dr. brzezinski.ashington post's" bob woodward, political commentator cokie roberts and former red sox manager now with the indians, terry francona and amy klobuchar and senator jeff flake. first, bill karins with a check on the forecast. i want sunny in new england. >> maybe next week. yesterday was kind of a novelty day, the first really cold day of the winter in new england and the mid-atlantic. now that it's here to stay, now it's time to get a little bit annoyed. the windchill this morning, you'll feel it as you walk out the door. we're at five in d.c. we're at negative one in central park in new york city. and look at our friends in northern new england. your windchill this morning is negative 20 in burlington. and our friends all the way up there at the very tip of maine, caribou at minus 29. one of the coldest spots in the entire country. now, here's what the deal is. this arctic air is on a one-week vacation in the lower 48. specifically the northern plains to new england. a week from right n

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dr. brzezinski?idate for the secretary of defense ought to be chastised publicly because he doesn't follow the preferences of the right wing in israel. i think that's behind this kind of argument that we just heard. >> okay. brian sullivan, on another note. >> i'll stay out of this conversation. we'll talk money. because that's what i know and dr. brzezinski, first off, it's a pleasure to work with your daughter. look how nice i am going to -- >> you have a great start. >> exactly, a good start. not sarcastic. trying to lighten it up a little bit. ph.d.. that's fine. that's still a doctor. let's talk money. defense, one of the big three. you've got social security, medicare, 61% of the federal budget. republicans seem concerned that hagel would slice the defense budget maybe too deeply. do you agree with their concerns? why or why not? >> are you asking me? >> yes, sir. >> quite frankly, i don't know. i don't know how much he wants to slash. so, i don't know if it's too deep. >> is there any to be sl

dr. brzezinski, on foreign policy. mark halperin, he is so in the mainstream of washington u.s.except, of course, unless you're a neoconservative. and i'm not knocking neocons. i love dan senor. i have one as a friend. >> i have a brother. >> i expect bill kristol -- and mika's brother's a neocon. holy cow, the guy wants to invade, like, canada. i understand, i can respect that and them, but to say chuck hagel is outside of the mainstream of political thought when it comes to u.s. foreign policy, that's just not true. >> you take him on paper, his resume for this job is sterling. he's close to vice president biden. that's something that no one could say was anything but a big positive. but i will tell you, you look at the sunday shows yesterday, and in general, this debate over the last two weeks, the dog that is not barking is vocal support from senate democrats. there's a reason -- or several reasons -- why senate democrats are not out there defending chuck hagel as vociferously as republicans are attacking him, and that is the one danger area here. >> they'll get behind the p

dr. brzezinski in this article talking about how this goes back to the basic debate over interventionism.t used to be republicans were hesitant towards that. i think there's going to be a lot of republicans in this town who end up speaking out in favor of chuck hagel strictly because they don't like what happened over the past 12 years with respect to u.s. engagement overseas. >> i would add -- >> you beat my opt minch on that one, sam. >> i'll answer. coo keep at it. >> there have been an avalanche of ex-reagan administration people, frank car lucci, colin powell, others, who have come out -- john warner, who have come out in favor. i think there's a generational split. look, barack obama beat mitt romney on foreign policy easily. this is not a guy who walks around in the way that democrats used to for all those years looking over his shoulder at this republican party that america trusts on national security. those days are gone. so i don't think he has the same fears that democrats did in the past. >> let's be frank. the public is very wary on the two wars we've waged. they want them to