if this is any indication of how you interact with the white house on homeland security policy matters there may be cause for concern. your recent statements on the matters have been less than encouraging. based on your press release this week, and you would think the most important security problem facing the nation is a handful of central americans living through mexico. that does not make it so. we know who they are and where they are and we know they generally do not accept the intent to invade if the patrol but prepare themselves to the agents and officers upon arrival. the fear about this old caliphate gets airtime on certain media outlets into place while with elements of the political base. better to distract the american people from the real issues facing the department and perhaps the president's own problems. likewise we've heard a lot in recent days about so-called loopholes in our immigration system as it relates to children. these are not loopholes they arr basic protections enacted by congress to protect vulnerable children and ensure those who have legitimate asylum cla

as opposed to homeland security adviser. every white house is different. g what is the relationship between the national security adviser and homeland security adviser? >> over time that relationship has evolved and in this administration as in the last administration the homeland security adviser as i mentioned has direct and immediate access and is the chief adviser to the president on homeland security and counterterrorism issues. that role, tom bossert's role, has been historically the deputy national security adviser. a dual hat relationship there and organizationally that person reports through the national security adviser. so as you point out, the new fact here is that john bolton came in as the national security adviser on monday, so i think it is fair to speculate that this is the new team maybe john bolton wanting to have his new team in there. but, again, i would stress what is so important about this homeland security adviser is having somebody who is directly reporting to the president, so this may be an indication that bolton is looking to ki

department and more importantly help us better secure the homeland. for border immigration, first, we're focused on securing and managing our borders and enforcing our immigration laws. while we have made vast improvements in border security over the last 15 months we continue to see unacceptable levels of illegal drugs, dangerous gang and transnational criminal organization activity and illegal immigration flow across our southern border. the current statistics from last month tell a different story. the number of illegal aliens encountered at the border increased more than 200% when compared to the same time last year. perhaps more troubling than number of alien children and -- encountered increased over 800% and the number of families encountered increased over 680%. we also saw 37% increase in drug seizures at the border in march, and i'm sad to report we report we have an increase of 73% in assaults on our border agents. this is unacceptable and must be addressed. we must do more to secure our borders against threats and illegal entry and close da

period.ented boom we have the homeland security market, global homeland security market going from $300 billion to approximately $600 billion, doubling over 10 years. so this kind of border, homeland security apparatus via the perspective of the private intor is a booming industry growth. there is a lot of investment. it is often coming from companies that have contracts or had contracts with the military. one vendor i talked to told me, we are now bringing the battlefield to the border and showing how the private sectors doesvement is also in looking at the dynamics of militarization of the border, how the private sector is also implicated. amy: we want to thank you, todd miller, for being with us, reporting on border security for over a decade. his most recent book is "storming the wall: climate change, migration, and homeland security." also the author of "border patrol nation: dispatches from the front t lines of homeland security." when we come back, we will talk about that caravan that president trump has been lamenting throughout the weekend, who is talking about it is the cause

section 9 a allows homeland security for jurisdictions, an injury to dhs. what was the harm, plaintiffs from the issuing of executive order, non-self-executing executive order. it was done. >> if i could ask a question, let's assume there was an order that said the atty. gen. could come of 8 to sanctuary jurisdiction on matters such as hurricane relief under fema or aid to higher education through some relevant engine agency. or medical aid for seniors if the law said that the ag could cut that off, didn't comply with 1373. could that be constitutional? >> you are referring to an executive order or act of congress. that sounds to me a not executive order, not the president invoking his own powers, it is a direction to a cabinet official to take their connection. no constitutional application of that executive order. to hypothesize about, could have some constitutional applications, and typically wait to see whether any action occurs and what the impact is. and this executive order, it is worth reminding a number of contingencies included in it, chief among

certainly no effect on the department of homeland security. we know that the president continues to intend executive order to defund matrices and we know that the department of homeland security home even mr. -- acknowledges is subject to the direction of the executive order to deny funds to century cities interprets the order differently than the attorney general memorandum. we have a statement of the acting director of i.c.e. , and congressional testimony where he says that what this order does is it allows the department homeland security to defund grants to cities that do not honor detainers and do not allow i.c.e. access to their jails. that is my interpretation that the attorney general memorandum gives it. even if you credit the memorandum i think you should treat it only as a directive to grantmaking departments within the department of -- grantmaking components within the problem justice to implement this in a certain way and we have nothing from the department of homeland security to dispel the statements of the acting director of i.

