the truth is nobody outworks dennis mcdonough. part of the reason you saw such warmth of applause is that in addition to being an incredible talent and such a hard worker, dennis is also a pretty humble guy. to so many of his friends and admirers, he is just the dude from stillwater, minnesota, and given his humility, i don't think people always appreciate the breadth of his experience and the range of his talents. it's precisely because of that intellect, that experience, his dedication, his determination that i wanted dennis in this job. as a veteran of capitol hill where he was mentored by the likes of lee hamilton and tom daschle, dennis understands the importance of reaching across the aisle to deliver results for the american people, whether it's on jobs and the economy, health care or education, reducing the deficit, or addressing climate change. dennis is respected by leaders across our government. add it all up, and i think he has spent most of the past four years leading inner-agency meetings, hearing people out, listenin

term cabinet is finally beginning to take shape perhaps the least surprising pick was that of dennis mcdonough for white house chief of staff in his announcement president obama called mcdonough one of the hardest working men in washington he's also known for his extensive foreign policy experience expression when it came to the drawdown of troops from iraq. but dennis has played a key role in every major national security decision of my presidency from ending the war in iraq to winding down the war in afghanistan from our response to natural disasters around the world like haiti in the tsunami in japan to the repeal of don't ask don't tell to countless crises in between day and night where president obama failed to address in that speech was the instrumental role mcdonough played in crafting legislation to authorize the use of force in iraq back when he was the top foreign policy aide to then senate majority leader tom daschle all the legislation mcdonough and others crafted essentially pave the way for a war in iraq what's more mcdonough personally called white house staffers including jason

is it dennis mcdonough or ron klain. what white man is tliblg take the chief of staff job? >> well, it depends who you ask, andrea. depending on who you ask some folks think that it is dennis mcdonough, the former deputy national security advisor. some say it's ron klain, who is, of course, the former chief of staff for joe biden. the bottom line is, my sources are telling me, that the final decision has not been made yet, but we do believe that it's been whittled down between these two men. to your point about diversity, i've been talking to white house officials about these cabinet position that is remain open, the position of hilda solis. does the president feel an urgency to create more diversity in the wake of all of this criticism that he has been getting? no direct answer has been given, but i can tell you that this is certainly something that they are very aware of. they feel as though the criticism is unfair for all of the reasons that you just went through. this is something that they're going to be paying close attention to, and as you point out, the timing of hi

. >> now, michael lighter, chuck todd has been reporting that dennis mcdonough is a lock for chief of staff to preplace jack lou when lou is nominated, we expect, to become treasury secretary, and tom donnell will stay as national security advisor. tell us what we -- what you know from working with tom donnell and dennis mcdonough, his deputy. >> well, tom -- talk about a bunch of hard-working folks. john brennan, dennis mcdonough, and tom donlan have spent more time in those white house offices than anyone i know routinely putting in seven days a week. tom has become a trusted advisor to the president. originally close to rahm emanuel. he has managed the process in a very, very orderly way. dennis is a dear friend. i think he is a very strong leader, strong personality, and if he is actually given that responsibility by the president, it will be a big change for him. there will be other shoes to fill, but, again, we'll still see some people who have to fill those new white house positions that open up, but i think you've maybe lost the team of rivals, but what you have not lost is st

about his replacement as white house chief of staff has centered in the last 24 hours around dennis mcdonough who is currently the adviser. sources tell me that mcdonough is the chief candidate. ron biden has also been a contender. we'll see whether the president pairs the announcement of the chief of staff with the appointment of treasury secretary jack lew today. back to you. >>> and for the first part of this half hour joining us is george from nomura. george, is the markets going to be happy with mr. lew if that is indeed the case? >> well, we're in the middle of a fiscal kind of discussion. we got through the fiscal cliff. we still have to deal with the debt ceiling. we've surpassed legally the debt ceiling. now we're operating on these extraordinary measures. but it could be a critical decision. our focus on the economic team is critical given there's concerns over the long-term fiscal health of the company. overall, the markets are going to be cautious in thinking about, you know, it's an awkward time to be doing this transition, but it has to be done. >> yeah. meanwhile, i mean, we ha

