this week, house homeland security committee chair michael mccaul of texas gave a speech on national security at george washington university. afterwards, three republicans participatedittee in a panel discussion about the issues he discussed. this is one hour and 35 minutes. >> good morning.

court for documents from the wiretapping application of carter page and republican congressman michael mccaul is also calling for the application to be made public. are lawmakers realizing the need tore transparency? joining me now, thomas massie, welcome back to the show. i was almost shocked to realize that we have never had one of these fisa warrant applications released. do you think that will finally snap >> i think so. even the process for getting a fisa warrant. until the food 50s these memos was secret to us, even members of congress. i think the great thing about the escalating fight between democrats and republicans, as a result we are getting more transparency. kennedy: those who lean towards the side of liberty from sitting back watching the pies fly and say this is what we haveor year. this sort of overreach you and your colleagues are documenting on capitol hill, but both sides are doing their best to keep prying eyes away from the dirty truth. >> there is a scandal very few people are recognizing. the intel committee, people responsible for the oversight of the fisa process sat

. >>> also tonight, congressman michael mccaul, the chair of the house homeland security committee delivering a national security address at george washington university at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. on c-span2 hillary clinton will talk about women participating and leading in huh mantz rights at georgetown university. that airs at 9:00 p.m. eastern as well. and labor secretary alexander acosta talking to the western governor's association winter meeting last year discussing work force and labor trends in their states. his speech is about 45 minutes. >>> we have a very very special guest to address this audience, to engage with the governors. and to introduce that guest i am happy to introduce our honorable dennis dugard. >> thank you. before i introduce our guest, secretary acosta, i would like to take a moment to talk about the workforce development initiative i began as chair of wga. western stake, nearly all of us face the challenge of preparing our citizens for workplaces that look a little bit different than i did, started my working career or parents or grandparents certainly. at fou

michael mccaul said monday the terror group islamic state is trying to target blowing up passenger jetss intelligence committee voted to release a democratic memo which contradicts the gop allegations that the fbi abused surveillance laws. that is later. ♪ >> c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up tuesday morning, don bacon discusses the house intelligence committee memo and this week's government funding deadline. connecticut democratic congressman, jim himes on the release of the committee memo. the latest on the committee's investigation into russian interference in the 2016 campaign. he sure to watch washington journal -- be sure to watch washington journal live tuesday morning. join the discussion. ♪

callongressman mike mullen -- michael mccaul. to our broken immigration system, by letting our borders and it comes right through whatever they want to come through. it has been much tougher since we have been there. we need much better border mechanisms and much better border security. if we don't have the while we will never solve this problem. without the wall, it will not work. state of the union i called on congress to close the immigration loopholes that have allowed this deadly gang to break so easily into our country. identifiedration has we haveiorities, identified three priorities for creating a safe, modern and level integration system securing the border, and in chain migration and canceling the terrible visa lottery. it,ave been talking about we're talking about it in congress, daca and now we can work that out. i think the democrats don't want to make a deal that we will find out. as congress considers immigration reform, it is essential that we listen to law enforcement professionals in this room today so i will tu

house homeland security committee chair, michael mccaul gives a state of national security address. >> mr. james talks about his book "the man from the train," the solving of a century-old serial killer mystery. brian: bill james, in your new book "the man from the train," your first sentence is "i have long been fascinated by the notion that knowledge can be created about the past." tell us more about that. bill: the easiest example is dinosaurs. for thousands of years people had no idea that these great beasts had ever existed. now we have not only created information about them, but disseminated it so widely that every 4-year-old child has a collection of little plastic dinosaurs. much of what academics do is sort out the conflicts of what was said at the time to create a clearer and more detailed and more accurate picture of the past so that we know things about the romans that the romans didn't know. we know things about baseball in the 1960's that the baseball players in the 1960's did not know. brian: when did you know you wanted to write this particular book? bill: i stumbled

house homeland security chair michael mccaul gives a speech on national security. the house returns after that to consider bills dealing with military sales to jordan and combating russian cyber attacks. , votes aree week possible on another measure to keep the government-funded. on c-span 2, hillary clinton talks about the role of women in advancing human rights. at three, the senate returns to consider the nomination to be the under secretary of commerce for intellectual property and director of the u.s. patent and trademark office. a vote on the nomination will follow at 5:30. on c-span 3, there's a discussion on the current political climate and the impact on the senate. the house administration committee meets to consider a resolution that would allow each lawmaker and their staff to adopt an anti-harassment and antidiscrimination policy. monday night on the communicators, we are in las vegas for the second part of our coverage from the consumer electronics show, where tech companies unveil new products and give insight to what is ahead. this week, the latest

