even more. >> the pentagon has far too many employees. there should be a presumption that much of this could be done in the private sector. >> a pentagon spokesman says senior managers determined the study had limited value because improve efficiency and it lacked actionable recommendations appropriate to the department. the white house puts the blame on congress, saying too many lawmakers are blocking spending reforms recommended by the pentagon. patrick: the pentagon says defense secretary ash carter has been pushing for a new round of base closures and adjustments to ? patrick: hail to the chief plays as president obama takes the stage in tampa. the president spoke at macdill air force base to talk about his administration's counterterrorism strategy, and to thank members of the military for the role they played in that fight. before his final speech at the base as president began he made , reference to the presidential song. >> i was just told that was going to be the last 'hail to the chief' on the road, and it got me kind of sennt l

how is the pentagon dealing with this disclosure? >> well, i think the pentagon is very uncomfortable. they don't dispute the numbers. they don't dispute that there are a million people working in their back office jobs. they don't dispute that the study found they could save that much money. they do say it would take more time, that maybe it wasn't practical to do this so quickly. but what they're feeling today is some pressure from congress, members of congress, members of the armed services committee. they're saying at a minimum the pentagon owes it to the american public to release this data showing how all this money could be saved. and i think the pentagon's concerned they want to see how president-elect trump reacts. here's a guy who campaigned on a platform for major military buildup, and he said he would pay for it by cutting waste and abuse in the military budget. he wasn't very specific about how he would do that, but, you know, here's a blueprint for how they could save a substantial amount of money. >> woodruff: well, sp

the equivalent of 40 pentagons.f a million back office d.o.d. -- the defense department pushed back on the findings, "while well intended the repoins specific actionable recommendations appropriate to the department." the house arms service committee chairman reacted. >> we did bury it. as a matter of fact, in last year's bill passed by the house, we made specific reference to this report because we're on two tracks. one is reform so we get more value from the taxpayer dollar, and the other track is we've got to rebuild the military. >> reporter: his senate counterpart joined him in a statement saying "we have known for many years that the department's business practices are archaic and wasteful and its inability to pass a clean audit is a longstanding travesty. the reason these problems persist is simple. aç failure of leadership and a lack of accountability." the last two defense authorization acts mandated a 25% reduction to pentagon administrative support, 25% reduction to bloated headquarter staff and a 12% re

about half of the contracts with the pentagon are single bidders and a lot of companies don't want toet involved because there is a lot of favoritism. specs x, for example, when they wanted to get into the launch business had to sue the pentagon just to get on the list. and that's helping to save money already. >> all right. tom, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> tom shats with citizens against government waste. >>> president-elect will have a number of meetings today at trump tower, one with the ceo of japan's soft bank who pledged to make a big investment in the u.s. >> ladies and gentlemen, this is massa of soft bank from japan. and he's just agreed to invest $50 billion in the united states, and 50,000 jobs. and he's one of the great men of industry, so i just want to thank you. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> and you -- if you would like to speak to them, you can. but one of the truly great men. >> thank you. thank you. >> well, no details beyond those were given. and it is not clear if soft bank's announcement is new. soft bank's ceo did suggest that his company would

that's not the pentagon's fault. that's crooks in d.c. in our congress that are trying to get re-elected that are doing things to create jobs for no reason. >> thank you, john. thanks to everybody. cashin in just over an hour from now. eric, what do you guys have coming up? >> hi, dagen, our next president taking on more companies. this time boeing over the cost of the new air force one. the media saying it's scaring corporate america, but is that exactly what we need in america? plus, democrat lawmakers demanding trump pay for his own security at his new york residence. so why didn't they complain about the security at the vice president joe biden's private home? cashin in, see you at 11:30. >>> thanks, eric. we'll be watching. first, new spending bill offering $300 million to aid refugees, but on one condition, they can't come to the u.s. is that fair? a fair and balanced debate next. >>> protect our country from terrorism, we will suspend immigration from regions where it cannot be safely processed or vetted. >>> our next president sti

what we aim to do the national defense community including leaders of the pentagon, military, civilians, leaders in congress, industry, and thought leaders. >> i notice you have a panel in some instances -- some emphasis on the international community. was that intentional in terms of getting a stay from the global community in terms of where we stand? >> we were focusing on two things. first, there was a lot of discussion during the campaign season about allies. get a, we have tried to perspective of national defense from a different view, one that is not typical. we did a view of national defense from wall street a couple of years ago. this year, we wanted to have friends of allies, and we had three ministers of defense here. the last fewer years, what are the topics that are essential to cover and how you kind of keep it fresh as the year goes by we always end up talking about some form of acquisition policy, and a lot of the reform agenda we see going through the defense authorization bill or what this current pentagon with secretary carter focused on. then we look at the issues of