the secretary of homeland security saying this when pressed about president trump's suggestion that the military pay for the border wall. >> what he meant was there are some lands that the department of defense owns where we see illicit activity. we're looking into options for the military to build a wall at military installations on the border. >> reporter: this has cnn learns new details about the tense meeting tuesday. sources say the president grew te irritated when they advised him against withdrawing troops from syria. >> we'll be coming it of syria, luke, very soon. let the other people take care of it now. >> reporter: senior administration officials said the president complained at length about the amount of money being is spent in the region, telling advisers he wants troops

mike cochrane homeland security. i want to cover the known ones and i can go into details on each one. the main thing is disaster planning, homeland security, covers special operations, special events, parades, dignitary visits, grant management, and we also oversee the stress unit, our northern california regional california center lieutenant and the k9 unit. also we are we are developing continuity of management plan for the mayor's office and emergency support functions the over all emergency city wide support plan and still responding to, working fires when called upon. would you like me to go through each? >> president cleaveland: just give us quick cliff notes on each of the areas and anything that's particularly happening that's current that you think would be of interest. >> updating your annual and making sure all our addresses are out there and emergency response districts are correct and the maps and working within the department of emergency management to make sure they know that probably in the first 24

department of homeland security to monitor the work of news outlets. my name's neil harvey you're watching on t.v. and to national great to have you with us. first this hour a driver has crashed a van into a crowd in the german city of munster killing two people and injuring twenty others the suspect in his own life artie's peter oliver has been following developments. been confirmed three people including the driver have died after a vehicle plowed into people who were sat at a cafe in munster the driver we understand took his own life that's what we're hearing from the authorities at the scene that has been confirmed by the interior minister of the state of north rhine-westphalia where this took place another twenty people or so of been injured in this incident as well six of those are described as being in a critical condition the authorities have named the main suspect behind this the person that took their own life at the wheel of that vehicle is a forty eight year old man i say they've named him he has only been named locally as the yen's are tha

department of homeland security to monitor the work of news outlets. joining us this evening you're watching our international. starts with our developing story this hour that three people have been killed they include the perpetrator and also twenty others have been confirmed injured after a van plowed into a crowd in the german city of munster let's cross live to our correspondent in berlin peter all of us on the line with me peter bring is the very latest please. yes has been confirmed three people including the driver have been killed after have died after a vehicle plowed into people who were sat at a cafe in munster the driver we understand took his own life that's what we're hearing from the authorities at the scene. he has been that has been confirmed by the interior minister of the state of north rhine-westphalia where this took place in the city of munster another twenty people or so of been injured in this incident as well six of those are described as being in a critical condition the authorities have named the main suspect behind this the

plus us journalists voice their concern over plans find the department of homeland security to create an extensive media monitoring database. this is our to international great to have you with us. and we start this hour with our developing story here live pictures from the scene three people who. have been killed and twenty others confirmed injured this is in the german city of moons there were a van as round into a crowd of people let's go live to r.t. correspondent peter oliver who's been following this story for us bring is the salient details peter what's taken place. world what we know from the interior ministry here in germany who have announced some figures on this terrible incidents taking place in the city of munster they're telling us that four people have died at the scene that as many as twenty people perhaps more have been injured with six of those described as being in a very serious condition now this happened after a silver gray volkswagen rammed into a crowd of people who were sat at a very popular cafe and restaurant in munster in the old town there a lot of people

