mr. wagner or somebody said. he mentioned may be mr. hartunian it with you the native american lands was mentioned. the border of our country and canada. we have a similar situation along the border of new mexico. at times i have heard that the smugglers -- drug smugglers and human traffickers use that land as a conduit to get through and try to get cooperation to the folks who owe not. whoever raised this, which you chime in about how this is of interest to us? >> yeah senator, thank you. that is true. there certainly are some complexities when conduct an investigation of crime on the native american reservations. one of the complexities on the northern border and the area of the mohawk indian reservation in and i shared jurisdiction is the geography. it is tough terrain up there and it is right for smugglers to exploit. in all seasons and certainly you have -- >> which country is again? >> the indian reservation has territory on the canadian side and on the u.s. side. the geography poses a lot of challenges to law enforcement. there i

mr. wagner said t but somebody said it you mentioned maybe -- maybe -- mr. hartunian it was you, but the party of native american lands was mentioned. this action on the border between our country and canada and we have a similar situation with -- in -- along the border of mexico and at times i've heard from the mexican border that sometimes the smugglers, drug smugglers human traffickers use that land as a conduit to get through and try to get the cooperation of the folks who own that and live in that land -- live on that land. whoever raised this would you and others just chime in about how this is of interest to us on the north as well as on the south southern border. mr. spero. >> yes, senator thank you. there are -- that is true, there are some -- there certainly are some complexities when conducting investigations of crime on the native american reservations. one of the complexities certainly on the thorn border in the area of mohawk indian reservation that mr. hartunian and i share jurisdiction with is just plainly the geography, it's tough terrain an

mr. wagner said it, or maybe it was you mr. hartunian. the matter of native american american lance was mentioned between our border with canada, and we have a similar situation along the border with mexico, and at times i have heard from the mexican border that sometimes the drug smugglers human traffickers use that land as a conduit to get through and try to get cooperation of folks who own that and live on that land. the lever raised this, would you just chime in about how this is of interest to us in the north as well as in the southern border? mr. spero: there certainly are some complexities, and one along the northern border near the mohawk indian reservation that mr. hartunian and i share jurisdiction with its just plainly geography, sir. is tough terrain, and it is ripe for smugglers to exploit in all seasons, and then certainly, you have that added. sen. carper: where is that? mr. spero: it has territory both on the canadian side and on the u.s. side, and the geography itself poses a lot of challenges towards law enforcement. on

mr. wagner began his career in 1991. mr. wagner has worked in new york, new jersey seaport and laredo texas. appreciate you joining us. our next witness will be james sparrow in the buffalo new york area. mr. spero served as a national crime for the benefit fraud unit at i.c.e. and special agent in charge for hsi. did i say that right among mr. spero? spero, okay. >> chairman johnson, ranking member carper, distinguished members, thank you for the opportunity to assess the efforts to improve security along the border. as dhs principal investigative homeland security investigation is positioned to leverage its broad statutory authority to support order enforcement. hsi works in close coordination with dhs components and u.s. interagency partners as well as counterparts in canadian law enforcement to target transnational criminal organizations travel, trade and finance. hsi applies a full range of innovative investigative techniques, including leading and participating in u.s. canadian task force says, undercover operations con

mrs. wagner: specifically i want to thank them for responding to critical navy short falls by including the authorization for funding of 12 fa-18 superhornets in the national defense authorization act. the superhornet is truly the workhorse of the naval combat operations against the islamic state and is playing an important role in protecting our war fighter abroad. additionally, 12 additional superhornets will help keep a critical production line open that will allow for additional strike fighter jets and electronic warfare attack in the future. however, our work isn't finished. i look forward to supporting the ndaa when it comes to the house floor and fighting for superhornets to be included during the appropriations process. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition in -- recognition? the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you,

mr. wagner, what do you think prompted theodore vail to give up the fight so to speak, and decide to go into federal government? at&t got the government off its back. and with the kingsbury commitment we were able to go ahead and set up the long distance network. and we were assured that the government was not going to come in and take away from us that long distance network. schoumacher: henry geller, former general counsel of the federal communications commission, was one of the government's key telephone policymakers. well, i can understand what was in it for the phone companies, buy why did the government buy this arrangement? the government bought it because what he promised them was universal service. he as going to -- at reasonable rates -- he was going to -- as a monopoly he could expand, give this integrated end-to-end service. it w good service. remember, it's not a cliche -- the u.s. had the best telephone service, and still has the best telephone service, in the world. when you consider back then with the mkrers and l of therustting that was going on, this almost seemed to run co

