james inhofe: he is being chased around. eastern congo and briefly rwanda, it seems like it was a trail of blood following him and it is not that way anymore. i think we haven't talked about that in a long time. we need to get on the record that some things seem to be working. commander rodriguez: the long-term effort against cody -- kony with moderate resources we have decrease impact on civilian populations. james inhofe: last year you testify that only 5% of your requests were met. has it been any change in this intelligence gathering? commander rodriguez: i am at 13% now, that is a great question. we will lose more caps and sequestration than i have in a theater right now, you can see the impact that is going to have on our intelligence and reconnaissance efforts. james inhofe: thank you. >> thank all three of you for your service to our country. i believe sending soldiers and weapons to syria -- i definitely would have supported it. reports emerged from the department of defense that we are unable to account for assista

senator james inhofe. nato secretary-general today announcing that russia is still arming and training rebels separatist forces in eastern ukraine. >> i will not go into specific numbers but what i can confirm is that we have seen and still see a russian presence in support in eastern ukraine. we have seen the equipment forces and training. so russia is still in eastern ukraine and they have provided substantial support. and to respect them in agreement. see on the secretary general went on to say that the cease-fire remains fragile. but that's is clearly that it at least is in place. the ukraine will have to look elsewhere for help the obama administration today announcing it is sending $75 million of nonlethal aid to the ukraine including humvees and first aid kits and military ambulances and the package obviously stopped short of giving ukraine anything that would help ever tell the advances of the separatists. new sanctions targeting leaders and their alleged supporters in russia but the sanctions woul

joining us tonight, senator james inhofe, member of the senate armed services committee. senator, good to have you with us. are you absolutely shocked that senator kerry would say that all of this negotiation that the administration has undertaken with the iranians, the chinese the russians would not be a legally binding agreement? >> lou i quit being shocked about things that john kerry said a long time ago. now, you're talking to one of two people who voted against his confirmation and one reason is you never hear the same story out of him. all he's been talking about is the fact how upset he is that 47 of us said before we have anything to do with any kind of a treaty it's got to be ratified. we have the law on our side, we have the constitution on our side. now we've got john kerry on our side. >> it appears so. this is the first time to my knowledge that he's ever said such a thing, at least publicly and to me, at least i have to say to you, senator i was surprised. i was shocked by his statement. when you signed that letter, was the purpose to serve notice on the wh

>>> then there was senator james inhofe. >> it is very, very cold out. >> proof that global warming is

that is the new republican chair of the senate environment and public works committee, senator james inhofewill consider to revamp a bill on toxic chemicals. that legislation is highly contested, including among senate democrats. joining us now is senator barbara boxer. thank you for being here tonight. >> thanks so much for doing the story. >> let many ask you about the specific point that i just made a moment ago about the american chemistry council turning up as the apparent author, at least the microsoft word listed author in somewhat appears to be a draft of the bill circulated ahead of tomorrow's hearing. were you the first people who figured that out? >> well, when the bill came over from the senators, senator udall and vitter, there was a copy right there for us, and my staff said to me this reads like it was written by the chemistry council. so we thought, you know, maybe it was. i'm not kidding. and they checked it out, and it was written by the american chemistry council. and this is shocking, and people can run all over it saying it wasn't. we know it was. it's just right there.

>>> then there was senator james inhofe. >> it is y,

>>> then there was senator james inhofe. >> it is

>>> then there was senator james inhofe. >> it is very, very cold out. >> proof that global warming is

. >> remember, james inhofe is a science denyer who thinks global warming is a hoax.de, majority leader mitch mcconnell is urging states to fight the epa. last week he wrote an op-f ed urging state officials to hold back on the costly process of complying. some governors are listening. at this point 18 state governors have been critical of the new epa regulations. 12 states have filed a lawsuit against the epa saying that they clean power plan is illegal. epa administrator mccarthy is pushing back. she said the epa will regulate the plan this summer. she said quote, if folks are thinking any of those pieces aren't going to happen they need to look at the history of the clean air act more carefully. this isn't how we do business. so we can come to the conclusion that the epa is going to move forward and there's going to be a big legal fight ahead. for more on this, let me bring in jeff homestead. tyrnyn and michael broom, executive director of the sierra club. great to have you a all with us. mr. homestead, you first. i broadcast for many years in north dakota. i know

