the honorable hundred mayorkas -- alejandro mayorkas, the secretary of national security. i want to thank you for the efforts in the community we know that you have exerted for the nonprofit security grants and many other efforts to make sure that we are safe and have help staying alive. please, mr. secretary. [applause] >> good evening. today we begin the celebration of hanukkah. i draw on the beautiful and profound words published just this morning. the glue of the jewish the glue of the jewish people for 3000 years, indeed the key to our survival, despite all those who tried to destroy us, has been the beauty, joy, and rituals of judaism. we can all benefit from the study of torah, the mandates to visit the sick, feed the poor, pursue justice, welcome the stranger. there is a yearning for this beauty, this rooted history. we see it in a post-october 7 surge in synagogue attendance, jewish learning, and communal connection. we can lean into our shared tradition and values as a beacon for what we aspire to this hanukkah, let us rededicate ourselves to the light that defin

the ceremony included homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. this is 20 minutes. >> we will be lighting the menorah in just a few moments. we have to hit two so that we are in time for the networks who are waiting. i would like for you to give a warm welcome to our next speaker , the founder, chairman and ceo in this years honorary chair of the national menorah council. an immigrant to the u.s. at a young age, he founded -- nearly 20 years ago and has more than a thousand employees in 27 countries. he's a global investor, ceo, innovator and philanthropist who extensively supports jewish causes around the world, including ours. we will hear from our special guest secretary and light the menorah. >> thank you. good evening my friends. tonight under the glow of the national menorah, we celebrate hanukkah. the festival that reminds us that even the smallest light can dispel darkness. the story of the maccabees teaches us that faith and courage even in the most impossible odds can ignite a flame that burns forever. but this flame is not ours alone.

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but i was surprised how adamant mayorkas was finally. and i do want to say something about the president elect. we we have strict rules on shooting down things in the air for a variety of reasons of most local and state. and certainly the private sector can't do it. the public ought not to do it. so i didn't know how to understand his his message. it sort of suggests that the public should try to do it. you don't do it because the debris lands on homes and people, and it's a very dangerous response. so, so shooting them down is not a response. but if there is more to learn, certainly it should be disclosed. >> you know, john, there seems to be a little bit of a state federal divide here. also. you know, the new jersey governor, phil murphy, requested more resources to deal with this. i guess more resources for what exactly? they don't know what it is. and how is that divide going right now? >> well, i mean, you think about it, you've got people, mayors, county executives demanding answers from the governor, the governor asking the state

mark: six republicans voted for mayorkas let's get those six republicans onboard to confirm, and vote yea on all of trump's nominees as well, right. maria: watching all those people who voted in alejandro mayorkas, how are they going to vote for trump nominees. >> as it possibly against right? -- the republicans need to all be rowing right direction so important extra party fighting we've seen over the course of last several years is people don't want to see any more. lee: a narrow margin they have to do it mandate given, given republicans given mandate to work together to get things done, let's work together, to get things done that is what they were asked to do to do it. maria: a short break a lot coming up staying on doge caucuses in congress heading to capitol hill where new reformer agency hopes to cut spending an exclusive on senate doge caucus plans with west virginia scenario, you are watching "mornings with maria" live on ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ready. the markets, like life, will turn and challenge us. but when emotions run high, we stay grounded. with the hcm buyline, we work to empo

. >> homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas is looking to assure the public that there is no known public safety threat, and that his team is closely monitoring developments. he says that they are working in close coordination with state and local authorities. now, in his most recent public statements about these drone sightings, during an interview earlier today with abc news, he said that the government has deployed additional resources, personnel and technology to assist new jersey state police in addressing these drone sightings. he also says that there's no doubt that people are seeing drones, but he also says that some of their technology has confirmed that at least some of the sightings are actually of small manned aircraft. now, mayorkas is calling for some changes to address future situations, asking congress to extend and expand their authorities when it comes to drones. >> we are working in close coordination with state and local authorities, and it is critical, as we all have said for a number of years, that we need from congress, additional authorities to address

