is a distraction. i worked the parkland school shooting. similar incident. christopher wray was in the f.b.i. miami division one week before the parkland school shooting and then the day after the execute shooting there was intelligence that said the f.b.i. knew about that shooter. i would like to see the f.b.i. focus all efforts on fighting crime and stopping terrorism and not focusing on diversity.

tammy, one thing i would like to bring up as a former f.b.i. agent, i left the f.b.i.here seemed to be a lack of focus on what the f.b.i. should be focused on and there is, you know, information out on the internet that is discussing a diversity agent recruitment event that occurred july 17th and in new orleans f.b.i. area. and, you know, that's not very comforting to americans right now as we are looking at this massive terrorist attack that occurred there. not saying that there's a direct link but the f.b.i. must be focused, all hands on deck, on the mission at handled. anything other than what the mission is is a distraction. in my opinion, a diversity agent recruitment event is a distraction. i worked the parkland school shooting. similar incident. christopher wray was in the f.b.i. miami division one week before the parkland school shooting and then the day after the execute shooting there was intelligence that said the f.b.i. knew about that shooter. i would like to see the f.b.i. focus all efforts on fighting crime and stopping terrorism and not focusing on dive

the f.b.i.'s investigation was built on the fake steele dossier which was funded by the democratic national committee and clinton campaign who worked with foreign operatives. my investigative work exposed that the f.b.i. actually knew the dossier was false information and was likely a part of a russian disinformation campaign. even with the knowledge of such dossier defects and political infections, the justice department sought fisa warrant renewals and took other actions. after directing my oversight staff to investigate justice department's mishandlings of the matter they issued a subpoena for my own staff's phone records. that's right, challenging my constitutional rights of doing my oversight duties. what's next? then a few democratic colleagues pressured the f.b.i. foreign influence task force to supposedly brief me and senator johnson related to our biden family investigations. on august 20th senator johnson and i had that infamous briefing from the f.b.i. later this f.b.i.'s briefing cont

the f.b.i.'s -- what is the f.b.i.'s role in national security and counter terrorism and how important is that role? >> you know, senator, i believe now more than ever counter terrorism is so important and vital in our country. we are facing such incredible threats here and abroad. i'm sure many of you saw f.b.i. former f.b.i. director wray's interview on 60 minutes. he talked about the threats that frankly again i don't have my security clearance but the threat facing us, senator, from china right now that are so great. the sleeper cells within our country. >> given that importance, is it responsible to call for shutting down the f.b.i.'s counter terrorism and national security work and will you as attorney general impede or shut down the f.b.i.'s counter terrorism and national security work? >> senator, i believe that national security is vital right now for our country on so many fronts. and the f.b.i. plays a vital role in counter terrorism throughout our world. i will look at each agency. i have no intention of shu

the f.b.i. is hunting for potential acome plugss in the deadly terror attack yesterday. new details on some of those killed. good morning, i'm rich edson, bill and dana are off. >> i'm molly line. this is "america's newsroom." officials have yet to name the 15 people filled. families are spinning out. among the dead an 18-year-old nursing student. former college football player and a young mother. we'll have more on them in a moment. >> rich: we're learning more about the man police say plowed a rented truck into the crowd. his name is shamsud-din jabbar, an american army veteran from texas and biden said he was inspired by isis. >> molly: he was killed in the shoot-out with police. authorities are hunting for possible accomplices. >> rich: the governor of louisiana spoke on "fox & friends" and said his state is in mourning. >> it is a somber day in the city and louisiana. we are parents that will have to -- making funeral arrangements as we speak that are waiting to have their loved ones releas

the f.b.i. releasing new photos showing him one hour before the terror attack and we're also getting a look inside his home. good morning, everyone. i'm sandra smith and bill, great to start the day with you. bill and dana are off today. >> bill: i'm bill melugin. this is "america's newsroom." they said jabbar was 100% inspired by isis. his half brother claims his radicalization for the attack. a glimpse into more of his upbringing and a new look what's inside of that suspect's trailor in houston. team fox coverage. brooke tailor is covering the investigation in texas but first to new orleans where garrett tenney is standing by live. good morning, garrett. >> good morning to you. fox news learned in the wake of this attack the f.b.i. and dhs have issued a warning to police across the country to be on the lookout for the potential of copycat attacks. to be clear, this is really fairly typical after events such as this one and we are told that this specific bulletin doesn't include any specific in

