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Some of the most detailed accounts of what exactly happened in that baggage claim area. gabe gutierrez, thank you very much for that update. we now know the alleged gunman apparently retrieved a firearm from his checked baggage before opening fire. its bringing in a lot of new questions and a set of concerns about airport security. joining me now kenneth hoenig. he was the commanding officer at jfk and laguardias in new york. great to have you with us. >> good morning. >> i hate to say it takes ...

Airports around the country. its outside the security perimeter? >> thats right. we talk about this all the time when we see incidents happen not just here but overseas. this is the so-called soft target area of the airport f you talk to any law enforcement official they will tell you its almost impossible to eliminate vulnerabilities or a threat and get that down to zero. he took advantage of that vulnerability within the airport, the baggage claim. as weve been reporting, legally, as it appear...

Electricity subsector coordinating council, the escc. is that something, that comment, are we looking at getting some success out of that? >> i think its emblematic of a lot of work that the intelligence community has done, the department of homeland security, in engaging with each of the i think 16 key infrastructure sectors in this country, and providing what we have embarked on is provided them, tailored to each one of those sector, intelligence estimates of what the threats ad vulnerabilitie...

Member reed, members of the committee, good morning. thank you for the opportunity to appear before the committee today on behalf of the national cyber command and national security agency. im honored to appear with general clapper and applaud him for his many years of public service. when we last met in september, i discussed the changing cyber threat environment. today i look forward to further discussing this complex issue. of course some aspects of what we do must remain classified to protec...

He sits ons foreign relations committee, which is going to have to approve rex tillersons nomination for secretary of stat tillerson has been charming, ne well in his rounds im told because but if this issue explodes, its potentially at risk. >> i want to bring in the former supreme allied commander of nato. jack reed is suggesting the russians politically left their fingerprints on this attack. why would they do that? >> what we have here is an enormously important issue. how do we defend ourse...

He went back and forth with clapper about that. >> i understand, and i understand that senators graham and mccain are hardliners when it comes to these issues, and i said it before and i will state again, my worry is that if we keep focusing on russia, we are not going to focus on what is most important, which is our vulnerabilities and our cyber security, because if we are only looking in one place that means we are not looking everywhere else. >> harris: or anywhere else. >> kennedy: i thank t...

Government through the electricity coordinating council. is that something were looking at getting some success out of that? >> i think its emblematic of a lot of work that the intelligence community has done and department of home land security in engaging with each of the 16 key infrastructure sectors in this country and providing what we have embarked on is providing them tailor to each one of those sectors intelligence estimates of what the threats and vulnerabilities are in order to help th...

Electricity sub sector coordinating council. is that something -- are we looking at getting some success out of that? >> i think its emblematic of a lot of work that the intelligence community has done, the department of homeland security in engaging with 16 key infrastructure sectors in this country and providing what we have embarked on is providing them tailored to each one of those sectors intelligence estimates of what the threats and vulnerabilities are in order to help them take measures ...

Today on behalf of the united states cyber command and the national security agency. im honored to appear beside director clapper and the under secretary and applaud them both for their many years of public service. its been a true honor. when we last met in september i talked about the changing cyber environment and i look forward to discussing this issue. some aspects of what we do must remain classified to protect our nations security. i will limit my discussion to those in the public domain ...

Thank you for the opportunity to appear before the committee today on the behalf of the united states cyber command and national security agency. im honored to appear beside general clapper and under secretary lettre. its been a true honor. today i look forward to furst discussing this complex issue. of course some aspects of what we do must remain classified to protect our nations security, so today i will limit my discussion to those in the public domain. we have seen over the course of the la...