currently a professor at the howard university school of law we first talked about the role that dennis mcdonough mcdonough played in the initiation of aggressions in iraq and afghanistan he was at the time working with shows the senate majority leader and as you said he was one of the leaders in the effort to get the democratic support for the iraq war effort to twenty nine democrats want to long with a resolution back in october of two thousand and two and i think many of them live to regret that decision and certainly it was a time when senator daschle and senator obama had different positions on the. issue and certainly mr mcdonough played an important role in getting that resolution passed and what you said is this was a means of kind of acting before he actually had a chance and those other twenty nine congress people had a chance to really think through what it could possibly cause i mean obviously no one was expecting a ten year war right i think for mr mcdonough he's he's been a loyal deputy at the time he was working for senator daschle and i think he carried out his boss's intent just

the president calls dennis mcdonough a non-stop closer and close friend. he has been a advisory and foreign policy specialist and replaces jack loop, appointed treasury secretary. >>> he said the recently reported response times are inaccurate because of that. the response time goal is eight minutes 80% of the time but a computer error means the department may have missed its response time goals more often than previously reported. however the president of the firefighters union says the true response times will reveal the true impact of reduced staffing. >>> a retired contra costa county fire captain is accused of stealing gear from fire stations. 51-year-old john willmet faces charges. they recovered stolen items including uniforms, tools and other supplies and also had a large cash of illegal weapons, he retired just before getting arrested and is out on bail. >>> making changes to school sports programs to even the playing field for students with disabilities. the changes coming up ahead. the sunshine is out this afternoon but will it change, ktvu mete

dennis mcdonough becoming the fifth person to hold the position. 's been an advisor on foreign policy for several years for the president and served as deputy national security officer. the president says he has played a key role in every major national security decision during his presidency. >> man be the war in iraq to winding down the war in afghanistan, from our response to natural disasters around the world like haiti and the sue tsunami in japan to the repeal of don't ask, don't tell, to countless crises in between day and night. >> he replaces jack lou who recently appointed treasury secretary. mcdonough does not need senate confirmation. >>> a senate appeals package ruled the president violated the the president did not have the power to make three recess appointments to the national labor relations board last year because the senate was in session and not in recess at the time. the white house had no comment on the ruling but is expected to appeal. if the ruling stands, hundreds of decisions from that board could be invalid. >>> today is

dennis mcdonough comes from the foreign policy shop. he has been deputy national security director. his was one of the faces around the table in the situation room during the bin laden raid. he goes back to the senate days with obama. he replaces jack lew, nominated to run the treasury department. >>> mitt romney, who has disappeared from public life since the election, was spotted today having surfaced in washington. he and his wife were saluted by the marriott corporation. his staff did not allow any media at the event. he will also attend the annual bipartisan alfalfa club dinner saturday night. >>> with the president now six days into his second term, a whole lot of republicans across this country are thinking about how things might have turned out differently. especially if the rules for electing presidents were different. the argument goes this way. the way the electoral college works is outdated, and it's about time those rules were changed. our report tonight from nbc's andrea mitchell. >> reporter: if republican proposals in key states to change the way we elect the preside

. >> no, there seems to be some concern that dennis mcdonough doesn't have a lot of experience. >> andolitical experience. >> and john klain with biden and gore. but no women. >> congratulations named ahead of the legal defense for the ncaacp. and takes office january 1st. >> jackie? >> i'm unprepared. >> economic conference, beautiful palm beach. >> how many presidential candidates are showing up there? >> none that i know. potentially mm, depends on who runs. >> we'll find marco rubio there. thank you, that's it for this edition of "the daily rundown." jackie will sweet hers. coming up, chris jansing, bye-bye. op ] you can do that all you want, i don't like v8 juice. [ male announcer ] how about v8 v-fusion. a full serving of vegetables, a full serving of fruit. but what you taste is the fruit. so even you... could've had a v8. your financial advisor should focus on your long-term goals, not their short-term agenda. [ male announcer ] join the nearly 7 million investors who think like you do. face time and think time make a difference. at edward jones, it's how we make sense of inves

