mayorkas: that is not what i said. we are hearing different things and different things bring different consequences. we have to see what will materialize in the meantime. the rhetoric has instilled a great deal of fear in communities, including amongst those who've been in this country for decades and who have been contributing mightily to the prosperity of our country. amna: you are days away from stepping away from this post. what is this moment like for you? in terms of the landscape that you're handing off to the next team? sec. mayorkas: we are handing off a department that is stronger, more efficient, more effective, more cohesive than ever before. it is handling a wider variety of challenges than as ever in the case, whether it be the threat of domestic violent extremism, the persistent threat of foreign terrorism, the threat of extreme weather events that have increased in frequency and gravity, whether it is the attacks of adverse nation states. it's a remarkable landscape of challenges, with a remarkable gro

homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas will be joining us. the hill for us with the very latest from there. >> lawmakers are telling me their biggest frustration after getting some more information today from the fbi is how do they miss this entire thing? they found out the fbi wasn't tracking this guy that they did not really any intelligence on him until the attack happened. they also learned that he was inspired by isis, not necessarily directed by isis. here is what we know about this man so far from the fbi. he claimed to have join isis before this summer and posted five video supporting isis the night of the attack. he had the isis flag on his truck. we all know that now. i'm told the fbi is questioning a houston mosque trying to learn information's about him. some are angry about the fbi knew nothing about him until it was too late. >> it was a failure. we need to look at whether we had intel indicators. we need to look at how he was radicalized online. >> the fbi was more interested in tracking down people who protested the election j

alejandro mayorkas: so, amna, it is indeed devastating. it is my hometown.ple who have lost their homes. it's quite tragic. it really depends on circumstances that are out of our control, that are out of the control of the firefighters. you mentioned that we have to see where we are tomorrow because the area is expecting very high winds today and tomorrow. so, the weather is a great uncertainty, but there are incredibly heroic firefighters and first responders who are doing everything they can to save as many homes as possible, and, of course, the top priority, to save lives. amna: we are speaking at a time of enormous threats, both internal and foreign. and the new year attack in new orleans was a clear reminder of that, 14 people killed in that terrorist attack, and dozens more wounded. you have said that you have spoken with your nominated successor, south dakota governor kristi noem, several times. give us a sense of what kind of questions she's asking about the nature of these threats, about how serious these threats are, both foreign-inspired and domes

secretary mayorkas, thank you for joining us from washington, dc.k, in terms of a national security threat or a threat to the homeland, which is your brief, what does where does extreme weather, migration or displacement caused by it register with the department? >> well, we have seen. internationally in our hemisphere and across the atlantic, the increased severity and frequency of extreme weather events have driven people from their homes. it is one of a series of contributing challenges that finds our world with the highest level of human displacement since world war two. there are over 80 million people displaced in the world today. >> that's going to make the major issue that seems to be animating voters over much of the democratic world, including in the united states. the issue of migration even more, more, more difficult, right? >> i think the movement of people, the migration of people is going to continue to be a challenge on a global scale. i will say right now we are delivering to the incoming administration here in the united states. th

. >> mayorkas let in about 12,000 murders, new york allowed 16,000 rapists, 600,000 people with criminal convictions. how many illegals will you plan to house in luxury hotel rooms and how about sex change operations for illegals? liz: that was ohio senator bernie marino going after president biden and dhs secretary mayorkas for making america less safe by putting the border in a state of collapse. kristi noem really went toe-to-toe with democrat senators on how bad it is at her confirmation hearing today. she's going to be trump's dhs secretary if she gets confirmed. she's talking about how they want to fix it. we've got more sound to what went down but senate democrats are trying to stop trump's agenda. republican senator rick scott joins us in moments. he was at the senate confirmation hearing for kristi noem and will breakdown the fireworks plus this story. >> i'm going to make a bold statement. i'm not scared. i'll say what people can't say. if we cut one position, if we close one station, if we close one resource, the residents of los angeles are going to pay the ultimate sacrifice

