he has got big shoes to fill, but i have every confidence that dan coats can do that. one of the things i hope he looks at is post-9/11 when the office of the director of national intelligence was created, we basically created another layer in the intelligence community, and as the presiding officer and other members know, the d.n.i., the director of national intelligence office has grown by leaps and bounds, and i just hope he takes a good, hard look at the layers that we've created, perhaps the duplicative

well, that's exactly what dan coats is doing now. this time he'll be taking on the role of director of national intelligence. it goes without saying that the president made an excellent choice in selecting dan for this job. our former colleague from indiana has served his nation in the army, in the house of representatives, as the ambassador to germany, and of course he's also served and stayed here in the senate where he was a leader on issues regarding our national security and intelligence community. i look forward to the senate confirming him today. we're also working toward an opportunity to support another of the president's exceptional selections, lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster, his choice for national security advisor. the chairman of the armed services committee called him an outstanding choice, a man of genuine intellect, character and ability. he will now be tasked with adapting his vast experience to the responsibility of coordinating our national security policy at a time when our nation faces myriad threats and challen

it is my pleasure to introduce to you senator dan coats. i urge all of you to send dan's nomination to the floor of the senate quickly and very quickly confirm him as the new director of national intelligence. thank you, mr. chairman. >> saxby, thank you. dan, if you would stand please. raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear to give the committee, the truth, the full truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god? >> i do. >> please be seated. dan, before we move to your statement, i would like to ask you to answer five questions that are standard for the committee. we pose it to each nominee who appears before us. they just require same yes or no for the record. do you agree to appear before the committee here and other venues when invited. >> yes. >> if confirmed do you agree to send officials from your office to appear before the committee and designated staff when invited. >> yes. >> do you agree to provide documents or any other materials requested by the committee in order for us to carry out our oversight and legislative respo

we have to have the leadership from the top, which includes the president, mike pompeo, dan coats who be the new director of national intelligence. i think that's exactly where they are. they recognize the devastating impact that these leaks have. and it's also devastating because the vast majority of the people in the intelligence community are committed to this country. they are -- some are risking their lives each and every day. this really hurts morale within the community because they see it as a failure of their agency, the intelligence community. they don't like seeing it happen. they will work with mike pompeo and dan coats to rebuild the trust that they have in their own organization, the pride they have an organization, and they are going to work to restore the link between them and the american people. they need the american people to know they are working on their behalf and an intelligence community is not a threat to the american people. it is only a threat to those in the nascar. host: mary from north las vegas, nevada on the democratic line. calling to share one thing

lou: and your judgment now about as dan coats is about to move into the confirmation process, a votets him which he is expected to win by relatively handy margin, your view about his capability and what you will expect in the way of a different indirection of our intelligence community? >> i like senator coats. he's a great addition. frankly in my view, coats' job is to disassemble the office of director of national intelligence which is incredible bureaucracy that made it much more bureaucratic, much more risk averse, i believe that's where the president is. i hope that was explained to senator coats before he took the job. his job is to take apart the dni. lou: with that, we have to call it on time, and like you i certainly hope that dan coats has been briefed if that indeed is the president's wish, fred, thanks for being with us. >> thank you. lou: roll the video now. mysterious fireball, this one streaking through the sky in tasmania. residents there saying they saw a ufo, but they couldn't have been, well, too well informed and perhaps overexcited, and your eyes may be lying to

i traveled the world with dan coates many times for the allies as well as world leaders and we all know they are friendly and easy-going and we've had the opportunity to be very firm and direct with the individuals that we visited and doing so in a very professional manner. he's been in public service since 1976 when he was the district director for the then congressman dan quayle and served in the house of representatives, the senate and the ambassador to germany and then again in the u.s. senate. now after that remarkable 40 year career, he is willing to continue to serve his country. last, let me say that a lot of strength comes from the constant support he's received from his lovely wife. using a little sports nomenclature we get good intelligence from time to time and one piece of intelligence i picked up on about dan is that he's a huge chicago cubs fan. one other thing i found out is the day after he and marcia were married he took her to a cubs game and his marriage still survived. [laughter] it is my pleasure to introduce senator dan coats and i would urge you all to send the n

