Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Going on here. The president tweeted over the weekend hes willing to shut down the government if he doesnt get the money for the wall and some bigtime immigration reforms. In the process, he may force Republican Leaders, thats his own party, and candidates into a fight they dont want to have, particularly with these midterm looming. But we know it is an issue that has been at the top of the president s agenda since he launched his campaign. Something he made clear again during his weekly address. We must enforce the rules against visa fraud, illegal overstay, Illegal Entry and other Immigration Violations and crimes, and crimes they are, believe me, crimes they are. The president is calling for several things. He wants at least billions more in funding for a border wall. He wants to end the policy of catch and release, which lets Asylum Seekers live in the United States until their cases are heard. And he wants to change the Legal Immigration system, ending the
of the Zero Tolerance Policy Trump Put in place, then signed an Executive OrderEnding Separating children from their parents . And, remember, those kids still around back with their moms and dads. And White Female College educated voters, especially those in swing states, they care about this issue. Youre right, stef. The short answer it, it doesnt help them at all. The frustration with the Hard Line Approach on immigration is felt strongest among House Republicans who hail from diverse districts. Youve got mainstream Establishment Republicans trying to keep their midterm strategy focused on the economy and falling unemployment. But President Trump clearly intends to make divisive issues like Immigration A key focus going into campaign season. Im told he thinks attacks on undocumented immigrants worked for him politically in his 2016 president ial campaign. Youve got some of the president s advisers telling him he needs to live up to what he promised on this issue of immigration. But theres no denying this Shutdown Threat puts the
president on a Collision Course not just with democrats but senior republicans, members of his own party. For one thing, a shutdown over the wall would make the third Government Funding Lapse on republicans watch. And just last week, as we just saw, you got House Speaker paul ryan and Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell here at the white house meeting with the president on this issue. Im told by two republican sources ryan and mcconnell walked away thinking they were on the same page with the president. That the wall funding could and more to the point should be settled after the midterm elections. So Republican Leaders dont want to be blamed for shutting down the government, potentially costing them votes during the year in which the party risks not only control of the house but theyre also defending a narrow majority in the senate. So that said, whether the president is serious or not about this threat, we certainly should expect him to revisit it and this sort of view of whats good for immigrants is somehow bad for the country, stef. While the president may
govern via news cycle, Mitch Mcconnell knows history and he knows when a shutdown happens on your watch, if you are the Political Party in power, it hurts your team. I want to bring my panel in. Phil rutger, he is the White House Bureau chief for the washington post. I want to bring in Mark Thompson of sirius xm. President trumps base, theyre not leaving him no matter what. His hardline stance on immigration, it worked for them. He needs more than his base to help in these midterms. Why push this agenda . Its pretty astonishing. Joe gailer once said in a campaign you get time, money and ideas. We can count the number of days until election. Its 99. What the republicans wanted to do and mcconnell and ryan, is lets focus on the things we have accomplished. They got a tax cut. You got 4. 1 growth. Some say its fake growth. Hold on, no one is saying its fake growth. I would say its kind of fake growth. Listen, you could say that the growth was goosed by extraordinary Emergency Exports soybeans. By soybeans, fiscal policy. Where people are taking issue is don jr. And other Trump Supporters straightup lying saying president obama never delivered more than 4 growth. He absolutely did on individual quarters. Theres no turnaround. Turnaround would suggest it was going down and now its going up but its been going up, up, up. Look, thats par for the course. I didnt think it was worth mentioning at this point. You want to spend every day, 99 days, taking about the successes of why people should continue to keep the republicans in charge in the house and senate. So lets go out and talk about growth. We had this big day yesterday. 4. 1 . Thats a win. Thats a huge win. What does trump do . Lets just blow it up. Lets now talk about immigration. Which the republicans are not in
