chuck hagel was something very much to persuade them that there is little they can say. security is a major issue. the taliban has handed over footage to al jazeera on this very deadline showing just how much they can move around with impunity to launch their suicide attacks and how much detailed preparation goes into the attacks. >> the target, at a local governor's office and a nato area. the preparation is meticulous. this shows the tools that the television are using to orchestrate their -- talbian are using to orchestrate their campaign. >> it'll have a checkpoint. >> the suicide attack killed five people and injured 80. it was filmed from three different camera angles providing plenty of food to edge -- footage the recruitment drive. this level of planning should shake the afghan army into realizing that today's taliban has become more sophisticated than the government. >> there are well-trained forces in the army. they do not know and they are not aware of these modern technologies and how to use them. in many institutions that are not even familiar with youtub e.

let's go to chuck hagel.ou were here crying for chuck hagel to do something, in that case where a jury's ruling was overturned on a sexual assault case in the military in the air force. it turns out now secretary hagel is look going this. is this a good step? >> i think it is. when hagel came in, he understood he needed to act and made a commitment to act. he had shined a light where before people had been invisible. so i'm very confident that hague sell going to take the steps that are necessary, because i'm confident in the thousands of people who are going to push him to do the right thing. >> michael: yeah, that's what i'm talking about, shining the light really important. i shine the light on my garage every day, and it is still a mess. so is there something we know about chuck hagel that is actually going to get action out of this. >> he has proven in the past that given an assignment to serve his country, he does it. i think he is incredibly good at following the orders of the commander in chief, and i

has chuck hagel ever given a speech to cobra? or for that matter cobra kai? has he received donations from the lollipop guild? [laughter] what are his ties to the dead poet's society? and why are they dead? did they know too much about benghazi? [laughter] president obama, withdraw hagel's nomination, or you will lose the support of moderate republicans, another group that doesn't exist. [cheers and applause] folks, my favorite thing about sports is stadiums named after corporations. it's win-win. the teams get money, and the corporations get advertising that really works. i mean, going to coors field makes me crave the silver bullet. and any time i go to see the patriots play at gillette stadium, i'm as hairless as a newborn mole rat. [laughter] but i was especially pumped about the latest company to get in on the stadium naming action. >> after more than two years florida atlantic university's football stadium has a name. >> it's named after a prison company. >>it will be called geo group stadium after get this the nation's largest operator of for profit pr

defense secretary chuck hagel has been marred by violence. since he arrived, there have been two separate suicide attacks. eight children and a policeman were killed on a strike. in the capital, the bomber charged into the defense ministry. the taliban said they planned the attacks deliberately to mark his visit. >> chuck taylor arrived in afghanistan nine days after being sworn in as u.s. defense minister -- chuck hagel. shortly before his arrival, he told reporters we are still at war. hours later, two suicide attacks killed 18 people. they targeted the defense ministry in kabul. the bombers circled toward the building and got to within 30 meters of the main entrance without being checked. the bomb struck a group of employees on their way to work, killing nine. >> i was really close by when the bomb exploded. i threw myself on the ground. i did not know what was happening. soldiers were firing into the air. i saw many wounded and dead people near the gates of the ministry. >> the taliban have claimed responsibility, saying they had planned

as defense secretary chuck hagel fires back as president karzai's charge that the u.s. is somehow conspiring with the taliban to keep the war going. >> the united states was unilaterally working with the taliban in trying to negotiate anything, the fact is any prospect for peace or political settlements, that has to be led by the afghans. >> will the war of words change the white house timetable to wind down the war? tough new gun legislation heads toward a senate vote. what are its chances? we'll talk to the bill's co-sponsors, senator patrick leahy. countdown to the conclave, last-minute preparations under way in rome. how long will it take to see the white smoke? >>> plus, this isn't your typical political fight. new york congressman peter king gets in the ring literally with a champion kick boxer. >>> and justin timberlake joins an exclusive club on "snl." >> candace bergen? the first female member of the five-timers club. >> and i would like to say something, i, too, wish we had a second bathroom. but while we're all sharing, could you please try to remember to lea

