today at a counter-terrorism hearing in washington, homeland michael mccaul held up a copy of rahami's hand-written journal. >> he talks about god willing the sound of bombs will be heard in the streets, gunshots to your police, death to your oppression. >> reporter: blood stained with a bullet hole through it, rahami wrote about martyrdom, and his praise of militants suggests he took inspiration from al qaeda as well as isis. investigators are still trying radicalized. >> pelley: jeff pegues, thanks very much. the f.b.i. investigated rahami two years ago, but he was not considered a threat at the time. it's not the first time someone investigated by investigators has later been accused of hami's case moves forward, federal agencies are working to tsunami of potential threats. do you think there are people who are being missed? >> absolutely. the f.b.i. does not have the resources, both legally and in terms of manpower and funding. these people are being radicalized quicker than we could identify them. >> reporter: in rahami's case, despite his father calling him a terrorist in 2014, a

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joining us is congressman michael mccaul. he is chairman of the house committee on homeland security. nice to have you with us. rep. mccaul: thanks for having me. soledad: you bet. 15 years s 9 that long. it feels like yesterday to me. rep. mccaul: it does to me as well, and people ask me are we safer today than we were before? we are in the highest threat environment since 9/11 but the threat level has changed dramatically pre-9/11. soledad: so you think we are less safe? rep. mccaul: i think the numbers are going up in terms of investigations, terror plots. we stopped a lot of bad things, the good news. the bad news is we are still of suspects and numbers of arrests within the united states. soledad: what have we learned from 9/11? rep. mccaul: it would be very difficult to pull off a 9/11-style hijacking event today. and what al qaeda was traditionally looking for were spectacular events, big events. i think right now you are looking at isis, which is more do what you can wherever you can. with two directives -- come to sy

joining us is congressman michael mccaul. he is chairman of the house committee on homeland security. nice to have you with us. rep. mccaul: thanks for having me. soledad: 15 years since 9/11. it's hard to believe it's been that long. it feels like yesterday to me. rep. mccaul: it does to me as well, and people ask me are we safer today than we were before? we are in the highest threat environment since 9/11 but the threat level has changed dramatically pre-9/11. soledad: so you think we are less safe? rep. mccaul: i think the numbers are going up in terms of investigations, terror plots. we stopped a lot of bad things, the good news. numbers are increasing in terms of suspects and numbers of arrests within the united states. soledad: what have we learned from 9/11? rep. mccaul: it would be very difficult to pull off a 9/11-style hijacking event today. and what al qaeda was traditionally looking for were spectacular events, big events. i think right now you are looking at isis, which is more do what you can wherever you can.

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today at a counter-terrorism hearing in washington, homeland security committee chairman michael mccaul held up a copy journal. >> he talks about god willing the sound of bombs will be heard in the streets, gunshots to your police, death to your precious. >> reporter: blood stained with a bullet hole through it, rahami wrote about martyrdom, and his praise of militants suggests he took inspiration from al qaeda as well as isis. investigators are still trying to figure out how rahami was radicalized and by whom. scott, a u.s. government source voluntarily. >> pelley: jeff pegues, thanks very much. the f.b.i. investigated rahami two years ago, but he was not considered a threat at the time. it's not first time someone ainvestigated by investigators has later been accused of terrorism. we asked anna werner to look into this. >> reporter: as ahmad khan rahami's case moves forward, federal agencies are working to keep up with what former f.b.i. agent manny gomez calls a do you think people are being mised? >> absolutely. the f.b.i. does not have the resource, both legally and in terms of man

