jim mattis taking questions. >> how bad would that be?utting down the government would be very damaging to the military for all the reasons i just cited about a continuing resolution. but then aggravated by the shutdown itself. it just paralyzes everything that we do if we go into that other than the ongoing act of operations at sea and there the troops will continue to fight, the ships will stay at sea, but the bottom line is trainings delayed the impact just ripples through the force and it doesn't just happen today. it ripples on as people who are not flying are no longer gain ing the level of still that you and i would associate with them a year from now when they are promoted. >> you mentioned you have been spending the last day and a half on capitol hill. this is the senate arrangement. do you have any sense if a house leadership on the republican side is equally receptive as you are? and also the navy said the funding problems are not maybe a direct cause, but attributed to the deaths of seamen in the south china sea. can you say i

chairman of senate foreign relations committee, said "every one of us should pray rex tillerson and jim mattis are successful over the course of the next eight to ten months, diplomatically, or our nation is going to be facing one of the greatest military decisions that we face." eight to ten months. that's how much time you have to get this done? >> tillerson: i'm going to use all the time available to me. our diplomatic efforts will continue until that first bomb drops. my job is to never have a reason for the first bomb to drop. and we don't know precisely how much time is left on the clock. >> brennan: you seem to have convinced the president that diplomacy is the way to go on this, but it wasn't always so clear. back in october, you said you were working to get a dialogue going with the north koreans, and the president tweeted, "rex, stop wasting your time trying to negotiate with little rocket man." have you asked him not to call him "little rocket man?" ( laughter ) is that a diplomatic term? >> tillerson: the president's going to-- the president's going to communicate the way he commun

. >> i think trump's own secretary of defense jim mattis put it well.art cutting diplomats, driving them in droves out of the state department, then jim mattis has to spend more money on bullets and guns. it is more likely we end up at war. more likely we will end up at war on the korean peninsula. more likely we will have to escalate military involvement in the middle east. more likely we could stumble into conflict with iran. and all of those are things that we believe voters will care about as we good forward. they don't want it see the commander-in-chief recklessly putting us at risk of war and not investing in the kind of diplomacy that leads to america being respected and secure around the world. >> and decisions such as jerusalem being the capital of israel, which has congressional support. but no other president has ever taken the step. now on may 14th, they will open the embassy, a token small opening in jerusalem to make that point, drive it home, and also zeer yroing out palestiniaf jie aid. >> democrats have been strong supporters of israel

what role can these people play in trumpocracy and i'm talking about people like jim mcmaster, jim mattis. will we look back on them as enablers? >> guest: many of their situations are quite tragic. mattis is across the river in a giant bureaucracy that has tremendous power of its own and he's a four-stargeneral, mcmaster is a three star which you or me doesn't mean much but within their universe , that is an overwhelming difference. he's a man at the end of his career with nothing more that he needs to accomplish. mattis. and the sacrificing the rewards of peaceful life with his family that he has abundantly earned to be there. he also knows that he cannot bargain. that would be a conflagration. if you were fired and if you were fired, he can't be replaced because the replacement would have to go through senate confirmation. so somebody like that can be a real check . and i think mattis has been. he's been able to make clear how little regard he has for donald trump. >> host: the transgender band for instance. >> guest: remember that north koreans self a basement session? why does that m

they are hearings on almost a daily basis from jim mattis that this is something the military will not be able to be in the readiness preparation that president trump has been talking about for one year. in the earlyned answers of washington, around 2:00 a.m. eastern time it was voted to move forward on a continued resolution to keep the government open. it closed at midnight. house then scrambled around 5:30 a.m. eastern time, they voted 242 186. >> good morning. what you just said about social security being the biggest means of the debt, that congress has taken social security money rather than leaving it in the bank and gather interest so they can pay people like me who are retired. they are spending it. rather than pay it back, they want to cut social security so moneyon't have to the they owe social security. they don't want to pay it back. that's why they want to cut social security. >> let's pick up this entitlement reform question. if they have a budget year deal in place, one of the reports said they can't pass it. they decided not to pass it. that they can do entitlement ref

