Homeland Security is 'more prepared than we've ever been' to secure the midterms, DHS secretary says

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is "more prepared than we've ever been" to keep the midterm elections free of tampering and fraud, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said on Fox News Sunday.

"The goal here ... is absolutely to assure Americans that their votes will count and their votes will be counted correctly," she told host Chris Wallace. "We will be setting up a virtual situation room on Election Day so we can very quickly support any incident response that's needed, and so we can share any information," Nielsen continued. "We are more prepared than we've ever been, and we will continue to prepare, not just for this election, but for every election to come in the future."

Some reports from Texas and Georgia have suggested faulty voting machines are changing people's input in early voting.

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Nielson also addressed Saturday's deadly synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh — her department sent a security adviser to that synagogue in March — as well as the package bombing suspect and the migrant caravan coming up through Mexico. Wallace pressed Nielsen on how caravan members who are women or children could pose a security threat to the United States.

Watch the full interview below; discussion of the midterms begins around the nine-minute mark. Bonnie Kristian

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