WEBVTT 00:01.335 --> 00:02.936 CLEAR SHE WAS FORCED TO RESIGN. SUBMITTED A LETTER OF 00:02.970 --> 00:04.537 SUBMITTED A LETTER OF RESIGNATION AFTER BEING CALLED 00:04.539 --> 00:06.172 RESIGNATION AFTER BEING CALLED OUT AT A CABINET MEETING. 00:06.207 --> 00:08.541 OUT AT A CABINET MEETING. >> I DON’T HAVE ANY NEW 00:08.543 --> 00:09.342 >> I DON’T HAVE ANY NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS, I JUST WANT TO 00:09.343 --> 00:10.543 ANNOUNCEMENTS, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE PRESIDENT AGAIN FOR 00:10.544 --> 00:11.310 THANK THE PRESIDENT AGAIN FOR THE TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY TO 00:11.312 --> 00:12.145 THE TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THIS COUNTRY. 00:12.180 --> 00:13.647 SERVE THIS COUNTRY. I’M FOREVER GRATEFUL AND PROUD 00:13.648 --> 00:16.884 I’M FOREVER GRATEFUL AND PROUD OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF DHS WHO 00:16.918 --> 00:18.318 OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF DHS WHO WORK SO HARD EVERY DAY TO 00:18.319 --> 00:19.352 WORK SO HARD EVERY DAY TO EXECUTE THEIR MISSIONS AND 00:19.387 --> 00:20.787 EXECUTE THEIR MISSIONS AND PROTECT THE HOMELAND. 00:20.822 --> 00:21.922 PROTECT THE HOMELAND. I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO 00:21.923 --> 00:23.824 I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THEM FROM 00:23.825 --> 00:24.825 CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THEM FROM THE OUTSIDE. 00:24.826 --> 00:28.261 THE OUTSIDE. I SPENT THE LAST 24 HOURS SINCE 00:28.263 --> 00:29.629 I SPENT THE LAST 24 HOURS SINCE YESTERDAY TALKING WITH 00:29.630 --> 00:31.164 YESTERDAY TALKING WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, WITH 00:31.198 --> 00:32.232 GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, WITH ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS, 00:32.266 --> 00:34.067 ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, TO ENSURE A 00:34.068 --> 00:36.970 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, TO ENSURE A SMOOTH TRANSITION. 00:36.971 --> 00:38.472 SMOOTH TRANSITION. AS YOU KNOW, DHS HAS A VAST 00:38.506 --> 00:40.140 AS YOU KNOW, DHS HAS A VAST ARRAY OF MISSIONS AND I WANT TO 00:40.174 --> 00:42.275 ARRAY OF MISSIONS AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE EXECUTE THEM ALL 00:42.277 --> 00:43.677 MAKE SURE WE EXECUTE THEM ALL WITH EXCELLENCE THROUGH THE THE 00:43.678 --> 00:44.077 WITH EXCELLENCE THROUGH THE THE TRANSITION. 00:44.078 --> 00:45.745 TRANSITION. I SHARE THE PRESIDENT’S GOAL OF 00:45.747 --> 00:46.980 I SHARE THE PRESIDENT’S GOAL OF SECURING THE BORDER AND WILL 00:46.982 --> 00:48.382 SECURING THE BORDER AND WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ALL EFFORTS 00:48.416 --> 00:50.083 CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ALL EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE HUMANITARIAN AND 00:50.085 --> 00:52.686 TO ADDRESS THE HUMANITARIAN AND SECURITY CRISIS ON THE BORDER. 