tom hagel says at this stage name recognition really counts. >> the advantage for clinton is because these other candidates, whether it is governor sanders senator webb, don't seem to have a chance. >> one of the pain issues that is starting to come to the forefront -- >> still some candidates like mark carbury are backing away from the ideal candidate in order to support hillary clinton. >> i will support the democratic candidate whoever it may be. >> reporter: because in the end it's all about victory. and antonio the gop already has a couple of confirmed presidential candidates and hopeful who have obviously been crisscrossing the state and an official announcement from a democratic candidate like hillary clinton that thing they've been waiting an official candidate. antonio. >> thank you, ash-har quraishi in iowa. what will be different for hillary clinton's campaign this time around? we'll look at that in a few minutes. >>> an historic step to try oimprove relations between the u.s. and canadian. obama and castro took the step of shaking hands tonight. while u.n. secretary-gener

secretary of state john kerry and he hageled through the deal and president obama signed off and oomz they called world leaders. >> united states together with our allies and partners has reached an historic understanding with iran. >> reporter: after hours of framing a teal to keep iran from nuclear weapons president obama then began trying to sell its plan to the skeptical ally prime minister of israel. betnetanyahu filed off tweets. >> if he's looking for the most effective way to ensure iran doesn't get a nuclear weapon this is the best option. >> reporter: the framework calls for iran to decrease its number of nuclear sub ter fujs. their stockpiles would be neutralized. in return crippling economic sanctions would be lifted after iran is compliant. >> we now have guaranteed access access. if they don't provide it the sanctions come back. >> the president called leaders of both parties to keep them from passing new sanctions or demanding congressional approval of the deal. republican senator tom cotton of arkansas nins skeptical. the president will begin briefing white house leade

has any thought been given as i believe secretary hagel mentioned of using some of those capabilities to -- from a land to provide a better safe zone around our bases and territories? >> i wouldn't know senator exactly what secretary hagel was talking about that time a but i'd be glad to get specifics and to answer it. >> all right. well, thank you both for your service, and i believe we have a fabulously-capable military, well led bial respected leaders, and we -- by talented leaders and we thank you for that. >> senator donnelly. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you both for your service. admiral locklear, what would you say -- and i apologize, i haven't been here the entire time -- when you look, the two biggest challenges you look at in your in your command? >> well, the biggest challenge is making sure that we can respond effectively to what i think is the most dangerous situation, the north korea peninsula. so i have a huge responsibility for helping north com with the defense of homeland, defense of hawaii, defense of guam. and then to to follow on forces and things that f

yemeni citizens could have been transferred sometime in 2014, but the previous defense secretary, chuck hagel did not move on it. he said when asked that he was trying to be very cautious about not releasing anyone who might actually pose a security threat to the united states or to its allies. now of course there's attention being focused on ash carter and whether he is going to try to comply with the wish of the commander in chief, president barack obama, to close guantanamo as quickly as possible. >> how much push back do you think there will be? >> well let's be frank. there is some tension inside the obama administration on whether those who are being held at guantanamo. there are some facing military commissions, a type of trial. they're not going to be released but it's been a very controversial move to suggest that those who are not going to be facing any criminal charges should be resettled either in their home countries or in a third country. congress is very much opposed to releasing anymore detain knees and certainly is opposed to bringing them here to the continental united state

hagel are these companies going to be able to function? neil: is a destructive given that you? -- that you of foreign policy? >> it is sad for in the republican to violate the 11th amendment you shall not speak ill of another republican per dollar of these participants have to look at everyone else says a number of their cabinet. each of them can become of differentiated to lift themselves up without denigrating the positions of the others. the number one issue that people want from a democratic source is not obamacare or immigration but the divisiveness look at some of these people's ability to bring people together, rick santorum was here and a fellow said i am far left liberal but the more i hear what he stands for he talks about 70% to have not graduated from college. who looks out for them? at the last convention obama said you did not bill that republican put those up there that said i did build that. what about the worker? i became successful because of the 70 people in my environment who did the hard work. did you go to a banquet by class 91 about the dishwashers that k

