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neil: john ashcroft thank you. >> my pleasure, i am sorry about the occasion.ing you just the same. former attorney general of u.s., this bag looked suspicious, but what about the guy? or all of these guys? authorities warn, if you see something, say something. i work just around the corner from time square, everything i see warranted my saying something, what to do. girl vo: i'm pretty conservative. very logical thier. (laughs) i'm telling you right now, the girl back at home would absolutely not have taken a zip line in the jungle. (screams) i'm reallylad that girl stayed at home. vo: expedia helps 30 million travelers a month find what they're looking for. one traveler at a time. expedia. find yours. >> you see something suspicious, can you be sure? if you see something, say something to local authorities. neil: you heard it a million mes. look at all this video. right? we saw a lot. everyone in boston saw a lot. any of it, any of it, even a little slice of it could be important, how do you really know what you are supposed to be looking for or looking out f

neil: john ashcroft thank you. >> my pleasure, i am sorry about the occasion.g you just the same. former attorney general of u.s., this bag looked suspicious, but what about the guy? or all of these guys? authorities warn, if you see something, say something. i work just around the corner from time square, everything i see warranted my saying something, what to do. alec, for this mission i uraded your smart phone. ♪ right. but the most important feature of all is... the capital one purchase eraser. i can redeem the double miles i earned with my venture card to erase recent travel purchases. d with a few clicks, this mission never happened. uh, what's this button do? [ electricity zaps ] ♪ you requested backup? yes. yes i did. what's in your wallet? >> you see something suspicious, can you be sure? if you see something, say something to local authorities. neil: you heard it a million times. look at all this video. right? we saw a lot. everyone in boston saw a lot. any of it, any of it, even a little slice of it could be important, how do you really know what you

you either have a suspect or you don't.by john ashcroft and the e department. you either have a suspect or you don't. nobody knows who this person is. they will be identified and then they will know. but right now, this is a witness. it is somebody who is near the scene. this is not a suspect at this point because it cannot be a suspect. >> so they take he or she in for questioning, though, would they not? >> they certainly have the right if it they can identify that person to ask them if they will talk to them. that person is under no duty to do so. >> joe, how do they repair the damage? you mentioned the fact that you think this has been botched, that there is a black eye on some authorities in boston. how do they repair that damage and restore credibility? what would you to? >> solve the crime. quickly. >> right. >> they're trying to do that, i'm sure. >> i'm sure sure they are. one thing that has gone overlooked, this was a massive intelligence failure at the boston marathon. the fact that they were allowed to have garbage cans and other things at the finis

martha: we're joined by former attorney general of the united states john ashcroft. shcroft group. good to have you here this morning. thanks for being here. >> delighted to be with you. martha: talk to me about what you just heard. peter king clearly feels as though there is no draw back to not having read this young man, who is an american citizen, his mir rand today rights. what do you think? >> well, the miranda warning, is to be given to individuals but if it is not given to individuals it provides a basis for excluding from evidence in later trials anything that the individual provides by way of information. since there is so much very substantial proof of offenses against this individual, it is extremely likely that the person could be convicted on the basis of the video evidence that's available, on the basis of eyewitness testimony and physical evidence that's available in this case so that the exclusion of any evidence that he might provide is likely to be irrelevant, at least as it relates to state charges and it relates to federal charges. it's possible th

john ashcroft was the attorney general under president george w. bush. o of the ashcroft group and with me from his home state. sir, thank you for your time today. i'm curious for you to reflect, you were there in the beginning days 12 years ago. how far have we come? or how far do we still need to go? >> well, first of all, we have come a long way. with the coordinated efforts, things were pretty fragmented until 9/11 gal -- galvanized us and the creation of the department of homeland security. the proliferation of joint terrorism task forces. the whole idea of integrating our efforts. there's long way to go but we have come a long way. i think we're seeing that in the way in which the response is being made to boston. i think the individuals on the ground sifting through of course mountains of evidence, the kind of evidence we have now is so different than it was then because so much more is photographed. and of course a lot of people would be taking pictures at the finish line of friends and relatives who were crossing or running in the race. so one of

attorney general john ashcroft at the justice department. welcome and were delighted to have you here. please proceed with your statements. >> thank you, chairman. also like to recognize chairman leahy, ranking member grassley and the members of this committee for giving me the opportunity to testify today in support of s. 744, the border security economic opportunity and immigration modernization act of 2013. my name is gabby pacheco and i'm aand undocumented american. i was born in 1985. in 1983 at the age of eight i moved to the united states with my parents and three siblings. out of everyone who was here testifying today, i am the only one that comes to you as one of the 11 million undocumented people in this country. my family reflects the diversity and beauty of america. we are part of a strong working class, a mixed status family, neighbors, classmates, fellow parishioners, consumers and are part of the fabric of this nation. my father is an ordained southern baptist preacher who currently works as a window washer. my mom a licensed

mike, we now have joining us from springfield, missouri, former attorney general john ashcroft.g from your perspective with your experience and your background on all of this, what are we looking for at this point and what concerns you that still remains a mystery? >> well, the first priority here has to be public safety and to guard against any future attacks or follow-on attacks. unfortunately all of us are aware that we're in a critical period of time right now. this week has been not only this week but historically a very difficult time including oak bomb and with the fertilizer explosion last night that we don't know all of the facts about and with the boston situation this is a time when i think we shouldn't rush to any conclusions about whether any events are related or they're not related. and public safety and prevention of additional events ought to be at the top of our understanding. obviously it should also inform the way we handle the investigation. it may be that information is not forthcoming from the law enforcement individuals with their feet on the street becau

attorney general, john ashcroft. >> thank you. this bill ha portrayed as a balance between immigration and enforcement. it is not a balanced bill. we offer nine reasons why this bill is problematic and not all balance. three problems with the amnesty provisions and three problems with the enforcement provisions. the first one is the background checks in this bill are insufficient to prevent a terrorist from getting amnesty. the bill has no requirement that you provide a document that says you are who you say you are. that allows the terrorist to he gets thee, identity card, verifying and giving credibility and he gets legal status that allows him to travelbr it demon howge can be formeri. even if a terrorist attempts to use his real name to gain amnesty, the background check is unlikely to stop him. as was mentioned, most of these aliens are not going to have personal interviews. he had to background checks and an interview with the fbi and or unable to conclude he had terrorist intentions. that was far more scrutiny than these al