kerrey has spent a few days on the job, taking the reins from hillary clinton. he will be welcomed on the post monday. he spent the weekend on the phone with world leaders getting ready for his job. as he moves in, president obama is moving a special member of his team the one responsible for this message -- >> the will and the determination of the american people change this country. >> president obamas's speech writer is stepping down. he collaborated with the press and on the state of the union address, including the one set to be delivered next week. people all around the west during -- west wing praised him. the d.c. taxicab commission is paving the way for installing cash free payments system and the cars. the commission held a meeting this morning to lay down rules for how the credit card reader should be installed in its fleet. members will talk about rules for sedan services. the boy scouts of america has delayed its vote on whether to allow openly gay members in. it has been raising controversial on both sides. it will set for several months. >> the mo

and here they have some vague that they agree with far more than men do with senator kerrey on foreign policy, and they just trashed him. >> does he have the know-how to manage a barrel at the pentagon? >> he was unsteady with his answers, grasp of the facts. later in the afternoon, the third round of hearings, after he was more sure-footed, does he have the capacity to do it? i think so. if you listen to his exchanges with senator king from maine, managing the defense department, it was a much more competent answer. >> what about this jewish lobby phrase? he apologized for using that phrase, but listen to this exchange. >> name one person who is intimidated by the israeli lobby in the u.s. senate. >>he use of intimition -- i should have used influence. >> he could not name one person publicly. this is gamesmanship of the first order. you have conversations with plenty of members of congress and they feel one way about some of the issues in the middle east, that they simply cannot move an inch on issues involving israel. >> is he in command of the issues? >> i dnot think anybody would

my support for senator kerrey's nomination indicates this. but i cannot support a candidate whose views are so far afield. as the "washington post" editorial board indicated, these positions are far to the left of those held by president obama. for all those reasons i cannot support his nomination. thank you, mr. chairman. >> inky very much. senator donnelly. not here at the moment. senator cain. >> thank you, mr. chair, mr ranking member, and colleagues. i am honored to serve with you on this committee, one of my personal and political heroes appeared and talked about his committee service that in most blow it away. a decorated war veteran of two service breaks is, navy and marines and was a secretary of the navy but said his proudest public service was his service says committee member, both raking in chair this committee and i try to approach this question thinking about the senator in the way he approached his job. although for the senators nomination to be secretary of defense for three reasons. first, the standard i think we should appl

lou: last time i checked kerrey was a man with a triple digit iq.d the peopleho will determine whether or not your budget is appropriate? at some point these folks have got to understand this is not a sandlot and they're playing games. continues. i don't for a life of me understand why he puts up with any of the nonsense. the heads of the appropriation committees don't just say, you know, i have had a bellyful of your attitude. go fix it. now, let's go to the central point that we made. that is that the speaker said, i believe correct focus that this is president obama's deal and he better fix it and cut the nonsense because is not going to play. i happen to think he's right. do you agree? >> certainly this does start with president obama. he laid that out in some detail about how the budget talks with the debt ceiling talks fell apart in 2011. obama at the last minute came up with a sequestered idea. think that's all pretty much a factor. the problem is, both sides and i believe, are making their peace with the sequestered. the republicans because

kerrey will make every effort to analyze and make decisive moves for peace. i welcome president obama visit to the middle east this spring. the secretary and i plan to meet this week, an appalling injustice has been done to the people of syria that the world cannot ignore. we discussed the vital need for political transition. we agree that for as long as political solutions are blocked, the international community has a responsibility to take steps to prevent the loss of life in syria. it includes the terrible loss of life we have just witnessed in aleppo. that is why it we believe we must significantly increase our support for the opposition. and we are preparing to do home humanitarian relief effort. in the face of murder and threats and instability, our policy cannot stay static as the weeks go by. it is an important opportunity to discuss this with our allies and partners. our countries agree that iran poses a threat to the peace and security of the world. talks will take place in kazakhstan this week. this will be an important year for afghanistan as tro

senator kerrey will be sworn in later on today as well.ecretary of state clinton spent her last day as secretary of state. the washington post has this headline -- more analysis in the papers, taking a look at the secretary of state. in our time, we are interested in hearing from you. the numbers -- you can treat us @cspanwj or on facebook. weighing in -- michael hobbs saying -- want to join us on the phone? the numbers will be on the screen. indiana, our independent line. caller: good morning. i think she did a pretty good job. she was a good secretary of state. i think she was one of the best we have ever had. host: what can you point to to back that up? caller: we are more respected now around the world and we were during the bush administration. host: go ahead. caller: our country is more respected now than it was four years ago. i think she was very good at foreign policy. i think this will help her in 2016. host: we go next to jeff, from mississippi, the republican line. caller: good morning, how are you? i would rate her at about a

