secretary napolitano says her department is, quote, concerned that these funds are not being used. rick. >> we know congressman king very well here on fox. i'm going to guess that this is not something that satisfies him, is it? >> reporter: right. he said he met with secretary napolitano thursday morning and she never mentioned that $275 million. congressman king said if there is such a pot of money, it's probably being slowed down on the federal level. here is more. >> any money that is not been used is because it's being held up in their bureaucracy and for them to take this cheap shot is really disgraceful. do you believe mayor bloomberg would be holding that money in the bank with all the terrible economic crisis that face us? >> reporter: as you were saying, rick, he called secretary napolitano's letter, a, quote, unsuccessful attack on new york. >> what about the governor of new york, david patterson, what is he saying about this debate over the funding? >> reporter: well, there has been a debate between new york lawmakers, republican and democrat, and the obama administrati

from janet napolitano, secretary of homeland security. and, ken salazar, secretary of the interior and thad allen, the coast guard commandant live only on fox news sunday and charlie crist, then... >> i'm running as a republican... >> chris: and now. >> my decision to run for the united states senate. and they -- as a candidate without party affiliation. >> chris: what is the fallout in 2010's most closely watched senate race? we'll ask marco rubio, florida's republican candidate and also with reaction, building to arizona's tough im grace law, we'll ask our sunday regulars, how this will play out in november. and, our power player of the week. reach for the stars, and now, is helping young women blaze new trails. all, right now, on fox news sunday. >> chris: hello from fox news in washington. we're following two big stories, at this hour. last night in times square, new york city police defused a bomb starting to detonate in a parked suv. it was described as amateurish and powerful and streets and hotels were evacuated ten hours and we'l

secretary napolitano, secretary salazar, and lisa jackson are meeting this afternoon with bp to get an update from them on their ongoing process and to ensure that they are taking the steps that we feel are necessary to respond to an incident of this magnitude. >> my understanding is it's going to be bp's ceo who is having a meeting today. >> yes, actually the guidance i have is the ceo and the american chair. >> can you tell me, i have two questions, one is a follow-up on the bp, can you tell me who the president has actually spoken with at bp? and also any reaction on ahmadinejad's comments? >> i can check -- i don't believe the president has spoken with anybody at bp. obviously they have -- secretary salazar convened a meeting with the ceo's of the oil companies last week, i think we put that list of folks out. secretary salazar was in houston at the bp command center and these individuals will meet with bp later on. i think it's at 3:00 today. look, i think the speech that you heard today was predictable in that iran failed to speak about the obligations that it won't live up to, a

napolitano is now the homeland security chief. sent half a billion dollars to the federal government during the bush administration saying, dear bush administration, you should be paying these bills. now that she's the homeland security director, we still in arizona do not see these bills being paid. so we would encourage the federal government to do its job, secure the border, and to compensate border states such as arizona for its failure to meet a core federal galation. >> harris: i can bet, glenn, you thought about calling your old governor, and i can say that the girls of highland park, illinois are glad you've been calling them. please let us know how it works out and if they accept your offer. gentlemen, thank you for being here. >> thank you, thank you. >> gregg: the assistant superintendent who made the decision in illinois to cancel the girls' basketball trip, is no stranger to controversy. about three years ago, she used to make it mandatory that all incoming freshmen attend a gay orientation class which they were force

janet napolitano was also briefed last night.n "fox news sunday" this morning where she said the federal government is treating this as a potential terrorist attack. >> we are certainly considering it right now that it could be an act of terrorism or was intended to be an act of terrorism and so everything in terms of investigation is being done. all the forensics are being done, all the leads are being pursued. >> a big role that the department of homeland security will play in all of this will be sharing information with police chiefs and mayors across the country shooting spree want what this means for them.ow ed nypd is leading the investigation with help from other agencies including the fbi. its new york field office is handling their response. they released a statement this morning saying all the resources of their office in new york are available to assist with the ongoing investigation. it reads numerous initial reports will be checked and authenticated and the appropriate leads will be set. more information will be fort

