u.s. department of homeland security to monitor the work of news outlets. my name's neil harvey you're watching on t.v. and to national great to have you with us. first this hour a driver has crashed a van into a crowd in the german city of munster killing two people and injuring twenty others the suspect in his own life artie's peter oliver has been following developments. been confirmed three people including the driver have died after a vehicle plowed into people who were sat at a cafe in munster the driver we understand took his own life that's what we're hearing from the authorities at the scene that has been confirmed by the interior minister of the state of north rhine-westphalia where this took place another twenty people or so of been injured in this incident as well six of those are described as being in a critical condition the authorities have named the main suspect behind this the person that took their own life at the wheel of that vehicle is a forty eight year old man i say they've named him he has only been named locally as the yen's are tha

u.s. department of homeland security to monitor the work of news outlets. joining us this evening you're watching our international. starts with our developing story this hour that three people have been killed they include the perpetrator and also twenty others have been confirmed injured after a van plowed into a crowd in the german city of munster let's cross live to our correspondent in berlin peter all of us on the line with me peter bring is the very latest please. yes has been confirmed three people including the driver have been killed after have died after a vehicle plowed into people who were sat at a cafe in munster the driver we understand took his own life that's what we're hearing from the authorities at the scene. he has been that has been confirmed by the interior minister of the state of north rhine-westphalia where this took place in the city of munster another twenty people or so of been injured in this incident as well six of those are described as being in a critical condition the authorities have named the main suspect behind this the

u.s. department of homeland security has sparked widespread concern as caleb often explains. the department of homeland security wants you to gather information on people it refers to as media influencers it's deadline day for applications for the job our mission is to lead the nation effort to protect and enhance the resilience of the nation's physical and cyber infrastructure services shall provide media comparison tools design and rebranding tools communication tools and the ability to identify to media influencers that clearly made many journalists here in the us quite uncomfortable now the concerns seem pretty legitimate think of all the people that could be monitored considered to be media influencers the number of media outlets around the world that they potentially want to monitor is list is around two hundred ninety thousand this includes t.v. print media online and social media now they want access to password protected devices furthermore they want the contact information of the media influencing people in addition to that they want to translation function that can

u.s. department of homeland security has sparked widespread concern explains. the department of homeland security wants you to gather information on people it refers to as media influencers it's deadline day for applications for the job our mission is to lead the nation effort to protect and enhance the resilience of the nation's physical and cyber infrastructure services shall provide media comparison tools design and rebranding tools communication tools and the ability to identify took media influencers that clearly made many journalists here in the us quite uncomfortable now the concerns seem pretty legitimate think of all the people that could be monitored considered to be media influencers the number of media outlets around the world that they potentially want to monitor is list is around two hundred ninety thousand this includes t.v. print media online and social media and they want access to password protected devices furthermore they want the contact information of the media influencing people in addition to that they want to translation function that ca

u.s. department of homeland security has sparked widespread concerns and explains. the department of homeland security wants you to gather information on people it refers to as media influencers it's deadline day for applications for the job our mission is to lead the nation effort to protect and enhance the resilience of the nation's physical and cyber infrastructure services shall provide media comparison tools design and rebranding tools communication tools and the ability to identify to media influencers that clearly made many journalists here in the us quite uncomfortable now the concerns seem pretty legitimate think of all the people that could be monitored considered to be media influencers the number of media outlets around the world that they potentially want to monitor is list is around two hundred ninety thousand this includes t.v. print media online and social media they want access to password protected devices furthermore they want the contact information of the media influencing people in addition to that they want to translation function that can allo

