mr. jay johnson. >> thank you for the honor and the trust you have placed in me to carry out the large and important responsibility as the secretary of homeland security. >> johnson set the nomination was unexpected but when he received the call he just couldn't deny the offer. >>> the worst diaspora, four and a half million are displaced within their own country. in a desperate search for safety, syrians have fled to turkey and 800,000 of them have fled to lebanon. >> more than a thousand people a day in lines to register as refugees. this is the bekkar valley where in some towns syrians now outnumber the lebanese. when the war started these people were welcomed but not any more. a lebanese woman said she suffered outright hostility. >> when we come here they insult us, isn't it enough for someone telling me bee deserve worse than chemical weapons? >> a another sign that how desperate this has become. they should be in an atmosphere different to this. no dignity here and a desperate situation. a passport, and md can mean a bag of fresh beef. but a growing number of people no longer qualif

mr. jay johnson. we are of course enormously grateful to secretary janet napolitano. she has made her move to sunny california overseeing the higher education system in that state and she is going to do a great job there with the incredible young people that are in our largest state. but we deeply appreciate the terrific job that she did. i want to thank rand bears for this service and for stepping in as acting secretary after janet left. thanks to no small part to janet and her team. we have done more and we strengthen our borders and taken steps to make sure that the system better reflects to our val values. and we've worked to clean up a massive oil spill in the gulf as well as address a flu pandemic. in jay johnson we have the right person to continue this important work. from the moment i took office he was a critical member of my national security team. and he demonstrated the qualities that will make him a member of a strong member of a security team. as the pentagon's top lawyer, he helped design and implement many of the policies that have kept our country sa

mr. jay johnson. >> i care about the safety of our people. >> sometime the kids make a mistake. >> 25-year-old accused of trying to join an al-qaeda group and trying to commit murder overseas. >>> this is the mugshot of 28- year-old federal air marshal adam bartsch after he was allegedly caught taking

mr. jay johnson. >> thank you for the tremendous honor of this nomination and the trust you have placed in me to carry out this large and important responsibility as the secretary of homeland security. >> johnson said that the nomination was unexpected but when he received the call he could not refuse the offer. if confirmed by the senate, johnson will succeed janet napolitano. hundreds of thousands of commuter riders were left stranded today pushing buses and ferries to the max during rush hour. the system went on strike at midnight, the second in four months. our lisa bernard is in san francisco tonight. what's the latest on the talks? >> well john there was a glimmer of hope late this afternoon as bart's unions announced they had a so-called riders first plan that would end the strike and get trains running again tonight. but bart managers quickly rejected the plan saying there was nothing new here. the unions had said they would accept the wages, health care and pension plan that bart had offered, but then they said, they wrote also insist that a piece of the contract go to arbitration

mr. jay johnson. >> thank you trusted honor of this nomination and the trust you placed in me to carry out this large and very important responsibility as secretary of home land security. >> aljazeera's alan fisher is in washington for us. what do we know about jay johnson? >> he's a lawyer, a long time friend and supporter of barack obama, very heavily involved in raising money for him in the first campaign. he served in the clinton administration as the lawyer for the mayor force, then became the main lawyer at the pentagon. i think it's interesting that he doesn't have really experience of managing democrats. he i--democrats. there's going to be a change in the way he approaches things. najanet napolitano was interestd in immigration. this is more talking about keeping americans safe. we're going to hear a lot about drones, because jay johnson has written about drones, how to degrade al-qaeda. he has said a lot about doing that sort of operation. his signature piece of legislation undoubtedly came when he was at the pentagon and there he helped craft a joint report about don't ask, don'

mr. jay charles johnson. >> good afternoon. everybody please have a seat. as president, my most solemn responsibility is the safety and security of the american people. and we've got an outstanding team here of folks who work every single day to make sure that we're doing everything we can to fulfill the responsibility. that means the entire government, the law enforcement, and homeland security professionals. the troops, the diplomats, the intelligence personnel are all working together. that means working with state and local partners to disrupt terrorist attackings. secure our borders, make our immigration system more effective and fair. addressing any one of these challenges is a tall order. addressing all of them at once is a monumental task. but that's what the dedicated men and women of the department of homeland security do every day. and today i'm proud to announce my choice to lead them. an outstanding public servant whom i've known and trusted for years, mr. jay jon. now we are, of course, enormously grateful to secretary janet napolitano. she co

jay johnson was a critical member of mr. obama's counter terrorism team. he also served nearly scenario years in senior roles at the defense department. the president's offer was unexpected, johnson said it is one he cannot refuse. >> i was not looking for this opportunity. i had left government at the end of last year and was settled back into private life and private law practice. when i received the call, i could not refuse it. >> to discuss johnson's nomination, we turn to tara moehler. she previously worked as an intelligence agent at the cia. thank you for being in >> thank you. >> what kind of faight do you think he will face? >> i don't think he will face that big of a fight. he is no that high profile and not that pollarizing and i mean that by looking apt other people but there has been some criticism. he is a big campaign donor. lots of presidential have. including tom ridge. >> that raises a question of whether he is qualified >> republicans have been criticizing campaign doanor aspect of the story and there are some questioning credentials. hom