homeland security secretary janet napolitano. interior secretary ken salazar and from new orleans the commandant of the coast guard, thad allen. i want to ask you about the car bomb, overnight, in times square, in new york city. new york governor david patterson is calling this an act of terrorism. >> we are considering it, it could be an act of terrorism, o-it was intended to be. and, so, everything in terms of investigation is being done, all the forensics are being done and all the leads are being pursued. and it is the city of washington, the fbi, the department of homeland security. looking at the vehicle and tracing fingerprints and it is looking at video, because there are a lot of cameras in that area. a lot of activity today in terms of investigation. >> chris: from what you have heard and we understand it is early, very early hours of the investigation, can you tell anything about fingerprints, in terms of techniques, the bomb, explosive device inside that suv? >> nothing that was not already said in the intro piece. it

napolitano: hand over your hearts. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: madam speaker, i ask permission to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: withouobjection. mr. wilson: madam speaker, it's clear the american people are tired of business as usual in washington. particularly when it comes to out-of-control spending. the images of the riots in greece caused in part by overspending that led to an economic collapse should concern every single american. between the trillion dollar government health care takeover, the $789 billion so-called stimulus, and the bankrupt cash for clunkers programs, america could be headed down the same path. there is clearly no better time

that is why secretary napolitano is on her fourth visit. i have been in houston and this is my fourth visit here predict here to louisiana. we will not rest until this job gets done. it is also important to note that with us today is the leadership of the u.s. senate. when we think about the majority leader, dick durbin is here with five of his colleagues and u.s. senate. the eyes of the u.s. senate are on louisiana and what is happening here in the gulf coast. i want to make it clear, under the law cannot be the is the responsible party. bp is charged with capping their leaking oil well and paying for the response and recovery without limitation. they will be held accountable. we will keep our boot on their neck until the job gets done. as i said yesterday, we will make sure that all of their responsibilities are filled to the people of the gulf coast and to the united states government. from admiral -- the admiral is not satisfied with the actions of bp, he will call and pushed them to push -- to take every appropriate step. it is also cl

homeland chief janet napolitano sent a letter charge them with sitting on $275 million in unspent money that was supposed to be used for security. they accuse the feds of slashing funds for port and transit security. that generating a strong reaction from one law miarm and molly henneberg is live in washington with that. >> molly: new york republican congressman peter king contends if there is that money out there $275 million for ports and transit security for new york city, then he says the department of homeland security must be slowing down the process because new york hasn't had access to the funds. >> any money that is not being used is because it's being held up. the mayor bloomberg is holding $275 million with the terrible economic crisis and the terrible security crisis we face. >> molly: king says he met with homeland security secretary janet napolitano on thursday to talk about anti-terror funding. she didn't mention the $275 million, but she did in a letter on friday, saying she was concerned that new york hadn't used the money available since 2006. given the since of urgenc

joining us now, homeland security secretary janet napolitano. >> good morning. >> i mean, how fortunate are we there are 80 some cameras in times square, one appears to have captured the would-be suspects. i mean, the damages are pretty clear. how close are you to knowing who this person is? >> well, every lead is being pursued, pursued by a joint task force, the f.b.i., law enforcement officials from the department of homeland security. of course, the new york city police department. i would caution, however, against prematurely jumping to the conclusion that this must be the person who did it. certainly a person who was in the area, who would want to be interviewed. but other leads need to be pursued and are being pursued as well. >> madam secretary, i'm watching him and it looks like a pretty good shot. we don't see his face if it's the guy or somehow he must know something to be cautionary. you're taking his shirt off. are we to believe that the nypd has a better shot and if they do, shouldn't we share it so we can help find them? >> that's

homeland security secretary janet napolitano calls the explosive laden suv a potential terrorist attack. it seems to be the latest one on our nation. >> also keeping a close eye on the major flooding being blamed now for the texts o deaths of t people in tennessee. the state is now asking the tennessee army national guard to help other folks trapped by the flood. >>> in boston, working to mend the major water main wreck there. take a look at that. around 2 million people do not have fresh drinking water at this hour. supermarkets stocking up on bottled water. we will have more on the developing story straight ahead. >>> at this hour, president obama landing in new orleans. this happened about a half hour ago. he wants to get a first-hand look at the efforts to contain the massive gulf oil spill. while there he will meet with members of his administration already on the ground including homeland security secretary janet napolitano who is defending this morning the government's response to the crisis, calling it a "all hands on deck approach since the day it happened." the slick is growin