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u.s. department of homeland security connect to the us on any of the platforms is. only directly for him ahmed ghailani we can look at libya now one of the world's strictest male dominated societies it's long been that way but years of conflict gen an increase in lawlessness of marginalized women even further however it looks like female activism is on the rise or double wide as that story from misrata. their voices are not often heard but for a community leader is determined to change that she wants women to play a bigger rule in improving society. at this fair she and other female campaigners have taken the initiative to fundraise for those most in need the sick and the poor . the income of the spare is dedicated to cancer patients in the city other than that we've also created job opportunities by opening a weaving workshop purportedly whom we've also trained. but it is not easy women find themselves at the back of every queue and it comes to seeking help even when it is not for themselves women here say they're the first female activists to do this type of work

u.s. department of homeland security is setting up a media monitoring service as part of the schema d.h.h.s. plans to keep an eye on more than two hundred ninety thousand global news sources and social media to will monitor data in more than one hundred countries one hundred languages rather and set up a database to include all people involved in news the critics all that surprised given president trump's much publicized lack of love for the media as you know i have a running war with the media fake news media or press the crooked media is a failing pile of garbage it's a fake fake they are among the most dishonest human beings on the plans have sparked a strong reaction on twitter maybe the trump homeland security forces would like dissidents to we're monitoring bracelets and submit themselves with tattoos to . the office of homeland security wants to docs all the journalists in the country this isn't bad at all. when you have a president who has called the press the enemy of the american people i think in sunder standard bill for people to be concerned when d.h. asked announces that they

u.s. department of homeland security. thanks very much for joini me. it seems at this point that any vehicle can be used as a weapons of mass destruction. how does that change the game for the intelligence agencies and law enforcement? jack: well, jane, isis has gon record about urging its followers to now think oft differpes of attack modalities instead of just bombs.g they are saye household devices, use low-tech things, use cars, use automobiles, use vans as weapons of mass destruction. now we have a situation where on any given day at any giv locality, an individual, whether he is motivated politically or religiously or for any other reason, can use this type of modality, and unfortunately, as we have seen in toronto, cause significant damage with regard to the loss of life. jane: this clearly is an actee, crime scut police do have a suspect in custody. how helpful is that?in jack: that initely helpful. n metimes you are dealing with a suicide bomber, of europe. now we have a living, breathing suspect, we have a perpetrator. he is going to be debrie

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u.s. department of homeland security seeking to compile a database to monitor thousands of media outlets and journalists around the world under this plan the agency is looking to track over two hundred ninety thousand global new sources in more than one hundred languages including chinese arabic and russian the database will be searchable by location subject and individual media professionals but it's also set to include social media influences the main objective of the plan is described as identifying any and all coverage related to the agency or a particular event that the database is raising concerns. maybe the trump homeland security forces would like dissidents we're monitoring bracelet and submit themselves to tattoo to cool the office of homeland security wants to docs all the journalists in the country this isn't bad at all when you have a president who has called the press the enemy of the american people i think in sunder standard for people to be concerned when d.h. s. announces that they want to create a media monitoring platform in the meantime a spokesperson for the apartment o

u.s. department of homeland security setting up a new media monitoring service last part of the scheme that the h.s. plans to keep a close eye on more than two hundred ninety thousand global news sources as well as social media is going to monitor data and more than one hundred languages and also set up a database to include all people involved in news critics on all that surprised of course given president trump's much publicized lack of love for the media. as you know i have a running war with the media take news media or press the crooked media as a failing pile of garbage fake fake they are among the most dishonest human beings on. the plans of sparked a strong reaction on twitter maybe the trump homeland security forces would like dissidents we're monitoring bracelet and submit themselves with tattoos to cool the office of homeland security once the docs all the journalists in the country this isn't bad at all when you have a president who has called the press the enemy of the american people i think in sunder standard for people to be concerned when d.h.s.s. announces that they want t