the pentagon projects the cost could exceed $3 billion. and the jets would likely be for trump's succr, the president-elect now routinely tweeting about deals with specific companies. there was carrier, trump announcing the company would stay in indianapolis, quote, great deal for workers. we later found out that while carrier agreed to preserve 1,100 jobs, it is still moving 600 jobs to mexico. late today, trump tweeting again, claiming credit for another deal, this time with a japanese bank that owns sprint. japanese ceo. >> and he's just agreed to invest $50 billion in the united states and 50,000 jobs. >> reporter: but so far, no details about that deal. or exactly how and when all those jobs would come to the u.s. >> still waiting for the details on that. tom llamas joins us from a trump rally in north carolina. last night right here, we reported on that suspect with an ar-15, showing up at a family pizz d.c., after reading that fake news story online involving hillary clinton. that fake story had been retweeted by a young man working

we have been planning and spending money in ways that don't make sense at all in the pentagon. i think everybody in the room would agree with that. some of the things we can do differently is buy more of a particular item at once. this sort of buying a couple of items, procuring a couple of them and then buying a couple of more when we need them and letting production lines go cold, having to restart them and finding the people to build them and the expertise to build them, that is incredibly expensive. it is a -- it's incredibly shortsighted. it's not thinking through in the long run how the country can spend money more efficiently. if this is how families ran their own personal budgets, we would, you know, see a lot of bankrupt people. so we need to start thinking about how do we spend, how do we plan, how do we prioritize. we talked about the f-35 a little bit. but i also heard, as we put together the new budget, as the air force was considering major big-ticket items, i heard that -- and these were just people thinking out loud, but maybe we should kick the new icbm down th

the trump administration has pledged to increase pentagon spending. president obama gave his final speech about national security in tampa, florida the president felt the gravity of it. "..."i was just told that was going to be the last hail to the chief' on the road, and it got me kind of sentimental."..." president obama promised that the u-s is "breaking the back" of isis. he used the speech to target some policies of president elect trump. president obama -- saying he believes the u-s should maintain a ban on torture- which trump has said he will change. the president also touted his record - saying diplomatic solutions like the iran nuclear deal - a 7 on your side is fighting back against crime- to protect your holiday presents. each year- thousands fall victim to thieves who swipe packages off porches. this theft was caught on tape in hagerstown - and when the homeowner posted the surveillance video on facebook - he heard from the guy who did it!! a man posted an apology for what happened and called it a mistake. police didn't go for that -- and

which is what you have in the pentagon. is to to is and extent, maybe he's not the right guy for that. if you are going have him run the defense department, i think he's going to get the waiver, there's so much support for it in the senate as he's probably going to get it and he will wind up getting confirmed. if that's the case, he has to have an extremely strong deputy secretary of defense, a businessman, somebody who can run the anonymous behemoth inertia organization like the pentagon so that he can do what he wants to do, visit troops, try to form late overall policy and deal with the president, a president who doesn't have any experience -- >> has no military experience, got deferments and a controversial military background or lack thereof. with that said, this exemption that would need to be put in place, we have talked about for so long how few americans are represented in our military, but are willing to support war and how few of our leaders have ever served or have children who served. might this provide somethi

normally you have to be out of uniform seven years before you are eligible to lead the pentagon. the idea of having basically a version of our separate -- we have church and state, separation of powers. this is another version. civilian military. then mattis could have a waiver problem. let's see what happens at state. if he goes general, general, general, you will say, wait a minute. >> it's not something adam schiff said would be a problem if there were too many problems if it is not just the confirming senate enwh it comes to the waiver. he'll most likely be a popular choice barring other contingencies. >> yes. >> i want to talk about carrier air conditioning. we have the lowest unemployment rate. 178,000 new jobs. blessing because they have seen it over 200,000. you have to have a certain number to even meet the normal turnover. 7 million dollars. incentives that the "wall street journal" says should not be done. >> there's been the conservative movement of the last 15 years has truly been much more of a small government, let the private sector work its will, particularly on

