he was joined by representatives michael mccaul who chairs the house homeland security committee. from the bipartisan policy center, this is about an hour. >> good morning everyone. i am the director of the national security project here at the bipartisan policy center and i have two jobs this morning the first is to welcome all of you here on behalf of the bipartisan policy center and governor tom kean and the co-chairs of her national security projects. the second is to prolong your weight for this excellent panel that we have before you. before we can get to that i want to make three quick points about the discussion we will be having today. first, the role of the department of homeland security for the last 14 years has been critically important and will continue to be so in 4017 and beyond whether it's fighting the terrorist threat here at home as we have seen this week with the tragic events at ohio state university whether it's combating cyber threats which continue to be a problem throughout this year are working on other issues that are the jurisdiction of dhs including i

sandra: speaking of chairman mccaul, house homeland security chairman mike mccaul call for an end whatpresident obama's politically correct national security policies. he blames the white house for the rise of isis. mccaul says terrorists are responsible for more than a thousand deaths worldwide this year alone. as we talked about pointing out to the obama administration's refusal to use the phrase, just said it, radical islamic terrorism. as just one example of weakness. >> our country is less secure than it was eight years ago. we are grappling with a calamities of retreat and a failed foreign policy. today, our allies no longer trust us, our adversaries no longer fear us, and our enemies are plotting against us. but the american people have spoken and last month they rejected leading from behind policies. sandra: the congressman says the incoming trump administration can turn everything around and is calling for a strategy that includes suspending all immigration from high-risk areas like syria, iraq and yemen. revamping the u.s. visa application review process to include social med

while johnson was in possession of mccaul's car. johnson once again stole from a dc cvs store, the medical examiner's office says 46-year-old tricia mccauley was trang he willed to death and they gathered at a vigil to share memories of her >> she was the type of person even if you met her for really brief moment, you were just -- it was just obvious how wonderful she was and full of love and people i think were drawn to her. >> reporter: records show the court has requested johnson under go multiple mental health competence me those previous cases here, also been ordered to attend drug rehab, a number of times. for now, live in northwest, anjali hemphill fox 5 local news. >>> 5:03 is the time. a northeast dc family is asking for justice after they say police body camera video show the loved one was unarm when he was shot and killed by a dc police officer on christmas day. 29-year-old had a knife and refused to put it down. family says the video paints a different picture. >>> also in the district. accusations of police misconduct r

mccaul: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to also thank my colleague from texas, mr. burgess, for his work on this effort as well. i chaired the homeland security committee, but i also chair the childhood cancer caucus, it's one of the biggest threats to our children. number one killer of our children. i rise in support of this bill because it will address four major concerns facing the pediatric cancer community, survivorship, treatment, access and research. i introduced this bill with my colleagues on the other side of he aisle, chris van hollen and representative spear of california to be the most comprehensive childhood cancer bill ever considered before this house. i co-founded the childhood cancer caucus seven years ago to give children a voice, children who don't have lobbyists and who are dying who have been impacted. to better fight childhood about we must know more it. it authorizes n.i.h. to expand their efforts to collect data on childhood cancer to better understand its causes and the effects of treatment. it builds on previous work from cancer research g

every time i get on the subway in this city, i do not. >> mike mccaul doesn't think we feel safer. and he has the numbers to look at to say that we are. >> as i look back, antonio, the huge trump supporter that you are and have been, now that he's the president-elect, he's on the thank you tour, was that the right opportunity, the right time for him to come out and be so critical of our president's foreign policy? >> well, the left and the right has always been against him from the beginning, they always say is that the right time, the right thing to think about, he's always winning. one way or another, he's able to win, i think he does it his own way and he's successful at it. >> do you union it's the right time? donald trump is sending a lot of message to people, whether it's business, taiwan or china through taiwan, that, look, america is coming back, this isn't a namby-pamby delusional approach to the military. we're going to end the sequestration and we're going to do what we're going to do. the man is going to deliver, it's a new era. >> this is a man not able to call it for

