tell you and all members voting, without a shadow of a doubt, i have no concern whatsoever about lloyd austin upholding civilian control of the military. and then there's the second issue. why this person in this instance? mr. austin will be the first african-american nominated, i yield myself an additional minute -- mr. austin will be the first african-american nominated to be secretary of defense. which is enormously important in and of itself. the military has a problem with diversity. they have an insufficient number of people of color who have been advanced to high positions, to general and general flag officers. it's enormously important they address that. in addition, in this country, we have an enormous problem right now with white supremacy. we also have a problem within our military ranks. let me be perfectly clear. i have 100% confidence in our military. but this is an issue that they do need to address. is the rise of white supremacy and white nationalism within their ranks? having a highly qualified african-american be secretary of defense will be an enormous step towards address

i rise in strong support of h.r. 335, to allow president bide ton appoint general lloyd austin iii as our next secretary of defense. throughout my tenure on the national security subcommittee i had the personal opportunity to meet with and interact with general austin on numerous occasions in the field, during the course of several of our oversight investigations. beginning in the early stages of operation enduring freedom, we met in kabul, afghanistan, during his leadership of task force 180. i dealt with general austin again in the midst of operation iraqi freedom and operation new dawn. we also met in baghdad during his multiple deployments as commander of the multinational corps and commander of united states forces iraq. i personally received multiple intelligence briefings from general austin in his capacity as command of u.s. central command, the first african-american to lead that critically important combat command. throughout those investigations into the progress of efforts in afghanistan, iraq, syria and other regional conflict, general austin has never failed to provide u

president i rise to express my support for the confirmation of lloyd austin to be the secretary defense of the united states. general austin has an exceptionally qualified with a longer in the u.s. military's served in the highest excellence of the army as the commander of u.s. central command. his character and integrity are unquestioned and he possesses the knowledge andls skills to effectively lead the pentagon. the united states faces many complex security threats but if confirmed as the secretary of defense general austin will we the department during a time when you strategic priorities have shifted to the oak is increasingly

forces are people of color to date only 2 out of 414 star generals and admirals are black now lloyd austin is the 1st black secretary of defense since the department was established back in 1947 this is a massive symbolic gesture of being wielded here by president biden nominating him for this appointment austin as well has served in a number of theaters of war including afghanistan and indeed in iraq and ted cation in iraq he was led the armored division during the 2003 invasion and certainly i saw it firsthand how much respect and admiration he got from the soldiers i also saw he's if they mostly tested to men who very reluctant to speak publicly about any metal it's a little military ones but certainly his appointment is going to be welcomed very strongly by members of the military and a very strong gesture by president biden about the racial makeup and the racial nature of the u.s. armed forces maicon in washington d.c. mike thanks very much bruce finds us constitutional lawyer he explains how the impeachment trial is likely to be playing playing out since trump is no longer in office.

this morning the senate will vote to confirm president biden's nominee for secretary of defense, lloyd austin. mr. austin will be the first african-american to ever helm the defense department in its history. a powerful symbol of the diversity and history of america's armed forces. mr. austin has a storied career in the army, but those days are behind him. as secretary of defense he promised to empower and lift up his civilian staff and i believe he will be an outstanding secretary of defense for everyone at the pentagon. service members and civilian employees alike. the secretary of defense of course has a hugely important task ahead of him. he must once again demonstrate to the world that the u.s. military will always support our friends, deter our adversaries and if necessary defeat them. lloyd austin is the right person for the job. he has the experience, the vision and the competence to run the largest agency in our government. i look forward to confirming his nomination shortly. afterwards the senate must continue to install president biden's team by confirming secretaries of state, hom

the senate has just confirmed lloyd austin as the new secretary of defense.etired four star army general will be the first, now is the first african-american to lead the pentagon. let's get over to jessica dean on capitol hill watching this playing out. barbara starr at the pentagon with perspective there. jessica, what happened with the vote? >> reporter: well this is an overwhelmingly bipartisan support in favor of confirming the secretary of defense. 93-2 was the vote just a few moments ago. and what was interesting about this vote is that to become the secretary of defense, lloyd austin this h to make it through senate confirmation but extra layer of the waiver that both the house had to approve the and the senate. because there is a seven-year rule that anyone who served in the military needs seven years between when they retired from the military and serve in the post as secretary of defense and that comes back down to the tradition of civilian control of the military. so austin was able to clear that hurdle both in the house and the senate for the waiv

