pistol, good morning. i thank the chairman for this opportunity, and i welcome administrator pistol and acknowledge that this month marks your two-year anniversary at tsa. might i also congratulate you on a great event you recently had with your family and wish them well. i thank you for your leadership, and i look forward to continuing to work with you. and i also, mr. chairman, would like to thank you for holding what i hope will be an informative hearing. let me acknowledge, as we all do in this business, that i have before the judiciary committee the attorney general. and so i will be looking to be in this hearing for as long as i can, and if mr. pistol would accept the fact that i may be not in two places at once, but have to be in two places for the responsibilities that i have. but it is important for us to recognize the leadership of mr. pistol and identify opportunities where tsa can do better. i consider this committee one of the hard-working committees. i'd like to say hardest-working. and as we

he withdrew a tech 9 automatic pistol. he was running down broadway and took the weapon and he there to scare the officer, and pointed the pistol right at officer. officer jones, seeing the threat to the officer and everyone else nearby, fired a shot to protect an officer. almost immediately after that, officer tapang was able to catch up with the suspect and wrestle him to the ground, and they were able to take the suspect into custody and secure the pistol. when they checked the weapon they found it had 22 rounds of ammunition in the magazine. so it was clearly a catastrophe waiting to happen as these officers took action. they could have taken a defensive position. they could have taken cover and employed officer safety tactics, but instead, the move to forward to take action to protect their lives, the other officer lives, and hundreds of others on broadway at that time. clearly what they did was an act of heroism and very courageous under the circumstances there were facing. they were outgunned. so without a doubt, of

at the time you spoke with the inspectors, did you know the location of your credit and pistols? >> i did. >> where were they located? >> downstairs in a storage room. i was having to focus. of what was happening at that very moment. downstairs in our condominium there is a storage area. that is where the 40 caliber and beretta 9 were located in the cabinet. >> the storage area where they were located in your building, is that a shared storage area? >> it is not. >> is it a separate storage area dedicated to you? >> yes. >> in a storage area, where were the guns? >> in a cabinet. they were stored in a cabinet, a large, paul cabinet -- tall cabinet. >> did it have a lock on it? >> ended. -- it did. the door to the storage area was padlocked and bolt locked. >> where was your smith and wesson revolvers? >> also in the same location, different cabinet. >> within your storage unit but not with the other pistols? >> that is right. >> in this conversation with the inspectors, is it your testimony you told them you did not know where your smith and wesson gun was or whether you even sti

pistole, good morning. i think the chairman for this opportunity and a welcome administrator pistole and acknowledged this month marks the two-year anniversary at tsa. may i also congratulate you on a great event you had with your family and wished them well. i thank you for your leadership and look forward to work with you. i would also like to thank you for holding what i think is an informative hearing. let me acknowledge as we all do in this business that i have before the judiciary committee the attorney general. i will be looking to be in this hearing as long as i can, if mr. pistole would accept the fact i cannot be in two places a once but have to be in two places for the responsibilities that i have. it is important to identify opportunities tsa can do better. i consider this one of the hard working committees. there is a collegiality between myself and the chair person. we look forward to working together on a number of issues. i take issue with the title of today's hearing because i do believe th

do you have any power to pull the nuns and pistol whip them?>> well, they say that he is evil. they say that he is a fake catholic. they're the ones that threw the first punch. >> that classy guy is jan mikelson talking to a u.s. congressman. we will bring sister diane donahue from the nuns on the bus campaign. sister diane, is it true you threw the first punch in trying to help poor people? >> we have been helping poor people ever since sisters were on the on the road and in frontiers and we have been pilgrim people for a very, very long time. the network is 40 years old. this year, we celebrated the 40th anniversary. we are based in washington, d.c. but we work for social justice and the teachings of the catholic church. the first teachings were in 1891, leo xiii. we have been doing this for a long time. we are doing it because we are committed to what we do. >> sister, diane, there is something weird about the republicans in this country who claim we have the mantle of christianity on our side and when you go to help the poor they say how da

