and supervisors, i am with the department of emergency management, and so the item before you is an expense for 1 million dollars from the u.s. department of homeland security the money is from the urban area, funds planning and training and exercises for emergency management agency and fire departments, and police departments and sheriff departments and other public agencies around the region and san francisco, is the chair of the regional organization, that distributes this money. and in the bay area, and the city is also the fiscal agent and that is why it is in front of you, and dhs, the department of homeland security awarded this grant, to the bay area. and about a year ago, as a 22 million dollar grant and back in may, the department funded additional one million dollars and that is 967,000, is going to go to the northern california, regional intelligence center and it is for cyber security equipment, and maintenance agreements. and then the additional 45,000 is going to go to the california office of emergency services, and to coordinate the cyber security around the state on these actually and the no fiscal impact on this grant for our budget, and

u.s. department of homeland security.he white house says no decision has been made yet on whether they will help syria. but we know the situation is deteriorating. how much time does the president have to make up his mind? >> not much. the president met with his advisers for much of the day. given the tone of what is national security advisor said the other day, that the beheading of the journalist in syria [indiscernible] i find it surprising if in the minimum, they will not order airstrikes in syria. has it muddied the waters for the u.s. not to be consulted on airstrikes echo >> it has muddied it quite a bit. of course, the u.s. administration will get permission from the assad government before proceeding. but they are in a difficult position. there is no question that there is a temporary covert alliance between the u.s. government and assad. the greatest threat right now is isis. it's not to say that we should not continually engage to overthrow the assad regime. >> and as you just mentioned, the head -- the beheadi

u.s. department of homeland security for the period through may 2015. >> same house, same call? these recessess are adapted. item 52 to accept a contract for the inmate management system between chief come say with a guaranteed annual minimum income of 4 hundred thousand plus >> same house, same call? this resolution is adapted. >> item 53 through 60 were considered and forwarded to the board as committee reports item 53 to amend the steering committee as the energy coordinating committee reauthorizing the committee for one year to change the qualification and to rise the committees powers and duties. supervisor mar >> thank you president chiu i'm happy to reestablish this coordinating committee the committee 80 that was amazing supported by the rules committee global warming and climate change are real threats and we must step forward we need more efficiency with our water usage to exhibit no. 7ly catalog all the policies for the city to consider and lastly to fund the additional work this committee emerged in 2009 as the city got different grassroots environmental organization

u.s. is not raising its security level. secretary of homeland security, jay johnson put out a statement saying that at present the u.s. department of homeland security and the fbi are unaware of any specific credible threat to the u.s. home land from i.s.i.l. but he did warn that the islamic state group also known as i.s.i.l. remains a serious threat. obama administration press secretary josh ernest says there are heightened challenges. >> one observes fro observations that part of the british concern is according to published reports there are a number of individuals who have gone to the region to fight i.s.i.l. the reports of american citizens is somewhat lower. >> reporter: the national security council confirmed the death of dig lak mc-- douglas mcarthur mccain. while the u.s. still says it's weighing its options, air strikes continued in frawk, destroying four islamic state vehicles near the mosul dam. that brings the number of air strikes in iraq this month to 110 and that's in addition to the humanitarian relief provided to the yazidi people. john. >> libby casey. >>> trained u.s. military personnel head of deployments in

of a distant issue. >> for now, the u.s. plans no changes. the department of homeland security says it's unaware of any specific credible threat from isis. some analysts say, however, this is not the time to sit around and wait for what may be an inevitable attack. >> we need to understand that this is a threat now to our homeland. and we have to start designing a game plan to defeat them as quickly as possible. >> counter-terrorism officials will tell you one of their biggest worries in all of this in the united states is some isis loyalists is takening essentially a lone wolf attack. it's one of the toughest threats to detect. jake? >> barbara starr at the pentagon, thank you so much. the united states and the united kingdom are an ocean away but air travel makes the whole world feel a lot smaller. it would only take seven hours to leave london where an attack is according to the government highly likely and arrive in the u.s. where authorities are unaware of any specific threat. rene marsh, when we're going through airports this weekend, will we see increased security? >> yo