that is why he selected lloyd austin to service secretary of defense. lloyd's accomplishments at the department of defense are without peer. he graduated from west point. he led troops in almost every level. commanded in combat. served as america's military commander during the drawdown in iraq. served as vice chief of staff of the army, and is commanding general of the u.s. central command. all of you know that is one of the key combat commands at the department of defense. i met lloyd when i came to dod as secretary in july of 2011. we had just six months to implement the drawdown in iraq. lloyd was the man on the ground charged with getting it done. it was a huge logistical task. he consulted carefully with the president, with the vice president, national security advisor, his colleagues at the state department, and those in the intelligence community. a carried out with diligence and professionalism -- he carried out with diligence and professionalism they plan set forth by me and others civilian leaders at the pentagon. he had to negotiate with the

joe biden's cabinet starts to come together, with lloyd austin picked as the first black american to ever hold the post of defense secretary. this as congress moves into action with the former leader's impeachment trial set to start next week. ♪ ♪ it is not yet strong, but it is evidence which is already sounding alarm bells in the u.k. the government's chief scientific advisor says there is now some proof that the new english variant of covid-19 carries a higher risk of death. it is yet more sobering news in a land where over 1400 people have died from the virus come making the overall death toll in the u.k. the highest in europe. the prime minister says with the infection rates still ballooning, with doctors and nurses under mounting pressure, and with new variance circulating, the current lockdown there cannot be lifted. mr. johnson: in addition to spreading more quickly, it also now appears there is some evidence that the new variant, the variant first identified in london in the southeast, may be associated with a higher degree of mortality. it is largely the impact of this new

he has two,ave avril haines, director of intelligence, as well as lloyd austin.nken is expected to be confirmed today and alejandro ma o'is may be confirmed as early as tomorrow as secretary of homeland security. there are a lot of topics on joe biden's agenda and although covid-19 is priority, he talked about immigration this week and put forth plans on that and put forth plans on economic relief, racial justice, criminal justice. the other thing to note, all that is happening as the impeachment trial is looming and the biden administration doesn't want to talk about how they think former president trump should be held accountable for the january 6 attack on capitol. they are overhauling for the most part the way this country deals with domestic terrorism. they're really going to be asking federal agencies and intelligence agencies to look deeply at radicalization in this country and white supremacy in this country so that tells you where all of the things they're juggling is heading at this point. judy: a lot on the plate. yamiche alcindor reporting on the whit

todd: the defense sector, homicide off a waiver for retired army general lloyd austin to take their role. legislation heads to biden's desk for approval. confirmed boston would be the first black secretary of defense. president biden plans to keep christopher ray as that agency's director. make sure to get your lottery tickets today, the drawing for mega millions $970 million jackpot, the ninth third-largest a lot of history. jillian: the cash option comes out with $716 million, the longest stretch without a mega

. >> at the end of his first week of, lloyd austin visited with national guard troops deployed around the u.s. capitol. >> it is cold, hah. >> i want to say thanks for what you are doing. really appreciate you. thank you for coming out to help defend the capitol. take care of yourself. if you need something, do not hesitate to talk to your chain of command. what you do when you are not being a soldier? what do you study? >> [indiscernible] >> you are coming back to be part of the capitol police one day? good to meet you. >> [indiscernible] >> i'm secretary austin, secretary of defense. how are you doing? where are you from? >> [indiscernible] >> i've never been there, but i have heard of it. [indiscernible] make sure you take care of yourself. if you need anything, i hope you would tell your secretary of defense. good to meet you. >> the 48th annual march for life rally usually handled in washington, d.c. was virtual this year because of the pandemic. former nfl players spoke along with other pro-life advocates.