dennis mcdonough. d applause] >> now, i have been counting on dennis for nearly a decade, since i first came to washington when he helped set up my senate office along with pete rouse. you know, he was able to show me where the restrooms were and -- [laughter] you know, how you passed a bill. i should point out that even then dennis had gray hair. [laughter] i've been trying to catch up to him. but at that time i relied on his intellect and his good judgment, and that has continued ever since. he's been one of my closest and most trusted advisers on my presidential campaign, on my transition team. he has been an indispensable member of my national security team as well. dennis has played a key role in every major national security decision of my presidency from ending the war in iraq to winding down the war this in afghanistan, from our response to natural disasters around the world like haiti and the tsunami in japan to the repeal of don't ask, don't tell to countless crises in between day and night. a

in choosing dennis mcdonough he chose comfort, friendship and trust over political pressure and the chance to make history that would have come for naming the first female chief of staff to the post. dennis donough is a long time trusted aid. here's what the president said when he announced the choice. >> i have been counting on dennis for nearly a decade. since i first came to washington. when he helped set up my senate office along with pete erous. he showed me where the restrooms were and how you passed a bill. i should point out that even then dennis had gray hair. i have been trying to catch up to him. at that time i relied on his intellect and good judgment. that has continued ever since. he has been one of my closest and most trusted advisers on my presidential campaign and my transition team. he has been an indispensable member of my national security team as well. dennis has played a key role in every major national security decision of my presidency. >> wolf, in addition naming dennis mcdonough the president's chief of staff, he named four women to eastern post. among them lisa m

sources telling cnn president obama is expected name dennis mcdonough as his next chief of staff.d be obama's fourth chief of staff to replace jack lew, who was nominated for treasury secretary. >>> a new jersey boardwalk damaged in superstorm sandy will soon be returned to its former glory. the town of seaside heights approved a $3.6 million deal to rebuild the mile-long boardwalk by memorial day. construction said to begin within the next ten days and completed by may 10th. >>> heavy rain causes flooding in tennessee, georgia and other parts of the south. cold front tonight could change the rain into snow. people are freaking out here. some forecasts are predicting one to four inches of snow from mississippi to north georgia and up to a foot of snow in the appalachians. >>> pulling money out of the atm might get more precise. chase and pnc are dispensing the cash you need down to the dollar so there's no need to pull out 40 bucks when you only need 32. it's rolled out as many as 400 atms already and plans to double that by the end of the year. >>> now is your chance to talk back

, senator, you were always accompanied by a young man we got to know and love by the name of dennis mcdonoughgoing to be the next chief of staff for president obama? and do you think he's up to the job? >> well, you've got a great memory and you're exactly right bill. he and i would trudge in together. i was inclined to give him the microphone half the time. he could certainly handle it. i think he will be. i can't speak officially for the administration but i think it is very likely that sometime this week, we'll get that announcement and i must say i think he'll do a phenomenal job. he's somebody i had the good fortune to work with for many, many years. he's very smart. he's very -- he's got an amazing relationship with the president. he knows the hill. he worked with lee hamilton on the house side and with me in the senate and now in the white house and he's got a great network so he's got all of the makings, i think of a really, really good chief of staff. >> bill: from your lips to god's ears. >> and also, i mean maybe listeners don't know that senator, some of your key staffers went ove

. >> reporter: as he rolled out dennis mcdonough, president obama hoping for a smooth start to the secondm. instead, brushed back by a federal appeals court, rulings wherely he violated the constitution last year. >> it was just a huge massive overstep of executive power. unconstitutional power grab. >> it semis from dramatic election year showdown where the president bypassed the senate and put three picks on the national labor relations board, using the recess appointments on january 4, 2012. power the white house continues to defend vociferously today. >> the decision is novel and unprecedented. it contradicts 150 years of practice by democratic and republican administrations. >> except republicans use pro forma sessions to make sure the senate was not really in recess when the president made appointments. g.o.p. senators today hailed the court decision as a mayor victory. >> i think he has been getting ready to exercise a lot of executive overreach. a lot of executive orders. and regulations. try to push the agenda that way. so this really comes at a very, very appropriate time i thin

