votes needed to be confirmed as the nation's next defense attorney after winning support from richard shelby of alabama. a vote is expected tuesday. >>> meanwhile, 15 republican senators have sent a letter to president obama urging him to withdraw hagels nomination saying he lacks broad bipartisan support. >>> former illinois cop drew peterson has been sentenced to 38 years in prison for the 2004 murder of his third wife kathleen savio. in a rare courtroom outburst 59-year-old screamed "i did not kill kathleen." peterson is still a suspect in the 2007 disappearance of his fourth wife stacy. >>> the russian cruise ship was adrift in the ocean after the cable snapped twice. the ship's owner is in talks with salvage companies to locate and retrieve it. >>> massive mutant gold fish are being found in lake tahoe. septembers believe they were dumped there by aquarium owners and could have a negative impact on the lake's species. >>> and the deadbeat dan. robert sams pleaded guilty to owing the court $1.2 million for two failed marriage. >>> the dow opened at 13,888. the s&p fell 9. and the nasdaq

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they suggested last week the white house that he did have the votes with richard shelby, a republican saying that he has endorsed him, that he at least stops the filibuster and gets a final confirmation sometime this week. >> we now have about 66 votes. not all of them declared to basically call on cloture, and they have well over the number of needed of majority votes, including richard shelby, potentially lisa murkowski, but she hasn't declared where she is on hagel per se. this looks like it will go forward. we're all expecting this vote to take place tomorrow afternoon. probably get e yet again during your show, andrea. if ted cruise and jim inhoff want to drag this out to the furthest possible end, they could call 30 more hours of debate and the vote could take place on wednesday. >> chris, now we have the sequester. only four days away. no sign of progress. the governor's role there, very strong republican governors, you some real rising political republican stars within their party. they in the president's house and no sign of any accord on what to do to bridge these gaps. >> n

alabama's richard shelby a top republican is breaking ranks and says he'll vote to end the filibuster will then vote for hagel's nomination. in a less than ringing endorsement shelby says he is probably as good as we're going to get. but 15 other republicans including marco rubio and ted cruz are continuing the fight. they sent a letter to president obama urging him to withdraw hagel's nomination. the white house says that will not happen. >> just to be clear he won't be withdrawn. >> absolutely not. if any suggestion to the otherwise to the contrary might have been found in the minutes of the meetings of the friends of hamas. yeah. >> white house secretary jay carney making light of a discredited report that claimed hagel received speaking fees from a group called friends of hamas, a group that doesn't exist. let me bring in a republican strategist chip saltsman and democratic strategist morris reed. good morning, guys. >> good morning. >> morris, texas republican ted cruz is among 15 senators asking the president to dump chuck hagel. part of what he said in his statement, in the las

his colleagues have been stalling his nomination but yesterday richard shelby said he would vote for hagel putting the vote over the top. a vote is expected neck week. >>> and it turns out that the flu vaccine is doing a dismal job of protect older people against this year's harshest strain of the flu. the vaccine is only 9% effective in patients 65 and older against the toughest strain of flu causing more than three-quarters of this year's illness. senior citizens are in this age group most vulnerable to the flu. >>> coming up on the "cbs morning news" a shoot-out on the strip. it ends up with a shooting and fiery crash on las vegas's most famous boulevard. this is the "cbs morning news." , a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem, a condition that puts him at greater risk for a stroke. [ gps ] turn left. i don't think so. [ male announcer ] for years, bob took warfarin, and made a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but not anymore. bob's doctor reco

hagel got support from former senator bob dole, who called him an exceptional leader, and senator richard shelby of alabama. it was kind of an underwhelming vote of confidence. shelby said, quote, he's probably as good as we're going to get, end quote. the senate returns from recess next week. >>> there are some new numbers out this morning that could impact the debate over gun violence in america. an analysis by "usa today" shows most people who died in a mass shooting were killed by someone they knew. of the more than 900 people killed in those types of attacks over the past seven years, 40% involved a family member. that's according to a breakdown of fbi records. now, yesterday vice president joe biden was just a few miles from the site of the sandy hook shooting in newtown, connecticut, where he ramped up the pressure on congress. >> people say and you read and people write about the political risk and why they're unacceptable to take on. i say it's unacceptable not to take these on. it's just simply unacceptable. it is not something we can fail to do. if you're concerned about your politica

. >> he secured the necessary votes when richard shelby of alabama changed sides.said he would vote for him. shall be joined republicans initially it last week for an unprecedented filibuster. first lady michelle obama is making a return to late-night tv. she will appear tonight on late- night with jimmy fallon. this will mark the third anniversary of her fitness and -- initiative let's move. >> jacqui joins us now. good to see you. >> we're looking at live pictures out of chicago. look no further than chicago. you can see at the bottom of the screen -- >> chicago has been about as we have been. a snow drought. and received less than an inch. it will pick up later this evening. they could see their heaviest snowfall, which could be about three or 5 inches. 17 inches of snowfall in kansas. it has been a crazy system. the energy is spotty. think most of what we will see will be relatively light. let's look at our radar and satellite picture together. it is showing you that things are trying to make their way through from the west. a lot of the moisture -- there are a