chuck schumer saying lloyd austin will be an outstanding defense secretary.ing the senate must continue to confirm the biden team. there has been concern this is proceeding, not at a glacial pace, but slower than the administration would want to see area they want to get down to -- c. they want to get down the business -- to business and hit the ground running -- see. they want to get down to business and hit the ground running. jeremy grantham morning the stocks were in an "ethic bubble." we spoke that she spoke with bloomberg about what is coming, when that bubble bursts, and about how bidens proposed stimulus plan may only inflate it further. >> if the government is going to write on presidentially lee -- unprecedentedly large checks to players in the market, they're all in position can expand -- their all in position can expand one last desperate nods. the stimulus did not increase capital spending. it did not increase much in the way of real production. but it flowed, a lot of it, eventually, into the market, one way or the other. i have no doubt some of

we applaud the senate this week giving a bipartisan confirmation to lloyd austin who has, you know, broken barriers all through his life. he's now going to be the first black person to lead the

for lloyd austin. if congress grants mister austen a waiver, serving his nomination independently, regardless the next secretary of defense is, it is clear to restore civilian voices to their proper balance in the decision-making process so i stand ready to work with anyone who is willing to help that. >> let me recognize senator peters. >> thank you, to the testimony, i heard from others about the we 7 year timeline, take a look at the fact it is a couple tours of duty which separation from that you have been asked what characteristics or uniqueness the nominee may have that would warrant this. it is not difficult to answer but as we try to sort this through i ask both of you are there any activities in a post military career of a servicemember that might demonstrate the separation between their current civilian perspective and previous military one so it's not just an individual say i will do this but some sort of -- is there some sort of objective look at the pipe of activities they have been engage

>> joining us now, newly confirmed secretary lloyd austin, who will be confirmed this hour. as of today he's restoring the rights of transgender people to serve in the military. the odds of getting 17 republicans to convict donald trump in the trial and make it possible to hold the second sentencing vote to a fair majority for ever running for federal office again, the question is how much of a political place will president biden and the democrats be paying for demanding accountability? >> that may be a long-term calculation democrats have to make. right now they're pressing on this trial. we will see action tonight and tomorrow with the senators being sworn in. a lot of this moves behind closed doors with lawyers preparing briefs, impeachment managers preparing their strategy. if past is prologued, that is the time in which donald trump could make this worse for himself. if you talk to republican senators, it's pretty clear as of right now there probably and rt 17 votes to convict donald trump. what does the president say and do in the intervening weeks and what more do we

. >> alcindor: on the biden cabinet confirmation front, today, retired army general lloyd austin becameirst black secretary of defense. the senate voted to confirm him 93 to 2. thursday, congress agreed to exempt austin from a rule banning recently retired military officers from heading the department. and, the senate will vote on the confirmation of janet llen to be treasury secretary. she would be the first woman to hold that job. >> woodruff: and yamiche joins me now. so, yamiche, so much going on. give us a little more insight into these executive actions president biden is taking to address the economic crisis. >> reporter: well, president biden, today, really wanted to focus on the economic toll to have the covid 19 pandemic, talking specifically about americans whoever gone hungry, lost their jobs, americans who have been evicted from their homes. he said that america needed to do better and that these americans needed the help of the federal government. there are also a number of biden officials today who told me there needs to be decisive action right now. now, in particular, w

well the most significant appointment has come in the course of the borning and that is lloyd austin as the new secretary of defense why it's significant well he's the 1st african-american to hold this position and there's a real statistic here that is quite astounding that some 42 percent of american armed forces are people of color about only 2 out of 414 star generals and admirals are in fact black so this is a very significant appointment by joe biden signaling very clearly his desire to address racial disparity not only in the armed forces but throughout the country as a whole so this is a very very important appointment and what's notable too is the fact that it was a massively bipartisan vote in the senate joe 'd biden has just signed the waiver which congress passed lloyd austin only retired listen 7 years ago so you required a special waiver president biden has just signed that waiver now mike thanks very much indeed that's mike hanna bringing us up to date from washington d.c. which advice is a security analyst and what he's trying to it's a global risk consultancy group an