00:52.687 --> 00:54.221 SECURITY CRISIS ON THE BORDER. OTHER THAT, I’M ON MY WAY TO 00:54.255 --> 00:55.589 OTHER THAT, I’M ON MY WAY TO KEEP DOING WHAT I CAN FOR THE 00:55.623 --> 00:56.023 KEEP DOING WHAT I CAN FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. 00:56.057 --> 01:00.194 NEXT FEW DAYS. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. 01:00.228 --> 01:02.596 SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. >> CLEARLY NOT TAKING ANY 01:02.597 --> 01:03.330 >> CLEARLY NOT TAKING ANY QUESTIONS. 01:03.364 --> 01:04.398 QUESTIONS. KIRSTJEN NIELSEN HAS SAID THAT 01:04.432 --> 01:05.966 KIRSTJEN NIELSEN HAS SAID THAT SHE WILL BE OUT BY WEDNESDAY. 01:06.000 --> 01:07.901 SHE WILL BE OUT BY WEDNESDAY. SO THIS IS THE SHORTEST 01:07.935 --> 01:08.368 SO THIS IS THE SHORTEST TRANSITION OUT. 01:08.403 --> 01:10.671 TRANSITION OUT. THIS IS NOT EVEN A WEEK OR A 01:10.672 --> 01:11.271 THIS IS NOT EVEN A WEEK OR A TWO-WEEK NOTICE. 01:11.273 --> 01:13.974 TWO-WEEK NOTICE. IT’S CLEAR THIS WAS A VERY 01:13.975 --> 01:16.376 IT’S CLEAR THIS WAS A VERY ABRUPT SEPARATION OF KIRSTJEN 01:16.378 --> 01:20.014 ABRUPT SEPARATION OF KIRSTJEN NIELSEN FROM HOMELAND SECURITY. 01:20.048 --> 01:21.215 NIELSEN FROM HOMELAND SECURITY. JULIA AINSLEY, ARE YOU STILL 01:21.216 --> 01:22.783 JULIA AINSLEY, ARE YOU STILL WITH US OVER AT DOJ? 01:22.817 --> 01:24.618 WITH US OVER AT DOJ? YES, INDEED YOU ARE. 01:24.619 --> 01:25.419 YES, INDEED YOU ARE. >> Reporter: YES. 01:25.453 --> 01:26.287 >> Reporter: YES. I JUST HEARD THAT. 01:26.321 --> 01:28.722 I JUST HEARD THAT. >> AND OTHER MISSIONS BEYOND 01:28.757 --> 01:29.690 >> AND OTHER MISSIONS BEYOND IMMIGRATION, THE SECRET SERVICE, 01:29.724 --> 01:31.592 IMMIGRATION, THE SECRET SERVICE, IN ITSELF HAS BEEN CHALLENGED IN 01:31.593 --> 01:33.227 IN ITSELF HAS BEEN CHALLENGED IN RECENT YEARS. 01:33.261 --> 01:35.596 RECENT YEARS. WITH WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT 01:35.630 --> 01:38.032 WITH WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT MISSION TO PROTECT NOT ONLY THE 01:38.066 --> 01:39.800 MISSION TO PROTECT NOT ONLY THE PRESIDENT, THE VICE PRESIDENT, 01:39.835 --> 01:42.303 PRESIDENT, THE VICE PRESIDENT, TOP OFFICIALS, VISITING 01:42.304 --> 01:45.206 TOP OFFICIALS, VISITING DIGNITARIES, BUT, YOU KNOW, 01:45.207 --> 01:45.906 DIGNITARIES, BUT, YOU KNOW, COUNTERINTELLIGENCE. 01:45.908 --> 01:48.008 COUNTERINTELLIGENCE. COUNTERFEITING, CYBER, A WHOLE 01:48.009 --> 01:50.944 COUNTERFEITING, CYBER, A WHOLE RANGE OF IMPORTANT HOMELAND 01:50.946 --> 01:52.046 RANGE OF IMPORTANT HOMELAND SECURITY MISSIONS. 01:52.047 --> 01:52.947 SECURITY MISSIONS. WHAT ABOUT THE SECRET SERVICE 01:52.981 --> 01:55.449 WHAT ABOUT THE SECRET SERVICE AND THE REST OF THE 22 AGENCIES 01:55.451 --> 01:58.485 AND THE REST OF THE 22 AGENCIES THAT WERE MOLDED INTO HOMELAND A 01:58.520 --> 01:59.920 THAT WERE MOLDED INTO HOMELAND A LITTLE, WITH SOME DIFFICULTY 01:59.922 --> 02:02.456 LITTLE, WITH SOME DIFFICULTY BACK AFTER 9/11? 02:02.458 --> 02:03.357 BACK AFTER 9/11? >> Reporter: THAT’S RIGHT, 02:03.391 --> 02:03.691 >> Reporter: THAT’S RIGHT, ANDREA. 