that will be the new job for dennis mcdonough. that announcement comes after noon today. bill: changing times there. changing in nebraska too. the governor signs off on a new line that could put the long-stalled keystone pipeline back on track. the new route designed to avoid the area that had environmentalists against it. the pipeline would carry up to 800,000 barrels of oil a day out of canada. a group of lawmakers are urging president obama to give the plan a thumbs up but the white house saying not so fast on that. >> the state department is conducting its assessment as appropriate and as has been standard over the years on behalf of the federal government and i don't want to get ahead of that process. you know when the state department has something to move forward on we'll obviously address that issue when it does. bill: the governor of nebraska has a big say in this. that is dave heineman. he is with me live now. governor, good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: give us an idea how the new route has changed things. >> well it has changed a lot in my state

the president is expected to name deputy national security dennis mcdonough of his next chief of staff would replace jack lew and if it happens he would be president obama's fourth chief of staff. hmmm. uh... yeah, can you find a take where it's a bit more dramatic on that last line, yeah? yeah i got it right here. someone help me!!! i have a flat tire!!! well it's good... good for me. what do you think? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> her title and the health decision that she made seemed to be oh completely contradictory. i'm talking about this beautiful woman alan rose. she was miss district of columbia and also a contestant in last week's miss america pageant. and you may remember the headlines. she made the headlines because her mom, aunt, and grandmother all died of breast cancer and because of that her dad made a radical suggestion to her when she was just a freshman in college, a suggestion she did not like at the time but a suggestion she is fully on board with now at age 24, she's decided to take the advice of her dad and un

president obama named dennis mcdonough as the new white house chief of staff.f the president's closest and most trusted advisers for nearly a decade. he bypass the senate bill vacancies from the national labor relations board. the panels that obama did not have the power to make three appointments last year. david: extra cents. all right. timothy gator eggs is the treasury. a man the president has put to take his place is a lot more partisan. how will this affect our economy? joining us now, steve forbes, forbes media chairman editor in chief and star of forbes on fox which is tomorrow on fox news and 11:00 a.m. >> you're the host. we follow your lead. david: i fell yours. this guy's partisan background goes back to tip o'neill. of course that was the day when republicans and democrats actually dealt with each other. timothy geithner is clearly much more nonpartisan, working with republicans and democrats. how will that affect negotiations in congress? >> what it means is right now there will be no real negotiations. the president's way or the highway, and so t

dennis mcdonough will become the fifth to hold the pos. he's been an advisor -- position.e's been an advisor to president obama and has made a major role in every national major security decision so far during his presidency. >> manning the war in iraq to winding down the war in afghanistan from our response to natural disasters around the world like haiti and the tsunami in japan to the repeal of don't ask don't tell to countless crises in between day and night. >> mcdonough replaces jack lew who was recently appointed treasury secretary. >>> a federal appeals court panel ruled president obama violated the constitution saying the president did not have the power to make three recess appoint ams to the national labor relations board last year -- appointments to the national labor relations board last year because the senate was not in session at the time. the white house had no comment but is expected to repeal. if the ruling stands, hundreds of decisions from the board could be made invalid. >>> come up on the news edge at 11:00 police search for a mob of men that attacke

today politico and others are reporting the next is dennis mcdonough. another white male.s one what official told the hill today. obviously this person spoke on background not to be named. quote, i work in this administration and i have to admit i'm slightly annoyed by lack of women around him. i mean, come on. out of all those people there's one woman in the room? you mean to tell me there's not one woman to be secretary of staff? earlier this week, let's watch the president at the press conference. >> if you think about my first four years, the person who probably had the most influence on my foreign policy was woman. the people who were in charge of moving forward my most important domestic initiative, health care, were women. the person in charge of our homeland security was woman. my two appointments to the supreme court were women. and 50% of my white house staff were women. so i think people should expect that that record will be built upon during the next four years. >> well, is the criticism fair against the president that's been thrown at him? falling short of hi

now we look at dennis mcdonough being the chief of staff. on the frontline, not enough women. she points out in her comments to mike allen and jim vaned high, i don't play golf. i don't play basketball. i don't really play cards. i don't think anybody questions whether i have a role to play here. it's irrelevant whether the president wants to do that in some of his free time. what's really important is when we have something to say, does he listen to, you and he does. valerie jarrett. of course, she occupies a unique space with both obamas. arguably, whether or not she plays cards or basketball or golf doesn't really speak to the issue of whether or not the president spends a lot of time with the guys in the white house and whether there are enough women in high ranking positions other than valerie jarrett. >> well, a couple of things, andrea. first, i was a high ranking official in the white house for many years, and i don't play golf. i do play cards. i wasn't looking to spend my personal time with the president. i was looking to work for him and to affect change, and he doe