ladies and gentlemen of the house, this is the bill that will grant a waiver, an exemption, to lloyd austin to be nominated and confirmed as the secretary of defense. this is required because there is a law in the books that says that you must be seven years separated from military service in order to serve as secretary of defense. mr. austin has been out for almost five years but does not meet the seven-year requirement, so we need to pass this law to give him that exemption. this is not an easy question. civilian control of the military is enormously important and that is why this law was put in place. but in looking at this i feel

retired general lloyd austin is now secretary austin. he arrived at the pentagon moments ago. there on the screen, he joins the director of national intelligence, avril haines. he hopes to have anthony blinken to the state department soon. our congressional department reporter ryan nobles here. ryan, confusion is thrown into the mix with the possibility of an impeachment trial next week. >> reporter: they were already delayed in getting this cabinet up and running in time for joe biden to take office. there was hope that janet yellen could be confirmed as soon as this afternoon, but already that process is being held up, and that is in part because of this 50-50 split in the senate. yes, democrats control the majority, but it doesn't take much for republicans to gum up the works. democrats had hoped to bring these nominations to the floor under the terms of unanimous consent, but just one republican can raise concerns and prevent unanimous concern from happening. that appears to be happening right now from blinken and yellen. there is still the opportunity their votes could co

we are seeing this come in these very opening days of lloyd austin being in charge at the pentagon. he has already put out a memo on sexual assault, telling the services bluntly to get it together. those numbers, those statistics also very troublesome. congress wants some answers and lloyd austin has told the services to tell him within two weeks what's working, what's not, what needs to be done. racial discrimination, racial equality issues also on the table. perhaps most significant at the moment, austin and general mark milley, who you saw there, chairman of the joint chiefs, working together on recommendations on how to protect, defend and work with extremism in the ranks of the u.s. military. whether it's white supremacist or violent extremists or whatever. they are really struggling to find a way ahead on this, especially in the wake of the insurrection on the u.s. capitol january 6th. we haven't heard a lot about it, but we do know in these hallways of the pentagon, that is a topic front and center. milley working on some recommendations, austin wanting to get those and figur

marcia fudge and lloyd austin to name a couple. what change does that bring? the grieve grieving in the blac community is longstanding stuff. what is this change? what is this degree of representation in the highest office of our land change for black people? >> it makes a difference. when you look at the issues we prioritized as well as the president, it speaks to that. they now have racial justice in every agency. you have ambassador susan rice leading that. we talk about criminal justice reform. we talk about strengthening our relationships here and with foreign affairs. we now have the general whom we look at what we are doing with defense, which we have spoken out and about in the iinjustice. to have a four-star general, general lloyd austin, who i had an opportunity to meet with an hour before he went before the senate for the confirmation. when you have marcia fudge. when we think about the number of individuals who are faced with losing their homes, we are grateful for the executive order that has helped us and what the president has done when you look

it is a waiver so that general lloyd austin could serve as secretary of defense. eral austin is a highly qualified and well respected leader. with over 40 years of decorated service, he brings a great understanding of the challenges facing our nation's defenses and the sacrifice of our men and women in uniform and their families. once the waiver is approved, i feel confident that the senate will confirm the general as secretary of defense. -- control in the military is not an issue for us, it is a value and it is a principle and we're so pleased that unlike the trump administration, the biden administration not only allows but couraged the general to come and present his views, which is happening right now in armed services committee. so, again, a very happy time. i'm very proud of our members. before i came here, i was in a session that was made available for members and staff about the trauma of what happened on january 6th. talked about physical trauma, psychological trauma, vicarious trauma and the rest. when the press saw my office and asked about things that

defense secretary the senate voted $93.00 to $2.00 to confirm joe biden's nominee lloyd austin to run the pentagon austin will oversee the one point $3000000.00 active duty servicemen and women who make up the nation's military and says he is committed to rooting out the growing threat of domestic extremism in the country richard white's is a security analyst at that's a global risk consultancy group he says it's likely there won't be much of a huge shift in u.s. defense policy with austin's appointments. he basically reaffirmed the main contours of policy for the obama and trump years there was a slight emphasis more on rooting out domestic extremism within the military and addressing sexual harassment and a few other issues but basically he reaffirmed the policy of strengthening american defenses keeping the fence budget that robust building up u.s. nuclear forces while it's going to negotiations with other countries and so on so i didn't detect a major shift in u.s. defense policy from what we've seen since pretty much for the last dozen years or so over the last 2 years has seen e