someone as utterly incompetent as mayorkas. all she has to do is show up and not take a leak on the desk, and she wins. i mean, what mayorkas is the epitome of the nonconscious thinking that you find in robotic humanity, like meter maids and tsa workers and walgreen's cashiers, there's no way to reach them. you can't find the humanity in there or the need or somebody to understand your needs or problems. so when you say to him, you know, you falsely blamed a border agent, it's a soulless bureaucrat there. he's just a member of the elite managerial class. he's only looking out for his own survival. he doesn't give an f. >> yeah. so, harold, kristi noem, governor of south dakota, of course, has been involved in the border crisis. she sent the national guard there down to texas multiple times to help stem the flow while the biden administration was suing texas. but this is an issue that democrats are concerned about as well security, national security, illegal immigration. so is there room for them to work with noem on some of the

cheryl: senator hawley is demanding that mayorkas testify in the wake of what happened in new orleansorning and in las vegas. that cyber truck that exploded at the trump hotel. there are many questions as far as the nation's security goes. you mentioned hearings, the senate confirmation hearings for the president's cabinet picks. that's going to begin this month but the only hearing that's on the current schedule is for defense secretary nominee pete hegseth for january 14th and president trump posted senate democrats are organizing to improperly stall and delay the confirmation process of many of the great nominees. they will try all sorts of tricks. republicans must allow them to do that. republican be strong, be tough. congressman, i think that's why there's the op-ed from the gop leadership on the foxnews.com that says we've got to move fast and together as one. >> certainly. the president is right. john thune is going to come in as the majority leader. they'll be sworn in tomorrow. they will set an agenda and you're correct, pete hegseth for dod is the only nominee on the agenda

i'm confident of that because mayorkas did not do his job. if he thought he didn't have the ability to do his job, he should have resigned. who wants to oversee the greatest invasion in america to the southern border in our history? no one. if he didn't like what was going on there, he should have spoken up by resigning. bring attention to the failure of your boss. bring attention to the failure of kamala harris, the czar of the border. bring attention to the challenges in vulnerable communities in this country by resigning from that job. he didn't do that. now, to save face, he's pointing his finger. well, let's just say this president trump will not point a finger. president trump is already leading to mass deportation because they're doing it themselves. why? because we finally have a commander in chief who understands border security, and they know it. so they're running away. we finally have a president of the united states, a commander in chief, who will send our national guard to the borders, who will actually reinstate asylum policy t

and there's lots of other families and the reality is biden, mayorkas allowed the criminals to come intoed them and gave them healthcare and moved them all over the country and there's no accountability and at the end of the day, american people saw that and that's why november 5 accident they gave the landslide what president trump received. charlie: you have a new seat mate, mike dewine appointed john houston, lieutenant governor to jd vance's vacated seat. how will that work out in terms of prosecuting the maga agenda? >> it'll be great, lieutenant houston and senator houston for over a decade and he's somebody that's hyper-focused on rebuilding manufacturing in ohio and something that's near and dear to the hearts of ohio and going for them with the deep knowledge and working hard to travel at every corner of the state and it's been a great voice and great partners together and bring even more businesses here and there's a lot of activity going from intel or more expanding and it's really forward to working together and we'll get a lot of stuff done. charlie: senator moreno, god spee

del sur de la frontera. >> no prometiÓ un giro completo con respecto a las polÍticas de alejandro mayorkasorte federal de apelaciones volviÓ a fallar contra el programa daca. el fallo confirma la decisiÓn de una corte inferior de que el programa que protege a los dreamers de la deportaciÓn es ilegal, pero lo mantiene en suspenso hasta que se pronuncie la corte suprema. esto significa que por ahora, daca sigue vigente. a tres dÍas de terminar su mandato, el presidente joe biden conmutÓ la sentencia de cerca de 2500 personas condenadas por delitos no violentos vinculados con drogas. esto convierte a biden en el presidente que ha emitido mÁs perdones individuales y conmutaciones en la historia de los estados unidos. otra noticia de Última hora importante el gobierno de israel aprobÓ hace instantes el acuerdo de cese al fuego con hamas tras la recomendaciÓn del gabinete de seguridad esta maÑana. de esta manera, el domingo. el domingo comenzarÍan a ser liberados decenas de rehenes capturados en el ataque terrorista del 7 de octubre de 2023. rogelio mora-tagle informa el cese al fuego en la fran

