marshall. and he's also continued the library's condition of providing exceptional research assistance to library patients. while overseeing the over 300 collections in the archives, he also manages the marshall legacy series, which is a multi-year celebration of george c. marshall's legacy. let's welcome jeffrey kozak. [ applause ] >> all right. before i get started this afternoon i would like to thank dr. chris kolakowski and jim zobel for the invitation to speak and also thank the rest of the macarthur memorial staff for running this symposium today. >> in a letter to then brigadier general,lessy mcnair, dated march 4th, 1939, regarding the limited of instruction at leavenworth, george c. marshall wrote, with relation to the last-named force, in this instance, the national guard, i think our instruction is most effect i haive and for these re. we must be prepared the next time we are involved in a war to fight immediately. that is within a few weeks. somewhere and somehow. now that means we

marshall reflected. surrendering the direct control of his troops, which he has invidiously maintained in the face of repeated endeavors, to repeat the formation of an american army, he released them to be scattered over 400 miles up front, temporarily jeopardizing his own, and even american prestige, he laid all his cards on the table. marshall also took note on praise his demeanor, despite the circumstances he faced, saying in the midst of profound depression, irradiated determination and the will to win. his mentor and expression, more than his speech, fire the officers of the first division, with a determination to overcome the enemy whenever he was encountered. the first division completed its move to the front on april 26. neither the first division and its enemies launched an attack. marshall noticed our casualties made a formal list. the officers were having marshall continue. it was necessary for them to move about to oversee their men. both of the captains of the machine-gun companies have been

marshall's presence during marshall fouche's visit was another instructive encounter for marshall regarding allied cooperation. the purpose of the visit was to present the initial proposal for the battle with the possibility of abandoning the sand mail operation as well as to discuss the possibility of splitting the new american army. fouch's main concern for canceling the san miguel offensive is that general pershing countered by suggesting that the army conduct both operations. at their final meeting on september 2, fouch and pershing agreed to begin a new operation on september 25th, to limit the scope of the san miguel operation. marshall updated the plans he prepared accordingly. as a result of the tight timeline that the u.s. army faced for getting troops in position for the opening of the new arbonne offensive. the maroperation that marshall tasked with movings with huge. 40 miles from san miguel to the muse argonne. the movement of the men and supplies had to be coordinated with the withdrawal of the french divisions at the front. the availability of only throw roads over which the

general marshall in fact, never use the term marshall plan. without arthur vandenberg it's almost impossible to imagine this having been, legislation, and he sacrificed his own presidential ambitions to convince a very, very skeptical republican congress to go along with this legislation. marshall himself, of course, not an architect of the details of the marshall plan without question, a great synthesizer and the greatest possible salesman for the marshall plan. early on in the process of taking the plan from planning stage to actual policy stage, truman's main political advisor clark clifford said this is going to be a big visionary thinking we should call it the truman plane. truman laughed and said don't even think of it. he said anything going up to congress bearing my name will twitch a few times, go belly up and die. he said, even the worst republican would not vote against the plan named after general marshall. so truman was a wise man in many ways. so marshall makes his iconic harvard speech in june of 1947. 1947. it's quite short. it

he also manages the marshall legacy series, a multi-year examination of george c marshall legacy. let's welcome jeffrey kozak. [applause] mr. kozak: all right. before i get started this thinkoon, i would like to memorial the macarthur for the invitation to speak and the staff for leading this symposium today. in a letter to brigadier general, leslie mcnair dated march 4th, 1639 regarding obstruction of fort leavenworth, george c marshall wrote "with relation to the lack of force, in the instance, the national guard, i think our instruction is most effective for these reasons. we must be prepared and the next in a war toinvolved fight immediately, that is within a few weeks somewhere. that will constitute the larger dirty of the army for the first six months." he continued a letter by saying the army should be preparing the -- two lead units with limited subplies rather than complete organizations that would take six months to one year to perform. and the stress to the demobilizing was efficient training and simple orders." marshall shared the his opinions with mcnair, the man with

justice marshall dissent. the presumption of the travel ban stigmatizing millions of people would have concerned him greatly. i shared professor driver's concerns about the decision. as justice sotomayor said the repackaging of the ban did not in her view cleanse the appearance of discrimination based on religion. that its proponents had proclaimed. so i do find it deeply troubling. >> ok. let's open it up to the audience. questions? we have eight minutes according to my -- is that wrong? how much time do we have? ok. we have eight minutes. questions from the audience. if not, i have others i can ask of the panelists. >> my question is from a constitutional perspective, citizens united allows just extreme amounts of money to go into districts within a state to elect a representative. what tension or to what extent does citizens united affect the citizens within a small district to elect a representative now that buying media is really such a major factor in electing representatives? >> i really don't think tha

