>> Dana: F.B.I. DIRECTOR
CHRISTOPHER WRAY AND MAYORKAS
WILL BE AT A SENATE HEARING.
JOINING US NOW IS A MEMBER OF
THAT COMMITTEE, WISCONSIN
SENATOR RON JOHNSON.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE
BORDER BUT FIRST IF WE COULD
TALK ABOUT AFGHANISTAN AND THE
THREAT THAT WE POSSIBLY FACE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THE
ADMINISTRATION HAS INSISTED THE
OVER THE HORIZON CAPABILITIES
WILL KEEP US SAFE.
WE KNOW ISIS-K TERRORISTS THEY
WERE TRYING TO GET DIDN’T
HAPPEN.
THEY KILLED AN AMERICAN ALLY
AND NINE OTHERS INCLUDING
CHILDREN.
HERE IS WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT
THAT STRIKE INITIALLY.
>> OUR OVER THE HORIZON COUNTER
TERRORISM CAPABILITY WAS PROVEN
OUT.
THEY IDENTIFIED THE TARGET,
THEY TOOK THE TARGET OUT AND
THEY ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF
IDENTIFYING FURTHER TARGETS TO
ACTION.
>> THE ISIS TARGETS THAT WERE
TAKEN OUT INVOLVED TWO
INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE
SIGNIFICANT PLANNERS AND
FACILITATORS FOR ISIS-K.
>> THE FACT WE’VE HAD TWO
SUCCESSFUL STRIKE TELLS YOU OUR
OVER THE HORIZON CAPACITY IS
WORKING.
>> WE HAD GOOD INTELLIGENCE
THAT ISIS-K WAS PREPARING A
SPECIFIC TYPE VEHICLE AND
SPECIFIC LOCATION.
>> Dana: THE ADMINISTRATION
MAINTAINS OVER THE HORIZON
CAPABILITY IS SUFFICIENT.
WHAT SAY YOU?
>> THE ONLY THING THOSE STRIKES
PROVED IS THEIR OVER THE
HORIZON CAPABILITY WAS A
COMPLETE AND UTTER FAILURE.
THE STRIKES NEED TO BE
INVESTIGATED.
I’M CONCERNED THEY WERE
INITIATED BECAUSE OF THE CHAOS
THAT WAS CREATED BY THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION POLICY AND
TRAGIC LOSS OF 13 AMERICAN
LIVES.
THEY HAD TO DO SOMETHING.
THEY DID THAT AND 10 INNOCENT
PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES.
>> Dana: IN ADDITION TO ALL THE
OTHER THINGS YOU WANT TO TALK
TO THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS
TODAY, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS POLL
FOX NEWS POLL THAT JUST CAME
OUT 55% OF AMERICANS THINK THAT
THE THREAT OF TALIBAN CONTROL
IN AFGHANISTAN IS A THREAT TO
THE AMERICANS.
DO YOU EXPECT THEM TO BE ABLE
TO ANSWER THAT TODAY?
>> IT IS A THREAT.
THAT’S THE ONLY ANSWER THAT
THEY CAN PROVIDE.
WE ARE IN GREATER DANGER.
THIS NATION IS IN PERIL BECAUSE
OF THE POLICY DECISIONS OF THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
IT IS INCOMPETENT.
THESE PEOPLE ARE INCOMPETENT.
THAT’S BEING KIND TO THEM.
THESE POLICY FAILURES, THESE
ROLLING DISASTERS ARE CAUSED BY
THEIR POLICY DECISIONS.
THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT.
THEY WANT OPEN BORDERS.
THEY WANTED THE SURRENDER IN
AFGHANISTAN.
IGNORED ALL RELEVANT ADVICE
WARNING THEM WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.
THEY JUST PUSHED FORWARD.
I’M REMINDED WHAT PRESIDENT
BIDEN SAID ABOUT JOE BIDEN.
DON’T UNDERESTIMATE THE WAY
THAT JOE CAN F THINGS UP.
AND HE IS.
>> Dana: LET’S SWITCH TO THE
BORDER.
RIGHT THERE ON YOUR SCREEN
SECRETARY MAYORKAS IS GETTING
READY TO TESTIFY IN FRONT OF
YOUR COMMITTEE AND I’M SURE
THAT HE IS GOING TO REPEAT WHAT
HE HAS BEEN SAYING THAT THE
BORDER IS CLOSED.
OUR SOUTHERN BORDER IS CLOSED.
BUT WE’RE LOOKING AT THOUSANDS
OF MIGRANTS WHO ARE HUDDLED
UNDER A BRIDGE IN ADDITION TO
ALL THE OTHERS WHO GOT THROUGH
AND IN AUGUST A RECORD NUMBER
OF 208,000.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM HIM ON
THE BORDER TODAY?
>> HE WILL TRY AND PUT LIPSTICK
ON THE PIG BUT HE CAN’T.
WE’VE BEEN AVERAGING MORE THAN
6700 APPREHENSIONS PER DAY OVER
THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS.
WHAT SHOULD BE BOMBSHELL REPORT
WAS A LETTER THAT JUST RECENTLY
RETIRED U.S. BORDER PATROL
CHIEF RODNEY SCOTT WROTE TO OUR
COMMITTEE, TO THE HEADS OF THE
COMMITTEE AND LEADERSHIP OF THE
SENATE THAT SAYS SECRETARY
MAYORKAS AND OTHER APPOINTEES
IN DHS HAVE PROVIDED INCORRECT
INFORMATION TO CONGRESSIONAL
REPRESENTATIVES AND THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC.
THEY ARE LYING TO US.
TO SAY THAT OUR BORDER IS
CLOSED IS A LIE.
IT IS A FANTASY LAND.
THEY ARE DENYING REALITY.
IF THEY ARE DENYING REALITY TO
THE POINT IT’S DANGEROUS FOR
THIS NATION.
CHIEF SCOTT TALKS ABOUT THE
NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT.
HE SAYS TO THINK THAT WELL
RESOURCED TERRORIST NETWORKS
AND CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS AND
HOSTILE NATIONS ARE NOT
EXPLOITING THIS IS NAIVE.
HE SAID HE IS SICKENED BY THE
AVOIDABLE AND RAPID
DISINTEGRATION WHAT WAS THE
MOST EFFECTIVE BOSHDER SECURITY
IN OUR NATION’S HISTORY UNDER
THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.
THIS ADMINISTRATION COMPLETELY
INCOMPETENT.
THIS IS HIS POLICY CHOICE.
THIS IS A CHOICE OF THE
DEMOCRATS.
THEY WANTED OPEN BORDERS, NOW
WE HAVE THEM.
IT IS A HUGE NATIONAL SECURITY
AND HOMELAND SECURITY THREAT.
>> Dana: THANK YOU FOR THE
PREVIEW FROM THE REPUBLICAN
SIDE TODAY.
THE HEARING IS ABOUT TO GET