Captured my attention because something thats important to me as a congressman from texas is to the extent to which cartels have operational control of our border. Ive been to the border numerous times and i would love to get your perspective on that the 2 million in week that did abis making just moving people across in mcallen. You know this well its a real problem there were the ones profiteering on the back of migrants and women and children and can you talk a little bit about that has one of the opening points you make in your book . The work that you are doing is so important to enlighten the American Public about vice grip that the cartels have at the border. The horrifying and appalling impact that has to innocent people on both sides of the border and one of the things that i think that was really important to illuminate on chapter 1 of the book of what i call the Caravan Cartel is that the drug cartels couldnt do it alone. Whats shocking to people is not that you have explici
Enforcement agents. This portion is just over one hour. The committee will come to order without objection. The chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. We are convening to hear the testimony of acting secretary of Homeland Security Kevin Mcaleenan. I want to briefly address the spectators. I already saw two signs being held un, so i want to address you. We welcome you and we respect your right to be here. We also ask in turn that you respect we ask for your respect as we proceed with the business of this committee today. It is the intention of this committee to proceed with this hearing without disruptions. If a disruption occurs, listen up, a Capital Police officer will go up to the individual and instruct that they cease demonstrations. If the individual does cease, no action will be taken. However, if the person does not cease, he will be asked to leave. Were grateful for your presence here today and your cooperation and we want to move this hearing along
Testified before the House Oversight and committee. Just over anis hour. Hour. I want to briefly address the spectators. I already saw two signs being held up, so i want to address you. We welcome you and we respect your right to be here. We also ask in turn that you respect we ask for your respect as we proceed with the business of this committee today. It is the intention of this committee to proceed with this hearing without disruptions. If a disruption occurs, listen up, a Capital Police officer will go up to the individual and instruct they cease demonstrations. If the individual does cease, no action will be taken. However, if the person does not cease, he will be asked to leave. Were grateful for your presence here today and your cooperation and we want to move this hearing along quickly. Every time i have to stop and the police have to address issues like that, that just slows us up. I would also remind all members to avoid engaging in any adverse personal references. I now rec
The committee will come to order without objection. The chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee. We are convening to hear the testimony of acting secretary of Homeland Security Kevin Mcaleenan. I want to briefly address the spectators. I already saw two signs being held un, so i want to address you. We welcome you and we respect your right to be here. We also ask in turn that you respect we ask for your respect as we proceed with the business of this committee today. It is the intention of this committee to proceed with this hearing without disruptions. If a disruption occurs, listen up, a Capital Police officer will go up to the individual and instruct they cease demonstrations. If the individual does cease, no action will be taken. However, if the person does not cease, he will be asked to leave. Were grateful for your presence here today and your cooperation and we want to move this hearing along quickly. Every time i have to stop and police have to address issues lik
joining us. i m ken wayne and i m vicki liviakis in for pam moore tonight, oakland mayor libby shaft deliver her state of the city address tonight at the oakland museum of california. her main focus combating homelessness and keeping residents in the city. our first dan thorn live for us in open tonight, he joins us now with more dan. well vicki the state of the city s theme this year was belonging in oakland, the mayor weaving that idea into homelessness and housing. crime and safer streets and also retaining the culture in oakland, the mayor touting improvements such as the amount of people being moved from homelessness to housing as well as doubling the shelter capacity in the city to more than 1700 dead, so former homeless man we moved in oakland s cabin community and is now living in his own place in working in social media was used as one example of the city success in fighting homelessness. i believe in homelessness is caused by 4 things. first a failure in our menta