mr. wagner began his federal law enforcement year in 1991 when he joined the u.s. customs service.also worked at the new york, new jersey sea port in the port of laredo, texas. our next witness will be james sparrow. he's a special agent in charge for the buffalo new york area. he was also the deputy assistant director of ice. unit chief of the identity and acting assistant special agent in charge for hsi, their washington field office. am i pronouncing that right mr. spero. >> yes senator, spero. >> mr. spero. >> chairman johnson, ranking member carper and distinguished members, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you discuss ice's efforts to improve security along the northern border. as dhs principal investigative agency, this position to lev ranl broad statutory authority to enforce border enforcement. we work with u.s. interagency partners as well as counterparts in canadian law enforcement targ targeted in travel, trade and finance. hsi provides a full range of techniques including leading and participating in joint u.s. canadian task forces, undercover operations,

mr. wagner?deputy wagner: the workload load, looking at ways to better utilize the physical infrastructure that is there and getting the most deficiencies we can out of it. now, how we define something as lower risk or higher risk is all depending on what we have the analysis and targeting capabilities, also enhanced i what our foreign partners are sharing with us. we have very good data exchange with the canadian government and the mexican government. they have different capacities as to what access they can get, what information they collect and within their own privacy constraints what they can share with us, but it is a little different within both countries but we do robust information exchanges with the government as well as the canadian government and helps us make that risk segmentation determination. senator carper: good. chief, my time has expired, and my colleagues are back. could you answer that question for me, please? chief fisher: yes, we see in the northern border in terms of shee

mr. wagner began his career in 1991 when he joined the customs nervous as an inspector there. he has worked at the new york and new jersey for. i appreciate you joining us. i look forward to your answers and questions here at our next speaker is james spero. a special agent for the awful low, new york area. he serves as the ice division. acts as assistant special agent and charged in the field office. am i pronouncing that right, mr. spero? mr. spero: yes, senator. distinguished members, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to discuss isis efforts to improve security along the northern border.

wagner. >> okay seeing no other questions mr. rose your reporter. >> on page 10 of the report the increase of $3 million that is payable to by the airport to the san francisco terminal not to exceed $18 million not to exceed fwi under the proposed moiftsdz agreement is 2 hundred plus for the auto matted control in shown in table 3 and the balance of 768721 for the increased passenger services we recommend you approve that resolution. >> thank you, mr. rose seeing no questions open up for public comment anyone wish to comment on item number 2 seeing none, public is closed. >> i'd like to make a motion to approve the resolution and send it forward with with a positive recommendation to the full board. >> thank you we'll take that without objection. >> i do not from real estate okay madam clerk call item 3. >> did resolution arthur's the realize of $3,000 thousands square feet for a 5 year term to expend the monthly with the remaining of 2014-2015 of 39 thousands. >> good afternoon claudia the director of real estate for our conside

wagner. seeing no questions at this time, mr. rows, why don't we move to your report police. >> yes mr. chairman, on page 18 of our report, the 700 development project is estimated to cost [inaudible] and that's shown on table one. on page 19 of our report, we note that plot 700 budget for the airport's grand transportation unit and bussing facility of 35.2 million is 16.4 percent more than the original estimated budget of 30 million 204,000 and $900. that budget is driven entirely by an increase in the utility cost and the grand transportation budget. the airport plans to reward a contract subject to the process. and the airport expects the project to be complete in november of 2015. we recommend that you do release the requested reserved funds. >> okay. thank you mr. rose. seeing no questions at this time, why don't we open this up to public comment. anybody wish to comment on item 6? >> (indiscernible) >> all right. through the chair, i thought we were releasing the $30 million last time. so i have no questions. at this point, i would like to request that we do release the reserve. i

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wagner prayed for weinstein's safe return. >> always wondered how he could be in a place like pakistan but he wanted to help those people. and it cost him his life. kevin: mrs. weinstein's remarks, once again, from our story last june. >> i just want people to know he was over there doing good work. and he doesn't deserve this. kevin: the weinstein family issued a written statement today in which it acknowledged the u.s. has some explaining to do but concluded with the thought that those who took warren captive, they're the ultimate responsibility. live in rockville, kevin lewis, abc 7 news. leon: more problems for the secret service tonight after the inspector general's report found the alarm in former president bush's home was broken for at least 18 months. agents first noticed the problem in his home back in october 2013 but wasn't repaired until april of 2014. the former president and first lady used the house in maine as their primary residence. they issued a statement today saying they have total confidence in the secret service. alison: coming up at 5:00 today, fire isky. see what happened when this volcano started to blow its top. leon: a little lat

mr. fisher, do you know about the sharing of that information? >> with respect, senator i believe john wagner is prepared to answer that question. >> thank you. >> the fbi owns the watch list for the u.s. government. as users of that watch list or any other information, we certainly as the operator, we would welcome that information. now we do have a fairly robust sharing procedures with our counterparts in canada cbsa. we have officers embedded each of our different targeting centers where we go through airline reservation data to information national security threats and we have protocols to exchange information in cases when we see that. most of the watch list individuals are still commercial aviation still. the preponderance is still coming through commercial aviation. we've seen the incidents over the past number of years focused on primarily commercial aviation. we do see a couple hundred a year cross through the northern border as well. >> is the canadians as forthcoming with their watch list or are we not getting that information? 40% of our so-called undocumented immigrants are comin