justice marshall dissented. from that day forward, he and justice brennan refused to acquiesce in the constitutionality of the death penalty, stating in every capital case that came to the court that they adhere to their view that the death penalty is piloted of the eighth amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. justice marshall did more than simply not acquiesce though. he organized the work in his chambers around the death penalty. insisting that capital petitions received special scrutiny and care. like justice brennan, justice marshall was not in the short pool, so was no small thing to sift through the dozens of capital provisions. every term, he selected a handful of cases with the most egregious problems and dissented from denial assert. some of his defense led colleagues to grant cert because he would circulate the dissent prior to the court voting on the case in conference. others highlighted issues that the court would take up in later cases. the 25 years of justice marshall's engageme

justice marshall became a jr. justice in the minority liberal largely knowns when he retired in 1991 as the great dissenter. i will call on each of our panelists to give a brief seven --10 minute opening saint statement that reflects on some aspect of his legacy and we will have a rich discussed in -- discussion. unlike my fellow panelists and our moderator, i did not have the good fortune of being a law clerk to justice marshall. i never had the opportunity to meet him. it would be difficult to overstate the is steam in which i hold -- the esteem of which i hold justice marshall. childhood hero, and a native of washington, d.c.. i would always set on the side faced the that supreme court of the united states because i court of the united states because i knew that justice marshall worked in that building and i felt indebted to him for his work as a litigator, improving the nation. gregory askedge me to participate in this panel and think about justice marshall's legacy, i leapt at the opportunity. i will speak ab

justice marshall would have applauded these decisions. certainly the next more consequential one which channeled from his dissent in smith. i'm talking about carpenter against united states. where the court held 5-4 that the government ordinarily must obtain a warrant on probable cause to obtain location records showing the continuous location of someone's cell phone. chief justice roberts wrote for the majority on the closely divided court and -- emphasize the relevance of understanding and reasonable expectations of privacy and fourth amendment analysis. he notably fair-minded opinion acknowledged the issue late at the juncture of two lines of authority. one committing the government to obtain information in the hands of first parties without a warrant, which is bank records or call records, and the other protect the expectations of privacy about information concerning one's location and movement. cell site records should be protected the court said because it's collection posed foundational purposes. first to secure the privacy of our

i am judge marshall. you were a bike. it was a very high honor in my life to serve as his law clerk. as solicitor general, thurgood marshall successfully argued against captain morgan, a case that upheld provisions of the voting rights act requiring states to treat as literate as qualified to vote those citizens who spoke in red spanish. his work there evidence is commitment to an inclusive and equal voting system as was also apparent in his powerful dissent in a case called richardson against ramirez, a case that held that california's spelling disenfranchisement law could not be challenged under the equal protection clause of section 1 of the 14th amendment because of an argument about section 2 of that amendment . the voter purge and partisan gerrymandering issues that were before the court this term which my colleagues will discuss later, it would not be hard to discern justice marshall's views on those cases in light of that work of his.in justice marshall's first term on the court, his work foreshadowed important ar

marshall, for five minutes. mr. marshall: thank you, mr. speaker. six years ago, farmers and ranchers across kansas faced drought conditions that crippled crops, dried ponds and force livestock owners to abandon past ures. in the years since, rain has fallen and conditions have turned to normal but drought has left many counties across my district dried and worried. ranchers in the hills of kansas are finding themselves short of water and grass for their cattle. farmers in central kansas watch corn and soybean plants shrifble in the unrelenting -- shrivel in the unrelenting heat. many under extreme drought declaration. that on top of low commodity prices and market uncertainty, it pushes farmer suicide rates to more than double that of the general population. that's right, mr. speaker. our farmers' suicide rates are more than double that of the general population. unfortunately, the impacts do not stop at the farm gate. when production and agriculture suffers, so do the communities. and those that support the agriculture industry. the drought really