lloyd austin to be defense secretary, confirmed on friday. haines, director of national intelligence, confirmed on his first night in office. those three nominees, while all groundbreaking in their own right, first woman in that position, first african-american as the head of the defense department, first woman above treasury, this effort to confirm nominees are moving at a slower pace than joe biden's past predecessors, including barack obama, bill clinton, george h.w. bush, george w. bush, all had nominees confirmed at a much more rapid clip. even donald trump on his first day in office in 2017 had two nominees confirm ed on that firt day. biden, as i mentioned, just one. so, democrats trying to get more nominees confirmed this week, including possibly tony blinken to be the head of the state department. others as well. they will need cooperation from republicans as well, given the rules of the senate and given the unusual nature here. this 50/50 senate, they have not officially organized the senate because of a fight between the leaders of

eastern, the confirmation hearing for lloyd austin to be defense secretary. if confirmed, he will be the first african-american secretary of defense. watch live coverage of the confirmation hearings on c-span, on-demand at c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio app. moment. we are joined by the white house correspondent for the washington post to talk about the last few days of the trump presidency. good morning. guest: good morning. host: showed president trump in alamo, texas. one of his only appearances. how was he spending the last few days? guest: he is starting to realize he is going to be losing office and preparing for his time in the post presidency. he is preparing to travel to south florida where he has residence at mar-a-lago and will be spending time there to see what influence he will have over the republican party. he is currently facing an impeachment trial where he could be convicted and barred from holding office in the future. he is looking at legal options for protecting himself from that negative outcome, but also looking at his politic

lloyd austin.vice president -- or excuse me, president biden's -- i've got to get used to all of the new titles -- president biden's pick to be defense secretary. he, of course, needs a vote in the house because he has recently served on active duty. this is, of course, the civilian head of the defense department. there's been some controversy here. some democrats, even some veterans, saying that they're concerned about giving this waiver over. where do you stand on giving this waiver to general austin? and do you think that your colleagues are wrong to oppose it, if you're supportive? >> i'm going to vote in favor of the waiver, but on don't think my colleagues are wrong to have serious concerns about granting these waivers. for four years, we've seen unprecedented politicization of the military, our institutions have been under attack. we are raw and fragile as a democracy right now. and every consideration must be given to civilian control over the military. but joe biden's not donald trump. don

moment ago, extremism in the military come up during his senate session. >> reporter: yeah, judy, lloyd austined that right at the top of his opening statement. remember that austin would be the first black secretary of defense. he was the first black officer to command the division in combat and a theater of war, and today he said he would fight not only right-wing extremism but also discrimination. >> we also owe our people a working vitamin free of discrimination, hate and harassment, and if confirmed, i will fight hard to stamp out sexual assault and to rid our ranks of racist and extremists and to create a climate where everyone fit and willing has the opportunity to serve this country with dignity. the job of the department of defense is to keep america safe from our enemies, but we can't do that if some of those enemies lie within our own ranks. >> reporter: austin told the story of when he was a lieutenant colonel his unit found somebody who was an creamist, and he said the signs were there all along, we just didn't know what to look at. he said he would apply the lessons he learned at

grant this particular waiver so that is an indication that there will be little argument about lloyd austin becoming the next secretary of defense on the possibilities that nominated as secretary of state he is likely to come up before the senate as well as the secretary of the treasury so that there is movement there we have had one ever cabinet appointee approved already the director of national intelligence admiral haynes so there is movement maybe not quite as quick as president biden would want but his cabinet is beginning to take shape as the appointments are confirmed my thanks that my kind of the emotions. portugal has closed schools for 2 weeks because of concerns related to the more contagious corona virus strain 1st found in the u.k. the decision comes a week after a 2nd lockdown was imposed portugal is experiencing one of the worst pandemic surges in the world with deaths hitting new records for 4 straight days field hospitals are being opened as its health system is pushed to the limit french president manuel macron says cave 19 tests will become compulsory for all travelers tr

