rasmussen. we want to thank all of you for your service. these are perilous times. the threats that face our homeland are growing. they're mess t.s.a. sizing. i don't envy any of your tasks. these are serious responsibilities. we are all grateful you stepped up to the plate and we have quality individuals with real talent that are accepting that responsibility. the mission statement of this committee is pretty simple. to enhance the economic and national security of america and to promote the efficient -- more efficient, effective, accountable government. very similar, i'd imagine, to some of the mission statements of your own departments and agencies. i don't want to spend a whole lot of time because we got a number of members here. but, again, i just want to acknowledge your service to this nation, the sacrifice you and your families are undertaking to serve this nation and with that i'll turn . over to senator mccaskill senator mccaskill: thank you very much, mr. chairman. directors wray and

and nick rasmussen. on the threats facing the united states. this is two hours and ten minutes. >>> good morning. this hearing of the senate committee homeland security affairs committee is called to order. this is our annual threats to the homeland hearing. i want to welcome my witnesses. i'd like to start by acknowledging the victims of the hurricanes and houston, texas. in florida. throughout the caribbean and puerto rico. maybe it wasn't contemplated when we set up the hearing on the other enormous threats. there's real threat to human life occurring now throughout the nation. and we'll acknowledge that. all the individuals are in our thoughts and prayers. i'm sure everybody joins me in that. we are pleased to welcome the acting secretary of the department of homeland security e lain duke. director of federal bureau of investigation christopher wray. the director of the national counter terrorism center nicholas rasmussen. we want to thank you for your service. the threats are growing. evolving. i do not envy any of you your task of the ser

either director rasmussen or any of the three of you? >> it is difficult for me to comment because the intelligence portion of the budget is, i don't think exactly what you have your fingers on with the question you're asking. in terms of resources i have available to me, at the national counterterrorism center and comfortable that we have the resources necessary to carry out the various missions we have. particularly some of the extra or additional work we are doing in the areas of screening and vetting to support secretary duke and her team at ths. we are very tiny slice so i do not want to, i am not in any way evading the question but i'm saying the resources i have available have not been significantly reduced. i am in a position to carry out my mission. >> secretary duke, what about -- think everyone would agree the viper teams have been very effective. as they have worked around the country reducing the viper teams down to eight, are you going to try and advocate to reverse that as we move forward? i'm hoping the appropriators will

the synopsis as it as it were of this result with me to discuss all that is is all i think from rasmussen global a company a firm that operates under the aegis of the former nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen well mr duncan we have the results it seems as though it's a win for matthew but her policies lost ten percent compared to the last time how do you read this election you know it definitely so she looks at the first side as the clear majority winner but if you look into the details if you look into the results so she actually is the big loser of this election. and this also makes her as a coalition partner quite on the track to have to her new potential coalitions partners because she always managed to ruin them in a way as we have now seen with the s.p.d. and. so in this regard i think she of course will use this as an opportunity off and try to play this from a position of strength as for the same time it will be much more challenging for her to build a coalition in the first place because she's tested deal with two very different parties with very different cultures and

director rasmussen. >> good morning, mr.chairman, ranking member mccaskill and members of the commitee. i'm pleased to be here with me colleagues and close partners. secretary duke and director wray. we spaed the 16 year mark of 9/11, the array or terrorizerring a actors broader, wider and deeper than any time since that day. as we sit here today the discipline that terrorism prevention is a evolving and changing beneath our feet everya day as well and requires we respond with extraordinary agility. i'll just briefly discuss two areas to compliment what my colleagues have said. first, i'll quickly share what we have seen by way of changes or shift and priority in the terrorism landscape since a area ago. second i'll say a few word about areas we can do a better job of trackling those who are mobilized at home. let begin with what is changed or new since this time last year. we see develops in three principle areas. the coalition's success in shrinking the territory that eye his controls in iraq and syria as compared to a yea