>> i've been critical of janet napolitano in the past and the president. think the government of the united states is doing everything they can to control this terrible disaster. i'm confident they are going to continue to do that. the big problem i have is what happened out there, what caused the explosion. also -- i hope we can find that out, but secondly, i would like to find out if there is any additional measures that could be taken to shut off the valve at the bottom of these oil rigs in the event that we have another disaster of this type. i'm not going to be the first one to start criticizing. >> gregg: bp america at first said there was no leak. then they claim there is a small leak. then they said it's a thousand barrels, then we learned from 5,000 barrels per day. is it naive or foolish to it will the company that is responsible, perhaps through negligence or recklessness to lead the response? >> they openly are responsible. they need to be held accountable. one of the things you haven't mentioned which very important piece of the story, i belie

i met with secretary napolitano on thursday morning and she never mentioned this to me.e talking about, all they can be talking about is money that's going through the funding process. money which is being delayed by the department of homeland security itself. one quick example, there's a 38 million dollar grant to harden the tunnel from new jersey to new york and that was supposedly made available in 2008. we can't get a penny of that, because the department is not yet completed its environmental i am fact statement because that's a historic tunnel so any money that's not used is held up and for them to take this cheap shot is really disgraceful. do you think that mayor bloomberg would be holding 270 million dollars in the bank with the terrible crisis in new york and terrible security crisis is faces? >> you're troubled by the timing of this even, the administration making this argument now two weeks after so many people could have been killed in times square if that bomb had gone off. you know, i'm troubled by the fact that we're even having the discussion and letting

napolitano: mr. speaker, h.r. 2288 introduced by my colleague, representative salazar, would amend public law 106-392 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2012 to 2023 to fund fish recovery programs in the upper colorado and san juan river basins. h.r. 2288 will help ensure the continued delivery of water from federal projects to irrigators and municipal and industrial contractors throughout the upper colorado river basin through fiscal year 2023. . more than 1,500 water projects will continue based on support and commitments generated through these recovery programs. these recovery programs are nationally recognized examples of diverse stakeholders coming together to collaboratively find solutions without litigation that allow economic growth while supporting compliance with the endangered species act and the recovery of native fish species within the colorado river basin. mr. speaker, i ask my colleagues support the passage of h.r. 2288, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro

morning, i am janet napolitano, the secretary of homeland security. i am here with six members of the united states senate, my fellow secretary, secretary ken salazar. we came to fly over the site of the spill. we came to see for ourselves what bp has done and not done. >> it is still not solved. now there are things happening and some forward motion in the sense of solving the spill. but in the meantime, we are fighting this oil on the sea. the goal is to either disperse it, to boom it, to burnett it, to keep it from reaching land fall, to do everything possible that needs to be done to ensure that bp protects this valuable area. if it should happen to reach landfaul, be it beach or marsh, to have the where with all to make sure it is cleaned up. it will not be over until this is cleaned up and the claims are paid. this is the largest incident response to an oil spill in the history of the united states. we have over 22,000 personnel working this spill. literally hundreds of thousands of feet of boom have been laid. there are over a thousand vessels

. -- secretary napolitano. this will enforce other violent crimes. we have concerns about tolerance and other values that are valuable to our society. yes, we believe this will affect mexican nationals, even those who may reside illegally in arizona and we believe we may have many more problems than solutions. this is very important, we believe the immigration issue should be resolved differently. we understand this is a sovereign decision by the u.s. and we respect that. we want to make the case that mexican immigration, most of it has been good and has tried to adapt in the constructive. this it forms part of american society in an important way. we believe we should find a way in which legality grows the avenues for migration within two economies and countries that have a long history together. the good work of a labor of people should benefit american presidents in the united states. we know this is a people's issue. trust and confidence has worked much better for both of our country'ies. i really believe that. i worry. i understand. i am a lawye