that he shouldn't be the f.b.i. director. you know, we have some history here with your predecessors, barr, sessions and others, who perhaps sincerely when they sat where you are now said that they would say no but they were working with a president that expected them to be his personal attorney. do you really think that you can avoid the disgrace that they encountered or the repercussions from the white house if you say no to the president? and so my question to you is, can you say no to the president of the united states when he asks you to do something unethical or illegal? >> senator, first i need to clarify something that you said that i have to sit up here and say these things. no i don't. i sit up here and speak the truth. i'm not going to sit up here and say anything that i need to say to get confirmed by this body. i don't have to say anything. i will answer the questions to the best of my ability and honestly -- >> let me ask you an individual who says that he is going to quote come after, end quote, people he alleg

f.b.i. comes in and f.b.i.ligence, counter terrorism and any investigation that might occur if there is an event as well as crisis and consequence management with fema. the additional federal resources that come in including the military at times means that it is not an event like what we saw this week on bourbon street. the locals don't have to handle it on their own and something the airspace is restricted around it. ingress and egress on roads, bridges and tunnels. it becomes a hardened target when it is made that. >> bill: a atf says they will have specialized teams employed ahead of it. >> national response team of atf is a team of certified fire explosive specialists, fire and electrical engineers. these resources will be in the city as we lead up to the super bowl and through mardi gras. >> bill: i guess the question i have are the atf resources going to be pro-active or reactive. will they be going through the area scanning looking for threats or are they going to be on hand ready for the phone call if

the f.b.i. released these images of the suspect near bourbon street just over an hour before the horror unfolded. they also put out a photo of a blue ice chest which contained one of the two i.e.d.s we covered at the scene. the f.b.i. is trying to talk with anyone who may have passed the suspect or seen that ice chest. the agency has an important update. >> we know that he specifically picked out bourbon street. not quite sure why. that's the stuff in the coming days as far as the path to radicalization that we will dig into and make a priority. he was 100% inspired by isis and so we're digging through more of the social media, more interviews, working with some of our other partners to ascertain a little bit more about that connection. >> harris: all right. that was yesterday. we are continuing to bring to light all the things that they do as we learn more about the victims of this tragic attack. i asked my team to put this together. i think this is so important because the person or people who

and f.b.i. misconduct. here is a look. >> good morning and thank you for coming out. we had at least 19 members of congress sholl introduce today a 12 package house resolution detailing misconduct at the high else level of department of justice and federal bureau of investigation out lining fisa abuse, how the hillary clinton e-mail probe ended and the trump russia probe began. it calls for the appointment of a second special counsel it investigate the gross misconduct with the understanding the justice department can't be expected to investigate itself. it is very important to note the raeufpgs were d.o.j. and f.b.i. are filled with amazing prettyic americans who love their job and perform their jobs objectively with were respect for the rule of law. these are hick legendary agencies that require transparency and accountability regarding misconduct. it is important nor these exceptional public servants an important agencies to continue their work moving forward. as the rest lags states the conc

according to the f.b.i. did so wearing these meta glasses that record video and have the ability to stream live from a point of view angle. authorities say he was found with meta glasses once he was shot and killed by police. they do not believe at this point that he was recording or transmitting live the actual attack. the atf continues to investigate a fire set to a home not too far from the crime scene itself. jabbar used that as his operating base before the attack and tried to wipe all of the evidence away with fire. watch. >> he also set half gallon accelerant gasoline in a plastic gasoline container in that hallway. he also poured accelerant in different rooms throughout the house. we believe he did this and his hope was to burn the entire house down and hide evidence of his crimes. >> additionally the f.b.i. tracked down his travel long prior to the attack in the french quarters. he made a trip to atlanta at least two trips to new orleans, get this in 2023 he went to cairo, egypt for 11 days and onta

most of that $11 billion budget for the f.b.i.gets after threats to americans, this being one of them. and the way we apply resources, personnel, operational, all of that to include technology to get after a threat that would threaten american lives, i don't think that $500,000 for the technology part of it adequately captures our commitment to protect americans. >> i want to shift real quick, because you guys have been talking about using electronic warfare to counter some of these drones. what about drones that aren't susceptible to counter warfare, like your fiberoptic drones, what are you guys doing about those? i'll start with you, mr. jones. >> all options respect on the table right now. we are exploring kinetic options. to complement the electronic. >> you know you can buy those right now, and they're really not that expensive. are you aware of that, mr. jones? >> i'm aware there's a lot of different technologies out there. we have experimented with some that have been very successful. >> thank you. i yield back. >> the gen