i put this question to secretary mayorkas last night. listen. >> he said the terror level threat is higher than before october 7th. so one might wonder why there hasn't been a change in policy that has led to that. >> there has been a change in policy. quite frankly the number of individuals encountered at our southern border on a daily basis now is lower than it was in 2019. the last year before the pandemic. we have the individuals already residents in the united states radicalized to violence by a foreign terrorist ideology. or over the last eight years what we've seen anti-government sentiment. >> sandra: not to mention a short time before that, mr. leader, president biden himself saying that the biggest threat to the homeland was white supremacy. is this an administration that has not adapted policy to the elevated terror threat that we're seeing in this country right now? >> sandra, they are completely out of step with reality and have been for a long time. which is why we so desperately need president trump and his team to get in

we are not done that undersecretary mayorkas.s for deportation. some of the numbers where we have almost 10 million illegal aliens who have -- the border. 44% of illegal aliens have been departed. only one person are monitored and detained in the united states, failure after failure. what has been the result of that? we have seen a record number of terrorists come into the country. we've had hundreds of thousands of criminals. we have seen gang activity like tren the aragua. what you have one big job to do, the department of defense, defend your nation which has not been on the last four years. big task ahead of you, but you've got to do it. >> kayleigh, as i was looking at the of the tone was simple, substantive. there were no antics from democrats. this person was probably the most animated. her questions almost conciliatory, almost in a way that democrats understood "we lost on this issue." >> they absolutely lost on the issue. i agree that trumps nominees deserve a great deal of deference and the benefit of the doubt, because

when mayorkas was confirmed, every single democrat voted to confirm him. six republicans joined all 50 democrat in that confirmation. if we get to the vote and hopefully we could do that monday. we cannot wait one single day without you being in charge of that department, we should have 100%, 100 senators vote for your confirmation. this will be the litmus test in my mind as to whether we have a democrat party that is actually serious about doing bipartisan things like securing this country and protecting our citizens. any democrat that voted for mayorkas that does not vote for you should be in front of their voters and removed from office. thank you for serving, thank you for putting up with the nonsense you have had to put up with over the years, you are going to make an amazing secretary, thank you for being here. >> thank you for being here and thank you for time in my office governor. i'm a former c.i.a. officer. i joined right after 9/11 and sorbed -- served three terms in iraq. i'm the first cia officer in the senate. to me, the most important thing

may not acted loan, homeland security committee called a hearing with homeland security secretary mayorkas and fbi director, wray he wrote on x, that skipping out on hearings for month a detailed tactic on soil need answers, john kennedy speaking on fox news, last night watch what he said. >> any threat of any other potential attacks on any other major city? >> i can't answer that. i can but i -- i won't. >> fox news confirming homeland security committee and louisiana congressman all briefed by fbi this morning that, briefing is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. you are on that committee, your thoughts? >> well, yes, i think very important that we are getting a briefing right away, in deputy director counterterrorism briefing us 10 a.m. like you said a lot of information, i think, the real information that we need, only way to get it in a classified setting, so i think when back in session, after the speaker vote, the committees need to meet with leadership homeland security fbi find out what happened what risks can happen across the country right now cherlyl: congressman myser was on said we need

certainly it's not mayorkas. illegal migrants know this insanity ends on january 20th, so they're scrambling to hire lawyers before trump's sworn in, one new york group that trains lawyers to help migrants says their hotline has received double the number of calls compared to last january. trump's promising a mass deportation operation, and if sanctuary cities get in the way of the law, they're going to face consequences. here's what one concerned citizen told the board of supervisors in san diego. >> i think 2025 is going to be pretty exciting because when you guys say you to the federal government, they're going to say, you two, you're going to have a saw awakening when the federal government comes after you for aiding and abetting, and they're going to be like, you get a jail cell, you get a jail cell, you get a jail cell, you get a jail cell, you get a jail cell, you get a jail cell, you get a jail cell, you get a jail cell. tom homan is going to come after you. >> incoming border czar tom homan is here. now,

after all, her predecessor, alejandro mayorkas, decimated the border. but he thinks it's not his fault. he could have made things better. only if he had had more time. >> i wish that we had more time and that would enable us to do more, not only in furtherance of our mission, but in the service of the american people. >> let's bring in incoming border czar tom homan. so, mayorkas, if you had just given him another four years, they would have definitely gotten things under control. >> look, it's just ridiculous. he inherited the most secure border in my lifetime. he just had to sit there and do nothing. the numbers are at a 45 year low. illegal immigration was down 90%, 91%. he just had to come in and shut the lights down and just sit at the desk, do nothing. he systematically destroyed that border. they knew exactly what they were doing when they destroyed that border. >> am i blowing your cover? when i announced that there's going to be a big raid in chicago on tuesday? or do you want people to know maybe they can self-deport there's going to be a big