>> well, i think my two bills with greg and dan coats proposals did have common features. i think, mark, correct me if i am not getting the details right but i think the camp proposals picked up on what we had done with senator greg and coats on increasing the standard deduction for working class people to put money, and as i said watching the republicans, what would do next in the house and i am hearing they would go with a corporate cut and wouldn't pay for it. and i don't know what they said in past speeches about not increasing the deficit but it comes back again to the question about the relationship with dave camp. dave camp did have a variety of problems that senator greg and i and senator coats avoided. they overpromised on cutting individual taxes. i said when they are trying to it cut individual taxes that grave and dramatically they will have problems. they did. and then they came back and added a surcharge so they ended up with senator greg and coats and i ended up. >> let me wrap up here but thank you so much. >> thanks, everybody. [applause] >> it is my pleas

senator dan coates for an spellens -- and david freedman for u.s. ambassador to israel. >> all right. >> senator tom carper is the top democrat on the environmental and puck works community and joined the chair of the house transportation and infrastructure committee to talk about u.s. infrastructure. they discussed funding challenges during this event by the association of american highway and transportation officials in washington, dc. this is half an hour. >> senator, thank you for joining us today. [applause] >> you have the veterans here? if you're a veteran, stand up and safe our applause. please. [applause] >> i'm a retired navy captain. spent 23 years in the war in southeast asia,. and i -- different parts of the president's speech lanight i appreciated. in dover -- where is secretary cohen? we of our secretary of transportation. >> i don't know -- is shane here from colorado? okay. he has his parole hearing this morning. [laughter] >> give him our love. but one of the things reminded us last night is the sacrifice of our service men and wom

. >>> well, the senate overwhelmingly voted to approve senator dan coates as new director of national intelligence. he was the director until he retired last year. he is the fifth person to have the job since the post was created after the 9/11 attacks. >>> a young dallas boy died after his babysitter could not reach 911 operators. 6-month-old brandon fell and stopped breathing saturday night. she called on her cell phone and was put on call. it caused the call center to receive a surge of so-called ghost calls at a time. calls that appear on dispatch screens and disappear. by law they have to call back. his mother came home and had to rush home. >> i would never want no mother or father to go through the pain i'm going through right now. >> t-mobile says it's working on the problem. >>> some commuters got blasted with a shower of snow thanks to an amtrak train. the train was pulling in to the station wednesday, the day after the big east coast storm. the fast-moving train picked up a wave of snow with commuters standing by the track. they always tell you to stand back. some were knoc

>> well, i think that my two bills, with judd gregg and dan coats and chairman camp's proposal did have some common features. i think, mark, correct me if i'm not getting all the details right, but i think the camp proposal picked up on what we had done with senator gregg and senator coats increasing the standard deduction for working class people to put money in their pockets. so the question will be if border adjustment tanks, and as i said, i've been watching republicans, what would they do next in the house? and i'm hearing speculation, well, they just go with some kind of corporate cut and wouldn't pay for it. now, i don't know how they reconcile that, with the past speeches, about not increasing the deficit, but i come back again to the question about the relationship with dave camp. dave camp did have a variety of problems that senator gregg and i and senator coats we avoided. they overpromised on cutting individual taxes. and i said, when they're trying to cut individual taxes, that dramatically, they're going to have problems they did, and then they came back and added a surcha

no one is better suited to give the leadership as our friend and former colleague dan coats. as ambassador to germany, he was a customer. as a long-time member of the committee, he participated in conduct an extensive oversight. now he will be providing the intelligence that is to be subjected to that oversight. his experience prepares hi prepl for these new roles. i've traveled the world with him many times visiting our counterparts, our allies as well as world leaders and while for the most part we all know they are friendly and easy-going, i have had the opportunity to observe him and became very firm and direct in addressing sensitive and difficult issues with all of those individuals that we have visited and doing so in a very professional manner. he's been in public service since 1976 when he was the district director for the then congressman dan quayle. he then served in the house of representatives united states senate ambassador to germany and then again in the u.s. senate. now after that remarkable 40 year career, he is willing to continue to serve his country as th