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chairman of the house homeland security committee michael mccaul, thank you very much.ank you for being on. >>> joining us now, we have mayor of new york city, bill de blasio. mayor, let's build upon what we just heard. i'll ask you what i asked the congressman. is there credible concern coming in to you and law enforcement that there are more bombs and bombers out there? >> mika, at this point, we need to get this individual in to be able to draw further conclusions. this individual, ahmad khan rahami, as you know, we have now sent out an alert to every cell phone and electronic device all over the new york metropolitan area giving people this description, this photo, all of our nypd officers have this photo and are looking for this individual. he is, we assume, armed and dangerous. people should recognize that, anyone with information about him should call 911. that's what we have to do first. we do not yet know, and again, law enforcement has to be the ones to draw the conclusions. we do nod yet know if this was a lone wolf or if it was something involving additional

today at a counter-terrorism security committee chairman michael mccaul held up a copy of rahami's hand-written journal. >> he talks about god willing the sound of bombs will be heard in the streets, gunshots to your police, death to your oppression. >> reporter: blood stained with a bullet hole through it, rahami wrote about martyrdom, and his praise of militants suggests he took inspiration from al qaeda as well as isis. to figure out how rahami was radicalized and by whom. scott, she spoke with investigators in dubai >> pelley: jeff pegues, thanks very much. the f.b.i. investigated rahami two years ago, but he was not considered a threat at the time. it's not the first time someone investigated by investigators has later been accused of terrorism. we asked anna werner to look into this. >> reporter: as ahmad khan rahami's case moves forward, federal agencies are working to keep up with what former f.b.i. tsunami of potential threats. do you think there are people who are being missed? >> absolutely. the f.b.i. does not have the resources, both legally and in terms of manpower and funding. th

[applause] >> house homeland security committee chair michael mccaul releases his new counterterrorism strategy today. we'll have live coverage of his news conference at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. later director of national intelligence james clapper joins the "the washington post"'s david ignatius to talk about intelligence gathering and national security threats. that's live at 6:00 p.m. eastern, also on c-span3. you can also watch live at c-span.org or listen live on the c-span radio app. >>> now a look at the future of argentina with that country ace foreign affairs minister. the council on foreign relations hosted this hour-long event. >> welcome to today's council on foreign relations meeting. we are truly honored to have the honorable susana malcorra here with us today, the minister of foreign affairs and worship. appointed by president macri in december of 2015 and she brings extraordinary experience to the ministry in management, economics, technology, technology and international relations. you all have a copy of her impressive resume'. we have only one precious hour, so i

. >>> congress member michael mccaul says he misspoke when he claimed wednesday russian heart attackthe same way they targeted the dnc. he says he meant in addition to the hack, he meant political operatives have been targeted. >>> and some parts of the united states are facing tropical storm julia this morning. let's get the latest from meteorologist pedram javaheri. >> tropical storm julia is offshore. the impact is less felt on the land here. it meanders here. we get light to moderate rain for charleston and myrtle beach and wilmington. the bulk of it wants to stay offshore. here is what it looks like. temperatures, low to mid-90s in the southeast. denver, a gorgeous 76 degrees. minneapolis, enjoy at 76 degrees. the northeast stunning. boston to new york city. 67 to 73 degrees. it wants to stay there. it warms up a few degrees every day working toward the weekend. we eventually make it up to the low 80s in new york city to almost 90 in washington, d.c. notice this, final weekend of the summer season. we begin a warming trend, but still it keeps us five or six degrees above normal

spoke to reporters. >> you're supposed to drop the mike at the end of the act. >> i'm michael mccaul, chairman of the homeland security committee. with me is commissioner miller of the new york police department. first i want to commend the great work of nypd and its efforts to take down the terrorist that was responsible for the terrorist attacks in both new york and we believe new jersey. it was incredible police work. and the quick apprehension in taking this man off the street. i have actually mr. rahami's journal with me. this came up at the hearing in terms of what persuaded him, what inspired him. he discusses on wanwar alaki, a the chief isis spokesman and their external operations chief as well. he has since been killed in an air strike. it's clear from this journal that mr. rahami was receiving inspiration from the isis spokesman, mr. adnani. this is a new era of terror. as the commissioner testified, the message coming out of raqqah, syria has changed and evolved from come to syria and join the fight, to now kill where you are. that was the message of the isis spokesman, m