you guys were known as deporter in chief and alejandro mayorkas was your deputy at the time.hat changed from that period of time from that name to now? >> well, i'll answer this way. i believe that an effective immigration policy in this country encompasses several things at once, which most people don't want to hear, border security, secure border, consistent with values of our country, treating people who are here, committed no crimes, are essentially honest people, treating them in fair and humane manner, giving them opportunity to come out of shadows, be accountable, pay taxes, get on the books. if you have kids who are u.s. citizens, i think we can do several of those things at once. americans are entitled to know we're working to secure our border. >> brian: right, first, and go from there, maybe a one-term president, that is what donald trump will be, maybe helet do kocomp hencive immigration refo. thank you so much. >> steve: pleasure. >> ainsley: joe biden's final television interview as president, that is next. kd residence w with skyrizi, 'n with clearer skin. ♪ th

republican senator josh holly is calls on the department of homeland security secretary mayorkas and fbi director chris wray to come to capitol hill in person, and answer questions testifying in a congressional hearing immediately. larry: all right, aishah hasnie thank you so much. >> let's reelect speaker mike johnson to move the trumpian blue color boom agenda at warp speed, that is the subject of the riff. >> this past monday, president trump issued a i tendorsement for reelection of speaker mike johns joption. johnson on truth social, mr. trump wrote: mike has my complete and total endorsement. maga. all right, then next day, on new year's eve, walking into his gala party at mar-a-lago, mr. trump reiterated his support for speaker johnson. >> support speaker johnson, i think we're going to have a great time in washington. i think we're going to get great support, he is the one that can win right now, people like him, almost everyone likes him. larry: all right, so and add former speaker newt gingrich to list of johnson endorsements who said republicans should not waste time with

i said, what about secretary mayorkas? you know, he's running hhs. what do you think our homeland security. what do you think? i said? how about christopher wray, you know, head of the fbi? not one person. can you just talk about in the importance of transparency and accountability in government and how you're going to bring that to the table? >> yeah. senator scott, thank you for that question, because that's what i have found across the country as well. and i know it's certainly true in my home state of south dakota, is that people don't trust the federal government. they don't trust our leadership in this current administration that's in the white house right now, to tell them the truth, to tell them the truth about what the threats really are about our agencies and departments when there are failures addressing them and fixing it. the secret service is is one of those perfect examples. they they need leadership that understands why that secret service was created and what it needs to do. there's two elements, really, that the secret service is ta

is it secretary mayorkas? is it the president? how is that different than what we've seen in the last four years? >> well, what we know is traditionally a secretary of homeland security is in charge of carrying out the overall policy objectives of the person in the white house of the president. >> but they have a lot of latitude when it comes to manpower issuing memos. >> of course, it's the mayorkas memo that put in place the current ice deportation policies that tell agents to prioritize national security and public safety. will that in the future be a gnome memo, or will that be a policy dictated from homan or miller within the white house? and if the numbers at the border get high again, or these deportations are harder to carry out than they think, who will ultimately be the one to be responsible for that policy? i think now, with so much coming from the white house, it could be that gnome doesn't have that same responsibility. that's what i've been told by people that she won't have as much authority over immigration as some

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call wray and mayorkas to publicly testify prior to the departure from office to gave full accountingres related to the incident. your thoughts on that possibility? >> i certainly agree with the senator. again look, sunlight is the best disinfectant, we need to make sure we provide as much to the american people, to congress, and that the income administration has all of the information needed, that there is full cooperation and swiftly confirm trump's nominees at every level of our national security apparatus. there is no time for politics here. have the hearings and make sure we get them through. >> molly: congressman like lawlor, thank you for your thoughts this morning. >> rich: the attack in new orleans exposing security gaps as the city prepares to host the sugar bowl today and the super bowl next month. ted williams joins us next at the top of the hour. or tree climbing tina at a beach resort. nice! booking.com booking.yeah. total beets, america's best selling beats brand, is available at walmart. total beets blood pressure support soft chews contain a key ingredient clinically