political signs professor tim hagel says name recognise is what counts at this early stage. >> the advantage for hillary clinton is regardless of the other candidates - none have jumped in fought hard against her and don't seem to have a chaps. >> a main issue... >> some democratic activists are pragmatic enough to move away from backing an ideal candidate in order to support clinton. >> if she is your best shot you will supporter. >> i will support the democratic candidate whoever it may be. >> because in the end it's all about victory. >> i.s.i.l. released a video purportedly showing fighters demolishing the city in iraq. in the video they are shown destroying artefacts including pictures of and deities. i.s.i.l. wants to eliminate figures worshipped in the past to further a cal fate cause. >>> iraqi prime minister is planning to ask for more support on tuesday. they'll request drones and other weapons to combat the armed group and is expected to ask for postponement of the purposes because iran is expecting a budget deficit of $21 million. joining us to discuss the upcoming visit between

political science professor tim hagel says at this stage name recognition is really what matters. >> whether it's governor sanders, secretary webb, none of these have jumped in and fought against her and don't have a chance, and until they are willing to take the fight to her she doesn't have to come to iowa and do that personal touch. >> still some democratic activists like mike carbury are pragmatic enough in order to support clinton. >> if she is your best shot at retaining the oval office you'd support her? >> absolutely. i will support the democratic candidate whoever it may be. >> reporter: because in the end it's all about victory. and john one of the things we have been hearing from iowans over the last couple of days, this time they hope that hillary clinton gets out from behind the podium to engage people face to face. people hope she will connect with iowans in a different way. john. >> ash-har quraishi, thanks. >>> tens of thousands of members are in in town for the convention of the national rifle association. >> eric holder was asked what his greatest failure was as att

locklear: i would know exactly what secretary hagel was talking about weird but i would be glad to get specifics and to answer it. sen. sessions: thank you both for your service. believe we have a fabulously capable military, well led by talented leaders and we thank you for that. senator donnelly: admiral locklear i apologize i have not been here the entire time. when you look, the two biggest challenges you look at in your command? adm. locklear: the biggest challenges making sure we can respond effectively to what i think is the most dangerous situation, the north korea: sola -- the north korea peninsula. so i work with the defense of hawaii guam, and follow forces that would support general's cap ready -- general scott roddy. so that is a number one problem. the second i think is just ensuring that the rebalance does what it needs to to ensure that the u.s. is properly positioned in the pacific for the rest of the century. and under that folly a lot of things. ensuring that the alliances are strong as they can be. building new partnerships. in some cases, ensuring that the rise of

hagel. it was not as good as the kennedy-mccain bill, but it was acceptable, and that was not able to get through partly because by that time president bush had lost his political capital because he supported the kennedy-mccain bill and he supported the martinez-hagel bill, but he lost political capital to twist elbows to get the necessary votes in to get the necessary votes in the house and the senate. at the same time, it was interesting note that the democrats who generally have been at least double the in favor of immigration reform decided to let president bush out alone on this issue. in fact, rahm emanuel, now the mayor of chicago, was a big influential guy in the house at that time. he went around to democrats in the house and said do not you dare vote for immigration reform now. if you do, the party will not give you any money for your campaign. and why did he do that? basically, because he wanted to make sure that immigration reform would not pass while there was a republican in th

she and senator hagel.'t as good as the bill in my eyes but it was acceptable and they were not able to get through part because by that time president bush had lost his political capital because he supported the mccain bill and the martinez and hagel bill that he lost the political capital to twist all those and to get the necessary votes in the house and senate. at the senate. at the same time it was interesting to note that the democrats who generally have been at least publicly in favor of immigration reform decided to let president bush out alone on this issue. in fact rahm emanuel, the mayor of chicago was a big influential guy in the house at that time and he went around to democrats in the house and said don't you dare go for immigration reform now. if you do, the party will not give you any money for your campaign. and why do you do that? basically because he wanted to make sure that immigration reform wasn't as if there was a republican in the white house, so they were going to wait so they could