christopher wray is the outgoing f.b.i. director.esigned instead of being fired. >> my decision to retire from the f.b.i., i have to till, was one of the hardest decisions i've ever had to make. the president-elect had made clear that he intended to make a change. my conclusion was that the thing that was best for the bureau was to try to do this in an orderly way to not thrust the f.b.i. deeper into the fray. >> dana: kash patel becomes the confirmed f.b.i. director will have his hands full. he whats a lot to fix. >> i'm glad he was able to make it on 60 minutes. he didn't show up in november in front of the homeland security committee with the global threats hearing. the chairman of the committee said was unprecedented and shameful. a democrat. i'm glad he made time for 60 minutes. he was going to get fired. the fact that he is resigning and this is the hardest decision of his life. it was done. it had nothing to do with him. he presided over an absolute collapse in trust in the f.b.i. when he took over in 20172 years after he took

for this event the f.b.i. has lead federal law enforcement responsibility for crisis management, counterterrorism, and intelligence analysis. for the inauguration, the f.b.i. will operate two command powe, one at the washington field office and one at f.b.i. headquarters. these command posts serve as central hubs for employees to analyze intelligence, assess potential threats, coordinate investigations, and surge resources as needed. they will be running throughout the nsse period. we are not currently tracking any specific or credible threats to the inaugural ceremony or to the capitol complex. we will continue to work closely with our partner to share information and identify and disrupt any threats that may emerge. as always we remind the public to remain vigilant and report suspicious activity to law enforcement. we look forward to working with our partners to ensure that these events are held safely. it's my pleasure to introduce metropolitan police department chief smith. chief smith: thank you, director

the f.b.i., that came out, very quietly, nobody reported it, but they had people in some form related to the f.b.i., they had four or five people that were strongly related to the f.b.i., we have to find out about that. we have to find out about hezbollah, we have to find out about who exactly was in that whole thing because people that did some bad things were not prosecuted. i see it all the time. you see it too. people that were ding some bad things weren't prosecuted and people that didn't even walk into the building are in jail right now. we'll be looking at the whole thing. i'll be making major par tennessee dons. reporter: good afternoon, mr. president. two questions about syria and the ongoing war in gaza. about syria, the pentagon disclosed last month the u.s. has some 2,000 troops in syria. almost double the number initially we were told of 900. will you keep that troop capacity the same? mr. trump: i won't tell you that, that's part of military strategy. but i will say it's turkiye. t

and also i have not seen it yet, but from what i have heard about f.b.i. -- former f.b.i. wrebgtor wraeu's -- director wraeu's comments on 60 minutes, sleeper cells within our own country infiltrating our water systems, natural gas lines, telecommunications a very, very real threat to our country. sen. blumenthal: i'm glad you agree. as you know and as the department of justice has noted, it's not classified, we can talk about it openly. the bite dance -- by the dance -- bytedance is behold wrepb to the chinese government and it in turn controls particular doc to*bg -- tiktok. do you agree bytedance as control, ownership of tiktok is a threat to american national security? ms. bondi: senator this is pending litigation within the department of justice. i can't talk about that. sen. blumenthal: it's not litigation within the department of justice. it's in the courts. and the department of justice is currently defending the constitutionality of american law. will you continue to defend the law passed by the congress, defending america's national security? ms. bondi: senator,

i will say that 15 months later, f.b.i. director wray held a press conference talking about the exact things that i was saying china had engaged in, that they were doing. and so the opinion that china would never engage in those kind of activities proved to be false and i think that my dissent aged well. sen. moran: not only did you speak out against the majority, but you turned out to be right. thank you. senator hinrich:thank you, mr. chairman. on july 21 of 2020, you sent a letter to this committee stating that while you agreed to appear at the committee's open worldwide threat hearing as d.n.i.'s director of national intelligence, that you would not take any questions in open session. you wrote that letter despite committing twice in your confirmation hearing that you would appear and answer questions. so obviously this position is one that requires congressional oversight. i don't think any of us up here would ever ask you to answer questions in a way that revealed anything that was classified or was more appropriate f