marshall. we'll call you back up if we have any further questions. let's open it up for public comment. any member of the public wish to comment, please come forward. you will have 2 minutes. >> good morning, good afternoon, supervisors. i honestly didn't come to speak on this item here. i came to get my credentials for the big event happening wednesday. london breed. okay. i'm focused. i have my time. i know how to work my time. i'm good at this, like trump. i know how to work the tv. right now, i'm supporting dr. marshall. i knew him when he first came to the police commission. i go back further than he did, but he's doing a wonderful job. i talked to him in fillmore and said, when will you retire? he said, i ain't going to retire until i change things. i said, you will probably be old and gray. because things won't get changed in my lifetime or your lifetime. we deal with a racist part of the city, the police department. but i admire him for wanting to complete it. i'm ace and i'm on the cas

marshals? you mabebe, ev if f yoare a u.s. cititizen and not on a terr watch this, even if you have not been suspected of a crime. amy: an investigation exposes thatecret tsa program monitors airline passengers even if they don't appear on any watch lists. then, we remember the antiwar congressman from oakland, california. he led congressional opposition to the vietnam war and apartheid in south africa. words andar his own his 1990 remarks welcoming nelson mandela to oakland. >> it is fascinating, historic, symbolic. he comes to remind us of the unfinished business of banishing apartheid in south africa and racism in america. amy: all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now! has ordered the trump administration to transfer all children out of the treatment center in texas. it is due to allegations of widespread abuse. the judge condemned d the center for injectining children with drugs s without parental consen, imprisoning some childrenn in coconfinement, and prohititing them from making private phone calls. she

if you're on that list of people for the federal marshals to what they are marshals to watch and that list goes to law enforcement in the united states it's going to stay there and it's going to impact your life in some way because you're not going to know it's there and they're going to watch you in different ways it may affect your employment your promotion could affect all kinds of things you should have a right to know once they decide that you're not a suspicious person supposedly after ninety days that you're on that list and that gets wiped there's nobody saying that happens this is an out of control problem already and it's going to get worse to say it's out of control to say that we've missed to say that we've missed people because at the because we're watching this one we missed that one there are no new point to the shoe bomber i was a long time ago they say people are going to get promotions people are going to get in and get jobs there's no evidence of this this is massive state this is not mass it's hysteria and everyone getting to fly a lot of privilege if you don't wan

so i believe, if we have the state fire marshal's office at the table, with our fire marshal chief cossio saying we need flexibility. and bringing erin and bringing in maybe some of our state representatives, i would be happy to reach out to them and ask them to sit at the table and try to hammer out some kind of compromise. so it's just about getting the right people to the table and making sense of why they made the change and does it really apply to san francisco. because the one fix doesn't fix all. san bruno is not san francisco. i'm happy to start the ball rolling. i can hopefully pull something together by the end of june. >> commissioner, if i could, i do think the affordable housing industry would be a good representative to be at the table. whether it's through a group like n.p.h., non-profit housing or some of the bigger building developers. it's not just that we need the roof or outdoor space, the majority of our buildings have free child care, so we have even more outdoor requirement and lots of times -- so, we wouldn't be just designating housing. our industry secretly provi

john karr is ready the president of the air marshals the c.h.p. to clear the air marshals association believes that missions based on recognized intelligence or in support of ongoing federal investigations is the proper criteria for flight scheduling currently the quiet skies program does not meet the criteria we find acceptable so the t.s.a. is sort of the new kids on the block as far as this goes because they haven't been around as long as like the air marshals and that but every other agency in the inflight is saying no this doesn't work i don't know why you're doing. income inequality in the united states continues to surge a study published by the economic policy institute found that income inequality cross america grew fastest between two thousand and nine and twenty fifteen the latest year with recorded data by the i.r.s. sarah montas to oka has more. the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer at least that's the case across america today the economic policy institute found that rising inequality is not just a problem major

john cowles ready the president of the air marshals the c.h.p. to clear the air marshals association believes that missions based on recognized intelligence or in support of ongoing federal investigations is the proper criteria for flight scheduling currently the quiet skies program does not meet the criteria we find acceptable so the t.s.a. is sort of the new kids on the block as far as this goes because they haven't been around as long as like the air marshals and that but every other agency in the inflight is saying no this doesn't work i don't know why you're doing. income inequality in the united states continues to surge a study published by the economic policy institute found that income inequality cross america grew fastest between two thousand and nine and twenty fifteen the latest year with recorded data by the i.r.s. sarah monta oka has more. the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting for at least that's the case across america today the economic policy institute found that rising inequality is not just a problem major cities