coming up at 11:30, chris gordon explains what it will take for hagel to go to trial. >>> i'm tracking showers in st. mary's county through the northern neck. also a little bit of activity around the loret area. and more rain in the panhandle of west virginia and far western maryland. as we work our way into the afternoon hours, this activity will become more widespread. keeping an eye on this system to our south and this rain over west virginia. those systems kind of combine and the areas where you'll see most rain is parts of frederick, loudon northern counties, some showers in parts of prince william, fairfax and montgomery counties and if you scattered to even isolated showers east of i-95 i'll be back in a little bit taking a look at temperatures for today. >>> it's the 40th commemoration of the fall of saigon. the end of the vietnam war. we have a live picture from the vietnam veterans memorial we want to show you right now as ceremonies are happening there. a former u.s. senator from virginia jim webb is visiting this site. the marines served in vietnam webb a democrat is explor

has any thought been given as i believe secretary hagel mentioned, to provide a safe zone around our bases and tech territories? >> i wouldn't know what secretary hagel was talking about, but i'd be glad to get specifics and answer it. >> well, thank you both for your service. i believe we have a fabulously capable military well led by talented leaders, and we thank you for that. >> senator donnelly? >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you both for your service. admiral locklear, what would you say is -- and i apologize. i haven't been here the entire time. when you look, the two biggest challenges you look at in your command. >> well, the biggest challenge is making sure we can respond effectively to what i think is the most dangerous situation, which is the north korea peninsula. i have a huge responsibility for helping north com with the defensive homeland defense of hawaii defense of guam, and then follow law forces and supporting general scaparrotti on what could be a short line problem in north korea. that's the number one problem. >> okay. >> the second i think, is just ensu

secretary of defense ash carter giving his very first news conference since taking over for chuck hageld february. let's listen in. >> what we are doing to defend our country. hold us to account but i know it's all with the best of intentions and i thank you. we turn things 0 over to marty and i'll answer your questions. >> we just wanted to give you a snippet of that. we are streaming that live at fox news.com. ash carter has a lot on his plate with isis. new threat in iraq with isis, russia tensions growing crisis in yemen, just to name a few things on the world stage. charges filed against the georgia police chief who said he accidentally shot his ex-wife while they were both in bed on new r's. william mccullum and his wife were divorced and later reunited. she is now paralyzed and defending him. >> you said it was an accident? >> yes. >> she was shot twice accidental? >> yes. >> who shot her? >> me. >> how did you shoot her? >> gun was in the bed, i went to move it to put it to the side and it went off. >> eric when this story first came out, a lot of people were doing what you are

>> i wouldn't know senator, exactly what secretary hagel was talking about at that time, but i would be glad to get specifics and to answer him. >> well, thank you both for your service, and i believe we have a fabulously capable military well led by talented leaders, and we thank you for that. >> senator donnelly. >> thank you mr. chairman and thank you both for your service. admiral locklear, what would youapologize i haven't been here the entire time when you look, the two biggest challenges you look at in your command command? >> well, the biggest challenge is making sure we can respond effectively to what i think is the most dangerous situation, north korean peninsula. i have a huge responsibility for helping north com with the defensive homeland, the defense of hawaii, guam, and then follow forces and things that flow in to support the general on what could be a short line problem in korea. so north korea. so that's kind of number one problem. the second, i think, is just insuring that the rebalance does what it needs to, to insure that u.s. is properly positioned in the asia p

he'll be holding his first news conference since taking over the post from chuck hagel. obviously a number of tough questions will be expected on a number of issues ranging from isis to iran. perhaps russia, north korea et cetera. we'll bring that to you live. he'll be sitting with martin dempsey. but next one congressman says it is quote/unquote open season on black men in america. hear his reasons and the back lash. we'll talk to him live next. ve had moderate to severe plaque psoriasis most my life. but that hasn't stopped me from modeling. my doctor told me about stelara®. it helps keep my skin clearer. with only 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses... ... stelara® helps me be in season. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and increase your risk of infections. some serious infections require hospitalization. before starting stelara®... ...your doctor should test for tuberculosis. stelara® may increase your risk of cancer. always tell your doctor if you have any sign of infection, have had cancer, or if you develop any new skin growths. do not take ste