joining me is homeland secretary alejandro mayorkas. mr. secretary, thank you very much.about the drones because people are very concerned about it. i know you've been on the record about this. you've said you know of no foreign involvement, there's no threat. the white house has said that, no national security threat. officials haven't told us what they don't know. you're going through all the sightings and a lot of these tips are false alarms. manned aircraft, regular landings, helicopters, commercial drones, delivery drones. and there is the change in 2023 that permitted night flying by drones and that means with the lights they're much more visible. is there something else going on that you're not familiar with, that is not explainable? >> let me restate what we've said previously. we know of no threat to people's security. and if we learn of any cause for concern, we will take action and we will communicate immediately with the american public. there are and there have been thousands and thousands of drones flown across the united states for years. commercial drones,

first off, mayorkas is right. there are drone issues. this has nothing to do with the current mass hysteria we're in. it's look, if you're a helicopter flying there's issues with drones. so many times there are drones that fly over airports. there are drones that fly over military bases that shouldn't. and so to the extent you can give local and state authorities, i guess, some kind of, you know, tools to deal with that or, or opportunities to call something a restricted area, i'm all for that. what you can't do, though, is give local authorities and state authorities the ability to deem airspace rules. and this is like what they're talking about. you can't stop a drone from flying in federal airspace because there's some hysteria going on at the moment. and look, the thing is, we have a very lax airspace in the united states. and that's a really good thing, because it's the reason we have such a rich pilot community and so many people that go and become pilots and why it's so strong. you can fly without talking to air traffic control. y

we've seen the biden administration with mayorkas complicit in this where they've used parole to bring people en masse into this country from afghanistan, from haiti, from venezuela, from countries around the world, and we need to take hr2 as the template here as we go forward and include that parole revision in there to make sure that we can keep the american people safe. so i just want to thank brian babin and andy biggs for the leadership they've provided because they've shone a light on this issue and helped elevate it to one of the top two issues in this election on november 5th, where the american people said, we want this to stop. i can't wait to go to work after january 1st with this group behind me representing the american people to make america's southern border secure once again. and i turn it back to mr. biggs from arizona. >> thank you, john, thanks to everybody here and spoken, i'll cover two quick points, a point of contrast. just a few years ago as joe biden was getting ready to be sworn into office, you could see illegal aliens gathering at the border, particularly, i

alejandro mayorkas is just a liar. there's no other way to put it. those children are missing the tragedy and they find a 13-year-old in new jersey being beaten and trafficked just a week ago by illegal aliens and years ago, we warned, i warned people that queens had become the number one destination in the country at one point for women being trafficked and young women being trafficked across the southern border. they knew where these were. they were reporting on it. alejandro mayorkas chose to become a human trafficker along with the biden administration. >> that's what it is. it is human trafficking. they open up those borders and created their rewards and incentive and i said voit them here and literally flew them here and somehow act surprised and try to blame somebody else. we didn't have the records. >> it's been so me line from the standpoint pes toxic. they santa claus rally -- >> don't even believe joe mansion that learned from his uncle how things work in west virginia. he was a political power boss. look at his voting record. joe mansion

brooke sigman with more on that. >> security secretary alejandro mayorkas appearing on abc to discussysterious drones, listen. >> we have not seen, we know of no foreign involvement, we are vigilant in investigating the matter if we identify any foreign involvement or criminal activity we will communicate with the american public accordingly. in september of 2023 to federal aviation administration, the faa change the rules so drones could fly at night. that may be one of the reasons now people are seeing more drones than they did before but i want to assure the american public that we are on it and were getting close coordination with state and local authorities. it's critical as we've all said for a number of years that we need from congress additional authorities to address the drone situation. our authorities currently are limited and set to expire. >> a lack of response from the federal government is bringing involvement in from various others former new jersey governor chris christie stepping in as drones have flown over his home christie is blasting mayorkas for same drugs are n