. >> he can and republican senator richard shelby of alabama who has changed sides. other republicans last week in a filibuster of chuck hagel. confirmation vote is expected next week. former president jimmy carter's grandson says president obama showed him nothing but gratitude at a meeting last week. >> james carter told cnn he playable in policing the secretly recorded videos of mitt romney's infamous 47% comment. >> obama said, great, get over here. and ithe half-embraced me, put his arm around me and we shook hands and he thanked me for my support for several. >> republicans say the video of romney saying 47 percent of americans are dependent on the government and support president obama may have contributed to his loss. 52% of americans think the president is doing a good job. >> there's still another half-hour ahead. >> coming up, a local elementary school teacher gets to court today accused of sexually abusing two students. more >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> straight ahead, a mixed reaction after a rockville elementary

richard shelby said he's now supporting his colleague's nominations. it's not all good.as senator john cornyn demanding to withdraw hagel's nomination. 15 others signed on that letter but not john mccain. it appears that headacheel will have the 60 votes to get past the filibuster and the 50 needed to be confirm: we're going head out to the political front where president obama's stock with the public continues to rise looming sequester cuts notwithstanding. and then a documentary that says, remember us? a hook at whose lives are still upside down because of the economic crisis. and later, 50 years after the birmingham church bombing we'll talk to the prosecutor whose life mission became bringing those responsible to justice. it's "the war room" on thursday night and we'll be right back. is is >> michael: we're back inside the car room. i'm michael shure. democrats and republicans keep checking their score cards. and from my seat it looks like the president and democrats are winning. according to a new bloomberg news poll out today 56% of americans view the president fav

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president last week asking him to drop hagel's name from consideration and on that same day we had richard shelbyaying that he will support hagel and he's probably as good as we are going to get. why are you still against chuck hagel moving forward and being confirmed? >> well, thank you, thomas, for having me. i think he's the wrong person to lead the department of defense. it's the largest employer in our country, a significant management skills are needed. i also believe that he has been wrong. he has a long history that is to me unsettling in terms of positions on iran, iraq, israel, and nuclear weapons. and i think thomas, anybody that watched the confirmation hearings know that he appeared very wobbly. i don't think we have that with chuck hagel. >> is this more about getting a former republican in charge of defense means this is all about sequestration and the fact that major budgetary cuts are coming to our defense and would provide a great way to get those cuts done because a republican will be overseeing them? >> there are some that have suggested that. if you have somebody, a secretary

support from long-time republican senator richard shelby put hagel over the top. te is expected next week. >>> let's just say up front here that the teen involved in this next story is said to be okay after a videotaped accident from about three weeks ago. check out the teenager hanging from a ski lift in new mexico. it's believed he had thrown a snowball and slipped out of the chair. he fell, boom, right there, 45 feet. he suffered a concussion, a skull fracture and several internal injuries as well. but now we believe he's home and will be fine. don't mess around on the ski lift, folks. >> not the place to do that. >>> boeing is proposing a temporary fix today to the problematic batteries on its 787 dreamliners. those batteries are blamed for at least two incidents which the batteries either caught fire or smoldered, causing smoke on board. the 787s have been grounded since those incidents. united just cut the dreamliners from its schedule until june. >>> not encouraging news here at all. this years's flu shot is not doing a good job of protecting those who need

but today alabama republican richard shelby announced he does intend to vote for former senator hagellling an alabama newspaper "he is probably as good as we are are going to get get." the vote of confidence as much as it is should be enough you to get hagel confirmed. a vote is expected next week. >>> if you like sushi chances are you don't even know what you are eating. not just sushi. new word of all kinds of seafood fraud ahead. we will have fish on the set. >>> is your doctor assigning tests and treatments that you don't need from cat scans to pap smears? maybe even an antibuyoutic. we will tell you what they are saying and let you decide if they are right. the medical groups now warn what is happening to you may be doing more large than good. [ male announcer ] susan writes children's books. when she's happy, she writes about bunnies. when she's sad, she writes about goblins. [ balloon pops, goblin growling ] she wrote a lot about goblins after getting burned in the market. but she found someone to talk to and gained the confidence to start investing again. ♪ and that's what you