also us journalists voice their concern over plans by the department of homeland security to create an extensive media monitoring database. harvey this is r.t. international great to have your company deceive me. we'll start with our developing news story this hour in which three people have been killed and twenty others confirmed injured after a van rammed into a crowd in the german city of munster let's cross live to berlin and our your food correspondent peter all of it on the line peter bring is right up to date with the latest details police yes this vehicle rammed into a crowd of people who were sat outside of a popular restaurant cafe in the old town of munster it was a hot spring day people out and about enjoying the weather and this tragic event is taking place the vehicle there leaving four people dead including the driver who police have said took his own life six people are described as being in a critical condition with as many as thirty reportedly been injured some sources saying twenty injured in that no police a police spokesman the police spokesperson at the scene had

of the new american pointed out so deftly had said this clearly indicates that the part of homeland security has already selected many of its more than two hundred ninety thousand targets and it's merely looking for a company that can handle the grunt work of moderating those media sources literally the rest of us monitor media sources through the way they are there's a million ways they do it and so you're making a list and having somebody set there and trackers and you know i'm sorry what really threw me is that way so they already have the list there are you know who they want to spy on they already know who they want to follow to be bothered to actually spy on us they'd rather outsource they'd rather outsource it to somebody of wow department of homeland security even when you're trying to be george orwell you still outsource the root will come on you guys at least try a little bit. tyler to hold all of the sound off on twitter ready for those seas despite what some reporters made suggest this is nothing more than the standard practice of monitoring current events in the media any sugges

department of homeland security has sparked widespread concern as caleb often explains. the department of homeland security wants you to gather information on people it refers to as media influencers it's deadline day for applications for the job our mission is to lead the nation effort to protect and enhance the resilience of the nation's physical and cyber infrastructure services shall provide media comparison tools design and rebranding tools communication tools and the ability to identify to media influencers that clearly made many journalists here in the us quite uncomfortable now the concerns seem pretty legitimate think of all the people that could be monitored considered to be media influencers the number of media outlets around the world that they potentially want to monitor is list is around two hundred ninety thousand this includes t.v. print media online and social media now they want access to password protected devices furthermore they want the contact information of the media influencing people in addition to that they want to translation function that can

dot com coming up the department of homeland security and some mysterious plans for journalists near and far and then we discover the empty calories and junk food and the musician moby stay tuned to watch the hawks. there's strong pressure find a security cap and that's by the pentagon and by jimmy joe. trying to do something about it so you could probably at some stage she might give in to this pressure but i don't think it is his intention what i consider more likely another u.s. military attack on syria is that the united states policy build the eat to wreck any ethic by the russians to texans iranians to find a political solution. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy to confront ation let it be an arms race is on offense spearing dramatic development the only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. out as journalism in the pan the news media is one of the hosts are some of the most precious resources needed to maintain a free and healthy society which is why since

department of homeland security has sparked widespread concern explains. the department of homeland security wants you to gather information on people it refers to as media influencers it's deadline day for applications for the job our mission is to lead the nation effort to protect and enhance the resilience of the nation's physical and cyber infrastructure services shall provide media comparison tools design and rebranding tools communication tools and the ability to identify took media influencers that clearly made many journalists here in the us quite uncomfortable now the concerns seem pretty legitimate think of all the people that could be monitored considered to be media influencers the number of media outlets around the world that they potentially want to monitor is list is around two hundred ninety thousand this includes t.v. print media online and social media and they want access to password protected devices furthermore they want the contact information of the media influencing people in addition to that they want to translation function that c

it's an integral part of our homeland security defenses. they deserve to be treated better than this. this sort of willy-nilly, we're going to throw them at the border is ridiculous. >> so, patrick, on this point of what's happening here, too, they are also trying to say we're building this wall. >> right. >> now, of course, the wall is something that much of the border already has. >> right. >> to point out a basic thing. she was asked about this today, right, there's pieces of the wall that are being replaced. look at it. a lot of wall, what doesn't have wall is impenetrable because of terrain. she was asked specifically when you're fixing old wall, are you counting it as new wall? i want to play that exchange. >> if there is a wall before that needs to be replaced, it's being replaced by a new wall. this is the trump border wall. in many cases -- >> the current wall would count as new wall in your words? >> yes, it would. >> this is a rough performance. this brings back memories of betsy devos when she was asked about basic questions abo