we were hoping the fire marshal would be able to make it but he had a scheduling conflict. i have captain balmy here. i first found out this from commissioner mccarthy and i called the fire marshal and his response it's the interpretation of the state fire marshal, which we, on the local level have to follow. but i do think there was some sort of communication break down somewhere. we have to find out why the state fire marshal has changed the interpretation and have that discussion as it relates to buildings in san francisco. and the fire department here could start those discussions. and i'm happy to reach out to people on the state level and try to begin that discussion in the near future. the last thing we want is to prohibit people from being able to build much-needed housing in this industry. so i would be committed to pulling a meeting together asap to try to figure this out. we are working with d.b.i. on many, many policy issues and i would be happy to take the lead on that and take any questions you may have. and if it's technical i have to kick it over to captain

the marshals told to report back if the traveler changes clothes in a restroom, perspires excessively, fidgets, trembles or stares, uses a phone or computer. passengers are foreign travel and other factors raise concerns, including criminal records, curious financial transactions, e-mail or phone numbers linked to terror suspects. among the passengers followed, a businesswoman who was in turkey, even a flight attendant. >> you have over 2 million people a day that travel in and around the united states. you're looking for a threat that's so small it's less than a needle in the haystack. >> reporter: the tsa tells nbc news the primary purpose of the program is to ensure passengers and flight crew are protected during air travel. we recently talked to tsa chief about the air marshals. >> for passengers, i think they should feel safe and secure that we have a federal air marshal service that does provide that in-flight security. >> reporter: travelers are never told they have been followed and activities documented, raising privacy concerns. >> it should go without saying government agen

this is marshall. people are not yet convinced we never had a program from beginning to end there was no plan on any of these cases. none. once we went law school graduate school connection if in college and then junior-college then high school all the way down. but obviously there was no plan. and then in this case was elementary school there was no plan we didn't want it but we had it we've been going at it for this long what's a couple more years now all of a sudden here we go. this is thurgood marshall trying to and most historians continue to write the history of brown was something that was planned but in fact all of these cases kept coming to the office in new york and eventually marshall had to take it on. after brown girls would continue to lead the way and they would agree to volunteer to desegregate the schools. in 18579 students desegregated central high six or girls and three were boys and in 1864 girls desegregated the first-grade in new orleans. ruby bridges is very well known but also t

the air marshal association president released this statement to the globe, saying the air marshal association believes that missions based on recognized intelligence or in support of ongoing federal investigations is the proper criteria for flight scheduling. the quiet skies program does not meet the criteria we find acceptable. reporting live here in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> new at 6:00, san francisco's northern waterfront could soon get a major make-over. it will make it easier to get around. >> this is one of the more bizarre police chases you will probably ever see. >> you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. a colorful sunrise developing right now. if you're locked into the clouds i'll keep posting pictures on sonoma. temperatures pretty close to average today you know when you're at ross shopping for backpacks... ...and mom also gets a back-to-school bag? that's yes for less. ross has the brands you want for back to school. and it feels even better when you find them for less. at ross. yes for less. this is long distance with t

some federal air marshals complain the program is a waste of money. the unions saying the american public would be better served if these marshals were instead assigned to airport screening and check-in chaiareas so activ shooter events can be prevented. >> it should go without saying government agents shouldn't be monitoring travelers without a good reason for doing so. >> nbc's tom costello joining us now. tom, is this profiling? how does it work, and how long has it been going on? >> tsa stresses this is not racial or ethnic profiling. simply looking at individuals who have had this travel history that may in and of itself raise a red flag but then coupled with other data points, other pieces of information warrant at least a closer look. the program itself has been around since 2010, but the federal air marshals have really kind of reoriented part of their daily assignment to start doing this. that started within the past year or so. i would make also this point. a lot of security pros say this is exactly what you would expect air marshals to do.

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some air marshals claim the program forces them to shadow americans who pose no real threat. the tsa in a statement to nbc news says the program is not inte teil dinary senior government officials tell nbc news the quiet skies program has existed since 2010, and that the screening process has since evolved to include dozens of other factors such as suspicious financial transactions. >> there needs to be accountability within the system. there needs to be a reason to be interested in them, other than someone selected at random. epether the program has stopped any terrorists or prevented any threats. an agency spokesman says the release of such information would make passengers less safe. jeff bennett, nbc news, washington. >>> police are on a manhunt for two armed suspects who opened fire outside a new orleans strip mall, killing three people and injuring seven more. police say the suspects appeared to have fired indiscriminately into a crowd. the two suspects were wearing hoodies and fired a long rifle as well as a handgun. police are asking the community to share any informa