one republican who tid not sign on to the letter is alabama richard shelby who says he will vote to confirmel a former republican senator from the nebraska. vote is expected next week. another down day today op wall street. the dow lost 47. the s&p 500 dropped 9-1/2. the nasdaq fell 33. three british muslim extremistextremistwere convictef terrorist bombings that prosecutors said were intended to be bigger that the 2005 london transit attacks. they face life in prison. the u.s. is still not getting a lot of cooperation from the investigation of the latest terror attack against americans. tonight chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge tells us how efforts to question another perp of interest in last fall libya assault are being rejected. >> while the suspect may at firsthand knowledge of the operatives who murdered four americans in benghazi on 9/11, sources tell fox news egypt denied direct access. >> i'm not clear what the basis of the denial was. they like to control the access. americans should want access as well. >> he is suspected of setting up camp at eastern libya where

vote -- also yesterday, hagel also picked up another republican for confirmation from alabama's richard shelby. here's what shelby told his hometown paper, that though he has concerns about hagel's nomination, he plans to vote for him and expects hagel to win senate confirmation. quote, he's probably as good as we're going to get, he told the paper. it's clear hagel's opponents know their firewall is cracking. the white house is continuing to vent their frustration about how long it's taking. it was this was press secretary jay carney yesterday. >> just to be clear, he won't be withdrawn? >> absolutely not. any suggestion to the otherwise might have been found in the minutes of the friends of hamas. >> friends of ha muss is supposedly that group that gave money to hagel but never existed. treasury nominee jack lew. he has been asked and he's answered more questions for the record than every nominee for the department since 1995 combined. white house circulated this chart which shows lew has answered 444 questions ford, 395 of them from republicans, and if you go back to willy benson, you see t

richard shelby voted to block and is not going to do that. this would seem just mathematic since the cloture was defeated bay single vote with those two switches hagel gets through. >> i think hagel gets through. hard to see the math how the republicans can block him and the question is how damaged has he been by the whole process. i think he was damaged more by his own performance than by the votes against him and he will have to make up for that. but as he said he doesn't make policy and it is all coming from the white house anyway. i think it is just all around an in auspicious beginning for a new secretary. >> you live outside the beltway. is any of this about hagel's comments and benghazi and the e-mails, is any of that penetrating in the real world? >> i think it is. i think the hearings were so bad that this cut through out of the town and into where average folks are asking questions. it is an impossibility for the white house to say with a straight face this is a the best choice at a critical time for chuck hagel to run the defense d

however, mccain, lindsay graham, richard shelby, they are against this plan.when we hear about any type of unified message from the right, we don't have one that's being presented to the left. why not? >> well, that's a great question. i don't understand why they're not taking your advice and just having a little pep rally or a rally right there by the rosa parks statue and get this thing ironed out today. but the problem is as we heard yesterday the republicans have put forward two plans and as boehner said yesterday it is time for the senate democrats to get off their rear and reid says now it's time for republicans to get off their rears. we need to stop pointing the finger and sit down and have a conversation. it is discouraging that we're waiting until the last day on friday for the president to call these people together. but the truth of the matter is we need to look at serious spending cuts and not what the democrats want to do is just raise taxes on what they like to call wealthy. >> yeah. >> you know, i'm afraid we'll get to that point but as phil gr

hagel confirmation vote on tuesday and we had the real shift from the republicans of senator richard shelbyng he would step in line to vote and confirm hagel as the next defense secretary. this is a big shift because 15 republicans want obama to drop hagel completely. ted cruz leading the charge here. your take on this and the fact that we've seen republicans, three of them with shelby, johanns and cochran get onboard with hagel? >> they should be credited for that. the core group did not have -- there were unsubstantiated attacks but at the end of the day this is a republican the democratic president reached out to to include in his cabinet. barack obama and chuck hagel agreed on iraq and other foreign policy issues but they're from different parties. the fact that most of the republicans couldn't get down with that shows you i think just how far out they are. if hagel didn't make it what would obama do, pick a democrat? what is their end game? i do think he does get confirmed and then we can move forward with the policy issues and not the personal attacks on him as a nominee thanchs vote

with senator coburn, you have mccain, who voted to block, he says he will not vote to block and richard shelby block and will not that. it would seem, sheer mathematics since the cloture passed... >> i think hagel gets through. it is hard to see the math, how the republicans could block him and the question is, how damaged has he been by the process? i think if he's damaged, he was damaged more by his own performance, than by the votes against him and he'll have to, you know, make up for that. but, as he say he doesn't make policy and it is come from the white house anyway and it is just all around an inauspicious beginning for a new defense secretary. >> chris: as you say you live in the real world outside the beltway, is any of this about hagel's comments and been gaza a -- benghazi and, is any of that penetrating into the real world. >> i think it is. his hearings were so bad it cut out of the town and where average folks are asking questions. it is impossible for the white house to say with a straight face this is the best choice at a critical time, in what our country is facing for chuck

