Sec. Kristi Noem was asked on Wednesday about the arrest of a potential suspect in relation to the New Orleans terror attack.
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00:00Yes, sir, on the end.
00:01Hey there, Luke Boller, you're seeing this for Secretary of the Home.
00:05You're the former governor, you're a rancher.
00:07I guess, what does this mean to you that the charges against this family were dropped?
00:11And then if I can, the Pakistani government says they arrested an ISIS suspect linked to the New Orleans Day terrorist attack.
00:17Can you talk to us a little bit about what the foreign nexus to the suspect is and if they'll come to the U.S. to face charges?
00:23Well, I don't want to speak specifics on that investigation that's still ongoing,
00:27but yes, this is someone who's tied to those New Year Day's attack that happened in New Orleans
00:32and we're grateful that this investigative work continues to go on every single day to bring these terrorists to justice.
00:38You know, President Trump, since he's been in office, we have removed over 240 known terrorists,
00:45people that are on the terrorist watch list that we have picked up and removed from this country already
00:50because of his leadership and his focus on law and order.
00:53So I'm just so grateful for him that he recognizes the danger that we're in in this country
00:58and know that there are many more out there that we still have to make sure that we're removing to keep our country safe.
01:04So many times when we talk about national security, we talk about it from beyond our borders.
01:08We have people in this country living here who hate us, who want to destroy us,
01:12that President Trump is determined to remove,
01:15and that's one of the examples of the success that our investigators and our law enforcement have been able to have.
01:20What I would say about the Maud family and their ability to stand here today
01:26and know these criminal charges have been dropped,
01:29I'm extremely grateful and overwhelmed by the blessings of that,
01:32but I am still heartbroken at what they had to go through.
01:35I cannot imagine what their nights were like, tucking their kids into bed,
01:39wondering if they were going to get to wake them up the next morning
01:42because they didn't know when the next Forest Service or law enforcement official
01:46would show up in tactical gear at their door and just take them away.
01:49They threatened to take them away from their children because of this dispute
01:53that this family did nothing wrong and fully cooperated on.
01:57So I just think about those nights they went through,
01:59the financial hardships that they went through trying to figure out what their future was.
02:04I'm grateful we're here where we are today, but let it be a lesson to all of us
02:07that we should put ourselves in their shoes for five minutes
02:10and think about what they went through
02:12and ensure and promise to ourselves that it never happens again.
02:14Yes, sir, in the blue.
02:19And this will be the last question.
02:20This is all...
02:22Yeah.
02:28Oh.
02:29Oh.