That Homeland Security is having a hearing entitled combating Transnational Criminal Organization and turn over to our witnesses. Remember this subcommittee met with family members inside their communities that have lost a loved one to conventional. I criminal organizations. They have the written mexico and other places south of our southern border. We faced a lot of epidemics over the years. But this one is different and it requires a different more focused approach from this congress. Today were going to have the opportunity for a detailed discussion with officials from Homeland Security who play Critical Role in interrupting the flow of fentanyl into the United States. Specifically well talk about the cartels and gangs that deal death and trafficking firearms and drugs. Im from china produced for products laced with fentanyl. Largely happens in mexico Preparations Committee at large when you talk about here today. I released a set of suggestions yesterday the International Mail that
Hi, everyone. Good evening and welcome to the Cleveland Park library. This may sound okay. Welcome to the Cleveland Park library and welcome to our bookstore. Bookstore, excuse me, featuring tom baker. Im so happy to be here, all of you. My name is diana spyro, and i am the president of the Fordham University Alumni Chapter of washington, dc. Tom, of course, is one of our most prominent alumni here in the dc area, and were so happy to hear him about his new memoir. Id like to share a bit of toms background first before he begins and offers some opening remarks. Thomas j. Baker is an International Law enforcement consultant. He served over 33 years as a fbi special agent and a variety of Leadership Missions dealing with terrorist and criminal challenges. He has experience with Police Management and training issues, having served as a management instructor at the fbi academy in quantico, virginia. He has been published in professional journals both nationally and, internationally, on asp
joining the crowded field. is there room for another candidate from the sunshine statesome with him there are three of them. we ll can him. welcome, everybody, i m neil cavuto, and this is cavuto live. i hope for dads tomorrow s a great day. in the meantime, fast-moving political developments. lucas tomlinson. reporter: good morning, neil. president biden departed for philadelphia for his first re-election campaign rally, as you mentioned. hopefully, the traffic situation is okay after that mess on i-95. biden removing this endorsement from some of the largest labor unions in the country. it s the earliest endorsement from the afl-cio in history. here s the president. we are a democracy, and so we ve been engaging our members, listening to them, and they want someone who will stand up and fight for them. and that s exactly what this president has done. he said he wants to be the midwest pro-union president when he took office, and he has absolutely delivered. reporter
Who has written a book about the grimkes a family that included most slaveowners and abolitionists. Joining us now is beverly gage. Her newest book is genius J Edgar Hoover and the making of the American Century. You won the Los Angeles Times book award for biography last night. I did. Ask and you have already won the bancroft prize. Correct. In your speech last night you referred to J Edgar Hoover as complicated and terrible. Why do you use the word terrible . I think one of his main influences over this vast swath of time that he was director of the fbi were real invasions and violations of people as individuals, social movements, people engaged in perfectly legal activity. A lot of that came from his own ideas and desire to control what was happening. I think there are some of the worst things he did and major features of his legacy. How did he get started with the fbi and when . It was almost fainted that J Edgar Hoover would end up doing this. He was born in washington in 1895 and
Announced 288 arrest were made in a opera ration in operation targeting fentanyl traffickers. They seized products most of which were being sold on the internet. A little over two weeks ago i , announced that the Justice Department had taken significant Enforcement Actions against the largest, most violent and most prolific fentanyl trafficking operation in the world. The sinaloa cartel. I said then that the Justice Department is doing everything in our power and using every authority we have to bring those responsible for the fentanyl epidemic to justice that includes Holding Accountable the drug traffickers who use the dark web to commit their crimes. Drug traffickers are increasingly turning to the dark web to sell Illegal Drugs in exchange for cryptocurrency. They may advertise their drugs on dark net market places as brand name pharmaceuticals. But in reality, the pills are often counterfeit and laced with fentanyl. The drug traffickers are confident that by operating anonymously