well secretary jim mattis the guy who ultimately authored it and let me explain what i think his thinking was i understand by the way i agree with a lot of the criticisms we're hearing here about where the state of play is between the nuclear superpowers today it feels like it's a throwback it's very regrettable this is where we are but there is a sense and with apologies to russian friends there is a sense that russia has been really throwing its weight around in the nuclear domain violating the i.n.f. treaty i know we could debate whether that's true or not but i'm telling you the perception from the pentagon violating the i.n.f. treaty having some new concepts like escalate to deescalate whereby russia would use a few nuclear weapons early in a war and try to prevent now what force that is you know you know michael that is that this is an area that is. a scenario those are good scenarios coming out of the pentagon i can tell you russia's policy on use of nuclear weapons is very very clear we had russia's foreign minister come out and i will quote him entirely defensive scenarios and i'

adversaries some analysts say that a chart on nuclear delivery systems presented by defense secretary jim mattis might be worthy of a fact check if the charts it makes it look like the us has quite a modest austin home but it doesn't show some of the missiles that washington has under development or upgrades to their existing stockpile plus it puts countries on the same scale despite some key differences in the weapons that they actually hold . the head of the nuclear watchdog the los alamos study group told us that some u.s. politicians consider nuclear weapons a political tool to be used against russia and china there are those in the u.s. government who would like to increase the nuclear military capability of the united states now some of that is just posturing on their part and i wouldn't say that this is necessarily a majority view the actual military is not for the most part that interested in nuclear weapons but there is a faction which is at the moment very powerful that you thinks nuclear weapons are an important symbolic tool for increasing pressure. of the russia and china secretary

but last week it tried to show it was lagging behind its perceived adversaries defense secretary jim mattis presented this chart to congress as part of the nuclear posture review. you can see demonstrated in this chart the nuclear delivery system development over the last eight years shows numerous advances by russia by china and by north korea virtue of the near absence of such activity by the united states let's take a closer look at that chart according to it the u.s. has quite a modest arsenal however it doesn't show some of the missiles that washington has under development also it doesn't include american modifications of existing missiles plus it puts the countries on the same scale despite the differences in the arsenal matus used the chart to argue for increased u.s. investment in the country's nuclear program now the head of the nuclear watchdog the los alamos study group told us that some u.s. politicians consider nuclear weapons a political tool to be used against russia and china. there are those in the u.s. government who would like to increase the nuclear military capability

lagging behind its nuclear adversaries in the arms race chart was presented by defense secretary jim mattis and testimony to congress as part of the trumpet ministrations nuclear posture review and claims that during the last eight years russia china and north korea have developed thirty four new nuclear delivery systems in comparison to only one from the u.s. side maddox was arguing for increased u.s. investment in the country's nuclear program nuclear weapons experts have met the chart with skepticism stating that it might be worthy of a fact check you know earlier we spoke to greg mello head of the nuclear watchdog the los alamos study group he told us that some u.s. politicians consider nuclear weapons a political tool against russia and china. there are those in the u.s. government who would like to increase the nuclear military capability of the united states now some of that is just posturing on their part and i wouldn't say that this is necessarily a majority view the actual military is not for the most part that interested in nuclear weapons but there is a faction which is at the m

hard for them to refuse the military increases when they are hearing almost on a daily basis from jim mattis that without this the military when in the readiness preparation that president trump has been talking about. greta: what happened in the early hours of washington, the senate voted 71-28 to move forward on a continuing resolution. to keepstopgap funding the government up. the house scrambled around 5:30 a.m. howard.ning to you, howard: good morning. what you just said about social security being the biggest holder of the debt -- that means that congress has taken social security money rather than leaving it in the bank and gather interest so they can pay people like me who are retired. they are spending it. rather than pay it back, now they want to cut social security so they don't have to -- what is it? $6 trillion they owe social security? they don't want to pay it back. that's why they want to cut social security. >> let's take up this question. if they have a budget deal in place and they decide not to pass a budget and 2018 and 2019, then they cannot do entitlement reform? >> th

