now looking at the department of homeland security with that lack of continuity with national security. >> what was his gratifying acting secretary. and then to work directly with in areas where he partnered with narcotics or a response to natural disaster to embed with them from two weeks ago and with those capabilities and looking at the cyberlandscape in the private sector is 8800 jurisdictions for men to work with the supply chain with state and locals and i am very confident with that caliber of leadership i have seen how effective they are. and how dedicated they are. >> thinking mister secretary. i am not worried about continuity but the whole range of threat. >> we both can agree. there are good folks working. and with the cyberassets and protecting election infrastructure and transnational criminal organizations all of those require relationships with private partners and foreign partners with the public sector and careful coordination. can you see how lack of leadership when you identify the need to bring the public together to protect cyberassets that would impact our abilit

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he has no longer -- he also has no longer a homeland security advisor or a white house cyber coordinator. the president needs to fill positions critical to u.s. national security. at the same time, terrorism threats to the homeland are both international and domestic are unrelenting. just over two weeks ago, president trump pulled american troops out of syria. this abrupt exit put an end to u.s. counterterrorism missions with the kurds and complicated pentagon's raid on isis leader al baghdadi. fortunately, their mission was successful, thanks to the bravery and skill of our military members and intelligence professionals and we honor them for their huh rowm service to our country. while alt bag baghdadi is dead, detainees pose a renewed threat to the u.s. and conditions on the ground are ripe for isis to reconstitute. we abandoned our kurdish allies, prompting them to make a deal with the russian backed syrian government. i want to hear from our witness today how these developments affect the global threat picture and what the implications are for the homeland. here at home, domestic te

lisa was homeland security and terrorism adviser to president barack obama and attorney general for national security and chief of staff at the fbi to then director robert mueller. whatever happened to him? she's now the co-chair of data security and privacy group and teaches national security law at new york's university school of law and also a senior national security analyst at cnn. last and certainly not least, nick rasmussen, he was director of the national counterterrorism center, or nctc, after serving in government positions in both george w. bush and barack obama administrations. he's now senior director for national security and counterterrorism programs at the mccain institute for national leadership and with sandra day o'connor center of law. that's a lot of background and experience to bear on this issue confronting us today. let's start off with laying the stage. bobby, what is domestic terrorism and what statutes do we have to help address it. >> the first thing to understand is we grapple with the definition of domestic terrorism there can be and often is a difference betwee

the acting secretary of the department of homeland security. let's begin with msnbc senior national security analyst and contributor and nicholas rasmussen. msnbc national security and intelligence analyst. nick, first to you here. you have the president commenting on another departure from a key post in his administration. how does this hurt national security? and how do you interpret the sudden departure? >> well good morning, alex. secretary, acting secretary mcaleenan was acting secretary and that by itself was without precedent in recent memory. as for several months he had been left in the position, but never put forward by the president. as a formal nominee for the position. >> which means he can leave on a dime, too? right -- >> can he leave on a dime. of course he can leave on a dime as any official could by resigning. and in some ways this is not unexpected. within the last several weeks acting secretary mcaleenan has given interviews in which he has in some ways tried to separate himself from some of the most excessive aspects of the

in a heated interview on sunday, the chairman of the committee on homeland security stated that he had no trust in us intelligence agencies, such as the fbi and cia: ijust want the truth. the american people want the truth. so do you not trust the american...? do you not trust the fbi? you don't trust the cia? no — no, i don't. i'm just very confused here. absolutely not. you don't trust either of those agencies? after obstructing lisa page? 0k. joining us now from washington is former cia operative lindsey moran. good to have you with us. you had the chair of the homeland security committee, someone who is tasked with keeping america safe, does not

one step closer, lisa monaco, the homeland security and counterterrorism advisor to president obama as well as the assistant attorney general for national security and chief of staff at the fbi to then director robert mueller. whatever happened to him? [laughter] >> she's now the co chair of a data security and prif si group. -- privacy group. she teaches national security law at new york university school of law and also a security analyst at cnn. last and certainly not least, nick rasmussen is at the end. he was director of the national counterterrorism center or nctc after serving in government positions in both the george w. bush and obama administrations. now senior director for national security and counterterrorism programs tat mccain institute -- at the mccain institute for international leadership and a professor of practice with the sandra day o'connor college of law at arizona state university. that's a lot of background and experience to bring to bear on this issue that's confronting us today. so let's start off with laying the stage. bobby, what is domestic terrorism, and

