ELIZABETH: WE’VE GOT BREAKING
NEWS COMING IN.
HOUSE HOMELAND SECURITY RANKING
MEMBER JOHN KATKO.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, CONGRESSMAN
KATKO.
GREG ABBOTT INVOKED THE INVASION
CLAUSE OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
TO DEAL WITH THE BORDER CRISIS
DOWN THERE.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE’VE
EVER SEEN A U.S. GOVERNOR DO
THIS.
WHAT IS YOUR REACTION?
>> MY REACTION IS I PROBABLY
WOULD BE DOING THE SAME THING IF
I WAS A GOVERNOR.
WHAT ELSE CAN HE DO AT THIS
POINT.
IT IS LIKE BANGING YOUR HEAD
AGAINST THE WALL TRYING TO GET
THIS ADMINISTRATION TO PAY TANKS
TO THE CRISIS THEY CREATED.
IT’S A CRISIS.
PEOPLE ARE DYING IN RECORD
NUMBERS.
PEOPLE ARE DYING OF DRUG
OVERDOSES IN RECORD NUMBERS.
PEOPLE ARE CROSSING IN RECORD
NUMBERS INCLUDING TERRORISTS.
WHAT ELSE CAN HE DO AT THIS
POINT?
I DON’T BLAME HIM GIVING IT A
SHOT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
ELIZABETH: WE HAD MORE
TERRORISTS CAUGHT IN THE LAST
FISCAL YEAR THAN THE LAST FOUR
YEARS COMBINED.
HOMELAND SECRETARY, WE WATCHED
WHAT WAS GOING ON, CONGRESSMAN.
YOU WERE AT THE HEARING.
HE CLAIMED THE BORDER IS SECURE.
HIS OWN TEAM SAYS THAT IS WRONG.
YOUR REACTION?
>> LISTEN TO THE PERSON WHO
ANSWERED THE QUESTION AFTER HIM,
DIRECTOR WRAY FROM THE FEDERAL
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.
HE DETAILED A LITANY OF CONCERNS
HE HAS ABOUT THE BORDER NOW,
TERRORIST STANDPOINT, CRIMINAL
STANDPOINT, NATIONAL SECURITY
STANDPOINT THAT DOES NOT COMPORT
WITH REAL THINK THAT THE BORDER
IS SECURITY.
NOBODY I KNOW IS MAINTAINING
THAT EXCEPT THE SECRETARY.
ELIZABETH: WATCH FIREWORKS FROM
TODAY’S HEARING.
LISTEN TO THIS.
>> SECRETARY MAYORKAS, FINAL
QUESTION, SIR --
>> HONOR AND NOBILITY.
THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY.
>> YOU REPRESENT NOBILITY,
SECRETARY MAYORKAS?
>> CONGRESSMAN, THAT IS WHAT I’M
DEDICATED TO.
OUR INTERDICTION EFFORT HAVE
BEEN MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN EVER
BEFORE.
I SHOULD NOTE --
>> MR. SECRETARY IN MY HOME
STATE, EXCUSE ME.
MR. SECRETARY, YOU’VE DONE THIS
ALL DAY, WHEN YOU DON’T LIKE A
QUESTION YOU FILIBUSTER.
LET ME BE VERY CLEAR.
>> MAY I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
>> YES OR NO, HAVE YOU HAD THAT
CONVERSATION WITH ANYONE IN THE
ADMINISTRATION?
>> I’M VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE
HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.
I’M VERY COMMITTED TO
ACCOMPLISHING.
ANSWER THE QUESTION HAVE YOU HAD
A CONVERSATION WITH ANYONE IN
THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT
STEPPING DOWN FROM YOUR CURRENT
ROLE.
>> I HAVE NOT.
>> I HOPE FOR THE SAKE OF THE
SAFETY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
THAT THAT CONVERSATION HAPPENS
VERY SOON.
>> STATISTICS TELL ME THAT THE
BORDER IS ONLY GETTING WORSE.
>> HOW MANY OF THE 600,000
PEOPLE MATCHED THE TERROR WATCH
LIST?