. >> homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas shockingly said this week we haven't seen anythingsual. >> reports of 50 drones off the ocean two more intervention because this is a federal issue unaddressed. >> demanding action saying this, mystery drone sightings across the country. could this be happening without our governments knowledge? i don't think so. let the public know and otherwise shoot them down. >> national security officials told reporters there's no indication of foreign adversary or public safety threat inv involved. they reiterated people are seeing man aircraft like plane or helicopters. when i reached out to ask whether these sightings could be government drones, they didn't answer. instead pointing to a series of bullet points on drone safety and rules so people continue to see bright floating flights to the sky on a nearly nightly basis. this is across the entire northeast region as far as california leaving people frustrated becoming sleuths of their own. this group called new jersey mystery drones has nearly 60000 members. people post photos and video sight

he's doing just fine in july he dropped out of the race, is the border controlled yes it is says mayorkas it is not mr. secretary, not under control, one thing after another deliberate avoidance of the truth absolutely the knot was transparent. 35 days left. third hour of rte starts now. ♪ >> here is joe concha what you make of the ministry and downplaying the drones. living in new jersey you see what's going on above your apartment or above your home, i'm seeing things i've never seen before not a conspiracy theorist and i don't necessarily believe in aliens but in this case there are dozens of strange things happening. if donald trump were in office i would enter they would get shut down as they came off the jersey coast or before they did so they fell into the ocean you see these videos and i have them on my feet as well there on expendable. what is happening why haven't we heard from the president of the united states, that is joe biden we forget that sometimes or the vice president kalama harris the defense secretary lloyd austin and all we hear is alejandro mayorkas saying these are

there are still a lot of unanswered questions, but homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas isking to assure the public that there is no known public safety threat and that his team is closely monitoring any developments. he also says the agency is in close coordination with state and local authorities. during his most recent comments about the drone sightings, during an interview with abc that aired earlier today, he said that the federal government has deployed additional personnel, resources and technology to help new jersey state police address the drone sightings. now, while mayorkas has said that there's no question people are seeing drones, he has also said that the technology has confirmed that at least some of those drone sightings are actually small manned aircraft. he is calling on congress to act to help them address future situations, asking them to extend and expand the government's authority when it comes to drones. >> we are working in close coordination with state and local authorities, and it is critical, as we all have said for a number of years, that we need

now dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas says federal government is starting to assist new jersey with this. >> we in the federal government have deployed additional resources, technology to assist new jersey state police in add addressing the drone sightings. we need additional authority to address the drone situation. our authorities are limited and set to expire. >> todd: that only took a month. dr. rebecca grant, international relations expert, joins us now. who is in charge of drones right now? seems like the wild west out there. >> the hard truth, we don't defend interior of our country against threats on the inside so no one is in charge of anti-drone monitoring in the united states. it ought to be northern command, which defends our borderses s. they don't have these authorities. it is illegal to shoot down a drone or a manned aircraft, as well. we're in a new world and we need this to be a top priority. >> todd: i often show my naivety on the show, i think we all assume that if it was on or over american air space, that our military was on 24/7, anything flying over would be shot d

. >> reporter: homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas says his agency is sending more resources and personnel to new jersey to help local authorities there address the sightings. new york's governor says her state will also receive federal support. but mayorkas and other experts point out that more tools are needed to be able to deal with the growing threats that unmanned aircraft can pose. >> only parts of the department of justice, department of homeland security and department of defense are allowed to detect and mitigate drones. that means drones are going to have the upper hand because our authorities are woefully inadequate. >> reporter: now some members of congress are pushing for legislation to also give state and local governments the technology and authority to track drones. in a social media post over the weekend president-elect donald trump said he believes the government knows more about these drone sightings than it's letting on saying let the public know and now, otherwise, shoot them down. as of now, the pentagon remains adamant it is leaving all investigations u