he's, in fact, expected to announce that dennis mcdonough is the next chief of staff.anna keilar is following this and live at the white house. he's no stranger to mr. obama. he's very, very close to the president, isn't he? >> reporter: that's right. in a foreign policy capacity he has been. this is someone who's been very much inside president obama's close circle. he's advised him during the troop withdrawal in iraq, the current one going on in afghanistan and he's in a photo that's now become famous. he was in the situation room during the raid on osama bin laden's house. you'll see him sitting next to secretary of state hillary clinton. it goes back mump further than that. he has been here at the white house since the beginning of president obama's first term. in fact, he helped him as he was coming in to the white house and their time together goes all the way back to when president obama was a senator-elect, when he was coming from being a state legislator in illinois to the senate. so all the way back to his time where he first came to washington. he also was a

. >>> president obama appointed dennis mcdonough as chief of staff.noted that he helped him set up his senate office nearly ten years ago and has been one of his most trusted advisers ever since. >> denis has played a key role in every major national security decision in my presidency. in the war in iraq, winding down the war in afghanistan, from our response to natural disasters around the world like haiti and the tsunami in japan. >> the president also noted that he was in the white house situation room during the raid that killed osama bin laden. mcdonough is seated behind hillary clinton and he'll replace jack lew. >>> today's weather forced bob mcdonnell to cancel a speech at the winter meeting in charlotte, north carolina. republicans are trying to revive their party after losses in november. steve handelsman joins us live from capitol hill with the latest on that story. >> reporter: thanks, good evening. mcdonough and other republican activists believe -- they recognize there's been a lot wrong with too many of their messengers. meeting in char

distance from this, and if you just look at who he appointed as his chief of staff yesterday, dennis mcdonoughom the marshall security council, mcdonough was one of the "dovz" in the nfc who pushed for a smaller footprint in afghanistan. i don't think we're moving -- events might pull us over there, but i don't think we're moving over there. >> maybe if you look at the appointment of john brennan, who has been, you know, back and forth. the drone program, and we are now finally actually starting to talk about drones and whether or not they help or hinder america's national security interests. what you hear about anecdotally is that when you have the drone strikes, it is often in the radicalizing people on the ground, as much as it is, you know, sort of saving american blood and treasure. it is definitely a double-eejed sword. >> it's a complicated question. on the one hand you have successes, foreign policy successes, that the white house can crow and say we've done and killed our enemies, and they like to be able to do that. on the other hand, yes, they're making enemies. you're making more e

trusted adviser and national security expert dennis mcdonough will take over for jack lew. lew is the president's nominee for treasury secretary. mcdonough has been advising president obama on foreign policy for nearly a decade and has played a key role in all the president's major national security decisions, including the end of the iraq war, the repeal of don't ask, don't tell, and the withdrawal from afghanistan. an official announcement is expected in about an hour. >>> the president's former challenger mitt romney will be in town today for a rare appearance. he's attending a luncheon hosted by philanthropist kathleen reynolds and bill marriott jr. at the marriott hotel downtown. marriott jr. has rejoined the board of directors after leaving in 2011 to run for the white house. he chose not to attend the inauguration monday, the first nominee to do so since michael dukakis back in 1989. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here with a look at the forecast. >>> normally, it's boring and drab and gray in the winter. when it snows, everything turns bright and beautifu

today, dennis mcdonough was chosen, that is him two seats over from the president, right next to hillarylinton during the raid that killed osama bin laden. in his previous life, he headed the committee that authorized the iraq war, which could prove troubling at a confirmation hearing. but a chief of staff hearing is not the kind the senate has to confirm, not like, say, secretary of state. john kerry is the choice for that post, he had his confirmation hearing yesterday. and a greater love fest has never been seen before in something less than a p-g rating. honestly, the only surprise will be if it is not unanimous. and no, rand paul's vote does not count. really, there are just two nominations thus far that has annoy suspense with them. one is john brennan, the president's counter-terrorism adviser, he has many, many allies, they are lobbying hard to any perceived problems with his choice. before that, he was chief of staff to cia director george tennet, in the george w. bush days. that is why john brennan didn't get the nomination to run the cia in the first time around. so his confir

