. >> the current contenders to replace mattis is general jack keen, a fox contributor.om cotton a former army cotton and is on posed to pulling out of syria and shanahan. one of the lone supporter of the space force. general matusz enjoy -- mattis enjoys a 84% approval rating among troops. >>> thousands of people paid respects to two officers struck and killed by a train in chicago. services were held for conrad gray and today a funeral was held for the other. >>> we go to new jersey, a white high school referee has been benched after forcing a black wrestler to cut off his dreadlocks. he was told his length and headgear did not comply and he was given the choice to cut his hair or forfeit. he beat his opponent. >> that brock his spirit. it had to. that's rough. >> unless he wanted to do it of the to be pressured to do it. that's a violation. >> local school officials looking into the matter says the referee will not be assigned to events until it is reviewed and the investigation is complete. >>> a parkland high school shooting survivor is going to harvard. he announce

jack keene was one of the names thrown out. he has publicly said he is not interested in the job anymore. a lot of buzz around tom cotton. there is a lot of controversy around him as well, at least with some of his colleagues and how he would go through the con permission process. heather wilson, the current air force secretary, could come the first woman to become defense secretary, but she has sparred with the trump administration over the creation of a new space force. the one thing we have learned from this administration is expected the unexpected. there are probably a few names out there that none of us in the defense reporting community have even thought about what the president is seriously considering. if you are making bets today, the best bet is patrick shanahan. we have seen the president put acting secretaries in and then eventually rollover that job to the permanent job. host: that's let callers join in. we have some special lines. we are going to have active military, so if you are an active military member, we w

retired general jack keen is another one that occasionally his name is out there, retired general keithg is another one. it will be interesting. president trump appointed retired military people to key positions, but secretary mattis was the first recent general, remember, he had to get a waiver to become secretary of defense. it will be interesting to see if there's another general brought into that job, whether it was considered that was a successful experiment as secretary of defense or not. i am in the car with my kids. that's what the whining is in the background. working mom. >> go. this is the beauty of it, you're juggling, i have to let you juggle. thank you, courtney. trust me. >> thanks, chuck. >> anybody knows the back story on jim mattis, she knows that back story. howard fineman, defense. department of justice, new chief of staff. on one hand i could say it is the two year mark, if you're going to go, go now. this does feel like utter and complete chaos. and you're right, that's probably the way trump designed it, but wow. >> well, what's troubling in the trump rage is not

retired four star general jack keen is also apparently off the list of potential candidates.k shanahan may be running the department indefinitely unless dan coates or someone else catches trump's eye. >>> incoming chief of staff mick mulvaney says president trump will spend new year's eve in washington amid the government shutdown. according to the huffington post, taxpayers are picking up the cost of party tents for the new year's eve bash in palm beach tonight. according to spending record an events company out of delray bea beach, florida, was paid just over $54,000 for tent rentals earlier this month. the secret service also paid $41,000 to another company for generators and light tower rentals. the tickets for it wetonight's at mear-a-lago are $650 for members of the club and $1,000 for nonmembers. >>> up next, "new york times" is out with its tribute to icons lost in 2018. its tribute to ic lost in 2018 i don't keep track of regrets. i never count the wrinkles. and i don't add up the years. but what i do count on... is staying happy and healthy. so, i add protein, vitam

jack keene was one of the names thrown out. has publicly said he is not interested in the job anymore. a lot of buzz around tom cotton. there is a lot of controversy around him as well, at least with some of his colleagues and how he would go through the con permission process. heather wilson, the current air force secretary, could come the first woman to become defense secretary, but she has sparred with the trump administration over the creation of a new space force. the one thing we have learned from this administration is expected the unexpected. there are probably a few names out there that none of us in the defense reporting community have even thought about what the president is seriously considering. if you are making bets today, the best bet is patrick shanahan. we have seen the president put acting secretaries in and then eventually rollover that job to the permanent job. host: that's let callers join in. we have some special lines. we are going to have active military, so if you are an active military member, we want

so he had a very keen appreciation of television and its importance to his presidency. >> we know joe kennedy played a significant role in jack's entire political career. what was his role during the transition, if any? >> well, he was quietly behind the scenes. his most significant role was in the appointment of robert kennedy as attorney general and there's a great story clark clifford -- jfk didn't want bobby to be attorney general. bobby didn't want to be attorney general. joe kennedy wanted him to be attorney general. so the certain point, kennedy turn to clack clifford,s campaign liaison and said would you please to go now, and talk to my dad and try to take him out of this idea of bobby being attorney general. just not a good idea. and clifford said you want me to go to new york and talk to your dad about talking him -- he says yeah, i do, he said okay clifford flew to new york and he said i had this great meal with the ambassador, called him ambassador kennedy -- and pleasant tries and how well the transition was going and then i had to say i have one thing we need to talk about. ed really don't think it's good for jack

> he was probably one of the fellows keening the racks out of the influent channels of the pump station. >> mendoza was serving a five-year sentence for a car jackingn los angeles county. the time is 8:07. happening today family and friends remember a 2-year-old yemeni boy mo passed away after hospital in elbowed. he suffered from a rare and i brain disorder his mother was reunitwood her dying son thursday after not being able to enter the country as a result of the travel ban. a lawsuit was filed and she was then grant add waiver. >>> hassan's faurnl is scheduled for in afternoon in lodi. >>> in the east bay a large policies presence is expected this morning when tree cutting crews return to berkeley finishing up work in people's park. this comes after a protest delayed the removal of dozens of trees yesterday. uc berkeley owns people's park. a campus spoke person tells abc 7 news the trees are being cut down as part of a project to catch up on maintenance. this is also happening at other uc owned sites. people's park is locate add few blocks south of the uc berkeley main campus, the scene of many controversies and protests since the 60s. >> manda