Really sad. That is absolutely heartbreaking. Oh, brandi. You need to keep on keeping on. Thank you for the work you do, and thanks for coming to talk to us about it. In the meantime, there are a slew of new headlines in the Trump Classified documents case, along with reports of that new audiotape. The implications of all of this with the author of these stories, our new hour starts right now. A very good day from all of you to msnbc World Headquarters in new york, thank you to alex witt reports. We begin this hour with new reaction to the big debt ceiling deal, with President Biden having signed it today. His historic First Oval Office address dominating the front pages of newspapers across the country, highlighting his pronouncement of crisis averted, and his message of unity and bipartisanship i know bipartisanship is hard. And unity is hard. But we can never stop trying, no matter how tough our politics gets, we need to see each other not as adversaries, but as federal americans. T
John pistole, just weeks before this event. I am pleased that the tsa is undertaking a review to see what lessons to be learned from lac and i look forward to the results. I encourage them to bring in stakeholders. They have a significant role to play. And in addition to the hearing is an opportunity to also exam some of the findings in gaos report on screening passengers by Technique Program. Referred to as spot. I had the opportunity of observing this on 911. I am a fan of the program. I have seen it work firsthand. I have been a strong advocate of this. But the studies have shown less than favorable and show they limit the funding until an accurate study is included and use behavioral indicators to identify behavior. It will be three years before we can begin measuring the effecti effectiveness of spot. I look forward to hearing the argument and the argument that spot is riskbased. I think that is a good premise. I would like to hear the explanation used to support this. I am disapp
Get rates that corporations get. They were paying nearly 20 more for insurance. Thats the simple idea behind the exchange as we have learned the implementation is not that simple. And the hope is these improvements will be made so people can sign up for their health care. I have to respond a little bit because i think were going to find that the problems with the website are the least of the problems with the Affordable Care act. Ii was in maine the past weekend. And a Small Business man called me, whose insurance had been canceled because it does not comply with obamacare. Hes facing a 54 increase in his premiums. Another constituent contacted me because her insurance also had been canceled. Insurance that she liked. She has a 19yearold son with Cystic Fibrosis who has been treated his entire life at boston childrens hospital. Under the new plan that the exchange is offering in the state of maine. She can no longer take her son to the doctor who is treated him his entire life at child
In arrests that indicated a terrorist plot or something of that nature . 0 not to my knowledge. They were for other criminal oarch ovens. Whether its Drug Trafficking money trafficking, being in the country illegally. To my knowledge just for context, theres not been a single attempted terrorist to enter a u. S. Airport aircraft since 9 11. Any Human Trafficking . Yes. There was an instan, for example, last year in miami where there were two men young women and the situation and intercededded in arrest of the two individuals. And then whether rescued that woman from Human Trafficking or what . At least for the immediate time. Let me ask you another question. Before i ask a question, i want to say thank you for your leadership, and when i talk about leadership, its sometimes the leadership is when you go down a path and you realize its not working. That it may not have been the best decision to reverse it. Thats the hard part of leadership. So thank you for your decision with denies and
Dont get me wrong. Ive seen it work firsthand. Ive been a strong advocate for this program. However, we have had results of a gao study that are less than favorable. Gao recommends that tsa limit future funding for the program so an accurate study is completed using behavioral indicators to identify based on tsas own plans it will be at least three years before they can begin measuring the effectiveness of spot. Im that tsa disagrees with the gaos findings and i look forward to hearing that. And also argues that spot is riskbased, which i think its a good premise. I would like to hear tsas explanation and information used to support this. Frankly, i am disappoindisappoin ted with the findings in the report because i believe, as i said, theres value in assessing behavior in aviation environment. They are our centuryold techniques and tools Law Enforcement and other security organizations, including israel. Many people pointed israel as a model. That will allow individuals to assess beha