and we have secretary michael chertoff, who succeeded governor ridge. he ran homeland security from 2005-2009. he was a federal judge as well attorneyant u.s. general. now he runs the chertoff group and is also senior council of covington burlington. he was ambassador to the philippines and iraq and ambassador from our country to mexico. he was the first-ever director of national intelligence and currently is vice-chairman at mclarty. before we get into the nitty-gritty and some of the most interesting aspects when it comes to national security in mexico, i will turn to the former ambassador and ask him to talk more broadly about the u.s.-mexico relationship. the key question i hear in ohio and pennsylvania about how does mexico affect ordinary americans. mary,nk you very much, and thank you to your center for hosting us in this what i think is very important meeting. let me start with a resounding yes to the point that jason made about the importance of the relationship. when i was deputy national security adviser under ronald reagan and george h dubya

and we have secretary michael chertoff who succeeded governor ridge. before that when he was running homeland security from 2005-2009, he was a federal judge as well as an assistant u.s. attorney general. now he runs the chertoff group, and risk management security consulting firm, is also senior of counsel, covington burlington. ambassador john negroponte served in many key diplomatic posts including ambassador to the philippines and iraq, and for discussion today very importantly he was ambassador from our country to mexico. he was also the first ever director of national intelligence, he truly is vice chairman of mclarty. before we get into the nitty-gritty and some of the most most interesting aspects of national security when it comes to mexico a return to our former ambassador and just asking to talk kind of more broadly about u.s.-mexico relationship, and maybe answer a key question that i hear out there in ohio and pennsylvania about really how does mexico affect the ordinary american speak was right. and you very much, mary, and they teach you

and we have secretary michael chertoff, who succeeded governor ridge. before that, when he was running homeland security from 2005 to 2009, he was a federal judge, as well as an assistant u.s. attorney general. now he runs the chertoff group, a risk management and security consulting firm. he's also senior of counsel to covington and burling. ambassador john negroponte has served in many key diplomatic post including ambassador to the philippines and iraq. for our discussion today, very importantly, he was ambassador from our country to mexico. he was also the first ever director of national intelligence and he currently is the vice chairman of mcclarty. before we start getting into the nitty-gritty and interesting aspects of national security when it comes to mexico, i thought i would turn to our former ambassador and answer a key question i hear out there in ohio and pennsylvania about really, how does mexico affect the ordinary american. >> right. well, thank you very much, mary, and thank you to adrienne arsht and your center here for hosting what i

former governor ed rendell, former governor haley barbour, former secretary and assistant and michael chertoff. are task force has issued a series of statements and reports on immigration over the last soldiers and is actively working on policy recognition that we believe can take the debate to the next level postelection with the new president and a new congress. i want to thank you very much for joining us today. this event is being live stream online. when we get the audience q&a i will ask you very much wait for the microphone to audience members of this live stream came to you. please take where you're from and ask a question. we prefer you to questions rather than statements, to keep them short and sweet so we can get as many people as question that they would like. we invite you to interact on facebook and twitter during this event. our hashtag is bpc lives. you can also tweet us at bpc underscore bipartisan on twitter. as and when it knows by now immigration has been a key issue in this election cycle. one of the ongoing debate issues is the role of immigrants in our labor force. are i

principle signed by dozens of foreign policy leaders, including former secretaries madelyn albright, michael chertoff and chuck hagel which correctly states "religious bans and tests are un-american and have no place in our refugee and immigration policies." mr. chairman, i have a long list of statements i'd like to submit for the record from the ranking member senator leahy from central link for the muslim public affairs council, the american labor alliance, recent "new york times" article and "washington post" article by general petraeus. i would assume those will be admitted without objection. >> without objection. >> as to the empty seats before us and your open comments, mr. chairman, it is my understanding this hearing was scheduled with a bare minimum of notice and no consultation with the invited witnesses from the administration regarding their schedules. it is my expectation they are busy keeping our country safe, and as you surely appreciate from your work at the justice department, asking witnesses here to speak about the ongoing investigation into the orlando incident would not have prod

only three who were cabinet level officials, michael mukasey, robert zoellick and robert chertoff have signed it. not one former secretary of state, defense, or treasury has signed on or publicly announced that he or she will not vote for the man. where are george shultz? james baker? condoleezza rice? and hank paulson? can their reputations survive their silence? and where is senator john mccain? who has declared that he supports a man who seems to stand for everything mccain is against, and who callously belittled his war record? mccain has lived a life of service, with acts of courage that are beyond my comprehension. when the north vietnamese offered to release him in advance of other prisoners of war, because his father was an admiral, he refused, preferring more captivity and torture to losing his honor. years later, when he learned that henry kissinger had also refused to allow any special treatment for him, he thanked kissinger "for saving my reputation, my honor, my life, really." today, all john mccain needs to do to preserve his honor is to say two words, never trump. for mo

in washington, former director of the cia and the nsa, and now a principle at the chertoff group, retired general, michaeln. >> so, general hayden, if you're running the nsa or the cia this morning, and your top men and women came up to you and asked the question, okay, what do we do now, boss? what's your answer? >> it's a really tough one, joe. we may have driven the enemy into a place where it's very hard for us to follow. willie was talking earlier about the old-style attack that left a trail, was complicated. it had octobactors. it had connections. we're actually pretty good at finding this stuff. this may have been an attack without connections, without any trail. and it's going to be very difficult now for us to defend ourselves against this sort of thing. look, if i'm out there, what i tell my guys is, scrub anything. everything. see if we can find any digital exhaust. see if we can find any human contact that would have suggested this action. but frankly, joe, we probably won't. >> and does the level go up? so of warning where you've had this guy who had a reason to have fbi agents interview him