i've asked for the f.b.i. report that would presumably documented and should have documented this kind of financial mismanagement and these are the 990s from that organization by the year of 2011 donors had become so dissatisfied with that mismanagement they ousted you and merged that organization with military families united and thereafter you joined a second organization as executive director. >> in between i went to harvard university for two years and afghanistan. >> i want to ask you questions about concerned veterans for america. again another set of tax returns. 990s from that organization. i ask they be made part of the record, mr. chairman. >> without objection. both of those returns are part of the record. >> 2011 to 2016 at the end of 2013 shortfall of $130,000. at the end of 2014 shortfall of 428,000. you had a surplus the following year but then another deficit of $437,000 by the time you left that organization had deep debts, including credit card transaction debts of about $75,000. that isn't t

the f.b.i.has released new video showing the terrorist's view through meta smart glasses as he was scouting locations. so we get to see what the killer saw as he was choosing his targets. the f.b.i. says he visited new orleans twice to map out the area prior to killing people on new year's day. in the wake of the isis-inspired killing rampage, president biden doubled down on his repeated claims that the greatest danger that we as americans face today is white supremacy. >> harris: terrorism from white supremacy is the the most lethal threat to the homeland today. not isis, not al qaeda, white supremeists. stand up the poison as white supremacists to single out the most dangerous threat to our homeland is white supremacy. >> harris: homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas with this. >> we've been saying this for quite a number of months. we have not only the persistent threat of foreign terrorism that, of course, created the department of homeland security, but we have adverse nation state

open borders for dictators puts all americans at risk of more 9/11 attacks imminent as warned by the f.b.i. donald trump will reinstitute excisioning laws -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. wilson: peace through strength. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. mcgovern: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, house republicans leaked their plans for how they are going to cut tax force their rich friends at the expense of regular working period. news flash it'sfall,fall,fall. a recent analysis of the trump tax plan found it would on average cut tax force the richest 5% of americans and raise taxes on everyone else. the 95% of the population who doesn't hang out at mar-a-lago. and to pay for this sick and twisted plan that screws over regular people, they want to totally gut the federal programs that help regular people. they want to cu

so it is challenging for our f.b.i. and counter intelligence agencies to be able to penetrate them the way they would be able to penetrate a foreign terrorist. but nonetheless, yes, these threats have to be taken seriously. our agencies are doing this. we're much better organized we were prior to 9/11 and we have not had a foreign terrorist attack in this country since 9/11. that meant that multiple presidents have done the right thing in taking the fight to them where they have safe havens and where there are aspirations to attack the united states. that policy has largely worked. but we're still troubled by what is before us right now with americans willing to kill other americans in the name of a foreign terrorist organization. >> dana: may i ask you about one other topic before we run out of time in north korea apparently has fired a ballistic missile in the eastern sea from the south korean military. often i know kim likes to get attention once in a while and during a transition i imagine we can expect possibly mor

open borders for dictators puts all americans at risk of more never attacks imminent as warned by the f.b.i. trump administration will reinstitute existing laws to protect american families with peace through strength. best pest bushes to pete hegseth, i was grateful to attend the hearing where he qualified for secretary of defense, ably conducted by chairman roger wicker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from nebraska seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. flood: mr. speaker, i rise today to celebrate one of northeast nebraska's most important institutions, northeast community college. this year the njcaa men's soccer national champion hails from nebraska's first congressional district. our very own northeast hawks. throughout the national tournament northeast consistently defieded the odds. they fought through several close matches, claiming victories against teams that bested them in

the things that was best for the bureau was to try to do this in an orderly way, to not thrust the f.b.i. deeper into the fray. >> dana: christopher wray explaining his decision to resign and defended the government's raid on mar-a-lago. >> bill: we're hearing from melania trump. what she says will be different this second time around with her stint as first lady in the white house. >> i think it will be an exciting four years. we have a lot to do and put our country back in shape. ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more she can sell all or part of it to coventry for cash. even a term policy. even a term policy? even a term policy! find out if you're sitting on a goldmine. call coventry direct today at the number on your screen, or visit coventrydirect.com. if you have generalized myasthenia gravis, picture what life could look like with vyvgart hytrulo, a subcutaneous injection that takes about 30 to 90 seconds. for one thing, could it mean more time for you? vyvgart hytrul