something he had nothing to do with as well as chuck hagel. >> yeah. listen. i think it's fine to advise and consent. that's the senate's role. >> right. >> but for senator mccain and the others, it's become more about irritate and obstruct and some point it becomes a dangerous situation when you have a serious number of threats the country's facing, whether it's the growing threat of al qaeda in africa, you know, instability in the middle east, iran. and so, the question becomes when is enough enough? it doesn't seem to be anything for the administration to say to pacify them. >> speaking of the administration, carrie, let's play what jay carney said on this issue just within the past hour. >> we have been enormously cooperative with congress on the issue of benghazi. hours and hours of testimony including the secretary of state, tens of thousands of pages of documents, i believe. numerous hearings and working with members on their concerns as, you know, with regards to these nominations. but again, our nominees ought to be considered on qualifications. >> ca

bill: new defense secretary chuck hagel about how he is taking the latest threats out of pongyang seriously. >> you only need to be wrong once and i don't know what president or what chairman or what secretary of defense wants to be wrong once when it comes to nuclear threats. bill: liz about the pran leading our coverage out of

, we want to know what you are going to do to help stop military sexual assault and rape, and chuck hageld he was going to solve the problem. now over to you, secretary hagel, solve the problem. do a review. reinstate the conviction and take a very careful look at why it was that the general acted the way that the general acted. and put steps in place so one person can't throw out a jury. >> michael: and is that typical of military justice as we know it? the generals can just go ahead and do that? >> he could revisit that. in the interest of justice the secretary can go ahead and overrule the ruling of the person underneath him, but in the interest of broader justice, because we have a host of females on the committee who are dedicated to solving this problem, we have to say zero tolerance means zero tolerance, fix this case and all of those cases, the estimation of 19,000 a year in the pentagon most of them aren't even going to trial. >> michael: the defense department, their own numbers are showing one in three military women are sexually assaulted. but then hagel starts on the job. he

there's a cancelled news conference between the president and defense secretary chuck hagel in kabul, authorities claiming security concerns, but it all comes on the heels of shocking comments by the afghan leader. karzai who has a history of controversial remarks now claims the u.s. working with the taliban in his view to prove that international forces will still be needed to keep the peace in afghanistan. it's an allegation that u.s. officials this morning are fiercely denying. good morning on this sunday morning. welcome to america's news headquarters. i'm eric shawn. >> i'm jamie colby. it will be a great morning here. great to see you. >> you, too, jamie. >> president karzai claims yesterday's deadly homicide bombing, well, that is prove u.s. forces are working with terrorists to convince civilians that violence will increase when troops leave. that's scheduled to happen next year, of course, and peter doocy is following this live from washington. good morning, peter. >> reporter: good morning, jamie. afghan president had hamid kari was describing the role of women in the milita

defense secretary chuck hagel urging him to help end the mass hunger strike. in the meantime organizations like the red cross have made attempts to check in on the inmates here's what a representative told r.t. the current tensions in guantanamo as far as we can. understand are really the result of the. and to defeat. a lack of clear legal framework for detention many of them don't know most of them don't know what's going to happen and it's always been our position there needs to be a clear legal framework and a transparent process in terms of procedural safeguards for those detainees to be transparent to alleviate the strains of really emotional mental strain. triggers for the detainees of the one hundred sixty six detainees languishing get more than half eighty six to be exact have been cleared for release now this week the u.n. said that the u.s. is a violating international human rights law by indefinitely holding prisoners at guantanamo without charge the human rights council is urging washington to quote bring an end to these illegal practices by either

lori: defense secretary chuck hagel with his inaugural outing greeted by suicide bombers. what is the message in that? >> when the president decided he was going to withdraw, he admitted defeat. the afghan see things very black and white and what they see as the americans have surrendered, and so they were giving a demonstration of what is to come to the karzai government once we're gone. lori: if that's what the afghanistan and karzai want? or is this the u.s. financial aid? >> it is very difficult to tell what he wants, seems to change from time to time. it's more important for the american people to get what they want, surely there is no reason for any american to ever have died in afghanistan for the sake of afghan freedom. we went there to destroy our enemies. we failed to do that, we're only in the country now because president obama wants to be able to say on the eve of the next congressional election that he pulled all the boys out from afghanistan. american people are really on a loose thought here. we have been defeated in that country and in the muslim world it