02:03.725 --> 02:05.459 ANDREA. A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT FORGET 02:05.460 --> 02:06.627 A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT FORGET THAT SECRET SERVICE USED TO BE 02:06.628 --> 02:07.761 THAT SECRET SERVICE USED TO BE UNDER THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT 02:07.763 --> 02:09.864 UNDER THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT AND SOME PEOPLE INSIDE WILL 02:09.898 --> 02:12.433 AND SOME PEOPLE INSIDE WILL BLAME ITS MOLDING UNDER DHS 02:12.468 --> 02:13.968 BLAME ITS MOLDING UNDER DHS AFTER SEPTEMBER 11th FOR A LOT 02:14.003 --> 02:15.236 AFTER SEPTEMBER 11th FOR A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS. 02:15.270 --> 02:18.439 OF THE PROBLEMS. IT SIMPLY BECAME PART OF THIS 02:18.440 --> 02:20.274 IT SIMPLY BECAME PART OF THIS BEHEMOTH AGENCY AND THE 02:20.275 --> 02:20.975 BEHEMOTH AGENCY AND THE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE FWHAEN 02:20.976 --> 02:22.043 MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE FWHAEN PLACE TO KEEP OUT SOME PEOPLE 02:22.044 --> 02:23.144 PLACE TO KEEP OUT SOME PEOPLE WHO SHOULDN’T BE WORKING IN 02:23.145 --> 02:24.846 WHO SHOULDN’T BE WORKING IN CERTAIN POSITIONS AND TO HOLD 02:24.847 --> 02:25.780 CERTAIN POSITIONS AND TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. 02:25.781 --> 02:27.682 PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. WE’VE SEEN ISSUES OVER THE PAST 02:27.683 --> 02:29.784 WE’VE SEEN ISSUES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS IN THE OBAMA 02:29.785 --> 02:31.252 FEW YEARS IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AS WELL OF MEN 02:31.253 --> 02:32.787 ADMINISTRATION AS WELL OF MEN AND WOMEN IN SECRET SERVICE 02:32.821 --> 02:34.389 AND WOMEN IN SECRET SERVICE HAVING SCANDALS OR THINGS THAT 02:34.390 --> 02:36.324 HAVING SCANDALS OR THINGS THAT COME UP WHERE THINGS GET THROUGH 02:36.358 --> 02:37.959 COME UP WHERE THINGS GET THROUGH THEY SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT. 02:37.960 --> 02:38.993 THEY SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT. THERE’S THAT AND FEMA. 02:38.994 --> 02:41.696 THERE’S THAT AND FEMA. THINK ABOUT THE FEMA RESPONSE TO 02:41.730 --> 02:43.531 THINK ABOUT THE FEMA RESPONSE TO HURRICANES LIKE IN PUERTO RICO. 02:43.566 --> 02:45.200 HURRICANES LIKE IN PUERTO RICO. THAT AGENCY GOT A LOT OF 02:45.234 --> 02:45.567 THAT AGENCY GOT A LOT OF CRITICISM. 02:45.601 --> 02:46.801 CRITICISM. WE’VE SEEN HOW THE PRESIDENT CAN 02:46.802 --> 02:49.570 WE’VE SEEN HOW THE PRESIDENT CAN USE FEMA MONEY IN A WAY TO MOVE 02:49.572 --> 02:51.506 USE FEMA MONEY IN A WAY TO MOVE IT AROUND TO MOVE MORE PEOPLE TO 02:51.541 --> 02:51.906 IT AROUND TO MOVE MORE PEOPLE TO THE BOARDER. 