, acting only security secretary elaine duke, national counterterrorism center director nicholas rasmussen. we will be live with us in homeland security and governmental affairs committee starting at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> veterans affairs secretary david shulkin testifies this morning about preventing veteran suicide at a hearing of the senate veterans affairs committee. live coverage at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span c-span3, online at c-span.org, or on the free c-span radio app. >> saturday booktv has coverage of the 2017 baltimore book festival. >> next, former national intelligence director james clapper spoke about his career in the intelligence community and shared his views on current intelligence issues including evolving technology social media, terrorism, north korea, russia and iran. the george washington university hosted this 90 minute event. >> good evening. welcome to the elliott school and to this beautiful confer

from rasmussen global a firm that operates with the former nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen mr bunker it appears as though the christian democrats of emerged as the largest party in this election these opinion polls these exit polls rather suggest that this is a bad result for the social democrats is that how you read this yeah definitely but also if you see the results of the day then you see ok this is also a very huge disaster for both because alicia and partners the c.d.u. lost. vic and lee there are closer to thirty than to forty and yes we did is just down to twenty percent so therefore this is the worst result in the history of the as we did in the federal republic of germany and the out of date it's yeah it's it is just not so they don't have a concept they are really the pure fund them in opposition to the established parties in this regard it's really maybe the return of populism to europe but everybody of course hope that this will not happen but i think you know kind of surprise way so we might be back into discussions which we thought of a year ago we had and th

rhonda sue rasmussen. petty officer first class maha d. chford, united states navy. martha m. reski. todd h. reuben. lawson richard. edward v. roenhorst. judy rollet. sergeant major robert e russell, united states army retired. chief officer william r. ruth, united states army resee. charles e saban, sr. marjorie c. salimoni. jo p. samortino. colonel david m. scales, united states army. commander robert a. slagel, united states navy. janice m. scott. lieutenant colonel l.selves, united states army retired. marian h.serva. dan f. shenour, united states navy. antoette sherman. diane m. simmons. and her husband, george w. simmons. donald d. simmons. cheryl d. ntak. chief greg h. smallwood, united states navy. eutenant colonel gary f. smith, united states army, retired. mary ray soffer. robert spiceman. patricia jay stotts. ednal.stevens. norma lang sterily. sergeant major larry l.strickland, united states army. hilda e. taylor. lieutent colonel kipp p. taylor. leonard e. taylor. sandra c. tlor. sandra dete. lieutenant carl wtepe, united states army retired. seeant tara c. thurman

go global that an organization which works with the former nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen mr bowker there are those who say that this election has been dominated by the question of anglo-american is she going to win again who will she govern with what would you say are the interesting parts that have been in this campaign as you said without any doubt she will be the head of the list the strongest party in the end of the results the u.s. would you will most likely be second but the interesting question was will comes because she will need a coalition partner yesterday suffered a lot from the last four years the general mood the tendency is that they will not answer if they have the chinese to say actually a new coalition so then the question is can she form a coalition with their preferred partner of the liberal party but if that's not enough and they don't get a majority then they might need a third partner because it's most likely that we see six parties for the first time in german history in the parliament and then it at the moment actually everybody is betting on the

kevin kelly and rasmussen report amy holmes is here. good to see you. great to see you.so happy we are back together. >> i'm going to guess that valencia issues cost more than the iphone 10. roughly the same thing. a pair of dirty sneakers are the iphone 10. >> they look dirty. >> they look like marty mcfly in back to the future when he was trying to get on the hovercraft. >> have you seen these $400 men's jeans? incredible. every program this morning. stay with us, speaking with the chairman of the ear of the president of wells fargo. tim sloan is here this morning live. plus small business administrator lindsay mcmahon will join us. the cofounder of kid stops by and home services of america chairman ron peltier is here. don't miss a moment of it. right now with our top story, tax reform now on the menu. president trump sat down with six senators last night included three democrats at the white house or the topic of conversation was overhauling the tax code. republican senator pat to me of pennsylvania. the president strongly stress it is interesting to the progrowth ta