chuck hagel to afghanistan visit is marred by a series of taliban suicide attacks that claims one ofthem was a direct message to the u.s. defense secretary. and i welcome you watching r.t. live from moscow. and i chaos is erupting in egypt after a court upheld death sentences for twenty one people involved in last year's deadly football riots five more defendants received life sentences for their role in the stadium violence which claimed over seventy lives portside has already seen a week of clashes leading up to the verdict while protesters have torched a police federation football federation building in cairo artie's belt true as the latest. the scenes are very tense here in port side after this damning verdict people say at the moment thousands gathered at the government headquarters and marched towards the canal syria's canal and it paid to stop the traffic there as a form of protest the canal is obviously extremely important to egypt so this is a major sign to the president that they are not happy the chance in the streets are against president obama nor sees administration say

what should the tone of the secretary of defense chuck hagel be?s we look to wind down america's military presence over the next year or so. here are more stories relating to this -- the washington times has a big front-page story looking at commanders in afghanistan and the revolving door of generals in afghanistan command. our first call this morning is from tampa, florida, peter joining us on the independent line. caller: good morning to you. i have a comment about the fact that i am kind of wondering as to what the american military is going to be doing over in afghanistan. i talked to a gentleman over the weekend was -- who was assigned over there in private security. he was updating me about what was going on there, as far as the market up oil prices. he commented that the american public has been told the barrel price. it is actually much lower over in afghanistan and kuwait and has been marked up immensely by oil companies. for the most part, i think people should be aware of that. i am curious to see how much military intervention there is

the taliban claimed responsibility saying it was a message to defense secretary chuck hagel. hagel was nowhere the blast. he was at the coalition military headquarters and was moved to a more secure location within the base after the explosion. >> we're in a war zone. i've been in war. >> reporter: he gave his condolences for the afghan victims. aside from security concerns the defense secretary's visit comes at a time over increasing tensions over the u.s. exit strategy. to start with, full control of the contentious bagram prison was supposed to be transferred to afghans today but it wasne postponed. bagram is the largest u.s. prison in afghanistan and at the height of war held 3,000 prisoners. today it was down to the last 50 detainees. earlier this week, afghan president hamid karzai said some prisoners would be freed after the handover. the u.s. has been insisting on a veto over any detainee releases. the top u.s. commander, general joe dunford, doesn't seem to be budging. >> if there are people who need to be detained we will be ensure they are detained. >> reporter: the

suicide bombers strike in kabul during u-s defense secretary chuck hagel's first visit to the afghan the u-s military, hagel was not injured and continued with his schedule. cristina mutchler has more on the story. >> reporter: hours after chuck hagel touched down on his first overseas trip as u-s defense secretary -- a suicide bomber struck outside the afghan ministry of defence in kabul. according to police, the blast killed at least nine people and injured 14 others. hagel was a safe distance away, and says he was in a briefing when he heard the boom. >> "we're in a war zone. i've been in war. so, shouldn't be surprised if a bomb goes off or an explosion." >> reporter: hagel, who is a vietnam vet, says he's in afghanistan to thank the troops. he met with the 101st airborne division in jalalabad, and awarded two purple hearts. he also answered soldier's questions, some of which focused on budget cuts. >> "i will do everything within my power to assure that the funding is there and the commitments that we made to you are fullfilled." >> reporter: on this trip, hagel says he wants to

defense secretary chuck hagel on his first visit to afghanistan rejected the harsh accusations prior to their meeting in kabul. karzai said that the sworn enemies were actually working together to make afghans fearful of more violence if foreign troops withdraw which is supposed to start next year. the taliban quickly denied those claims. >>> annual war games between the u.s. and south korea have triggered a fresh round of threats from the north. in response to the start of 11 days of military maneuvers, north korea saying it will launch a nuclear attack on the u.s. effectively scrapping the 1953 armistice that ended the korean war. so far pyongyang has reportedly cut off a red cross hotline with the south. the allies say the drills and joint exercises are defensive in nature, and they have no intention of attacking the north. >>> it was the deadliest car accident in ohio in three years. six teens were killed in a tragic crash, investigators saying their suv was traveling at high speeds when it hit a guardrail and flipped over into a pond. two of the eight people in the vehicle survi