or even mayorkas just now saying there is no doubt people are seeing drones. he was trying to meet a word count. "in this essay i will --" kind of vibes. people aren't done, and it's not just the spy balloon. jesse, you are right. it's also covid come all these conspiracies that turn out to be true. the fact that we are still talking about this and there hasn't even been an answer, whatever answer is given, people are not even going to believe it and people are well within their rights not to at this point. >> judge jeanine: all right. so we still don't know. ahead, total anarchy in florida. watch this. >> [bleep]. >> judge jeanine: cops are hunting down a group of hooligans who terrorized drivers and even a baby. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hey. hey! it can be so easy to get busy and distracted during the holidays. easy to lose focus. easy to lose sight of what this season is really about. for god so loved the world that he gave us his only son. don't lose sight this advent. pray every day on hallow when you're in the military you're really close with your brothers and your sist

mayorkas still blaming irresponsible politics for the flood of migrants confessing migrant could havexecutive action sooner. let's bring in retired border chief chris clem. thank you for joining us this morning. merry christmas to you. when you talk about the bipartisan border bill, it was released less than a year ago. when you hear that from the secretary, what do you think? >> first of all, merry christmas to you and irresponsible politics began when the biden administration got inaugurated. they campaigned on this and started it on day one with all the executive actions. mayorkas himself bragged about the amount of things they reversed under the trump administration, which was securing the border. when i hear him say something like irresponsible politics it began with him and his boss. he could have done nothing and we would have been in much better shape with border security. it is offensive to hear him pointing the finger and blaming republicans and politics. he has no further to look than the mirror and white house than what happened on the border the last four years. >> rich:

respect to the sightings in the northeast. >> reporter: but mayorkas did say the federal government deployed additional resources to assist new jersey state police. >> that's concerning. >> reporter: shaun golden is the monmouth county sheriff. >> the majority of the sightings, probably some type of commercial or recreational aircraft, manned aircraft. >> reporter: there have been more than a thousand drone sightings in new jersey in less than a month according to the sheriff. he showed us this heat map that tracks them. >> so just walk me through what we're seeing. >> yeah. it's just various mapping. i mean, this is the heat map that we have. pretty much you can see the area of the county covered. this breaks it down by town, if you will. so the more calls, the hotter it gets. >> reporter: trump called for people to shoot them down on his truth social network, something sheriff golden called a bad idea. >> some are described as, you know, very advanced, large, 6 to 8 foot in dye a.m. meter. you can't go shooting at one of those, taking it down, you don't know where -- new jersey is

it's all hands on deck at this point. >> department of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkasempted to defend the biden administration handling of the border crisis with human trafficking. >> we investigate cases of trafficking. but there are children who are reunited with the parent here in the united states or a legal guardian and they move and sometimes the government loses track. it is inaccurate to say all of them are trafficked or victimized. the president took executive action in june of this year and that is a key driver of the low number of encounters that are border. we are now delivering to the incoming administration a southern border at which the number of individuals encountered is well below the level experienced in 2019, the last year before the pandemic. negotiations with mexico and other countries of latin america and around the world. we are not removing or returning more individuals in three years in the prior administration did in four. and we are doing so. not only in greater in volume but greater in speed because of the negotiation with other countries i

for the government's ability to shoot a drone out of the sky to the homeland security secretary mayorkasaid his department could technically do so and authority is limited. >> i went to assure the american public that week, and the federal government have deployed additional resources, personnel, technology to assist the new jersey state police in state pon addressing the drone sightings. some of those drone sightings are in fact drones. some are manned aircraft that are commonly mistaken for drones. >> fox flight team saw how easily he could maybe mistake a drone for an aircraft capturing this cell phone video it would look like a drone with the naked eye you've seen a lot of those posts online. the team what they did was shoot the video using thermal imaging and they or you can see the outline of an airplane. u.s. officials say the sightings are largely a mix between airplanes and actual drones. we do want to mention last week a chinese citizen was arrested for flying a drone over vandenberg's space force base in california police believe he was taking pictures. they do not know why. a

