now is another former obama secretary of defense and a former senator from nebraska, chuck hagel. enator, secretary, what is the proper -- do you know what the honorary -- >> chuck ii, maybe. i wouldn't dare say chuck i, not in your presence. >> fair enough. let me ask this question, the question raised by everybody. what should the voters be looking for in the next commander in chief? what do you wish the voters of iowa were looking for in the next commander of chief? forget what they're doing right now, what do you wish? >> i always thought there was three indispensable requisites for higher office. character, courage, and particularly, judgment. experience is important, i agree. i don't minimize it. in the end, it's always about judgment. when you sit in that oval office or any office of responsibility, you have to make some tough calls. tough choices. and you're not going to be right on all of them. but you've got to have the assimilation of enough intellect, facts, experience helps, all the others, to come to a judgment that makes sense. but it has to be fundamentally, comes f

katty: secretary chuck hagel, thank you for coming in. president obama has called for urgent action to combat the zika virus, spread by mosquitoes and believed to be linked to brain damage in babies. the appeal comes after the world health organization warned that the zika virus is likely to spread through the americas. accessook had exclusive to a laboratory in texas where scientists are looking for a vaccine. is the latest virus do send shivers around the world. there is no vaccine for the zika virus. it has been spreading to 20 countries in the caribbean and latin america. lasten it reached brazil year it exploded in the americas and has spread quickly -- in fact in probably a couple of million people. james: should people be frightened? especially pregnant women? >> absolutely. if i had a daughter of childbearing age he was planning spring break in the caribbean, i would urge her not to go there. james: these young mothers in brazil didn't have that choice. the zika virus attacks the brains of unborn children, leading to severe disabi

point out that right now this committee knows absolutely nothing about the personal compensation chuck hageled in 2008, 2009, or 2010. it is at a minimum relevant to know if that $200,000 that he deposited in his bank account came directly from saudi arabia, came directly from north korea. and i have no evidence to suggest that there is or isn't. >> as a social conservative cruz has played his cards well in the crucial state of iowa but he made national news when it came to making birth control accessible to women. here's how he criticized the democrats' charge that republicans are waging a war on women when it comes to contraceptives. >> jiminy cricket, this is a made-up, nonsense example. last i checked, we don't have a rubber shortage in america. but look, when i was in college, we had a machine in the bathroom. you put 50 cents in and voila! >> you know, i don't know. sometimes tmi. trump talking about his belt, a knife going around it. and this guy. do we need to know about his rubber machine? >> you're going to need to know about him because i think in the year 2015 besides donald trum

and, finally, to senator chuck hagel who was secretary from 2013 to less than a year ago. i and the american people cannot thank all of you enough for your service to our country. and i'm honored to be here with you today. secretary brown, you were secretary when we established diplomatic relations with china, and i was a young lawyer. the chinese are fond of saying a small potato, and the state department. tell us about the relationship with china in those early days when you were secretary, and the dealings you had with the chinese. >> the situation then between the u.s. and china were very different than they are for what they are now, or were for the 10 years of the others as secretary of defense who will be speaking here today. the chinese were then very much worried about soviet possible attack on china, and looked to the u.s. as an offset essentially and as a way of ensuring chinese security. moreover, they were very far from their present military capabilities. and that's quite different from the situation, not only today, but during the tenure of the others here.

or how was it with, you know, the previous secretary of state, chuck hagel who was his senate mate? >> yeah, chuck hagel just didn't hit it off with the white house. >> rose: but he and the president were friends. >> yeah. >> rose: it just didn't work. >> you don't deal with the president most of the time. you deal with the chief of staff and you dial with the national security advisor. it just didn't work out. ash carter is interesting. here is a guy whose whole resume is as a tech nokrat. but he's turned into a really aggressive war fighter. since he became secretary of defense the campaign against isis has really ramped up. since he became secretary, we put session sporses teams into syria. we have put commandos into iraq, to conduct raids. i think most importantly they've loosened up the restrictions on what you can hit with your air strikes. there used to be a standard of zero civilian casualties. and now they are willing to accept civilian casualties. >> rose: if the target is so rich. >> yeah. and a perfect example is they started hitting these cash collection sites. and so t