u.s. department of homeland security has sparked widespread concerns among journalists as killam up and explains. the department of homeland security wants you to gather information on people it refers to as media influencers it's deadline day for applications for the job our mission is to lead the nation the effort to protect and enhance the resilience of the nation's physical in cyber infrastructure services shall provide media comparison tools design and rebranding tools communication tools and the ability to identify took media. and cers that clearly made many journalists here in the us quite uncomfortable now the concerns seem pretty legitimate think of all the people that could be monitored considered to be media influencers the number of media outlets around the world that they potentially want to monitor is list is around two hundred ninety thousand this includes t.v. print media online and social media and they want access to password protected devices furthermore they want the contact information to media influencing people in addition to that they want to translation function that can

u.s. department of homeland security to monitor the work of news outlets. with the latest on these stories head to r.t. dot com stay with us we're going underground and if you're watching us in the u.k. sputnik explores the troubled relationship between labor leader gerry corbin and the media. this is being treated as a major incident involving eccentric. administration over nerve agents it is now clear that mr script common distorter were poisoned with a military grade nerve agent of the type developed by russia this was attempted murder in the most cruel and public way if russia is behind this is a brazen. war the government has concluded that it is highly likely that russia was responsible for the act against them to the script how can we just stop russia today broadcasting it's probably going to we need to continue seeking a robust dialogue with russia rather than simply trying to contact and letting the tensions. and divisions get worse and potentially even more dangerous we got into midnight tonight to clear up the matter of russia used radiological s

u.s. department of homeland security to monitor the work of news outlets. for the latest on the stories head to r.t. dot com at the top of the hour my colleague daniel hawkins will be here with a full news bulletin while coming up ukrainian american pianist valentino sits there is a special guest on the kinds of reforms. i am now skies are welcome to the kaiser report in this edition of the kaiser report the role of max kaiser well the ploy by a max kaiser but. yes i've become a bug. with. stacy well you know what we're downtown new york city and was in this famous wall street right down here when during the great depression those thousands of people outside the stock exchange when the whole thing they swooped down to the wall street area wondering what was going on with the crash yes they were waiting for the likes of j.p. morgan to rescue stock prices once again but stocks post were start to april since the great depression april is the cruelest month rumor t.s. eliot's diddy yes wow and they are all trumped up and tarted up on broadway with the fricken c

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u.s. mexico border, mexico's president enrique calling for a formally review of u.s. cooperation. so far texas and arizona have deployed more than 500 guardman for what the department of homeland securitys. >> your mission is to support the efforts of the u.s. department of homeland security in their efforts to secure the border and keep the communities on the border safe. >> new mexico just announcing more than 80 troops deploy later this we can. it's also beginning wall construction along a 20 mile stretch of border this month. >> it's harder to get over, harder to get through, harder to get underneath. it's a 5-foot anti-scaling plate. >> the border crossing increased 20 oh% in march compared to last year when they were at historic lows. some are worried about the military presence. >> it's important to keep our country safe. >> sister norma runs a a group waiting asylum. >> it's never not important to to look at the human needs. >> california is the only state not committed to sending guardman to the border. a guard spokesman says the governor is considering it. dawnia bacchus, abc news los angeles. >>> president trump is skipping an upcoming summit in south america in order to ove

u.s. department of homeland security as part of their efforts to track foreign influencing happening around world and the united states. so what we know is the trump administration, the pentagon, very much tracking this right now. and because of this uptick in russian online activity, it is one of the reasons the pentagon has come out over the weekend with more details about what they say they did in attacking those sites, trying to put their words out there from the pentagon directly about why the u.s. undertook the action, what the u.s. goals were, and what the u.s. military attacks were really all about. so certainly something to watch right now because while i haven't seen any military reaction from moscow, apparently they're getting quite a lot of reaction online. ana? >> apparently as investigators are working to gain access to the site of this suspected chemical attack, barbara, we're now hearing a u.s. official saying russia may have tampered with that site? >> well, what the thinking is right now is that russian military most likely russian personnel went to that site in syria, aft

