leading off, it's a great honor to be joined by chairman michael mccaul, he's a longstanding leader in efforts to reform congress' oversight of the department of homeland security, and has passed the first reauthorization bill for the department of homeland security. congressman mccaul, if you could kple please join us. [ applause ] >> it's an honor to be here. i want to thank jason for that introduction, and governor king for being here today. lee hamilton for your great work on the 9/11 commission, which still stands as the best product that has ever been produced to congress. and there's still two recommendations we haven't followed, but we look forward to doing so. and we look forward to reading this report. i was asked to speak just ten minutes, that's hard for any elected official to talk about all the threats we face in ten minutes. but i will tell you, it's changed. i'm going to new york on sunday. i'll be at the ceremony, as i always am. it's a very moving experience. what the hijackers pulled off that fateful day would be a very difficult thing to pull off today. i think our

next, a look at how terrorism has evolved since 9/11 with michael mccaul. he talks about the state of the intelligence community and of the challenge of having tech companies be more involved in counterterrorism efforts. posted by the bipartisan aussie center, this is 35 minutes. -- by policy bipartisan policy center, this is 35 minutes. >> it is a real pleasure to welcome friends and experts to this conversation about a report we are releasing today. assessing counterterrorism policy from 9/11 to isis. takeoal here today is to an unsparing look at the united states effort to confront and engage terrorism for the last decade and a half. to ask aso speaking difficult question, to try and understand the role that extremist ideology lays in the violence that continues to rack the globe. it is a question i think many have wrestled with for a long time and is the focus of this study we hope to talk about. it is important to begin this that 16i remembering years ago, nearly 3000 innocent lives were taken in new york, washington, and pennsylvania, through a viciou

right after that, texas congressman michael mccaul discusses terrorism and its revolution since 9/11. he serves as the chairman of the house homeland security committee, and looked at the challenges the intelligence community currently faces. he spoke in front of the bipartisan policy center, and will show you his comments 50 --t at 950:00 -- mina 9:50 p.m. >> c-span's washington journal, live everyay with news and policy issues that impact you. on sunday morning, cns news editor and chief will join us to discuss. mick troiano, executive director of the project will be on, he will talk about the group's efforts to support centrist candidates in 2018. be sure to watch live at seven eastern sunday morning. join the discussion. a, adamight on q and and gst, founder and ceo of open the book talked about tax dolls spent and transparency. >> veterans affairs, we audit the checkbook for the last four years. during a. where up to 1006 veterans died while waiting to see a doctor, the v.a. spent $20 million on on our portfolio. 27 foot christmas tree costing the amount price like cars. poachers

neil: all right, michael mccaul, be safe, be well. >> same to you, neil. neil: in and around not only texas, but florida as well. well, you remember the former fema director michael brown when he was on with me, giving a warning and advice to the president of the united states, and this was at the time of harvey, don't let harvey be your katrina. he quickly survived, that this president did not let that happen and he is just determined to offer the same advice when it comes to this particular hurricane and the one behind it and maybe the one behind that. do not let this be your katrina. what started as a passion to make something original... ...has grown into an enterprise. that's why i switched to the spark cash card from capital one. now, i'm earning unlimited 2% cash back on every purchase i make. everything. which adds up to thousands of dollars back every year... ...and helps keep my passion growing... ...in every direction. what's in your wallet? grandma's. aunt stacy's. what are the reasons you care for your heart? qunol coq10 with 3x better absorpti

we'll also speak to michael mccaul of texas about the cleanup from the storm and fe fema's role in it. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to msnbc. one viewer asking me where we put the batteries for you. you've been on the hair for a week straight. >> reporter: irma is leaving the jacksonville area. a flash flood emergency right now. particularly dangerous situation. the water is going to rise one to two feet when the winds switch to the south. right now jacksonville has the highest water level they've ever seen in the downtown area. they're saying it's going to rise another one to two feet. this will be the story we'll be watching here. i want to explain why we're dealing with this problem when the storm has weakened so much. if you look at this line right here, this is the st. john's river. let me go in a little bit closer on this, and again, it's a strange river. it goes from south to north. this is their direction that it flows up to the north. what's happening is we have the easterly winds and we have the storm surge that's happening here off the coast. and that is not allowi

. >> next, a look at how terrorism has evolved since 9/11 with the homeland security chair michael mccaul. he talks about the state of the security, and having tech companies more involved. posted by the bipartisan policy center. >> welcome, everyone. with the bipartisan policy center. it is a real pleasure to welcome a group of friends and experts to a conversation about a report we are releasing today. defeating terrorists, not terrorism. assessing counterterrorism policy from 11 to isis. our goal here today is to take a k at the united states' effort to confront and engage terrorism and the last decade and a half. a are also seeking to engage difficult question, which is to try to understand the role that extremist ideology plays in the ckolence that continues to wra the globe. at this is a question many folks have wrestled with for a long time and is really the focus of this study. it is important to begin this that 16by remembering years ago, nearly 3000 innocent lives were taken in new york, washington, and pennsylvania through a vicious and senseless terrorist attack. that has fore