history at the pentagon: lloyd austin, the first african american secretary of defense, reports for dutywell to a baseball legend. we'll remember hank aaron, who stood up to hate while breaking records. lotto frenzy: tickets selling fast as megamillions hits a billion dollars. and "on the road" with steve hartman. an act of kindness puts a pizza deliveryman back in the driver's seat. >> i couldn't believe it. it's almost like it's surreal. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capitol. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. we're going to begin with breaking news on those highly contagious strains of the coronavirus. tonight, health experts are warning mutations of the virus known as variants not only spread faster than the original, they may also be more deadly. one of the new variants is already spreading across the u.s. with cases found in half of all states. scientists say that makes rapidly ramping up vaccinations nationwide more important than ever, and it comes just as major cities say they

at 3:00, the senate armed services confirmation hearing for lloyd austin to be defense secretary. if confirmed, retired four sta t general austin will be the first african-american secretary of defense. watch on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. host: scott of "the hill" newspaper to talk about the next steps. take us through the steps of how this works from transmission of the articles to what we know about the timing of the senate trial. guest: there had been some debate about how that nancy pele democrats would transmit the article of impeachment. that single article, incitement of insurrection. james clyburn has advocated to try to delay until joe biden could establish his administration. also, get his top officials confirmed through the senate. the consensus now among democrats seems to be to do this as quickly as possible. i'm hearing the article could be transmitted in the coming days, perhaps even today even. democrats huddled last night in nancy pelosi's office. the nine impeachment managers. it seems like they want to move this as quickly as possible

what does this have to do with lloyd austin? a lot. mr. austin has been nominated to lead one of america's most trusted institutions, the department of defense. many have worked hard to rebuild our military, but we can all agree there has been too much turmoil at the top. as its civilian leader, i am confident mr. austin will lead steadiness and respect to this indispensable institution. i got to know mr. austin in 2005 and 2006, serving together in a combat in command conducting combat operations throughout the middle east. we had what might be described today as an uneven power relationship. he was a two star general. i was a major. he had spent decades on active duty. i was a reservist. he was a soldier. i was a marine. i was one of hundreds of field great infantry officers recalled to active duty, deployed in the region during a challenging time for our nation. when i asked for his help, mr. austin gave it. when i had a problem, he listened. when i asked for guidance on an important mission, he provided it. critical hallmark of exceptio

by the end of the day today we're going of a secretary of defense confirmed in lloyd austin. we may also have secretaries of the treasury and even state confirmed if the senate can move quickly. now, we've done these kind of conversations for quite a long time, stephanie and you know the senate moving quickly isn't something we talk about very often but it is possible today that we could get consent on these votes in part because it doesn't appear that there's really much opposition to any of these first batch of nominees, including mayor pete, soon to be secretary pete, who had a very smooth confirmation hearing yesterday but that's not one of these national defense sort of top priority nominations. his could move probably by the end of next week. >> where do we stand on a timeline for impeachment? mitch mcconnell has said he's open to it. both sides have said, you know, this is a year to work together. but now there's already some sort of back and forth about who's getting the gavel, schumer or mcconnell. what is this? >> yeah, there's a lot up in the air here. he suggested

pipeline meanwhile the senate is set to confirm biden's nomination for defense secretary lloyd austin a congressional committees back to austin even though the former general hasn't required waiting period since he left the military another committee is going to consider biden's nomination for treasury secretary he's picked janet yellen who served as chairwoman of the federal reserve for 4 years until 2018. now we're going to get more on those nominations from hydro castro in a moment 1st let's go live to mike hanna who's in washington d.c. mike let's talk about those executive orders 1st of all they're specifically geared towards how covert 19 has had an impact on the economy and this is an enormous job isn't it is indeed he's continuing to issue executive orders focusing on contacting the pandemic today is expected to sign a number of orders one of which will be increasing the minimum wage for federal contract workers to $15.00 he's also going to be signing orders pertaining to living conditions of americans to improve conditions issuing further food stamps providing some kind of fi