chairman mccaul, you have proposed legislation that would have refugees looked at again spirit lawfulpermanent residents. >> okay. so how long does that, when does abouthat -- >> to usually occurs within about a year. the extent of it depends upon the individual and individual characteristics. >> does does that mean they would sit down and do a reinvestigation? >> very often. >> chairman mccaul, you also do legislation that i understand is stuck in the judiciary committee right now that would require vetting down the road. >> yeah, visa security bill. getting to the point of this jurisdiction, this is where i think good national security legislation gets blocked in the congress, sold in the name of jurisdiction. and we are putting jurisdiction over our national security and the congress today. i think the bill that i've proposed and introduced that would basically put ice officials at every embassy and and consular offices where there are more high threat areas to conduct an investigation on the front end before they come in. it's called the intense or extreme vetting process. it woul

congressman mike mccaul goes on to say in a statement "for many months i have urged the administration to respond to the election-related hacks. i look forward to working with the incoming trump administration to make sure that in the future our response to such aggression is timely, decisive and forceful enough to convince our adversaries not to do it again." let me turn to sunlen serfaty in palm beach. president-elect trump is spending the holiday there, mccaul and much of the republican party back president obama's actions and do not question his reasons for doing it, but that's not the case for at least one top aide for donald trump. talk to us about the former campaign manager and what she's saying. >> reporter: that's right, fred. pretty direct words from kellyanne conway who, as you know, was former campaign manager but also someone who stands ready to take over a top job in the incoming white house. here's she really calling out the obama administration for moving on these sanctions, suggesting politics are at play here. she's really speculating these sanctions were in essence

the prosecutors in court weren't buying the story, telling the judge, they found mccaul's clothing was torn and that she had numerous injuries related to assault. >> we feel as though the justice system is broken in this case. and that we pray to god that our loss is not something that anyone else will ever have to go through. >> you ask what to do now? we need to honor her, celebrate her life. and do things for tricia, honor her, live her. >> remember the medical examiner said mccauley died from strangulation. we're learning in the complaint today that the medical examiner found trauma to her face, upper torso, stockings had been torn and also there were signs of a sexual assault. the judge said no bond. he will remain in jail. live downtown matt ackland fox 5 local news. >>> the man accused in mccauley's murder, 29-year-old duane johnson is from upper marlboro maryland but court records show he has multiple to be a dc resident and a long rap sheet that dates back to 2011 filled with shoplifting incidents. the majority of which johnson plead guilty to but five days before tricia went

i know mike mccaul said that. he must have had some basis for it. i don't know if it was near the extent of podesta. there may have been nothing incriminating or nothing that would get anybody's attention. i know they did hack into colin powell, some of his e-mails. i know that. but as far as i know, i am not aware of who these republican officials are, and i am not aware, if they were, if there is anything significant that was taken from them. again, i received a number of briefings on this issue. let me emphasize again. what we've been told is that, as far as the intent, that the main intent of the russians seems to have been to destabilize the process. to put a cloud over the election. to cause people to doubt who the real winner is and to, again, undermine democracy. maybe they've been successful in that because we're now talking about it five weeks after the election. >> the bottom line. when donald trump tweets or says that he doesn't buy what the intelligence community is saying about all of this, you have worked with the intelligence communi

he looked at congressman mccaul, friend of mine from texas, well versed in the issues but kelly is terrific shouldn't be serving it against him that he served in the military but people who have served our country so able in the military are willing onto take on civilian responsibility. jon: general kelly lost a son in combat in afghanistan. >> yeah. jon: one of the criticisms seems to be that because donald trump is choosing so many exmilitary members for his cabinet, that there's going to be drum beat for war all of the time. nobody who hates war more really than those who have fought it. >> right. let's put this in perspective. the cabinet now whether it includes un embassador, we are talking about 15 or 16 members and two have -- are flag officers. the designated defense secretary and the possible homeland security secretary. this is -- this is much to do about nothing and revved up by people who some may be a discomfort with the military and in some nothing to do in my opinion. jon: what about the epa? give us your take on that? >> well, first of all, full disclosure. i know scott. he'

recruitment to take place - some lawmakers now suggesting taking a harder line moving forward.rep mike mccaul/r-texas"i think we need to devote more resources to the counter-narrative to the ideology but also engage the private sector - twitter, facebook google those companies to deal with the content on the internet that's driving this."rep. markwayne mullin/r-oklahoma"it is not a question of freedom of speech at this point - it's about individuals that are trying to kill innocent even if government officials crack down - other means of communication are popping up, presenting a challenge to those tasked with fighting terror in a battlefield that often begins online.in washington i'm kf reporting. developing now -- the f-b-i is now investigating a threatening message against iowa state university.police say someone posted quote "we're bringing o-s-u to i-s-u." the post was made to a campus social media app.iowa state police tell us they do not believe the threat is credible. andrea farrington's family against the coral ridge mall has been resolved. farrington was killed by former mall securi