and congressman michael mccaul, who's really an expert on the subject and has been for a long periodit's a tough subject. ms-13 recruits through our broken immigration system, violating our borders, and it just comes right through, wherever they want to come through, they come through. it's much tougher now since we've been there, but we need much better border mechanisms and much better border security. we need the wall. gonna get the wall. we don't have the wall, we're never going to solve this problem. and i've gone to the top people. many of these people are at the table right now, including this group, and without the wall, it's not going to work. during my state of the union, i called on congress to close the immigration loopholes that have allowed this deadly gang to break so easily into our country. my administration has identified three priorities. we went through and looked very closely. we've identified three priorities for creating a safe, modern, and lawful immigration system, securing the border, ending chain migration, and canceling the terrible visa lottery. we've bee

and congressman michael mccaul who's been an expert. ms-13 recruits through our broken immigration system, violating our borders and it just comes right through whenever they want to come through. they come through. it's much tougher now since we've been there. but we need much better border mechanisms, and much better border security. we need the wall. we're going to get the wall. we don't have the wall, we're never going to solve this problem. i've gone to the top people. many of these people are at the table right now, including this group. and without the wall it's not going to work. during my state of the union, i called on congress to impose the loopholes that have allowed this deadly gang to break so easily into our country. my administration has identified three priorities. we went through and looked very closely. we've identified three priorities for creating a safe, modern and lawful immigration system, securing the border, ending chain migration, and cancelling the terrible visa lottery. we've been discussing it, talking abou

. >>> also tonight, congressman michael mccaul, the chair of the house homeland security committee delivering a national security address at george washington university at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. on c-span2 hillary clinton will talk about women participating and leading in huh mantz rights at georgetown university. that airs at 9:00 p.m. eastern as well. and labor secretary alexander acosta talking to the western governor's association winter meeting last year discussing work force and labor trends in th

[applause] [applause] >> watch c-span sunday to hear house homeland security security chair michael mccauleech at washington university. this weekend, the c-span cities tour takes you to fayetteville, arkansas. located in the ozark mountains it is home to the university of arkansas and the clinton house museum. with the help of our partners we will explore fayetteville's rich literary life and history. will visit the special collection at the university of arkansas libraries where we will hear about senator fulbright's career in the senate. fulbright was liberal in a lot of ways but he could talk to just about anybody. people from different parts of the world. this is a democratic leader the futureh republican president, george h w bush all here together watching texas beat the razorbacks. on sunday on american history tv we will tour the center for arkansas

center for cyber and homeland security is where the homeland security chairman representative michael mccaul, republican from texas will deliver the state of national security. >> good morning. if i can ask everyone to please put their phones on silent mode and let me welcome you to the campus of george washington university. it is a real treat, a real pleasure and privilege to want to get host chairman mccaul on campus. he has been chairman of the house homeland security committee since 2013. at a time where there seems to be gridlock in washington, d.c., i can say without any exaggeration, he is arguably one of the most prolific and more importantly effective ,egislators in d.c. right now focused on a whole host of national security issues and also shares his committee a genuinely bipartisan way which is very true to the issues our country faces. i am going to be very brief, which is rare for me since i have never had a on -- unspoken thought. i will turn it over to the chairman now and afterwards, we have an amazing panel. when you think about members of congress, you don't immediately th

. >>> also tonight, representative michael mccaul will be deliver ing a national security address at george washington university at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> over on c-span 2, hillary clinton talks about women participating and leading, human right, justice and peace at georgetown university. that airs at 9:00 p.m. eastern as well. next, we go to the university of chicago where a little bit more than 75 years ago the university scientists produced the first controlled nuclear chain reaction. the panel discusses the dangers of nuclear are weapons, and reacts to the trump administration's policies with north korea. >> all right. good evening, everyone. thank you for coming. welcome. i my name is amanda woodword and i'm the dean of the division of social sciences here at the university of chicago. i'm just delighted to be here with this group of faculty for this event. this evening is continuing a year-long series of events at the university of chicago commemorating the 75th anniversary of the first controlled self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction which happened just over there