ah or chuck hagel who was his senate made. they did not hit it off. you do not deal with the president most of the time. you do with the national security advisor. it just did not work out. as carter is interesting. here is a guy whose whole resume is as a technocrat. he has turned into an aggressive war fighter. since became secretary of defense the campaign against isis has really ramped up. since he became secretary of special -- and put special forces teams into syria and put commandos into iraq and most importantly they have loosened up their restrictions on what you can head with your airstrikes. they used to be a standard of zero civilian casualties and now they are willing to accept civilian casualties. a perfect example is they started hitting these cash collection sites. so the blog warehouses full of isis money which isis users to pay its fighters. that is a much more lucrative , then takingally out a machine gun site. , talkingere in qatar with the be-one crew, a big huge bomber that was built to drop nuclear weapons on the soviet union. -

awarding combat medals such as the purple heart, silver star and medal of former defense secretary chuck hagel ordered that review. we're told it recommends no changes to the medal of honor criteria, but does say that valor recognitions need to be awarded in a more timely and consistent manner. >>> still ahead, locked and loaded and in full public view. gun owners can now carry openly in texas. first, when it comes to hillary clinton and bernie sanders, do you know the difference between a democrat and a socialist? apparently one of them does not. >>> tonight hillary clinton may be smarting from another self-inflicted political wound. the democratic presidential front-runner staggered through a question about what separates her from her only serious challenger, and his socialist self-description. chief white house correspondent ed henry is following the clinton campaign tonight, from las vegas. >> seeking another friendly venue for a rare media interview, democratic front-runner hillary clinton got tripped up, anyway. when msnbc's chris matthews asked her to explain the differences between soc

. >> you had a huge fight with the previous defense secretary chuck hagel, who said you were pushing him to release people he wasn't comfortable releasing. >> the secretary of defense only signs orders that he's comfortable with signing. i eet let the secretaries of defense defend their positions one way or another on that. what the president is not willing to do is make this problem, which has consumed enormous amounts of time and important relationships with our countries for the next president. he feels an obligation to the next president. he will fix this so they don't have ton confronted with the 15i78 sort of challenges. >>> in the time left, lightning round. iran has violated a ban on ballistic missile testing at least twice. the administration on december 30th said we're going to send you, congress, a list of sanctions to punish them. there's a ban on ballistic missile testing. hours later saided at moral said no, we're not going to send you a list. >> we we sent them a list of characters who are -- mind if i answer the question? we will issue those sanctioning propose time,

. >> former secretary of defense chuck hagel claims he was fired for moving too slow in approving detainee transfers and now according to "reuters" ash carter was scolded by the commander-in-chief in september for the same reason. the white house will neither confirm nor deny the report except to say we are all committed to the same goal. safely and responsibly closing the detention facility. according to the director of national intelligence, about 30% of the prisoners already released are either confirmed or suspected of returning to the fight. ed? >> kristen fisher in washington, thank you. >>> up next, we go in-depth to answer a key question. is donald trump electable in a general election? >> first here's what some affiliates are covering tonight. fox 2 in st. louis, with the lifting of the county-wide state of emergency as floodwaters begin to recede and two interstates have reopened. >>> the merrimack river is expected to fall below flood stage levels tomorrow. and fox 4 in anchorage where a spokesman for the family of the man who died when his plane struck two build this is week sa

when chuck hagel was just sworn in after a rough confirmation process, he had to go over to the pentagon and look at $36 billion cut in seven months and no discretion. so how do you reconcile what your requirements are with what you resources are going to be? very hard. so what comes first? training. development, research. but the training is most critical because we had to stand down a number of a wind. they couldn't fly. pilots were not allowed to fly this aircraft because the budget wasn't there to permitted. so what happens under the circumstances if the president says i need you to go fight a war in iraq, afghanistan or yemen, or where ever it might be? these pilots are not ready to go. not ready for duty. people to see the sorts of things but they are happening. was a slight we breathe the last two years with the agree to bump up the budget for two years. 2016 is coming, and under 2016 you go back into the sequester. that's not just defense department. it's nasa, its nih. think about it. we've had an ebola scare the with all kinds of issues come in with food safety, air safety. do

