texas congressman michael mccaul is the chairman of the homeland security committee. he also just returned from the middle east after leading a congressional delegation on homeland security threats. congressman, good to have you on the program. >> thanks. >> how important was this capture and killing? >> it's a very significant development. i applaud our special forces putting themselves in danger and taking out one of the most high-valued targets within the isis organization. abu sayeff you think about the chief financial officer of isis the cfo, he was in charge of the oil and gas reserves which funded their operations. so we're trying to cut the funding stream off from the terrorist financing. in addition as you mentioned, we discovered a treasure-trove of electronic information and documents and records relating to the organizational structure of isis which will help us long term in taking out the command and control structure from within. >> so is that treasure-trove really the measure important item here? i mean what we learn about isis and what they're planning

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cook: i'm dave cook, our guest today is michael mccaul. this is his first visit with one of our meetings. we appreciate his coming. our guest is a dallas native who earned his degree from san antonio at trinity university, and his law degree at st. mary's university. he worked as a federal prosecutor and then moved to austin to become a deputy defense secretary john cornyn. he later joined the u.s. attorney's office and was chief of the national security division for west texas. in 2004, he was elected to the house and became chairman of the house homeland security committee in 2013. he and his wife for the parents of five children. thus endeth the biographical portion. thanks to our underwriter, northrop grumman. no live blogging or tweeting, no filing of any kind while the breakfast is underway, to give us time to listen to what our guest says. there is no embargo when the session ends. to help you curb the selfie urge, we will give pictures of the sessions to all the reporters here as soon as it ends. if you would like to ask a question

house lawmaker michael mccaul recently in iraq with this reaction today. >> to say we're on the offensivese is absolutely incredulous. they have taken over ramadi. the black flags were flying there. this is a key transit point between syria and iraq and now it is has fallen to isis. whatever the strategy is, i'm not quite sure what that strategy is. it is not working right now. >> mccaul also says he does not think defeating isis is the white house's top priority. mike baker, when josh ernest was up at the podium and referenced the fall of ramadi to isis asset back, you were shaking your head. >> i am sure he would like to walk back the little phrase what will we do set our hair on fire? that is one of those things. people latched on that. we get past that the big issue here do i think that defeating isis a top priority for the white house? of course it is because if for no other reason they understand the political importance of it. do i think that -- one of the things you learn in the age sy in the cia is that things constantly change. so you're taught to always evaluate and constantly

d michael mccaul of to talk about that. talk about mark ginsberg on u.s. policy, he served in morocco and a former mideast advisor to president carter. and then we will talk about the legislative play in the senate and house on trade legislation. he will talk about what is currently going on in these pending trade deals, authority the president has. that discussion takes place at 9:15 tomorrow. we will look at the papers as well. we will see you tomorrow. take you for watching. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ >> you are watching c-span created as a public service by america's cable companies. the, a discussion on the changing landscape of television, technology, and the internet. then new york city mayor bill de blasio unveils what he is calling a progressive agenda to combat inequality. after that, former transportation secretary host an event on a long-term infrastructure funding. then a senate hearing on technology aimed at helping to secure u.s. b

the chair of the house homeland security committee michael mccaul said terror has gone viral. >> theration its budget allocates zero dollars to balance extremism. in the department of homeland security, more money, in fact millions of dollars are dedicated to climate change rather than combating what i consider to be one of the biggest threats to the homeland. >> reporter: jay johnson agrees the nation is facing a new phase of global terror. a lone wolf attack could be carried out at any moment. he said the administration has learned from the lessons in the past and communication with state and local law enforcement officials has improved. >> we've had to ramp up our communications with state and local law enforcement because the manner in which the global terrorist threat is evolving. and the fbi and my department work every day together to get information out to law enforcement, on the local level. >> johnson went on to say the fbi is working to counter the flashy social media campaign carried out by isis, and resources are also being used to track americans who are travel to syria

chairman of house homeland security committee, michael mccaul who is also from texas said in that statementtacked in garland, texas just like attacked in paris where al qaeda operatives shot and killed the editors of that french magazine. bill. bill: more later we'll get from you in washington d.c. we'll let you get on the phone now. here is martha. martha: we have a the founder of islamic forum for democracy and good to have you back on the program this morning. obviously an awful situation that unfolded over the weekend. what do you think about what happened and what do you think are the orrery bins of this? >> ultimately these are not lone wolves, these are operatives of isis. what is unique of isis they finally brought together in the radical islamic movement, a islamic state that stands for imposition of theocracy globally their allegiance is to the islamic state. this individual his tweet was giving allegiance to the state. not only isis but all islamic states, martha that breed this ideology of intolerance for criticism her rhett ticks, et cetera. americans need to learn not whether

. >> on the next washington journal, sarah westward of the washington examiner and michael mccaul of the huffington post discuss the role of the house of lords committee on benghazi and its investigation into the 2012 consular attack and what was the role of then secretary of state hillary clinton. the former bassinet to -- the former ambassador mark ginsberg talks about the ongoing nuclear talks with iran. derek wall bank of bloomberg looks at the future of trade and how the house and senate will deal with it. "washington journal," live every morning at 7:00 on c-span. sunday on "newsmakers," senator mike lee looks at several congressional issues, including the recently passed defense authorization and the house and amending parts of the patriot act that would and the nsa collecting data. see "newsmakers" tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. and six clock p.m. eastern on c-span. congress returns the session on monday. the house will turn to several items including work on the highway trust fund, which is set to expire at the end of may and 2016 spending for the legislative ranch. you can see the

so westwood and michael mccaul of to talk about that. talk about mark ginsberg on u.s.y, he served in morocco and a former mideast advisor to president carter. and then we will talk about the legislative play in the senate and house on trade legislation. he will talk about what is currently going on in these pending trade deals, authority the president has. that discussion takes place at 9:15 tomorrow. we will look at the papers as well. we will see you tomorrow. take you for watching. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ >>

that is coming up on book tv area announcer: house homeland security chair michael mccaul talked about isis. he also talked about expiring provisions of the patriot act, which allow the nsa to collect phone data. this is just under one hour. >> ok, folks. we will have people joining us and we will get going on schedule. i am dave cook from the christian science monitor. our guest today is chairman of the house of home security committee. this is his first visit with one of our little meetings here and we appreciate his coming very much. our guest is a dallas native who is from san antonio, a bachelors degree at trinity university and a law degree at st. mary's university to work as a federal prosecutor from 1990 to 1999 and moved to austin to become a deputy to then texas attorney general john cornyn. later, our guest joins the was attorney's office and was chief of the terrorism and national security division for west texas. in 2004, he was elected to the house and became chairman of the house homeland security commission in 2013. he and his wife linda are the parents of five children

host: follow sarah westwood on twitter, and michael mccaul oauliff as well.o many questions q&a session with hillary unfortunately was all questions and no answer. that is why we need this investigative committee. but my questions are relative to benghazi, not other issues because that is what the subject is today. michael, a little while ago you dismissed security concerns questions because they were complicated. the before picture living with the chaos after obama piggybacked on the british and french to oppose gaddafi. they will because they were attacked by refugees in may 2012. in june the british embassy was closed because of the tax. why did and present obama and secretary hillary sent ambassadors stevens into benghazi with all his curiosity going on? the ambassador's events asked for more security, as hillary is the state. they took away, in august, the little security they had. why? host: with both of these questions, your point is what? your point is what? caller: i have one final question. at 345 p.m., in washington times, that is when the attack o