. >>> michael mccall is now backtracking. he or the rnc. he is now saying he misspoke. he meant to say republican political operatives were hit. he -- the rnc denies the system was hacked . >>> today hillary clinton is back on the campaign trail after taking several days off to recoup rate from pneumonia. donald trump is already ratcheting up the attacks as polls in the race for the white house continue to tighten. we have the latest on clinton itching to get back to work on the campaign trail. >> i am so much better. >> reporter: the democratic nominee was on the tom joyner morning show sidestepping accusations of criticisms from: pile -- powell . >> i'm not going to start discussing someone else's private emails. i have already spent enough time talking about my own. i am concerned with why we have seen donald trump close relationship with the kremlin. >>> i don't think hillary clinton would be able to stand appear for an hour and do this.>> reporter: polls continue to tighten. donald trump took the results of his physical to the doctor ashok. doctor isles concluded -

joining me to talk more, congressman michael mccall is the chairman of the house homeland security committee. mr. chairman, good to see you. thanks very much for joining us. >> thanks for having me, maria. >> well, we have been talking all morning about the deadly attacks now 15 years ago, and i guess my first question for you today as we look forward is where are we today in terms of preparedness, in terms of security for the country? >> well, if i can just first say i participated in the 9/11 memorial service at ground zero. we can never forget, always remember. looking forward, to answer your question, i think the threat level has changed. i think we are probably at the highest threat environment since 9/11, but it's a different type of threat. prior to 9/11 bin laden, al qaeda operated in a very primitive style with communications. today we have a new generation of terrorists that are very savvy on the internet and they know how to exploit it, both to recruit and train and radicalize from within, such that we've seen 40,000 foreign fighters converge in iraq and syria from 120 different c

journal where he praises the likes of osama bin laden, he writes about pipe bombs, congressman michael mccallso the chair of the house homeland security committee held up this photo of the bloodied notebook during a meeting a short time ago. >> this is a copy of mr. rahami's journal that was found on his person when he was taken into custody. i know you're familiar with it. mcca he talks about the sound of bombs will be heard in the streets. >> also we're learning the fbi announced it wants your help in finding these two men. this is a freeze-frame, a surveillance video. the unknown pair are seen as possible witnesses to saturday night's bombings. police want to be clear they are not suspects. they want to talk to them, though. cameras captured these men removing what could be one of the bombs left behind on one of the streets in chelsea by that suspect ahmad rahami. they removed the explosive device, left it on the sidewalk, then took the luggage it was left in and walked away. let's go to cnn justice correspondent pamela brown. what exactly are law enforcement looking for from these two. >>

the security committee is chaired by congressman michael mccall. >> this weekend our nation was shaken by terrorist attacks in minnesota. and new york and new jersey. and the injured victims and their families and i appreciate your deputy commissioner miller and our hearts go out to the people, the good people of new york. the threat environment is as high as we have ever seen it. especially from radical islamist extremists. last year this committee tracked the most home grown jihadist plots ever in a single year mt. united states and in 2016 could be even worse. our city streets are are once again becoming the battleground. ft. hood. boston. chattanoo chattanooga, san bernardino, orlando. some said this regular terrorism is the new normal but i strongly reject that argument. complacency is not an option. terrorists are threatening american lives, our livelihood and our way of life. we cannot falter with so much at stake. that is why yesterday i released a national strategy to win the war against islamist terror. with proposals for fighting the enemy oversaes and stopping radicalizatio

after that, homeland security chair michael mccall unveils his committee's new counterer isis strategy. that gets underway at 3:00 p.m. eastern. later james clapper sits down with an interview with "the washington post." watch life at 6:00 p.m. eastern. you can watch these events live on c-span.org or listen on our c-span radio app. hillary clinton expressed support for the officials following the attacks in new jersey and minnesota. she spoke a campaign rally in philadelphia. mrs. clinton: good morning. i want to start by offering my full support to our state, local, and federal law enforcement as they continue to respond to the attacks in new york, new jersey, and minnesota and bring those responsible to justice. i have talked with mayor de blasio. our team has been in close touch with authorities in new ork. we know they are doing everything they possibly can to keep us safe in this dangerous situation. i have also spoken to the governor of minnesota. like all americans, my thoughts are with those who were wounded, their families, and our brave irst responders. this threat is real b

this panel includes white house homeland security advicer lisa monaco and michael mccall. it is two hours. >>> please welcome to the stage karen green burg, director of the center of national security at the florida university school of law and the director of the national security project. here to lead the conversation please welcome back the atlantic's steve clemens. >> greetings, everybody. i'm back. and don't forget, you will get to ask the first question, so back here. karen green burg is the author of reeg justice, a book and we wanted to note for you in advance because she's very cool and very sort of underexposed here in d.c. and a great thing to have you here that you are going to be signing your books for those of you who want them after. let me start for a moment and ask. we are thinking 15 years. what has happened. and a lot of our discussion this morning has focused a little bit on the getting the bad guys. i am interested in what the state of our soul is as a -- you know, part of the equation was targeted killings, rendition, drones, a whole new infrastructur

speakers in the second part include house homeland security chair michael mccall, assistant attorney general for national security john carlin and white house security adviser lisa monaco. >> please welcome to the stage karen greenberg director for the center of national security fordham university of law, shaughnessy american civil lebts union. please welcome back the atlantic steve clemens. >> greetings, everybody, i'm back. don't forget you'll get to ask the first question. karen greenberg the office of rogue, very cool and underexposed in d.c. a great thing to have you here. signing books, if she really wins you over, they will be there after. start for a moment, thinking 15 years and what has happened. a lot focused on getting the bad guys, security, dimensions. i'm interested in the state of our soul is. part of the equation, targeted killing, drones, infrastructure dealing with detainees in guantanamo. karen, i want to ask you in the waves of fear that drove a lot of decisions on how we deal with people we identified as enemies whether they were or not, what is the price we pa

chairman of the homeland security committee, texas congressman michael mccall was just here for marking attacks and stuck around to talk to us. are you okay with -- >> i was with donald trump yesterday at the memorial service, it was a moving service. i would urge caution on this one. i do think he's right that we have common interests with russia as it goes to isis. if they're willing to strike isis and syria, great. so far they've been hitting rebel forces more than isis. i think russia is in there for another reason. that's to stabilize syria to assad's advantage and to iran's advantage. we have to be careful about this. i do think there is an opportunity to provide safe-havens and go after isis. reagan talked about peace through strength. that's how we need to deal with mr. putin, strength through the military. strength in diplomacy. i think donald trump does understand that. >> have we shown that strength to russia? >> no, of course not. i think the obama administration has only shown weakness and we all know weakness invites aggression and that's why he's been so aggressive agains