unison on. And in the end, look, Donald Trumps not going to shut down the government. I just dont believe thats going to happen. So its really just facial utterance on his point again. What is he doing . He appears to make a deal with Mitch Mcconnell and paul ryan and then he blows it up. Is this just all Donald Trumps distraction machine. Having us not Pay Attention to Robert Mueller and Michael Cohen. Whats he doing . Well, i think its the sort of Classic Trump negotiating tactics. Which is that hes going to sort of tee something over here in the form of a government shutdown. And as has happened before in this presidency, he doesnt follow through with it at the end. So i think hes trying to lay out a marker. Trying to demand he get the wall funding and other immigration measures he cares about but im sure hell back away from it at some point as the negotiations get more serious closer to the funding deadline and the Political Risk for him is really great here. I was on the plane with him yesterday coming back from bedminster and shouted a few questions at him about that shutdown and he was unwilling to come forward and explain what he meant in that tweet. But i think its something hes going to have to grapple with in the days to come. Now that hes been in office for 18 months, hes going to have to explain his positions. Not just create Brilliant Campaign logos that worked for him in 2016. I want to share how republicans are framing what this fight is going to be in the midterms. Take a look. They want open borders and crimes, okay. We want strong borders and we want no crime. Other than that, were very similar. The position between our two parties could not be starker. We are funding the wall. We are for securing the border. The democrats are for abolishing i. C. E. Its the craziest thing ive ever seen. Paul ryan, that is not the craziest thing you have ever seen. How do democrats respond to that . Well, you know, i think that
that actually helps us. If hes going to threaten to shut down the government and push this wall when many voters know that arguing about crime, the allegation of crime, is just simply not true. That only helps us. I hope he does grow through with it. I hope he does shut down the government of just before the midterms. Now, obviously, the speculation is, he wont really do it. We know hes playing to that base. But this is not someone who does math very well. He didnt do well in his own business. I dont know if he fully realizes. Because we found out just the other day right now, 26 of the American Public actually selfidentified as republicans. He can play to that base all he wants to. The problem, an even smaller number of that is a part of bill shines constituency, fox news, what hes reaching out to as well. I hope he does go through with shutting down the government. Phillip, then, what is the white houses strategy . Do they have a coherrant strategy around the midterms beyond the president saying hes going to campaign six and seven days a week . I referenced it earlier. The president is a superb salesman. Better than president obama was. When you look at all, for example, the economic wins that took place on obamas watch, he was a very humble guy who didnt sell them, didnt articulate them. And President Trump overstates them and lies about them all the time. When he goes out on the Campaign Trail now, people will be able to say you want to do x, y and z but youve been in office for 18 months. I how were you going to execute that strategy . Wont that be a challenge for him . It could be a challenge, stef. The white house strategy is very focused on turning out the trump base. Trump voters, particularly in some of those Competitive Senate races in states that he carried, the red states where democrats are facing strong reelection
challenges. North dakota, montana, West Virginia, to name three of them. But its much more complicated when you look at the house map. So many of these competitive House Districts right now are in suburbs, in areas where theres not a particularly strong trump base of supporters and hes going the republican candidates running there are going to have to appeal to some of these suburban women in particular and other voters who have real qualms with this president s leadership and frankly are not approving of his performance in office and thats something thats tricky and something the white house havent figured out how to use the president. Koch brothers came out against the president s policies. They said theyd actually consider helping democrats. If theres one thing we know that the coke brothers are, like them or not, its effective. How big of a threat is that . Because when theyre turning on the president on Business Issues that he considers to be a win, when you look at the New York Times piece that says