department of homeland security has sparked widespread concerns and explains. the department of homeland security wants you to gather information on people it refers to as media influencers it's deadline day for applications for the job our mission is to lead the nation effort to protect and enhance the resilience of the nation's physical and cyber infrastructure services shall provide media comparison tools design and rebranding tools communication tools and the ability to identify to media influencers that clearly made many journalists here in the us quite uncomfortable now the concerns seem pretty legitimate think of all the people that could be monitored considered to be media influencers the number of media outlets around the world that they potentially want to monitor is list is around two hundred ninety thousand this includes t.v. print media online and social media they want access to password protected devices furthermore they want the contact information of the media influencing people in addition to that they want to translation function that can all

dot com coming up in part one of homeland security and some mysterious plans for journalists near and far and then we discover the empty calories and junk food and the musician moby stay tuned to watch for the hawks. that guy the product google also guides the actions of the employees within. google and they can stop the algorithm isn't this just like fantasia the disney movie with mickey mouse worry goes to war with the dancing groom and he tries to chop it down to creates more than a craze a flood within the wizard alice i mean these are algorithms that are out of frickin control and employees within the company can't stop them now war driven by algorithm who's in charge of the algorithm or the head of google who's running the show that. it. exists is harlan kentucky. to hold all of this move them boys used to be very funny using new. money since it was almost no coal mines left. the jobs are gone all the coal was said that there was a lot of these people the survivors of disappearing before their eyes. i remember thinking when i was younger that if anything ever happened to the coa

he had to be calmed down by james mattis and homeland security secretary neilsen. >>> and tensions with china escalate. larry kudlow says beijing has not wanted to talk after the threats of tariffs. >> the chinese response was unsatisfactory. the president is trying to get their attention again. the process may include tariffs. i cannot rule that out. it may rest eventually on necessigotiations negotiations. >> last week, president trump threatened an additional $100 billion in tariffs on china. that followed an early announcement on tariffs of $50 billion of chinese goods. china retaliated with tariffs on u.s. exports. now kudlow is stating new tariffs have not been impleme implemented yet. he was one on sunday downplaying talk of a trade war. we heard from steve mnuchin. he does not expect a trade war. peter navarro says this is a negotiating tactic. and sunday morning, president trump tweeted he and xi jinping will remain friends no matter what happens with our dispute on trade. the hope is to calm wall street. a possible trade war is shaking markets. dow lost 5

the news media the was what do you think i mean we know that we know that the you know homeland security they would never never ever ever ever use the guise of national security to marginalize journalists or to criminalize their activities why because we haven't watched that for the last forever. i mean i'm not surprised this is one of those things that you see that list and you go really but everything's retro now we're rebuilding everything apparently you know we rebooted mccarthyism and now you know will make us blacklist we know that so that's like and then they can just mammo us what's appropriate and appropriate and the da just can tell us what the value of it because the do just i'm such a great job with you know the security of airline travel with a brand i mean bank. how much you know how much more secure are we now that we know it's interested in is security the media monitoring services plan that's the maybe first thing the media monitoring service called google it was advertised you know basically the water for lack of a better term was our ties the april third at fed gov che

a joint statement from secretary of defense mattis, secretary of homeland security nielsen reads in part, tonight national guard troops are deploying to support border security missions along the u.s. southwest border. we are committed to using every lever of power to support men and women of law enforcement, protecting the american people. the pentagon's also announced faithey're creating a special border security cell. they will back up border control agents. >> we're looking at how to best provide the support to the department of homeland security. we'll figure it out and it will be consistent with law and the spirit of congress, no problem. >> reporter: don't let that mission statement fool you. the new cells got a crucial role to play. they will make sure missions are tightly synced 24 hours a day, sense days a week. >> they'll be watching monitors, cameras and sensor feeds. they'll be helping in back room activities. >> reporter: they will conduct reconnaissance on the ground and in the air. >> we've used them to do intelligence and analysis for intelligence and aviation is a big p

within the department of homeland security.director mchenry has a bachelors of science from georgetown university and foreign service and a masters of art and political science from vanderbilt and a juris doctorate from vanderbilt law school. thank you both for being here today. ms. gambler, we will recognize you first foror any open remarkk you care to make. obviously any extended wit remarks were made part of the record so you can feel free to summarize. >> thank you -- >> if you would -- senator durbin reminded me, we need to administer the oath so if you would stand. raise your right hand. [witnesses were sworn in] >> all right. now, ms. gambler please make any open remark she care to make. >> good afternoon chairman cornyn and ranking member durbin and members of the subcommittee. thanku you for the opportunityo appear at today's hearing to discuss gao's work within the executive officee for immigratin review, or eoir. eoir is responsible for conducting immigration court proceedings to uniformly administer and interpret u.