from what we heard from secretary mayorkas yesterday about all of this. listen to this. >> i want to assure the american public that we in the federal government have deployed additional resources, personnel and technology to assist the new jersey state police in addressing the drone sightings. we have not seen any foreign we know of, no foreign involvement with respect to the the sightings in the northeast, and we are vigilant in investigating this matter. the department of homeland security with the federal bureau of investigation in the lead mayorkas point senator, he says the public should know that we are on it. >> do you believe that? >> you know, i'm like the rest of the public. i have a lot of trouble believing that the federal government is doing enough here because there is a near total absence of relevant and significant information. and that gap in disclosure is causing or contributing to the alarm that people are feeling. there is technology that can be deployed to follow these drones to trace them. the robin system of drone. specific radar c

why doesn't biden, pritzker, mayor of chicago, mayorkas, why don't they care? donald trump won a mandate to clean up the mess that biden created. so we are going to secure the border and if you are here illegally, you can't be here. think about it. we have almost 40,000 chinese nationals. these are generally single adults. why are they here? they need to be sent back to china immediately. china is threatening war with the united states. we should not have anybody like that. by the way, if they don't allow us to send them back, why are we allowing flights to come here from china? there are so many things we can do to enforce our laws. so i'm glad donald trump is committed to doing this. i'm committed to doing it. our focus in january has to be to give donald trump all the resource evers he needs to clean up the mess that joe biden created. >> harris: 40 more days of this. biden could do something great for the country and at least help out in the next 40 days to slow this down. you mentioned in reference to 7-year-old ivory smith, our hearts break. but they keep

. >> outgoing homeland security chief alejandro mayorkas weighs in on extremism and the immigration crisispendent joe manchin reflects on his 14 years in the senate as he leaves office with advice for both parties going forward. >>> finally, an update on the new efforts to locate journalist austin tice, who's been missing in syria for 12 years. >>> it's all just ahead on "face the nation." ♪ >>> good morning. and welcome to "face the nation." we are just three days away from christmas and the start of hanukkah. congress has gone home, but is last week's chaos on capitol hill an omen of what is ahead in 2025? texas republican congressman tony gun tony gonzales is here in studio to answer that. good morning to you. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> we just saw turmoil within the party over the past few days after president-elect trump and elon musk scuttled this bipartisan deal, and then demanded another deal that couldn't get enough republican support to get over the finish line, and then we have this emergency stopgap measure that only takes us through mid-march. you were one of 34

en una entrevista este viernes con la cadena cnn, el secretario de seguridad nacional, alejandro mayorkasuna nave pequeÑa, lo que llamÓ un caso de confusiÓn de identidad, respuesta que fue criticada por uno de los legisladores de nueva jersey. >> is he kidding. >> pero este sÁbado, mÚltiples agencias federales abordaron el tema en una llamada telefÓnica. un funcionario del fbi. reitero lo dicho por mayorkas, asegurando que la mayorÍa de los reportes corresponden a aeronaves tripuladas. segÚn este experto en inteligencia militar, que la seguridad nacional tiene que ser tomada muy en serio. >> no se puede pensar que que no va a ocurrir nada o que simplemente es una especulaciÓn. >> para este experto en drones, las caracterÍsticas que se observan en las imÁgenes no son tÍpicas de un dron que consigue comercialmente por el tamaÑo que tienen. >> eh, se ven que son unos drones tipo militares que son de millÓn de dÓlares para arriba. los drones que nosotros manejamos de gran tamaÑo son aproximadamente de la mitad de ese tamaÑo y empiezan en los 100.000 $. >> el deparmento de seguridad nacional i