in talking to him the whole time, i basically got my pistol out and it's pointed at him.he shotgun and i thought he was going to disarm it. i thought he was going to give up and put it down. and he was looking to make sure it was loaded. >> police backup arrives and quickly gets into position. they wait for hill to make a move. >> come on, man! >> i saw that he had taken a defensive posture and he was laying across the trunk of the vehicle pointing his firearm toward sergeant kellermann, and i knew as soon as i pulled in and i looked over i had a good shot.54i >> put the gun down! >> when you get on the scene like that and you make a decision that deadly force will have to be used which i made pretty quickly, especially after he opens the breach of the weapons and looks to see if it was loaded and cocked it back, i knew there was going to be a shooting. >> put the gun down, buddy! >> the gunman fires a single shot striking sergeant kellermann in the face.ç >> i was still trying to communicate with him and he was trying to put the gun down and trying to get some kind of d

marshall and boyd told the undercovers they would need knives, a common term for a 9 mm pistol, and discussed the violence they would use to knock the victim unconscious. on june 14, the document says they got a text message from the defendant indicating they had found a third man willing to take part who wanted to meet the boss. later that day, the under cover officers came back to this restaurant where they met with the three defendants and talked about the need for a wheel man and the target of the robbery.

narrowly missing human flesh, in an instand, as holman told the story, there were fully 30 or 40 pistols in the air and the scene looked more like a texas bar room than the congress of the united states, unquote. different place today. or is it? >> yeah. different and yet the same. i sometimes wonder whether the nature of the debate might not be improved by a few firearms in the house to enforce a certain level of decorum. but i guess we don't have -- we have metal detectors now. >> did you find any pictures of any members of congress back in those days carrying pistols? >> no. no, but you can tell with their eyes they were packing heat. well, so many of them, brian, by the time that -- reed got into congress in 1876, and by that time, you know, many if not most of the representatives were veterans of the civil war. they knew something about firearms, knew something about firing them at human beings. and when people talked in the heat of debate and it got personal which it sometimes did, you could tell under the surface things they were not so far away from a challenge. duelling was, you

pistole and myself. >> without objection, so ordered. >> as well as unanimous consent to enter into the record the arbitration results, relative to negotiations between tsa and -- >> without objection, so ordered. >> relative to that, collective bargaining effort and the fact that tsos have agreed to pick -- they've selected a bargaining representative, mr. pistole, can you provide the subcommittee your assurance that tsa will negotiate in accordance with the determination and that you are committed to reaching a resolution on a contract through the regular negotiating process? >> absolutely, congressman thompson. we are -- i am personally and we have committed to that and we are working diligently to reach that agreement. >> thank you. taking off from mr. turner's comments about behavior detection officers. you know, gao looked at the spot program and we've spent about $1 billion of taxpayers' money, putting this program together. if -- if we look at who we have deta detained, have you made an assessment of whether or not the original intent of the program is being met by the people we

pistole pointing out that out of 520-thousand calls that came into the t-s-aaonly seven percent wereut the headlines paint a different picture. last week at thh southwest florida international airport, five t-s-a workers were fired aad thirty-eight more were suupended... for not performing any random &pscceenings last year. i new york city, two separate incidents have many eople concerned. just a few days ago, a swisssarmy knife was detected in seccrity.... p however, the passenger made it through to the terminal...and onto the plane... withhthe kniie. this comes after a six-inch knife nearly made it through airport. some ravellrs - in the big apple critical of t-s-a's effectiveness. mos says: "i don'' know if they're actually checking for the right things."moo says: "i looe that they're so worriid about taaing my toothpaste or shaving cream, but a six inch knife can get through security."mckelway says: "pistoleesays that the t-s-a has planssto test a new program that will be less invasive for traveeers, a security measure that will detect behaviors. it focuses on suspicious activity

pistol, the administrator, for being here. sir, you've got a tough job.te your service. i think we can agree that every person in this great country of ours has the right to criticize and complain about tsa. but what sets you and i apart from those that just want to criticize the tsa is that we have the obligation to fix the mess. i know for a fact how dedicated you are to our security and your distinguished service to our nation. but the fact is, over the last two years, progress at tsa has come at a snail's pace, and in some ways, has gone backwards. it's not enough that the agency is becoming more risk-based. the american people need to see immediate changes that impact them. for example, while the precheck program has gotten off to a successful start, we're talking about something that does not benefit most of the average travelers. so let's start talking about what we can do to fix the broken and outdated policies that do affect most people. on monday, congressman walsh and i visited chicago-o'hare airport. we met with travelers afterwards to discuss