i'm danielle with the american enterprise institute and i'm pleased to welcome chairman michael mccaul to a.e.i. to our new stage. chairman mccaul is the chairman of the house committee on homeland security. he's been the representative of texas' 10th district for six terms. if that's right. but prior to that you have pretty extensive experience in national security. he was chief of coubt terrorism and national security in the u.s. attorney's office in the western district of texas and he served as texas deputy attorney general under current u.s. senator john cornyn. so today, we have a lot to talk about obviously. there's a lot in the news. and there are a lot of things we want to cover. but today the chairman and the committee have released this report, national strategy to win the war against islamist terror. so maybe you'd like to take a couple of minutes for our audience and lay out some of the ideas that are contained here. there are copies of the report outside for you folks to take afterwards. mr. mccaul: let me thank ample e.i. a lot of familiar faces in the room. i want to th

the chair of the house homeland committee, michael mccaul offer as very different take and a warning.uld say we're still in the highest threat environment since 9/11. >> right now? >> right now. >> for those who say they're safer, you can't say that? >> it's a different threat. i think we're safer in the sense we built an apparatus of security with airlines, with sharing intelligence and that sort of thing but in terms of the numbers, brian, the sheer numbers have gone up with plots against the united states, arrests in the united states. over 100 isis followers and thousands of investigations. harris: so, homeland security secretary jeh johnson explained it kind of like mccaul saying the two things exist. the two things exist. we're safer than we were after 9/11, that style of attack but not against the sympathizers of isis. >> no, i actually don't think the two statements are all that contradictory. in terms after land war in the middle east against isis we've made significant progress. in terms of problem of radical islamic terrorists around the world, self-radicalizing people, ter

congressman michael mccaul of texas initially made that claim while discussing whether russians wereing to influence the presidential election, this during an interview yesterday. >> it's important to note, wolf, they have not only hacked into the dnc but also into the rnc. so they're not discriminating one party against the other. the russians are basically -- have hacked into both parties at the national level. and that gives us all concern about what their motivations are. >> mr. chairman, i haven't heard about any russian hacking of the republican national committee. i've heard a lot about the democratic national committee. you're giving us new information. you're telling us that the russians have hacked rnc e-mails and other documents? >> yes, they have hacked into the republican national committee. >> but sean spicer of the rnc quickly said that wasn't the case on twitter, tweeting in one word, nope. and less than an hour after that appearance, congressman mccaul retracted that statement saying, i misspoke by asserting that the rnc was hacked. what i meant to say is in addition

r and congressman michael mccaul, chair of the house homeland h security committee, says republican operatives have been hacked as well.om still, in washington yesterday, the president's homeland security advisor, lisa monaco, played down any threat to the integrity of the election. but added: >> but the efforts of malicious actors to intrude upon voter-ou registration databases and other elements of our critical infrastructure, as well as our voting infrastructure, is of concern. >> woodruff: the white house says if there is a response to the hacking, it may not be announced in advance, or ever. for a deeper look at the actors and the politics behind the hacks, we turn to dmitri alperovitch, co-founder and chief technology officer atch crowdstrike, the cyber securityr firm that investigated online breaches of the democratic partt over the summer, and david sanger, chief washington correspondent for the new yorker times. and we welcome both of you to the program. dimitri, let me start with you. how does this cyber hacking of the democrats and others this year compared to what we've seen in pre

today at a counter-terrorism hearing in washington, homeland security committee chairman michael mccaul held up a copy of rahami's hand-written journal. >> he talks about god willing the sound of bombs will be heard in the streets, gunshots to your police, death to your oppression. >> reporter: blood stained with a bullet hole through it, rahami wrote about martyrdom, and his took inspiration from al qaeda as well as isis. >> donald trump's private foundation is coming under more scrutiny, already under investigation by the new york state attorney general over questions about political donations. now there are charges that trump used donations to pay his legal expenses. >> in recent years, donald lawsuits regarding his campaign. last night, donald trump bragged about using other people's money in business deals, sort of the way the charity is operated. and without irony, he said he would bring at least one aspect of that to foreign policy. >> we can't have these people come to the united states, we we know nohing about them. >> donald trump offered two remedies to terror threats, toughe