>> CONGRESSMAN, BY DEFINITION
THEY ARE GOT-AWAYS.
>> SO YOU DON’T KNOW.
HOW CAN YOU SAY THE BORDER IS
SECURE?
>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS
FOR THE BORDER?
>> I DO NOT.
>> MY POINT I HAVE NOT HEARD A
PLAN.
I HAVE JUST HEARD GRIEVANCES.
ELIZABETH: ERIC SWALWELL SAYING
THERE IS NO PLAN.
WHAT IS WITH THE TALKING POINTS?
HE WORKS FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DON’T WORK
FOR HIM.
>> WELL THAT, THAT IS OUR JOB AS
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO HOLD
PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE ALL ACROSS
THE GOVERNMENT AND THAT IS WHAT
WE DID TODAY.
AND WHEN WE TAKE OVER THE
MAJORITY ON JANUARY 3rd, MY
COLLEAGUES WILL FOLLOW ME
RUNNING THE COMMITTEE HOLD HIM
AND OTHERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS.
IT WILL BE A DIFFERENT DYNAMIC
BECAUSE WE’LL BE IN AT MAJORITY.
WE’LL BE ABLE TO DICTATE THINGS.
ELIZABETH: ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE
TO IMPEACH HIM?
>> I WON’T BE ON THE COMMITTEE
AT THAT POINT.
I DON’T KNOW IF THAT WILL HAPPEN
OR NOT.
THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT
HAS BEEN DISCUSSED.
I DON’T KNOW IF IT RISES TO THAT
LEVEL OR IF THAT IS NECESSARY.
WHAT WE DO NEED TO DO HOLD THIS
ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE FOR
THE ATROCIOUS BORDER SITUATION
THAT WE NOW HAVE THAT THEY
CREATED.
ELIZABETH: YOU KNOW, IN
OCTOBER 2019 THERE WAS SOMETHING
LIKE 55,000, 60,000 ILLEGAL
BORDER CROSSINGS.
THERE ARE NOW 230,000.
IT’S ASTRONOMICAL NOW.
WE ARE SEEING, RECORDS BROKEN
FROM MONTH TO MONTH TO MONTH TO
MONTH.
YOU KNOW THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
SICK AND TIRED OF IT.
THEY’RE SICK AND TIRED OF HAVING
TO SEE THIS ON THEIR TV SCREENS
EVERY NIGHT WHERE YOU SEE
MAYORKAS DOWN THERE JUST, YOU
KNOW, JAWBONING AND NOT DOING
ANYTHING AND HAVING NOW A
FEDERAL JUDGE KICKING OUT
TRUMP’S TITLE 42 TODAY, THE
PANDEMIC POLICY.
D.C. JUDGE EMMET SULLIVAN JUST
PUSHED THAT OUT THE DOOR.
SO THAT’S GONE.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT ABOUT,
UPHOLDING THEIR PLEDGE FOR THE
SAFETY OF U.S. CITIZENS?
THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL OATH?
>> THEY SEEM TO HAVE IGNORED
THAT PLEDGE.
I CAN TELL YOU ONE GROUP THEY
DIDN’T MENTION THAT IS AGHAST
APOPLECTIC ABOUT THIS, 108,000
FAMILIES BURIED LOVED ONES THIS
YEAR BECAUSE OF DRUG OVERDOSES.
DRUG OVERDOSES ARE NOW THE
NUMBER ONE KILLER OF PEOPLE 18
TO 45 YEARS OLD.
IT IS FIRST TIME IN OUR NATION’S
HISTORY MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE
HAVE DIED OF A DRUG OVERDOSE.
THAT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO WHAT
IS GOING ON AT THE BORDER,
ESPECIALLY SINCE FENTANYL IS
COMING ACROSS IN UNGODLY
NUMBERS.
ELIZABETH: DRUG GANGS AND CRIME
IN U.S. CITIES EXPLODING,
DIRECTLY --
>> ABSOLUTELY.
ELIZABETH: DIRECTLY LINKED TO
BIDEN’S BORDER COLLAPSE.