then-secretary of defense chuck hagel former republican senator said -- and i quote -- "climate change is shifting the landscape in the arctic more rapidly than anywhere else in the world. while the arctic temperature rise is relatively small in absolute terms its effects are significant transforming what was a frozen desert into an evolving navigable ocean giving rise to an unprecedented level of human activity." his words are echoed by former coast guard commandant, admiral robert papp jr. who's now the u.s. special representative to the arctic region. it's his job to help manage risk in this remote but increasingly accessible region of the world. and he had this to say about the disruptions of the arctic climate. "i'm not a scientist but i can read what scientists say. i'm in the world of consequence management. my first turn in alaska was 39 years ago and during the summertime, we had to break ice to get up to the beren strait and to kotzebue. 39 years later flying up there we flew into kotzebue at the same time of year and i could not see ice anywhere. to it is clear to me there a

my original provision with back to what secretary hagel announced tuesday we will reduce overhead by 20 percent. my amendment said okay. . .

he and senator hagel. it wasn't as good as the kennedy-mccain bill in my eyes, it was acceptable. and that wasn't able to get through partly because by that time president bush had lost his political capital because he supported both the kennedy-mccain bill and supported the martinez-hagel bill, but he lost the political capital to twist elbows and twist arms and get the necessary votes in the house and the senate. at the same time, it was interesting to note that the democrats who generally have been usually at least publicly in favor of immigration reform decided to let president bush out alone on this issue. in fact, rahm emanuel, the mayor of chicago, was a great influential guy in the house at that time, congressman, he went around to democrats in the house and said don't you dare vote for immigration reform now. if you do, the party will not give you any money for your campaign. why did he do that? basically because he wanted -- they wanted to make sure that immigration reform would not pass while there was a republican in the white house. so they were going to wait for a de

hagel do they know how to reach the id? >> they kid go to my e-mail address. there isn't much that is headed or behind the scenes as you suggest. >> was only quoting from that individual that is in charge. >> i see my role one that i am proud to hold to get facts in front of people that want to see them and that is as far as it goes. >> but the goal to drive the debate. >> i said in the earlier answer the people i am privileged to work with the oil and gas industry geologist and engineers as a technical expert to be driven by fax and someone has to disseminate the facts particularly through the of web site. >> thank you mr. chairman. and to be subjected to the interview as a conservative than the outdoorsman i made a statement that we need to look at true science and the facts that we see the science to be good stewards of the environment. but to parse out by a statement to take out all of the parts that did not support the end to make his article and i'm afraid i see more of that to throughout the scientific communities where the opinions are based on true sc

hagel is no longer secretary of defense, but by far my least, the cabinet member of president obama's that i disapprove of most was eric holder. i had not trusted him for a moment. now, i was a huge supporter of bill clinton, and eric holder had difficulties with the pardons. at the very end. i will not take that out on obama old holder. however, holder represents -- and i and i insensitive toward what the gentleman just said -- i'm a bleeding heart liberal democrat -- >> what is it about eric holder that you disapprove of? >> this is but i was going to save and then i will finish up peter. thank you. he is really an establishment guy. it is important that you have someone of color. it is something very important. that is why when loretta lynch finally got through i just think that eric holder was the wind behind all of this establishment resistance to actually getting rid of guantanamo and all of the things that after eight years of dreadful bush-cheney policy policies now we have this disaster. . and i am not one of these rand paul/ron paul libertarians. his chief law enforcement of

hagel is no longer secretary of defense, but my least, the cabinet member of president obama that i disproved of most -- that i disapproved of most was eric holder. i was a huge supporter of bill clinton. eric holder had difficulty with some of the pardons at the end -- and i am not going to take that out on obama or holder however, holder represents -- and i am sensitive to what he says. host: what is it about eric holder you disapprove of? caller: he is an establishment guy. it is important to have someone of color. i am glad loretta lynch got through. eric holder was the one behind all of the establishment resistance to getting rid of guantanamo and all of the things after the bush cheney policies, now we have this disaster on the other side. it is like these -- and i am not one of these rand paul/ron paul libertarians. his chief law enforcement officer should have enforced it. host: let's leave it there. thank you for calling in. in 2013, the voting rights act was on the table. [video clip] attorney general holder: it in validated a part of the voting rights act, a cornerstone of american