mike mccaul who chairs the house ch committee and chris kobach. >> and rudy giuliani also mentioned. wants a place in the administration. >> take a look at a couple of others. >> veterans affairs is a really key pick. we saw donald trump talked about veterans and importance of managing that. the controversy is the veteran affairs administration. scott brown is considered a contender for this role. sarah palin has been mentioned for this again. unclear if that's really on the top of the pick. >> pete hegseth as well. >> a familiar face over there, too. this will be a key post in this administration as well. >> will we see secretary of state in this announcement? >> the transition team told us this week expect a lot of announcements. it has been a very busy week. to see the whole process unfold it be will hard to tell when the picks will be announced. >>> heather over to you. >> i think secretary of state some people are leaking their own names just to get into the news cycle. texas restaurant is closing its doors for good. the owners are claiming obamacare. bill and johnny cats riding

versus other names in a have been floated for this position, rudy giuliani, representative michael mccaul. >> it's interesting, if i had to guess, hard to get inside donald trump's mind, but that issue of the southern border, him talking about that in 2015, raising the concern about a need for greater security there and this, of course, is one of donald trump's -- continues to be one of donald trump's signature issues although from his perspective more on the immigration issue than the terrorism issue. but that's one issue. also, and in donald trump's public comments, here's another general's general, soldier's soldier. he's done his time, he has enormous respect and crucially respect of both parties so a position when you look forward to the approval process, when he's nominated and when senate and house get their chance to vote, not someone likely to face a difficult confirmation process. >> jim sciutto, thank you for that reporting. joining me now, cnn chief political analyst gloria borger. cnn's senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny, lynn suite, the washington bureau chief for t

michael mccaul slowed us a photo from 1995 and says the water can rise in just a couple days. at times running hard and fast just a few feet below the concord avenue bridge. he reminds everyone to play it safe. >>> all right. looers a lo here's a look at the impact of the storm on the commute, looking live at the golden gate bridge, san mateo bridge, as well as the bay bridge in the center. as you can see, they are pretty slow. the golden gate is moving along nicely. bay bridge, upper deck is a mess. san mateo bridge also pretty slow tonight. boy, this was a day to use your windshield wipers. this is what it looked like on highway 101 near san rafael late this morning. abc news reporter jonathan bloom captured this video hands free driving south along highway 101 near burlingame and joins us live from the san francisco airport because it's not just driving that's hard in this weather. >> reporter: if you think the roads are bad, look at the skies. airport duty manager said this would last all day. they weren't kidding. they updated us, 125 canceled flights so far today with th

will it be someone with an extensive history on immigration or michael mccaul who has not been as hard-line? about wherey a lot trump eventually goes. >> we have time for one more question. yes. knowwould love to [indiscernible] if there is anything you check monitor,, what you anything that may help starting out. >> specific tips, how do you start and end your day? i know shes and does. we both walk around the capital a lot. >> a great way to get your steps in. >> it is. we are like professional stockers -- stalkers. we walk around and try to bump into lawmakers. there is a great place to catch lawmakers and chitchat with aides. one good piece of advice someone gave me when i was starting on the hill is to not stand in one spot to long. i think about this all the time. i think i should walk around. you turn the corner and there are reporters talking to a lawmaker on something i have not thought about. that is nice because you have ideas, but you're also in a place with other reporters and questions.sking oh, i should write about that. i would say just keep on walking. the capital is a beau

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michael mccaul slowed us a photo from 1995 and says the water can rise in just a couple days. at times running hard and fast just a few feet below the concord avenue bridge. he reminds everyone to play it safe. >>> all right. looers a lo here's a look at the impact of the storm on the commute, looking live at the golden gate bridge, san mateo bridge, as well as the bay bridge in the center. as you can see, they are pretty slow. the golden gate is moving along nicely. bay bridge, upper deck is a mess. san mateo bridge also pretty slow tonight. boy, this was a day to use your windshield wipers. this is what it looked like on highway 101 near san rafael late this morning. abc news reporter jonathan bloom captured this video hands free driving south along highway 101 near burlingame and joins us live from the san francisco airport because it's not just driving that's hard in this weather. >> reporter: if you think the roads are bad, look at the skies. airport duty manager said this would last all day. they weren't kidding. they updated us, 125 canceled flights so far today with th

