the first panel we like to welcome is the honorable john pistole. as administrator he oversees 60,000 employees and the security operations of the airports throughout the u.s., the federal air marshall service and the security for highways, railroads, ports, mass transit systems and pipelines. welcome. the floor is yours. >> thank you, mr. chairman, charnlg rogers and ranking members jackson lei-lee and thompson. i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you to discuss the mission to protect the freedom of movement for people in commerce and also appreciate the opportunity to update the committee on the progress we continue to make in our efforts to develop and deploy a range of risk-based intelligence-driven initiatives to prevent terrorist attacks while facilitating the movement of people and goods across it is u.s. and nationally. our number one priority is to provide the most effective skwurt in the most efficient way. tsa accomplishes this mission through a series of public and private partnerships. last year alone tsa invested nearly $2.5

a conclusion welcomed today by the head of the tsa, john pistole. >> do you feel the security of thelic was put at risk? >> absolutely not. no. >> reporter: but senator nelson says he's not so sure about that. >> sooner or later, if you do not have people operating at their peak efficiency, then you take the risk that a terrorist is going to get away with its dirty deed. >> reporter: 76% of the air marshals surveyed said they felt the mission to protect the public has not been compromised. but that leaves about 1 out of 4, some 1,000 air marshals, who still seem to think there is a problem that makes in-flight safety and security less good than it should be. bill? >> brian ross, our thanks to you. >>> coming up next, an ad campaign to promote a new, irresistible snack you may just have resisted before. what a bargain! [ female announcer ] sometimes a good deal turns out to be not such a good deal. but new bounty gives you value you can see. in this lab demo, one sheet of new bounty leaves this surface cleaner than two sheets of the leading ordinary brand. so you can clean this mess w

today the transportation security administration's john pistol said his department is addressing the situation. >> several people were fired. some people resigned. new management was brought n several locations to address both perception and the reality of the situation. >> john pistol went on to say that even if some people's allegations are not true, it is all about public perception. trace gallagher has more now and sounds like a big part of this whole investigation was over an offensive game? >> yeah. a jeopardy-type game board, shep, that was actually created by a senior air marshall in the orlando training office. apparently the training officers would use this game board to target the air marshals they did not like. the problem is this game board had a number of offensive slurs on it targeting african-americans, latinos, gays, lesbians and women. the air marshall who made up the board says it was only up for a few weeks. others say it was up for several months. the board kind of plays into the wider allegations of the report that the air marshalls over the past five or six yea

then tsa administrator john pistole discusses airport security. and then later, the heads of u.s. steel and the steelworkers union discuss manufacturing and the global economy. friday morning on c-span 3, the turkish foreign minister will be discussing his country's foreign policy and role as a bridge between europe and the middle east. we'll have live coverage from the center for strategic and international studies here on c-span 3 and at c-span.org starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. >>> when i first started the book, i also thought this must be an american story. this is about a country that worships the religion of self-reliance and individuality. this is the religion of thoreau, but we're laggards, in fact much more common in european nations, especially in scandinavia. and it's even more common in japan. >> on "after words" in going solo, a look at the growing trend of american adults choosing to live alone, and what that means for the country, saturday night at 10 eastern. also this weekend on book tv, sunday at 3:00, the second cousin of former secretary of state condolee

john pistol say it is administration's test run of them screening travelers will expand through 30 more airports around the country among them, washington dulles, liberty, boston's logan. the three airports where the 9/11 hijackers departed in 2001. passengers enrolled in the program won't have to take off their shoes and belts adds often as they do now. federal officials in texas saying housewives who bought assault rifles from gun dealers there are among two dozen charged in an alleged plot to smuggle arms into mexico. the squlus tis department says more than 200 weapons have been seized including ak-47s and sniper rifles. it's believed the guns were headed for mexican drug car tells. >>> josh marshal of the internet news website, our guest this sunday on q&a here on c-span radio -- surrounding the year 2000. he talked about efforts to build the website from one person to the current 28 full-time staff he has today. he tells some specific stories like the stories surrounding the resignation of republican senator trent lott of mississippi as senate majority leader in the year 2002 foll

the first panel we would like to welcome the honorable john pistol. he has been the administrator of the tsa at the department of homeland security since 2010. as administrator he overseas the management of approximately 60,000 employees, the security operations of more than 450 federalized airports throughout the u.s. the federal air marshal service and the security for highways, railroads, ports, mass transit systems and pipelines. welcome mr. pistol. the floor is yours. >> thank you, mr. chairman. chairman rogers and ranking members jackson-lee, thompson and members of the committee. i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the mission to protect the freedom of movement for people and commerce and appreciate the opportunity to update the committee on the progress we continue to make and our efforts to develop and deploy a range of risk based initiatives while facilitating the movement of poem and goods across the u.s. and internationally. our goal and number one priority is to provide the most infective security and the mo

tsa administration john pistol calls it reducing the haystack of risk. >> how big a deeg is that?> a significant paradigm shift for tsa and the traveling public in way we work in a partnership to say let's work together to say if you're willing to share some informations about yourselves then we can work with you perhaps to have expedited screenings so we can focus on those we know less about and can focus on those higher risks that we assess. >> reporter: to join precheck you either sign up for a special customs program or be a frequent flyer and get invited by your airline. but we found no shortage of people who'd like to move faster and more fully clothed. >> it would make my line shorter. and if i got out of the line it would make everybody else's line shorter. it seems to me it's a win-win situation. haven't we seen this before? the program clear, private company, right? >> reporter: private company went through bankruptcy. the big difference here, if you get invited by the airline this is free. the reason behind that is sort of twofold. one the tsa is trying to change the wa

john reid in 2011, based on of the review of the administrator, administrator pistole decided not to extend the spp beyond the 16 currently participating airports unless there was a clear and substantial benefit to doing so, and i might add there should be a security analysis in this as well and i hope my keywords substantial benefits in his testimony or questioning we will discern that benefit of clear and substantial benefit does not ignore the security ramifications. according to tsa operating the taxpayers are using more than the screw federal screening were forced to read in light of that fact and the tight budgetary times that would be reason enough to support the administration to expand the program of the list goes on. the privatized screening he burst the ability to push of intelligence information to the front line workers, and it ads to inconsistency that mix changing procedures based on the threats more complex. that means you not only have to bet the front-line officers who got to that the company that the executives of the company, the ownership, the financial structure

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