there are still f.b.i. obligations to talk to people. they have not had access to the forensic audit which i have reference to and the person who had access to was quite critical of mr. hegseth. i think people on both sides have suggested they get the report. senator thune thought it was an appropriate idea. so i would ask and i would say, too, as a precedent, one of president trump's appointees has similar very complicated personal issues. the report was made available to all members of the committee. would would be following precedent. i ask that be made possible. >> again, we are -- there has been much discussion about this and what i intend to do is follow the exact precedent that we have had for the last two hearings with regard to secretaries of defense. not only secretary austin but secretary mattis eight years ago. and that was for the chair and the ranking member to see the report and so that is my intention as chair of this committee. >> finally, mr. chairman, i have several letters that i would include for the record. one from

the f.b.i. defines domestic terrorism as quote, violent criminal acts committed by individuals and/or groups to further ideological goals. stemming from domestic influences. end of quote. america's experiencing ongoing wars. witnessed in new orleans and las vegas and a plot to kill in florida. the moral fabric of america has suffered with four years of biden-harris policies. dangerous open borders, destroying jobs, crushing inflation, campus anti-semitism, woke mentality. and with the failure to lead globally and more. unified republican leadership will advance the conservative agenda to make america great men gwen. corrupt judge mer khan has samefully revealed trump derangement sentencing. this confirms the law fair backfiring electing donald trump with the corrupt judge receiving my invitation for the trump inauguration which he unintentionally promoted. in conclusion god bless our troops as the global war on terrorism continues. open borders for dictators puts all americans at risk of more 9/

the f.b.i. confirm for the first time that surveillance video was found of jabbar planting those devices. it was misinformation about the three men and woman taking a look at some box that had some pipe bombs in it. that was not true. now we know there was video of the suspect planting the devices and he was a lone wolf. >> yeah, and you just said the latter that this man, jabbar, was a lone wolf. they haven't been able to tie anyone else with him. that was one of the most important things that came out of this press conference, julie. >> julie: that's all the time we have. "outnumbered." we'll pick up the coverage at noon. "outnumbered" starts right now. thanks for watching fox. continuing coverage right now. >> children don't act chilling new details about the suspect in the new orleans attack. they no longer believe other people are involved. authorities recover two functional iep is in the area of the attacks -- didn't like coolers. the fbi do not believe there is a link between the new orle

the f.b.i. is hunting fo

. >> unknown to us it was our 18-year-old son who turned his dad into the f.b.i. >> why? >> why did he do it? >> my son is declared democratic socialist. >> his mom is one of the most prominent people campaigning for the release of people serving time for january 6th. >> each and every one of them. >> christopher albert >> nicole left texas and moved to washington, d.c. where she takes part in a nightly vigil out here, outside of the city's jail. >> even coming here for hundreds of nights >> almost 900 >> why? >> after i saw what happened to my husband i could not sit on my hands at home anymore. >> wish guy did not come here on january 6th? >> no, i am glad he stood up for something. >> continue holding the line. it is almost done >> including guy reffitt that called in to wish nicole happy birthday. >> happy birthday. sorry i could not get you something better than 80 months. >> are you confident that trump will let your husband walk free? snow i feel like trump is a man of his word >> what is next up? >> to continue to fight. >> together. >> nicole is sometimes joined

knew about that and he gave a transcript that f.b.i.irector hoover had a wiretap on nixon's campaign and gave it to hubert. hubert called in his aides and said what should i do with this? they said you have to leak it to the press because it's treasonous. he said i'm from minnesota, i believe in clean politics, i'm not going to do it. peter: that story about not going to the peace talks, the nixon side has denied that. stuart: it's very well established. we actually have the transcript of the wiretap. peter: stu eizenstat, how'd you get from washington to atlanta in the first place? stuart: i think in high school i would have been voted to be the least likely to get into politics and public policy because i was maybefully shy and very bookish. first i got involved in student government and u.n.c. had a very well established student rnment. second, i went to keenan football stadium in 19 to hear president john f. kennedy challenge my generation to get involved in politics, to make the country your mission. that had a tremendous impact an