. >> that's what mike mccaul told me back in september, originally he said on our show that the -- he believed the republican national committee was hacked. he said that was a misstatement. he said, what he intended to say in addition to the dnc hack, republican political operatives have also been hacked. >> that is correct. >> that is your understanding? >> yes. >> but that information was not released through wikileaks or anybody else? >> we saw some releasing. we saw colin powell's releases getting released, some low level operatives getting released, their e-mails on d.c. leaks. but that hasn't gotten much attention. >> thanks so much for coming in. >> thank you. >> we'll continue this conversation. in the last hour, we spoke with a donald trump ally, chairman pete hook stra. now let's talk to a current member of the intelligence committee, greg carson. thank you very much for joining us, congressman. >> thank you for having me, wolf. >> so based on the briefings you've received in the house intelligence committee, do you believe the cia, in its conclusion that russia not only wan

versus other names in a have been floated for this position, rudy giuliani, representative michael mccaulinteresting, if i had to guess, hard to get inside donald trump's mind, but that issue of the southern border, him talking about that in 2015, raising the concern about a need for greater security there and this, of course, is one of donald trump's -- continues to be one of donald trump's signature issues although from his perspective more on the immigration issue than the terrorism issue. but that's one issue. also, and in donald trump's public comments, here's another general's general, soldier's soldier. he's done his

and we know that back in september, the chairman of the house homeland security committee, michael mccaulation room, they've not only hacked into the dnc, but also into the rnc. he later pulled that back, but from a member of congress, the head of the homeland security committee, no less, suggesting lfs that rnc hack, again, pulled that back. but michael smerconish, it was an amazing interview and thoughfully we get some more answers hofer the next couple of days. >> thank you, victor. thank you very much. >>> meanwhile, the search for secretary of state still going on. we know now that rudy giuliani's name is off the list. donald trump tweeted this morning, rudy giuliani, one of the finest people i know and former great mayor of nyc just took himself out of consideration for state. >> and according to "the new york times," donald trump may seriously be considering exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson. let's listen to what giuliani said this morning on fox news. >> reporter: tillerson is an excellent choice, i think. josh boltbollton. i think josh bolton is superior. mitt romney, i voted for him,

>> well, let me begin by giving a strong compliment to chairman mccaul and his committee. in this very political town, it's hard to realize. this but most of the day to day homeland security work in the executive branch and the legislative branch has very tloil do with politics. and most of what we do, we agree needs to be done. and mike's committee has been very productive in getting us a lot of the authorities we need. it's when you get to the restst congress that sometimes we run into problems. but i think that the key here is more -- in terms of our rcb efforts, more grant money, more support from congress in our bipartisan efforts. i think our efforts in home land are as critical as any of our other home land security missions given how this thing evolved. >> so what is the main thing that holds you back from getting legislation through the hill? >> political gridlock. and the partisan back and forth. very often issues and good ideas will get hijacked by some political dimension to it and, you know, mike can speak to this better than me. but very often, you know, ther

mike mccaul. you have everyone and there is a unification around this as an issue.t's a concern not only about knc emails but also hacking in and seeing our intelligence system. weapons design which think have done. >> clapper said russians responsible. that is concerning. >> by the way not just the russians. the chinese military has been doing this for years. >> north korea. >> no great outcry because it didn't hurt a political party in power the democrats. my only point is that not in defense of hacking, it's the opposite of fake news. a little orwellian to pretend that voters were mislead when the real problem democrats believe they were too informed. >> i don't think any democrat is saying that. >> because they are not telling the truth. but that's true. that's what they are saying. >> democrats always tell the truth. [ laughter ] >> jessica tarlov. it's great to see you. >> it's great so see you. have a great weekend. >> president-elect trump is expected to speak in michigan at any minute. we promise. you can take our promises to the bank. as soon as he takes t

chairman mccaul highlighted he's been urging the president for months to do something about this. >>his goes back to the dysfunction of the democratic party. they never supported obama publicly. when there's issues, republicans rally together, they'll fight publicly, people will see disagreements. the democratic party never did that during the whole process of this stuff going on. their arrogance that hillary would just beat donald, they didn't want to bring the russian hacking up, they didn't want to bring those things up because they didn't want to take anything away from the dominance they sometimed hillary would have. and then when it -- they assumed hillary would have. sandra: what about that, rachel? if the election outcome had been different and hillary had won, would we be seeing this type of action taken by the administration? rachel: of course we wouldn't. is this going to work in boxing in donald trump? i say the answer is, no. i think donald trump has shown that he wants to handle the russians in a very different way. i don't think that he thinks that they're his friend a

