You, senator. Youre now recognized sen to senator from tennessee. Can you tell me how many tsa employees make a hundred thousand or more a year . I will have to get that for you. Can you make a rough guess . I can make a rough guess. I dont really know, sir. Let me ask this, do you know how many tsa employees got bonuses in the past year . There were as i said, i have restrict it had number of bonus that is we do. I will get you the exact number but it was a significant smaller number and based upon performance, not based upon special act awards. Can you tell me, have you personally fired any employee tsa employees for misconduct or rudeness or incompetence since youve been in the office . There have been a number of people who have been fired from the agency at all levels. I came in and one of my first tasks was to determined what my agency looked like. I hold my leaders and demanded and i am confident of my team and im confident of team to help lead that team. Today i have been satis
We do immediate feet back and do that consistently. Workforce readiness and performance and workforce accountability. We changed that. Its no longer based upon how long the lines are. Thats a separate issue. We deal with that at the management level. For the frontline workforce, i want you to know they will focus on the mission and support them with the best possible training and train them on the equipment and how it operates and gave them hands on understanding of what the limitations were. There is a fuller interest that i will provide. The gentlemen from tennessee for five minutes. Can you me how many tsa employees make 100,000 or more a year . I will have to get that number. Can you make a rough guess . I dont really know. I will have to get it for the record. Do you know how many tsa employees got bonuses in the past year . There were as i said, i restricted the number of bonuses we do. It was a significantly smaller number based on performance and not special act awards. Have yo
General roth for his support. I greatly value the oversight that his office provides to improve our agency and i have been working closely with him during my tenure. My Leadership Perspective is shaped by more than three decades of National Service in crisis leadership. Throughout my career i have emphasized professional integrity and duty to mission as foundational elements of service for myself and for the dedicated Civil Servants and military members i have been entrusted to lead. Since taking the oath of office on july 4th of last year i have traveled throughout the country and throughout the world to meet with employees at all levels of our agency. Ive been impressed by their patriotism and their sense of duty. These are servants who every day perform demanding tasks under difficult circumstances, and i deeply respect and appreciate their work. They have risen to the challenge of service to a mission and have taken an oath of office and loyalty as a condition of employment. Their
Newsroom. Our top story, a senior aide to u. S. Vice president mike pence is the latest instance of the coronavirus slipping into the inner circle of the trump administration. Katie miller who is married to trump steven adviser Stephen Miller serves as the Vice President s press secretary. She tested positive on friday, one day after a personal valet to President Trump also tested positive. And a personal assistant to e n ivan ivanka u ivanka trump also tested positive. And steven hawn is selfisolating is for two weeks after he had contact with someone who tested positive. Both the virus and unemployment are taking a heavy toll. The u. S. Government reports a staggering 20. 5 million americans lost their jobs in april. Wall street would normally take a dive on such news, but investors pushed the dow up more than 450 point, perhaps optimistic the u. S. Will soon reopen. We get the latest on that from nick watt. I have two teens to raise up, we have to keep up the good spirit, but were a
In atlanta. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im natalie allen, cnn newsroom starts right now. 5 00 a. M. Here on the u. S. East coast. We appreciate you joining us. The coronavirus is spreading across the United States at an alarming rate. Johns Hopkins University reports almost 1. 3 million cases, yet most of the country is moving to lift restrictions. And one reason, the huge toll this pandemic is taking on the u. S. Economy. The government reports now more than 20 million jobs were wiped out in april. The virus is now inside the trump white house. Two staffers have tested positive in the past two days. Both the president and Vice President are being tested on a daily basis. The two infected white house staffers had close contact with the president and Vice President. And there is growing concern the white house could become a virus hot spot. Our jim acosta reports. Reporter for the second straight day, the white house is confirming a staffer has