u.s. is not raising its security level. secretary of homeland security jay johnson put out a statement that said at present the u.s. department of homeland security and the fbi are unaware of any specific credible threat to u.s. home land from i.s.i.l. but he did warn the islamic state group known as i.s.i.l. also remains a serious threat. josh ernest said that across the nation they face heightened challenged. >> i would observe publicly from here that part of the british concern is that there is according to published reports, a relatively large number of individuals with british passports who have gone to the region to fight alongside i.s.i.l. the published reports as they relate to the number of americans who are there is somewhat lower. >> reporter: earl yes this week the national -- earlier this year, confirmed douglas mcarthur mccain. american intelligence officials have identified nearly a dozen americans who have traveled to the region to fight for islamic state. while the u.s. says it's still weighing its options in syria including use of military might, u.s. forces destroyed four islamic state armored vehicles near

u.s. department of homeland security says it is not aware of any specific credible threat to the united states, but officials at all levels of government have been saying for weeks now that isis is not to be taken lightly. barbara starr joins me now. >> barbara, the u.s. has chosen not to raise the u.s. terror threat level even though the uk raised their s. is there a difference between the threat the uk faces versus the kind of threat the u.s. does? >> jake, it appears it does right now. the british government sees a very direct threat to the safety of the british people. they say 500 or so britains traveled to this conflict zone, may have come back. britain sees it as much more direct europe, much closer, transportation in and out of europe, much closer to people with jihad intent can move around very easily. there are some restrictions in place, of course, but the worry is it's not enough, so they are taking these steps. the u.s., officials will tell you they do not see a direct threat to the homeland at this point. they don't think. that's what isis has on its mind. they do have concerns t

u.s. department of homeland security says it is not aware of any specific credible threat to the united statesernment have been saying for weeks now that isis is not to be taken lightly. barbara starr joins me now. >>

u.s. department of homeland security and they are send south a warning for local law officialen forts meantghout the country. they said remain vigilant for threats from isus. and also severe weather in parts of the country soaking some areas. do you know pours closing roads and heavy wind and hail in some sports and meanwhile the return of summer in other areas. things heating up from missouri up to florida as a massive heat wave settles in. temperatures exceed 100 degrees in some spots. full weekend forecast coming up. and plus wild new video coming in this morning. this is a law-abiding mom who was pulled over at gunpoint and handcuffed. she had four children in her car at the time. police are now saying it was all a mistake. the question is why are they not apologizing? and on a much lighter note he's saying he dances, he's a nice guy, an action hero, but you will be amazed by what hu jackman can also do. that and much more coming up on a very busy saturday. back to you. >> sounds like it. i can't imagine what that thing is. have to watch, i guess, right? >> right. it has to do with desi

u.s. homeland security secretary jeh johnson. he said at present the u.s. department of homeland security and the fbi are unaware any of specific, credible threat to the u.s. homeland from isil. also, of course, known as isis. it would seem given the geographic proximity that britain has versus the u.s. and also that they have a larger num are about of british citizens who have gone to fight with isis, it would seem that they face in a way a greater threat than the u.s. >> not to mention that there's 500 to 600 british nationals who have gone. there's upwards of 900 french nationals who have gone and it's just a channel right away. it should be troubling for us, too. we have to look at this lens of, sure. once someone is inside the uk or france or another western country, it's not difficult to get here to the united states. and there are a number of americans, upwards of 100 americans who have gone to fight in syria. it's a problem that exists in europe primarily, but it exists equally here and we haven't seen these kind of numbers in a conflict zone in many, many years.

u.s. department of homeland security. the team was able to downsize it to this hand held version. he says his goal is to provide it to third world countries. >> if you can test it early on, you can essentially quarantine that area sooner, therefore reducing the spread of it. even now, as people go through some airports are scanning to see who is running a temperature, and who is not. if they're running a temperature, they can go, and take a sample from them, but they're not going to get results for several hours. >> reporter: at sfo, airline passengers tell me they are concerned about the ebola outbreak. >> it's scary to travel when there's like scares like that. >> passengers welcome technology that can give them peace of minds. >> especially if i'm in an area where i know there's a contagious disease going on. i think it would give me a little comfort that there's some level of screening going on. >> reporter: the price for the device is 3 to $5,000. the cost of a test per patient is about $25. it will take about two years before we'll see the device used at airports and other p