earlier i spoke to jack rasmussen professor of political economy at st mary's college he calls washington's move a provocation cross rather unfussy dented for the u.s. officials to enter at this particular point i think probably the trucker taishan one last time by russia is closer to them to the facts here and what's interesting is that i sounds like a real provocation going on at all the spending for ten between the two countries and diplomatically that seems to be escalating and this is probably designed to provoke a similar response by russia and keep the diplomatic war knowing the question is is there some connection here with the mahler's investigation of trump's relationships with russia before the election are they looking for something that maybe might be related that's a possibility to look us we won't know until later but certainly as a provocation. the u.k.'s home timor is the mystic stream is than any other country that's according to the book's counter-terror coordinator he also warned that future terrorist attacks in europe are inevitable and the situation has been looking at

immunities shall normally cease at the moment when he leaves the country earlier we spoke to jack rasmussen professor of political economy at st mary's college as well as former m i five intelligence officer and he meshaal to get their take on the events but it's rather unfair. for the u.s. officials to enter at this particular point i think probably the truck attention what was done by russia is closer to them to the facts sounds like a real problem acacia knowing on their own there's been a transfer ten between the two countries and diplomatically there seems to be escalating and now this is probably designed to provoke a similar response by russia and the diplomatic war knowing the question is is there some connection here with the maulers investigation of trump's relationships with russia or for the election are they looking for something that maybe might be related that's a possibility to work partially not now but certainly as a provocation saying international is down very clearly the one hundred sixty one fianna convention of to plastic relations says that any diplomatic affiliated

the issue most of the country believes that it's health care and jobs and it is not i will quote a rasmussen poll that came out recently that did say that the american people feel like their elected officials serve the media far more than they serve their best interest that says it all thank you and what a way to leverage off and it's all. common there are great ready to be here and great to be a red shoulder stuff voice of our t.v. how did you get any better than hair gov that's all we have time for today but i want to get your final thoughts on this there are essentially only six sources of news because six companies own ninety percent of the media these are the arbiters of information and the arbiters of quote unquote truth in the united states and going into what you an advert discussing about concentration of wealth let's also mention that there is a concentration of wealth at the top of the media ownership murdoch bloomberg comments and not only that believe it or not my court case against the barrack and sniper chris kyle has a bearing because i won on a thing called unjust enrichment

the issue most of the country believes that it's health care and jobs and it is not i will quote a rasmussen poll that came out recently that did say that the american people feel like their elected officials serve the media far more than they serve their best interest that says it all thank you and what a way to leverage off and it's all. common there are great ready to be here and great to be a ed schultz the voice of our t.v. how did you get any better than hair governor that's all we have time for today but i want to get your final thoughts on this there are essentially only six sources of news because six companies own ninety percent of the media these are the arbiters of information and the arbiters of quote unquote truth in the united states and going into what you an advert discussing about concentration of wealth let's also mention that there is a concentration of wealth at the top of the media ownership murdoch bloomberg comments and not only that believe it or not my court case against the barrett them snipers crew style has a bearing because i won on a thing called unjust enrichm

parliament supporting this far right policy was put some of those questions to my guest here who is from rasmussen global an organization set up by the former secretary general of nato and us for us and mr bunker is i'm going to medical school for a team dented by this result yes she leads the largest party in the still but she's lost nearly ten percent of the vote and recently perhaps almost one hundred seats in parliament no definitely she is so i think her authority is jealous more than ever as you said so she is actually the big loser if you put it like this so she lost more than ten percent her social democratic coalition partner only five percent she broke kind or she let it happen that kind of a golden rule within the city you had been broken that there was should never be space on the political spectrum right from the c.d.u. and now you have with nearly fifteen percent thirteen percent the alternative for germany and a lot of classical c.d.u. voters moved to this party so she's under enormous pressure from within the. marty and you could feel it here in the headquarter of the c.d.u. with t

nick rasmussen and representatives of the u.k., canada. what is your assessment on how we are doing on the international front? and on the homeland front? homeland is interesting. benefitse potential that intelligence has to address some of those issues and we are useing ways to be able to the organizations that have the responsibility for interaction to give them better intelligence and a form they can use to share that is a little clunky still. there are places where you see it going well, like nga. whats interesting though, even on the homeland, some of the capabilities that we grew in the intelligence community that makes us needing to partner with them now are capabilities increasingly available in the open. there is a temp oral affect of how much the intelligence committee has tuesday president -- has to stay present. i am excited on the international partner front. i think we are better than we have been in a long time, ofluding the integration their officers with our officers in more places. on lots of different levels. the next pl