>> yeah, homeland security committee, again, bipartisan, democrats control it now, but our main purposeto protect us against the attacks, protect the homeland from being attacked and hundreds or thousands of isis prisoners going back into europe or loose in the middle east, that increase it is chance of them coming to the united states, so they'll have to definitely as far as i'm concerned, definite increase in security measures taken by the united states against this threat. arthel: now to former acting homeland security secretary kevin mcaleenan quitting temporary job after 6 months of being there, what's your reaction to resignation and what does it take to stick in this position and who has what it takes? >> yeah, again, kevin mcaleenan, he has done a very good job, i think some of the agreement that is he worked out with central american countries will be helpful to the united states, again, professional, as to who would take his place, i don't know, the president says there's a number of people, there are qualified people in the government and obviously right now the focus of home

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professor of law georgetown university law center, one step closer you have lisa monaco, the homeland security and counter-terrorism to barack obama, as well as the assistant attorney general for national security and chief of staff and then director robert, mueller whatever happened to him? >> she's now the co-chair on data security and privacy group, she teaches national security law that new york university security of law and is a security analyst at cnn and last really not least nick the, director of the counter-terrorism center after serving in government positions in the administrations, he is now senior director for national security and counter-terrorism programs at the mccain institute for leadership, and the college of law, arizona state university. that is a lot of background ends experiencing to bring on this issue confronting us today. so let's start with what is laying the, stage bobby what is domestic terrorism and what statues do we have to help us address it? >> so the first thing to understand and grappling this is that there can be a difference between what we might describ

no, but actually one of the things that -- that the department of homeland security does on it trackon a daily basis, that's one of the things that a very senior white house official when he was explaining to me me nielesn's firing he said, her down fall was there's a sheet of paper every single day where you can see how many people showed up at the border and if that number wasn't low enough, as long as the number was going up she was in trouble. if you're interested in seeing how many people -- you can compare it to past history and you see that, you know, there's no, you know, compared to historical patterns there's no crisis, there's a big flow of people but, you know, it's good to put it in context and you can get the numbers from the government. >> next question, please. [inaudible] >> i don't understand nielsen and everybody else, i know people are coming out and talk but such a destabilizing influence in trump and what he's doing that no matter what side you're on when you see the whole foundation starting to crack, to me it's terribly frightening and i don't understand the p

acting secretary of homeland security kevin mack lehman. secretary maddalena and become active secretary in april at the helm of 240,000 person agency, the department is responsible for everything from airport and cyber security emergency response and facilitation of trade and travel, prevention of terrorism and much more. more importantly for our purposes today the hs is responsible for many of the crucial aspects of immigration . its component agencies , us customs and border protection and us immigrations and customsenforcement . before becoming active secretary he held a number of roles in us customs and border protection including serving as commissioner, yet the commissioner and the director of one of cdp's budget field commands. he received a presidential rank award in 2015, the nation's highest civil service award in a decade before that received a service to america metal for spearheading efforts to develop and implement a post 9/11, transit antiterrorist and strategy and the border security context . he holds a law degree from the

acting sect of homeland security kevin mcaleenan. secretary mcaleenan became acting secretary in april at them of 240,000 person agency, department that's responsible for everything from airport and cybersecurity to emergency response to the sufficient of trade and travel prevention of terrorism and much, much more. more important for purposes today dhs responsible for many of those crucial aspects of immigration. to think about agencies you citizenship and immigration services come just cousins afforded protection and u.s. immigration and customs enforcement. before becoming acting secretary mr. macklin held a number of roles and use customs and border protection including serving as commission, deputy commissioner and direct of one of cbp's largest field commands. he received a presidential rank award in 2015, the nation's highest civil service award of the decade before that he received the service to america medal for spearheading efforts to develop an deponent a post-9/11 comprehensive antiterrorist strategy in the border securi