, former senator dan coates. a reporter tried to ask him about this breaking news. here's what he said. >> vice president pence, the senate intelligence committee says there's no indication that the trump tower was wiretapped. do you gree with the assessment? >> if you weren't able to make out what vice president just said in response to the question, nothing. he had no response to it. this can't continue for too long. i want to ask you about this. this is up. they can't -- mean, we're watching silence in action right now. what's "the washington post's" new slogan, democracy dies in darkness? i don't know what happens in silence. they have to come out at some point. >> this reminds me of the day the "access hollywood" tape leaked. not as dramatic but another time we were waiting, waiting, waiting on a response from the trump campaign. apparently from accounts of that meeting, they were in debate prep at trump tower. suddenly senior staff started peeling off to formulate a response. all of a sudden president trump

meanwhile thement's pick to oversee the nation's intelligence operations had his confirmation today.conf dan coatssir the president's nominee for director of national intelligence. during his hearing, the formerme republican senator made it clear that vladimir putin's russia iss a deepening threat. coats also said russia definitely tried to influence the 2016 campaigns.aign well, the search continues tonight for the culprits who vandalized howard university's campus. walls and sidewalks were defaced with messages reading welcome t the trump plantation over sear wayne ai frederick. frederick is howard university's president. another message said stand for something or fall for anything. vandalism comes just one day after president trum frederick and other leaders of historically black colleges and universities. fox5 is in prince george's in countypr tonight, police are investigating an officer-involved shooting. officers responded to a family dispute this evening in the 6500 block of beach wood drive in cam springs. officer shot a man armed with an knife. the bullet graced the man's thigh but the m

voted overwhelming the senate that is, 85-12 to approve the nomination of former indiana senator dan coates, the fifth person to hold the position since it was created following the 9/11 terror attacks. he replaces james retired at the end of the obama administration. >> a bombshell announcement from the justice department. it is bringing criminal hacking charges against twos russian officials and two hackers. russian intelligence officers are accused of a massive breach of yahoo! that affected at least half a billion user accounts. it's unlikely they'll ever set foot in a u.s. courtroom. >> we do not have an extradition treaty with russia. we would hope that they would respect our criminal justice system and respect that these charges and what they need to do. >> as for the other two hackers one is in custody in canada, the other is on the fbi's list of most wanted cyber criminals. >> a syrian diplomat is condemning what he calls a terrorist attack in damascus. six years to the day the nation's civil war began, at least 30 people were killed in the suicide bottoming inside a historic judic

to very much like dan coats h laugh of bipartisan co-sponsor of what is still the only federal income tax reform proposal we have had t since the 1986 law was offered i cannot support any nominee to be the head of national intelligence, if the nominee is brought before the intelligence committee to show american people to promote security and liberty for my friendship for senatoa nomination i know the absence of a quorum. this . >> my grandparents grew up and live their lives in the era of blatant segregation their sense of fairness was molded i watched as my grandfather was called boy i watched as my grant grandmother suffered the indignity the use of a bathroom but through all the remain fair and decent good people. >> indeed in my lifetime, i expect to see three, four or even more women on the high court bench. not shaped from the same old but of different complexions yes, there are miles in front but what a distance we have traveled from the day president thomas jefferson told his secretary of state the appointment of women to public office is innovation for which the public is no

james clapper the head of the dni previous to dan coats taking over, the obama dni, not a scintilla ofvidence, yet we do have evidence here and allegations that are profound, as you say, that there is a relationship between the surveillance of the obama administration and the transition team of the president-elect. matt, you will get the last word. matt: what the press is covering is everything that's not important. we should start covering the actual substance. if tough one administration spying on the incoming administration, that's something we have never seen. those of us who supported the idea of prosecuting the war on terror aggressively never imagined these powers would be used to pick up conversations potentially of an incoming president. this is a place we do not want to be as a country. lou: matt schlapp, charlie hurt, thank you. a thrill seeker taking base jumping to new extremes. the man walking 150 feet to the end of a wind turbine blade in california before leaping off and parachuting to the ground. the so-called bladerunner calling the jump surreal. certainly beautiful.