. >> the f.b.i., we're working with our partners to investigate this as an act of terrorism. >> jon:o harm, no foul. it's not like you played into the fears of co-conspirators out there lining the streets with explosives. >> we do not believe that jabbar was solely responsible. >> the fbi has recovered video, surveillance video, that appears to show three -- three men and one woman appearing to help put ieds -- what are believed to be ieds -- at locations in the french quarter. >> jon: holy shit! ieds in the french quarter! i guess i have no option but to violently confront anyone in this vicinity that i believe is operating a sleeper cell! >> police interviewed those four individuals and now believe that they just were bystanders who happened to look suspicious. [audience reacts] >> jon: but i already killed them. they happened to look suspicious? in new orleans? what were they wearing, beads in the winter? little sparkle and glitter? were they carrying musical instruments around and seemingly too upbeat for a funeral? >> it turns out those were just patrons on the street that were

one of the priorities of trump is to try to break the culture at the department of justice and the f.b.i. that has been used so often over the last number of years, not just with this but also the russian conspiracy case. that's a hardened silo, the most difficult agency to reform. but this sentence gives him just that much more of a mandate to say things have got to be changed here. it is a terrible moment for the new york legal system that it has come to this. i have great respect for the new york legal system. it was one of the premier systems in the world. and this is a really sad day for them more than it is for president-elect trump. >> harris: it was interesting. i wrote down as i often do what you said. what comes out of this is a mandate for trump. the way i'm reading what you are saying, too, is alvin bragg did something that a lot of politicians couldn't do on the trail. unite people from different walks of life and ideologies together around the idea of going after an american citizen who wants to lead the greatest country in the world with law that was bending to their favor

the f.b.i., park service, the foreign service. those things. that's blue. we call that nondefense discretionary. everything a member of congress votes on is borrowed money. and my -- if i do the math off the top of my head it may be $400 billion of what's in the red which is mostly earned benefit. that's your social security, your medicare, your veterans benefits, you federal pensions. those things. think about this. so functionally, i think this year it's like 75-25. 75% of all spending is on autopilot. we don't vote on it. sorry. shouldn't be yelling. i've had a lot of caffeine. what we do vote on, what we give speeches on, which we screw around with all the time, is discretionary. and in the scale of what we can reduce, it's almost -- a lot of what we debate here is rounding errors. we have had debates on the floor here where the amount of money we're trying to save, we borrowed more money in the time of the debate than it would save that year. because we dent understand. if you're clicking off $75,000 of borrowing every second, i wonder what this speech

josh mankiewicz: part of what the f.b.i. does is investigate things like this, if a c.i.a. employee goesg. rick haidle: right, exactly. rick haidle: it could turn into an espionage investigation, for example, if-- you have missing classified information-- and somebody's going over, helping the russians, the chinese, somebody like that. it could theoretically-- turn into that kind of a case. josh mankiewicz: so now there were parallel investigations... the local cops looked for a missing person... the fbi, covertly, looked for an intelligence worker who might have been kidnapped... or changed sides. marie's family, meanwhile, just wanted her back. marcus singleton: they started making fliers for my mom. josh mankiewicz: you remember the fliers? marcus singleton: yep. definitely remember the fliers. josh mankiewicz: soon, a number of marie's co-workers and friends were posting fliers on telephone and light poles, store fronts, and shopping centers. kelly clayton remembers how she and a friend asked andre what they could do to help. kelly clayton: he asked us to pass 'em out by the beach. a

open borders for dictators puts all americans at risk of more 9/11 attacks, imminent as warned by the f.b.i. trump will re-institute existing laws to protect american families with peace through strength. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. mcgovern: unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, it's no surprise that the republican party of mat gaetz -- matt gaetz and former speaker hastert is the same party that's obsessed with passing a bill today which i call the child pred empowerment -- predator empowerment act. republicans are passing a bill that allows any adult in a school to inspect the genitals of our kids before they're allowed to play sports. that's right, america. republicans' creepy, weird obsession with your kids' private parts now means they'res thatting bills to let them inspect what's in your kids' pants. what's wrong with you people? as a par

the f.b.i. was transformed after 9/11 and that took time, you know, poltsy changes and ct. the legal domestic intelligence divide. so lots of those had to be addressed and i think successfully were and the challenges maintaining it. i used to get really frustrated in department of defense strategic reviews when some eager booefer on the joint staff would say all right what is it, is it going to be china or al qaeda? why would i choose that? you know. i mean, they're both threats to the united states. nuclear weapons and conventional forces. no, i kind of need both. >> thank you. i would like to recognize commissioner crocker. >> thank you. you spoke of the importance of history, a point that was emphasized by the previous panel i think very effectively. the writ of this commission extends for 20 years. that is an entire generation. we had service members who fought in afghanistan who had no living memory of 9/11. and that time is history didn't begin in 2001 and it didn't end in 2021. you referred -- so an appreciation of history as you've emphasized i think is very importa