so marshall saw that. i think the third part was he saw the future that it's kind of repetitious and that security in europe is not necessarily guaranteed and we are going to need a partnership there of people that could actually purchase their own military capability, train with us and be there as a partner. so if you look at hiv/aids which we are going to talk about now, i felt the same way when i was in uranium command. at that time european command for those that don't know or probably don't care, we had africa in european command, most of it, and our responsibilities were about 92 countries, 50 some were in africa. we spent a lot of time there. and it was kind of a nascent area. it was a little more thought of today because of some of the -- what we consider extremism or potential terrorists that are being grown there, but at the time it was an area that was not very well known, there was not a lot of involvement from the ambassadors which was great for us, but there wasn't any real strategy involved

frederick marshall's may deploy on flights in furtherance of the t.s.a. mission to ensure the safety and security of passengers crew members and aircraft throughout the aviation sector or we get a reaction on this probably investigative reporter dave lindorff and political commentator steve malzberg who didn't see eye eye to. if i now know there are air marshals who are armed on my flights most of my flights i don't care who they're watching as long as they're there so i don't have a problem with this you know this is very akin to when they first started doing the no fly list which i wrote about for salon magazine what we found out were there actually were two lists there was the people that they knew were. dangerous terrorists but they didn't have the goods on them and they didn't let them fly and then there was a huge list which was people they harassed because of their politics and they were there were problems with the notify list and people who didn't belong there were on there but look we had it sure that we didn't have any more nine eleventh's and

we recently talked to tsa chief about e air marshals. >> for passengers i think they should feel a afe and secure that we havderal air marshal service that does provide that inflight security. >> reporter: travelers never told they have been followed and activities documented, raising privacy concerns. >> it should go without saying government agents shouldn't be monitoring travelers without a good reason for doing so. >> reporter: the air marshal complains it's a waste of time. the american public would be better served if they were assigned to aport check in areas so active shooter events could be swiftly ended. lotom cost nbc news, washington. >>> president trump's attorney rudgiuliani raised eyebrows today questioning whether colluding with russia is a crime. a day before the start n f the first trial the russia probe for former trump campaign chairman paul manafort. all of this as tpr ident once again threatens a government shutdown. here is nbc ws whiteouse correspondent kristen orelker. >> rr: after saying it was a waste of time to tackle immigration before the midterms, the pre

sources say the marshals observe up to 50 travelers a day on domestic flights. if no suspicious behavior is discovered, people are removed from the program within 90 days. there is no electronic surveillance, like wiretaps. john pistole was the t.s.a. administrator when quiet skies launched. >> so, the whole idea was how can we mitigate risks against known risks and unknown risks, people who might do something but just haven't come up on anybody's radar yet. >> reporter: do you think it's a good use of your man power? >> absolutely not. >> reporter: whistleblower robert maclean is an air marshal. he filed a formal complaint about the program. >> it goes back to what i say over and over: the air marshal's job is to protect the cockpit and the pilots. let somebody else do the intelligence and criminal investigative work. >> reporter: t.s.a. insists the program's goal is to ensure the safety of passengers and flight crews during flight, that it is not intended to surveil ordinary americans. jeff? >> glor: kris van cleave at reagan for us tonight. still ahead on the

but the air marshal association president is wary, releasing this statement to "the globe." "the air marshal association believes that missions based on recognized intelligence, or in support of ongoing federal investigations, is the proper criteria for flight scheduling. currently the quiet skies program does not meet the criteria we find acceptable." tonight, tsa tells abc news they follow individuals who may have suspicious, erratic travel patterns. and that this is not a surveillance program. however, sources within the agency tell me air marshals are following passengers not only in flight, but when they land. tom? >> stephanie, thank you. >>> still ahead on "world news tonight," a police officer plowing right into a cyclist. what the officer admits he was doing behind the wheel. >>> a type of divorce court you have to see to believe. a husband taking on the man he says stole his wife, suing him, and getting millions in damages. turning a broken heart into a payday. >>> and the family out an a lake when this rattlesnake heads right for their boat. what they did when the