republicans on a local level are not touting the tax cuts because they know theyre not working in their states, how dangerous is this . It is enormously dangerous. Because charles and david koch and Koch Brothers now, because davids retired, but charles has come out and explained, you know, theyre basically libertarian economic thinkers. They dont focus much on the social issues. They have a network of organizations that really educate voters about their policies and free market and charles has this really interesting idea. Because as technology causes disruption of course in economies, ubers a great example of that, it causes did i rup disruption in our politics too. Were in this tumultuous time of we dont know the future of automation. Wages have often been stagnant. People say because theres so much automation coming into yes. Were in that period. And David And Charles Koch have always said we always end up in a better place. We need a leader to articulate that better place from washington. And trump represents sort of a retro view. He talks about coal and coal jobs and manufacturing. Even his own Real Estate Business is hugely disrupted by technology because People Dont Occupy traditional hotels. They can work almost anywhere all the time through little devices like your phone. So trump never represents the future. Koch has always represented the future and say the future is good, we need someone to provide leadership on it, and trump is not doing that. If the president threatening a shutdown is good for dems, what does the democratic strategy need to be . On fox news, theyre harping on the fact if you go democrat, youre going to go socialist. But if you look at what hes doing on tariffs and turning around and giving 12 billion in
aid to farmers, that smells more like socialism. Also you have a number of republicans who smell that as well and dont like it. Its not even an ideal form of socialist, whatever that is. Because thats not going to do much to help those farmers. I think all the republicans have been quoted as saying wed rather have trade, not aid. So it may be a form of socialism. Not a very effective one. I think democrats need to continue to harp on that. Something else that was pointed out earlier. If mcconnell is even saying we need to postpone the wall, then he ought to think about postponing come on now, you think hes going to do that . Heres the thing. I know he doesnt want to. That may end up helping us also. We may lose the battle but win the war. Of course, weve not figured out a way to stop cavanaukavanaugh evangelical voters are going
to vote for trump no matter what if he keeps pushing these judges through. If we can show that a lot of his opinions, if we can get them all to come out, are not in the best interest of americans, that may actually help us at the tols. Thats one card i think we have no choice but to play. We have Nothing To Lose by playing that card and i think it works. Last point. I think you lose credibility. I think kavanaughs pretty mainstream. Theres no opinions weve seen so far that really seems that hes radical. Hes opposed to roe. He supports semiautomatic weapons, if not automatic weapons being represented in the second amendment. He doesnt believe a president should be contradicted. And people are going to have legitimate disagreements about that. I think the judge thing is over. I think thats lost. I think the democrats would be better to focus on their
economic message of the future where trump, as i pointed out earlier, these protectional policies are going to hurt trump. We need real farmers, not fake farmers. The question is, do they actually help voters. Thank you all so much. I appreciate it. Coming up, President Trump escalates his a ta s his attack mull mueller, accusing him of having Conflicts Of Interest. His lawyer trying to explain that except he didnt. While unleashing his own attack. This time, against the president s former fixer Michael Cohen. First, were talking Supreme Court. Just moments ago. This woman, Supreme CourtJustice Ruth Bader ginsburg says she aint going anywhere, not any time soon. The 85yearold justice said she thinks she has at least five more years on the high court. If youve seen her work out, you might agree with that. That comes as the president s Supreme Court nominee brett
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like that, you have every right to say, okay, you explain it, mueller, stand up and be a man. Wait a minute, this doesnt make sense. How can the president make this claim and not support it . He doesnt have to. Why is it up to Robert Mueller . Because he has the conflict, not the president. Stand up and be a man. Im going to sit down and be a woman. My takeaway from Rudying Collus not a crime. And suddenly that 2016 Trump Tower Meeting that the president knew nothing about, he no longer says the president knew nothing about it, he simply says the president didnt attend it. I want to british in natasha bertrand, staff writer for the atlantic. Seth waxman, partner at the law firm dickinsonwright. Natasha, what do you make of what you just heard . Its not surprising in the least. They clearly are terrified that cohen has more recordings of the