i'd like to turn it over to secretary napolitano. >> well, thank you, attorney general holder.t night, u.s. customs and border patrol agents at new ]ñyork's jfk airpt detained faisal shahzad in failed bombing attempt in times square. due to the vigilance of the officers and relying on enhanced security measures, cvp was able to quickly identify apprehend the suspect. i want to express my gratitude to all of the federal, state, local law enforcement personnel who's cooperation and hard work on this case led to the swift identification and apprehension of shahzad this was a great team effort. in particular, i'd like to thank the dedicated men and women at the department of homeland security, whose work was instrumental in detaining this suspect. border patrol apprehended the suspect after agents had been tracking outbound flights for the past three days. immigration and customs enforcement agents served an important role in new york as the lead law enforcement agency on the international aspects of the investigation interviewing ru leads. the transportation security targeted oper

and i'm grateful for the support and the confidence of secretary janet napolitano.the work of cbp is critical to our country's economy and security. and i want to take a moment to thank the men and women at cbp for the job they do. cbp's personnel or on the front lines defending our country. terrorists, transnational criminals, they also play a role in them an important one in facilitating trade and travel. they do so at a great risk, and all too often with ultimate allw sacrifice.sacrif before joining yoicue. here thi morning, senators, i participate as s part of this week in the valor ceremony customs and border protection.whicll con which will continue this afternoon. we commemorate those men and women who have given their lives in the service of the country and the agency. menis an honor to work with the men and women of customs and border protection, about four to discuss it with you as i have begun to doiscus with them.beguo my vision for cbp and my fitneso and qualifications for then job. i have spent most of my adultli life living and working along b the bor

it isn't just secretary napolitano who has demonstrated a lack of will in enforcing immigration law. this goes back through several presidents and i would take us back to 1986, when president reagan signed the amnesty act of 1986, and it was to provide amnesty for a million people in the united states illegally, but the standards -- and by the way, president reagan was honest enough to call it the amnesty bill when he signed it. it was one of the few times president reagan, i'll say, let me down on something i thought was philosophically wrong. i remember disagreing with president reagan in 1986 when he signed the amnesty bill and i didn't consider that i would end up in the united states congress some -- less than 20 years later, and there would be an argument about what was amnesty. wasn't any question about what amnesty was in 1986. ronald reagan admitted it was amnesty he said he had to sign the bill in order to get control -- in order to control the borders, in order to enforce the law he had to sign the amnesty bill. that was his calculation. i don't think he liked it, philosop

. >> janet napolitano will lead a senate delegation to the region. >> we should not drill at this depth if we cannot figure out a way to stop these things from happening. >> the obama administration is facing new questions about oversight. offshore oil rigs have been plagued with problems for years. at least 12 waivers have been granted. officials postponed sunday's scheduled top seal, hoping to make progress on the relief well is supposed to be finished. >> we will keep trying to push this well. >> of the response is growing too $760 million. kate amara, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a maryland law involving the way a particular disability is called may become federal law. barbara mikulski introduced a similar bill in congress last december which would require the use the term intellectual disability instead of mental retardation. it will be taken up this week and is considered non- controversial legislation. that brings us to our watercooler question of the day. do you think the term "retarded" should be banned from all federal legislation? e-mail your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. again,

on the fox news sunday, secretaries napolitano, slazar, and rubio.ou your bob schieffer with mary landrieu the democratic senator been also the floor debt senator, ill. a senator, and the senate candidate. on cnn, the guests will include a common security secretary napolitano, slazaro, rubio, crist. you can listen to all five talk shows beginning at noon. you can also listen to was on the web. follow us on facebook and on twitter. >> what a think is vital is that americans agree to talk to the taliban and leadership. >> in 2000,. the author wrote about the taliban. with the 10th anniversary of his book he looks at what is next. it is tonight. >> today, tv analyst, author, columnist, and three-time presidential candidate, pat buchanan on conservative ideologies. >> president ahmadinejad is scheduled to speak on monday at the un. one key moments from his past speeches online at the c-span video library. "washington journal" continues. host: we'll be talking in a roundtable format about the 2010 midterm politics with the house editor, and rhodes cook. d