no, but actually one of the things that -- that the department of homeland security does on it trackon a daily basis, that's one of the things that a very senior white house official when he was explaining to me me nielesn's firing he said, her down fall was there's a sheet of paper every single day where you can see how many people showed up at the border and if that number wasn't low enough, as long as the number was going up she was in trouble. if you're interested in seeing how many people -- you can compare it to past history and you see that, you know, there's no, you know, compared to historical patterns there's no crisis, there's a big flow of people but, you know, it's good to put it in context and you can get the numbers from the government. >> next question, please. [inaudible] >> i don't understand nielsen and everybody else, i know people are coming out and talk but such a destabilizing influence in trump and what he's doing that no matter what side you're on when you see the whole foundation starting to crack, to me it's terribly frightening and i don't understand the p

homeland security from afghan whether there will be to use homeland security from afghanistan as a result of. us withdrawal and they should say stand as a result of. us withdrawal and they should say that it was a completely bipartisan delegations nevertheless that it was a completely bipartisan delegations nevertheless all of them were of the view that the u.s. should the state come all of them were of the view that the u.s. should to stay committed in support of the peace process in their country in also we should work vetted in support of the peace process in their country in also we should work together in order to facilitate. in order to facilitate. in created an environment so there will be no need for the presence of the u.a.e. to an environment so there will be no need for the presence of the used troops in the country in the future so one of the main questions stupes in the country in the future so one of the main questions there was that what will happen to the achievements of the afghan people there was that what will happen to the achievements of the afghan people. in the sect

minute left the light will turn to yellow when it's read your five minutes are >> department of homeland security leads this process and have worked closely with agency partners and embassies and agencies and partners overseas to implement proclamation in a can distance manner, allowing us to enhance security of our borders while facilitating legitimate travel permitted by the proclamations and waivers. the first priority when adjudicating all of these including those covered by the proclamation poses no security risk to the united states. the second is that consular officers apply the proclamation in a consistent manner that they may be subject to the proclamation in the third priority has been to improve the waiver process with that security and vetting delay with time and resource intensive with the review process with an automated system. if an applicant does not fall into the exception category category, counselor officer will automatically consider them for a waiver the criteria or criteria are in the national interest that would call the applicant cause the applicant undue hardship and has

the department of homeland security leads this process and worked closely with dhs and other interagencypartners and with embassies and consulates overseas to implement the proclamation in consistent manner allowing us to enhance security of our borders while still facilitating legitimate travel permitted by the proclamation's exceptions and waivers. first priority when adjudicating all of the applications including those covered by the proclamation is to ensure they are no security risk to the united states. second priority is apply proclamation in consistent manner and applicants are informed of the requirement. third priority to improve the waiver process to reduce the security vetting delays by replacing time and resource and if applicant does not fall in exception category but eligible for visa apart from proclamation, officer would automatically consider waiver based on criteria set forth in the proclamation, the criteria are issuesance of the visa is in the national interest and undue hardship and poses no national security or public safety for the united states. the applicant nee

the acting secretary of homeland security resigning tonight. kevin mcaleenan only held that post since april. here's what a source is telling cnn, that mcaleenan feels that he's accomplished all that he could given today's political climate and that it is unlikely legislation dealing with immigration will happen in the coming election year. we're going to have much more on what his resignation means. that in just a few moments. it's a very busy night. >>> also tonight, is rudy giuliani still president trump's lawyer? the president was asked a direct question on the white house lawn, and he wouldn't say yes. >> is rudy giuliani still your personal attorney? >> well, i don't know. i haven't spoken to rudy. i spoke to him yesterday briefly. he's a very good attorney, and he has been my attorney. >> the president saying i don't know, and everybody scratching their heads. so is rudy giuliani still his lawyer or not? tonight a source is telling cnn that, yes, giuliani is still president trump's lawyer but won't be handling matters involving ukraine.

