Something you heard from me over and over again. There is not such thing as 100 security. No matter how good you are and you are good. And no matter how good the first two rose here are, good and they are good. Something could happen somewhere so, my question is, what are you doing to prepare america for the day after a possible attack . Well, i have a lot of faith in this country. I mean we, we have agencies, systems in place for emergency response, for disaster response. Ii have a lot of faith in the character and culture of this nation. And how we respond to crises. I think it is no accident that, twice i think i think i got it right. Twice as many people ran in the Boston Marathon this year as last year, in light of what happened in 2013. I was there on the finish line and it was a remarkable experience to be at the Boston Marathon in 2014 after the tragedy of 2013. I was in manhattan on 9 11 and i was in manhattan in the days after 9 11 and in the new york area to see people who, a lot of people in Lower Manhattan got up went to work the very next day. People former colleagues of mine in the pentagon, the day after of the pentagon was hit, were at work the very next day at their desk in the ering. So i do not underestimate the character, and the courage and this is what i was referring to, of the American People in responding to a crisis situation. I think that whats incumbent upon us in government service, National Security and Homeland Security is to be straight with people about the risks, about the threats. The last the last two statements that i put out where i announced the things we were doing to enhance Homeland Security ramming up the federal Protection Service and Aviation Security people in the public always, always think when they read things like that what are you not telling me . What are you hiding from me . Why are you doing these things . What is prompting you to do this what youre not telling me . What i said in the each the statements i write them myself because i want the reason to do this is elf evident. The attacks that i referred to canada and paris, and the calls by terrorist organizations for further attacks on the west so were not hiding the ball. I think that its important for us in Homeland Security to be straight with the public about the situation that we face, without scaring people without encouraging, discouraging people from flying, going to the super bowl pogue to public gatherings. These are things we all cherish and take for granted in this country. I think it is important that we be straight and, not be afraid to ask the public for things ask for Public Participation in our Homeland Security efforts. That is one of the reasons we have this new, if you see something Say Something presentation that we rolled out yesterday for the super bowl. It is going to be all over the super bowl all over the stadium. And its like the very expensive painting you probably have in your house, jane. You hang it there and stop looking at it after a while and but then if you put a new frame on it move it around, you say that is nice painting. You start looking at it again, start admiring again. Thats what i want people to do with the if you see something Say Something message. Were representing it to the american public. There was a lovely photo on the evening news of a guy on the back bay positives ton, shoveling snow on the finish line of the Boston Marathon. His point, this should not be covered up. What a strong powerful message. I end my questions folks with one about the super bowl. Why wouldnt i do that. You said Homeland Security should not be a political football so lets ask about football. Im not sure how much you can tell this audience about the precautions for the super bowl. You wouldnt tell me whether youre going. I guess it is classified. I was there yesterday. But can you reassure the public that precautions are taken . Im giving awe chance to offer any comments you want about deflated footballs. Im going to stay away from deflated footballs. Im going to stay away for any preference. None of my teams got anywhere close to the super bowl this year. And i was there yesterday. Saw firsthand the marvlous cooperation and partnership the federal government has with Arizona StatePublic Safety, with the Glendale Police department, the Phoenix Police department. I met with the governor. And it is a marvlous partnership. It seems to be working seamlessly. Ive confident that weve taken tremendous precautions for the super bowl. There are magnetometers everywhere. Were screening all the people who come into the stadium including workers. Were screening all the vehicles that get within a certain distance of the stadium. And so i encouraged, in a press conference there yesterday, that we that we, im confident that well have a safe and successful game. Somebody asked me what do you fear most about the super bowl . I said overtime. [laughing] all right. Well it is warmer weather there. So the ball should not inflate, deflate. Questions from the audience. Im not going there. Please identify yourself and ask a question. Well hear your comments at another forum. But please just ask a question. Yes in the corner here. Mr. Secretary, im with the sobrowksi institute out at the naval postgraduate school. Art is as you know is the Leading Light on Information Technology. Im working on a project with Naval Academy on trying to expand the knowledge of the threats of Information Technology without making everyone feel the way i felt as a child. I had to dive under a chair. Yes. Ask your question. My question how do you tell that story let everyone understand how tenuous we are in terms of what can go wrong . Everything from, i mean i remember when we started working at this, guns could just put out a thank you. You get the idea. Got it. This goes back to what i said before. We have the obligation to be straight with the American People. To be realistic and when we present challenges and threats i think we also have to present the solutions too. So when we talk about the terrorists threat globally, i also want to talk about in the next paragraph heres what were doing about it. And go through the things that were, you know, okay, it is good to bring the public the problem but i think we owe the Public Solutions as well. And, i am not, im not of the school of thought that you just tell the public about all the threats without also telling the public about, okay, were doing this, were doing that, were doing this were doing. That and i think that is key. Question over here. Thank you jane. Im from syrianamerican council. Were the largest syrianorganization in the United States. Were covering 13 states. We would like to thank your department about everything they are doing with syria. At the same time i handed awe protocol guide for the syrianamerican community. We would like to partner with you. The extremist is our enemy. I know syria is focus Going Forward for all the terrorists. It is our enemy as much as your enemy. It is that were all from the same nation and were looking forward to working with your department. Thank you. Earlier last year when i was in, when i was in chicago suburb i visited a with leaders in the syrianamerican community. I was impressed by the cohesiveness of the community and i have been doing a number of engagements in the Community Around the country as i mentioned. To talk to people about their issues with the department, talked to them about public awareness, Public Participation. In their efforts and i want to continue to do that. So thank you for your comments. In the far back, last, last, row. Then well go to you. May name is karen with the bbc. If you can tell me about the conference planned in february on countering violent extremism and cooperation that you have with u. K. Officials