The following is the transcript of the interview with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Oct. 11, 2026.
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We've got a lot of politics ahead, but we want to start with a quick update on the aftermath of Hurricane Isaias, which made landfall Friday night and resulted in the deaths of four people.
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For that update, we turn to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
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Hundreds of thousands of people left without power.
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I know the president approves some federal support.
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What is needed?
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Well, we were in touch with the- with all the governors that are affected and might be affected by the continuing storm moving across the nation.
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Cam Hamilton, who is our director of FEMA, we started pre-positioning assets into every state and working closely with their emergency responders.
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Right now, from the conversation I've had with each governor, they're in good shape.
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We're- we have good partnership.
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What's interesting about this area is they're- while they may not have been hit with storms real bad the last two years, they work really, really good together.
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When I was talking to Governor Kemp from, you know, from Georgia, he was talking about his relationship with Ron DeSantis.
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When we're dealing with the other governors, they were talking about how they're cooperating with sending assets to the areas that are affected without power to get the- the power restored.
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FEMA is standing by responding with- with life-saving responses.
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The Coast Guard is out in the inner waters and the Mississippi, the mouth of Mississippi, out in the- our shores, and we are still doing some boat rescues, but really it's more recovery of the boats, not of the individuals.
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So we're working together well as a team.
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We were, you know, you never can be fully prepared for- for a storm like this, but I can tell you that the coordination from- from the Oval Office with President Trump's leadership to the- to the governors to the county first responders, we're all working very closely together.
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Well, we hope everyone in that pathway is safe.
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I want to ask you about something else on the enforcement side of things.
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There was this incident last week in New York City, and the NYPD did release security video that shows a man dressed as a civilian with a gun drawn approaching a car and then punching in the window.
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I know you have said there were other DHS ICE officers in the area who were put at risk by the driver, but just to clarify events, when are you going to release the body cameras worn by those officers?
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Well, Margaret, what you're seeing is a pole cam.
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What you're not seeing is actual- the audio footage or a different angle where you have multiple officers that are actually approaching this- this individual named Oscar with a long, very long, extensive rap sheet.
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He's only been in the country for- for three years, and he has a rap sheet of four charges of felony robbery, two charges of felony assault, felony larceny, misdemeanor assault, possession of- of weapons, possession of stolen property, two felony charges of drugless- of dangerous drugs, and strong gang affiliation that- that has direct or indirect knowledge of- of a CBP officer that was shot last year.
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And this guy evaded officers last month when we tried to get to him.
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We knew he was armed.
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We knew he was dangerous.
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We knew, or there was a possibility in being armed.
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We knew he was dangerous, and we knew he was going to evade.
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So when we approached his vehicle, we were giving lawful commands.
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We had approached him just like any other undercover agency that's out there, from local, state, federal, or- or county that has undercover officers.
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We had our badges out.
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He decided that he was going to accelerate and try to evade again.
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We had taken every precaution to try to keep that from happening, and- and unfortunately, this took place.
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We would have loved for him to exit the vehicle like we asked him to.
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He decided not to, and unfortunately, because of the selfish behavior, he put his five-year-old at danger.
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But as far as--
(CROSSTALK)
MARGARET BRENNAN: You said they were wearing body cameras.
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Will–
SEC. MULLIN:--the information being released--
MARGARET BRENNAN: When will you release that footage?
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As far- Margaret, as far as the information being released, FBI and HSI is going to do the investigation.
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When it's completed, we'll release all the information.
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