>> reporter: the sightings feeling fear and frustration come on sunday alejandro mayorkas said therel security threat. >> we know of no foreign involvement in respect of the sightings in the northeast. >> reporter: but mayorkas did say the government has deployed additional resources to assist new jersey state police. shaun golden is a monmouth county sheriff. >> these sightings probably something manned aircraft. >> therapy and more than 1,000 drone sightings were reported in new jersey and less than a month according to the sheriff. he showed us this heat map that tracks them. >> so walk me through what we are seeing? >> this is various mapping. this is the heat map that we have, and pretty much you can see the area of the county and covered. this breaks it down by town if you will, so the more calls, the hotter it gets. >> reporter: trump called for people to shoot them down on his truth of social media network. something he called a bad idea. >> some of these are very advanced large, 6-8-foot in diameter. you can't go shooting at one of those and take it down, you don't know wher

secretary mayorkas have given them priorities.ven go arrest illegal alien anymore unless is he convicted of a serious crime then maybe they can arrest him. this on this administration. as far as governor hochul, shame on her. she supports sanctuary status in that state. she welcomed thousands of illegal aliens to her state. she sent them to buffalo and syracuse. murders occurred by illegal aliens in buffalo and syracuse. cpd can't work with local law enforcement. they can't share dmv data with these people. governor hochul, shame on you, there is nothing can you say make this right in new york. >> brian: you didn't get to see secretary mayorkas exit interview on cbs talked about how proud he is that the border is down to 50,000 so the problem is virtually solved. here's what he said though when pressed by margaret brennen about how he loses track of children. wash. >> we certainly have received reports of children being trafficked even those as to whom we know where they are, that is outside of the responsibility of the department

reitero lo dicho por mayorkas, asegurando que la mayoria de los reportes corresponden a aer aeronavesgun este experto en inteligencia militar, que la seguridad nacional tiene que ser tomada muy en serio. >> no se puede pensar que que no va a ocurrir nada o que simplemente es una especulacion. >> para este experto en drones, las caracteristicas que se observan en las imagenes no son tipicas de un dron que consigue c comercialmente por el tamano que tienen. eh, se ven que son unos drones, eh, tipo militares que son de millon de dolares para arriba. >> los drones que no nosotros manejamos de gran tamano son aproximadamente de la mitad de ese tamano y empiezan en los 100.000 $. >> el dep departamento de seguridad nacional insto al congreso a fortalecer las leyes contra los drones. la administracion f federal de aviacion, por su parte, recordo que su uso es legal, se rige bajo restricciones como licencias especificas y protocolos. >> tambien un ministerio que empezo en nueva jersey se esta e extendiendo. gracias, sonia. con esos ultimos datos. y en mexico un desfile navideno se convirtio e

it took a long time before mayorkas came out and said you know what?e think a lot of those are illegal drones. they changed the law. i was talking to somebody in federal law enforcement yesterday. they said and this makes a lot of sense, almost everything that you see in the night sky is either actual airplane or drone hobbyist drone. over the last week or so because people have heard there are drones flying everywhere, people with drones are now putting their drones in the sky to go look for the other drones that's why we have seen avalanche of things. according to andy kim, most those things that he is looking at right there are actual airplanes, but to chris christie's point, unless the government commentsth comes out and says okay, this is everything we know rather than being vague people start making up stories and people wear tin hats. >> lawrence: the fact people are putting their own drones up trying to get get to the bottom. whenever the government leads a void of information. people fill in the blanks with things that sometimes aren't accurat

. >> david we had mayorkas on cbst thiso morning.nd wasy here, it'sha after. >> is certainly received reports of children being trafficked. even those we know who they are outside the responsibility of homeland security. we were not left with good records, data was not kept. that was also one of the great challenges. >> he is lying. he is f flat-out lying number oe they created the system. two, those children are released to hhs beca custody saw the trac blade out there another recent of rfk junior in there as well. hhs will play a huge role in getting them back. i've talked tottin tom about the for yeard s now.he's especially since he has been des named as a designated borders are.andr these are the things, mayorkas isay t a liar. there's no other way to put it. those children are missing the tragedy find a 13-year-old in new jersey being beaten in traffic just a week ago by illegal aliens. years ago we warned, i warn people of queens had become the number one destination in the countraty at one point for women being trafficked and