u.s. department of homeland security saying it holds the kremlin responsible. enied the allegations. if you look at some of the stock market trades in russia today, you can see a lot of green on that board a lot of those major energy firms, banks, well known blue chip stocks in moscow all trading well into the green. we look at the ruble as well, we can see that this is slightly weaker on the day against the u.s. dollar. the dollar is up 0.4% against the russian ruble. >> president trump rejected a fresh round of sanctions set to be imposed against russia, contradicting nickki haley who announced that the u.s. would place sanctions on russian companies found to be assisting the syrian weapons program responding to the change in course, the white house press secretary said we are considering additional sanctions on russia and a decision will be nad made in the near future. >>> president trump's personal lawyer, michael cohen, revealed that fox news personality sean hannity is also on his client list hannity, who frequently defends president trump on air, said he

u.s./mexico border, mexico's president nieto calling for a formal review of u.s. cooperation. so far, texas and arizona have deployed more than 500 guards men for what the department of homeland securityant crisis. >> your mission is to support the efforts of the u.s. department of homeland security in their efforts to secure the border and keep the communities on the border safe. >> reporter: new mexico just announcing more than 80 troops will deploy later this week. it is also beginning wall construction along a 20-mile stretch of the border this month. >> it's going to be harder to get over, harder to get through, harder to get underneath. >> reporter: dhs says attempted border crossings increased 200% in march, compared to last year when illegal border crossings were at historic lows. some are worried. sister pimenthal runs a charity that helps the families. california is the only border state that is not committed to sending national guardsmen to the border. a guard spokesman said the governor is considering it. diane and kendis? >>> the european union's top court has ruled uber can face criminal charges in france. it is gist tjust the latest tro for uber in europe. uber is appea

u.s. department of homeland security. good to have you with us this hour.ke described as targeted, described as precise. we're starting to hear reaction from the region and from around the world. the greater question this morning as people wake up in the united states, the question regarding the impact on syria. and russia's support of that nation. what do you think follows from this? >> i think the impact long term will probably be minimal. that's not to say that the strike was wrong or shouldn't have been done. it is simply to say the strike itself was targeted for a reason. simply to make a statement to syria and russia, its supporter, that a particular use of a weapon, chemical weapons against a civilian population would not be targeted. does this mean that we in the united states or even the west has a long-term syria policy? no. does it mean that russia will all of a sudden abandon assad? no. it simply means that for assad, he will now know that the use of these weapons will be met with some statement by the west. the longer term implications are prob

u.s. department of homeland security and said help, fema does not have enough personnel to respond. our partners at the dhs stepped up to the plate and sourced personnel from 15 different federal departments and agencies. these are not trained responders. these are people who got a gmail from dhs and said we need help with support missions. especially in maria, we need bilingual speakers. thank you to the workforce who stepped up to the plate and volunteered to the mission. shortly after maria, i went to a hospital. i saw -- what we were doing on the ground, we, the federal government, it the just -- government, he had a federal batch. i assumed he was dhs. i said thanks for explaining this to me. thek you for begin for disaster survivors and making sure the hospital can be operational. i said, i assume your hhs. he said no, i'm from nasa. -- assume you are from hhs. he said no, i'm from nasa. five, land use planning -- existing structure should be relocated to safer areas to minimize impact from hazards. it is how and where we build and how the decisions affect local and regional r

to accept an expanded grant award in the amount of approximately 1 million from the department of u.s. homeland security for the replacement of the police department marine time dock and to upgrade the audio system. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. i believe we have katey puccioni. >> my name is megan wallace. >> supervisor fewer: oh, megan, from the port of san francisco. >> yes. i'm the finance and procurement manager with the port. it turns out rainy days on broadway and polk street are not quick routes here. so today i'm here to seek your approval for a resolution to expand and accept a grant from the grant's support security program in the amount of 1.4 million. this includes 1,059,000 in grant funding, and a 353,000 local match. the existing dock is in extreme disrepair. it lacks physical security and so this -- this work will make sure that expensive and vulnerable equipment is protected from the public. and i do want to note that the police department and the port are working very closely on this project together. additionally, we have an $82,000 project to install new equipment in the