my question -- i put this to secretary mayorkas last night as well. why was this man, this killer not on the radar of the american government considering he was posting clearly terrorist propaganda, terrorist videos on his social network site that deemed them enough of a threat to bring them down themselves. why does the government not see this and have this person on their radar? >> that's a really important question to be asking and as we have new incoming administration with a new counter terrorism strategy, that has to be part of it, sandra. look, for counter terrorism operations you always look to detect threats way out left of boom so that we can preempt the threats before any harm is caused. in this case we missed opportunities, you are absolutely right. >> sandra: it was the exchange with secretary mayorkas on your world yesterday. >> why was this person out there pledging allegiance to isis and not known by the government? >> well, there was no public expressions of his allegiance to isis except shortly before the tragic events of yesterday.

so tonight homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas is pushing back telling fox why the governmentn't flag him. >> there was no public expressions of his allegiance to isis, except shortly before the tragic events of yesterday. the responsibility of homeland security is a shared responsibility and we're proud to partner with people across the country in fulfilling that responsibility. >> trace, several lawmakers are also finding it very hard to believe that the new orleans attack isn't somehow connected to the las vegas tesla explosion outside of the trump tower there. meanwhile, president biden was meeting with his homeland security team today to discuss both of these incidents. >> we're going to continue to relentlessly push sue isis and other terrorist organizations where they are and they will find no safe harbor here. >> aishah: in the meantime, republican senator josh hawley is now calling on the homeland security secretary mayorkas and also the fbi director christopher wray to come to the hill and testify in a congressional hearing immediately. trace? >> trace: aishah hasnie

>> welcome to reality secretary mayorkas, you are the one you and joe biden have led 11 million plusal aliens into her nation, thousands upon thousands of terrorist were now in sleeper cells around the country. welcome to reality we have been saying this for over two years now the two years i've been in congress as white house house bill two, hr two almost two years ago. it's been sitting on chuck schumer's desk ever since. a bill that would've secure the border and kept the terrorist out. stuart: thank you for joining us on a monday morning and we always appreciate it. we will see you soon. fox corporation made a donation to the loved one louisiana foundation in support of those affected by the new year's eve terror attack in new orleans. if you would like to help you can go to go.fox or scan the qr code on your screen to donate. now this. trump takes the white house in two weeks. meanwhile his nominees are faced with another hurdle. the office of government ethics. what can you tell me. this is a step in the nomination process be back you the director of the office of government. h

on the homeland security committee in the senate, mayorkas and teemac were supposed to come and theyceled, they were supposed to talk about threats and our homeland. so they have just completely lost trust, lost focus, there is no transparency. i agree it makes no sense to have two significant events like this on the same day. >> jason: senator, you have also been a governor, highly successful, you know how this is supposed to be run on the local level and i'm glad you own a homeland security and hopefully get these nominees as quickly as possible, because homeland because homeland security and department of justice cannot be turned around fast enough, it is a massive task to do, more than 370,000 people between those two departments and agencies. good luck to you there. [indiscernible crosstalk] >>> hundreds of protesters of march for intifada in new york city hours after yesterday's horrific terror attacks in new orleans and las vegas, that and more on on the special edition of "hannity". ♪ ♪ iberogast thanks to a unique combination of herbs, iberogast helps relieve six digestive s

it is a very difficult threat landscape. >> harris: alejandro mayorkas, let's go. in focus k.t.mcfarland former national security advisor under trump and c pac board member. when you hear the president talking about white supremacy after one of our great cities was just hit by an isis-inspired suspected terrorist, what is your first reaction? >> what a hypocrite. he is going to new orleans to supposedly grieve with those families yet it is his policies that have made the intelligence community take their eye off the ball of domestic terrorists. domestic inspired by isis terrorists. when the president of the united states says time and time again the danger is white supremacists, it is not al qaeda, not islamic extremist attention, what does it tell the intelligence community? devote your resources someplace else. look at americans. go to catholic priests and talk about pro-life catholics or go after parents going to school board meetings or use the justice department and f.b.i. to prosecute and persecute president trump and his allies. but what they are not doing is looking at t

