ms. hernandez, but if another tsa officer dies in the line of duty, i believe these benefits are critically important to their families. with that i wanted to ask mr. pistole, having served in the fbi and now with tsa, what is your opinion on whether tso or tsa officers should be afforded the same benefits as the federal partners that help to secure this country every single day. >> let me thank you for initiating the bill, to recognize tsa employees as public safety officers to receive that and if it. it would eat a tremendous benefit to tsa overall. hopefully it won't never be needed again. i appreciate your initiation of support of that and would help that that would him to fruition retroactively, obviously. and then be programmed it in terms of any future losses. tremendous appreciation and support. thank you. >> thank you very much. i will would appreciate it if you and your organization -- and i know you have -- taken a look at the bill, if you could take a deeper look at the bill and provide any feedback as we move forward with that, i would appreciate it very much. and i see that my

ms. hernandez says it's a good thing so people realize what's going on in the outside world and things change in cuba. the program has been disbanded but now congress is asking questions, especially because this controversy could affect the future of a usaid contractor, alan gross, jailed in cuba even before this program was launched for having communications gear. now in failing health, desperate to be released. brian? >> andrea mitchell tonight on capitol hill for us. >>> this week of sad mourning continued today in boston where thousands turned out from across the country to honor one of their own. michael kennedy, the second of two boston firefighters, laid to rest after that awful brownstone fire fought in 50-mile-an-hour winds last week. kennedy was just 33. he was remembered for his heroism, his selflessness, his volunteer work with burn victims and big brothers and big sisters in boston. and as a final salute to this fallen marine veteran of the iraq war, bagpipers played the marine corps hymn. >>> still ahead for us tonight, a major move to combat the epidemic of overdoses in america

ms. hernandez, the two officers who are here today, and all of the tsa employees who demonstrate current -- courage and bravery every day in hopes of never having another november 1 incident. god forbid that an incident like this ever happens again, as well as the husband of ms. hernandez, but if another tsa officer dies in the line of duty, i believe these benefits are critically important to their families. with that i wanted to ask mr. pistole, having served in the fbi and now with tsa, what is your opinion on whether tso or tsa officers should be afforded the same benefits as the federal partners that help to secure this country every single day. >> let me thank you for initiating the bill, to recognize tsa employees as public safety officers to receive that and if it. it would eat a tremendous overall.o tsa hopefully it won't never be needed again. i appreciate your initiation of support of that and would help that that would him to fruition retroactively, obviously. and then be programmed it in terms of any future losses. tremendous appreciation and support. thank you. >> thank you

ms. hernandez who is with us today. but if another tsa officer ever dies in the line of duty, i believe that these benefits are critically important to their families. so with that i wanted to ask mr. pistole having served in the fbi and now with tsa, what is your opinion on whether tso or tsa officers should be afforded the same benefits as the federal partners that help to secure this country every single day? >> well, first, congresswoman, let me thank you for initiating the bill to recognize tsa employees as public safety officers to receive that benefit. obviously, it would be a tremendous benefit to tsa overall, particularly to the her nab december family in this instance and, you're right, hopefully it would never be needed again. i greatly appreciate your support of that and would hope that would come to fruition retroactively, obviously, and then be proactive in terms of any future losses. tremendous appreciation and support on behalf of all of the men and women of tsa, thank you. >> well, thank you very much.

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ms. waters and mr. brown. the chair now recognizes the chairman of the full committee, mr. mccall, for any statement he may have. >> thank you. i'd like to first offer my sincere condolences to officer hernandez's wife, who we met with briefly before the hearing. i also want to recognize the tsa officers grigsby and spear. from what i've seen, you are true heroes. what you did the day. we appreciate your service. i want to thank the chairman for his leadership on this issue. i also want to thank the los angeles world airport for hosting us. chief galen, who gave us a tour of the terminal this morning. john pistole, tsa, ms. lindsey, thank you for hosting us and giving us a briefing this morning. they were very informative and insightful. it is critical that agencies responsible for protecting our airports are doing all they can to keep passengers and employees safe. i believe this hearing is an important opportunity to examine lessons learned from the shooting, what went well, and what didn't. how we should apply those lessons learned to others as we move forward. unfortunately, we live in a very dangerous world. that's like the one that happened here are difficult if not impossible to prevent.