there was supposed to be a joint press conference with karzai and chuck hagel, that never happened. you have to look at a couple of things that did happen and didn't happen while hagel was here. on saturday there was supposed to be the handover, official handover ceremony of the prison at bag gram airbase from u.s. control to karzai control. it didn't happen. it was discovered, maybe karzai wasn't aware of this clause, but in the end the u.s. was going to retain control over which prisoners were going to be detained. karzai wouldn't agree to that. it would have been a feather? his cap. suddenly it didn't happen. >>> last month karzai had ordered that u.s. special forces withdraw from a kabul suburb because of allegations that were unconfirmed against attacks in civilians. it was a two-week deadline be and nobody has withdrawn from this point. none of those special forces did happen. look at what did happen with those terrible suicide bombings, one of them within earshot of where hagel was meeting in the city of kabul himself. he said they're working. we continue to be marginalized wh

hours after chuck hagel touched down on his first overseas trip as secretary of defense, a suicide bomber struck outside the afghan ministry of defense in kabul killing at least 9 people and injuring 14 others. hagel was a safe distance away and says he was in a briefing when he heard the boom. >> we're in a war zone. i been in war. you know, so shouldn't be surprised when a bomb goes off or there's an explosion. >> reporter: hagel, who is a vietnam vet, says he is in afghanistan to thank the troops. he met with the 101st airborne division and awarded two purple hearts and answered soldiers' questions, some of which focused on budget cuts. >> i will do everything within my power to assure that the funding is there and the commitments that we have made to you are fulfilled. >> reporter: on this trip, hagel says he wants to get a better understanding of the progress the us is making in the war. well, in the second bombing, afghan officials said the man was targeting a joint u.s.- afghan military patrol. the taliban claimed responsibility for the bombings and were timed to coincide with hage

emily i want to play for everybody what defense secretary chuck hagel had to say on thursday.ake a listen. >> you only need to be wrong once. and i don't know what president or what chairman or what secretary of defense wants to be wrong once when it comes to nuclear threats. >> so, emily, what should we be reading into those comments made by defense secretary hagel? >> well, i think you're hearing a guy who hasn't been on the job all that long and it's already concerned about his legacy and how history will remember him. putting himself in the context of other secretaries of states and presidents, too. but i think what he's saying is pretty much at face value, which is, you know, we don't want to dismiss these threats, as more blustering. you have to take them seriously in some way, and i think that's what he's doing. i think that, you know, it's easy to dismiss them. but like you said, kim jong-un is an unknown quantity. he's unpredictable. and i think that the defense department, i think chuck hagel, and others are taking this very seriously in a way maybe they haven't befo

chuck hagel obviously denying the claims. president to continue to support inside that country. venezuela a pposition leader, reportedly will announce his run for president against the hand picked successor of former president hugo chavez. chavez died, as you know, last week after a battle with cancer. venezuela has the largest proven oil reserve will vote on the 14th: and on wall street as the dow jones industrial average continues an amazing run, another key set of stocks approaching record territory. fox news senior correspondent and anchor of "bulls and bears" brenda buttner with more. >> the dow sets a record, sounding like a broken record. four days last week, record finishes, but it's likely another benchmark. the s & p, we care about that broader market a big part of many 401(k)'s and close tower a record as well, just 14 points away when the opening bell rings tomorrow. a strong jobs report for february kept the buyers working and the bulls running and has small investors eager to jump on to the stock band wagon and

. >>> chuck hagel's first visit to afghanistan today as defense secretary, coincided with two suicideople. a bomber at a check point killed several children and an afghan policeman. minutes before, an explosion in the capitol of cobble killed ten. the taliban took responsibility for that attack, saying it was meant to send a message. >> hours after chuck hagel touched down on his first overseas trip as u.s. defense secretary, a suicide bomber struck outside the afghan ministry of defense in coble. according to police, the blast killed nine people and injured 14 others hagel was a safe distance away and he was in a briefing when he heard the boom. >> it's like we're in a war zone. i've been in war. you know, shouldn't be surprised when a bomb goes off. >> hagel, who is a vietnam vet says he's in afghanistan to think the truth. >> thanks for your service, guys. >> the airborne division and awarded two purple hearts. he also answered soldier's questions, some of which focused on budget cuts. >> i will do everything within my power to make sure the funding is there and the commitments we

