Get a deputy confirmed, hopefully soon, to take to heart what Jane Holl Lute used to be. Im sure Janet Napolitano who was secretary did as well. Without with that having been said let me ask you what you believe to be some of the Major Management challenges in the department. And what do you see your role as the secretary in adjusting addressing those management challenges . Ive read that gao report. I saw the 31 issues that gao identified. I was pleased to see that, according to gao, dhs is moving in the right direction with respect to these issues and resolving a number of them. In terms of management issues, vacancies, ensuring an efficient procurement process, getting an unqualified audited Financial Statement and dealing with some of the internal controls issues that lead to an unqualified opinion, i also think that with six different Accounting Systems we need to be sure we have what the financial people call this is intelligence so you can identify things like im obligated funds
Them. In charge . Yes. Im here with my lion whip and ready to try to handle my tigers. Joe trippi where are the democratic precincts we havent heard from yet . Mostly in the college we call it college counties of Johnson County and story county, theyre pretty much all in. And Bernie Sanders is beating Hillary Clinton in those two counties but not nearly by the margin thought of. The precincts are in areas that tend to be tilting towards clinton and not sanders . Yes. If you look at this, and its going to be close, i think Hillary Clinton is going to end up eeking this out and winning it eventually because theyre tending to be areas that shes winning already. Carl, do you agree with that . Yes. I do, yes. Hes got woodburyco and a littl bit in lind county, but des moines, polk county is 82 out. It looks to me this margin of her three tenths of one percent aint going to grow a lot, but its going to grow enough. Well go to ted cruz as soon as he starts speaking. Is this now a threeman race
Topping this hour, from washington, the nations former top Law Enforcement official speaks out for the first time about her warning to the white house. Sally yates telling the senate panel she delivered a sober ing message, was at risk of welcoming a puppet. Michael flynn who was National Security adviser was vulnerable she warned to russian blackmail. What the white house did with the warning is with one thing. What democrats and republicans have done with the investigation is another. So is how the president is reacting tonight. It starts with the hearings today and our pamela brown. Reporter tonight, former acting attorney general revealing for the first time when and why she alerted the white house about her concerns regarding the now dismissed National Security adviser Michael Flynn. We felt like it was critical that we get this information to the white house, because in part because the vicepresident was unknowingly making false statements to the public and because we believed th
The sick and the infirm. As new ads go up targeting members of congress, who voted for the republican bill. Plus, republicans facing rowdy town halls after the vote. And one congressman now under fire for saying this. Nobody dies because they dont have access to health care. Yes, sir. In fact, lots of people die that way. We will begin this morning with the blockbuster testimony on capitol hill. Former acting attorney general sally yates will finally testify, doesnt it feel like forever in front of a Senate Subcommittee, about russias efforts to undermine the president ial election. The biggest bombshells may surround former National Security adviser Michael Flynn and her warnings to the white house about him. Well, youre in luck, weve got the best team in the business here to break all of this down. And i want to take you first to nbcs Mike Viqueira on capitol hill. What are we going to expect to hear from sally yates today . Well, good morning, stephanie. It was ten days when sally y
Top Law Enforcement official speaks out about her warning to the white house. Sally yates telling the panel she delivered a sobering message, was at risk of welcoming a puppet. Michael flynn who was National Security adviser was vulnerable she warned to russian blackmail. What the white house did with the warning is with one thing. What democrats and republicans have done with the investigation is another. So is how the president is reacting tonight. It starts with the hearings today and our pamela brown. Reporter tonight, former acting attorney general revealing for the first time when and why she alerted the white house about her concerns regarding the now dismissed National Security adviser Michael Flynn. We felt like it was critical that we get this information to the white house, because in part because the vicepresident was unknowingly making false statements to the public and because we believed that general flynn was compromised with respect to the russians. Reporter sally yate