joe johnson is in boehner's backyard, cincinnati, ohio, to hear what boehner's constituents think of tandoff. joe, the latest cnn polling has boehner's favorability down to 33% nationally. he's a member of congress, doesn't have to worry act the national polls. but what are they saying about him back home? >> reporter: honestly, jake, he does come from possibly the most republican district in the state of ohio so that says a lot. his family used to own a bar and restaurant over on vine street here, and we went there this morning and talked to the breakfast bunch that comes every day. they really weren't that worried about the shutdown although they say they're concerned about government spending. we went over the his district proper in the westchester area, and people were a little bit more exercised about the government shutdown. but their criticism is not just for the speaker of the house but also for the congress as well as the democratic president. listen. >> when he lived here he gave the message that he was completely for the people, for the citizens of the country. since he's b

. >> joe johnson joining us now. he's outside the world war ii memorial here in washington. veterans are pretty angry. they should be pretty angry. what's the mood over will? i take it the rally is now over. >> that's right, wolf. the rally is over. we're talking about 33 groups that represent the military coalition for uniformed services including veterans. these are peep, as you said, who essentially 5.2 million or so people who get $6.2 billion in benefits from the federal government. the va secretary has said that without this shutdown coming to an end, the government will not be able to assure delivery of those benefits. it's crating a lot of strong erakzs here at the world war ii veterans memorial. liste listen. we don't have that sound. >> hold on a second, joe. i think you were talking about texas congress woman sheila jackson lee. she spoke out on behalf of the veterans at that rally. i think we have a sound bite from her. >> let us respect veterans whose lives are in cemeteries or whose lives have been recognized by being buried in america's cemeteries. let us stop

. >> joe johnson, thanks very much. gloria borg ser here, elizabeth cohen is here. gloria, how did she do? >> i think she was a little more forthcoming than we've heard in the past. i don't know if you all agree with me, but she took full responsibility for this. she said the buck stops here. she was very clear that she told the president we were ready to go as she put it, she was wrong. and this is something i found very interesting that no senior official ever advised her to delay the launch, which i found kind of shocking actually after looking at the timeline that she actually agave us, which is you know in june, hhs sent a memo to another government agency, gao saying we're ready to go mid-august, problems were identified. and they were only ready to go, she said, the third week in september. now we learn about this into late september about security problems. and nobody ever suggested a potential tension delay? >> and i want you to listen to this clip, elizabeth, from the hearing today. listen to this. >> the assessment that we have made is that it will take u

thank you. [ applause ] >> there you have it 56-year-old jeh johnson now the nominee for the homeland security. an 8-minute ceremony flanked by joe biden as well nominating mr. johnson there. of course now he heads to the senate for confirmation. i want to bring back our "news nation" panel on this friday. carrie, i want to start with you and i want to get into, michael, what is going to come up at the confirmation hearings, the drone program, this administration's use of drones. let me start with you because one of the things folks may not know, the department of homeland security, there are a number of job openings. i read earlier today, close to 40% of management right now, those positions are vacant. why is that? >> well, it's been tough to get a lot of nominees not only through the senate but even getting them at the white house, they've been much more rigorous in that process of vetting ever since early on in the administration when they had a couple of stumbles. so the whole process is rather slow because of the scrutiny that these nominees come under. that is going to come up with the nomination hearings start. i think an

let's go to joe johns who has a profile of jay johnson, a man president obama wants in charge of keeping wasn't on everybody's short list of candidates for the job but probably should have been. jay johnson has been front and center on some of the toughest national security issues. has the pentagon top lawyer, jeh johnson played a key role in the reasoning for using u.s. drones over al qaeda overseas. johnson laid out his views in the speech last year at the oxford union. >> how will this conflict end? it's an unconventional conflict against an unconventional end. >> his role may be controversial to some on the left. >> the only way they use unmanned vehicles is for surveillance purposes and the rules are very different and they ought to be very different. >> reporter: an issue that senator rand paul filibustered over. the surveillance programs and criticism of military detention of terror suspects could also come up. he's already being challenged as untested in some areas. >> there are gaps in terms of immigration, first responders, the other parties of dhs, you know, the component oper

and jeffrey johnson, booboo, with the government shutdown, the buffet is open. and joe, i don't always raid trash cans but when i do, i look good doing it. stay hungry my friends. thanks for all of the captions on our website. a live look outside at our live michael and son weather cam. it is almost like a summer night. 72. and dew points in the 60s but still comfortable in terms of humidity. so we are looking at a warm start to the bus stop. probably temperatures in the 60s. so no sweatshirt required. summer warmth will continue but clouds will increase with the cold front. yes, we have a cold front tomorrow. kind of a misnomer and throwing clouds our way not doing too much to temperatures and still a very warm finish to the week. so overnight then, clear to partly cloudy and mild. 56-64. and then by morning, partly cloudy and pleasant. we have 60s and 70s. and then by the afternoon, clouds on the increase and so mostly cloudy, high temperatures near 85. so in the 60s to start. up to 77 by 11:00. the clouds start pouring in now. mostly cloudy by 1:00. but warm and temp