u.s. and russia. the department of homeland security. the u.s.ts jointly advise that russian hackers secretly launched a cybercampaign this time targeting the internet routers in homes and businesses. the goal to commit espionage, steal business secrets and lay the ground work for cyberattacks. >> they can be easy targets because often times once install they're not maintained at the same level of security as aa desk top or a server. >> the australian government says the russian may have already carried out an attack on their companies. >> i understand that the -- the attacks which occurred in august of last year since -- since the examination of those attacks has been going on, the united states and the united kingdom believe they've identified the perpetrators of those attacks as russian states sponsor cyberactors. >> security analysts warn we are on the cusp of cyberwarfare with russia. this comes on the heels of a recent intelligence report that the russians have been tarring infrastructure like the powered grid, water supply systems and nucl

of by groups the u.s. justice department and department of homeland security said that they were going to increase the number of workers and judges and administrators here in order to deal with the influx so there is some sort of disconnect between those statements and what is actually happening now as far as what the president said i'm unfortunately so i didn't hear it myself but i would state that under u.s. and international law u.s. border and customs authorities are required to take claims of asylum seriously when a person comes to the border. and says i request asylum i am fearful of returning back to my country of origin for a variety of reasons including persecution based on political beliefs on religion on the group in society and others then under the law they are the authorities are required to begin a process of bringing those people into the united states and beginning to adjudicate where those claims are true or not usually they're kept in detention until the claims can be adjudicated and it's a very long and complex process if you look at the flow chart for this process it's goes through dozen

u.s. government whether the pentagon, department of homeland security, federal prosecutor. you look at these developments whether syria, russia probe, what's going on in the u.s.-mexico border, what worries you the most? >> the sheer instability of it. i worry that in this atmosphere the president does not have the -- i worry he's not getting the right advice. i worry that it may be a lot of people are telling him what he wants to hear. i have a lot of confidence in jim mattis and a lot of confidence in john kelly. both of them are friends of mine. i think it's critical in this environment when you're dealing with a serious national security issue concerning syria that he gets the right advice and able to sort it out and gets the right mix of views. i'm worried that right now in this environment where he's plainly distracted by the special counsel's investigation that he be able to make the right decision. >> he may be getting a lot of good advice but may be ignoring a lot of that as well. >> i hope not. >> we'll see what happens. it's a serious, dangerous situation that's

department just as working right of immigration related litigation matters and is an assistant chief counsel with u.s. immigration and customs enforcement, otherwise known as i.c.e. within the department of homeland security director mchenry has a bachelors of science from georgetown university and foreign service and a masters of art and political science from vanderbilt and a juris doctorate from vanderbilt law school. thank you both for being here today. ms. gambler, we will recognize you first foror any open remarkk you care to make. obviously any extended wit remarks were made part of the record so you can feel free to summarize. >> thank you -- >> if you would -- senator durbin reminded me, we need to administer the oath so if you would stand. raise your right hand. [witnesses were sworn in] >> all right. now, ms. gambler please make any open remark she care to make. >> good afternoon chairman cornyn and ranking member durbin and members of the subcommittee. thanku you for the opportunityo appear at today's hearing to discuss gao's work within the executive officee for immigratin review, or eoir. eoir is responsible for conducting immigration court proceedings to uniformly administer and interpret u

the fbi and department of homeland security state that since at least march 2016, russia has targeted government entities and multiple u.s. critical fractures including energy and nuclear sectors. a year ago i called for a comprehensive assessment of the cyber attacks by russians and repeatedly asked the trump administration to tackle this urgent task and make sure we have an assessment. if the fbi and department of homeland security's recent admission is not a siren, then i don't know what is. i hope that the belated response is the first step in turning that around to being a robust response to protect our critical infrastructure. at a hearing last week, mr. secretary, you appeared with your colleagues in the commerce committee and said that you are not confident that the federal government has a broad strategy in place. maybe we can elaborate and talk a little bit about that in the q&a. but as we discussed at a hearing earlier this month, establishing a new d.o.e. cyber office with marginal increases is not a substitute for the serious investment and meaningful action that we need. you told this committee earlier this

