on capitol hill this morning, the inspector general john roth will testify about the findings before. he will try to explain how these workers slipped through the cracks and problems that led to that. he will outline that the tsa lacks effective controls to block potential employees with criminal histories or who are in the u.s. illegally. isn't the whole point of the tsa that the new infrastructure i guess it is ten years old, but this is meant to take all of the other parts of the government and make sure we're safe in airports? >> let's hope they make the improvements they need to make. >> it's ridiculous. is that editorializing? >>> stocks down three sessions in a row. the big banking story. restructuring at hsb. the british bank will sell operations in brazil and turkey. losing 25,000 positions and cut another 22,000 jobs across the bank. the bank wants to save $5 billion a year by 2017. the focus now shifts to online banking and self service. they will shutter 12% of the bank's branches. i covered banking for years. they were getting bigger and bigger. you could see the brands

the final question that i will ask in person, i had a chance to meet with inspector general john roth three times in last week and appreciate the work of his organization. he said directly to us some times in classified settings, but also in a public hearing the other day that he does not believe the leadership of tsa clearly understands the nature of the risks that they face. i am curious which camp you would put yourself in. do you believe he is right? do you think that the leadership has understood the nature? mr. neffenger: i had a chance to sit down with inspector general roth in my preparation for this. i understand the risks. i think there are people who do understand. what i want to understand is, how effective are those voices and how well can they be heard and more importantly why does the information appeared to be challenged in making it to the right level for organization. it is tied directly to your previous question. i look forward to answering that question and engaging with this committee and the in the future to make sure that the things that we do measure are the ri

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mock explosives and weapons at airport checkpoints in undercover audits by the dhs inspector general, john roth. roth also testified about this new report that says the tsa missed 73 individuals on the government's terror watch list, who worked for major airlines, airport vendors and related airport employers because of a lack of access to key data. dhs says it is trying to fix both of the problems at the tsa but roth is still worried. >> although nearly 14 years have passed since tsa's inception, we remain deeply concerned about ability to execute its important mission. >> reporter: roth declined to comment on the news reports about the failures of the tsa screeners. he would only confirm his office had conducted covert penetration tests at airport checkpoints. melissa? melissa: wow, chaos, confusion, i don't like any of this. peter, thank you so much. david: we're going to stay on it throughout the hour. before the evacuations at the white house, press sect josh earnest addressed what we talked about yesterday, the snub heard throughout the world. iraqi's prime minister edged out by a trio of

. >>> stunning testimony from the inspector general, john roth slamming the tsa for a host of shortcomingsg the tas failure to detect 73 tsa employees were hired. we get more from cnn's rene marsh. >> reporter: on capitol hill, serious questions raised about whether the tsa is capable of protecting the flying public from terrorists. the agency is struggling with low morale, faulty airport screening equipment, officers failing to detect weapons and fake explosives. and inadequate vetting of airport workers. now lawmakers are calling for a complete overhaul of the agency. the tsa was not at this hearing, but the department of homeland security inspector general was. he told lawmakers, quote, he is deeply concerned about tsa's ability to execute its important mission. those are sobering words from the government auditor behind a scathing report revealing tsa cleared more than 70 people with links to terrorism to work at u.s. airports. the inspector general was also behind the recent covert bomb tests that tsa officers failed miserably at airport checkpoints. now, some of the possibilities dis

process can be considered generally effective yet 73 individuals with links to terrorism were not found during the process. it seems a little contradictory. can you elaborate? john: roth certainly. and thank you for that opportunity. when we talk about generally effective, what we're talking about is the operation that the vetting unit does within tsa. they are only as good as the information they get. they do a very significant job for example they have over 2.2 million recurring vetting hits they have to review every year and that is about 6000 a day. additionally, they have to actually manually review 24,000 records a year, so that's 2,000 records a month, 500 records a week, to, you know, look at. -- to look at potential hits from the database to see whether or not these are the individuals who are listed on the database itself. they do a good job with the information that they have, but again what we had said is that , we uncovered a vulnerability wishes they do not have all of the information they needed to do their job. mr. payne: so basically with the volume, if it was other than an issue of terrorism it would be considered not that bad, but you know, the pote

the final question i ask in person, i had a chance to meet with inspector general john roth three times in last week and appreciate the work of his organization. he said directly to us some something classified settings but a public hearing the other day that he does not believe the leadership of tsa clearly understands the nature of the risk does not believe they truly understand the nature of the risk. do you believe he is right? do you think that the leadership has understood the nature? >> i i had a chance to sit down with director roth. i understand the nature of the risk. there are people who do but what i want to understand is how effective they are and how well they can be heard and more importantly the reasons why that information appears to be challenging to make it to the right level for the organization. it is tied directly to your previous question. i look forward to answering that question and engaging with this committee and the in the future as we work to ensure that the things that we do measure of the right things and that you continue to question. again, just like sec

