i see steve flynn here, dr. flynn, like several of his colleagues at the council, have been doing some very thoughtful work on homeland security. and i am deeply appreciative of that. as a council member, myself, it is good to be back here, the last time i was here, was with governor haley barbour on a panel on immigration. and now i must admit that in the department of homeland security, it is somewhat of a large government department, so, we are undergoing what we call efficiency review, looking for ways to make sure that we spend every dollar, every penny we get, wisely, so i thought i would bring my cfr membership dues here today so i could save the cost of postage, so, paul i'll leave these here for you! [laughter]. >> now, the council is an institution i deeply appreciate because it is one of the rare places where people will show up, early in the morning, at breakfast time, to hear about threats of terror and government response. and this will be this highlight of your day! [laughter]. >> but, alas, the t

i see steve flynn here.like other colleagues at the council, he has been doing good work on homeland security. it is good to be back here. the last time i was here was on a panel on emigration. in the department of homeland security, it is a large government departments. we have an efficiency review, looking for ways to make sure that we spend every penny we get wisely. i thought i would bring my membership dues here today so i could save the cost of postage. paul, i will leave these here for you. the council is an institution i deeply appreciate because it is one of the rare places where people will show up early in the morning at breakfast time to hear about threats of terror and the government's response. this will be the highlight of your day. the last topics we are discussing are with us. so it is important that the council be priced of what the department is doing to meet those challenges. president obama has been very forceful about seeing the threat of terrorism in all of its complexity -- today, i w

flynn, and a tournament in downtown washington. i will have a live report coming up. >>> good morning. welcome to the 9:00 edition of "news4 today." we begin with severe weather. this morning, stevem center 4