u.s.-mexico border. the department of homeland security said this week that while the arrest of people trying to cross illegally did increase exponentially in the month of march compared to this time last year, overall they've been trending down since the year 2000. they hit a 46-year low last year. >>> breaking news now. 14 people are dead after a bus carrying a junior league hockey team crashed in canada. the bus collided with a tractor-trailer in saskatchewan providence last night. the coaches and players for president humboldt broncos team were on board. they were on their way to a playoff game. witnesses say it took hours to pull the victims out of that mangled wreckage. most of the team's players were in their late teens. 14 others were also injured in this accident. >>> all right. coming up, exclusive new details about another adviser to president trump that tried to get their hands on dirt about hillary clinton during the presidential campaign. more ahead. >>> epa head scott pruitt is staying in hiswi position but being forced out of his condo. a couple says pruitt could not take the hint. a golf clubth

of that caravan from central america that traversed mexico has dwindled down from 1,000 people if 50. they are arriving at the u.s.-mexico border and the president has ordered the department of homeland securityop them from crossing that border. reporter: the first central american migrants have reached the u.s. bored with tijuana. some have already asked for asylum, citing violence in their own country. >> if time allows, i'll try to reach the united states. >> they deserve asylum. we as a country should be meeting them with open arms. reporter: while the caravan mostly disbanded as it moved across mexico. those who are left and those supporting them continue to draw the ire of president trump. he tweeted i instructed the secretary of homeland security not to allow these large caravans of people town our country. people should seek asylum in the first country they enter. if members of the caravan enter the country illegally, they will be prosecuted. the president promised to end the negotiations on nafta. mexico must stop people from going through mexico into the u.s. we may make this a condition of the new nafta agreement. and we must get wall funding fast. there are sending the signal that

u.s. senator ron wyden the democrat out of oregon the department of homeland security revealed that the d h s national protection programs directorate has observed anomalous activity in the national capital region that appears to be consistent with international mobile subscriber identity captures what all that godly group means is yes foreign or criminally operated sting rays have descended upon washington d.c. and quite frankly i wish i was talking about the cartilaginous special no i'm talking sting rays and devices like them you may remember simulate cell towers in order to capture mobile device signals and the devices these sting rays depending on their sophistication can do everything from eavesdrop on your calls to plant malware on your phone now if that upsets you make sure you're sitting down because the united states government as of now isn't planning to do anything about it let's find out why as we start watching the hawks. like you that i got. this. week that. well they were the ones with the hawks i am to roll with for them to have a lot and where probably being listened to

department of justice working on a variety of immigration-related litigation matters and as an assistant chief counsel with u.s. immigration and customs enforcement, otherwise known as i.c.e., within the department of homeland security. director mchenry has a bachelor of science from georgetown university in foreign service and a master's of arts in political science from vanderbilt and a juris doctor from vanderbilt law school. thank you both for being here and ms. gambler, we'll recognize you first for any opening remarks you want to make. any extended written remarks will be made part of the record, so you can feel free to summarize. >> thank you. >> if you would, senator durbin reminded me, i need to administer the oath, so if you'd stand, please. raise your right hand. do each of you swear or affirm you will tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god? >> i do. >> i do. >> thank you. all right. now, ms. gambler, please make any opening remarks you care to make. >> good afternoon, chairman corbin and ranking member durbin and members of the subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to appear at today's hearing to discuss gao's work reviewing eoir. eoir is responsible for immigrat

of suspicion. two years ago we reported several other students had been denied entry into the u.s., sent back to their native india as the department of homeland securitybills, an