fire marshal, for coming today. wanted to have a conversation about we have heard some general -- and i did convey this to you, some general concerns from project sponsors. and if you can speak a little bit about the fire code as it pertains to single-family homes versus multiunit properties and what the difference is. >> so with regards -- first of all, dan decostio, fire marshal. happy to be here. that's a good point to make that designation, where you have -- differentiate between an r. 3 which is a single-family or two dwelling units or a multifamily dwelling unit which is three or more units, which is more like an apartment building. so if it's an r 3, a single-family dwelling unit, and you're adding or proposing an a.d.u. for your home, an in-law unit, let's say, that does not fall in the jurisdiction of the state fire marshal. my role and my job -- >> supervisor safai: excuse me. so what does that mean in terms of the ability to add that a.d.u. are we talking about sprinklers or what are we talking about? >>

if you're on that list of people for the federal marshals to what air marshals to watch and that list goes to law enforcement in the united states it's going to stay there and it's going to impact your life in some way because you're not going to know it's there and they're going to watch you in different ways that may have picked your employment your promotion could affect all kinds of things you should have a right to know once they decide that you're not a suspicious person supposedly after ninety days that you're on that list and then get swiped there's nobody saying that happens this is out of control problem already and it's going to get worse. steve so i want to know what you think of the speculation that it's out of control i mean and i mean to say it's out of control to say that we've missed it to say that we've missed people will be at the because we're watching this one we missed that one there are no new point to the shoe bomber it was a long time ago they say people are going to get promotions people are going to get in that get jobs there's no evidence of this this is ma

there's less than 3,000 air marshals who are called flying fan, they work the skies. and the there are more than 40,000 domestic flights a day. so scrambling these teams means they're being diverted from the other flight they were previously scheduled on, which could be more of a threat and be less than a threat than the people they're being assigned to target. >> and without obviously revealing details about the sourcing, how did you get tipped off onto this? >> like any other reporting assignment, you hear something from a source and you say, what, and so for the last few weeks we've been working on this and collecting documents and talking to more than a dozen people involved. and now we have this. >> and i just want to double-check, tsa has yet to speak with you on the record about this, but you've posed questions? >> tsa provided a statement that spoke generally about what they do to secure flights, which was basically a way of being not at all specific to the quiet skies program but saying that their programs received proper congressional and other oversight and

. >>> shortly after the 9/1 attacks, air marshals started flying commercial flights. now a new report shows that they are still flying. this time they are tailing american citizens who aren't even on any terror watch lists. it's something that many of us would find disturbing when catching our next flight. nbc's geoff bennett with a program that few knew about until now. >>eneporter: on any g day, several dozen american travelers may be tracked as part of a secret government surveillance program called quiet skies. a "boston globe" investiga reveals the tsa is putting air marshals on planes to watch u.s. citi rns who havesed red flags by their foreign travel history and other activities. >> our reporting on this is based on dozens a dozens of government documents from within the tsa mostly and interviews with more than a dozen people the tly involved in program. >> reporter: when a traveler is selected for surveillance, a team of armed undercover air marshals is placed on the person's next flight to or from dozens of american. citi the air marshals keep close watch, t

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some air marshals claim the program forces them to shadow americans who pose no real threat. the tsa in a statement to nbc news says the program is not intended to surveil ordinary americans. senior government officials tell nbc news the quiet skies program has existed since 2010 and that the screening process has been evolved to include dozens of other factors, such as suspicious financial transactions. >> needs to be accountability within the system. there needs to be a reason to be interested other than just someone selected at random. >> reporter: tsa won't disclose whether the program has stopped terrorists or prevented any threats. an agency spokesman p said the release of such information would make passengers less safe. jeff bennett, nbc news, washington. >>> president trump is threatening to take drastic action to pass immigration policies, tweeting he's willing to shut down the federal government unless congress funds his controversial border wall and zero tolerance immigration overhaul. it's a risky proposition for mr. trump, especially with midterm elections month

the "boston globe," which broke this story, reports dozens of air marshals have themselves internally raised concerns since this initiative launched. nbc news correspondent tom costello has our report tonight. >> reporter: the program is called quiet skies. federal air marshals following two to three dozen americans every day through airports and on to planes, even sitting right next to them. the marshals told to report back if the traveler changes clothes in a restroom, perspires excessively, fidgets, trembles or stares, uses a phone or computer. passengers are selected for monitoring if they're foreign travel and other factors raise concerns, including criminal records, curious financial transactions, e-mail or phone numbers linked to terrorist suspects. among the passengers followed, a businesswoman who was in turkey, even a flight attendant. >> you have over 2 million people a day that currently travel in and around the united states. you're looking for a threat that's so small, it's less than a needle in the hay stack. >> reporter: the tsa tells nbc news the primary purpose of th