jay johnson a long time lawyer specializing in counter terrorism and military operations the president will be 234,07nominating mr. johnson toe next president of homeland security. >> tony: let's find out how the markets reacted on the news on the deal today. let's go to the floor of the new york stock exchange. how did the markets rerespond to this deal? >> at the end of the day the dow jones was down two points and that is a fraction of the percent and the nasdaq and s & p were up. the story of the day here is it's time to call a formal end between the link at the stock market and the government crisis that we all just lived through. here everyone now has moved on. i was telling you yesterday. they nefe never believed the det ceiling would be raised and it was raised. and really the dow has been down for most of the day. it was down 80 points earlier on. they kind of waffle waffled aro. they thought is the they would . the key take away of this tonighty itonyis the markets ar. we are geltdin goatding gettingc data. and as for what happened in congress yesterday. that was yesterday. >> tony: what did the markets

jay johnson said there had to be an end to the war on terror. he led the pentagon effort to repeal don't ask/don't tell. no easy lift. mr. ped down as the pentagon's general counsel less than a year ago. today we learned that president obama is nominating him as the next secretary for the department of homeland security. the daily beast first reported to day. if approved by the senate, jay johnson will be the fourth confirmed secretary of this young but huge agency. the president set to officially announce the nomination of jay johnson for homeland security tomorrow. set to nominate tomorrow. "first look" is up next. >>> good friday morning, everybody. manhunt, two convicted hurricane dollierers used fake documents to fool the department and escape. edward snowden says he didn't bring linked files to russia. >>> a school bus hijacking. >>> vandals filmed their own destruction that could prove criminal. >>> and, big bucks at the movies. good morning. happy friday to you. it sounds like a plot from a hollywood thriller. two convicted murderers, serving life

jay johnson said there had to be an end to the war on terror. he led the pentagon effort to repeal don't ask/don't tell. no easy lift. mr. ped down as the pentagon's general counsel less than a year ago. today we learned that president ob

jay johnson said there had to be an end to the war on terror. he led the pentagon effort to repeal don't ask/don't tell. no easy lift. mr. epped down as the pentagon's general counsel less than a year ago. today we learned that president obama is nominating him as the next secretary for the department of homeland security. the daily beast first reported to day. if approved by the senate, jay johnson will be the fourth confirmed secretary of this young but huge agency. the president set to officially announce the nomination of jay johnson for homeland security tomorrow. now for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." thank you for joining us. have a great night never happen again. and mitch mcconnell agrees with him. >> the 16-day government shutdown. >> federal workers going back to their jobs. >> finally came to an end. >> let's be clear. there are no winners here. >> back from the brink. at what cost? >> $24 billion. >> $24 billion hit to the economy. >> how business is done in this town has to change. >> will washington learn from the crisis to face the next battle? >> a wake-up call. >> this fight. this debate will c

jay johnson said there had to be an end to the war on terror. he led the pentagon effort to repeal don't ask/don't tell. no easy lift. mr. epped down as the pentagon's general counsel less than a year ago. today we learned that president obama is nominating him as the next secretary for the department of homeland security. the daily beast first reported to day. if approved by the senate, jay johnson will be the fourth confirmed secretary of this young but huge agency. the president set to officially announce the nomination of jay johnson for homeland security tomorrow. now for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." thank you for joining us.

jay johnson. the 56-year-old served as general counsel for the defense department during mr. obama's first term. he helped end the military's ban on gays and created its policies on controversial drone strikes overseas. if confirmed by the senate, johnson will take over for janet napolitano who left to run the uc system here in california. >>> former house speaker tom foley has died. the democrat from washington state served from speaker, as speaker, from 1989 to 199 4. he died at his washington, d.c., home after complications from a stroke. foley was 8 4 years old. >>> a major snub. today saudi arabia stunned the united nations when it rejected a highly coveted seat on the security council. the monarchy is reportedly angry by the u.n. security council's failure to deal with problems in the middle east. including the syrian war and the palestinian/israeli conflict. u.n. secretary general bon ki-moon said he's not received formal notice saudi arabia will turn down that seat. >>> the teenage girl who survived an assassination attempt by the taliban met the queen of england today. malala presented

jay johnson. the top lawyer for the defense department in president obama's first term. president obama has nominated mrn and now, he must be approved by the senate and in the senate, guess what the objections are? john cornyn of texas and jefferson sessions iii of alabama, they've decided to raise the alarm of jay johnson as a nominee for homeland security because jay johnson donated money to democratic candidates in the past, including to president obama. senator sessions said about those donation, quote, this is deeply concerning. senator concernyn included as ag his grave concerns about this nomination. i mentioned before that there have been only been three total leader of this agency the whole time it has existed. two of those three were nominated by president bush and then confirmed by the senate. one of them, former pennsylvania govern governor, tom ridge. second onef gave thousand in donations to republicans including to george w. bush who nominated him for homeland security secretary. when each was nominated to run the homeland security agency, senators were in the senate, they raised no objec

jay johnson to head up the homeland security department. that announcement now scheduled for 2:00 p.m. eastern. we'll have it live for you on c-span. here is look at some comments mr. johnson made recently about the nsa's data collection programs. >> i think, i disagree with anthony to say the program is illegal. in his opinion the program is illegal. in the opinion of all three branches of government the program is not illegal. and, you know, the people's representatives in congress, the court, the fisa court and executive branch all belief this program is legal. and it is important to i think, to put in perspective two things. first, as was alluded to in a question to the prior panel, there is no expectation of privacy in metadata by itself. the fact that 212 of 373-3093 make as phone call to some number in the 202 area code is known to the telephone company and lots of other people, there is no expectation the fact of that call and duration of that call itself. clearly there is expectation of privacy in content for which you need a warrant. second, the reality is the nsa surveillance program is probably the most regulated national security program we have. the