has any thought been given on -- as i believe secretary hagel mentioned of using some of those capabilities to -- from a land -- to provide a better safe zone around our bases and territories? >> i wouldn't know nor, senator, what he was talking about at that time but i would get specifics and answer it. >> well, thank you, both, for your service and i believe we have a fabulously capable military, well led by talented leaders and we thank you for that. >> senator donnelly. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you, both for your service. admiral locklear, what would you say is in -- i apologize, haven't been here the entire time -- when you look, two biggest challenges you look at in your command. >> well, the biggest estgest challenge is making sure we can respond to the most dangerous situation, north korea peninsula. so i have a huge responsibility for helping north com with the defense of homeland, defense of hawaii defense of guam, and then follow on forces and things that flow in to support general scaparrotti on what could be a short line problem in korea. so north korea. so that's

in colorado a special task force convened by democratic governor john hagel motor recently rejected the new york style franking man. against that backdrop the question our white paper seeks to answer is how to governor governor cuomo justify a decision that fall so far outside the mainstream? to support the band the administration produced 184 page literature review of recently published research papers. but but as detailed in our white paper, we discovered significant in undisclosed ties between some of the research used to been tracking in new york and the political campaign to been fretting in new york. for example, one paper was written by opponents who actually used buckets while the plastic bags to take air samples new oil and gas wells. you might think this would get shut down in a peer a peer review process, but the peer reviewers were also franking opponents one of them was sandra steinbrenner, the cofounder of new yorkers against tracking. when asked by a reporter about this she insisted her peer review was absolutely objective. a few days after that interview she gave a speec

hagel is no longer secretary of defense, but by far my least, the cabinet member of president obama'shat i disapprove of most was eric holder. i had not trusted him for a moment. now, i was a huge supporter of bill clinton, and eric holder had difficulties with the pardons. at the very end. i will not take that out on obama old holder. however, holder represents -- and i and i insensitive toward what the gentleman just said -- i'm a bleeding heart liberal democrat -- >> what is it about eric holder that you disapprove of? >> this is but i was going to save and then i will finish up peter. thank you. he

this was the announcement that secretary hagel made in march of 2013 that we would deploy an additional 14 interceptors in alaska, and those, along with the 30 that are already deployed in alaska and in california would improve the protection against both north korea and iranian threats as they emerge. late last year, we also deployed a second forward-based discriminating radar in japan and that's operating today, thanks in large part to the amazing work of the japanese government as well as mda. that radar is important for homeland defense but it is also important for regional defense. talk about regional defense in a moment. this year's president budget request reflects that highest priority on homeland missile defense. it reflects the commitment to modernizing the gmd system, moving toward more reliable more effective, you'll hear more from this about this from general todorov in a moment. but the development of a new radar that when it is deployed in alaska will have persistent sensory coverage against an improved discrimination capabilities against north korea. it also -- this year

nato missile defense and the sites in romania and poland remains as former secretary of defense chuck hagel said, quote ironclad. with that, let me take a few moments to discuss where we are with regards to overall implementation of the president's european phase adaptive approach or epaa. and the united states' national contribution to the north atlantic treaties organizations missile defense system. in 2009 the president announced that the epaa would, quote, provide stronger smarter and swifter defenses of american forces in america's allies. while relying on quote capabilities that are proven and cost effective. since then we have been working hard to implement his vision and have made great strides in recent years. i just returned from turkey and romania last week and had the opportunity to discuss our progress with these two key partners. turkey was the first to receive in phase one with the deployment in 2011. at the same time, we began the start of a sustained deployment of ballistic missile defense. capable ships in the mediterranean. with the declaration of interim ballistic missil