president that will come out and, you know, the Southern District of new york, which coordinates closely with bob mueller. This would be a mistake to think this is not a strategy and its just kind of the president going off on twitter, on one of his angry tweet storms. If the president understands the power of reputation and were close to the midterm elections. I think this is definitely a strategy to kind of consolidate his base and kind of rally them around this idea that the Mueller Investigation is a witch hunt, a conspiracy, because this Talking Point that mueller has Conflicts Of Interests, that was put out there by the president s team in the very early days of muellers appointment. The whole Talking Point, the whole idea that mueller was conflicted, that he couldnt possibly carry out this appointment credibly, was used from the very Quinni Inbeginnin undermine the investigation. That is not a new strategy. It is also factually inaccurate. Natasha, you and i both know this. We cover the white house. We speak to people in the white house. The president and his administration only use this line that Robert Mueller has Conflicts Of Interest when theyre speaking publicly when their base can see it. When you speak to people in the white house, do they ever give you this line . Because they never give it to me. Because i think they know its straight up a lie. No, and thats why i say its a strategy to rally his base around these accusations. Its all part of the show. Its all part of trying to convince his supporters that mueller was conflicted from the start. Its not something that internally they think is actually true. Because they of course are trying to negotiate with mueller, potential sitdown interview. Theyre trying to limit the scope of what the interview would look like, so they need to kind of have, you know, at least on the inside this kind of working relationship with bob muellers team. On the outside of course they can continue to attack him. I think its really rich that Rudy Giuliani says its mueller who has led this investigation
very, very quietly, without saying a word to the press or to anyone really, that its on him to prove he does not have these Conflicts Of Interest when of course its the president who is showing hes extremely scared of whats to come. Rick, republicans, respectable longterm republicans are Standing Shoulder to shoulder with mueller. Does it not hurt the president when he continues to say this about mueller . Theyve shown no leadership on this. Mueller hasnt said a word. Hes not putting out daily press releases. Doesnt even know what his voice sounds like. And giulianis become a full trump franchise. Because he gave an interview
that was incoherent. It just doesnt make the reason the Mueller Investigation is in the news every day is because of the white house and donald trump. Its not muellers not causing any news. Theyre not releasing anything. So wait for the investigation. He says no, he cant do that because all these anonymous things. If you go back to the beginning, its always this is the way it progresses. Well, we didnt know about the russia meeting. Well, what if we did . We didnt collude. But what if we did, so what . Its not a crime he says. It keeps getting its like inches forward. And his own supporters say, well, thats not a crime. Well, conspiracy is a crime. All right, seth, you understand crime. Giuliani didnt stop there this morning. I want to share what he said about Michael Cohen and the tapes. Why did you waive the Attorney Client privilege . Because i know the entire tape. For example if i didnt waive it, i wouldnt be able to tell you that he cuts it off
abruptly. Which he does. Right after the word check. More likely, he came back home, he erased the portion that he wanted erased, and then he tried to tape record a conversation that appears with don jr. , might have gotten that too, and then he erased that. The second conversation is clearly about another subject. It may not even whats the conversation . On the tape yes . He ends the conversation with the word check. From the president. Check. For the let me finish, let me finish. Then about three seconds later, he hear him say don jr. He might not even be talking to don jr. He may be saying don jr. Is going to come here. Don jr. Isnt going to come here. Yes, so what. What does any of that have to do with the hush money he was doctoring tapes. He doctored at the word check, he cut the tape off. Okay, whats the legal strategy here . And from a legal perspective, will it work . Well, i mean, this is out of the Defense Manual 101 you get when were out of law school. A guy close to the target and hes in the process of flipping so you attack his credibility. It turns out he has a tape on your client, well, it must be doctored. I always found it funny when they used to accuse me of being in bed with a cooperator, kind of sponsoring their lies. I would turn around to a jury and say, look, this wasnt my guy, you were with him for ten years. He was your fixer man. And now you blame me. I mean, when theres a criminal