our first witness is john pistole of the social security administration. i first worked with mr. pistole when we did a magnificent job on counterterrorism, dedicated to help public servants and certainly he's been no stranger to being on the receiving end of attacks from various sources over the last six months trying to do his job goes under the heading no good deed goes unpunished, with director pistole is an adult standing american and i'm proud to have him you today. as close to five minutes as you can get. >> thank you for those comments, ranking member thompson, distinguished members of the committee. it's good to be here this morning to discuss the efforts of the tsa partnership with fema and/or state, local and industry leaders to ensure the best possible mass transit rail security. our efforts to combat terrorism go beyond any one individual which is why we remain focused on dhaka critical mission protecting the traveling public and the transportation system. tsa will continue to evaluate and implement the screening measures based on related intelligence. we ask the trav

john pistole of the security administration. i first worked with mr. pistole when he was with the fbi, the dedicated public servants and certainly he's been no stranger on the receiving end of the tax sources of the last six months and trying to get those jobs shows no good deed goes unpunished i'm privileged to have him here today. mr. pistole, you're recognized for five minutes. >> good morning, chairman and for the comments. ranking member thompson and members of the committee to discuss the efforts of the tsa partnership with fema and the many state, local and industry leaders to ensure the best possible mass-transit security and the president sunday night announcement that bin laden had been located and killed gets to the heart of a profound issue how to change the threat we face here in the u.s. as it relates to mass-transit. our efforts to combat terrorism go well beyond any one individual which is why we remain focused on the critical mission of protecting the traveling public and the transportation system. tsa will evaluate and implement measu

there i am standing there, and you can see my john wayne pistol. >> bergman: minyard's exploits helped win him re-election. >> ...no food and no water. >> bergman: you're the elected coroner. >> yes. >> bergman: and you've been elected how many times? >> ten. >> bergman: ten times? >> ten four-year terms. >> bergman: well, you're a politician. >> oh, don't call me a politician. i don't think i'm a politician. i'm more of a community servant. >> bergman: but you're not a forensic pathologist. >> no, no. no, i was in obgyn practice before i became coroner. i have five forensic pathologists who work for me. >> bergman: but it's coroner minyard who interprets his pathologists' findings, and he decides whether or not a death is a homicide. and some of those decisions have been very controversial. take the case of adolph archie. >> red alert! red alert! officer shot. >> officer shot! >> bergman: 20 years ago, adolph archie fled after killing a police officer. >> suspect is going from la salle to chartres on foot. >> bergman: when the police captured archie, an ominous message came over the r

i have to for your benefit for the chairman's benefit, i cannot express how glad i am that john pistole took the position as the administrator of t.s.a. i think we have a much stronger working relationship. obviously when we are working with our locals it's important that d.h.s. speaks with one voice as they are the experts. and i think john has been a strong partner in improving that relationship. i cannot give him enough credit. he was instrumental in helping us get the m.o.u. with t.s.a. and fema to make sure we are serving our locals and states with one voice from d.h.s. . >> thank you. >> we have an excellent relationship with t.s.a. and fema. we also have a close relationship with federal law enforcement and intelligence community. we have over 120 detectives and other officers at the jttf in new york. we have forces here, law enforcement and public safety agencies. we have a very good relationship with the port authority. amtrak on railroad, new jersey transit. in fact, hosts various meetings to coordinate rail transit and safety and security issues. we also have very good relati