kevin mcaleenan has done an outstanding job as acting secretary of homeland security. he wants to spend for time with his family and go to the private sector. congratulations, kevin, on a job well done. i will be announcing the next

when she was head of homeland security she rarely gave interviews. ople have to register and pay in advance to attend. it wasn't open to the public. it was hosted by fortune. it's called "women in power." her presence at the summit got a lot of outrage. basically because people said she shouldn't be give an platform in this kind of environment to talk about her policies. actually people who were booked on the panel backed out because nielsen was going to be there, including filmmaker gree hampton, singer brandy carlisle, even former secretary of state hilly clinton. she cited a scheduling conference, but a source said she didn't want the share the bill with nielsen. >> woodruff: well, there is a lot of conoversy around what happened during her tenure. one thing that got the most attention was the administration's policy of separating families, especially children, at the border. you asked her about that. >> i did indeed. she had the sign off on that policy of separating children at the u.s. southern border. i asked her, knowing everything ine knows n

homeland security from afghanistan as a result of. us withdrawal and they should say that as a result of. us withdrawal and they should say that it was a completely bipartisan delegations nevertheless all of it was a completely bipartisan delegations nevertheless all of them were of the view that the u.s. should the stay committed them were of the view that the u.s. should to stay committed. in support of the peace process in their country in also we should work together in support of the peace process in their country in also we should work together in order to facilitate. in creating other to facilitate. in created an environment so there will be no need for the presence of the used troops and environment so there will be no need for the presence of the used troops in the country to diffuse future so one of the main question questions since. their war was was that what. happened to the chief. of the in staff of the afghan people and people. in in the 2nd. people have made it for me for. giving the right which of course all of us wil

acting secretary of the homeland security resigned yesterday. there have been 11 heads, secretaries and acting secretaries. let's put them up. since 2002 when it was created. 17 years right here. five of them will have served under president trump in about a thousand days. right? if you consider the turnover over the 17 years here, we're not seeing this in other dmtds. why is this specific to or unique to this department? >> it seems to be because homeland security includes border and immigration officials that are essential to the president's promises in 2016 and what's going to be part of his argument for re-election. so it ends up being deeply politicized to impeachment who remember why and how this agency was created. this wasn't around earlier. this was created because people need to be talking to one another. the president has kind of latched onto it. he doesn't seem to have found the right voice, the right people, the right level of control. the reporting seems to indicate he's using it mostly for border protection issueses, but, you know

the department of homeland security chief is out. it occurs the same day a judge said the administration could not use military funding to build the border wall. here with more tonight is cnn kaitlan collins. what do we know about his departure? >> reporter: this is sudden. the president tweeting e iing t. ever since he first got named to this job under, of course, an acting position, people never envisioned him taking the job in a permanent role. he was at odds with the president and some of his top advisers, including miller, and their roles and where they wanted to go on immigration. there were times where the president was pleased with what he was doing. there were other times where the president with a lash out and blame him for the border policies, high border crossings. something else that's interesting that happened in recent weeks, he gave this interview to "the washington post" where he talked about how essentially he lamented the fact he didn't feel he had control over the tone, the policy at the department at a time when

it's really part of why you created the department of homeland security. it's a synchronize the various capabilities of the department and push the capacity and there is a human crisis. i was the joint task force east director and then i was also the coast guard atlantic director. it's challenging down there. department priority and coast guard being part of that is appropriate. >> i want to leave time for the audience. i'm going to -- if i call on you, please stand, use the microphone, state your name, one question. we'll start right here. >> i'm russell king, retired federal employee, a couple years ago i read an article in proceedings on the arctic issue and it had what they called geo strategic icebergs and it was an example of a search and rescue strategic iceberg and there was a cruise ship going from west to east through the canadian northwest passage during the summertime and everything was fine, but when they got off, there was a storm and the icelandic coast guard responded but they didn't have enough resources to save all the people. and i was w