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>> there's no doubt this administration whether secretary mayorkas or the leadership at the agency haven'tgh to call out radical islamist and we saw the results in afghanistan and october 7 in israel and islamists could rule the united states and we need a few team and folks that will focus on this i apply the resources and reduce this risk greatly. it's possible to do, you saw it, larry, and i pryor it happens as soon as they get in. larry: i know you want to make a pitch nimn nipon steel buying u.s. steel and the latest is they're saying that any changes in management or operations or opening closing plants can b i don't thinp looks favorably on the nipon steel takeover and the treasury has basically thrown this over to biden. biden has got to make a decision the next couple of days. they punted on it sending into treasury and punted on them and gave to biden. what's going to happen here? >> well, in the committee that was responsible for evaluating that security risk became politicized instead of just looking at national security risk and of course there's none. it's an ally of japan th

. >> watch mayorkas. >> people have different view once what the correct policies should be. what the correct operational measures should be. those disagreements, those different views are voiced. decisions are made. and then everyone marches in unity together. >> are you sullingering your view -- your own personal views how to operate this were at odds? >> i don't want to get into the deliberative process. >> laura: byron, so now we are supposed to believe because he thinks we are stupid. we are supposed to believe that he really wasn't on board with these border policies? and he was made to do all this stuff? is that what we're supposed to get from this. >> well, he sees himself headed to the hall of infamy for secretaries of homeland security certainly. and actually joe biden recently said that when he, joe biden, took office, illegal border crossings plunged. when, in fact, opposite happened. they skyrocketed. so, look, i think we are going to see a lot of revisionist history, particularly about the border and you will hear mayorkas. you will hear biden. you will hear eve

then you'll hear, congresswoman, from out going dhs secretary mayorkas and hear from border czar tomoman. listen to this , please. >> are the individuals that are of concern, do we know where they are? in terms of those eight, they are, we know detained and five were actually sent back. >> you never know what you don't know, and so none of us certainly in positions of responsibility would say there's not terrorists in the united states. >> we're very concerned about the instability that has resulted from that and whether in fact it creates some space for the reemergence of isis in syria, and isis continues to seek to radicalize individuals outside of the middle east and throughout the world. >> we already have countries talking about taking back people from other countries. we're hoping that president trump will work like he did and get these countries taken back. if they don't they are still deported just deported to a different country. liz: for ever us that was democrat jim heinz at the top of the sound bite. what was your reaction when you heard dhs secretary mayorkas say terrori

secretary alec mayorkas as well as our treene general merrick garland, fbi director christopher wray. fbi is leading this case. we did hear from the president. he spent the night new year's eve in delaware at his home in the first lady or attending camp david for the day. here's what he has to say about this terrible tragedy. watch. [away from microphone] >> you understand that the person crossed the border? >> i'm not going to comment [indistinct]. [away from microphone] >> can you say if he was a foreigner or if he was domestic? >> i'm not going to say anything until i get all the facts. >> has the suspect been identified? >> i'm not going to comment until i [indistinct]. ciaa to national security team. fbi. there's a lot. [indistinct] anger and frustration. >> president biden giving an update as we hear from officials. the president elect says when i said that rain was coming in far worse than the criminals we have come in our country, that statement was refuted by democrats. it turned out to be true. the crime rate is at a level nobody has ever seen before. our hearts are with all

i said what about secretary mayorkas? he is running hhs, what do you think? homeland security? what do you think? i said how about christopher wray? the head of the f.b.i., not one person. can you just talk about the importance of transparency and accountability in government and how you will bring that to the table? >> yeah. senator scott, thank you for that question. that's what i found across the country as well and i know it's true in my home state of south dakota. people don't trust the federal government. they don't trust our leadership in the current administration in the white house right now to tell them the truth. to tell them the truth about what the threats really are. about our agencies and departments, when there are failures, addressing them and fixing it. the secret service is one of those perfect examples. they need leadership that understands why that secret service was created and what it needs to do. there are two elements the secret service is tasked with and that is protective detail and also investigations. yet we see investigators within the secret servi

secretary mayorkas confirmed that in our conversation, um, and we would tell the the the visitors and residents to please stay away from the french quarter, remain vigilant, stay safe. this is not a time to come out and look and and see what's going on. please stay in your hotels, stay in your homes. uh, the least amount of traffic anywhere downtown, the better at this time. >> do we know anything about the age or anything else about the suspect's identity? i know you don't want to say a name right now, but can you give us any more details in terms of age, background, that kind of thing? >> not not that's available at this time. nothing that we can talk about. this is an active investigation going on into that. >> i, i understand and then in terms of terrorism, as we know, the fbi is investigating this as an act of terrorism. do you know if the focus is more on domestic terrorism, or does it appear that this could be international terrorism, where the suspect could have an international nexus? >> we're not certain about that either. of course. we're making sure that we explore all the