those testifying were inspector general john roth and tsa was a brother -- whistle blowers. interrupted by capital police by reports of a suspicious package. mr. johnson: this hearing is necessary. i think it is unfortunate that some information was leaked prior to our ability to completely analyze it. we want to make sure that as we are asking questions that we do not reveal classified information. the fact of the matter is if it will solve any problems we have to recognize the reality. we have to describe it. the purpose of any hearing is that in the end, following the hearing, every member of the audience takes the first step towards solving any problems -- admit we have one. i have been thinking about the struggles of tsa since it was first established. understanding how it has got two missions, and they are completely contradictory. on the one hand, we're looking for 100% security. all public transportation would hundred percent safe and secure. on the other hand, we are looking for complete efficiency. it is an enormous task. because of leaked information inspector gen

the final question i will ask in person is i have had a chance to meet with inspector general john roth three times in the last week and appreciate the work of his organization. he said directly to us sometimes in classified settings and in a public hearing he does not believe the leadership tsa quotes truly understands the nature of the risk they face. doesn't believe that tsa truly understands the nature the tsa is facing. i am curious what camp you are in. did you believe he is right or do you think the leadership has understood the nature of the risk? >> i had a chance to sit down with inspector roth too. i think we understand the risk. i want to understand how effective the voices are, how well they can be heard and more burped importantly what reasons tuss does this appear to be challenging. i look forward to answering that question and engaging with this committee in the future as we look to insure the things we do measure are the right things and you continue to question whether they are the right merges measures. just like security the measures you put in place nay not be appro

the final question i'll ask in person is, i've had a chance to to meet with inspector general john routh three -- roth and appreciate the work of his organization. and he has said directly to us sometimes in classified settings but he also said in a public hearing the other day that he does not believe that the leadership of tsa "truly understands the nature of the risks that they face." doesn't believe that tsa truly understands the nature of the risks that they face. i'm curious which camp you would put yourself in. do you believe that he is right, that tsa does not understand the nature of the risks they face? or do you think the leadership has understood the nature of these risks? >> you know i had a chance to sit down with inspector general roth as well as part of my preparation for this. i understand the risks -- the nature of the risks we face. i think there are people in tsa who do understand the risk. what i want to understand is how effective are those voices and how well can those voices be heard. and more importantly what's the -- one of the reasons why that information appears to be chall

today, nebraska republican senator ben sasse questioned john roth, the inspector general who wrote the report. >> do you think it's possible that t.s.a. really could have not understood how grave their problem was before last week's leaked report? >> you know, it's something that we think about all the time. i mean, do they truly understand the nature of the risk that they face? candidly, i worry about that. >> wooduff: others said they're worried that a push for reduced airport wait times has actually harmed security. rebecca roering is assistant t.s.a. director at the minneapolis-st. paul airport. >> t.s.a. is handing out pre- check status like halloween candy in an effort to expedite passengers as quickly as possible, despite self-admitted security gaps that are being created by the process. >> wooduff: meanwhile, a second inspector general's report finds t.s.a.'s vetting of aviation workers is "generally effective". but, it did fail to identify 73 employees with unspecified links to terrorism. for all that, missouri democrat claire mccaskill offered a partial defense of the securit

the final question and person's i have had a chance to meet with the inspector general john roth threees in the last week and appreciate the work of his organization. he also said public hearing that it is not believe the leadership of tsa truly understands the nature of the risks that they face does not believe they truly understand the nature of the risk. risk. i'm curious what you put yourself in. do you believe is right? what do you believe that the leadership has to understand the nature of these risks? >> i had a chance to sit down with inspector general rough as part of my preparation. i understand the risks. i think there are people that do, but i do but i want to understand how effective those voices are and how well they can be heard and more importantly one of the reasons why that information appears to be challenging to make it to the right levels of the organization. i think is tied directly to your previous question. look forward to answering that question and more importantly look forward to engaging with this committee in the future we continue to question whether they

john roth. mr. roth is the inspector general for the department of homeland security.od and drug administration and also had a decorated career as a federal prosecutor with the department of justice. inspector general roth? >> chairman johnson, ranking member carper, and members of the committee, thank you for inviting me here to testify today to discuss our work examining tsa's programs and operations. before discussing tsa's challenges, i'd like to acknowledge the tsa whistle-blowers i join on this panel today. we are grateful when tsa employees, as well as employees from other parts of the department of homeland security, are willing to step forward to identify problems within the agency. whistle-blower disclosures have saved lives as well as taxpayer dollars, and whistle-blowers play a crucial role in keeping our department efficient and accountable. we review over 16,000 complaints per year, more than 300 per week, to better understand and respond to potential waste, fraud, and abuse in the department's programs and operations. with regard to tsa, we face a classi

john right he is the inspector general for homeland. prior to serving as the inspector general he was the director of drug investigations at the food and drug administration. inspector general roth. >> chairman johnson, ranking member carper and members of the committee, thank you for inviting me tear today to discuss the work and operations. before discussing the challenges i would like to acknowledge the tsa whistle blowers on the panel today. we are grateful when tsa employs and other employees from the department of homeland security are willing to step forward and identify problems within the agencies. they have saved lives and taxpayer dollars and play a crucial role in keeping the department accountable. we have more than 300 complaints a week to respond to waste, fraud and abuse in the department. with regard to tsa, we face a threat trying to secure the transportation systems. tsa cannot afford to miss a threat without potentially catastrophic consequences yet a terrorist only needs to get it right once. tsa's thousands of officers conduct tedious tasks that require vigilance. complacency can be a huge issue. insuring consistency across the large workforce would challen