conspiracy, you want to learn about that conspiracy. Those are bad people on the inside. Theyre liars. Theyre thieves. Theyre murderers. Youre not going to have, you know,er teresa or the pope. When you lay down with dogs, you get fleas. Im not quite sure which is the dog and which is the flea. But, you know, this is kind of par for the course for Defense Lawyer tactics and im not surprised to see giuliani not so trot some of this stuff out. We could say hes behaving like a crazy uncle grandpa because theres a cbs poll out there that says 91 of strong Trump Supporters trust him for Accurate Information while only 11 trust the main stream media. Well, it describes that group, strong Trump Supporters. And they are i think in all the demographics probably the greatest minority in this political discourse. What counts are those moderates, those independents. And obviously our party, the democratic party, there are more of us than there are of them. Im not surprised about the strong Trump Supporters. Giuliani is playing to that audience. He is an anarchist. Its to create confusion and give them something, those strong Trump Supporters, something to talk about, something to hold on to. But it is pretty damning for them now to be saying first of all collusion is not a crime. Are we admitting to collusion now . Actually i thought this morning, now im wondering if ross bestein and mueller werent ingenious to use the term collusion instead of conspiracy. Any one of us who can read Between The Lines knows that collusion can lead to conspiracy. If they said conspiracy on the front end, we know trump would have lost his mind and tried to shut the whole thing down. So, you know, thats something that i think we ought to think about as well. But when we look at the charges, with manafort, we look at the charges with the russians, they all say conspiracy. They dont say collusion. So i think coming down the pipe, if this gets to ive never
heard anyone attacking a prosecutor in the way thats one thing you dont do. When youre under investigation, the last thing you want to do is antagonize the prosecutor. So i think giulianis not working. I think he is doing his client in. Well, that would be a true beast move if rosenstein and mueller had been holding back on conspiracy and only floating out their collusion. Natasha, what do you make of the timing of suddenly these aggressive renewed attacks on the part of trump and giuliani . When the president could have been taking a victory lap often of fridays gdp number. Well, that big news broke about how Michael Cohen apparently is willing to testify the president not only knew about but approved the Trump Tower Meeting. And of course we also know that Michael Cohen has dozens, if not hundreds, more recordings, the president with reporters. I think it really goes back to that. I think theyre testified of what Michael Cohen could come out and say. Its really funny that they are trying not to paint Michael Cohen as a liar. Of course months ago giuliani was sayi ing he is a credible person, that he completely flipped his perception of Michael Cohen. You have to ask who was Michael Cohen lying on behalf of . He worked for the president. I think seth made a good point. When you lie down with dogs, youre going to get fleaings. Hes not going to be a perfect witness. Prosecutors are not going to rely solely on his word. We have to remember he is testifying or he plans to testify that there were others in the room when the president approved of this Trump Tower Meeting. And that meeting, you know, i think was really a Turning Point in this campaign. If they can prove that trump approved of it, then thats a really big deal. Before we go, seth, can you elaborate on how credible a witness Michael Cohen can really be . The guy is a sleaze bag and a liar. While he may have decide a week ago im going to do the right
thing, is it too little, too late . No, not at all. He can be entirely credible if ecorroborated. If you have others that say the same thing. Paul manafort flips. He says exactly what Michael Cohen says about those meetings. I heard giuliani state that rick gates was in one of the meetings in Trump Tower Meeting where presumably the purpose was discussed. Rick gates is already a cooperator. You match up those cooperators. You add in some emails. An email to don jr. Where he says he loves it. And you get whatever else there is corroboratewise. These phone calls to a blocked number. And mr. Trump just days before the meeting saying something bigs coming down the pooiike. Three days after that, giuliani assange goes public and says ive got tape. It doesnt take a rhode scholar to see maybe what happened was