both the house and senate approved a waiver for former army general lloyd austin who retired from thehat waiver bypass is a law that requires a defense secretary to wait seven years before taking active duty service. after taking active duty service before taking the job of defense secretary lloyd austin is the first african american defense secretary. in our country's history, but one little girl is so excited to see the vice presidency b b one if you will, by now, vice president kamila harris. she sent the vice president a letter and reporter. don timoney shows us how the little girl got quite there was surprise when vice president harris responded. i just felt so excited. six year olds ohana ire of exton beaming as she tells me about a letter she wrote to kamila harris that the vice president included in a tweet tuesday afternoon. it was part of a social media campaign called letters to kamila, dear miss here. i hope you are a wonderful life president. i cannot believe you're of indian descent. just like me. it all started with a tweet from the biden inaugural committee. calling on

they will be hearing from retired general lloyd austin, joe biden's pick to be the next defense secretarye house will vote thursday to grant future defense secretary nominee austin a waiver to serve despite his recent military service. he served in the army up until 2016. on other fronts on nominees, politico tweets that senator hawley says he will object to swift consideration of

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lloyd austin's of the biggest threat is coronavirus.n you hear that, the job he is going for, is that the right answer you want to hear from somebody going from his job? >> i don't think that the right answer. will have soldiers going door-to-door giving people vaccinations? people don't react well to a guy in camouflage wanting to stick a needle in their arm. todd: the their job. you always give your honest unvarnished opinion, we appreciate that, thanks. jillian: google and amazon flush with cash and spending big on the inauguration. what are they banking gone from president-elect biden? it shows their bias. gop strategist joins us live. jillian: in big tech asked on amazon and google, president-elect joe biden's inauguration. >> thoughts on silicon valley, republican strategists, should be clear by now that big tech and democrats have a symbiotic relationship? >> should be very clear, what they are doing, suppressed by twitter and some people have accounts suspended and here is the reality talking about biden being aggressive. how is

did you support that waiver for general lloyd austin? guest: this is a sticky issue for a lot of people. first, why do we have that law? we have that law because we are a country in which the military is subordinate to our civilian political leadership. the president of the united states is the commander-in-chief and was put in that place by the voters not by virtue having risen through the ranks and wearing a uniform. the view of the pentagon has always been that you want someone at the top not who wears a uniform but who understands the importance of the civil military separation in america. here is the challenge. when donald trump nominated jim mattis, who had also not been out of the military for seven years, he was given a waiver. general mattis was referred to when he was secretary of defense as general. having given that to him, it was pretty tough for a lot of people to turn around and say, what was good for mattis was good for mattis and trump but lloyd austin cannot we do not want to see that. we do not want to grant a waiver t

lloyd austin needs to focus on it. more of what's available to the public through news reporting and ask you to put this in context. this is from "the new york times." pentagon accelerates efforts to root out far-right extremism in the ranks. pentagon officials can see the white supremacists and other groups actively recruit service members or have their own members try to join the military to learn skills and expertise which also lends legitimacy to the cause and last year notified the defense department it had opened criminal investigations involving 143 current or former service members of the 68 related to domestic extremism cases according to a senior pentagon official. i wonder if you could take this bulletin that was released today that really issues a public warning. i understand from former intelligence officials, drives underground and make harder to detect but the product of turning family or friends or military perspersonnel, i wonde it creates a permissions structure to turn them? >> categorically, we have

it is a waiver so that general lloyd austin can serve as secretary of defense. as i i said general austin isa highly qualified and well respected leader with over 40 years of decorated service picky brings a great understanding of the challenges facing our nation's defenses, and the sacrifice of our men and women in uniform, and their families. once the waiver is approved i feel confident that the senate will confirm the general as secretary of defense. civilian control of the military is not an issue for us. it is of value, a principal, and are so pleased that and like the trump administration, the biden administration not only allowed but encouraged the general to come and present his views, which is happening right now in armed services committee. so again, a very happy time. i am very proud of our members. .. psychological trauma, vicarious trauma and the rest. the press asked about things that were stolen, glass that was broken, violation of the property there, i respect the speaker's office and the accoutrements of history that is there but i am more concer