they want him cleared to take over the pentagon when president-elect trump is inaugurated. the federal government runs out of money friday. the house votes on the spending bill thursday. >>> the boeing company responding to donald trump's tweet slamming the price for a new jet said that comes outside of left field. trump's tweet that costs are out of control $4 billion and he did demanded that he cancel the order. boeing saying they have no idea where that $4 billion figure came from. they say the pentagon hasn't decided what bells and whistles it wants, nor has there been a decision on whether to buy two or to buy three. the aircraft maker says it can lower costs, but only if the pentagon eases the specifications that it requires. >>> donald trump used to hold shares in boeing, but he sold that position, along with the rest of his stock portfolio. trump transition spokesman jason miller telling reporters yesterday that trump dumped all of his stockholdings in june. a financial disclosure submitted in may showed holtings at about 100 other companies including once again, bo

if confirmed the challenges mattis faces managing the bureaucracy at the pentagon. jennifer griffin has that tonight. >> reporter: when asked what he thought of general james mattis, donald trump's pick to help the pentagon, former defense secretary robert gates gave a thumbs up as he boarded the elevator in trump tower to see the president-elect. >> we are going to appoint mad dog mattis as our secretary of defense. >> reporter: the top u.s. commander in afghanistan, an army four star, welcomed the choice. >> he is a soldier's soldier, a marine's marine. >> reporter: joe plenzler served under mattis and knows the pentagon bureaucracy he will face. >> his biggest challenge is inertia. people get set in their ways. most people don't like change. i served with him, when he goes t to a unit, he brings change. >> reporter: most agree mattis will need a good chief operating officer as i hhis deputy. >> the best choice would be a technocrat, someone who is good with the intricacies of the defense budget. >> reporter: donald rumsfeld was a former navy pilot but ran two for

the study's author tells us the pentagon turned its back on the finding. >> it's 100% approved, and the secretary stopped the process. >> reporter: the washington post reports the defense department could fuel calls to cut the defense budget. the pentagon is pushing back hard, telling abc news the suggestion it tried to bury the report is false. defense officials say that savings goal is unrealistic, but that they have already saved billions. while some on capitol hill were briefed, lawmakers we spoke with today want answers. >> i was very disappointed, and, frankly, angry that i had not seen this report. >> reporter: now there are calls here on capitol hill for an bottom of this. mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. >>> okay. so now to a political question for you, how soon is too soon to look forward to the next presidential race? >> oh, already? >> yeah. well, one guy who is playing coy with the whole subject right now is the current vice president, joe biden. >> oh. he was on colbert show last night not ruling out a presidential bid in 2020. >> i can't see the circumstance learned a

please welcome barbara starr, cnn pentagon correspondent. [applause] >> i guess they are not going to introduce us. [laughter] >> the vice president of the united states. [applause] >> are we taking a picture? >> you all know the other two guys. [laughter] >> alright. here we go. >> we are taking a group picture, against my will. let me set the stage for this session. i have standing room only and i guarantee that nobody is here to hear what i have to think. we'll have a very, interesting session. unlike most of the things i do, this is special to me because i do as a longtime pentagon correspondent i know both of , these men. secretary cheney has given me permission to call him secretary cheney. he promised me he did not mind. that is how i know him. the vice president was the first defense secretary i ever covered. secretary panetta was the first one i ever had to sit and take out when he moved to italian in his soundbite when he was upset about something. [laughter] barbara: i really cannot put that on tv. never really sure what he was sa

that's what a new internal study of the pentagon said it wasted in business operations. that study originally done almost two years ago was hidden by the pentagon fearing congress would use it as way to pentagon leaders requested study and nround was more wasteful spending than expectd transgender walmart employees can get insurance company. they are adding coverage for transgender this year joining more than 500 companys in protect employee rights and improving gender equality. >> ikea giving new parents more time off. starting january 1 employees will be eligible to take three months of paid parent at leave if they worked a full year with the company. if they at ikea under their belt it officers new parents four months of paid leave. home is our arena and the company thinks people working for them should get a chance to experience their home especially when welcomeing a new family member. >> good for them. and finally the heisman trophy finalists have ban announced. five finalists louie quarterback. clemson quarterback and oklahoma quarterback baker mayfield and oklaho

waste at the pentagon. the second thing is that donald trump's tweet came 22 minutes after the chicago tribune published a story in which boeing executives were expressing concern about donald trump's trade policies. so this raises the possibility that donald trump saw that story or aides to him saw that story, and expressed a view about boeing after that. now, don't know if there is a connection between those two events, but if there are, you can bet that a lot of corporations are going to be concerned, guys, about what they say publicly and how the president-elect may respond in ways this affect their stock valuations and other business interests as a result of things that they say or policy concerns they express. >> all right, john. john harwood from outside of trump tower. we're getting fresh comments, meanwhile, from the white house on boeing. to phil lebeau. >> these are from the current white house, just a few minutes ago, representative from the white house says some of the statistics that have been