and then texas congressman michael mccaul holds a news briefing on counterterrorism efforts. he serves as the chair of the house homeland security committee. see that event live at 3:00 eastern. also tuesday, james clapper, the director of national intelligence looks at intelligence gathering and current national security threats. he'll sit down for an interview with david ignatius of "the washington post." and that will be live at 6:00 p.m. eastern, also here on c-span3. >>> for campaign 2016, c-span continues on the road to the white house. >> we all want to get back to making america strong and great again. >> i am running for everyone working hard to support their families. everyone who has been knocked down but gets back up. >> ahead, live coverage of the presidential and vice presidential debates on c-span. the c-span radio app, and c-span.org. monday, september 26th is the first presidential debate, live from hofstra university in hempstead, new york. then on tuesday, october 4th, vice presidential candidates governor mike pence and senator tim kaine debate at longwood

michael mccaul unveils his committees new terrorism strategy. that gets underway at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. james clapper sits down with the boston post. you can watch these events live on c-span.org or listen on our c-span radio web. >> hillary clinton expressed support for law enforcement officials following the attacks in new york, new jersey and minnesota. she spoke to reporters. ms. clinton: good morning. i want to start by offering my support to our states, federal, and local law-enforcement as they continue to respond to the attack in new york, new jersey, and minnesota and bring those responsible to justice. i have talked with mayor deblasio. our team has been in close touch with authorities in new york. 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 great first responders. this threat is real, but so is our resolve. americans will not our, we will , weail -- will not power will

[laughter] >> i'm michael mccaul, chairman of the homeland security committee. with me is commissioner miller of the new york police department. first, i want to commend the great work of nypd and its efforts to take down the terrorist that was responsible for the terrorist attacks in both new york and, we believe, new jersey. it was incredible police work and the quick apprehension and taking this man off the street. i have, actually, mr. rahami's journal with me. this came up at the hearing in terms of what persuaded him, what inspired him. he discusses anwral a al-awlaki extensively, bin laden in this journal. he also mentions mr. add nanny who is their external operations chief as well. he has since been killed in an airstrike. it's clear from this journal that mr. rahami was receiving inspiration from the isis spokesman. this is a new era of terror. as the commissioner testified, the message coming out of raqqa, syria, has changed and evolved from come to syria and join the fight to now kill where you are. that was the message of the isis spokesman, was to

we're going to run off. [ applause ] >>> and now please welcome michael mccaul and the security correspondent at cbs news. >> good morning. nice to be here. thank you for your time. trying to find this clock. and it's right there. so we are on the clock. and let's get right to it. chairman mccaul, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> it's amazing and i wouldn't be surprised if you felt the same way. it's been 15 years since 9/11. first question, i want to talk about what i think for a lot of people in the room may be the obvious, which is how this threat has evolved over the last 15 years, al qaeda, now isis. what are you thoughts on that in. >> well the threat has changed. i think people ask me, are we safer. i would say we are not safer but the threat has evolved into a different kind of threat. i think pre-9/11 we were looking at bin laden who had a primitive form of communication, caves and kour yours. the difference is really the internet, the power of the internet. they both sort of subscribe to the seventh century a.d. philosophy. the difference is today we have a new generation o

later, remarks from house homeland security chair michael mccaul and we'll hear from cia director john brennan. >>> c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, committee for responsible federal budget president maya mcginnis on her group's efforts to educate lawmakers and voters on the fiscal impact of the growing debt. and an author talks bhs latest book "supremely partisan" which argues the supreme court is becoming increasingly partisan and politicized cases threaten to undermine confidence in the court. c-span's "washington journal" beginning live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on friday. join the discussion. >>> next, today's federal communications commission meeting. topics include wireless emergency alerts, foreign ownership rules for mass media outlets and video content distribution. after the meet, fcc chair wheeler spoke to reporters about tv set-top box devices. >> good morning, and welcome to the september meeting of the federal communications commission. madam secretary, please walk us through what to expect to