want to start with a very simple statement for today's announcement which is border security is homeland security, which is national security. it's not a partisan issue. it is not something we can separate. it is core to being a sovereign nation for the president has reiterated this many times. he has specific lease at a sovereign nation that cannot or choose not to defend its border will soon cease to be a sovereign nation. the threat is real. we have talked about it over the past 18 months. the department of homeland security, since its creation 2003 has watched for current and emerging threats are despite a number of steps the ministration has taken, we continue to see unacceptable levels of illegal drugs, dangerous gang activity, transnational criminal organizations and illegal immigration flow across our border. this threatens the safety of our communities and children and our very rule of law under which our country was founded. it is time to act. let's talk about that today. in an effort to prevent such a consequence the president directed the department of defense and homeld secity work t

history from both parties deploying the guard to be for border security and the secretary of homeland securityuggests a national security issue. >> border security and immigration laws failed the american people. the system rewards bad behavior. it does not punish lawbreakers. undermines the nation's economic interests. >> reporter: that caravan of immigrants heading to the us border through mexico looks like it was stopped near mexico city, a report from the washington post but an organizer said the participants may continue on to cross into the us and beyond what the president says is a crisis on the border. what the white house would like to see is a legislative fix to all of this, something that has eluded washington for decades. jillian: we will see what happens. thank you very much. rob: as the president steps up border security democrats are quick to criticize the move as extreme. jillian: senior editor at the federalist hitting back saying this isn't an unprecedented move for president. >> every president since reagan has sent troops to borders so it is not totally new that this presid

it one on twitter and warned of a big price to pay, writing: . >> reporter: the president's homeland security advisor said he has spoken with senior members of his national security cabinet from saturday evening to sunday morning. >>> a face-to-face meeting between president trump and kim jong-un is one step closer to reality. tonight, for the first time, u.s. officials confirmed the forecasten leader is willing to discuss -- north korean leader is willing to discuss getting rid of his nuclear weapons. >> certainly we're going to be cautiously optimistic, but we feel like things are moving in the right direction. >> so far the trump administration has not said when and where that historic meeting will take place. >> well, reaction continues in washington to president trump's plan to send national guard troops to the mexican border. members of both parties, though, say this is no long- term solution. >> you're not gonna secure a border just by adding national guard troops. you've got to go to the root cause of this. >> the president talks about building a wall that mexico is going to pay for i

calls for the department of defense and homeland security.gration. the move is being activated under title 32 which gives governors command and control over troops while the federal government foots the bill. troops will not make contact with any immigrants and yesterday homeland security secretary said she hoped deployment would begin, quote, immediately. although she said she is still speaking with the board of governors and a specified plan is not in place. illegal border crossing hit 46 year low last year. administration insists a surge of the past month and potential uptick this month is cause for urgency. >> we are seeing more and more advertising by the smugglers to ourself specific to how to get around our system and enter our country and stay. we have documented cases of borrowing children appearing at the border as a family unit in a fraudulent way. why today not yesterday, tomorrow. today is the day. today is the day we want to start this process. the threat is real. >> president george w. bush sent 6,000 national guard troops to t

to seal a homeland security contract to hunt down so-called media influences and that's causing a stir among journalists the details when we come back. so. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure more so more want to be rich. to do like to be prosperous what with before the screen the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters in the. first six. welcome back relations between the u.k. and russia might be at an all time low but that hasn't stopped british football fans from traveling to moscow for the u.a.e. for europa league head of the. game on thursday night british media ran threatening articles about blood and that for the english travelling contingent i think that with one arsenal super fan to see if the headlines were true. this on my way to consume you a very prominent castle fan going to be asking him when he travels to moscow does he have any fears regarding the political tension between the u.k. and russia is he worried about things like hooliganism. follow him through