amy holmes, rasmussen reports. caylee, i have got to start with you. the ball is in your court. you don't need the dems. it's in your court. how is it going to go? >> i hear you. the gop owes it to obamacare victims everywhere to get this done. there was a striking "wall street journal" story that said 79% of americans who paid the obamacare penalty for not getting understand had an income level of below $50,000. charles: big government always hurts the poorest of the poor. i think it bothers me some of the folks saying they are against it aren't against it for the billet self. but they want things like regular order. they want to debate. they want the process to be like the good ole days. this isn't the good ole days. it sounds discontinue geneous for a few senators to say that's their reason for ask voting no. let's get the score, it's out. reporter: this is a partial score. they haven't been able to assess the entire bill because they haven't had enough time to do it. but over the 2017-2026 period the legislation would reduce the deficit by ask 133 billion. but the number of

rasmussen poll shows 32% of the nfl fans said this is a factor of them turning away from it. they have competition from college games, people are tired of paying big money to see nfl players and support the lifestyles and -- >> i'm glad you bring up money, jack, because a number of nfl owners have given large sums of money to trump, to his inaugural committee. you see the names all listed here. is there a risk, ron, for president trump to alienate these very wealthy people? >> i don't think that's the risk. i think the risk is alienating the broader part of the country. this is an inherently frustraau moment in the history of our country. the majority of public school students are kid of color, a majority of the under 10 students are kid of color. not everybody is entirely comfortable with that level of change in the country and it's a moment when you need leadership that is about reminding bus what we have in common. i think the president has soeen it in his interest since day one to jump up and down on that fault line. 60% of americans said they disapprove of the way he's h

ransom faina aronovna rapoport rhonda rasmussen robert a.rasweiler david alan rathkey >> and my father, craig montano. dad, mom, lucas, krista and grandma and i think about you every day and we love you and we miss you. >> and my great aunt, ann marie, happy birthday. gerard p. rauzi william robb gregory reda alexey razuvaev michele marie reed sarah anne redheffer donald j. regan judith ann reese thomas michael regan robert m. regan howard reich christian michael otto regenhard james brian reilly greg riley timothy e. reilly kevin o. reilly thomas barnes reinig joseph reina jr. joshua scott reiss frank bennett reisman john armand reo karen renda john thomas resta richard cyril rescorla eduvigis reyes jr. luis clodoaldo revilla john frederick rhodes bruce albert reynolds rudolph n. riccio francis saverio riccardelli david h. rice ann marie riccoboni kenneth frederick rice iii eileen mary rice vernon allan richard venesha orintia richards >> and my sister, i know i have the hope of seeing her again. >> and my sister-in-law. we miss your smile,

christopher wray, acting secretary elaine duke a national counterterrorism center director nicholas rasmussen. live with the senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee starting at 1. >> veterans affairs secretary david shulkin testifies this morning about preventing veteran suicide adhering of the senate veterans affairs committee. live coverage at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span3. online at c-span.org or on the free c-span radio app. >> saturday booktv has coverage of the 2017 baltimore book festival. >> watch our coverage of the 2017 baltimore book festival saturday starting at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv.

germany party play in the next pontiff put those questions and a few others to my guest or left from rasmussen global a group set up by the former secretary general of nato and us for us was and mr bunker looking at this this is almost what we might call in english a pyrrhic victory it's a victory but actually there is a degree of loss in here too also for angela merkel is that how you see this result yeah definitely so she's on those first side she's the big winner by the same time she's the biggest loser here her party lost nearly ten percent of her coalition partner the us with the just the last five percent. but she now has to use this is still in a position of strength to build a new coalition which is this time definitely much harder and much calmer more complicated than have been the last four years. we talked i talked about the alternative for germany party this far right party it's the first time since world war two that a far right party has performed as well as won so many votes so many seats in a parliament what does this say about german democracy right now that a party that advoc