tried to bury a study it identified $125 billion of wasteful spending at pentagon. studier issued last year, for stayed billion by stream lining bureaucracy, slashing use of contractors according to washington post respecting from pentagon leaders were so concerned that proposal would encourage congress or light white house to cuts had budget they killed the study, they hid the results of the study that only now are surfacing. >> on wall street, stocks edging slightly higher, dow gaining 36, but closing at 20th record this year, s&p up 8, nasdaq up 24, volume 3.6 billion shares. listen to my report 3 times a day coast-to-coast on the salem radio network, up next president-elect trump keeping his campaign promises, pushing to keep jobs within our boarders. >> we'll crackdown on all foreign trade abuses that undermine your ability and your company's ability to compete, those days are over. >> trump's former national spokesperson katrina pearson will join me next. we'll have more as well as the president-elect, when we return, stay with us. >> there's supposed to be th

brown called the pentagon shortly after 10:00 p.m. night just to ask ana a question but she left. reg thought that her actions leaving the pentagon early was suspicious. first thing i did was take a look at her own record, everybody has a personal file and a security file, i reviewed our files on ana montes and what i found was a model em employee. she's been working at dia and she never -- she rose to the rank modestly. she was the kind of employers that supervisor holdup for others to emulate. the assumption that ana to be a spy did not make sense. i decided to interview her, she gave me great answers and when i started asking her about going home, did anybody see you. >> her demeanor changed. one minute, we are joking and laughing the same time and one moment she was scared to death that i knew something she did. i had no idea what it was. i walked away with the situation with a gut feeling that she was hiding something from me that was important to her and that gut feeling played a major role for you four years later. in september

>> wolf, this happened last sunday but the pentagon announcing it a short time ago.ee isis operatives killed as they road in a car in raqqah, syria. all three are said to be faci facilitators for foreign attacks, external attacks outside of syria against western targets. two of them said to be involved in those deadly november, 2015, attacks in paris that really shook the world. they were all struck by a u.s. drone as they rode together in a car. we are told no one else was there, just the three men this tells us a good deal about u.s. intelligence facilities because u.s. drones are now able to track targets. they have been following these men, they have waited until they're not near civilians then the drone took its shot. this says a lot about u.s. intelligence in an area that isis still says is its capital. wolf? >> and the u.s. believes these three were actively planning attacks against western targets. do we know more about that? >> absolutely. we are told by pentagon officials that all three were believed to have been very deeply involved in facilitating attacks

leaving the city on 395 very heavy past the pentagon. the slowest area is the beltway. bumper to bumper heading north. really inching along. we are seeing that as well. southbound on the capital beltway here as you approach tysons. lucky we just have one crash on the interstates now. but doug, this is very, very hard for us. doug: yeah, it's tough. the good news is it's just rain for us as bad as it is. i want to start off with a time lapse from the weather bug camera. this is at sky valley lodge in swanton, where it's 33 degrees. the rain and then all of a sudden watch the power lines, watch the trees. ice, freezing rain. and it continues to pile up there. now the precipitation will end there in the next few hours but look. it has an effect. we have a number of ice-related advisories in the areas farther west. none of the metro area. we are talking possibility of freezing rain in the highest elevations here along the blue ridge. el -- especially in the highest elevations 2,000 to ice is accumulating. that will be a rough problem for a while. all the issuers -- all the

hack the pentagon was a big success. federal times editor aaron boyd spoke with lisa of the defense digital service to see what we might expect next. was a proof of concept and we want to make sure it was a valuable experience for security researchers and dod. for it to shift its culture on how it felt about private citizens coming against dod websites, we want to make sure it was something that was a big splash so we could have continued interest. because it was so successful, we felt we would evolve the lessons learned and lean forward in the kinds of people that would be able to participate, and the assets within the scope of these challenges. then, potentially, for the future, the kinds of activities you might be able to do while legally participating in one of these challenges. we stood up two vehicles so we working in tandem for us. the first, you can think of it as hack the pentagon 2.0. it will be a lot of open websites. most of them will still probably be somewhat invite only. meaning people will very likely hav