that the trump team and the russians decided to get this stuff out, knew they couldnt put their own fingerprints on it and released it through ric wikileaks. These are connecting the dots which arent too tough to connect especially for someone like bob mueller. We have to leave it there. And now take you to california where thousands of firefighters at this moment are working around the clock to contain a massive wildfire. The carr fire which covered an area the side of the City Of Philadelphia has already killed six people and destroyed hundreds of homes in its path. Nbcs Steve Patterson is there in redding, california. Walk us through whats going on, whats the progress . Stephanie, first, i want to show you the ruins of this neighborhood. Another deadly ferocious fire. You would see nothing but row after row of burns to the
ground, nothing but piles of ash and Twisted Metal here in these neighborhoods. I would say for the first time i think weve been here all week. We have gotten some good news. The winds have really died down yesterday, sunday, allowing firefighters to push the front edge of this fire away from the city, saying really getting a handle on whats happening with the fire pushing into rural areas. That has sparked more evacuationings in thoevacuatio evacuations in those areas. Really all week weve seen the number at about 5 containment. That number boosted to 17 . Again, youre talking about 17 containment on a fire thats 95,000 acres in some places still burning wildly out of control. Still, nothing but red flag winds. 100 Degree Temperatures in the forecast. So firefighters, again, have their hands full. Meanwhile, what this has done this fire pushing out of this city center, has really given people a sense of what will be the true toll, the true extent
of the damage, in a place like redding. Youre talking about nearly 900 structures burned to the ground. Most of them homes. Six dead. Seven missing. Those numbers talking to crew members, looking to the extent of the damage in places like this neighborhood, those numbers expected to jump. So firefighters again still dealing with the front edge of this fire. It is still burning wildly out of control. Theyve managed to push it outside of the city center. Were seeing the True Exstetent the damage, as you can see behind me, stephanie. Steve, thank you so much. Were sending our best to the firefighters working around the clock. The president touts the economy after strong numbers on friday and hes making a lot of claims about wages, job growth, trade and more. Heres the issue. As strong as the economy is, the president s numbers do not add up. It is time for fact check. I invite you to watch don jr. Might be able to help you out,
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out any small gains consumers might see in their wallets. Soon, you could be paying even more at the grocery store. Thanks to the ongoing trade war sparked by President Trump. Joining me now to talk about the impact of trade and tariffs, jim aggrievy. Lets walk through this. U. S. Prices for steal ael and aluminum are up since the start of the year. 33 for steel and 11 for aluminum. If you are a steel or aluminum producer like u. S. Steel, thats amazing. But there are a lot less jobs in the aluminum and Steel Production industry than those who use aluminum and steal. So is that going to affect how much we pay for beer and soda and the jobs in those industries . Well, it very much could, stephanie. U. S. Beer supports 2. 2 million american jobs. And these tar riches on aluminum and on steal, we estimate amount to a 350 million tax On Beer Brewers in the United States. From the largest brewers to the smallest brewers. And those brewers are going to have to figure out a way to incorporate those added costs in their production. Aluminum is the single biggest input costs for american brewers and these taxes are having a great affect on our business. How much more can consumers be expected to pay . Were lucky enough in the United States to have nearly 6,000 breweries in this country from the largest to the smallest. Those are 6,000 individual businesses. Theyre really going to have to figure out how to deal with these costs. The layoff workers, we estimate these tariffs could lead to 20,000 lost jobs supported by american brewing. Raise prices. Cut their offerings. So everyone in beer is going to have to deal with this in their own way. Have you shared this data and projections with the administration . I think back to the first time we were talking about the aluminum and steel tariffs and ross came on television with a can of soda and campbells soup
and said no one knows the price of these things, its just a couple of cents. Well, stephanie, those pennies add up. Last year in the United States, american brewers bought 36 billion, with a b, aluminum cans and bottles so those pennies add up. We have shared this information with the administration. Last month, 32 members of congress sent a letter to Attorney General sessions asking for an investigation into a particular price of how Aluminum Prices are set for beer brewers called the midwest premium. Were very concerned about the midwest premium. Were very concerned about the tariffs lasting a long time. Were talking to anyone in a position of authority who can help us out. What do they say back to you . When you share this with the administration, what has their response been . I think the administrations response is we need to bring