joining me right now on the phone from san juan is fred r rasmuss rasmussen. fred, can you hear me?. >> thank you so much. you're a contractor from the great state of michigan, who's actually been working on a construction project in puerto rico. you've been -- what i'm hearing, you've been holed up in an office building during this storm. and looking at some pictures right now, fred, that you were able to send to us of what you've seen, what is the situation where you are right now, fred? >> well, the situation now is that it's died down a lot. the winds have died down a lot, but we still have those big, bursting gusts that are, i would guess, still around up to 80 miles an hour. and i'm up on six floors, the upper level of our office building right now and it's still moving our roof around when we get those big gusts. >> have you ever gone through anything like that? >> i mean, i -- another profession of mine is i'm a snowmobiler and i've been through a lot of major storms in my life, but nothing that compares to this whatsoever. >> how do you describe it, fred. so many folks who

hearing on homeland security threats with christopher ray, elaine do, pain the director nicholas rasmussen. her live with the governmental affairs committee starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> wednesday, former trump presidential campaign manager speaks at the black americans for better future summit in washington. live coverage on c-span three, online or on the free c-span radio app. >> i was stunned when i found out this book where the origins for the c-span school bus, i've been following your school bus on television as i prepared for my 1994 trip, going and 44 different states leaving the saugus. >> 23 years and over hundred 40 c-span appearances later were joined by douglas brinkley. this year of the c-span bus as we set out to visit the state capitals, we thank you for that idea. >> i reminded me of how invaluable the c-span archivists that you can go back and pull up these interviews that c-span has done over the sears, now they are tools for historians if you want to interview someone, or do a paper and need a primary source you can tap into that c-span archive and get re

acting homeland security secretary elaine duke, and national counterterrorism center director niclas rasmussen provide an update on the threats facing the united states. they appeared before the senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee and addressed several issues including the federal government's response in puerto rico after hurricane maria. the number of ongoing domestic terror investigations involving whites premise groups, and capabilities to counter cyber threats including anticipated attempts by russia and other state actors to influence the 2018 midterm election. this is two hours and ten minutes.

rasmussen amenia rasool roger mark rasweiler >> and my father trade we think about you every day andnd we miss you. >> in my great aunts, happy birthday. gerard p. rauzi gregory reda michele reed donald j. regan thomas michael regan howard reich james brian reilly timothy e. reilly kevin o. reilly thomas barnes reinig joseph reina, jr. joshua scott reiss frank bennett reisman john armand reo karen renda john armand reo john thomas resta luis clodoaldo revilla john frederick rhodes bruce albert reynolds rudolph n. riccio francis saverio riccardelli david h. rice ann marie riccoboni kenneth frederick rice iii eileen mary rice vernon allan richard claude daniel richards >> and my sister abigail which one day i hope i can see her again. >> and my sister-in-law, we miss your smile and your laughter. your beautiful daughter graduated high school she by love of my family and her wonderful cousin. thank you claude daniel richards michael richards james c. riches alan jay richman john m. rigo rose mary riso moises n. rivas joseph rivelli carmen alicia rivera isaias rivera juan william rivera

more reaction with an international point of view, we're joined on set by chief strategy officer at rasmussenrmer nato director of policy planning thank you for joining us. >> hi, kelly. >> really strong language about iran there generally speaking, how do you think this message is interpreted by -- who do you think it was really aimed at >> well, i think this was the full naked version of the trump foreign policy doctrine. be threatening with your enemies, be transactional with your friends and be unashamed about putting america first. so i think that's going to work with some of the voters who voted for trump bullet the world outside, my reading is they're looking for who's the leader of the free world they're not seeing that in this president. >> they're not seeing that in this president why not? >> it's transactional, what country you can make what deal he made strong statement about the need for international cooperation. and read president macron's speech, tried to do the counterpoint to president trump's speech in a softer, but still vaguely aware about the need for international coope