myers, florida, busted for failing to perform proper screenings, pistole defended the agency and pointed to improvements for travelers like relaxed screening measures for children and seniors. >> with over 630 million people in a year, we're not going to have 100% customer satisfaction. >> reporter: tsa staff increased nearly 400% from 16,500 workers in 2001, to more than 65,000 now. but pistole says demands to cut the agency's ballooning workforce won't fly. >> i believe in the personnel we have currently are necessary to provide security the american people expect today. >> would you say the tsa as it stands today is effective at protecting the american people? >> i believe that it is effective. there's no question in my mind about that. >> reporter: former deputy tsa administrate tom blank says criticism is expected but it's important for people to remember why the tsa got started in the first place. >> what we're going threw out there is connected directly to 9/11. we know from incidents that have happened that aviation is still a key sector of interest to those that would do us harm

. >> reporter: while unleashing his attack on tsa administrator john pistole, congressman rogers said it lacks common sense. >> why are we patting down donald rumsfeld. >> reporter: making reference to public officials and pop icons. >> people are going to say, they're patting down beyonce. i mean, she's not going to blow a plane up. >> reporter: following recent negative headlines like the dodzs of tsa workers in ft. myers, florida, busted for improper screenings, pistole defended the agency and talked about relaxed screening measures for children and seniors. >> with over 630 million people in a year, we are not going to have 100% customer satisfaction. >> reporter: tsa staff has increased nearly 400%, from 16,500 workers in 2001 to more than 65,000 now. but pistole said demands to cut the agency's ballooning work force won't fly. >> i believe the personnel we have currently are necessary to provide the security the american people expect today. >> would you say the tsa as it stands today is effective and protecting the american people? >> i believe that it is effective. there's no

. >> reporter: while unleashing his attack on tsa administrator john pistole, republican congressmanike rogers says the agency lacks common sense. >> why are we patting down donald rumsfeld? people are going to say, they're patting down beyonce. she's not going to blow a plane up. >> reporter: following recent negative headlines, like the dozen tsa workers in fort myers, florida, busted for improper screenings, pistole took the brunt of the criticism. he talked about relaxed screening measures for children and seniors. >> with over 630 million people in a year, we are not going to have 100% quuftd mersatisfaction. >> reporter: tsa staff has increase the 400%. from 16,500 workers in 2001, to more than 65,000 now. but pistole said demands to cut the agency's work force. >> i believe we need this work force to provide the security that america expects today. >> would you say the tsa as it stands today is effective in protecting the american people? >> i believe it is effective. there is no question in my mind about that. >> reporter: form deputy tsa administrator tom blank says while cr

next week, i will have administrator pistol before our committee. if there's anything you'd like me to ask him, tee it up. mr. morris? >> yes, sir, i'd like to ask him if any future grants are going to be out there for home land security efforts, if he's going to dedicate more money. >> excellent. will do that. i would like to have the same on inner city bus coordination and better coordination of viper teams. coordination on time and day and so forth. we don't need them coming in on days we don't have passengers. >> mr. byrd. >> trucking industry would like to know when our quick readers are going to be available to

pist pistole said the agency needs all of its workers. >>> arlington national cemetery is getting awn precedented new smartphone app to guide users through the more than 250,000 grave sites and to provide details on burials and other cemetery events. it comes as arlington updates its recordkeeping system in the wake of finding hundreds of grave sites that were misidentified. this new app comes out in the fall. >>> it now appears that voters will get to decide whether to repeal maryland's same-sex marriage law. the state board of elections has validated more than 70,000 signatures on a petition for a same-sex marriage referendum. that's according to an unofficial tally on its website. that number is well above the 55,000 needed to put it on a ballot in november. the petition still needs to be certified. supporters of the law, meanwhile-r gearing up to defend it. a group known as marylanders for marriage equality says it has hired more staffers and opened new offices, one in silver spring, another in baltimore. >>> there are now more teenagers smoking pot than cigarettes. that's accordi

now few athletes can boast the longevity of one nino day the georgian pistol shooter preparing for seven games and to carry her country's flag at the tender age of forty three many of her upcoming opponents were even born when solid rides a burst on to the olympics in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight that's when she wanted gold and silver for the soviet union in seoul before two decade long olympic podium drought would then secure bronze in beijing in two thousand and eight where some things never changed she is still coached by her father paralympic run is in the longest such streak close a lot hubert wrote that she and showjumping have appeared in a remarkable nine eleven games. time for one and then pick a veteran to another forty year olds who are janet evans has failed in her attempt to qualify for team usa in the four hundred meter freestyle evans who won her first of four gold in seoul twenty four years ago as one final attempt to qualify in the eight hundred meters this weekend. i was actually more nervous than ever because i was talking about has been about it's such a dif