congressman michael mccaul, an expert on this subject. it's a tough subject.ion system. violating our borders. whatever they want to come through think come through. much tougher now that we've been there. we need much better border mechanisms and much better border security. we need the wall. we'll get the wall. if we don't have the wall, we will negative solve this problem. i have gone to the top people. many are a the table right now including this group. without the wall it is not going to work. during my state of the union i called on congress to close immigration loopholes that allowed this deadly bang to break so easily into our country my administration identified three priorities. we went through and, looked very closely. we have identified three priorities for creating a safe, modern and lawful immigration system, ending chain migration and canceling the terrible visa lottery. we've been discussing it we're talking about it in congress. we're talking about daca and how we can work that out. i don't think the democrats want to make a deal but we'll fi

. >> michael mccaul of texas gave a speech on national security at george washington university. after he spoke three republicans from his committee participated in a panel discussion about the issues he discussed. this is one hour and 35 minutes. >> good morning. if i can ask everyone to please put their phones on silent mode and let me welcome you to the campus of george washington university. it is a real treat, a real pleasure and privilege to want to get host chairman mccaul on campus. he has been chairman of the house homeland security committee since 2013. at a time where there seems to be gridlock in washington, d.c., i can say without any exaggeration, he is arguably one of the most prolific and more importantly, effective legislators in d.c. right now, focused on a whole host of national security issues and also chairs his committee in a genuinely bipartisan way, which is very true to the issues that our country faces on national and homeland security. i will be very brief, which is very rare for me, and then i will turn it over to the chairman now. afterwards, we have

director, policy task force at the center for strategic and international studies cochaired by michael mccaulalled for an independent operation cyber component and dhs on par with the coast guard. beyond just changing the name, this committee needs to hold hearings and consider the possibility of creating a separate cyber security component and dhs. i understand your first answer to me was, look, it is all of a piece. i do understand that, but i think cyber security is as important as border security. it is important as marine security. and so, i am having a hard time understanding why we would not follow the independent report, and really elevate this to the command that he needs to be elevated to. being elevated to an operating component, and that is essential in the distinction that it will have everything it needs to operate. it will have its own procurement. it will be our eighth operating agency. that is important because it carries authority and mission support with it. what i think, and it is a judgment call him what goes together -- and it is a judgment call. we have trade. we have c

. >> and also tonight, remarks from house homeland security chairman michael mccaul on the state of national security he spoke today at george washington university. see that tonight at 9:00 eastern here on c-span, of course that depends on when the house ends. and later, hillary clinton on women who lead. she spoke to an audience at georgetown university, that's at 9:00 on c-span2. c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up tuesday morning, nebraska republican congressman don bacon discusses the house intelligence committee memo and this week's government funding deadline. then, connecticut democratic congressman and intelligence committee member jim himes on the release of the committee memo and the late oast then committee's investigation into russian interference in the 2016 campaign. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern, tuesday morning. join the discussion. also tuesday, defense secretary james mattis and air force general paul silva testify on the pentagon's national defense strategy and the 2018 n

for strategic and international studies, co-chaired by senator white house and representative michael mccaul called for an independent cybersecurity component at dhs that was on par with the coast guard or cbp, beyond changing the name of nppd, this committee, i think, needs to hold hearings and specifically consider the possibility of creating a separate cybersecurity component at dhs, what -- so i'll return to the question. i understand your first answer to me was, look, it's all of a piece. and i do understand that. but i think cybersecurity is as important as border security. it is important as marine security. and so i'm having a hard time understanding why we wouldn't follow the independent report, and really elevate this to the -- to the command that it needs to be elevated to. >> so it is being elevated to an operating component, and that's essential in the distinction that it will have everything it needs to operate. so it will have its own -- you know, it's own cao, own procurement, it will be now our eighth operating agency. that is important because it carries authorities, and mi

then house homeland security chair michael mccaul talks about the state of national security. later, hillary clinton discusses the role of women and advancing human rights. c-span, where history unfolds daily. 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. thehis week on communicators, more of our visit consumergas and the electronics show, which is one of the largest trade shows in the world. about 200,000 people come every year to see it. about 7 million people visit las vegas on a regular basis. here is more from ces.

house homeland security committee chair, michael mccaul gives a state of national security address. >> mr. james talks about his book "the man from the train,"