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Also be vital to achieving much more effective enforcement against cyber threats and the department of justice clearly has a lead role to play in that essential effort. we must honestly assess our vulnerabilities and have a clear plan for defense and offense when it comes to cybersecurity. the department of justice must never falter in its obligation to protect the civil rights of every american. particularly those most vulnerable. a special priority for me in this regard will be the aggressive ...

I hope for the sake of the country he is successful. for the sake of the country, as well, looking back, looking forward in terms of how we gain news, look at the credibility of news. in terms of the vulnerabilities of elections in france and germany and the netherlands this year, we need to get it out the american people and our nato allies that these actions we saw in the past american election were unprecedented. and i think it was attacking our democratic process. we believe this is unpreced...

>> paul, what do you see in terms of the vulnerabilities, that may be magnified as a result of this? >> the tsa has 20 layers of aviation security. its from canines to protection. theres two layers that come to mind when i review that cctv or surveillance footage. he was on a death march, really. and what we have to look at, theres two layers that come to mind when i think about this. theres the intelligence layer, what did we know before he came to the airport? and the no-fly list, much more in...

Theoretically normal, are trying to evaluate his behavior or his mental condition, based on what we think it should be for a rational person. if he has psychiatric problems, he is not normal. he is not rational. he may be functional as we see, to operate that weapon and kill people. but hes not going to look at life, and the life of other people, in the same manner that you or i or most people would look at them. >> so, tom, i would imagine that law enforcement is look at evaluation in a few dif...

>> im sure the facts will come out. im sure this man had serious psychiatric problems, that by the way, does not excuse this behavior. i want to mention that. its a serious psychiatric problem. i dont know what it is yet because we tonight know all of the facts. >> and then, tom, as you look at this video, were talking about this suspect, this gunman, taking advantage of peoples vulnerabilities. people feeling, you know, protected and in a controlled environment, protecting their luggage. and th...

Debb debbie wasserman schultz who was part of that press conference. this airport where tlaft. lauderdale, we heard you say you have a to do list when you go back to washington. when we heard in the press conference, what we saw unfold yesterday, it really does at least shed the light on two glaring issues, that of potentially mental illness and that of the vulnerabilities of our airports across the country. so as you go back to washington, what is it that you would like to address first? >> wel...

A mental health practitioner, youre talking about millions of people. >> this is way different than visiting a mental health practitioner. this guy had what to be a psychiatric hold, in two weeks in the hospital for mental health issues. if youre in alaska and you have a domestic abuse conviction, youre not supposed to be able to own a gun and appears as though he had a concealed carry permit. >> yeah, there may be a breakdown in that, again, depending whether that was reported or not reported b...

Aviation analyst mary schiavo. thank you for being with us. do you see any areas in this process where there are some vulnerabilities that could have been compromised here? >> well, certainly, and starting, of course, with the airline. alaska airlines actually has a rule that says if youre traveling with a rifle or shotgun case, that you have to present your claimed i.d. to pick it up at the baggage claim office. that would have been one more intermediary for this. he had a small hand gun in a c...

He was in a position to access those weapons. secondly, the baggage claim area is a pretty open area. family members come to help you know, a lone traveler with multiple bag of luggage, so those carts pull up, people get out, go in and help. but any car could roll up and people could come storming into the baggage claim with firearms. theyre not going through any kind of major security check, if any, to get into baggage claim and most airports, they may have one or two police officers down there...

A little bit different, you know, could have blocked him. >> something weve talked about in the past, when you compare airport attacks, thinking about brussels, istanbul, multiple attacks hitting some of the soft targets of the airport. does this attack and your expertise highlight one of the vulnerabilities that we have at our airports across the country, the baggage claim area, the ticketing check-in? where do you see the vulnerabilities as a result of this attack? >> yes. vulnerability a at a...