02:51.907 --> 02:53.941 THE BOARDER. IT PUTS IT ALL IN A POT WHERE A 02:53.976 --> 02:56.411 IT PUTS IT ALL IN A POT WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT 02:56.412 --> 02:57.979 LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT SOMETIMES FROM A FINANCIAL 02:57.980 --> 02:59.581 SOMETIMES FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE AND FROM A 02:59.582 --> 03:01.282 PERSPECTIVE AND FROM A MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE, THESE 03:01.284 --> 03:02.317 MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE, THESE PLACES, INDIVIDUAL AGENCIES THAT 03:02.351 --> 03:05.086 PLACES, INDIVIDUAL AGENCIES THAT CAME UNDER ONE, THE DEPARTMENT 03:05.121 --> 03:05.887 CAME UNDER ONE, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SHOULD HAVE 03:05.888 --> 03:06.421 OF HOMELAND SECURITY SHOULD HAVE BEEN SEPARATED OUT. 03:06.422 --> 03:09.124 BEEN SEPARATED OUT. IT’S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT 03:09.125 --> 03:11.326 IT’S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WHEN KEVIN McALEENAN BECOMES 03:11.361 --> 03:13.161 WHEN KEVIN McALEENAN BECOMES ACTING SECRETARY HE IS TAKING ON 03:13.195 --> 03:15.430 ACTING SECRETARY HE IS TAKING ON NOT JUST IMMIGRATION BUT SO MUCH 03:15.464 --> 03:15.797 NOT JUST IMMIGRATION BUT SO MUCH ELSE. 03:15.831 --> 03:18.533 ELSE. DHS WAS DESIGNED AFTER SEPTEMBER 03:18.534 --> 03:19.334 DHS WAS DESIGNED AFTER SEPTEMBER 11th TO PREVENT ANOTHER 03:19.335 --> 03:19.801 11th TO PREVENT ANOTHER SEPTEMBER 11th. 03:19.802 --> 03:21.836 SEPTEMBER 11th. THEY HAVE LOTS OF MISSIONS UNDER 03:21.838 --> 03:24.539 THEY HAVE LOTS OF MISSIONS UNDER THEIR ONE UMBRELLA AND CBP ALONE 03:24.541 --> 03:25.740 THEIR ONE UMBRELLA AND CBP ALONE WHICH HE HAS BEEN THE 03:25.741 --> 03:27.008 WHICH HE HAS BEEN THE COMMISSIONER OF, IS THE LARGEST 03:27.009 --> 03:28.443 COMMISSIONER OF, IS THE LARGEST LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATION IN 03:28.444 --> 03:28.844 LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATION IN THE COUNTRY. 03:28.878 --> 03:31.246 THE COUNTRY. IT HAS OVER 60,000 EMPLOYEES 03:31.247 --> 03:32.981 IT HAS OVER 60,000 EMPLOYEES VERSUS THE FBI ACROSS THE STREET 03:33.015 --> 03:35.350 VERSUS THE FBI ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME HERE THAT’S ONLY 35,000. 03:35.384 --> 03:37.185 FROM ME HERE THAT’S ONLY 35,000. THAT’S JUST ONE COMPONENT. 03:37.220 --> 03:39.021 THAT’S JUST ONE COMPONENT. NOT TO MENTION I.C.E., SECRET 03:39.022 --> 03:40.622 NOT TO MENTION I.C.E., SECRET SERVICE, FEMA, EVERYONE WHO 03:40.624 --> 03:42.023 SERVICE, FEMA, EVERYONE WHO FALLS UNDER DHS. 03:42.025 --> 03:43.659 FALLS UNDER DHS. ONE OF THE CRITICISMS OF NIELSEN 03:43.660 --> 03:45.427 ONE OF THE CRITICISMS OF NIELSEN WHEN SHE CAME ON SHE DIDN’T HAVE 03:45.428 --> 03:46.328 WHEN SHE CAME ON SHE DIDN’T HAVE THE MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE. 03:46.329 --> 03:49.064 THE MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE. SHE HAD JUST BEEN SOMEONE WHO 03:49.065 --> 03:50.866 SHE HAD JUST BEEN SOMEONE WHO CAME UP ALONG JOHN KELLY. 03:50.900 --> 03:53.035 CAME UP ALONG JOHN KELLY. KEVIN McALEENAN HAN OVERSEEN 03:53.069 --> 03:53.835 KEVIN McALEENAN HAN OVERSEEN BORDER PROTECTION BUT THERE ARE 03:53.836 --> 03:55.370 BORDER PROTECTION BUT THERE ARE OTHER AREAS. 03:55.404 --> 03:56.104 OTHER AREAS. COUNTERTERRORISM AND CYBER A LOT