heather wilson, the current air force secretary, could come the first woman to become defense secretary, but she has sparred with the trump administration over the creation of a new space force. the one thing we have learned from this administration is expected the unexpected. there are probably a few names out there that none of us in the defense reporting community have even thought about what the president is seriously considering. if you are making bets today, the best bet is patrick shanahan. we have seen the president put acting secretaries in and then eventually rollover that job to the permanent job. host: that's let callers join in. we have some special lines. we are going to have active military, so if you are an active military member, we want you to call (202) 748-8000. veteran, retired military, we want to hear from you at (202) 748-8001. either oneot fit in of those categories, we have a line for you as well. we want you to call at (202) 748-8002. and you can always reach us on social media come on twitter, @cspanwj, and at facebook, facebook.com/cspan. the president went

i'll be speaking with the air force secretary heather wilson coming up. she served on president bush's national security council when the berlin wall fell. please stay with us. ♪ introducing the new capital one savor card. earn 4% cash back on dining and 4% on entertainment. now when you go out, you cash in. what's in your wallet? >> u.s. air force secretary heather wilson is one of the many big names at the reagan national defense forum in simi valley, california today. and during president george h.w. bush's administration she served on the national security council. national correspondent jennifer griffin is standing by with secretary wilson right now. jennifer. >> eboni, we're here at the reagan library for this incredible defense forum and when we received the news that president george h.w. bush had passed, i thought there was no better person to speak about his legacy than the current head of the air force, a graduate of the air force academy, a rhodes scholar, who also served in congress, a representative from new mexico. she, as you mentioned, se

people are hot on heather wilson. you hear a former senator.eas are not people aligned with the president. these would be excellent nominees. the question becomes does he go for a name or somebody that the republicans on capitol hill are recommending or does he recall that the republicans diverge from it? >> not only are some of those people more aligned with traditional republican orthodoxy, but they are radically opposed to the isolation that the president espoused during the campaign for much of the first two years. it's not clear that picking somebody like that would be somebody that would be willing to put in place. if you pick somebody who is willing to put in place trump's foreign policy, can they get through. >> more were expected. maybe other people will as well. >> that defense secretary position, mattis's exits shuttered around the republican party. president trump risks losing some of the support he has on the hill among senate republicans especially. if he doesn't pick the right person for the job. can he find someone who is aligne

secretary of the air force heather wilson's had the new satellite will be three times more accurate thingof gps. now back to charles making his point. charles was best known for writing about politics come of apoll power, the policies, the people who dominate the news. the point of it all, not any of that. to charles the point of it all was the stuff that not politically obsessed live for. family, friends, a day at the ballpark, a good movie, a game of chess, well, maybe not chess. >> you reach a point when you're on the internet and your playing in the middle of the night you realize you're in a motel room and your drinking aqua velvet. you know you hit bottom and you need an intervention. you cancel your subscription and you just don't do it again. >> this is one of my favorites. i'm talking to him on the back porch of your place out there by the bay about chess and he's really getting into it like really getting into it to the point where i asked him to go over the top. >> i have binges. for several years, this is happened to me ever since i was 20. i go into it for a few years of inad

senate republicans are already lobbying for potential successor, such as heather wilson, air force secretary going to really give confidence to senate republicans on the military and defense level and still satisfy the president? that is a big question we're going to be watching. >> you could pick aaa, if the president is going to make his own decisions over the recommendations as he did with jim mattis on a series of things. because mattis, by all accounts, you know, this was the straw that broke the camel's back on syria. he was not comfortable with the deployment of troops on the border or the cancellation exercises in south korea. and the president is commander-in-chief. >> and this reporting is astonishing. that erdogan just in a phone call with this authoritarian leader, yes, a nato ally, but not someone you want calling the shots for the commander-in-chief in the united states, that he was just so easily -- that trump was so easily, frankly, manipulated, right? why is it that the -- the worst authoritarians in the world are the ones who kind of have trump's number? they understand him

we have people openly lobbying for people such as heather wilson to take over. obviously mitch mcconnell himself has said he is hoping that the president nominates someone in the mold of mattis. but out of any cabinet post, the defense secretary is something that is an incredibly important position and goes without saying. and where there should be some stability and we're not quite seeing that. >> we're seeing gaps, if you will. so this is not good. you know, when you talk about america being the policeman of the world and that we're not, weav we've been the policeman of the world because we've accepted that role since the end of world war ii. and so we invest a whole lot of money. we invest in humanitarian efforts and what have you -- >> i just want to say, as you're talking, looks like we're getting our first pictures back of the president and the first lady in iraq. keep going. >> right. so we are the fact that the republicans were against him pulling out of syria, against them taking -- pulling back on mattis, is troublesome. because not because of all of t

craig kaplan tweeting this , he calls on the president to look closely at heather wilson for his that's -- next defense secretary. jim, good morning. jim, are you there? caller: i am sorry, i couldn't hear you. first of all, i am not a republican and i am not a democrat. in this election i would definitely be a republican. i am for the wall all the way. it is really easy. we say you can come in legally. there are people coming in that are killing families and just doing all kinds of stuff and i bet you those families are for the wall. it is sad that president trump has to fight, he has set to fight ever since he got into office. people that don't like him don't like authority. people that don't like him don't like people smarter than them. the democrats and republicans should stop fighting. it is mainly the democrats. all they do is fight. he is president, respect to the president is. host: jack from wisconsin on the republican line. good morning. caller: i am a republican. during that time i noticed some things. when you are found to be in a , australia ory new zealand, if you are caug