i said at a briefing with secretary of defense jim mattis he was off camera but on the record and he called what happened in syria a quote for plex in situation and he said because for years the euphrates river has been a kind of do not cross line that if the u.s. or u.s. backed forces or russian or russian backed forces were going to cross it they talk about it before and he said that didn't happen this time he said u.s. forces were embedded along with the s.d.f. and they saw tanks and artillery start rolling in saying that one shell got within five hundred meters of the s.d.f. headquarters says that is when they picked up the phone they called their russian counterparts and he says he doesn't think that the group that moved in is actually controlled by russia he called this a great success story because in his words two great powers did not fight each other still the russian ambassador to the united nations was less than pleased i asked him to remember the. illegal effect. they would look like. they claim. they fight international terrorism but we see that. to confront. the. decide

well secretary jim mattis the guy who ultimately authored it and let me explain what i think his thinking was i understand by the way i agree with a lot of the criticisms we're hearing here about where the state of play is between the nuclear superpowers today it feels like it's a throwback it's very regrettable this is where we are but there is a sense and with apologies to russian friends there is a sense that russia has been really throwing its weight around in the nuclear domain violating the i.n.f. treaty i know we could debate whether that's true or not but i'm telling you the perception from the pentagon violating the i.n.f. treaty having some new concepts like escalate to deescalate whereby russia would use a few nuclear weapons early in a war and try to prevent now what force that is you know you know michael that isn't this is an area that is. scenarios those are scenarios coming out of the pentagon i can tell you russia of policy on use of nuclear weapons is very very clear we had russia's foreign minister come out and i will quote him entirely defensive scenarios and i'll give

well secretary jim mattis the guy who ultimately authored it and let me explain what i think his thinking was i understand by the way i agree with a lot of the criticisms we're hearing here about where the state of play is between the nuclear superpowers today it feels like it's a throwback it's very regrettable this is where we are but there is a sense and with apologies to russian friends there is a sense that russia has been really throwing its weight around in the nuclear domain violating the i.n.f. treaty i know we could debate whether that's true or not but i'm telling you the perception from the pentagon violating the i.n.f. treaty having some new concepts like escalate to deescalate whereby russia would use a few nuclear weapons early in a war and try to prevent. force that is you know you know michael that is and this is an area that is. the scenario those are scenarios coming out of the pentagon i can tell you russia of policy on use of nuclear weapons is very very clear we had russia's foreign minister come out and i will quote him entirely defensive scenarios and i'll give him

well secretary jim mattis the guy who ultimately authored it and let me explain what i think his thinking was i understand by the way i agree with a lot of the criticisms we're hearing here about where the state of play is between the nuclear superpowers today it feels like it's a throwback it's very regrettable this is where we are but there is a sense and with apologies to russian friends there is a sense that russia has been really throwing its weight around in the nuclear domain violating the i.n.f. treaty i know we could debate whether that's true or not but i'm telling you the perception from the pentagon violating the i.n.f. treaty having some new concepts like escalate to deescalate whereby russia would use a few nuclear weapons early in a war and try to prevent. force that is you know you know michael that is and this is an area that is. the scenario those are scenarios coming out of the pentagon i can tell you russia of policy on use of nuclear weapons is very very clear we had russia's foreign minister come out and i will quote him entirely defensive scenarios and i'll give him

head cyber guy in the united states government say that president trump and secretary of defense jim mattis have not directed him to stop the cyber attacks from russia at its source on top of that you have to look at the fact that the u.s. congress overwhelmingly pushed for new sanctions on russia that the trump administration is simply refused to put in place all of this happening while the special prosecutor is looking at the potential for collusion between the trump campaign and the russian government in the election so the question of course is what does this really mean this is just a a streetside a placid being renamed the lawmakers that i spoke to said it sends a message that the u.s. cares about human rights that they would like to see russia take a different stance in places like ukraine and human rights and sends a message to people in this country and when i asked one senator senator johnson from wisconsin why has the president put forth the sanctions that the congress demanded be put in place as the answer was you have to ask the president. from what you described it just seems

chairman of the snan foreign relations committee said every one of us should pray, rex tillerson and jim mattisen months dip lope matically or our nation is going to be facing one of the greatest military decisions that we fac . eight to ten months how much time you have to get it done. >> i will use all the time available to me. our diplomatic efforts will continue until that first bomb drops. my job is to never have a reason for the first bomb to drop. we don't know, precisely, how much time is left on the clock. >> you seem to have convinced the president that, that diplomacy is the way to go on this. but it wasn't always so clear. back in october, you said you were working to got a dialogue going with the north koreans, and the president tweeted, rex, stop wasting your time trying to negotiate with little rocketman. have you asked him not to call him little rocketman? >> uh. >> is that a diplomatic term? >> the president is going to communicate the way he communicates. my job as chief diplomat is to ensure the north koreans know, we keep our channels open. i'm listening. i'm not sending a l