. >> schieffer: you know, tom, lyndon johnson never accepted the warren commission report that there was no conspiracy. he told joe califano, one of his senior aides, others in the information, the kennedys were trying to get castro, and castro got him first. did he ever have any evidence of that or was that just a suspicion that he had? to the best of my knowledge, president johnson, former president johnson, never had any hard evidence of that. >> schieffer: and, phil, did you ever find anything to indicate that castro did, indeed, have this connection? we know when oswald went to the cuban embassy in mexico, he tried to get a visa to go to cuba, but the cubans wouldn't give him one. my sense of that they turned him away. they didn't want to deal with him. >> that's apparently correct, or at least that is the story we were told at the time. you know, in mexico city, oswald is dealing with cuban spies and soviet spies, and mexicans sympathetic to castro, who might have had reason to want to see the end of john kennedy's presidency, all & all those connections went uninvestigated by the f.b.i. and c.i.a. they didn

senator johnson that representative joe barton that says we have enough money. we don't have enough money. why do we do these auctions? we don't have enough pin mon. we to have to raise money. there will be a recession in two to six months. >> why do they say it then? >> because you can prioritize if you want to and pay social security and the debt and have enough min to do that, pay some of medicare. there will be several, i don't know, maybe 100 billion that can't be paid beginning say the second week of november. these are just, it's aright met tick. october 17th seems like a drop dead date. it's a goal post move. in a golden stance, you can't score. >> sam stein,let bring in sam. so, basically, the reporting we are hearing yesterday is that republicans may be opened to a temporary raising of the debt creel figure the president negotiates with them. what would republicans be looking for and since the president hasn't showed a lot of willingness to goekt negotiate then, why would he be willing to do it during that period? >> for the president, it comes down to

joe watkins. professor of political science, jason johnson.rphy. welcome back to all of you. we're going to go to 2014. there's this new article in "the new york times." here's the quote. instead of sharpening their attack on democrats, republicans on capitol hill are being forced to explain why they are not to blame and why americans should trust them to govern both houses of congress when the one they do run is in such disarray. joe, what do you think considering everything that's going on right now? >> of course, the american public has a dim view of congress right now. congress has some of the lowest rating numbers its had in a long time. remember, all politics are local. how americans feel about the congress in general is different from how they feel about their particular member of congress. so there's a chance still for republicans to do better today, maybe even to win a majority in the senate despite the fact we've had this government shutdown. >> you know what's interesting, patricia? this article points out that house republicans fee

his name is jeh johnson and his nomination was followed almost immediately by serious questions about some of his positions, his policies, even his qualifications. cnn's joe johns is here in "the situation room" working this part of the story. what are you learning? >> well, he wasn't on everybody's short list for candidates for the job, but probably should have been. jeh johnson has been front and center on some of the toughest national security issues and now has been tapped to take on the enormous problems at the homeland security department. as the pentagon's top lawyer, jeh johnson played a key role in the legal reasoning for u.s. use of drones against al qaeda overseas. controversial because the targeted drone attacks have also killed innocent civilians. johnson laid out his views in this speech last year. >> how will this conflict end. it is an unconventional conflict against an unconventional enemy and will not end in conventional terms. >> reporter: his role may be controversial to some on the left. at dhs, drones are used mainly as eyes in the sky. >> the only way they use unmanned vehicles is for surveillance purposes, and the rules are very di

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johnson. senator, thanks for being here. i appreciate it. >> morning, joe would it be overstating it -- i don't know whose phone that is. would it be overstating it to call you a tea party senator? >> well, i actually kind of sprang out of the tea party. i gave a speech at a tea party. and i'm certainly on board with the fact that america's taxed enough already. . and i really came here to basically be the vote to repeal obama care and try to prevent the bankrupting of america. but i'm really not affiliated with any particular group. i really do view myself as an independent voice. >> i can talk to you about the strategy of trying to defund obama care and whether it came back and became counterproductive for the republican party. do you acknowledge? >> i was pretty up front in not supporting that strategy because i didn't think -- well, it wasn't achievable. i've done a lot of strategic planning in business. it starts with ascertaining and acknowledging reality and setting an achievable goal. don't set yourself up for failure, set yourself up for success. i

johnson said they should hire smaller more agile companies. we asked verizon for a statement of this story and they declined to comment. joeathleen sebelius would be the fall gal for that failed obama caroleout, she was asked for the possibility of resigning during an exclusive interview with dr. sanjay gupta. >> there's a lot of frustration obviously in the country. no one probably knows this better than you and the president. did you ever talk about resi resigning to the president? >> what i talked about is doing the job i was brought her to do. >> would you consider resigning? >> i think my job is to get this fully implemented and getting it right. >> secretary sebelius said president obama didn't know about the problems with the health care website until it went live. as for delaying the launch, sebelius said that's not an option. >>> so he's not ruling it out, arizona senator john mccain said he's giving serious thought to a run for re-election in 2016. mccain, as you know, lost his bid for the presidency back in 2008. >>> authorities in sparks, nevada, do not know why a middle school student opened fire killing a tea