we see today dennis mcdonough, the new chief of staff. we've seen john kerry's confirmation hearing next friday. we're going to have on january 31st we'll have chuck hagel's confirmation hearing at the armed services committee. hillary clinton's long farewell. how is it shaping up? what can we read into the big decisions that the president has made? >> well, clearly the president especially with the announcements today, is filling out his team. the team that's going to carry him through to the second term, and it's also -- the first term was all about the folks that were close to the president personally, folks who worked with him in chicago, folks that worked with him in his senate office, on the presidential campaign trail, and this go-round it appears that the president is appointing people who are close to him philosophically, idealogically, from a policy point of view, and so that's why you see someone like senator kerry who, as you've reported many times, has undertaken many missions on behalf of the president. some public. some not

likely to be dennis mcdonough but it is sort of interesting. sure i heard anyone on the hill praising the choice, potential choice of susan rice for secretary of state as a woman. i mean, they were criticizing her for her positions and other things. i think at the end of the day, it's optically not good. you know, obviously, for this president. he has sort of a strong record, but probably more important are those people around him. that white house photograph was very real and that's how it is on a day-to-day basis. with a couple of exceptions. but that's how senator obama and president obama has sort of always been. always surrounded by usually men. >> congressman, last word. this is also true of people of color. the president, obviously, we have a holder at the justice department. we have kirk at the u.s. trade rep, but are there enough minorities and should it matter to us? should we be discussing this? >> it shouldn't matter because diversity must be our promise and not our problem. and, you know, when you have first man of color in the whi

obama today making official what many were expecting, he named top national security add vidser dennis mcdonough as the next chief of staff. while announcing the new appointment, the president called him tough but also humble. >> i know you will always give it to me straight. as only a friend can. telling me not only what i want to hear but more importantly what i need to hear to make the best decisions on behalf of the american people. >> described him as a devout man involved in every major foreign policy decision of this administration. >>> following breaking news. an appeals court ruling of his appointments unconstitutional. i'll speak with pete williams about what it means for the president and the white house. >>> plus, georgia republican senator chambliss announced his re retirement and republicans say it's one of the best pickup opportunities for the cycle. and you can always join our conversation on twitter. we've all had those moments. when you lost the thing you can't believe you lost. when what you just bought, just broke. or when you have a little trouble a long way from home... as

this president runs his foreign policy with tom donelan national security advisor, joe biden, dennis mcdonough out of the white house to a large extent, larger than most presidents have since back to nixon. and i think both chuck hagel and brennan will be part of a team but very much in the mold of taking orders on the big decisions from the white house. with senator hague until he's confirmed really focuses, as david said, on managing the building, trying to find a way to reform the mission, post-9/11 world and a world with more orientation towards asia. but clearly with a premium put on defense cuts and if the sequester isn't worked out, maybe defense cuts right away. >> rose: hagel was a businessman before he became a politician. does she management skills? >> that's an open question. people are just now deviling into the business career. it's certainly there's -- look, there's almost no management challenge in the country like managing that building. there's complexities involved. frequently people use the metaphor of how difficult it is to turn an aircraft carrier. there's a lot of aircra

and i think the people, dennis mcdonough who has chosen to be his chief of staff is somebody whom he likes, whom he is comfortable with, it is very much in his comfort zone. >> uh-huh. >> and probably the only person ever to be white house chief of staff who was a safety for john gagleardi, the winningest coach in college football history. >> i knew we have some trivia. >> actually, many cornerbacks were also chiefs of staff. >> he, as my colleague peter baker said, it's stirred, not shakenment so he is has not taken new people from outside. >> i mean i said a new team but it's almost -- >> it's all the same people, just in different chairs. and a lot of people gotot promoted, some people like quitener left. but we know o booma by now. he does not like to bring in fwrerb blood. he likes people he trust, he likes people like mcdonough who would throw themselves on a grain aid for them, extremely loyal, trustworthy and they are to the going to leak. so he sticks with those people. and he's been doing since he became president. as for his term, i sort of thing he is in danger through no