. >> reporter: secretary of defense jim mattis wanted to show his support for the budget proposal. >> failure to implement or fund the 2018 national defense strategy will leave us with a force that could dominate the last war yet be irrelevant to tomorrow's security. >> reporter: the deal contains almost $300 billion over current limits on defense. it also has $90 billion in disaster aid and an increase in the government's borrowing cap. at this point we don't know when the house may vote on the budget deal. in the newsroom, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> if you're planning to go to the dmv in the east bay today, be prepared for what could be a longer national anthem usual wait. >> the dmv office was forced to close unexpectedly due to flooding. allie rasmus is at the scene to explain what happened. >> reporter: the flooding happened inside the dmv offices. apparently, one of the water pipes burst and enough water flowed out that it not only inundated the lobby but flowed through the front doors, out onto the sidewalk and you can see the big mess it left behind. we took a peek through the windo

i reference testimony that defense secretary jim mattis, former general jim mattis, gave in the armed services committee and he said this. this was just a week and two days ago. i cannot overstate the impact to our troops' morale from all of this uncertainty. he's talking about these continuing resolutions that get passed. again the house passed its bills back last july. senate hasn't been able to pass any of its bills. we were funding the bill one short-term time at the time creating havoc on the american military. i cannot overstate the impact on our troops' morale from all this ununcertainty. the combination of rapidly changing technology, the negative impact on military readiness resulting from the longest continuing combat in our nation's history and have icient funding created an overstretched and underfunded military. i don't believe there's a man or woman in this chamber who would the longest that continuous stretch of combat in our nation's history. this is not an issue that divides this chamber. this is an issue that united states this chame -- that unites this chamber, mada

. >> reporter: the president's wish gained new urgency when he told jim mattis and to have generals that he wanted to show case the nation's military might. the idea, not sitting well some democrats. >> i was stunned by it, to be quite honest. we have a napoleon in the making here. >> reporter: for the most part, the u.s. has avoided displays of military power that are often associated with the soviet union's red square celebrations or more recently jong jon's parade in north korea. in fact the nation's capital hasn't seen a protection of tanks and troops since world war i when it was commemorated in the gulf war. at the height of it, president kennedy parade in 1961. as did president harry s. truman in 1949. pentagon officials say they want the focus of any military parade to be on america's troops. mindful that u.s. soldiers face real dangers around the world. >>> coming up, the rest of the country is dealing with a heavy winter storm. we'll take a look at where snow is creating a lot of problems. plus first a look at the great weather we're having. >> we just need some rain around the

jim mattis making the announcement saying 900 soldiers registered under the daca can stay less convictedf serious felony. the daca program allows immigrants run illegally as children to stay in the us without facing deportation, could expire in a few weeks. carly: the white house defending its handling of rob porter. spokesman saying the administration was not fully aware of the extent of the allegations against him. >> in the case of rob porter we relied on the background check investigative process. that process hadn't been completed, relying on the information we had. violence against women in these allegations very seriously. carly: a letter sent to the chief of staff, quote, we are processing troubling allegations, domestic violence is abhorrent and no place in our society. former white house aide rob border turning his resignation and after pictures of an ex-wife with a black eye surface to. rob: stocks plunging more than 1000 points for the second time this week. carly: the tao shedding just under 1033 points yesterday losing four points, 2% of the value and erasing a midweek rebo

what role do these people play talking about jim mattis. then we look back on them as enablers or the last line of defense? >> guest: across the river keys and a giant bureaucracy that has tremendous power and is a four-star general which doesn't mean much but within their universe that is an overwhelming difference. and the sacrifice of the rewards he is abundantly earned he also knows he cannot be fired. that would be a conflict because it would have to go through. to the point that in various ways he's been able to make clear how little regard. >> host: the transgendered and for instance. >> guest: this came into the public domain where he's talking to a group of a couple dozen soldiers he says i don't have to tell you our country is and what it should be right now, that we have to get back to being more respectful to one another and kinder to one another and until that happens i am asking you just hold on, so that is a pretty serious critique. other people have less immunity to. first he said you should surf and later changed his mind.