back jobs in a certain sector of the manufacturing economy. Therefore, brewers, sodamakers, airplane manufacturers, farmers, youre just going to have to take one for the team, team usa. Just quickly, arent there a lot more jobs, as i mentioned earlier that are associated with companies that use aluminum and steel than there are jobs with companies that produce aluminum and steel . We believe there are. Thats why this policy in our view is wrong headed. Tariffs are taxes. And someone has to pay those taxes. Whether it be the consumer or the producer of beer and other products that americans use. Beer is a shining jewel in American Manufacturing right now. As i say, 2. 2 million americans owe their livelihoods in one way or another to the production and distribution of beer. Were concerned these tariffs will have a negative impact while bringing back fewer jobs in other sectors. I want to look that up. Tariffs are taxes. Someone else said that. I remember who it was. Larry kudlow. Just before he joined the administration as the president S National Economic adviser. Coming up, whos watching you . A secret tsa Surveillance Program targeting Everyday Americans who have no criminal background. It was just revealed. What are authorities looking for and could they be targeting you . Hopes you drive safely. But allstate actually helps you drive safely. With drivewise. It lets you know when you go too fast. And brake too hard. With feedback to help you drive safer. Giving you the power to actually lower your cost. Unfortunately, it cant do anything about that. Now that you know the truth. Are you in good hands . If you dont like it exchange it any time. No questions asked. You can also roll your credits to the next month if you dont use them. So take audible with you this summer. On the road. On the trail. Or to the beach. Start a 30day trial and your first audiobook is free. Cancel anytime, and your books are yours to keep forever. No matter where you go this summer make it better with audible. Text summer17 to 500500 to start listening today. This morning, were learning more about a shocking new report that could impact hundreds of americans in their everyday travels. The Boston Globe Exposing An Undercover Tsa program called quiet skies that sends air marshals to track citizens in their flights. Were at Reagan National airport with more. Reporter stephanie, good morning. This program is called quiet skies. It involves putting federal armed air marshals in airports and on planes, following passengers all the way to their seats. Americans who have no idea that theyre being surveilled, who have no criminal history, but because of their travel history and a couple of other factors, they have raised red flags with the tsa. Some civil libertarians are very concerned. Internal tsa documents suggest
it happens 40 to 50 times a day. Armed, Undercover Air marshals tracking and surveilling everyday passengers through airports, even on board domestic flights, all across the country. Passengers who have no criminal history and are not on any terror watch list, but have still raised red flags with air marshals watching their every move, even sitting next to them on board. The boston globe jenna winter broke the story. Do you have a computer, are you reading something, going to the bathroom, are you looking in a weird direction. Do you change your clothes on the plane or at the airport . Reporter the information then sent to tsa headquarters. In a statement, the tsa says the primary purpose is to ensure passengers and flight crew are protected during air travel, and it is not intended to surveil ordinary americans. Passengers are selected for surveillance if their foreign travel and other factors raise concerns, including criminal records, curious financial
transactions, email or Phone Numbers that could be tied to terrorism. We recently talked to tsa chief David Pakaski about the air marshals. We keep their presence covert. We dont want our adversaries to know theyre on flights. Reporter but passengers arent told theyre on the quiet skies list or what happens to the information collected about them. Some Federal Air Marshals complain the program is a waste of money. The unions saying the American Public would be better served if these marshals were instead assigned to Airport Screening and checking areas so active shooter events could be swiftly ended. Civil libertarians are also concerned. It should go without saying government agents shouldnt be monitoring travelers without a good reason for doing so. Reporter tsa tells us that individuals can remain on this quiet skies list for up to three months after returning to the u. S. From a foreign airport. Among those individuals who have already been surveilled and maybe didnt know it, an offduty Law Enforcement officer, a business woman who
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