or with people in other countries. Well, im going to the u. K. Next week to meet with several of my counterparts. One of the things in our agenda, ways which we engage our community further in our respective countries. Weve had that one of my engagements. This is one i believe in columbus, ohio a mayor from belgium was there with me. See how we do it here in this country. Of the so that is a little of International Discussion i think is becoming all more important as, as the Homeland Security challenges evolve to a more domesticbased, type of challenge, i think it becomes all the more important that we have these Community Engagements that we partner with state and local Law Enforcement and we encourage Public Participation in our efforts so. If i could just add a followup question to that, one of the differences, at least its alleged between france and us is that we have made a lot of effort to a simulate communities, especially muslim communities in the United States. The comments from our friend from syria, from the Syrian Organization are evidence of that. Are more efforts planned . Are you planning more or are most of these happening at local Law Enforcement level . Im certainly aware that in los angeles there is a number of these efforts that are quite successful. Well were definitely planning more. We ramped up our efforts in the last year. The department of justice the fbi is doing the same thing. I think its what happens when i do these things is i will go to a city and the county sheriff will be there, the area Police Chiefs will be there a couple of members of congress will be there and Community Leaders will be there and in the Muslim Community, i have learned a lot from these engagements, in the Muslim Community they have a lot of issues with airport profiling, how we administer our immigration laws. They tell me about some of the discrimination that they face which always spikes after an attack overseas. Some of the issues that even their children face going to school. And, you know, i really feel for these people. What i say back to them is, i hear you and i know that there are things that we should work on in my department but i want to ask you to do something which is its all of our homelands and its our Public Safety your Public Safety. We all have a vested interest in it. So we want to see you build bridges with my department, with this sheriff with this chief with this mayor, this assemblyman, this member of the county legislature here, so that if you see trouble in your community, you will think to contact one of us. Well that works. There is a lot of evidence that works. Question in the back over here. You. Oh, catherine well, all right. Well go behind you. Fine. [inaudible]. Can you use the mic better please. Hello, catherine. [inaudible] were still not hearing you. I bet catherine knows how to shout. I bet she does but then she wont be heard over the airwaves if she doesnt use the mic. She is an important voice. We need her heard. Lets use the other mic, please. Okay. Thank you for your patience. Jane, thank you for hosting todays event. Secretary johnson, has the paris massacre emboldened aqap and isis . Does this make the likelihood after similar style attack in the u. S. More likely . A second question, the fbi has been throwing around this figure of 100 americans in syria for the better part of a year. Is that still the figure youre working off of or has it gone up, thank you . Well, first of all, i will not try to surmise the mindset of aqap leaders. I do believe that the attacks in europe plus the calls for further attacks in the west by these groups means that here in the United States we have to be vigilant, vigilant in looking out for similar attacks here in the United States which is one of the reasons weve made the enhancements in Homeland Security that weve made in the last self weeks and months. I think its a rather obvious thing to do. I think it is necessary. And so and what i was saying before. There is this there is are no secrets here. These groups are operating in the open. Theyre calling for these attacks. Theyre calling for independent actors to committees attacks. So weve got to be vigilant and working with the nypd, with the, with major chiefs and sheriffs around the country to share information. One of the functions of our intelligence and analysis directorate is vertical intelligence and information sharing. I think thats become all the more important given the current challenges that we face. So i and i said that to a group of mayors of sheriffs and chiefs earlier this week. Look the numbers, the numbers what i will say about the numbers is that i think that we in the fbi do a reasonably good job of tracking people who are going to syria, going anywhere near syria. Attempting to go to syria, to take up the fight there. You dont know what you dont know, but given the systems that we have in place think we do a reasonably booed job of tracking these good job of tracking these people and as they travel and as they return. The bigger challenge are the european countries. They have as jane said much bigger numbers. Which is why i think we also need to be vigilant when it comes to travel from countries for which we do not require a visa. Looking at security assurances that go along with participating in the Visa Waiver Program is something that i have asked my folks to do. It is an important program. We should maintain it. But, its something that we should focus on. Well, let me say that, you know, as i said in my opening remarks, people werent sure how a dod guy was going to adapt to the Homeland Security mission. When you said you had a slide show, i started to shudder. And then i watched the slide show with little jeh and his sister in front of a capitol where i told my staff one message per slide please not seven not 20. What i want to point out the close of the slide show which showed masses of people around the world with that not afraid sign standing up for freedom and the last slide, if i remember it right, i was sitting right there, was selma. It is the 50th anniversary of selma in a few weeks. A big crowd will be going down there to celebrate the fact that we achieved, not perfectly but we achieved more equality in the United States. And i just want to say to you, jay, that there wont be 100 security. Something bad will happen. But it is very reassuring to many of us, to have you as the face of Homeland Security. And to have you speak honestly including about the problems. With the mission Going Forward. There will be problems certainly. Congress is a problem. But im hopeful that with good leadership and a increased morale at your department that our country will be safer and im confident too with the kind of leadership you offer that our country will be freer. Thank you for coming back. Next year is going to be speech number three promise me . Yes. Thank you all. 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The house has made 60 attempts to repeal part or all of the law since 2011. That effort gets underway in the house tomorrow. You can watch the house live on our companion network cspan. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations] is this thing on . I always wanted to do that. Good afternoon everybody. The day that youve been waiting for for so long is finally here. The administration has released the budget. You all heard us talk about this quite a bit already. So what i am going to do, i will have my colleagues each very short opening remarks to talk about highlights they have been focusing on putting budget together. But well reserve bulk of the time to taking your detailed questions that ive been putting off for weeks but now i can finally go through them. So shaun since you are the principle author here, why dont you go first. Great. Thank y