>>> then there was senator james inhofe. >> it is very, very cold out. >> proof that global warming is a hoax or just another example of show and tell capitol hill style? i'm chuck todd. joining me to provide insight and analysis this morning are radio talk show host hugh hewitt, helene cooper of "the new york times." maria hinojosa of "latino usa," and chris cillizza of "washington post". >>> when republicans seize control of the senate and expanded majority in the house in november after four years of divided government in capitol hill, the party's leadership made a few promises. no longer would they be the party of no and no longer would we see governoring crisis to crisis. if this week is any indication they failed. speaker john boehner was embarrassed when he went down in defeat after republicans angry over the immigration policy voted against the speaker. in the end boehner had to be bailed out by senate republican leader mitch mcconnell and house democrats in order to keep the department open for just seven more days. in a moment, i'll ask a top republican if this is the beginni

senator james inhofe packed up a nice snowball in a ziploc bag and brought it to the senate floor. >>n, because we keep hearing that 2014 has been the warmest year on record i asked the chair -- do you know what this is? it's a snowball and that's just from outside here. so it's very very cold out. very unseasonable. here, mr. president, catch this. >> inhofe was basically suggesting the existence of snow on one part of the earth somehow disproves global warming. then there was also a rebuttal to that debate. >> every major american scientific society has put itself on record many of them a decade ago, that climate change is deadly real. so you can believe every single major american scientific society or you can believe the senator with the snowball. you can believe nasa and you can believe what their satellites measure on the planet or you can believe the senator with the snowball. >> as they say on the senate floor, oh, snap. that was senator sheldon whitehouse. he's a democrat from rhode island. it's one thing to say the government shouldn't regulate climate change. another to pre

>>> then there was senator james inhofe. >> it is very, very cold out. >> proof that global warming is

national intelligence james clapper spoke to us and he said, among other things unpredictability instablgt is the new normal. and secretary carter i think this is what you and senator inhofee talking about when you said we used to know the exact threats and it was one big threat. now it's -- it's unstable and unpredictable. general clapper also said this -- he noted that last year there were more deaths from state-sponsored mass killings more people displaced from their homes, and a higher rate of political instability than we've seen in decades. it was the most lethal year for global terrorism than in 45 years. that's director clapper. only a few days before secretary of state kerry told the house foreign affairs committee that quote, we are actually living in a period of less daily threat to americans and to people in the world. less deaths, less violent deaths today than through the last century. now, secretary carter are we living in a period of less daily threats to americans? >> senator, i didn't -- i haven't seen that particular -- >> that's the quote. >> -- of secretary kerry or the context of that was. but i would say two things. one is, to get back to what direc

last week james clapper spoke to us, and he said among other things unpredictable instability is the new normal and, secretary carter, i think this is what you and senator inhofe were talking about when you said we used to know the exact threats and it was one big threat, and now it's unstable and unpredictable. general clapper also said this he noted that last year there were more deaths from state-sponsored mass killings more people displaced from their homes and a high rate of political instability than we've seen in decades. it was the most lethal year for global terrorism in 45 years. that's director p clapper. now, only a few days before secretary of state kerry told the house foreign affairs committee that quote: we are actually living in a period of less daily threats to americans and to people in the world normally. less deaths, less violent deaths today than through the last century. now, secretary carter, are we living in a period of less daily threats to americans? >> um, senator, i didn't -- i haven't seen that particular -- >> that's the exact quote. >> secretary kerry or what the context of that was but i would say two things. one is to get back