, and the best case study is the director national intelligence who is in fact a former senator, dan coatsterrific guy. i suspect 90 of the senators in a secret ballot would confirm him. to have him hanging out there is maliciously destructive and makes no sense for the united states of america. and to the best of my knowledge there is no issue that matters. this is willful destructiness hoping if they screw things up the blame will come on president trump. lou: there is no question senator schumer has done exactly that. and there is no strategy that could be employed by mitch mcconnell to accelerate the confirmation of those appointees? >> if the president wanted to go out and stump on this he could. he's doing so many different things as you saw today with this executive order which is the most sweeping step toward cutting government that i can fleb my lifetime. every time i turn around donald trump is doing something new and decisive as an entrepreneur, moving us towards a smaller, more effective, less expensive government. lou: the congressional budget office releasing its long awaited

. >>> today the senate voted to confirm dan coates, president trump's choice for national intelligence director. lawmakers approved the former indiana senator in a vote of 85-12. mr. coates will oversee 16 intelligence agencies. >>> despite a republican backed plan to repeal and replace obamacare, millions of americans are still buying in. the government reports more than 12 million signed up for coverage under the affordable care act. another 765,000 signed up under an option called the basic health plan used in new york and minnesota. >>> now back to our first alert weather. we will not be putting away those winter coats any time soon. >> tammie souza is here and the cold sticking around. >> even when it warms up, it will be cold, colder than we normally should be. did you spend much time outside today? i didn't. it was awfully windy cold. those that did, this is what they've been encountering. snow showers out there. little snow squalls coming through. gusty winds will knock you over. if you're only ice, you will be sliding across. quite windy as we head through the evening. this is

lou: dan coat was confirmed 85-12.trump earlier this week slammed the senate democrats by the head clown as he called senator chuck schumer for slow walking the three remaining nominees. , commerce, agriculture and the trade representative. andy ryan, matt schlapp, and ed rollins. great to have you with us. i want to put this up. this just happening in hawaii. a federal judge in hawaii has just stayed the president's travel ban or extreme vetting order, and this is what he said in part. this from the obama-appointed hawaiian judge. because a reasonable, objective observer, enlightened by the specific historical context, con tell pore rain was public statement, and specific sequence of events leading to its issuance would conclude that the executive order was issued to disfavor a specific religion despite its stated religiously-neutral purpose. a reasonable observer in the mind of this law hold greater weight than the law and the facts and the constitution before him. extraordinary writing in supporting this order again

it is my pleasure to introduce to you senator dan coats and i urge all of you to vote for dan's nomination to the floor of the senate quickly and very quickly confirm him as the new director of national intelligence. thank you mr. chairman. >> , thank you. do you solemnly swear to give the committee the truth, the full truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? >> i do. be seated. >> before we move to your statement, i would like to ask that the answer five questions the standard for the committee that we posed to each nominee that appears before us that just require a simple yes or no answer for the record. do you agree to appear before the committee and at other venues when invited? if confirmed to agree to send officials from her office to appear before the committee and designated staff? >> yes. >> do you agree to provide the documents or any other material requested by the committee in order for us to carry out the oversight and legislative response of these quick >> yes. >> will you ensure that your office and staff provide such materials to the committee when requested quick >

. >> heather: making it all but certain that senator dan coats will be confirmed as the nation's top dulac intelligence official. we're covering all of the news "happening now" ." >> jon: the fbi director expected to reveal whether that department is invested getting claims by president trump that his predecessor ordered wiretaps on trump tower during the 2016 campaign flared plus the white house working toward a compromise on health care amid defections from our republican lawmakers. house leader kevin mccarthy updates as. and... a powerful winter storm now moving through canada. we will take you live to one of the hardest

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also to serve dan coats as the director of national intelligence, he was approved overwhelmingly lasteek. host: i heard over the weekend that the president's selection was supposed to have a hearing this week. that year he has been postponed. this is the president's call for the democrats to speed things up. any idea on why that has been postponed over in the senate? caller: this has been the slowest process of cabinet nominees in history. he has been vocal about democrats using their time to hold this down as long as possible. democrats have something to begin by holding this down, the hours on the senate floor the most valuable thing they have right now. prices. been a dragging host: on the issue of health care, obviously still the budget committee on the house marking up the legislation this week. it could be a week or so before the house actually deals with it. we saw some of the shows of the weekend, rand paul and tom cotton already expressing some concerns over the republican plan likely to come over the house. what are you hearing from republican senators as well as you report

