Homeland security secretary on hurricane relief, NYC ICE shooting and live streaming military execution

(CBS, KYMA) - Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin spoke with Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation Sunday about hurricane relief.

According to Brennan, Hurricane Isaias is the first Atlantic hurricane of the year, with hundreds of thousands of people being left without power.

While Brennan said President Donald Trump approved some federal support, this prompted her to ask Secretary Mullin what is needed, to which he said:

"We were in touch with all the governors that are affected and might be affected by the continuing storm moving across the nation. The president has been very involved in this from the get-go. Cam Hamilton, who is our director of FEMA, we started pre-positioning assets into every state and working closely with their emergency responders. Right now, from the conversation I've had with each governor, they're in good shape. We have good partnership. What's interesting about this area is...while they may not have been hit with storms real bad the last two years, they work really, really good together. When I was talking to Governor Kemp from, you know, from Georgia, he was talking about his relationship with Ron DeSantis. 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 power restored. FEMA is standing by responding with life-saving responses. 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. So we're working together well as a team. We were, you know, you never can be fully prepared for a storm like this, but I can tell you that the coordination from the Oval Office with President Trump's leadership to the governors to the county first responders, we're all working very closely together."

During the interview, Brennan and Mullin talked about an ICE shooting that happened in New York City last week, with the New York Police Department releasing security video showing a man dressed as a civilian "with a gun drawn approaching a car and then punching in the window."

This led Brennan to ask the secretary when the DHS is going to release the body cameras worn by the officers who were in the area at the time of the shooting, and Mullin said:

"What you're seeing is a pole cam. What you're not seeing is actual...the audio footage or a different angle where you have multiple officers that are actually approaching this individual named Oscar with a long, very long, extensive rap sheet. He's only been in the country 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 weapons, possession of stolen property, two felony charges of dangerous drugs, and strong gang affiliation that has direct or indirect knowledge of a CBP officer that was shot last year. And this guy evaded officers last month when we tried to get to him. We knew he was armed. We knew he was dangerous. We knew, or there was a possibility in being armed. We knew he was dangerous, and we knew he was going to evade. So when we approached his vehicle, we were giving lawful commands. We had approached him just like any other undercover agency that's out there, from local, state, federal, or county that has undercover officers. We had our badges out. Once again, giving lawful demands. He decided that he was going to accelerate and try to evade again. We had taken every precaution to try to keep that from happening, and unfortunately, this took place. We would have loved for him to exit the vehicle like we asked him to. He decided not to, and unfortunately, because of the selfish behavior, he put his five-year-old at danger. But as far as the information being released, FBI and HSI is going to do the investigation. Continue to do the investigation. When it's completed, we'll release all the information."

Later in the interview, Brennan and Mullin talked about the Pentagon saying the military execution of Nidal Hasan, the man convicted of the Fort Hood shooting back in 2009, will be live-streamed.

When asked if livestreaming Hasan's execution will make him a martyr to his cause, and if it could be a risk to the homeland, Mullin said:

"We weigh the risk every single day in this country. The Department of Homeland Security, that's what we do: is we protect the homeland. But I don't see an elevated risk at this point at all because of this. I think people need to understand if you attack America, we will come after you, and we will make sure that the punishment fits the crime. And in this case, he killed 13 individuals on Fort Hood. I have no sympathy for him, and I give absolutely zero thought to the way that this man dies. My job as Secretary of Homeland Security is to protect the homeland, and that's what we do. And all 270,000 employees we do that work in DHS do every single day."

To watch more of Brennan's interview with Mullin, click here.