homeland security advisor.s designation. we work hand-in-hand with federal dhs on a wide variety of issues we confronted the state of new jersey. a lead in to say that from a clearinghouse perspective we absolutely welcome that i think in a place for structure directed and concise plan the best practices themselves can really help us full circle to what we try to do at the state level. we do a walk proactively new jersey but having the interface and to be able to point that back to someone from the federal government can be very powerful and talking to a super intendant across our 21 counties. to the degree they are the clearinghouse is coming online we welcome it. i think it will continue to help make our schools safe. >>. >> let me just i want to keep people much longer but i just want to thank all the witnesses for their testimony today this has been an honor for me to chair this hearing and hear from all of you. all with different experiences on this one very important subject. mr. schachter you brought up

homeland security no one in your country is right now blair. to fly airliners into american skyscrapers 18 years on surely planning to fly airliners into american skyscrapers 18 years on surely you are talking about security of u.s. troops in afghanistan not security of the we're talking about security of u.s. troops in afghanistan not security of the united states no but we are talking about it was it was because of the united states no but you're talking about it was it was because of al qaeda presence in years back to what happened to their presence in years back to what happened in 111 and if the issue of terror than in 111 and if the issue of terrorist networks are not dealt with in the negotiations which are snit works or not dealt with in the negotiations which are taking place between the taliban in the united states well look it's back to 20 years back taking place between the taliban in the united states well look it's back to 20 years back nobody would have imagined that al qaeda will have the capability to launch nobody would have im

i actually like the par when the secretary of homeland security. but i can't believe those protesters don't want to hear the man speak i mean he's a celebrity or a human rights are human rights abuses at the border are world renowned. luckily one of the georgetown administrator has quieted everybody down and got things back on track. mr medlin. through. order your. c food. for your computers are. so constantia. deprived of a little quiet down if for no other reason than you'd think they'd be shocked to see all a literal sack of garbage to be able to walk and talk it's incredible kevin mcelwain and seems very annoyed that he's not getting to speak after asking the protesters to kindly stop protesting as if asking the bush administration or the truck administrator or the obama administration to respect the human rights of immigrants has ever mattered has ever go ahead send a nicely worded email to the white house see how quickly they wipe their whether. these protesters understand something that most of our country does not there is no civility to th

senator johnson of wisconsin is the chairman of the homeland security committee.sident trump from his times as a candidate has said things that disrespect or undermine our intelligence committee. publicly taking the word of vladimir putin over our own intelligence community, over our own fbi back in 2016-2017. i watched that interview this weekend live. and my jaw was on the floor as senator johnson said i don't believe the fbi. i don't believe the intelligence community. and i frankly think this should give all of us pause. because folk who is are in leadership and the congress who are entrusted with protecting our homeland security and our next election are openly challenging and questioning the credibility of these important institutions in our life. >> if i could talk about campaign politics for a moment, there is no bigger supporter on earth to the presidential campaign of joe biden than you as far as i can tell. maybe dr. jill biden. you were quoted in an article i read saying, i can't believe believe joe biden told you of the attacks. you said, i can't beli

the president announcing on twitter that acting homeland security secretary kevin mcaleenan has resigned. quote we have worked well together with border crossings being way down, kevin now after many years in government wants to spend more time with his family. the president says he will announce a new acting secretary next week. meanwhile, today marks day 19 of the impeachment inquiry, into president trump. democrats looking ahead to a busy week of depositions and deadlines. this, after a wild week full of rapid developments. wrapping up with closed door testimony from former u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie, and what a nine hours of testimony, she told house lawmakers that president trump had personally pressured the state department to remove her over unfounded and false claims. one democratic lawmaker described the testimony as very compelling and very convincing. >> ambassador ivanovich in a gripping and emotional account of presidential abuse of power, and this is a good person who served for more than 30 years in the foreign service, who was thrown to the wolves by mr. giuliani, w

seemed like the par with the secretary of homeland security.but i can't believe those protesters don't want to hear the man speak i mean he's a celebrity our human rights are human rights abuses at the border are world renowned. luckily one of the georgetown administrator has quieted everybody down and got things back on track. mr medlin. goodmorning everyone.