u.s. department of homeland security, joining us from boston. i believe she's on the phone. juliette, looking at this situation as you have been watching, as we have been watching throughout the night that has unfolded, these images from earlier today, what can you tell us about how you handle a situation like this on the ground that has escalated really the most that we've seen in these eight days since michael brown was shot and killed? >> the primary goal, it appears at least there was some success in this regard, is to separate the lawful demonstrators of which i would say a majority, 99% of the keep there were from what appears to be a few people who were either harassing or threatening the police and their bunker. and so that being done by dispersing them in ways that look horrific on the screen, but to essentially disperse the crowd, set up the curfew, is exactly what needs to be done. all you care about at this moment is deescalating so there's no further violence. the questions can be asked later about what happened, why did the police start this, who started it. i

of a distant issue. >> reporter: for now the u.s. plans no changes. department of homeland security says they're unaware of specific threats from isis. some analysts say had is not the time to sit around and wait for what may be an inevitable attack. >> this is a threat now to our homeland and we have to design a game plan to defeat them. >> reporter: u.s. law enforcement and intelligence agents tell you one of the big worries is the loan wolf attack. it's one of the most difficult threats to detect. >> tmz reports joan rivers is on life support tonight. she was rushed to a hospital thursday after cardiac arrest. melissa release add statement saying her mom is getting best treatment available and that she's be touched by the tribute and prayers around the world. >> she is an inspiration to women. she's had so many things in her life that she came through. my heart and thoughts and prayers are with her that she's going to be a survivor. i tear up. i really care about her. >> she performed on wednesday night. rivers' joke thad she could go at any time. >> u.s. custom agents got a joke

u.s. department of homeland security.ey have regular meetings where from time to time individual cases are discussed and that filters down to action taken against an immigration judge. it certainly has a chilling effect on immigration judges if they feel the department of homeland security will file a complaint against them. that complaint because of the current system goes hand-in-hand because of the lack of complaint process, the private attorney on the same pace may never know a complaint was filed by the department of homeland security about how we work conduct in the case. >> another aspect of interference is there are very blury lines sometime between process and actual rights being affected. there are times when the department of justice will implement a decision they believe is simply procedural him and they are not trying to control the outcome, but the judge in the case feels like it will have an unintended consequence and have a detrimental effect. that is where we feel it is simpler and cleaner to take us out

u.s. retailers. today, the department of homeland security announce more than a thousand stores may be affected withviruss in their cash register computers. experts say this attack high lights the vulnerability of payment suspectystems nationwid. >> the all important fog forecast fr your saturday morning coming up. plus, details on not one, but three tropical systems in the pacific. and the impact here on the bay area. >> people are pretty shocked to nope that this was all her idea. >> how about this, love and football. get ready for another notable first at levi stadium as one couple prepares for their dream wedding. >> and then dining out with your dog. the new state law changes your restaurant experience. >> a stoir you eel see only on nbc bay area. a south bay woman declared dead is brought back to life. the twist of fate that helped save her life. vshl vshl . >>> going to the fresco with your dog just became legal. the governor just signed a bill that allows dogs on restaurant patios. you've already been doing it? turns out you're not the only one. the governor's dog lobbied for this dog? >> re

u.s. department of homeland security and the fbi are unaware of any specific, credible threat to the u.s.om isil. and incredible sources show isis operating in mexico but there are denials continuing from that threat. good morning, tom, thank you for being with us. >> good morning, thank you for friday, the judicial watch issued this bulletin saying the operators are operating in mexico. what are your sources on this because we are hearing something very different from the federal government? >> well, we can't give up our sources for obvious reasons, but they are deadly serious about the threat, the information is there's an attack coming very soon and plants at the border. it may include vehicle explosives. and the department of homeland security, the fact that justice has been told to work and try to prevent the threats, i just don't understand, well, i do understand why d.c. is downplaying this. oftentimes the agencies don't even know what they're doing, and certainly the leadership is on behind the eight ball as opposed to who is on the front line trying to frantically prevent anythin