. >> former senator dan coates had his hearing to become part of national intelligence yesterday.as repeatedly questioned the intelligence community's claim that is russia was involved and allegations between his aides and russia. >> that as a story won't go away. >> i have a femaeling it will continue to go on. >>> and bill karins is tracking the storm system moving across the nation. >>> and president barack obama is making headlines for a record-breaking book deal. we'll explain all that. and he's ready to return to the political scene. we'll be back in a moment. runs on intel? that ride share? you actually rode here on the cloud. did not feel like a cloud... that driverless car? i have seen it all. intel's driving...the future! traffic lights, street lamps. business runs on the cloud... and the cloud runs on intel. ♪ i wonder what the other 2% runs on...(car horn) i thodid the ancestrydna toian. find out i'm only 16% italian. so i went onto ancestry, soon learned that one of our ancestors was eastern european. this is my ancestor who i didn't know about. and save on a lineup f

dan coats is now expected to sail through and u.s.rade representative nominee robert to light thighs are. today the president made it clear he is not pleased with the snail's pace of the confirmation process. watch. >> the main victim of this very partisan obstruction is the american public. yet in spite of all of this, we have scheduled a great team and already made historic progress in delivering results. >> while the president is eager to fill in his cabinet he also wants to lean out the rest of government to get rid of the duplication and redundancy everywhere. existing cabinet members were on hand as the president signed an executive order to reorganize the federal government and reduce waste. a thorough examination of every executive department and agency. the president did say he believes the government is fully prepared to handle the severe winter storm warning that is now threatening the entire northeas northeast. >> tucker: trace gallagher, thank you. the american health care act does not just repeal parts of obamacare, it w

the senate voting moments ago to confirm former indiana senator dan coats as director of national intelligence. coats will oversee 16 other intelligence agencies that have at times been criticized by president trump. coats would also be a key player in the government's on going investigation into russia's interference in the 2016 election. coats will replace james clapper who retired at the end of the obama administration. okay. we are standing by for president trump, who is set to speak in michigan. he is checking out american made cars today. he is expected to make an announcement that could mean a shake-up for the auto industry. plus, after last night's drama surrounding a report on president trump's taxes, what do these people have in common? sounded like this. >> i'll find out how to tell you this. we saw another wall in there. all right. we'll be right back after these commercial messages. >> geraldo hasn't aged a day, as he joins me now to talk about this. you don't let anything keep you sidelined. that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for th

. >> heather: making it all but certain that senator dan coats will be confirmed as the nation's top and judge dulac intelligence official. we're covering all of the news "happening now" ." >> jon: the fbi director expected to reveal whether that department is invested getting claims by president trump that his predecessor ordered wiretaps on trump tower during the 2016 campaign flared plus the white house working toward a compromise on health care amid defections from our republican lawmakers. house leader kevin mccarthy updates as. and... a powerful winter storm now moving through canada. we will take you live to one of the hardest hit areas in the northeast. it is all "happening now" ." ♪ >> jon: but we begin with what is another action-packed day for the president. mr. trump just arriving. number one on a two state tour, looking to the second hour of "happening now," i'm jon scott. >> heather: i'm heather childers in for jenna lee, nice to have stuck around with you. pack to say the least, the president getting out of washington, heading to michigan then tennessee appeared he's s

and the other addition, former indiana senator dan coats will be sworn in as the next director of nationalntelligence. he was approved on an 85-12 senate vote. he will oversee 16 intelligence agencies. he is replacing james clapper. >>> the federal reserve raised interest rates yesterday for the third time since the financial crisis. cnbc's nancy hungerford joins us live from london. how are the markets reacting to this? >> reporter: well, we saw a big reaction to the up side on wall street. in fact, the three major u.s. markets having their best day in about two weeks and it all came down to the little word gradual that was uttered by janet yellen. they're still on track for three rate hikes for the year but it will be gradual increase. equity investors like that news. that means tightening will not come too quickly. that's one reason we saw the move to the up side in the united states and right here in europe i can tell you they are taking a cue from the u.s. market. we're looking at gains here for the broader stock 600 since the highest level about 15 months now. so the good news keeps