the department of homeland security chief, kevin mcaleenan, is out. it occurs the same day a judge said that the administration could not use military funding to build the border wall. here with more tonight is cnn's kaitlan collins. so what do we know about his departure? >> reporter: anderson, this is sudden with the president just now tweeting, announcing the news himself. but of course if you talk to people here in the white house, they saw this coming for a very long time, ever since kevin mcaleenan first got named to this job under, of course, an acting position. people never envisioned him taking the job in a permanent role, and he was often someone at odds with the president and some of his top advisers, including stephen miller, ken cuccinelli, and their roles and where they wanted to go on immigration. now, there were times where the president was pleased with what kevin mcaleenan was doing. there were other times where the president would lash out and blame him for the border policies, the high border crossings. but something else that's in

we saw the acting secretary of homeland security kevin mcaleenan.e was only in the position for three months, the fourth secretary of homeland security during the president's tenure. when we obvious see the president tweet about a departure, it's usually so suddenly, but what we're being told is mcaleenan resignation came yesterday and on his own terms. it comes after a fairly precipitous drops of apprehensiappea apprehensionsing dropping 65% from may to september that not to say he tun yurt was a smooth one. what we saw was flashing focusing on immigration a couple weeks before mcaleenan's sudden resignation. he complained that he was not in control of the messaging, despite being the head of homeland security. as far as who will succeed mcaleenan, the president has yet to act as a successor. >> and we know the president lines his acting secretaries, because it gives him more flexibility. >>> thank you both for joining me. we've got lots to talk about, as we heard jeremy list. shan, let's start with you. two the rudy giuliani's associates are india

plus, one-on-one, our -- speaks with former secretary of homeland security, kirstjen nielsen, about herenure. and finally, rethinking college. the airline industry is booming. but the cockpits are empty. how community colleges are tackling an unprecedented pilot shortage but preparing -- by preparing students to take flight. >> it has been very competitive and there's only so many so as this shortage increases and the pool gets smaller and smaller, you can imagine it is going to be more enticement and more bonuses. all the airlines want to grow. judy: all that and more on tonight's "pbs newshour." ♪ >> major funding for the "pbs newshour" has been provided by -- >> consumer cellular. whether you are a talker, texture, browser, photographer, or everything. the are here to find a plan that fits you. go to consumercellular.tv. >> bnsf railway. and with the ongoing support of these institutions. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: the congressional impeachment inquiry has c

the new jersey office of homeland security and preparedness is tasked with counter terrorism resiliency and cyber security across all levels of government, non-profit organizations and the private sector. we are charged with bolstering new jersey's resources for critical infrastructure and training and federal grants management. attacks against children and staff and what should be the safe haven of education is perhaps the most jarring incident we face. incidents at schools across the country, serve as stark reminders for those committing acts of violence, for example, law enforcement in new jersey with the assistance in delaware, pre send a shooting in june when we possessed a man at an elementary school in westfield, new jersey. the safety of our children and those charged with our care are paramount. we must do all that is in es to provide students and staff with a sense of comfort and security in their learning environments and parents and guardians deserve the peace of mind that their children will return to them at the end of the day. for that reason, we are combining our resourc

lou: president trump announcing major changes at the department of homeland security.n a tweet, the president tweeted this. kevin mcaleenan has done an outstanding job as acting secretary of homeland security. he wants to spend for time with his family and go to the private sector. congratulations, kevin, on a job well done. i will be announcing the next homeland security secretary. many wonderful candidates. joining us tonight is pastor robert jeffress, member of the white house faith initiative. the pastor of the first baptist church in dallas. great to have you with us. first, your thoughts if we may on the democrats at this town hall. to a person. wanting to strip tax exempt status of churches if they oppose any number of favorite issues, but among those issues, gay rights. >> this poses the single greatest threat to religious liberty in the history of our country, lou. for thousands of years judaism and christianity have both taught that marriage should be between a man and woman. people are free to disagree with that believe. but government is not free to punish