u.s. infiltrating the country through the mexican boarder. the bulletin comes from the texas department of public safety. while the department of homeland securitynows of no specific credible threat to the u.s. from isis, a border security expert says the possibility should be taken seriously. >> the capability, the intent, the desire, and the vulnerability are all there and i think that is what raises the spidey sense of many of the people watching and observing this. >> reporter: frank is a former defense intelligence official and has spent more than two decades in tactical and operational resistance. >> a 14-year-old girl can get across the border, a strapping 26-year-old isis motivated terrorist can certainly do that. >> reporter: the new concerns come as a captured laptop reveals more on how the group operates. journalist jenna mosa accessed the laptops. >> they talk about how to weaponnize the bubonic plague. they go in details about how to get certain bacterias, how you can cultivate it in labs and transmit it into human beings. >> reporter: perhaps the most chilling passage found in the isis laptop is this, the advantage of buy logical w

u.s. infiltrating the country through the mexican border. the bulletin comes from the texas department of public safety. and while the department of homeland security says it knows of no specific credible threat to the u.s. from isis, a border securityic pert says the possibility should be taken seriously. >> the capability. the intent, the desire and the as a rule number are all there. and i think that what raises the spidey sense of the many people that watch and observe this. >> reporter: frank is a former defense intelligence official and spent more than two decades in tactical and operational positions. >> if a 14-year-old girl can get across the border through the desert, i think a scrapping 26-year-old isis motivated terrorist can -- can certainly do that. >> reporter: the new concerns come as a captured isis laptop revealed more about how the group operates. including a 19 page document in arabic on how to develop and detonate biological weapons. journalist jenna moosa accessed that laptop. >> they describe how to basically make biological weapons, how to -- how to make the bubonic plague. and how to weaponnize it. they -- go in details abo

u.s. intelligence community calculates there are about 100 americans that may have gone to fight in that region, and there are in fact a number of measures, u.s. intelligence services, the department of homeland securityorism center has been taking to deal with all of this. they have stepped up in recent months tracking these people, trying to keep track of where they are in the united states, people of concern, traveling -- tracking their travels. one of the big problems is a lot of these jihadis that try to travel to syria go through turkey. their travel plans take them to turkey. that is a nato country. they get off the plane and then they transit over land in a rather sur represent tissuetictious manner. the u.s. intelligence services have been working directly with the europeans on this problem for months, trying to share more intelligence, trying to share more information about where these people are, where they might be traveling to, and tracking them if they move around. there's no doubt about it. it's a very, very tough problem and i thought one of the most interesting things that the prime minister said is he mentioned now that this jihadi threat basically takes you right up against the sout

parts of the white house including the domestic policy counsel, the national security counsel, the office of management and budget and relevant u.s. agencies, the department of defense, homelandtreasury and in coordination with congress, so obviously, that is a very wide review because of the controversy that this has sparked. >> do we know anything about the evolution of the white house think iing on this? we all saw those pictures and just watching twitter, social media, it shocked a lot of americans to see military like tactics on the streets of an american neighborhood, american city. is this the first time do we know that the white house has had questions about this or was it really all about ferguson that brought this into the spotlight? >> it certainly is ferguson this brought it into the spotlight, but the president was making inferences to this as early as monday. we heard from a number of lawmakers throughout the past week who have expressed concern, so the white house once this review was ordered, was not shy about putting it out, but it has been ferguson that has brought it to the forefront. >> no question and certainly, those images we've been showing on the scre

of a distant issue. >> for now the u.s. plans no changes. the department of homeland security's unaware of any specific credible threat from isis. this is not the time to sit around and wait for what may be an ineveryitable attack. >> we have to start designing a game plan to defeat them as quickly as possible. >> u.s. law enforcement and intelligence experts where tell you one of the biggest worries they have is the lone wolff attack. it is one of the most difficult threats to detect. >>> the army physiatrist is asking to join isis from his prison cell. the convicted mass killer recently wrote a letter to isis. he's on death row at fort levon worth kansas. he targeted soldiers preparing to go to afghanistan. >>> six are dead offer a trailer park fire at 1:00 a.m. authorities found fire victims five and the sixth was found a few hours later. volunteer departments were called in. >> we encountered something that volunteers should not have to encounter. >> it was horrible. it was burning and popping. >> the medical examiner is working to identify the victims and it doesn't appea