there's a lot going right that jim mattis is putting forward.g money, that's positive but you need that presidential leadership and we don't have it and i think the europeans feel -- i certainly o do -- there's a crisis of leadership? the west. he is no longer leading the west. how sad is that for an american to reflect on that? >> evelyn, you were in munich over the weekend. i'd like to hear the reaction from european officials when they see the detail in this indictment that robert mueller released friday. a lot of european countries struggle with the same kind of russian interference and after reading that indictment, the reaction they see is these tweets from the president roll in over the weekend while you're there with so many colleagues from europe. >> i think that the europeans are -- they're still aghast at the divide between the president and the normal -- the professional leadership we have in the cabinet and in our bureaucracies, the people who were the experts and they don't know what to make of this. on the one hand they'll say wel

defense secretary jim mattis announced in september that a panel of experts would develop a new policy on transgender service members by february 21st. >>> there was one more tweet from the president making headlines today. the one he sent late last night about oprah. he called her insecure. here's abc news reporter linsey davis. >> reporter: late last night, minutes before midnight, president trump taking to twitter to slam oprah. "just watched a very insecure oprah winfrey, who at one point i knew very well, interviewing a panel of people on "60 minutes." >> polls are showing respect for the united states is eroding around the world. >> reporter: sitting down with michigan voters, but trump didn't approve trooet tweeting, the questions were biased and slanted, the facts incorrect. hope oprah runs so she can be exposed and defeated just like all of the others." speculation swirled that oprah was considering a run for president in 2020 after this speech at the golden globe. >> -- that a new day is on the horizon! >> reporter: when asked if he could beat her -- >> yeah, oprah would be a

rick: listen, israel has had grave concerns about iran, and we heard from jim mattis who spoke aboutn being at the center pretty much of every conflict in the middle east. i want to hear from him and we'll get your reaction to that. >> we were not involved in the events of the last on, a military basis, we had no involvement on the fighting there. everywhere we find trouble in the middle east, you find the same thing behind it, whether it be in yemen or beirut, or in syria, in iraq, you always find iran engaged. rick: he's clearly concerned. as are the israelis. >> absolutely. i just returned last week from abu dhabi, the gulf is enormously concerned about iran's growing aggressiveness and assertiveness in the region. they are fighting iranian proxies in yemen along with saudi arabia. iran has not been on good behavior just because it summoned a nuclear deal with the obama administration. if anything it has emboldened. rick: they have a large presence, the iranians do in syria, and in golan heights near the israeli border. israel says it's not going to tolerate that but what does it

jim mattis saying he sports the new plan. >> i'm confident with what the congress has now done and thesident is going to allocate to us in the budget is what we need to bring us back to a position of primacy. >> melissa: that is only an outline and proposal from the president but appropriations that hands out money. this is a lot of money. what do you think? >> it's a lot of money in the right places. when we look at what has happened to our military since 2010, a nearly 20% cut in funding to our troops, to our military, to our defense priorities, this president and administration deserves a lot of credit for making that the priority and the fiscal year 2019 budget. i largely applaud the priorities laid out. we have a long ways to go to make sure that remains the priority as members of congress as we debate this along the way. >> melissa: it highlights the priority and the president matched it with some cutbacks in domestic spending. it would doing no get spending under control. there are a lot of people out there who pay taxes and watch their money go to washington and while we want t

i think jim mattis whom i've known for decades lays out a reasonable intellectual case but walking downhat path to increase the number of nuclear weapons and, of course, the nation he's talking about somewhat obliquely is russia. it's very concerning to me. it's too soon to rush to judgment on this. let's see what is in the nuclear posture review when it comes out. in terms of your first question, the so-called bloody nose strategy against north korea, a limited strike that might include a low-yield nuclear weapon, i was asked if that 50s a good or bad idea, it's not a good idea, it's not a bad idea, it's a terrible idea verging on an apocalyptic idea because you can't control escalation once you start down that path. we have to work this diplomatically. >> and as far as you understand, how seriously are they considering that? is this rhetoric or reality? >> i think it is a reality that options are being developed and they are being presented to the nsc and therefore to the president. again, my intuition and my sourcing tells me we are not within days or weeks of a bloody nose kind of a