. >> the house today approved a waiver for retired general lloyd austin to be defense secretary. current law requires a seven-year waiting period for retired general officers, and general austin retired in 2016. that wraps up legislative work for the week, and the house next returns to session the week of february 1. watch it live here on c-span. >> you're watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government. c-span was created by america's cable television companies in 1979. today, we're brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span to viewers as a public service. >> here's a look at our primetime schedule. starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span -- >> book tv on c-span2 has top, nonfiction books and authors every weekend. saturday, at 4:00 p.m. eastern, the book, the f.b.i. way, former f.b.i. assistant director for counterintelligence on the organization's standards and how it operates. then, at 5:15, epidemiologist talks about her book "viral b.s.: medical myths and why we fall for them." and on afterwards, a discussion on the book "three wise men: a navy seal

defense, lloyd austin. watch the confirmation hearings on c-span,

they say biden wants confirmation this week for janet yellen, lloyd austin, no, janet yellen for treasuryte taking over $7 million in speaking fees from goldman sachs and google, the corrupt revolving door between big government and big business. why don't they all do it, she is no worse than most but at some point we have to say enough, janet yellen should not be confirmed same with lloyd austin for defense after retiring from the army he sat on the board of radeon who sold billions in weapons to kill war in the middle east he is the stooge of the complex, he should not be confirmed, allie honda roque, the new york security, are you kidding he was handing out visas to the chinese as a favor for powerful democrats and clinton who is running for governor of virginia back by pelosi, this is a whole stinking pile, he should not be confirmed. positive populism means republicans committing as a party to taking on this kind of corruption, shut the revolving door, band conflict owners, drain the swamp. positive populism means smashing the big tech monopoly so they cannot collude against america

this hearing will focus on granting a waiver to retired army general, lloyd austin. --left the military and 2016 in 2016. general austin will be in front of the committee a week from tuesday for his defense secretary confirmation hearing. more hearings are expected in both the house and the senate on the security situation at the with dates to be determined. the senate is scheduled to return to legislative business on january 19. ♪ announcer: you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government. c-span was created by america's television companies in 1979. today, we are brought to you by these television companies, who provide c-span to viewers as a public service. ♪ ues. host: we are back with terrance gainer, who worked as the chief of the u.s. capitol police, and has also served as the senate sergeant in arms. chief gaynor, good morning. guest: good morning, jesse. host: one of the first questions i have for you is do you think the were sufficiently prepared for what they faced on wednesday? guest: i believe the original plan they were prepared for, and tha

eastern on c-span and on c-span two the senate is back to vote on the confirmation of lloyd austin as defense other possible nominations for the biden administration. saturday on the communicators author sarah freire discusses her book no filter, which chronicles the founding of instagram and the impact the app has had on the tech industry and society. >> you have to think that this reflects all of the celebrities around the world as well and all of the brands. c-span i am sure as an instagram, bloomberg as an instagram. it is all of these accounts doing instagram and then there are these homegrown people. these people who otherwise would not have a voice building these audiences without having to go through the normal gatekeepers. becoming a comedian without having to get books for set. becoming a fitness structure without having to become an equinox. this is a place where people can demonstrate where they are good at -- what they are good at and build a following and become famous. announcer: saturday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on the communicators on c-span. announcer: next today's widow

it is a waiver so that general lloyd austin can serve as secretary of defense. as i said, general austin is a highly qualified and well-respected leader with over 40 years of decorated service. he brings a great understanding of the challenges facing our nation's defenses and the sacrifice of our men and women in uniform and their families. once the waiver is approved, i feel confident that the senate will confirm the general as secretary of defense. civilian control of the military is not an issue for us. it's a value, it's a principle, and we are so pleased that unlike the trump administration, the biden administration not only allow but encourage the general to come and present his views, which is happening right now in armed services committee. so, again, a very happy time. i'm very proud of our members. before i came here, i was in a session that was made available for members and staff about the trauma of what happened on january 6. talk about physical trauma, psychological trauma, vicarious trauma and the rest. when the press saw my office and asked about