. >>> in afghanistan chuck hagel denied allegations that the u.s. and taliban were working together to scare the afghan people. the charges came from afghan president hamid karzai before his meeting with hagel. charlie d'agata reports. >> reporter: defense secretary chuck hagel had a busy sunday schedule, meeting with u.s. forces and with afghan officials. but he never got to the scheduled joint press conference with afghan president hamid karzai. it was canceled. the afghan said the americans pulled the plug. the pentagon said there were security concerns. further muddying hagel's visit, hamid accused the united states and hagel from holding talks. as an example, he cited saturday's suicide bombings that killed 19 people. he said they're trying to frighten us into thinking that if the foreigners are not in afghanistan, we would be facing these sort of incidents. the defense secretary and karzai eventually met behind closed doors. hagel told karzai there are no talks. >> i told the president that it was not true that the united states was unilateral

as defense secretary chuck hagel is known to have been critical of the pro israel lobby presidentobama will not be speaking at the conference this year but he'll be traveling to israel at the end of the month than one of the speakers years said it's going to be a real challenge for him to show that deep down and i quote him he really understands israel under threats that it faces that gives an impression that the apac is not too happy about the administration seemingly trying to play down the war talk in washington i'm going to check on. the lack of a widespread appetite for a strike on iran maybe only the latest in a series or reversals for apac according to political analysts robert naiman from just foreign policy. there is a lot of believe the. israel lobby is losing the clout for milo they have had a series of reversals pushing all the election the reelection of obama was a reversal when the israeli go clearly made clear as he did we want to be reelected they were backing romney then their candidate for secretary of state was susan rice she was john kerry. they didn't want joh

>> i want chuck hagel to take him out of command and i want him to support all of the legislation thatackie spears because all of it will keep us safe right now. that's what we need. not ten years from now, now. >> jennifer, thank you for joining me. >> you're welcome, sir. >> absolutely. >>> president obama is going to be making his first trip to the middle east since his election campaign and the president aboards air force one where he goes to israel and then on to ramallah and then finally on to jordan for stops in amman and petra. the president said this ahead of the trip. >> the president wants to speak to the people of israel, the people of palestinian and the people of the region and not lay down a peace proposal but express his vision for what the possibilities of the future are. >> joining me now on the set is amon. i want to remind everybody, and spending time in the conflict in '08 as well and there's no doubt that it's very difficult to have a breakthrough without u.s. leadership. the u.s. -- and this is something that the u.s. has said, and there's no major breakthrough w

not a word from defense secretary chuck hagel on the situation in guantanamo i was at a news conference with the defense secretary this thursday at the pentagon he never to my question i frankly don't know why i was right there in front of him raising my hand as everyone else as you know half of the many guantanamo have been cleared for release many of them years ago yet they're still there locked up stuck in this limbo desperate and i was going to ask when they will let these men go and whether it would make any difference if somebody died in this ongoing hunger strike again i never got the chance to ask that question the pentagon has just requested almost two hundred million dollars to renovate the guantanamo prison that kind of investment may suggest that they're not planning to shutting down anytime soon at the beginning of the year the state department closed the office that was in charge of closing the prison i went to a state department briefing earlier this week again never got a chance to ask a question it's either they watch our t.v. or the media person they're just didn't tak

to america's apparent desire to continually expand its international military presence but after chuck hagel often described as a pacifist was appointed his new defense secretary two weeks ago when he hoped america's readiness to deploy the military could become a thing of the past he's going to huge accounts been going over the numbers. there's a lot of talk in washington about the need to make some cuts to the humongous military budget in light of this conversation which checked out the latest pentagon numbers on troop deployment around the world the u.s. has boots on the ground in one hundred fifty countries that's around two hundred thousand troops. serving in there from parts of the world largest contingency include of course of getting the sensex to six thousand troops well that number is supposed to be half by the end of this year there you see vast presence in asia pacific japan south korea where the announced pivot to asia those numbers may actually grow in the gulf nations while you see kuwait bahrain the presence there has been growing since the withdrawal from iraq huge presence

the attack comes on the heels of secretary of defense chuck hagel's first visit to the country in a day afghan president hamid karzai accused the u.s. of secretly working with the taliban. he made the inkrend areay comments. he said they were in service of america. and claimed that u.s. or the u.s. holds talks with the taliban on a daily basis. today the white house denied those accusations. >> any suggestion that united states is clueding with the taliban is categorically false. secretary hagel addressed these questions directly with president karzai in their meeting. the united states has spent enormous blood and treasure for the past 12 years supporting the afghan people and ensuring in the effort to ensure security and stability in that country. the last thing we would do is support any kind of violence. particularly involving innocent civilians. >> it in preparation for next year's withdrawal. mike taibbi is there. is there any indication that hamid karzai is backing away from that claim that the u.s. was working with the taliban? >> reporter: no, not at all. at least not to this p