you know, our defense strategy, brian, was supposed to be as jim mattis said last week, operationallyably but strategically predictable. on north korea, we've been extremely strategically unpredictable. >> is it a good thing the white house told us today that putin were on the phone talking about, among other things, north korea? >> i think it's okay, but fundamentally useless. i wouldn't trust putin on north korea, on syria, on europe. he's not proven to be a reliable ally. >> jeremy bash, thank you, as always, for staying up late with us on this monday night. >>> and coming up for us, as we've demonstrated, it is among the president's favorite words. we got three more uses just today. we'll be back with that after this. >>> last thing before we go here tonight. we all have favorite words and terms and phrases that our loved ones have heard us use so often, they can predict what we're going to say in a given situation. having said that, this president certainly has his share of favorite words and phrases. if you've been paying any attention at all over the past year, then you know he

defense secretary jim mattis scored in military funding.s something they were concerned about. what does the spending agreement show about the government and what does it say about the trump administration and their ability to actually get something done? >> good news, i think in that respect. one of the critiques of the trump administration and of congress is that it had become dysfunctional. any time congress gets anything done in a bipartisan way, it's a good thifnlg thing i it thing. it shows the government works. that's a good thing for people in power. >> julie: i want to talk about spending. there's a bit of a double standard. the democrats feel like for the -- not including the 70 democrats that voted for this, say this is an enormous amount of money. rand paul voted against it because he said it's an enormous amount of money. it's the same kind of stimulus that went into effect under the obama administration. but for some reason it's getting more criticism now. i want to play one additional sound bite from rand paul addressing this

jim mattis and other folks saying russia is a real threat. we need to take it seriously. he gets rebuked by the president when he has the termerity to say that. >> by all accounts, we have done nothing to stop it from happening in the midterms and beyond. >> yes. . that's the important thing. >> gentlemen, thank you very much. >>> it is some of the worst violence we have seen in syria in this very long civil war. hundreds of civilians, children are being killed, are being murdered as the regime escalates attacks on the rebel opposition. this is a place in crisis. we'll take you there next. ♪ ♪ ♪ (vo) you can pass down a subaru forester. but you get to keep the memories. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. (avo) get 0% apr financing on all new 2018 subaru forester models. now through february 28th. mom'#stuffynosecold #nosleep #mouthbreather just put on a breathe right strip it instantly opens your nose... up to 38% more than cold medicine alone go to breatheright.com today to request a free sample. intrtechnology withnema. incredible color, sound and streaming. just

the president's wish gained new urgency when he told defense secretary jim mattis and top generals he wanted to showcase the nation's military not with democrats. >> i was stunned by it. we have a napoleon in the making here. >> reporter: u.s. presidents have displayed displays of military power that are associated with the red square celebrations or kim jong-un's parades in north korea. the nation's capital hasn't seencession of and troops since 1991 when george h.w. bush celebrated the end of the cold war. >> a mine demonstration of militaryprecision. >> reporter: harry s. truman in 1949. pentagon officials say they want the focus of any military parade to be on america's troops mindful that soldiers face real danger around the"today," hans nichols, nbc news. >>> final preparations in south korea, where the winter olympics will begin tomorrow. more athletes are arriving and vice president mike pence is ready to lead the u.s. delegation. there's been a surprise announcement from north korea's leader kim jong-un. kate snow is in pyeongchang. she has it all covered for us. >> reporter:

secretary of state tillerson and jim mattis are united when it comes to increasing north korea to getapons. mattis describes tillerson as his battle buddy. the two are very close in this administration. >> we're not using a carrot to convince them. we're using large sticks. that's what they need to understand. our diplomatic efforts will continue until the first bomb drops. my job is to not have a bomb drop. we don't know how much time is left on the clock. >> the headline from tillerson's interview last night, while all eyes are on the olympics, is that he's still willing to talk to north korea. that was clearly a message to pyongyang, shep. >> shepard: willing to talk. any indication that he might go do some talk something. >> no indication as of yet. no set date for when the south korean leader will sit down with kim jong-un. presumably tillerson would wait for the south korean president, but in the meantime, the pentagon and state department are ramping up their pressure campaign, which includes the threat of military force, including a possible preiemptiv strike. >> i'm not sendi

