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Attempts to shield the american public from information. weve also heard about security levels at the top of the white house. the security clearance does not apply to elected officials. they get to vet their candidate through the electoral process. from a broader category standpoint, the fact this information is being withheld, is problematic and perhaps is something congress should think about in future years, actually requiring some of these disclosures of voters have a right where the problem...

Allowing our agents that do that now to be freed up to go and be redeployed to the line. we will add to capacity using that workforce to raise security levels. steve: okay. ron, are they going to be armed? >> they are going to be protected self-defense. none of the individual assignments we are giving them will require them to be armed because they are not going to be doing law enforcement duties. they will have the ability to defend themselves depending on what the assignments are. steve: sure,...

Security levels you could have in the u.s. government. theres no position in my organization that was as sensitive as the staff secretary to the president of the united states. this is a position. this is a person who sees everything that goes to the presidents desk and deals with from across the u.s. government every sensitive secret that we hold. >> for more than a year he did not have clearance. theres others, dozens in the white house at high levels, including jared kushner. that summit set ...

>> yes, i am. quite frankly i wonder how bad does this have to get before we realize we have to do some things fundamentally differently. i would argue if you look at the internet of things, you look at the security levels within those components, folks, this is going to -- we think the problem is a challenge now, but we just wait, it is going to get much, much more, exponentially from a security perspective. >> director pompeo, north korea is likely to press ahead with more tests in 2018, missi...

And i would argue if you look at the internet of things, you look at the security levels within those components, folks, this is going to order of magnitude. if we think the problem is a challenge now we just wait, it will get much more expo ten usually from a security perspective. >> director pompeo, north korea is likely to promote tests noting that a test over the pacific may be under consideration by pyongyang. what haves the regional reaction this kind of test would be? >> senator, thanks f...

A law enforcement source telling cnn the suspect has plebdged allegiance to isis and that he was motivated by recent actions in gaza. most recently, investigators say ullah had worked during the port authority, doing electrical work along with his brother. he had been licensed to drive a taxi in new york, but its unclear if he ever did. his license expired in 2015. ullah is a permanent legal resident who came to the united states in 2011 to join family members already living in new york. this at...

Killed. were always that close to a disaster. >> sandra: well have to leave it there. before i let you go, are we going to be seeing any changes to security levels in new york city with new years eve approaching and the holidays and hundreds of thousands of people planning their trips to this island of manhattan? are we making any changes? >> i can assure you the commissioner is the best doing everything they have to do. theyll do more. theyre always on high alert but they can always go higher. ...

Because its the most sensationalistic thing possible. i will leave it out there. the president is not good at refraining from getting into the ring with all of these matters especially when it gets into things that he cared about during the campaign or the russia probe. this seems like another thing to get back to the point, there is an issue that is a real issue. its so completely taken over by the situation. can you say the same thing about the russia probe and meddling and the security levels...

Well. >> white house officials say they have worked with homeland security and the state department to create some new guidelines here. those are based on how a country issues passports. their security levels. and whether they share information about terrorists inside their borders. the president recently said the ban needs to be, quote, far larger, tougher, and more specific. the presidents previous ban restricted travel from these six countries. you see them there. multiple courts ruled agains...

Stand by our friends in the u.s. in fighting and confronting this issue. we have had deep and comprehensive discussions that reflect the depth of our bilateral and historic relationship, and advanced relationships and all levels at the political, economic, and military and security levels. in order to serve the mutual interests of our two countries and people. i here would like to commend the commitment that we have sensed here on the part of the u.s. about the security o of the state of kuwait ...