of a distant issue. >> reporter: for now, the u.s. plans no changes. the department of homeland securityit's unaware of any specific, credible threat from isis. some analysts say, however, this is not the time to sit around and wait for an inevitable attack. >> we need to understand that this is a threat now, to our homeland. and we have to start designing a game plan to defeat them as quickly as possible. >> reporter: u.s. law enforcement will tell you one of the biggest threats is the so-called lone wolf attacks. it is one of the most difficult threats to detect. >>> let's talk more about the threat from isis. joining me from france is our guest. you are a fixture here at cnn with your analysis. we thank you for joining us yet again. what do you think about hearing about this threat that the u.k. is taking very seriously, and their reaction to it? >> well, first of all, obviously, the british authorities have specific information about a terrorist plot by isis to attack the homeland. this is recent. i don't think the british government would have said what it did without having basic i

u.s. state department nor by mexico's federal attorney general's office. >> how many times a year is this happening? >> when you -- when you breakdown the number of events report today homeland security you are getting about one every couple of weeks along the u.s. mexico board. in some areas, yes, absolutely it's hard to see where the borderline is, but let's be honest, since 2006, the u.s. congress' secure fence act has implemented a major wall barrier, steel fencing all along the border. you have to be through a lot of effort to cross that they knew where they were. >> michelle let's use the ship as a symbol for the border. in the past four years nearly 24 border incur gents by the mexican soldiers, do you think this relates a significant national security threat? should the people at the border be feeling concern for their safety ? >> let's look at the january 26 incidents. these guys crossed and were carrying raoeufrblgs encounter u.s. border patrol act the border patrol agents are armed it's the middle of the night . we have spoken with u.s. this this this this ♪ >>> welcome to al jazeera america. i am jonathan betz in new york. here are the top stories we are following for you

of a distant issue. >> reporter: for now, the u.s. plans to changes. the department of homeland security says it's unaware of any specific credible threat from isis. some analysts say, however, this is not the time to sit around and wait for what may be an inevitable attack. >> we need to understand that this is a threat now to our homeland, and we have to start designing a game plan to defeat them as quickly as possible. >> reporter: u.s. law enforcement and intelligence experts will tell you one of the biggest worries they have is the so-called lone wolf attack. it is one of the most difficult threats to detect. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >>> let's take a close are look at prime minister david camerons key points in raising the terror threat there in the uk. mr. cameron said isis poses the greatest, deepest threat britain has ever known, and the recent killing of american journalist james foley is clear evidence britain cannot hope to ignore isis calling islamist extremist the root cause of the terrorism threat says the group sends an pois poisonous outology that will fight for

u.s. in a joint bulletin the department of homeland security and the f.b.i. said because of the individual lies nature of the radicalization process it is difficult to predict triggers that will contribute to homegrown violent extremists attempting acts of violence they went on to say that offenders present law enforcement with limited opportunities to detect and disrupt plots to discuss this i was joined earlier by jake deliberate tow iraq war veteran and doctoral researcher at the university of birmingham in the u.k. i first asked him to talk about what's driving americans to join radical groups like isis. well i think there's two components of this that stand out most particularly the first is you need to see the foreigners that are joining insurgent groups are doing out of a feeling of connectivity a desire to give up their lives and sacrifice for something else isis as it stands is not necessarily something that's directly related to anti american ism isis is a form of standing up for islamic extremism or. belief so when you see these foreigners coming t

u.s. and a joint bulletin the department of homeland security and the f.b.i. said because of the individual lies nature of the radicalization process it is difficult to predict triggers that will contribute to homegrown violent extremists attempting acts of violence they went on to say that offenders present law enforcement with limited opportunities to detect and disrupt plots alright joining me to discuss this kind of radicalization and recruitment is jake deliberate to an iraq war veteran and doctoral researcher at the university of birmingham in the u.k. jake thanks for joining me as always so let's begin by looking at americans joining these radical groups we certainly know that there are people here that harbor anti-american sentiments but what is it do you think that's actually driving these americans to get up travel to a foreign country and take up arms with a group like isis i think there's two components of this that stand out most particularly the first is you need to see the foreigners that are joining insurgent groups or doing out of a feeling of