jimmy to talk about a coming day can make ballot papers go ceo managing partner mike murphy and rasmussen political analyst amy holmes. good to see you. >> good morning. dagen: good morning. i just like watching the outrage on twitter in response to sean spicer to sean spicer been there from all of these lefties who are outraged that he lied to the american people and now is making a joke about it. >> i thought it was funny. dagen: by the same logic you could not keep mccain in portraying hillary clinton who is a known liar and winning an emmy for it. there is no humor and a liar. maria: so what, sean spicer shows up at a podium. >> he had to redeem himself at the audience. maria: melissa mccarthy was there in the audience watching. she had a funny expression when he came out. what about the u.n. general assembly? donald trump speaking on tuesday morning after all the things he said about the u.n. on the campaign trail. >> in new york city there is crazy traffic this morning. >> you were at 4:00 a.m.? dagen: and bluebird driver had over the weekend says he doesn't drive at all when the u.

people's priority, i want to emphasize, is our party's priority, what the people i think i'm a new rasmussenump to engage partisanship with democrats and 72% of republican voters are enthusiastic at the heart of donald trump working with democrats, not sacrificing principles but getting democrats in a wake-up moment, and republican priorities are priorities of the people. stuart: turn it around, guarantee the republican party will come through with a plan which could get 50 to vote in the senate and 218 in the house, you are spokesperson for the are in c. can you guarantee they get the message, that they will do it? >> i'm confident they have a plan in the works and will come together, find a middle ground between various factions in our party, the big six are working behind the scenes, very progressive, forward thinking tax plans that will put more money in the american people's pockets. we hope it happens by christmas or sooner, thanksgiving would be great. stuart: you are new at the job. >> learning about the seat of congress. stuart: it is a difficult job you have got because the republi

nonconventional, we were asking this poll question and we are going to share this with you, this is from rasmussenbad for the country if president trump works with the democrats to advance his agenda if the republican party won't act? and two thirds of you said it's good for the country. only about 13% say it's bad for the country. 21% haven't figured it out yet. brian: a lot of people in washington haven't figured out what the president is up to. they are scratching their heads. steve: it's the swamp. washington is the swamp. ainsley: a lot of republicans are glad he is sticking it to. strong guy. if republicans aren't going to let him pass border security and the tax reform and obamacare repeal and replace, guess what? he is going to start working with the democrats. it honestly brings the country together more, too. i think the hurricane relief package. that was the momentum that he needed. people are getting more and more on board with him, i believe. steve: there is always common ground on certain issues. republicans are over here. democrats are over here. donald trump is trying to give both

if you look the rasmussen survey done last week on a 66% of americans agree the president should workings done for the american people. that means republicans can't get it done in time to cut a deal with people who can. we are $20 trillion in debt. 30 years republicans and democrats have failed the american people. abby: people go to the polls based off of results more than anything else. this should be a huge call to republicans. many have races around the corner. if you want to win your next race can watch all of us do, you better bring something to the table. i imagine they watch this go down saying this doesn't look so good. abby: they haven't got anything done, corey. when the president had his opportunity to follow through, he has come including this climate accord which many of us see for what it is that mostly punishes us a terrible deal. get those reports coming out this morning that maybe the white house is looking at the deal. clarify for us with this stance is that this white house on the paris climate accord. >> well, the administration has been clear on that that literal

voted away a massive chance to preserve the massive opportunities that our young people have through rasmussens like that, opportunities for people to work and do business wherever they please within 27 states of the european union and the wider economic area —— erasmus. what is fascinating about the whole argument about brexit is that it defies normal left and right divisions. you find some on the left passionately opposed to brexit, some passionately opposed to brexit, some passionately for it. one the most interesting areas is the position of jeremy corbyn because you think, instinctively, he has sounded sceptical about continuing membership of the single market yesterday, saying it would be difficult for him to pursue a left—wing agenda after renationalising the railways and helping the state —— steel industry because of rules in the single market. some of his supporters a very different view. one of them is the new mp for brighton, and you do wa nt the new mp for brighton, and you do want britain to stay in the single market. let me put it to you, too many voters, that would look like bac