he said planes, it is planes and he had of the same kind offend answer as mayorkas but then that thisa single it alson happened at s president trump, e did not reveal anything we might have learned blood because he said what he said now tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. the intelligence agencies are finally going to have a congressional briefing that they have been asking for. there may be perfectlye bi reasonable explanations butni because the joe biden administration hurt their credibility with the chinese by pollutant to point out, this is what we have now, at two-point oh.do and wen' have the local police department say they do not knowe what i ds going on and the loca, police departments are like toit be have the equipment to dealik with is? and look sick a circling far as squad, it is embarrassing in th. middle of a transition. >> judge jeanine: herald, the r federal government is relying on the locals and they are pointin at the locals were those which c makes no sense, i am not sure the locals have the power to do this and now we just had theth governor from new york a monthgn later but f

the fact that you have some 8000 drones are being flown every single day according to alejandro mayorkas, and you put those things together, and yes, the skies are more saturated with drones. he seemed to suggest maybe people are just noticing it more. he also said the dhs has a limited capacity or ability to incapacitate drones if they pose a risk to the public. he said it is very limited in scope, he was almost calling on congress to expand it for dhs, but also to expand it for other government agencies as well, but the bottom line he wanted to convey to viewers and really anyone out there in the public is aware on this and yes, there are drones as a part of the equation. take a listen to what he had to say. >> there is no question that people are seeing drones, and i want to assure the american public that we and the federal government have deployed additional resources, personnel, technology to assist the new jersey state police in addressing the drone sightings. some of those drone sightings are in fact drones, some are manned aircraft that are commonly mistaken for drones, and we d

in an interview with cnn's wolf blitzer on friday, homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas said that his agency knows of no threat or nefarious activity. he said that the government has since state of the art technology, as well as experts to new jersey, following those first reported sightings, and that that technology has not confirmed any of the drone sightings. instead, it's confirmed that at least some of the reports were actually small aircraft. >> we believe that there are cases of mistaken identity where drones are actually small aircraft and people are misidentifying them. there very well may be drones in the sky, of course, but those are commercially available. one can go into a convenience store and and buy a small drone. there are also commercial drones as well. >> addressing calls to shoot down those unidentified drones, mayorkas said, quote, it's not as though anyone can just take down a drone in the sky. that in and of itself would be dangerous. mayorkas pledged to be transparent and promised to provide an update if his team sees any cause for concern at the white

plus the fact that you have some 8000 drones being flown every single day, according to alejandro mayorkasthings together, and yes, the stars are more saturated with drones. he seemed to suggest maybe people are just noticing it more. he also said dhs has a limited capacity, ability, to incapacitate drones if they pose a risk to the public. he said it is very limited in scope. he was almost calling on congress to expand it for dhs, but also to expand it for other government agencies as well, but the bottom line that he wanted to convey to viewers and really anyone out there in the public is we are on this and yes, there are drones as a part of the equation. take a listen to what he had to say. >> we have deployed personnel, technology, and if there is any reason for concern, if we identified any foreign involvement or criminal activity, we will communicate with the american public accordingly. right now, we are not aware of any. if we become aware of any, we will communicate accordingly and take appropriate action. >> and so, one of the major questions on many peoples' minds is what are yo

today, senate majority leader chuck schumer called on homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkasslation to help local officials detect the drones. >> we have seen lots of recent sightings in new york, new jersey, long island, staten island, so, it is remarkable with all these sightings over the last while, why do we have more questions than answers? >> it is comes as new york governor kathy hochul says this has gone too far after a drone shut down runways at an airport in new york friday night. federal officials including alejandro mayorkas have insisted the drones do not pose a national security threat, nor a threat to public safety. i'm joined now unset by -- oh, sorry. >> there are thousands of drones flown every day in the united states, recreational drones, commercial drones. that is the reality. and in september 2023, the federal aviation administration, the faa, changed the rules, so that drones could fly at night. and that may be one of the reasons why now people are seeing more drones than they did before, especially from dawn to dusk. >> i'm joined now on site by an faa