and we're off to the department of homeland security. a.d.c. cochran's been working hard this work. we did a disaster planning with the transamerica building. he's been working with the heat outages and advisory calls. we've been working with our fireboat disaster planning. be happy to say that our mobile command should be returned next week from its upgrades. we continue to constantly update our disaster response manual. as you know, this is a living document, and we're getting a lot of help now with our new disaster committee. they're very motivated, and they're helping us a lot along with that. and we continue to get more sign ups from every rank with our newly installed incident management team. fleet was working tirelessly for the month of september to pull this off, and i'll have more this month with the completion of everything that we did. also worked for a large-scale drill that took place this week on disaster relief debris. that went off well. and right now, we're -- he is submitting additional grants from uwazi. i've included the monthly response for medical calls and th

. ♪ ♪ ]man" ♪ing "macho ♪ ♪ >> while we wait for the president, a source familiar with homeland security says the secretary is resigning his post. the acting secretary felt he had accomplished all he could given the political realities of today, specifically the unlikelihood of any legislative deal on immigration will happen in an election year. the number of undocumented immigrants apprehended or turned away from the border coming down for the fourth consecutive month. a 65% drop from may. the lack of crisis is this waiting members of congress to act. daughterss two young and a wife with whom he wants to spend more time. the announcement has been planned for weeks, sources close to him say, and has nothing to do with the ukraine scandal in which trump and other cabinet officials are enmeshed. a source told cnn white house officials tried to talk him out of resigning. ♪ ♪ while for the president to arrive, he spoke to reporters before leaving for louisiana. here are his comments. >> when yowill you take sanctio? pres. trump: i guess, one of the biggest deals has been made the whole time

the president tweeted he's done an outstanding job as acting secretary of homeland security.e have worked well together with border crossings being way down. kevin now wants to spend more time with his family and go to the private sector. the president said he would announce mcaleenan's replacement next week. a former senior dhs official with close tie toss to the administration says that ken couckusestchnellie is at the toe list. a number are not fans of the former attorney general who led efforts as president of the conservative fund. the source tells us he's in swinge thsyncwith the presidents to a number of key immigration policies and the white house has been working to make this happen. arthel: tomorrow on america's news headquarters we'll talk more about this with republican congressman peter king who sits on the house homeland security committee and he used to be the chairman. so stick around or tune in tomorrow at noon eastern for that. eric: we'll also have the british a ambassador to the u.n. who will join us with information about syria. meanwhile, dangerous wildf

before the inception of the department of homeland security. they flew down and mad with leadership when they signed us out so they have been asking. we informed secretary, with my recommendations and made a decision. what we offered them with appropriations. brought to find out where they stand on that but a lot of ground to plow ahead of, that it's an opportunity for them. were not completely wedded to the eastern ship but it's a great work, there first defence article they built, only a couple of percentages, so we have to balance risk for the organizations and the nation's bidding. to be successful a cat four hurricane require christ, does not on that. that's an unfortunate circumstance so i think the secretary has signed a very viable way forward. >> hello, i'm ben warner. i want to ask about the patrol. how is that program delayed because of what's going on? and how much is the sea are going to go on. i know you want to build more in your under pressure to get that out there, and it's useful for your lifetime. >> the impacts of the hurric

. >>> next, officials from the justice department, homeland security and the assistance commission testified on the election infrastructure security and how each agency is working to protect voting systems and coordinate with state and local officials. the house judiciary hearing runs about two and a half hours. the committee on judiciary welcomthe judiciarywill come to. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. we welcome everyone thi to this morning's hearing on securing americans election part two oversight of government agencies. i will now recognize myself for an opening statement. last month this committee held apart one of the series of hearings on securing america's elections. in that hearing, three witnesses have been jointly selected by the committee testified unequivocally that the nations elections are under attack. the former director on the national security council under both president clinton and president george w. bush warned we must take bold, decisive and expeditious steps to address the cyber threats. we must treat electio

the department of homeland security chief is out. funding to build the border wall. here with more tonight is cnn kaitlan collins. what do we know about his departure? >> reporter: this is sudden. the president tweeting e iing ts