the senate has voted to approve the confirmation of former indiana senator dan coats as director of national intelligence. in 20,003, he said as he us ambassador to germany where he pressure the government not to oppose president george w. bush hoss invasion of iraq. he is also a vocal enemy of planned parenthood, saying in 2015, the barbaric practices of planned pararenthooood should nt receive a dime of taxpayer money. meanwhile, former goldman sachs beentive deana powell has promoted to deputy national security advisor. she is one of more than a half-dozen people tied to goldman sachs who have been tapped for top positions in trump's administration. reporters are expressingngutrage over the state department'ss dedecision to allow w only one reporter to travel with secretary of state rex tillerson on his trip to asia. the only reporter who will be allowed to travel with tillerson is erin mcpike of the conservative news outlet the independent journal review. it was founded by two republican political consultatants. mcpike has oy bebeen working for the outletet for a few w weeks,d she doesn'

back in this country, the senate confirmed former indiana senator dan coats as director of national intelligence'll oversee 16 intelligence agencies, and could be a key player in probes of russian meddling in the election. president trump moved today to dial back federal rules on auto fuel economy. just before president obama left office, the e.p.a. finalized a standard that auto makers reach an average of 54 miles a gallon by 2025. that's double the current standard. the industry strongly objected, and today, in ypsilanti, mr. trump said the e.p.a. is going back to the drawing board. >> the assault on american auto industry, believe me is over. it's over. not going to have it anymore. if the standards threatened auto jobs, then common sense changes could have and should have been made. >> woodruff: environmentalists have argued the higher standard would promote use of hybrids and electric vehicles and cut carbon dioxide emissions. the white house signaled again today that it's open to changing the republican replacement for obamacare. a spokesman said the president is working with house speaker

we are outside where there is a senate intelligence committee hearing to improve dan coates' nomination as director of national intelligence. but down several floors below the capitol building there is a secure information room where jim comey was spotted by a reporter going into see senators mcconnell, schumer, burr and warner. now, who are they in this context? they are the four senate members of the so-called gang of eight that the eight members of congress that are required to receive the highest level sensitive intelligence briefings. they know more even than senate intelligence oversight contest often times because there is an obligation for the intelligence community to keep them up to speed on what they are doing. we don't know at this point what the topic of the meeting is. we do know the senate intelligence committee into russian meddling in the election has heat up. it's entered a new phase this week with senators heading out to cia headquarters at langley to view very sensitive intelligence information that they didn't even feel comfortable allowing to be transported up here

right now the vice president is swearing in dan coats in his ceremonial office. he has clearly demonstrated the subject matter expertise and sound judgment required to lead our intelligence community and the president is finally glad to have him on board as part of his team. later this evening the president along with kenny will attend the st. patricks day reception and participate in the annual shamrock certifica shamrock ceremony. come to the white house where they present a bowl of shamrocks as a symbol of lasting relationship between the two countries, the president and he will make remarks. first i wanted to share with you guys a letter that should be going out shortly if it hasn't already that the president signed this morning wishing ray chavez the oldest living survivor of pearl harbor a happy 150th birthday. our nation owes mr. chavez a great legacy of gratefulness and thanks. we extend our warm wishes to ray and his family as he celebrates his 105th and wishing he hopes to have several more birthdays to come. the president announced his attempt to keep

at the capitol this afternoon right around now, the vice president is swearing in former senator dan coates as next director of national intelligence in his ceremonial office. former senator coates has clearly demonstrated the deep subject or the subject matter expertise and sound judgment required to lead our intelligence community. the president is finally glad to ha him on brd as part of his team. later this evening, the president along with kenny will attend the st. patrick's day reception and participate in the annual shamrock ceremony. since 1952 the president has invited them to come to the white house in celebration of st. patrick's day where they present a bowl of shamrocks as a symbol of the profound and lasting relationship between the two countries. they will also make remarks. i have a few more notes before i get to director mulvaney. first, i wanted to share with you guys, it's a letter that should be going out shortly if it hasn't already, that the president signed this morning wishing ray chavez, the oldest living survivor of pearl harbor, a happy 105th birthday. our nation