general joseph dunford, chairman of the joint chiefs, says the pentagon is currently ill-suited to facehallenges from nations like iran, russia, and china. the new strategy will allow the pentagon to face more complex fights. last week, secretary of defense urged reforms. changes are happening? >> goldwater nichols is 30 years old. it was structured for a very specific time. the idea was to take some of the power away to make it more joint. the problem is, 30 years later, we are more used to the types of operations like in iraq and afghanistan, which are more about the type of operations. there is the sense that, goldwater-nichols just isn't as useful in the modern era of warfare. you have seen secretary carter talk about this over the past year. >> now the hill has some of its own ideas. >> just has the pentagon has been exploring internally the armed services committee has been leading its own efforts over a series of hearings with chairman john if these changes proposed by -- we don't know what these changes proposed by senator mccain are going to be. we do know that there is some ta

the committee will also hear testimony from joint chiefs of staff chairman joseph dunford jr. >> now to decision 2016. carly fiorina is back. she's ted cruz's running mate, and they're making what could be cruz's last stand in indiana. nbc10 national correspondent tracie potts has the latest fro the campaign trail, as well as the response from rival donald trump. >> ted cruz made three stops in indiana today. the first republican in 40 years to choose a running mate before getting the nomination. >> to give the american people a clear choice. >> his choice, former rival carly fiorina. >> am i going to be critical of hillary clinton and donald trump? you bet. >> already going viral for her serenade to cruz's daughters in the announcement. ♪ i know two girls that i just adore ♪ ♪ i'm so happy i can see them more ♪ >> the cruz/carly team quickly ridiculed by donald trump. >> cruz can't win. what is he doing picking vice presidents? >> with john kasich backing out of next week's indiana primary, cruz goes head-to-head with trump, hoping to force a contested convention. trump meets priva

defense secretary ash carter and the joint chiefs chairman joseph dunford will testify about middle eastourse, we will continue to monitor this hearing for you, and bring you any new developments. >>> and good morning, i'm carol costello, thank you so much for joining me. donald trump trying to lockdown indiana today, doors open now for his noon rally, but this is from last night. just hours after picking up the greatest endorsement in the history of indiana, that would be from legendary basketball coach bobby knight. >> you folks are taking a look at the most prepared man in history to step in as president of the united states. there has never been a presidential candidate prepared to the length that this man is. there will be no president who has ever had a better relationship with our military. nor they would them. >> ted cruz is trying to make sure that relationship never happens. announcing former rival carly fiorina as his running mate as a bid to head offer his rise in indiana. let's talk about that with the former co-chair for the carly fiorina campaign, charlie drowau. >> great

. >> coming up on c-span, secretary of defense ashton carter and general joseph dunford testified before a house committee on the plan to close the guantanamo bay detention center. republican presidential candidate donald trump outlines his foreign-policy priorities. later, a senate armed services hearings on the u.s. strategy to counter isis in the middle east. that is followed by the washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. writing morning, our student cam grand prize winner will join us from oklahoma. she will also talk about what she learned producing the documentary. pennsylvania republican congressman murphy will join us to discuss his mental health legislation. and ted lieu will join us to talk about the hacking of his iphone and his call to the oversight and government reform committee to investigate. be sure to watch it c-span's washington journal beginning live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. join the discussion. morning, nancy pelosi will hold her weekly press briefing. 9:15ll take you live at

. >> defense secretary ashton carter and joint cheefdz of staff chair joseph dunford will brief members of the senate arms services committee on u.s. counter isis strategy. we'll take you there live at 9:30 a.m. eastern. earlier this week in florida, senate candidates faced off at a debate hosted by the open debate coalition featuring questions submitted from voters. the candidates are running for the seat vacated by marco rubio after he decided to run for president in 2016 rather than re-election in florida. both candidates currently serve in the u.s. house. this is beabout an hour and 15 minutes. >> hello, world. i'm lillian campbell, director for the open debate coalition. welcome to the first ever open debate for u.s. senate. we're in orlando. more than 900 questions were submitted by regular people across florida and across the nation. over 400,000 votes were cast on live and tonight all of the questions for republican congressmen david jolly and allen grayson are going to come from the 30 questions that receive the most votes from people like you. tonight we have two cutting edge

. >> this morning defense secretary ashton carter and joint chiefs of staff chair general joseph dunford testify about the counteroperations against isis and the u.s. strategy in the middle east. see it live starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> our c-span campaign 2016 bus continues to honor winners from the student competition. recently the bus went to wyoming to recognize winners from laramie high school. access to affordable higher education is the investment of the future. then our bus traveled to south dakota visited with winners in the cities of rapid city and sioux falls. a final stop in the week included a win visit to a middle school in minnesota. they were honored for their video on water pollution. thanks to charter, and midco to coordinate the visits. be sure watch one of the top 20 winning entries at 6:50 a.m. eastern before "washington journal. >> next the debate between candidates for florida seat in the u.s. senate. congressman alan grayson, democrat and congressman david jolly, republican debated issues including money in politics, the minimum wage and the presid

alsoal joseph dunford testified. this is about three hours and 20 minutes. >> well, good morning. good morning. the senate armed services regarding thes efforts to counter the so-called islamic state. i think our distinguished witnesses for speaking this morning and continuing to serve our nation during a time of war. please convey the gratitude of this committee to all of the men and women who should -- reserved. airstrikes have steadily him priest and improved and new capabilities such as the a-10 and now attack helicopters have gradually been added and efforts embeddedand equip security forces have expanded. troops have periodically been employed been deployed to the fight. these adjustments have resulted in some operational gains and we have seen iraqi security to -- iraqi security forces make gains. we have seen them take territory away from eiffel across parts -- isil across parts of syria. forces continue to degrade isis in iraq and syria. aree gains are real and useful to our troops on the ground. more importantly, this can put them into some strategic context. too often,

department briefing with defense secretary ashton carter and joint chiefs of staff chair general joseph dunford, air force secretary debra lee james also making a personnel announcement this afternoon. we expect them to talk about the bombing of a civilian hospital in afghanistan last fall. the pentagon said the u.s. did not knowingly bomb a doctors without borders hospital. the pentagon saying its internal investigation found the bombing was a mistake caused by human error and equipment failure. >> just so you know, the secretary will make remarks, secretary james will make remarks. three people will make remarks. >> good afternoon, everyone i'm very honored to bring to this room a tested warrior, one of the most proven strategic thinkers across our joint general dave t is goldfein. i want to extend my congratulations to him by president obama as next air force chief of staff. secretary carter: he wrote in his book, sharing success and earning failure, quote, the most important part of success is leadership. it was because of his leadership over a demanding succession of roles, including comma