secretaries of state madeline albright and henry consist ingears and our current defense secretary jim mattiss with this assessment. many of you know i have spent a lot of time in my last term in the senate working on this issue and unfortunately the problem continues to grow. so i would urge all of us to recognize the need to address this challenge and to take action as soon as possible before a fiscal crisis occurs that truly undermines our ability to ensure our national security. with that i and the rest of the panel are happy to take your questions. we appreciate the opportunity to be with you today. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you very much for that very thorough overview of the world and what's in play. i will recognize members based upon seniority for up to five minutes. admiral rogers according to the statement the intelligence community says the most detected cyber operations about the united states private industries are focused on clear contractors whose products and services support government and private sector networks nationwide. rate the intelligence community's performa

defense secretary jim mattis submitted his recommendation to president trump friday saying trans-genderrve in the u.s. military if they can deploy overseas. i'm told mattis doesn't want to violate court orders. a formal white house announcement is expected next month. last summer, trump treated trans-gender are no longer welcome in the military surprising many here in the pentagon. mattis issued a new policy saying if any service men couldn't deploy in a year, he or she would be kicked out. >> we have come up with a policy if you're not deployable for more than a year or so, you'll have to go somewhere else. >> this is a shift from the pentagon allowing trans-gender troops to have sex reassignment surgery while on active duty due to its long recovery time, shep. >> shepard: and jen, you broke the news of a possible drug ring at the naval academy. >> shep, we learned the navy is investigating allegations that ten midshipmen were involved in the drug ring. three were accused of selling cocaine, lsd and a sedative to classmates. they were purchased on the dark web using bitcoin. the follow

. >> calling for her to new low yield nuclear weapons, jim mattis pushed back on critics as having aolicy makes the risk of nuclear war more likely. >> i don't believe it lowers the threshold at all. what it does is makes very clear that we have a deterrent. if the russians choose to employ a low yield nuclear weapon in a conventional fight, we want to make certain they recognize that we can respond in kind. >> secretary mattis outlined how russia and china are the biggest threats to the u.s. >> great power competition, not terrorism, is now the primary focus of u.s. national security. >> 17 years of nonstop war against islamic terrorists has taken the focus off the possibility of a war breaking out between nuclear capable nation-states. with the pentagon considers the real existential threat facing the u.s. new new study explains how the threat of american jihadists returning home to carry out terror taxes been overblown. since 2011, 300 americans have joined or tried to join isis. about 1% of the 30,000 foreign fighters estimated to have traveled to iraq and syria. 50 were arrested

it gave confidence to see jim mattis that the pentagon will earn the public's trust on how they spendause the defense department has been famous for spending defense money. republicans did get discreet victory and represents everything the public doesn't like about obamacare. paul: this was the board that was set up to basically impose price controls within medicare and it was designed in a way by the obama central planners so that congress virtually had no say in stopping those cuts. >> right, it was very insulated from political accountability and unelected bureaucrats and that's why people hated it. paul: federal reserve for budget cuts, health care cuts in essence. >> that's basically the end of the good. [laughter] >> there is a lot of bad, democrats got 20 billion for infrastructure, who know where is that would go, broadband, water projects, they got community health centers, additional four years of children's health insurance, they got 6 billion for opioids which obviously this should be gop priority but it's not clear exactly what the money will accomplish or how it will be

it gave confidence to see jim mattis that the pentagon will earn the public's trust on how they spendause the defense department has been famous for spending defense money. republicans did get discreet victory and represents everything the public doesn't like about obamacare. paul: this was the board that was set up to basically impose price controls within medicare and it was designed in a way by the obama central planners so that congress virtually had no say in stopping those cuts. >> right, it was very insulated from political accountability and unelected bureaucrats and that's why people hated it. paul: federal reserve for budget cuts, health care cuts in essence. >> that's basically the end of the good. [laughter] >> there is a lot of bad, democrats got 20 billion for infrastructure, who know where is that would go, broadband, water projects, they got community health centers, additional four years of children's health insurance, they got 6 billion for opioids which obviously this should be gop priority but it's not clear exactly what the money will accomplish or how it will be