the army took very seriously what secretary hagel ordered us to do.ore than 20% and will be executed over the next four or five years to do that. and we haven't just gone through and demanded people make arbitrary cuts. we have tried to reduce the number of echelons. there were in headquarters often nine echelons between the secretaries and the lowest level people. sometimes our senior economic tifrs people who are the officers the echelon six or seven very far down in the organization where you wouldn't think a leader of that stature would otherwise be. we have spans of control people who were managing one or two or three people when army regulations contemplates managing 10 to 12 as a minimum and best practices in the corporate sector suggest 6 to 8. we've changed that to where now everyone in headquarters with few exceptions manages at least eight people. we had people reporting to others of the exact same grade. cs-15s reporting or colonel to colonel to colonel things that put the entire planning of careers, and information transmission on hold an

respond to the end of march hagel -- bart hinkle's piece.e said the biggest reason to be skeptical about a convention of the states is this -- it fails to address the problem that inspired it -- advocates of a constitutional convention are upset that the federal government has grown too large and they correctly believe because politicians have ignored the meaning of the constitution. if this is the case, rewriting the constitution with more or planar language solves nothing and politicians can ignore the length of one constitution then why can't they of another? guest: if you fixed the judiciary and have checks and balances, that answers 80% of his question. you can reverse the supreme court. supreme court -- president lies at the heart of our efforts. the supreme court says a black person cannot be person in dred scott. that got reversed. it stayed reversed. they said despite the equal protection clause, women could not vote. that got reversed in the 19th amendment. the supreme court in the employment division versus smith, said religious f

former defense secretary hagel within the fast -- within the past few years allowing a review of medicalecords of vietnam veterans who had been discharged for problems that could have been caused in part by their wartime experiences. it could've been infractions that resulted in ptsd and substance abuse. to go and find out whether those charges should in fact be honorable discharges, allowing them access to ca services. it can take them a long -- allowing them access to v.a. services. it can take them a long time to recognize the problem and correct the problem. host: our last caller is from seaside, california. josh is a veteran. are you with us? it appears we do not have josh, so we will leave it there. we have been joined by gregg zoroya of "usa today." you can read his story about the positive psychology program and its results. thank you for joining us. up next, we look ahead to the 45th annual earth day celebration taking place next wednesday. and how our state and the environmental movement have changed since 1970. later we open our phones to you for the public policy issues you w

guest: i actually visited the air force base with former secretary chuck hagel in january.entioned the missile. right now missile spending is going up. there are missiles that cost far less than the $500,000 being used in the current fight, one area where they are expecting a major increase due to the air war against isis is missile and munitions spending. host: the l.a. times has been reporting on the $10 billion that gone bad. they write that a fleet of boeing 747's modified to fire an infrared laser, it would incinerate enemy missiles shortly after launch and before they could release, contractors include boeing northrop grumman and lockheed. the problem is because of the limited range, each would have to fly within adversary borders leaving it vulnerable to aircraft missiles. are there -- they say it is a $10 billion that on bad, if this enter experimental program? guest: that program was canceled several years ago. it was a bet, a big that. there were plans at one point create these 747's with the lasers on them, they tested it and it actually worked. it was a matter t

hagel is no longer secretary of defense, but my least, the cabinet member of president obama that i disprovedf most -- that i disapproved of most was eric holder. i was a huge supporter of bill clinton. eric holder had difficulty with some of the pardons at the end -- and i am not going to take that out on obama or holder however, holder represents -- and i am sensitive to what he says. host: what is it about eric holder you disapprove of? caller: he is an establishment guy. it is important to have someone of color. i am glad loretta lynch got through. eric holder was the one behind all of the establishment resistance to getting rid of guantanamo and all of the things after the bush cheney policies, now we have this disaster on the other side. it is like these -- and i am not one of these rand paul/ron paul libertarians. his chief law enforcement officer should have enforced it. host: let's leave it there. thank you for calling in. in 2013, the voting rights act was on the table. [video clip] attorney general holder: it in validated a part of the voting rights act, a cornerstone of american c