next, a look at how terrorism has evolved since 9/11 with michael mccaul. he talks about the state of the intelligence community and of the challenge of having tech companies be more involved in counterterrorism efforts. posted by the bipartisan aussie center, this is 35 minutes. -- by policy bipartisan policy center, this is 35 minutes. >> it is a real pleasure to welcome friends and experts to this conversation about a report we are releasing today. assessing counterterrorism policy from 9/11 to isis. takeoal here today is to an unsparing look at the united states effort to confront and engage

right after that, texas congressman michael mccaul discusses terrorism and its evolution since 9/11. he is the chairman of the house homeland security committee and looks at the challenges the intelligence committee currently faces. he spoke in front of the bipartisan policy center and we will show you his comments at 9:50 on c-span. c-span's washington journal. live with policy issues that impact you. coming up, eleanor clift of the daily beast will join us to discuss the news of the day. the executive director of the centrist project will be on to discuss his group's efforts to support centrists candidates in 2018. join the discussion. monday marks the 16th anniversary of september 11 and our live coverage of the remembrances begins at 8:00 eastern on c-span two for the ceremony at the national september 11 memorial. in the morning on c-span, live coverage of the ceremony at the pentagon, and at shanksvillerom pennsylvania on c-span3, the commemoration of the flight 93 memorial. watch it online at c-span.org, or listen live with the three -- with the free c-span radio app app. next

michael mccaul make sure we are prepared for those threats.e 16th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. there will be hearings to address the issues we face. welcome to the program. it's good to have you here. there is a lot to talk about. let's talk about at what fox. 100 or the 3 million americans informationir subject to cyber attack. what can the government do with a private company? ini think the collaboration the critical infrastructure whether it is energy or compromisedhis is a in a significant percentage. this is also credit card information. we see this more and more. the trend is not going down is that about. this latest attack is very alarming. what we are trying to figure out nationstatee, what could be behind this, or just a nationstate. is this one of these big data still we saw when china 20 million security clearances. we are in the investigation phase right now. joanathan: the first thing you react to is isn't china or russia? for these companies, what can the government do to make sure they's ended up on security them selves? mic

. >> reporter: congressman michael mccaul from texas us with president trump. zmi saw katrina.dy. think this is the best emergency response deployment that i have seen. i think texas, we have these storms in the past. we have a great state operation that can get things done. >> reporter: at the president's side throughout his visit, texas governor greg abbott. >> the cameras are blazing. i have to say, you have a great, great governor. and -- he's done a fantastic job. >> reporter: we met up with governor abbott just after the president's departure. we just watched air force one taking off. you were there the moment he arrived. there with him all day. you were there when he left. give us a sense of the kinds of questions he was asking. >> he asked me repeatedly today, governor, what do you need? what can i do to help you? from top to bottom. the federal development has worked seamlessly with the state and our local governments. the results have led to more lives being saved. a quicker response. a more effective response to the stage. but we have a lot more work to do. >> what c

. >>> the chair of the homeland security committee, represent michael mccaul, spoke at an event in washington, and begins with comments by comments by the center president. >> the bipartisan policy center has been working for the last eight years, and we've been delighted to do it, because of the importance of the issue, and the example they've set. but for all the success we've had preventing major terrorist attacks in the united states, the picture around the world remains grim. last year, around 25,000 people died in roughly 11,000 terrorist attacks in 104 countries around the world. three

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michael mccaul showed earlier a map of the houston area that there are two reservoirs that are supposed to protect the city from flooding. water filled up those reservoirs and people that i represent are on the downstream of that reservoir. they got flooded water came over it. but i also represent people upstream and they got flooded because the reservoir overflowed up in the western, northwestern direction. and people also got flooded in the middle of the night after they thought the storm was over with because conroe and, mr. speaker, i know you don't know where that. that's just northwest of houston. that -- they have a lake up in lake conroe. they started letting water out of lake conroe. water started rushing down from the san jacinto, texas, cypress creek, all of it overflowed and people got flooded in that area as well. thousands of people. homes are devastated. two of people who lost their home, they're staying with us, friends of ours. we do take care of each other. one thing i want to mention is we need to get a regional plan to prevent these disasters in the future. it would

joining us now texas congressman and chairman of the homeland committee michael mccaul, congressman,rricane and response efforts so far because you were really -- particularly after what happened in texas? >> yeah, it was a devastating hurricane. it's a different hurricane. it's not a flooding event as much as wind-rain event. it is going to move out of the state of florida. i think what we are most concerned about is i met with coast guard and fema administrator are the tens of thousands of people who stayed in the keys. today this morning, the coast guard will be going in of the uss abraham lincoln is down there to search and rescue. we are in the search and rescue phase. saving lives and i hope that number is low. dagen: can you give us an update on how texas is doing after hurricane harvey? >> texas, we are past the recovery and response phase, we are now in the rebuilding phase and it's going to take years to recover and it's rebuilding. texans are stepping up to the plate. dagen: of course, they are. >> people all over the country came in to help and it was a very compassionate

. >> next, a look at how terrorism has evolved since 9/11 with the homeland security chair michael mccaul. he talks about the state of the security, and having tech companies more involved.