defense secretary jim mattis announced in september that a panel of experts would develop a new policyn transgender service members by february 21st. >>> in today's "gma first look" a new twist in a viral video that shows a passenger yelling at a woman and her baby. >> the woman who took the video says she feels bad for taking it. here is abc's kendis gibson. >>> in this morning's "gma first look" the viral video viewed more than 2 million times online. melissa traveling with her 2-year-old son pulled out her phone to record this woman, susan perez, complaining about her seat assignment and giving the flight attendant a hard time. >> you may not have a job tomorrow. >> reporter: she was eventually escorted off the plane. reaction was swift. her employer, the new york state council on the arts, launching an investigation and placing her on leave until further notice. but this morning an unlikely defender, the very mom to took the video. >> i don't think she deserved that honestly. people tell me don't feel bad, she deserved it. i honestly don't think she did. >> reporter: and coming up

the commerce department recommended that president trump slap steep tariffs on steel and aluminum jim mattisaid he would prefer targeted tariffs >>> still ahead on "worldwide exchange," raising the red flag on the u.s. dollar why the ecb is pointing fingers at president trump and full details ahead of the market expectations. we're pointing higher on the futures market let's get a weather update from bill karins. >> good friday morning to you. heavy rain from techs back to the ohio valley. a flood threat remains the heaviest areas are in arkansas and the dallas ft. worth area we have a couple of flash flood warnings num raerous river flood warnings another widespread 1 to 3 inches, isolated up to 5 inches. the rain does move out on sunday at least you have one decent day over the weekend rainfall totals between 1 to 3 inches the highest totals north of dallas, towards louisville, south of indianapolis and back up towards pittsburgh. the weekend forecast, still warm in the southeast, rain develops into the northeast during the day. over the weekend the worst of it will be moving out of the ar

defense secretary jim mattis announced in september a panel of experts would develop a new policy onsgender service members by february 21st. >>> 6:15 now. north korean leader kim jong-un wants to turn his country into a sports superpower much like east germany was in the '70s and '80s. he's reportedly pouring money and resources into training and infrastructure for athletes. the country now even has an all-sports television channel. north korean athletes have made global in roads in south korea but they have battled for dead last in most competitions. >>> for the first time ever fedex hired a female african-american pilot. tahirah lamont brown said her interest in piloting started when she was in high school. for those wishing to fly brown says getting there is hard work but it's worth it. >>> a new poll shows south bay voters approve of google's plan to bring 20,000 jobs to downtown san jose. the poll was conducted for the bay area news group and leadership group. 79% of 31 registered voters say they supported the development that would combine jobs, housing, and mass transit. goog

when jim mattis wants to answer a question, he answers it at length.e did not want to answer this. he said it shows the president's affection and respect for the military and they're developing options. make no mistake, what this means is the pentagon will give the president options for the kind of parade he wants. he will pick. he will decide. there's not really anything anybody can do about it. he is the commander in chief. there have been military parades. why are you not seeing a huge rush of public support for this idea? already we're seeing bipartisan criticism on capitol hill. you know, look. one of the questions is one of tone and substance. the u.s. military right now never really did come home from the gulf, did it? the wars have continued for 16 years. u.s. forces directed into conflicts which have largely been conducted in countries of the islamic faith. there is international sensitivity that has carried on all these years about it. and that is one of the major reasons culturally the u.s. military celebrates its service. the u.s. military,

jim mattis was at the briefing with sarah huckabee sanders.was asked about the money being spent. >> we're all aware in this country of the president's affection and respect for the military. we've been putting together options. we'll send them up to the white house for a decision. >> this is a big deal. lawmakers are chafing at it and think it's going to be a waste of money. is there a reaction from anyone inside the pentagon to that? >> on the money side, they simply don't have it costed out yet because as the secretary is saying, they haven't come up with the final options. if you have f-35s taking off from the national mall, that would add to the price tag. depends on what the menu looks like, just how big a procession is it going to be? we have a kparngs because the 1991 parade cost $12 million in. in $2,017, that would be $22 million. here's five of the seven million was paid for by private funding. that is something i picked up in the hallway now in the last couple hours, that you could have private sourcing of funding for this. republi