heather wilson, the current air force secretary, could come the first woman to become defense secretaryut she has sparred with the trump administration over the creation of a new space force. the one thing we have learned from this administration is expected the unexpected. there are probably a few names out there that none of us in the defense reporting community have even thought about what the president is seriously considering. if you are making bets today, the best bet is patrick shanahan. we have seen the president put acting secretaries in and then eventually rollover that job to the permanent job. host: that's let callers join in. we have some special lines. we are going to have active military, so if you are an active military member, we want you to call (202) 748-8000. veteran, retired military, we want to hear from you at (202) 748-8001. either oneot fit in of those categories, we have a line for you as well. we want you to call at (202) 748-8002. and you can always reach us on social media come on twitter, @cspanwj, and at facebook, facebook.com/cspan. the president went to

if heather was hoping for a shorter prison term because of all of that, she didn't get it. instead solicitor scarlet wilson noted she continued to lie about important details after she made her deal to testify. and because she broke the deal, the sentence, 39 years, 14 more than ethan. >> this was heather kamp's kill. while certain liejly evenage mas involved and certainly he laid his hands on kate, i do not believe but for heather kamp we would be here. >> reporter: still said andy savage after the fact solicitor wilson could have had a much stronger case if the charleston police acted more aggressively. just one example -- when police arrested ethan and heather -- >> because of their own incompetence, they released the property, the crime scene where the homicide took place, and turned it back over to landlord without examining it. and so the landlord went in and vacated the premises. he took all of their furniture out put it in storage. >> reporter: cleaned the place. >> cleaned the place. it wasn't until over two weeks later they go in there knowing the property had already been tainted, the crime scen

if heather was hoping for a shorter prison term because of that, she didn't get it. instead, solicitor scarlett wilsondeal, the sentence, 39 years. 14 more than ethan. >> this was heather kamp's kill. while certainly ethan mack was involved and certainly he laid his hands on kate, i do not believe that but for heather kamp we would be here. >> still, said andy savage after the fact, solicitor wilson could have had a much stronger case had the charleston police acted more aggressively. just one example -- when police arrested ethan and heather -- >> because of their incompetence, they released the property, the crime scene where the homicide took place, they turned it back over to the landlord without examining it. the landlord went in and vacated the premises. he took their furniture and put it in storage. >> cleaned the place. >> cleaned the place. it wasn't until two weeks later, knowing that the property had already been tainted, the crime scene was destroyed. >> no wonder scarlett wilson didn't have all the ammunition she'd have liked, said andy savage. the charleston police said they didn't see i

bon,e thank you to melanie sharon, ed riley, heather barley, cally nixon, jessica dean, matt hurst, nathan jackson, courtney breakerhoff and emily wilson, as well as others who have served me. in d.c., thank you to matt jensen, james williams, matt whitlock, ruth montoya, celeste sam lyman, brandon chestnut, kristin mcclintock, diane browning, heather clausen, jeff rickgan, will holloway, katundy,iley, abdul lane, carey lynn ma machalky. and samantha rowls. this is the best staff on capitol hill. inish to thank my father heaven who's allowed me to serve much longer than my detractors have hoped. each time i walk into this theber, i'm humbled by symbolic significance of it all a passage ofded of scripture, one of my favorites, him much is- to given, much is expected, or much is required. me so much.as given in return, i've tried to give i could.uch as beste he will accept my efforts. before i get even more would note that this is a final floor speech, not a final goodbye. now, i will nom longer hold office but i will continue to hold a special place all of you, for all of my colleagues. look forward to continuing these special friendshi

hear more from those victi and from heather heyer's motherfter sentencing, and that could come as early as tomorr. >>> well, five months after 10-year-old makiyah wilson died, her mother ss there are still moments when she is overwhelmed. one of those moments was this friday, when a seventh arrest was announced in the girl's murder. our shomari stone spoke with her mom about the latest turn in this investigation. >> it's been difficult for us all. >> reporter: ginetta wilson sharing her story and celebrating her daughter life -- >> she was so special. >> reporter: on the busy with bee show. >> we'veff taken stu daily. >> reporter: her appearance comes a day after police arrested a seventh suspect in her daughter's murder. >> just to know they're off the streets, i'm very happy of that. it's overwhelming people could do this to a 10-year-old girl. >> reporter: she was killed when men jumped out of a car and opened fire on a group this suer. police say she was the unintended target. police say more arrests are possible. >> you have a heart, you know this baby was innocent, you y should turrself in. you never know when stuff like this going to ephappen.

after a real e state agent was found, police say steven wilson w killed i what appears to be a random robbery. president trump has named heatherthe.n. ambassador. >>> a major winter storm is winding up. >> parts of virgia and the carolinas could get heavy snow. >> snow clouds are ready and supplies are dippearing from shelves as they brace for a rare december winter storm. >> this is the storm that you usually think about. here we are, december 7th and we're talking abo foot of snow in many parts of the state. heavy accumulations expected in north carolina a virginia. and be prepared to stay put when the storms roll in and the roads are slick. >> reporter: trimming and cutting down treesldhat c cut power lines. from coast to coast, millions are affected by flood watches or winter weather advisories. rain in california has caused mud slides. heavy rain in texas where water is being released from lake hoipton in antion of flooding. as much as ten inches of rain is aspected in some a as the storm pushes across the southeast. many residents are welcoming in. >> a chance to go sledding, have some hot cocoa. >> and the official star