. >> and now homeland security secretary janet napolitano visits cheryl tan. after her moatings and a tour of the flood damage. she and other $joined for a press conference. this is about 15 minutes. proces -- we had a chance to talk several times with the secretary here and she's been very helpful and wanted to come down, wanted to come down today to see things first hand. we have been traveling around this more than. and i think you know most othe people standing up here but we're certainly available it answer questions. right now i li to turn this over to secretary napolitano to give you a briefing on what she has seen and answer any questions that you may have -- may have. >> thank you, governor and as the governor said, this is -- this is a -- been a -- quite a large event this -- disaster in tennessee. so, it is important to see with my own eyes what the impacts were. and also to see what the recove efforts are to make sure that -- that the administration is doing everything it can. and when i say the administration, that we're doing everything we can to

secretary napolitano and i along with six members of the u.s. senate were in the louisiana area the day before yesterday meeting with the oyster and commercial fishermen and others, and what we will do under the commanders authority, that allen, do everything we can to make sure that people who are concerned, whose livelihoods are at risk, who still concerned about what will happen with their long-term livelihood, that their concerns are addressed. >> one last comment. i think the whole concept of management in this crisis is critical, and i bring an example. i was talking with some oystermen, and they had an area of oysters that had not been impacted yet by this bill. they said that they would like to be held have the flexibility to go in and harvest those oysters to take advantage of that resource, and then that this bill comes in, then the area should be closed. but to have been the planning process of planning scenario and response scenario, the ability for some odd active management. i realize that there are requirements in place, but it se

it is my privilege to introduce to you secretary napolitano. >> good afternoon. i am pleased to join you on the gulf coast. i am pleased to be here with gov. jindal. just had a flight over the area affected by the bp oil spill. we have had a meeting with our state and local partners on what needs to be done to protect plants from the spill and also to be sure we can -- to protect lands from the spill and also to be sure we can ensure an effective cleanup. we're facing close -- we're paying close attention to the work being done here. british petroleum is the responsible party. it is required to fund the cost and the response of the cleanup operation. we continue to urge bp to leverage additional assets in this effort. it is clear that after several unsuccessful attempts to secure the source of the leak, it is time for our bp to supplement their current mobilization as the oil slick moves toward shore. as the federal court nader's thebp's efforts -- as the federal coordinators overseeing bp's efforts, we need to minimize environmental risk. the president has order

while criticizing every wrun from janet napolitano the newspaper reserves spoegs scorn for john mccain recalling how he was once champion of comprehensive immigration reform but has since abandoned his principles from former congressman and talk show host j.d. haworth. for the latest from arizona and across the nation casey seigel has been on the case from the beginning. what's going on? >> it is guy et tonight. a very different scene from 24-hours ago when i talked to you about this yesterday on your program when you could really barely move where i was standing in this spot because 7,000 protestors converconverged. can you believe the issue in phoenix isn't what brought the largest crowds. take a look at what went down in los angeles. that is where the people really showed up about 15,000 folks taking to the streets many calling for californians to boycott arizona businesses over this. let's take you to dallas, texas saw 30,000 people marching through downtown yesterday. doesn't matter which great state you were in the ms message remaining the same. >> in an effort to calm some of th

i would like to turn it over to secretary napolitano. >> thank you, attorney general holder.as you know late last night u.s. customs and border patrol agents at new york's j.f.k. airport apprehended and detained faisal shazad, a nationalized u.s. citizens with the attempting bombing in time's square. due to p.d. officers working with all law enforcement officers and relying on enhanced security measures, c.d.p. was able to identify, apprehend the suspect. i want to express my gratitude to all of the federal, state, local law enforcement personnel whose cooperation and hard work on this case led to the swift identification and apprehension of shahzad. this was a great team effort and hormente work in this days was truly exemplary. in particular i'd like to thank the dedicated men and women of the department of homeland security whose work on the case was instrumental in apprehending this suspect. customs and border protections successfully a3re herseth sandlinned -- apprehended the suspect after its agents and analysts had been tracking out of bound flights for potential suspe

. >> homeland security secretary jan at the polish heritage -- napolitano and interior secretary salazar will lead a delegation to check on bp's progress. >>> a moment on -- of silence was held at the university of virginia commencement ceremonies and a slain woman's lacrosse player was given a posthumous degree. >> awarding pots -- 's must degree of bachelor of arts -- posthumus agreed. >> she was awarded a bachelor's degree in politics and governor -- government. her cousin accepted the diploma >> we -- >> we are remembering all of the class made to pass this year and definitely it was good to have a moment of silence to remember them. >> she was found beaten to death in her charlottesville apartment early this month and her ex- boyfriend has been charged with first-degree murder. >>>uva officials want a better system to find out whether students are bused off campus. of it whenever told of his 2008 arrest on public intoxication and resisting arrest. the arresting officer's report say that he threatened to kill her. coming up -- >> somebody beat us both to the punch. >> it was the endi