what's interesting here is you've seen public statements including from people like mike mccaul, the chairman of the house homeland security commission, a republican who has was considered for secretary of hope land security by the president-elect trump who himself has come out with a conclusion that it was the russians. he did not go so far as to say that they were manipulating the election in mr. trump's favor which, of course, is and littic conclusion. >> one of the headlines out of your stories this wikds is the republican national committee, there were also attempts to hack the rnc and maybe e-mails and other documents were obtained. am i summing that up correctly. >> that's right. we're still trying to understand what parts of the rnc system they may have gotten into. the rnc said they have been told they were not hacked. you remember the line used by many including former attorney general eric holder about corporations. there are two kinds of companies in america, those that were hacked that know it and those that were and don't know it. but the question here is can we explain

or mike mccaul who is less hardlined. >> we have time for one more question. >> i would love to know is there anything you check every day or anything you monitor, anything where you can get at that starting out? >> question for specific tips. what do you do, how do you start and end your day? >> well, die this, and i know you do this because i run into her. we both just kind of walk around the capitol a lot -- >> a great way to get your steps in. >> it is. we're basically -- yeah, we're like professional stalkers, you know. we just walk around and try to bump into lawmakers. we both go to votes often, because that's a great place to catch lawmakers and chitchat with aides. and one really good piece of advice that someone gave me when i was starting on the hill was not to stand in one spot too long. and i think about this all the time and i'll have been in one spot, and i'll say, i should walk around. and you'll turn the corner and there's a scrum of reporters talking to a lawmakers on something i hadn't even thought about. and that's what's nice is you have your ideas, but you're al

martha: mike mccaul was in and it's clear that already a lot of people in the mix and some of them areent position. talk to us a little bit about pruitt because people who are concerned about the environment, some of them feel that he is not the right guy for this, what do you think? >> well, pruitt is concerned about the environment. we are all concerned about the pruitt. it's great to have the state official in charge of epa. the states are intended to be the principal regulators of the environment. people closest to be making decisions and he -- president obama has been abusing the powers of the epa to impose a radical environmental agenda on this country that is killing jobs and hurting the economy and pruitt is going to roll that back so we have clean air environment. the sierra club is like putting arsonist. epa has been pouring cold water on energy development and all the other things. that's the kind of person we want at the epa. someone who will are responsible energy production, protect the environment, differ to states but also clear the way so we can create jobs and become

chairman michael mccaul also, and mr. hurd and mr. o'rourke, and also on the senate side, senator cornyn and senator klobuchar to make sure we did it and doing it in a bipartisan way. again i yield back the balance of my time and i ask we pass this bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chafment massachusetts reserves. -- the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the gentleman from louisiana. mr. boustany: i'm pleased to yield three minutes to the gentleman from nevada, mr. amodei. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from nevada is recognized for three minutes. mr. amodei: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you to my major league from the pelican state and my colleague from the bay state. i'm nervous, i don't want to break up this lone star reunion here, but speaking from a small 34r5eus in the inner mountain west, section 481 addresses the c.b.p. staffing issue at smaller land port of entry parptse. as we all know the c.b.p. mission at our numerous ports of entry is growing and adequate staffing at the larger po

. >> talk to mike mccaul, talk to john mccain and lindsey graham.ll of them agree that the russians most likely had something to do with this and we need to do something about it you keep saying the democrats. >> directly by or orchestrated with frump and the trump white house. >> nobody is suggesting trump is responsible for this. >> plenty of people. >> that's crazy. we have no evidence of that. >> the russians are telling me the segment has got to be over. [ laughter ] >> julie, jim, erin, thank you very much for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >> thank you, peter for headlines now. chilling just released video shows dylann roof entering and leaving the south carolina church where he allegedly killed 9 african-americans in cold blood last summer. roof caught on tape laughing to fbi officials during his disturbing confession and this just hours after the massacre. >> i killed, i guess, i mean, i don't really know. >> that confession shown to jurors during his death penalty trial. the self-proclaimed white supremacist saying he was trying to