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eastern, a security agency official, authors, and scott as testified before the house homeland security committee on the causes, and responses of the terrorist attacks. watch labor day on c-span. the white house for remarks from president biden. pres. biden: last night in ka

the homeland security committees. the intelligence committees and the believe it or not, judiciary committees, which have jurisdiction over matters of immigration. this is going to get too unwieldly too quickly. what we need to do now is responsibly investigate everything that went wrong. from the failure of the siv program, which goes back multiple administrations to why did the afghanistan government collapse as quickly as it did given 20 years of training of which i was a part of. we need to investigate the entirety of all the decisions made during the evacuation itself just from the months of july to august and we need to investigate why it was that the biden administration failed to heed so many warnings and begin that evacuation months ago. but to do that effectively, we're going to need the white house to own this and to call for that commission because i fear if we don't, what's going to happen is this is going to turn in kabuki theatre. we're not going to get to the bottom of what transpired and most important

she serves on the house homeland security committee. thanks for joining us. senate majority leader chuck schumer called the deportations of haitian migrants a continuation of hateful and xenophobic trump policies, unquote. schumer is talking about title 42 that's a trump-era policy allowing for immediate deportation for some migrants due to the covid pandemic. you've also called for the biden administration to end that policy. did you get any assurances today when you met with biden administration officials that they'll take action on stopping that policy? >> jake, thank you first of all for having me. why don't we start from point "a" and that is let us change the narrative. the narrative is that we have a human rights crisis at the border. i am a texan. we have about 2,000 miles, a little under 2,000 miles of border. and most of that border is well protected with legal points of entry and it operates appropriately. but what has happened is because of the trump relic of title 42 and the demonizing of immigrants throughout governor, governor abbott, who is lo

homeland security resources. please know that this committee greatly appreciates those working on the front lines and behind the scenes to secure the homeland on behalf of the american people. as we learned in 9/11, nothing short of a well coordinated whole of government effort will protect the nation against urgent evolving threats. 20 years on, the committee on homeland security remains committed to working with federal, state and local partners on that critical effort. again, i thank our witnesses for joining us today and the members for their participation. with that, i recognize the ranking member, the gentleman from new york, for an opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for the witnesses being here today. i'm pleased that the committee is holding this very important hearing. as the united states finds itself facing increasingly dire threats on a number of fronts impacting our homeland security. from the deadly withdrawal in afghanistan to the security crisis along our southwest border, to the unprecedented cyber threats facing the american way of life, the american people are deeply troubled b

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. >> the house homeland security committee holds a hearing to look back 20 years that the 9/11 attacks and how the nation responded in the aftermath. live coverage begins thursday at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> next, british foreign secretary dominic grab testifies on the situation in afghanistan. he is questioned by the foreign affairs committee. topics include the accuracy of dish intelligence in afghanistan, and efforts to get remaining citizens of the country. this is just under two hours. we are honored to have the secretary with us this afternoon. the committee

joining me the ranking member of the house homeland security committee new york congressman john catt this week and, thank you for being here. let me ask you that question are we safer today than 20 years ago or not? >> i think there's a much better communication between law enforcement and intelligence community from that respect we are but there's new and serious threats from afghanistan, al-qaeda, or open borders with china and russia from a cybersecurity standpoint. it is a different threat and a serious threat in new york city remains on high alert they confirm that with discussions with me. it is still a very serious threat, you mentioned china, i went to mentioned china and talk about that threat but you did get this briefing on the security of this country this weekend, september 11 is 20 years to the day since the terrorist attack, can you tell us what you've learned in that briefing in terms of securing america right now. >> one of the things that we learn is that the threat matrix is elevated because of what's happening in afghanistan there is consensus among the experts in

eastern, a security agency official, authors, and scott as testified before the house homeland security committee on the causes, and responses of the terrorist attacks. watch labor day on c-span. the white house for remarks from president biden. pres. biden: last night in kabul , the united states ended 20 years of war in afghanistan, the longest war in american history. we completed one of the biggest air lives in history with more than 120,000 people evacuated to safety. that number is more than double what most experts thought were possible. no nation, no nation has ever done anything like it in all of history. only the united states had the capacity, the will, and the ability to do it, and we did it today. the extraordinary success of this mission is due to the incredible skill, bravery, and selfless courage of the united states military and our diplomats and intelligence professionals. for weeks, they risked their lives to get american citizens, afghans who helped us, citizens of our allies and partners and others on board planes and out of the country. and they did it facing the crush of en