now, we have also heard from the department of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas speaking this weekend about the drone sightings and acknowledging that what people are reporting are definitely drones. take a listen. >> there's no question that people are seeing drones, and i want to assure the american public that we in the federal government have deployed additional resources, personnel, technology to assist the new jersey state police in addressing the drone sightings. >> so the secretary says that he is sending resources to new jersey, where many of the sightings have been reported. but here in new york, governor kathy hochul also telling us that the state is receiving some additional resources from the federal government after some drone sightings resulted in an airfield having to be shut down over this past weekend because of drone sightings over airspace at a local airport. now, governor kathy hochul issued a statement on sunday saying in part, in response to my calls for additional resources, our federal partners are deploying a state of the art drone detection syst

and he's really upset at alejandro mayorkas.ecurity secretary alejandro mayorkas shockingly said this week we haven't seen anything unusual. we know of no threat, close quote. isn't unusual? is he kidding? how does secretary mayorkas who infamously told us for years that our southern border was secure and closed when we know it's not and now insults our intelligence that we haven't seen anything unusual? the illicit maneuvering of these drones, i would suggest, suggests a major military power. i've written defense secretary lloyd austin asking the pent gone to authorize the use -- the pentagon to authorize the use of force to down one or more of these unmanned threats to uncover the mystery. bring 'em down over the ocean, over an area where there's no population. find out who's doing it. rachel: i think it's us. i'm just going to put it right out there. [laughter] i'm sorry, chris smith. it's us, that's why we're not shooting them down. will: 100%. kevin brought up a great point yesterday. look, if it was a foreign power, it wou

let's bring in alejandro mayorkas. mr. secretary, thank you for joining us this morning. can you clear up the confusion here? >> absolutely, george, and thank you very much for having me. there's no question that people are seeing drones, and i want to assure the american public that we in the federal government have deployed additional resources, personnel, technology to assist the new jersey state police in addressing the drone sightings. some of those drone sightings are, in fact, drones. some are manned aircraft that are commonly mistaken for drones, and we do see dup duplicative reporting, but there's no question drones are being sighted. let me set the record straight here, george. there are thousands of drones flown every day in the united states, recreational drones, commercial drones. that is the reality, and in september of 2023, the federal aviation administration, the faa, changed the rules so that drones could fly at night, and that may be one of the reasons why now people are seeing more drones than they did before, especially from dawn to dusk, and so that

during an interview with cnn's wolf blitzer last night, homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas was adamant that there was no threat or nefarious activity that his agency had found no threat or nefarious activity. he went on to say that they deployed state of the art technology, as well as experts to new jersey to investigate, and that technology had not found any evidence of these reported drone sightings. but they had found some evidence that some of those drone sightings that were reported were actually small aircraft we believe that there are cases of mistaken identity where drones are actually small aircraft, and people are misidentifying them there very well may be drones in the sky, of course, but those are commercially available. >> one can go into a convenience store and and buy a small drone. there are also commercial drones as well. >> mayorkas pledged to be transparent and said that he would provide an update if his team found that there was any cause for concern. he also said, quote, it's not as though anyone can just take down a drone in the sky. that in and of its

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joining us now, the homeland security secretary, alejandro mayorkas. mr. secretary, thanks so much for joining us. it's causing a lot of concern, as you well know. and i'm sure you're getting a lot of questions. what can you say to those americans who are deeply concerned right now about all these sightings over new jersey and new york, here and outside of washington, d.c., in maryland? >> wolf, thanks for having me. let me calm those nerves. we have not seen anything unusual. we have not seen any unusual activity we know of no threat. we know of no nefarious activity. i want to repeat that. we have not seen anything unusual we know of no threat or of any nefarious activity. and let me explain. people are reporting sightings of drones. it is very common for individuals who think they see drones to actually see small aircraft. and and we have a case of mistaken identity. also, we have six different people reporting what they think is a drone. and all of a sudden we have reports of six drone sightings. so there's some duplication. i have been in touch with g

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