there's also a week ago, two weeks ago from the department of homeland security an iminnocent threat from russia hacking -- an imminent threat from russia hacking into systems what is the department of defense doing to protect against those kinds of attacks that could lead to shutdown of the grid or some other critical infrastructure, thereby bringing physical as well as social and economic harm to the united states. >> sir, as you know, we have a fair amount of money that's given to our cyber command for cyberspace operations. and we have a number of mission teams. ut these are primarily focused on our own defense, department of defense and offense against an adversary for the defend the nation mission comes under the secretary of homeland security, secretary neilson. we are in close contact with her. we have the only capability to try and defend, whether it be an electrical grid a financial system, something like that. and i think that right now we need to get a lot stronger in the defense of our critical infrastructure. all aspects of it. i realize that some of that could come und

which is border security is homeland security which is national security. it is not a partisan issue or something we can separate out. it is core to being a sovereign nation. the president has reiterated this many times and said a sovereign nation cannot or worse not, chooses not to defend its boarders will cease to be a sovereign nation. the threat is real. we've talked about it over the last 18 months. the department of homeland security since its creation in 2003 has watched for current and emerging steps despite the streps the administration has taken, we continue to see unacceptable levels of illegal drugs, dangerous gang acivity and transnational illegal operations across our border and threatening not only the safety of our community and children and the very rule of law on which you know our county was found. it is time to act. so let's talk about that today. in an effort to prevent such a consequence, the president has direced that the department of defense and the department of homeland security work together with our governor -- to deploy to assi

but as you heard from the homeland security secretary, nothing is a done deal yet. conversations continue. meanwhile, the california national guard says it is still reviewing the request. jessica castro, abc7 news. >> thanks. >>> facebook ceo mark zuckerberg has agreed to appear before a second congressional hearing next week, this time in the senate. he'll appear in a rare joint hearing of the senate judiciary and commerce committees next april 10th. a day before testifying before a house committee. yesterday facebook announced million more users than originally thought had their data exposed by cambridge analytica. >>> new this morning, twitter announced it has suspended 1.2 million accounts from its social media platform between august 2015 and the end of last year. for violations related to the promotion of terrorism. the san francisco-based company began mass suspensions in early 2014, responding to criticism that it wasn't doing enough to crack down on users who promote or link to terrorist groups. >>> if you love abc's tgit lineup, you'll love what we have in

yesterday, the secretary on of homeland security repeated two of the president's false claims that ther construction and that the billion dollars in newly secured border promise goes towards fulfilling trump's campaign promise. >> we are started building. we're building realtime in -- >> how much do y'all have at this point? >> this is an important question. to us, it is all new wall. if there is a wall that needs replaced, it's being replaced by a new wall. this is the trump border wall -- >> replacing walls is part of building the wall in your words? >> yes, it would. some places will have taller walls, depending. >> as pol i tifact the points out, the $1.6 billion is for fencing, not the border wall, and it can only be used for, quote, operationally effective designs. >>> changing gears now, fears of a potential trade war with china are hitting america's heartland after beijing announced it may hit goods like soy being, corn and beef with a 25% tariff while president trump has posted defiant messages on twitter his administration is suggesting may all be a negotiation tactic. tom co

now if they see that you're working with the department of homeland security. can you see how that would also road their trust it's very important that folks in the community know that we are not targeting undocumented residents rather we're targeting gang members and we will provide protections to folks who have no immigration status whatsoever if they interact with law enforcement to provide information and and we're not going to not work with our federal law enforcement partners to target them as thirteen to ask us to ask us to do otherwise is reckless . whatever the motive the crackdown in this thirteen by local and federal authorities has left little comfort in these communities. what do you envision for your future here. i'm not afraid to think about it. i might be true but i'm not i'm not what. i might be a member of my corn i might be a war to a maverick so what else i don't know i don't know a picture i made of. way. for those that were detained the experience hangs over them. in these gang allegations while not proven could still hurt their chances fo