[indiscernible] >> the house homeland security committee holds a hearing to look back 20 years at the/11 terrorist attacks, and how the nation responded to the aftermath. live coverage begins thursday at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. up next, political affairs under secretary of state victoria nuland talks about her department's role in the continued effort to evacuate american citizens from afghanistan, and the suspension of the diplomatic presence in kabul. she spoke for about 20 minutes. ms. nuland: it is and experience to be back in this room again with old friends and new. i want to start today by offering a heartfelt welcome home to our diplomats who along with their military intelligence colleagues, have just recently returned home from kabul. the ambassador john bass, who i had a chance to greet at dallas yesterday. ambassador ross wilson who is returning today, and to the hundreds of other u.s.

joining me the ranking member of the house homeland security committee new york congressman john catt, thank you for being here. let me ask you that question are we safer today than 20 years ago or not? >> i think there's a much better communication between law enforcement and intelligence community from that respect we are but there's new and serious threats from afghanistan, al-qaeda, or open borders with china and russia from a cybersecurity standpoint. it is a different threat and a serious threat in new york city remains on high alert they confirm that with discussions with me. it is still a very serious threat, you mentioned china, i went to mentioned china and talk about that threat but you did get this briefing on the security of this country this weekend, september 11 is 20 years to the day since the terrorist attack, can you tell us what you've learned in that briefing in terms of securing america right now. >> one of the things that we learn is that the threat matrix is elevated because of what's happening in afghanistan there is consensus among the experts in the intellige

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as a former chairman of homeland security committee, far worse than pre 9 or whatever. so make matters worse. we bandon americans behind enemy lines. i can summarize this in one word, the trail. this administration's bungle pull out from afghanistan just may be the worst foreign affairs disaster in american history. and american history. american families have never been a greater risk of attack at home than today. as the global war on terrorism is not over, it has been moved from abroad to american home. now we also heard from democrats who stepped up to defend antony blinking. and they stepped in and they accused their colleagues in the republican party of taking sheep shots at the new administration while overlooking some of the very big errors of previous presidents and previous administrations when it came to africa. ghana, stan, now it's also interesting to note that when anton blanket was creaking, who did try to present the chaotic events we witnessed over the past few weeks as if they were somehow a success. echoing his boss, the president joe biden, which of t

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you're on the homeland security committee which has oversight. you are proposing a resolution condemning the treatment of those migrants. tell us more about that. guest: thank you. and it is the treatment, the behavior that we are condemning. we are not condemning all of the officers. and it's important to say this because sometimes people will assume things that are not true. i worked with these officers. i find them to be good people. i have no quarrel as it relates to all of them and i don't want to paint with a broad brush. but what i saw was unacceptable. and i have a picture of what was posted on many stations as a person on the horse with the reins moving in the direction of a haitian as they were trying as best as they could to move them in a given direction. well, this is what many people see. i am a 74-year-old man of african ancestry. here's what i see. i see what we saw at the edmund pettus bridge on bloody sunday. persons on horses, persons marching across the bridge, persons being brutalized. that's why it was bloody sunday. john le

as a former chairman of homeland security committee, far worse than pre $911.00. to make matters worse, we abandon americans behind enemy lines. i can summarize this in one word, the trail. this administration's bungle pull out from afghanistan just maybe the worst foreign affairs disaster in american history and american history. american families have never been a greater risk of attack at home than today. as the global war on terrorism is not over. it has been moved from abroad to american home so we now have a situation where the u. s. secretary of state was kind of on the defensive. now at this point we did see the democrats step in to defend him. they accused republicans of taking cheap shots at the new administration and overlooking the errors of previous administrations when it came to handling afghanistan. now blanca and he tried to put a positive spin on events. he kind of echoed some of joe biden's rhetoric calling the pull out despite all the things that went wrong. and the things that were not predicted, he argued that it was somehow a bit of a succes