you can see kenneth salazar there as well as janet napolitano.fairly strong words from the president for the federal government reaction and the reaction of the companies involved. we would like to get your reaction to what you heard from the president and what you have seen done by the federal government as well as what you have heard this week from a number of the officials who have testified in several hearings before congress. here are the numbers. 202-585-3886 if you are a democrat. 202-585-3886 if you are a republican. 202-585-3887 if you are an independent. we are going to show you some of the hearings again over the weekend. you can also take a look on our website, c-span.org. they are in the video library. all of the hearings from the past week are there. the president made this statement tuesday after a report from several of -- a report from several news organizations that the amount of oil spelling could be far more than has been reported. we have calls waiting. elisabeth from las vegas. go ahead. >> good morning. i can hardly believe

i think janet napolitano, the homeland security secretary, was not forthcoming with all the details of that. and i think for whatever reason she didn't come forward, it is going to lead to a much larger, much longer series of questions not just from us, but from congress. because the question happens if indeed that plane took off and if, indeed, it got beyond the u.s. air space, then you're into all sorts of aspects of international law that are very, very difficult to get beyond. and who knows whether he would have landed in dubai or what would have happened. >> roger, i'll bring you in on this. we heard from shoauthorities, officials saying this individual is cooperating. he says that he acted alone. it's clear that they're not settled on believing him completely. because we know that there have been raids in pakistan. >> right. tamron, i want to talk about the emirates component of this real quickly. which is we shouldn't get too wrapp wrapped in it. i've taken that flight many times. 13 hours nonstop in dubai. if he was in mid-air when it was identified he was in that plane, when h

secretary napolitano, secretary salazar and lisa jackson are meeting this afternoon with bp to get anupdate from then on their ongoing process and to ensure that they are taking the steps that we feel are necessary to respond to an incident of this magnitude. >> my understanding it's going to be the ceo in the meeting today? >> actually that i think i have is the ceo and the american chair. >> can you tell me, i have two questions. one is following the bp. can you tell me to the president has actually spoken with at bp and then also any reaction on academic ahmadinejad. >> obviously, they have -- secretary salazar convened a meeting with the ceos of the oil companies last week and we put that list of folks out. secretary salazar was in houston, the bp command center and these individuals will meet with dp later on. i think it's 3:00 today. look, i think the speech that you heard today was predict predictable and that iran failed to speak about the obligation that it won't live up to -- and i think rightly, our delegation and many others left as a series of wild accusations were made d

i'm reporterable and accountable to secretary napolitano and the president. i understand secretary salazar's frustration. we talk all the time about this. there is no difference between us on keeping pressure on b.p.. we can, we probably could legally do something else about the status of b.p.. all i'm saying is the national incident commander i wouldn't contemplate making that recommendation at this time. >> brown: is the federal government in fact dependent on b.p. because of the technical requirements and the resources? >> i'm not sure dependent is the right word. the private sector is involved in this drilling and the government has an oversight responsible. but those capacities, those technologies are not replicated inside the federal government. if you equate that to dependency i suppose you could but what it really is, is the fact that b.p. has the means to fix this problem and they need to be held accountable to do it but with procedure oversight and that's our job. >> brown: at the press briefing you gave a little earlier today you said that the ques

. >> ifill: earlier arizona republican john mccain also asked homeland security secretary janet napolitano about the progress fighting the spill. >> where is your level of optimism ? >> i'm just taking it day-by-day. and i think that's what we need to do. i think we need to just say look, we are in the middle of this crisis. we're not at the beginning, we're been at it a month, almost. but we're not near the end as well. >> ifill: meanwhile an environmental group asked the federal judge to shut down another bp oil rig in the gulf, the atlantis. that platform has had safety and engineering problems similar to the deep water horizon. and in other developments today the top official in charge said she will step down at the end of the month, an administration official said the white house will form a presidential commission to look into the disaster. we to you take a closer look at what the government knows about the dangers lurking well below the surface as a result of the oil spill. jane lub chenko is the administrator of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration or noa. she joins