francine: when i was in davos and i spoke to chuck hagel, your former defense minister, and we had ation, i was trying to get to the bottom of voters' angst. in greece when you look at the rise of tsipras, and the rise of put demos in spain, there is -- even hagel was having a difficult time pinpointing what it was. it may be the economy, or just that the politicians are becoming that much more bland, but the associated policies that they bring with them, these extremists, is also dangerous for the world economy. vonnie: and talking about how some far right politicians are dealing with far leftist policies to appeal to voters. amazon is down 11% premarket. apparently the results did not deliver, but i want to bring in paul sweeney, the head of research for bloomberg intelligence. amazon is one of the only companies out there that is investing, trying to work toward the future. analysts do not have a problem with amazon's results. why do investors? paul: they said they would -- them thisgot used to bike the fact there was not much profit. 2015 they dial back the spending and profits j

. >> i want to talk to you about red lines, because former defense secretary chuck hagel said in a recent interview that president obama's decision to stand down on planned missile strikes against damascus after assad had used chemical weapons hurt the president's credibility. should the president have stuck to his red line once he drew it? look, i think that the president's decision to go after the chemical weapons once there was a potential opportunity to build on when the russians opened that door, resulted in a very positive outcome. we were able to get the chemical weapons out. i know from my own experience as secretary of state that we were deeply worried about assad's forces using chemical weapons only a horrific affect on people in syria, but it could very well have affected the surrounding states, jordan, israel, lebanon, turkey. so getting those chemical weapons out was a big -- >> but should he have stuck to his line? did it hurt u. credibility? >> i think as commander and chief, you've got to constantly be evaluating the decisions you have to make. i know a little bit about th

that review was first ordered back in 2014 by former defense secretary tear chuck hagel.makers say these honors are long overdue. >>> security worries in paris. >> a man killed outside a police station as the city marks one year sings the attacks at charlie hebdo. >>> bringing down the power, fears that russian hackers pulled off the first ever cyber attack on an electric grid. >> still living in these tent cities. >> we're back to square minus one. >> the city is a powder keg at the moment. >> you see transactional sex and no one is held to account for that. >> the united nations has never accepted responsibility for this. >> an ali velshi on target special: >>> welcome back to your world this morning. taking a look at today's top stories, wall street futures are sharply lower this morning at investors worldwide react to a big selloff in china. the shining high composite fell more than 7% halting trading for the second time this week. there are growing concerns over the health of china's economy. >>> the standoff in oregon now in its sixth day. the sheriff is still hopef

the joint intelligence committee, non extremist opposition that we are fighting largely against chuck hagel one. in answer to the question, the select committee, what ground troops are available to coordinate with in terms of this campaign against daesh. that was the best dancers they could provide. >> talking about 70,000 fighters or existing fighters. >> they were existing fighters. >> in the battle space. 20,000 additional kurdish fighters on the ground. and direct answer for the select committee what ground troops were available. >> let me handle this two days ago, though military defense monitoring the british airstrikes, 72 to 81 civilians and they would -- civilian deaths -- >> the information i average at the time we held the debate. i correct myself if i get it wrong, at the time we have the debate we had that ancient in iraq we didn't believe there had been any civilian casualties because we took a careful approach to minimize whatever we can, but if people make allegations we must look at them. >> the reporting 72 to 81 as we mentioned? >> if people make points, we have been very

and finally, to senator chuck hagel, who was secretary from 2013 to less than a year ago. i and the american people cannot thank all of you enough for your service to our country. and i am honored to be here with you today. secretary brown, you were secretary when we established diplomatic relations with china and i was a young lawyer, at the chinese are fond of saying small potato in the state department. tell us about the relationship with china in those early days when you were secretary and dealings you had with the chinese. >> the situation then between the u.s. and china were very different from what they are now or were for the tenures of the others as secretary of defense who will be speaking here today. the chinese were then very much worried about soviet possible attack on china. and looked to the u.s. as an offset, essentially, and as a way of ensuring chinese security. moreover, they were very far from their present military capabilities. and that's quite different from the situation not only today but during the tenure of the others here. bill perry was in a s