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Issue of money. this screening technology cost a lot of money. tp is something to keep in mind when we talk about the idea of cutting the state department by 30% or 40%. this kind of stuff and working and homeland security reaches out to protect americans even. not just being nice across the world. it has to do with our safety here at heme. >> we are talking about ten airports in north africa and middle east. is the ban wide enough if its so publicized, are you concerned that terrorists could ev...

Anything done, so this is yet another example of obstruction which, while republicans may be rewarded for that, democrats usually arent. >> garland was obstruction too. this would be the case. i dont think voters vote on process. its arcane. >> this report came up a couple of hours ago reporting the g.a.o. government accountability office, taking up a request from democrats to review costs associated with president trumps stays at mar-a-lago. these are some of the areas theyre looking to include...

Employees, now 12 people have been arrested charged with smuggling 20tons of cocaine with insider help. of the 12 six former and transportation security administration agents were charged with smuggling drugs into the u.s. from puerto rico between 1998 and 2016. agents would make sure that suitcases filled with cocaine passed x-ray machines at puerto ricos main airport, minimum sentence of ten years behind bars, up to life in prison. the u.s. attorney general for puerto rico, quote, these arrest...

People dont understand is this concept of extreme vetting, because to get to the united states is not an easy thing. to get a visa, also includes background checks. it includes vetting before people are given the visas. in the cases of refugees, youre talking about a process that entails multiple layers of background checks, vetting, security screening, even family members of those applying for asylum are also checked before they are given their visas. and can take at least about two years on av...

Found in background checks. history showed it happened before. back in 2014 at the minneapolis st. paul airport, three male workers who had access for planes recruited by isis. also smuggler smuggled 153 firearms. about 900,000 people we should say work at airports across the country and can bypass normal security screening, only miami, orlando and atlanta screen all employees and their bags and in response, tsa says it appreciates the committees effort, they are reviewing the report, back to yo...

Immigrants on whether they have been on public assistant. its smart to slow immigration down, be smart about it, go through process of security screening, for example, procedure, but its wrong to deport or deny just on the basis of whether someone might be on public assistance, tall research shows as you said immigrants built the country, they added more to the country than subtract to the country economically. heather: does this means that being on public assistance is a crime? >> not to say th...

International terrorists and lone wolfs here at home. then in iran specifically, a country that is, right now, tilting between hard liners and moderates who want to engage with the west. this is a huge win for hard liners and makes rouhanis job even more difficult and youre worried about a conflict between the united states and iran this makes it much more likely. this is going to get americans killed, i believe it and we can make the moral argument i think that is important but the national sec...

Abide by this executive order. this travel ban put in place by the trump administration. there have been a lot of c confusion about whether green card holders could either lead the u.s. and make it back in or out of u.s. as this was put in place if they would be able to return. this is what we are hearing this clarification coming from homeland security secretary john kelly. this is a statement clarifying this. it says, the status of these green card holders that lawful, permanent resident statu...

Theyve been arriving in the country in the past few days. and the kremlin calls their deployment a threat to western interest and security. for the obama administration this is important for the nato allies. lets go to poland and cnn correspondent atika shubert. atika, what are you hearing from that point of the world? >> reporter: well, christi, poland is very much until favor of this. theyll be having a ceremony hearing in just under two hours. the polish prime minister will be officially welc...

Said, i was just about to step through the security screening. i put my shoes, phone, wallet, all my belongings into the trays. they were able to go through. thats when the shooting started and thats when everybody started running. i had to run without even a belt on my pant, with everything. i just had to run. >> now what are you seeing there right now, as understand youre still at the airport? >> im still at the airport. were -- im in terminal d. terminal 2, section d6. we were let back inside...