homeland security secretary, alejandro mayorkas. he joins us live this hour.me to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> we begin this hour with two major breaking stories. the investigations into the deadly truck ramming attack in new orleans and the cybertruck explosion in las vegas. authorities so far finding no definitive link despite some very striking similarities. cnn's natasha chen is standing by in las vegas. but first, let's go to cnn's ryan young. he has new information on the new orleans attack. >> this was an act of terrorism. it was premeditated and an evil act. >> reporter a change in theory and a brand new timeline laid out one day after the deadly attack on bourbon street. >> we do not assess at this point that anyone else is involved in this attack, except for shamsud-din jabbar. >> the fbi now saying they believe the suspect acted alone after initially saying wednesday they believe he was not solely responsible for the deadly attack. shamsud

and mayorkas and wray were supposed to come testify last month and canceled. they didn't want to they didn't want to come talk about threats to, you know, threats on our homeland. so i mean, they have just they have just completely lost trust. they've lost focus. there's no transparency. so yeah, i agree, it does not make sense that we'd have two significant events like this on the same day. >> well, senator, look, you've also been a governor, a highly successful you know, how this is supposed to run at the local level. i'm glad you're on homeland security and hopefully get those nominees as quickly as possible, because those two agencies, homeland security, department of justice, cannot be turned around fast enough. but man, that is a massive task to do. literally more than 370,000 people between those two departments and agencies. so good luck to you there. we're going to get we're going to get some good nominees. he does. coming up, hundreds of protesters marched for intifada in new york city just hours after yesterday's horrific terror attacks in new orlea

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secretary mayorkas, all the federal and state agencies, and he made clear he intends to provide the resources to bring these cowards to justice. i want to personally thank the men and women in uniform who put their lives on the line to protect our citizens and visitors, to our governor and mayor for acting expeditiously and bringing us altogether, and they have been johnny on the spot recognizing if it happens here, it can happen anywhere. let it be clear, every agency is on the ground working. for those who played roles in this act of cowardice, we will find you. new orleans is a place that heralds major events, sugar bowls, mardi gras, nobody does it better in new orleans and in the surrounding areas. kudos to those two officers who have been wounded. our hearts go out to those who lost loved ones. our hearts go out to those who are wounded and on the mend in the hospital. citizens, now is the time to stay calm and to be vigilant. this is not a time to come out to sightsee. listen to your federal, local and state officials. be vigilant. if you saw something, say something. if you know somet

and vice president harris and i are about to meet with secretary mayorkas, fema administrator fema regional administrator, , regional administrator, and the chief of u.s. forest service. i want to share an update on where things stand now. over the past few weeks state and local firefighters have been able to prevent the largest fires from moving into new areas. in other words, they're able to contain the fires. 14% containment in the pacific palisades have been contained. 33% in the fire in pasadena. 95% of sumo, and the fire in ventura has been 100% contained. that is progress. that said, it was a heartbreaking weekend for a lot of people in los angeles. ash was raining down like snow. homes burned to the ground. thousands of those homes are gone, and we learned we lost more of our fellow americans. so let's say again to the people of los angeles, we're with you, we're with you, and you know, although the federal government is going to cover 100% of the cost for the next 180 days for things like firefighter overtime pay, debris removal, temporary shelters, it's going to cost tens of billi

jackie: and senator hawley is demanding testimony from homeland security secretary mayorkas and fbi directorray in the wake of the terror attack in new orleans and the cyber truck explosion in las vegas. joining me now from the select committee on intelligence, senator mike rounds are. senator, it is great to have you on the program. thank you so much for being here. tragic incident if taking place has many wondering what is to come and how we got here. we had an open border the last four years. we've got terror cells fueling around in this country. this administration if really dropped the ball. what happens next? >> the first thing we want to do is secure the border. we know there are people coming across the border that have ill intent. and when you've got literally 10 million individuals that have crossed that border, it means the guys in charge of the border have been chasing them down, basically working through the administrative process and releasing them into the country. that allows terrorists, other individuals, criminals if they want to get around that, they know that the guys who