meeting, and we are still waiting on chuck hagel, but the big difference is that with senator richard shelbyay, republicans saying he will support chuck hagel, clearly they all think, the white house thinks, and so do the hagel forces that they're going to have the 60 votes to overcome that filibuster. how damaged, though, has he been? has this all been to him? >> well, i think it's part of the damage that we're inflicting upon ourselves. it's the old expression, the most grieveus wounds are those that are self-inflicted. we've been inflicting serious damage on our credibility. not just at home, but abroad in the middle east region. the world is punching us. we can't make a decision on budgets. we're going over a fiscal cliff, as such, with sequestration and becoming part of the -- actually taking the -- we're losing credibility. i think this will highly impact -- i think chuck hagel should be confirmed. if he were a democrat -- is he actually a moderate conservative, but if he were a democrat and were no, ma'am made, would the republicans oppose him you should those circumstances because of

it's been a week since the republican filibuster slowed his march to confirmation, but senator richard shelbyalabama is now the third republican expected to vote in hagel's favor. that's coming up to 60 now and that means there are 60 votes to beat back any attempt at filibuster. meanwhile, 15 other republican senators are asking the white house -- aren't they sweet -- to withdraw hagel's nomination, a last ditch effort or attempt to show they don't have the votes to stop them. what is wrong with these people? we'll be right back. ly things. but there are some things i've never seen before. this ge jet engine can understand 5,000 data samples per second. which is good for business. because planes use less fuel, spend less time on the ground and more time in the air. suddenly, faraway places don't seem so...far away. ♪ pull out the paper and what? another article that says investors could lose tens of thousands of dollars in hidden fees on their 401(k)s?! seriously? seriously. you don't believe it? search it. "401(k) hidden fees." then go to e-trade and roll over your old 401(k)s to a new e-tr

a key republican senator, richard shelby of alabama announced yesterday that he's going to vote for itof course the question isn't the 51 points the democrats have enough votes. the key is to end the filibuster. they had 59 votes. it does appear with shelby and some others who satisfactory said all we wanted is to get more information, it does appear that they will be able to break the filibuster if the republican -ts don't jus republicans don't just shut it down on their own and with a simple majority vote that they'll be able to confirm hagel. it does look like he'll be able to get through. martha: everybody will want to see what is in the emails nonetheless and it should be very interesting. chris, thank you very much. >> reporter: let me just say one other thing. you've got to figure, we'll have to wait and see, you've got to figure if there was some terribly damaging smoking gun they won't release the documents. martha: that would be logical. we'll see. chris, thank you very much. we'll be watching you on sunday where chris' guests will be senators claire ma cast kel and tom cobur

richard shelby of alabama and mike johans as well. this vote is still open.attle for chuck hagel behind him but obviously as barbara will tell you starts a new chapter of very, very tough go of it at the pentagon. and with regard to the way he has to relate to members of congress especially with these forced spending cuts coming on friday. >> we'll get to that in a moment. barbara, any word yet on where he'll be sworn in, when he'll be sworn in, when he officially begins his job as defense secretary? >> wolf, we're told the plan is chuck hagel will come here to the pentagon first thing tomorrow morning. will walk up the steps to the secretary of defense's office on the third floor and will be sworn in at that time. it is always around here a private ceremony by tradition. we may get a photograph of it. but i think it's worth pausing for one minute and this will be a moment of history to reflect upon. when chuck hagel setting partisan politic, aside walks up the steps of the pentagon tomorrow morning this is a man who is a very honored combat veteran of vietna

stkwruft to respond -- just to respond, first of all, i have a great vice chairman, senator richard shelby on the other side of the aisle who shares that same thing. what does the regular order mean? that we bring out a bill at a time. we don't have $1 trillion on the floor at one time. you can't discuss it, debate it, analyze it. and no more 7,000-page bills where we find things are parachuted in in the middle of the night. so i agree with you. i look forward to it. i look forward to working with you and look forward to doing more of the same. ms. ayotte: i thank you very much. ms. mikulski: mr. president, i do want to rise and support the bill that is offered as our democratic alternative. it is a balanced solution to prevent a dysfunctional, disruptive, across-the-board spending cuts called sequester. sequester is a washington word and a washington invention that will -- that we came up during the budget crisis debacle on august of 2011 that we would cut $1 trillion over ten years, $110 billion at a time. it was supposed to be resolved through the super committee. it didn't happen. it w

senator richard shelby. islam and to many members of the preparations committee in the senate that senator shelby and i have a longstanding personal and professional relationship. we came to the house of representatives together. we served on the same committee. we have served together. i look forward to working with him as my vice chair in continuing the tradition of bipartisanship that has been characteristic of this committee. my relationship with senator shelby is based on mutual trust, mutual respect, and a desire to move things in the regular order. we know that we will disagree on matters of policy. matters of policy. we feel