i liked bob kerrey for that reason.one time, i liked john mccain for that reason until he became a grouch. i like chris christie. he's young. he's not wrong about everything. but i'm worried about him. >> there is a big difference between being a little overweight, having a couple of spare pounds or extra pounds and being as big as chris christie is. really and truly. he is not -- he doesn't look healthy. he's not healthy. speaking as a person who used to be as big as chris christie, every fat person i ever knew and met said oh, i'm overweight but i'm still pretty healthy. you're not. >> bill: connie mariano, it is not like she's a democrat attacking him. she's not -- it's not like he's corey booker, right saying we gotta get him out of there because he's going to die or something. she's a doctor. she's a republican. who's just saying you know what? you ought to pay attention to this. >> put it this way, when was the last time you saw a 70-year-old man who was as fat as chris christie? you don't. because they don't make

ask bob kerrey. yesterday -- so that's one loser. how about this.h carolina yesterday about a week ago mark sanford former governor, yes appalachian trail mark, right announced that he is going to make a comeback. he's running for congress and he released yesterday his first ad saying yes i have sinned, dear lord but god will give me another chance if you will. the people of south carolina. here's this soppy ad. >> washington's math doesn't add up. for years, while many have talked, i fought to do something about it. i've cut spending, reduced debt and made government more accountable. more recently, i've experienced how none of us go through life without mistakes. but in their wake, we can learn a lot about grace, a god of second chances and be the better for it. in that light i humbly step forward and ask for your help in changing washington. i'm mark sanford and i approve this message. >> bill: i do so in jesus' name amen. doesn't he sound like a preacher from the pulpit. yeah, we all believe in the god of second chances. so did jimmy swigert. >>

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kerrey will make every effort to analyze and make decisive moves for peace.i welcome president obama visit to the middle east this spring. the secretary and i plan to meet this week, an appalling injustice has been done to the people of syria that the world cannot ignore. we discussed the vital need for political transition. we agree that for as long as political solutions are blocked, the international community has a responsibility to take steps to prevent the loss of life in syria. it includes the terrible loss of life we have just witnessed in aleppo. that is why it we believe we must significantly increase our support for the opposition. and we are preparing to do home humanitarian relief effort. in the face of murder and threats and instability, our policy cannot stay static as the weeks go by. it is an important opportunity to discuss this with our allies and partners. our countries agree that iran poses a threat to the peace and security of the world. talks will take place in causal extend this week. -- kazakhstan this week. this will be an important

kerrey makes a great point in is muchr that's the pay more important. are something is more important to service people. reacted to a lot of research to figure out what that is. if you all started pointing out the things that are most important to people in the military. pay is one of them. >> as someone who has had to take out people who did not want to go, it is really hard. it is hard to do it emotionally. it is hard to do it structurally, and it is hard to do it but it's fairly. and so, part of what we are talking about will require actually some cost. but it will not happen, i think, that the power point slide that puts you on the glide slope, you will not obtain. simply because of the difficulties and the fairness that has to be in place as we ask people who want to stay and serve their country that we are telling them they can no longer do that. that's really hard and we should never underestimate passport. -- underestimate that. >> we have such an excellent audience. we should find out what their questions are. in the front. yes? >> we have hear

an fcc commissioner from senator obama, sometimes signed by just him, sometimes by he and senator kerrey and senator durbin and some others who -- in the statement when we have a hearing in chicago but the contents that brock, submitted saying we have to reassert the public interest. we cannot lose in any ownership rules until we understand the repercussions and understand where rare going. so in my charitable moments i am hoping that the second term will see that part of the platform really teed up and addressed because but the kidneys to be. to make sure we will try to put pressure because those were promises, pledges to the american people. those promises have not been kept. sustained this sort of dialogue that fits the needs of the nation in the character of the people. >> i have endless questions, but i'm sure you guys like tests of questions. >> say who they are. >> yes, please say who you are. >> media studies at hunter. my question is, you know, at one time broadcast lessons was viewed as a license to print money. when we transition in this country from analog to digital system o