we will go right to secretary boller totten. -- secretary napolitano.to say the obvious, you have one of the toughest jobs in america but i appreciate what you do every day and your willingness to come before us. the oversight of original jurisdiction over your department for this testimony this afternoon. thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman, senator collins, members of the committee. i look forward to the opportunity to testify about the response to the bp oil spill in the gulf of mexico. some of your questions are probably better directed to the department of interior or british petroleum itself, but i will not be -- i will be testifying about what happened, the original response, and the real admiral neffenger is here to answer any questions of a technical nature that i myself are not able to answer, although i must say that i have learned, as we all have, a lot about oil spills over the last four weeks. i want to begin by thanking the men and women of the coast guard, who have been at this event from its beginning. they have worked quickly, tirele

janet napolitano did not implement that plan until seven days after the leaks first started. then we find out we don't have the equipment. i mean to me it's like katrina all over. because people at the top are not paying attention to what's going on on the ground. >> what do you make of bp's role here with regard to the ploeout preventer and the fact that that was sort of the final way to deal with the situation as horrific as this? do you think they had the right management? were they following procedure? whs the blame lie in terms of letting this catastrophe occur in the first instance? >> i don't think we know yet, chris. i heard the clip from dana preno and the others, i think we have to get the robots on the seabed, get the equipment up above sea level, get it on to some docks and let's see what happens. you either had faulty equipment. you had some problem with bp and some people speculate maybe there was some sabotage. >> what do you make of that speculation? what do you make of that speculation about sabotage? why would somebody sabotage something to cause this kind o

now janet napolitano is in washington and may or may not be able to do something about it.ld suggest that washington acting by itself can't really affect migration issues any more than arizona can or any of the thousands of municipalities that have passed laws. it takes an international approach. by its nature immigration involves borders and is international. >> brown: what does that mean? there's a way forward? >> there's a way forward. that means we have to rethink and reframe the debate in some way. we need to think of globalization, we need to think of immigration as an international issue rather than a national one. because people are pushed out and pulled in because of trade policies, because of all kinds of policies that really need to be ... we need to be thinking about. so the united states needs to engage at a minimum mexico and by national discussions and if we have a globalrganization that deals with trade, why can't we also look at global migration in the same way. >> brown: the book is "moving millions." jeffrey kay, nice to talk to you. >> thank you very muc

we will go right to secretary boller totten. -- secretary napolitano. t toughest jobs in america but i appreciate what you do every day and your willingness to come before us. the oversight of original jurisdiction over your department for this testimony this afternoon. thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman, senator collins, members of the committee. i look forward to the opportunity to testify about the response to the bp oil spill in the gulf of mexico. some of your questions are probably better directed to the department of interior or british petroleum itself, but i will not be -- i will be testifying about what happened, the original response, and the real admiral neffenger is here to answer any questions of a techcal naturehat i myself are not able to answer, although i must say that i have learned, as we all have, a lot about oil spills over the last four weeks. i want to begin by thanking the men and women of the coast guard, who have been at this event from its beginning. they have worked quickly, tirelessly, in response to what, as senator col

interior secretary ken salazar and janet napolitano will be in the region to check on the cleanup efforts. >>> a congressional committee will be in west virginia tomorrow to try to find out when went wrong in a deadly mine explosion. relatives of four the men killed in the explosion will testify and so will the governor of west virginia. the explosion happened april 5th killing 29 workers. investigators have not pinpointed an exact cause but have said there was a dangerous build up of methane gas inside. >>> the dangers of terrorism are usually far from a college student's mind but today graduates at american university were talking about t that's because their commencement speaker was eric holder, the attorney general of the united states. he is in the middle of several hot button issues on terror. karen gray houston was at the ceremony where politics mixed with pride. >> reporter: the faculty and platform party marched into to the strains of pipe band music. attorney general eric holder acknowledged au's law school has come a long way. >> today i'm proud to see that more than half of to