as defense secretary chuck hagel is known to have been critical of the pro israel lobby presidentobama will not be speaking at the conference this year but he'll be traveling to israel at the end of the month and one of the speakers here said it's going to be a real challenge for him to show that deep down and i quote him he really understands israel and the threats that he faces that gives an impression that the character is not too happy about the administration seemingly trying to play down the war talk in washington i'm going to check on. well it's not just war talk but also money talk that is dominating this year's apac conference pro israeli lobbyist want to ensure aid from israel is exempt from the looming u.s. spending cuts while remains to be seen whether they'll succeed we here at r.t.e. are interested in your opinion on how these cuts will actually affect aid to israel so let's take a look at how the results have been divided so far there's a chart as you can see it now more almost half in fact forty four percent of you believe that the israeli lobby is simply too influ

defense secretary chuck hagel urging him to help end the mass hunger strike. in the meantime organizations like the red cross have made attempts to check in on the inmates here's what a representative told r.t. . as far as we can see. are really the result of. defeat. so has been our position there needs to be a clear legal framework and a transparent process. same goes for those detainees that needs to be transparent in fear to alleviate the strain is really the emotional mental strain that this uncertainty triggers for the detainees of the one hundred sixty six detainees languishing get mao more than how eighty six to be exact have been cleared for release now this week the un said that the us is a violating international human rights law by indefinitely holding prisoners at guantanamo without charge the human rights council is urging washington to quote bring an end to these illegal practices by either prosecuting prisoners in civilian court or releasing them reporting from new york marina point r.t. . human rights activists are sounding alert over what the

defense secretary chuck hagel urging him to help end the mass hunger strike. in the meantime organizations like the red cross have made attempts to check in on the inmates here's what a representative told r.t. . are really the result of. defeat. so. there needs to be a clear legal framework and a transparent process. two. of the one hundred sixty six detainees languishing get more than eighty six to be exact have been cleared for release now this week the u.n. said that the u.s. is of violating international human rights indefinitely holding prisoners at guantanamo without charge the human rights council is urging washington to quote bring an end to these illegal practices by either prosecuting prisoners in civilian court or releasing. new york. human rights activists are calling for action to resolve the crisis although amnesty international usually a prominent voice hasn't joined the chorus. spokes person why they're not buying the claims of recently been to guantanamo. not having access to detainees is a problem for a human rights organization is something

they'll lose depends on what happens on the other side all but you brought up a good point is the chuck hagel nomination where you know you saw these attack ads attacking him for simply offering a peaceful diplomatic solution instead of saying let's let let's let's employ really harsh sanctions i mean he was saying that really nothing's off the table but let's try peaceful strategies first i mean how do we what what does this peace through bombing in peace through force mentality really do mean to us look you have a billion dollars you can have any you want there are there are clear. really people in united states with huge amounts of money to spend like show the nails and for example they can say it's free country they can say whatever they want they lost. but let's be clear they were just attacking this was they were attacking barak obama this is and there are people in the obama administration who want to have a different direction in u.s. foreign policy so you know will they they lost that battle where they lose the battles ahead that depends what people do this was a relatively easy figh

leg of the paperwork to register to run i want to you two are in response to my commentary about chuck hagel this cable writes it's official you're an idiot apac did not take a position on this why are you blaming israel the jewish lobby for the republicans hard line partisanship big time fail i don't know if you're aware that there are many other groups other than a pac that constitute the jewish lobby emergency committee for israel is the one that fund the attack ads against a goal see for yourself. president obama says all options are on the table for presenting your iraq equal service military action is not viable he should be responsible watch the funders of that smear campaign the political action committee and thus a lobby effort and sorry but why would there be a groundbreaking filibuster of a candidate if it had nothing to do with said lobbying effort and point out the obvious backed up facts by analysis is bigoted and it's official you my friend are the worst kind of idiot. when response of the many assassin drones segments said the segment about the drone seemed a little over the