and a steady hand with the georgian pistol shooter preparing for an amazing seven limpet games appearance. before us to football where the first euro two thousand and twelve finalist will be decided later on wednesday well done defending european champions spain putting their title on the line against neighbors portugal in don't yet cape partridge previews the action. the last meeting between spain and portugal was a friendly in lisbon where the home side triumphed four nil now has worst defeat for forty seven years elder frosty get back to brace though mrs wednesday's match with a thought i injury but should be replaced by well made a netted goal number for this summer portugal finished second to germany in group b. and beat the czechs in the last eight each game getting better along with christiane a right now though the infuriated skipper was denied a super goal in that spain victory as an offside nani headed in on the line and rinaldo remains focused on reproducing his stellar club for at international level . playing with cristiano ronaldo is always a great source of satisfaction and

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pistole for being here. this hearing is now adjourned. >>> the annual radio television congressional correspondence dinner is tomorrow night. house speaker john boehner and comedian wayne brady are the featured speakers. live coverage starts tomorrow night at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> sunday night at 9:00 eastern and pacific on american history tv, mark the 25th anniversary of president ronald reagan's 1987 speech from the brandenburg gate in west germany. also this weekend on c-span 3, our series "the contenders," 14 key political figures who ran for president and lost but changed political history this sunday at 7:30, james blaine, american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >>> the senate environment and public works subcommittee on clear air and nuclear safety convened a hearing on nuclear waste management today to review recommendations of the president's commission on america's nuclear future. the 15-member commission was created in 2010 to review federal polic

we have henry clay's dueling pistols purchased in 1799. and later we believe these went to war with his son in mexico. henry was in two duels. one with humphrey marshall and one with john randolph. the duel with john randolph takes us back to henry clay and speaker of the house. when henry was chosen as speaker of the house he was chosen partly because they thought here is a man who can meet john randolph on the floor or on the field. and it happened that they met on the field. john randolph compared henry clay to a character in the novel "tom jones." called him the card cheat on the senate floor. henry was than there to defend himself. and felt no man should have to endure such a dishonor. he challenged john randolph to a duel. randolph was great shot with pistols and clay was not. a he decided to shoot at the ground. fortunately nobody was seriously injured in either henry clay's duels. >> henry clay was not a great shot. why did he get involved in it? >> the whole issue -- clay had a real sense of honor. if your honor was attacked you h

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let me start carrying this pistol.out three or four seconds for me to pull my pistol out on somebody that i could have easily have just fought, whooped them and been done with it. and i pulled a gun on this man and shot him six times in his chest because he liked the color blue. you're 15, right? >> yeah. >> do you want to come to jail at 15 years old? do you want to come to prison and have to be on the yard? stand up. let me see how tall you are. this was me. this was me when i came to prison. this was me right here. how tall are you, about 5'1" how much you weigh, 100 some. >> 100 exactly. >> this was me right here when i came to prison. stand up, rhino. come on, now, man, what am i going to do? let's be real. what you going to do? what you going to do to him? you going to hurt him? >> i probably won't hurt him. >> what you going to do to him? honestly. because this is the same thing i had to ask myself. what am i going to really do up in here, as good as i can fight, what am i really going to do. >> inmates also cha

but when his gun jams, he pistol-whips and kicks him. the gunman tries to grab the officer's gun, but rankin isn't giving up. >> all of a sudden, i felt like a jolt, like a rush of energy. >> rankin pushes the shooter away and runs to his car. that's when the suspect takes off in his own vehicle. >> i just felt this rage come over me, just this pure rage of this coward just shot me. got over the top, you know, beat me and everything else. and now, i'm ready to -- i'm standing up to fight back. and now, he's running. it really just pissed me off. and i shot 16 rounds at his car, and 15 of them hit his car. and one of them actually hit the headrest of his car. >> deputy bray arrives at the scene. his dash cam shows rankin on his hands and knees. the adrenaline rush is gone and he's bleeding profusely. >> he was hollering and screaming and said that he'd been shot. he'd been shot in the face. >> rankin is amazingly coherent, enough to give a description of the vehicle and the suspect. bray examines the deputy's injuries. >> he said his face