janet napolitano hadn't read the bill and was misinforming the people unintentionally or willfully. the assistant secretary of state, pozner, hadn't read the bill or intentionally was misinforming the chinese. all of this going on in the department of justice, has been directed by the president of the united states to investigate arizona's immigration law, now the president gave that order without reading the bill, you'd think he had someone around him who read the bill and briefed the president. there's no sign of that. they're taking their marching orders from moveon.org or the aclu. so the department of justice is investigating. they're looking for a way to bring suit against the state of arizona on what could the basis be? i asked the attorney general this last week before the judiciary committee. can you point to a single component of the constitution that may have been violated by arizona's law? no. can you point to a federal statute that would be in conflict with arizona's immigration law? no. can you point to any case law, any controlling precedent that would indicate that a

chairman. >> secretary napolitano, it is all yours. >> thank you.ike to focus my opening statement on the southwest border security. i look forward to addressing some of the other issues that the two of you raised in your own opening statement. let me begin by reiterating that anyone who has worked directly on the the border knows the enormous challenges presented there. we have of the murders of the personnel connected with the u.s. consulate in juarez, as well as the recent murder of a rancher in southern arizona. all of those things are tragic reminders of the need to support mexico's fight against the cartels in mexico, but also the need, as senator sessions recognized, to keep up our efforts on the southern border. we now have more manpower and technology at that border than at any time before. the challenge, however, is deep and complicated. we are responding with a partnership between the department of homeland security, department of justice, department of state with an initiative. this is the department focused on assisting mexico in their

. >> reporter: secretary of the interior ken salazar and homeland security secretary janet napolitano will lead a delegation to the region to fly over the affected areas and take a look at bp's response. >> if we find they're not doing what they're supposed to be doing we'll push them out of the way. >> reporter: there is already another setback. the straw they inserted into the leaking pipe is only siphoning half as much as it was a few days ago. >> do i have confidence they know what they're doing, no, not completely and that is why we are here providing input and providing oversight to make sure that this problem does not worsen. >> reporter: in an effort to stop the gusher, bp is preparing for a risky top kill maneuver later this week which entails shooting mud and cement into the blown well but right now the company says they are preparing a number of backup plans. jeremy and stephanie? >> and, t.j., i know governor jindal says 60, 65 miles of shoreline has been touched by the oil. where you are, the sludge you have in your hands is that as far as the eye can see? >> reporter: it

janet napolitano and new york city police commissioner.ing details and we are monitor thing. any news that comes from it, we will let you know about it. remember, we have already told you that they have arrested somebody overseas in connection with the attempted bombing in times square. >> this plot -- >> actually, we are going to listen in. let's listen to attorney general eric holder. >> lethal terrorist attack causing death and destruction in the heart of new york city. stark reminder of the reality that we face today in the country. reality that there is a constant threat from those that wish to do us harm because of our way of life. there are organized terrorist networks, they are targeting us. there are lone terrorists here at home. abroad, who are targeting us. as months, even years go by without a successful terrorist attack, most dangerous lesson we can draw is a false impression that this threat no longer exists. it does. and the department of justice and our partners in the national security community have no higher priority tha

secretary napolitano has given direction. i was present when she met with governor harry and she is committed to this as is cbp. >> mr. bersin, i appreciate your answer. you can understand given particularly senator bingaman talked-about of course the violence occurring in mexico and growing concern about the spillover effect in the united states why using the very best technology be have to provide security both perception and real security of the border is an absolute imperative, and this is something that is very high on my priority list and very important to me and so i hope that this happens without any more undue delay. but we shouldn't stop there. i know that the sdi net has been dispatched, and workable and assessment is being made as to replace it. we are all waiting to here with the assessment is because we know the border is not secure. there's more than half a million people detained coming across the southern border last year. and who knows how many people actually come that are not detained and return to their c

secretary napolitano, you mentioned the possibility of workers giving biometric information. a few days ago when that provision was discovered in the comprehensive immigration draft, it made some headlines, and you've encountered this as governor of arizona and now as the secretary of homeland security. how do we reconcile the privacy concerns with the security concerns to document the undocumented? >> well, i think they're not inconsistent. i think that having as part of the sanction for having come into the country illegally the requirement that you provide biometrics is part of a reasonable and strong package. after all, we need to know from a security perspective who is in the country. that's part of the reason why with a wink and a [inaudible] pretending like we're going to deport 12 million people from a security perspective, doesn't make any sense. and so when i referenced it and i was research referencing it in terms of knowing who's in the country, having done their background checks and paying other sanctions in exchange for the ability to stay in the country legall