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security officials in this house homeland purity hearing. the topics covered include cybersecurity and the rise of domestic violent extremism. house homeland committeehosting. >> all the we uphold american values as we seek to secure our people and homeland. the 9/11 attacks were a shock to american life in today is a testament to a long shadow. oath large and small. at the members of the committee on homeland security, we have seen the old record of our response to the horrific events of 9/11 both good and bad. i recognize the events -- the importance of documenting the stories of our successes and failures. our moments of overreach. over moments of hesitation. our moments of justice and injustice and every other victory and setbacks along the way. that is why we are having this conversation today. in our discussion, we will take stock of these moments including what we missed leading up to the attack. how we responded. how our institutions have changed, and how the american public has evolved to meet the challenges. i hope that our discussion today can be a useful conversation to prevent further attacks. with that, i will turn it over to the ring

announcer: the house homeland security committee holds a hearing to look back 20 years at the 9/11 terrorist attacks and how the nation responded in the aftermath. coverage begins thursday at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, on c-span.org, or the free c-span radio app. announcer: c-span is your unfiltered view of government, provided by these television companies including charter communication. >> broadband is a force for empowerment which is why charter has built infrastructure, and powering opportunity in communities big and small. charter is connecting us. announcer: charter communications supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. announcer: next, a discussion on the september 11 terrorist attacks on the current threat assessment in the u.s. participants include former citizens -- senators

working on that for the numbers that i have the best that i have as the ranking member on the homeland security committee, we pushed and pushed and pushed 18000 applicants for us. id. we got 705 out you said earlier, the overwhelming number of people who were at risk got out. i don't think that's true. if i, if i could give you the numbers that i, that i have, we think about 30000 at risk afghans were evacuated out of an estimated 60000. that's the best numbers we come up with because we can't get good numbers from the administration. that's the best estimate. so that's true that we left people behind who had stood with us and helped us. obviously, american citizens left behind green card holders are left behind. but thousands of people who stood with us and helped us. and then let's ask about who came earlier there is discussion about what kind of reading is taking place. the best numbers we have is that about 3 quarters of the people who were evacuated were not green card holders were not american citizens. were not as high as the applicant were not p one or p 2 visa holders. so about 3 quarters of the

governor and congressman would like to see this committee and the house and senate, the homeland security committee and the intelligence committee strengthened. and with jurisdiction over their respective cabinet departments and agencies. i know chairs past and present of this committee have been working in that direction and have made some headway. more work needs to be done. the point here is a simple one. this committee should be as powerful as armed services committee. you should see passing authorization bill into law every year because that gives you power to do your job in terms of oversight and reform of the executive branch. no executive branch is perfect on its own good it is only for the process of your oversight and watchdog activities that can help to protect our policies. the third point i would make is that military actions are important, but political and social reforms are also important as part of our counterterrorism policy. the governor and congressman participated in the study on extremism and the fragile state. the congressman past the global fragility act. that will be an imp

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september 11 attacks, watch as a security agency official and scholars testify before the house homeland security committee on the causes and consequences of the terrorist attack. watch monday, labor day, on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. >> "washington journal" continues. host: for our spotlight on magazines segment you're going to be talking with national geographic environmental writer sarah gibbens, who is here to discuss her recent piece examining the nexus between climate change and the rising costs of natural disasters. good morning. guest: good morning, thanks for having me. host: first of all, what made you interested in this subject, and in your piece he featured lake charles, louisiana. why there? guest: i was in lake charles just a few days after hurricane laura hit on august 27 of last year. as a climate reporter i had covered hurricane seasons since 2016 or 2017, so a few years. it is always a similar pattern, where we as reporters look at a city that has been hit by a hurricane for a week, maybe two weeks, and we move on to the next story, but being in lake

as a member of the house homeland security committee, i wonder if you could corroborate on reporting friday that homeland security is concerned about far-right groups praising the taliban in their online platforms where the takeover of afghanistan has been cast as a model for the kind of civil war many of these groups are trying to foment domestically. it struck me in the reading that 20 years after 9/11 and all the anti-islamic sentiment that it channeled from the right wing, organized white supremacists are now looking past race and religion and seeing a violent success story in afghanistan, even as they demonize afghan refugees as part of a racial replacement campaign. have you heard these concerns from dhs, congressman? >> well, the concerns i am aware of have not gotten it directly from dhs, but the concerns i'm aware of and concerned about, and here's why -- the insurrection that took place has been something that has inspired these white supremacists. they don't see this as the last attempt to assault the capitol. many of them believe that what happened was a good thing, and i

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