he is the right choice to run the pentagon? little rock, arkansas general wesley clark. normer supreme allied commander of nato. and from miami, ambassador nancy sotoberg. advisor for president clinton. so, ambassador sotoberg is mattis the right person to be secretary of defense? >> the president-elect has the right to choose anyone he wants. there is no better general's general than mattis who has served our country with enormous distinction. but i think the question is you have to look at this as a whole team. he has got basically filling -- like a football team full of linebackers but you have got a general that is now in the national security council and at the pentagon and none of them have the deep policy experience that donald trump is going to need. so we strategic thinker guy world affairs just as importantly to think about the kind of military we need to face the threats of the 21st century? >> i think jim mattis is outstanding choice. i will tell you why. first i do think he is a strategic thinker. he does see the b

and when i say troops, i'm talking about all those in the pentagon and outside the pentagon around the when he has chosen for secretary of defense, but there are other things that are involved with being the sec-def as it's called. there will be some challenges for sure that he'll face. >> one of the things i know from being with the marines in those two theaters, what they love about him, plain spoken. he came up with the phrase no, better friend and no worse enemy, but he also has that line about be polite, be professional and then have a plan to kill everybody in the room. he sort of talks about due alty of war there that you must have a discipline but there is also a time that you have to act on aggression. it seems that many people might be worried he is too hawkish. what would you say to that? >> i would say that's not the case. he is a student of military operations and campaigns to be sure. martin, the thing i keep pointing out is that there's an old saying that says those who have seen war are the ones who are most prone to avoid it. and i think general mattis will give that v

how much are he and trump going to be able to shake up and reshape the pentagon?ou know, the rhetoric about general mattis has come around and centered a little bit where people are looking more closely at his record. just yesterday at defense one we ran a piece by derek shalay, the top guy at pentagon for -- the right-hand man to the secretary of defense. he gave his experience of here's what the pentagon people think of general mattis. in short they thought, this is kind of an obama guy in the sense that, you know, this is a general who worked with the presidential administration he was tasked to work with. he knows the value of diplomacy. he's an expert in the middle east. centcom commander, a warrior diplomat that knows the region. don't expect to see huge swings of policy from this guy. it depends on what trump you believe. what do you think is coming. if you think it's the trump who campaigns saying, we need to go after isis immediately, we need to ratchet up the war, i want a 30-day plan. i don't know that general mattis is going to be giving some sort of m

scott. >> pelley: david martin at the pentagon tonight. david, thank you.oment ago woe heard from president obama on syria. in the ruined city of aleppo, these green buses came to evacuate civilians bombarded by syrian and russian planes. but the evacuation operation has been interrupted by fighting, and elizabeth palmer picks up our story. >> reporter: around the clock, buses rolled from east aleppo into rebel-held areas of the countryside nearby, and the exodus continued this morning air, stream of ambulances carrying the injured. it's estimated that 8,000 to 9,000 civilians and rebel fighters have left so far, crammed into any vehicle that moved. with no choice but to start again in unknown territory. some found comfort, even joy, as they were reunited with friends they weren't even sure were alive. but for most, the evacuation has been both shock and heartbreak. mohammed was a teacher at aleppo university. >> i cried. i left my country. i left my homeland. i was kicked out of my country. i was kicked out of my homeland. >> reporter: then, suddenly, late

>> pelley: david martin breaking this story at the pentagon tonight. david, thank you. u.s. intelligence believes the cyber attack on the e-mail of the democratic national committee was ordered by the russian president himself, vladimir putin. here's homeland security correspondent jeff pegues. >> reporter: the evidence linking the hack to vladimir putin comes from what intelligence officials say are a variety of sources, hundreds of people from the kremlin, the russian military, and the have been involved in the elaborate network of cyber espionage. it included two separate hacking units nicknamed "fancy bear" and "cozy bear." investigators believe that putin initially wanted to damage hillary clinton and to inject chaos and doubt into the election process. u.s. officials stay it was an added bonus that donald trump, seen as more friendly to russian interests, became the republican nominee. the hack that ultimately breeched computers at the democratic national committee began in the summer of 2015. >> these aren't super sphis kateed attacks. lawsuit. >> reporter: clint watt

they report the pentagon may have been caught trying to hide spending. according to post, an internal study was conducted to help the pentagon run more efficiently. they will identify ways to save $125 over five years without layoffs or cutbacks to military personnel. according to post the pentagon leaders worried they would lead congress to cut their funding. they are now adoopth smaller scale plan for 2020. >>> breaking news this morning, commuters in los angeles are waking up to anre security at subway stations akro cross the city. the fbi investigates the credibility of a serious threat t.lapd says monday's threat specifically targets the universal city station's red line. the fbi is working with local and international partners who they say provided the initial information. >> during the holiday, we tend we felt it was important we provide this information to the public. >> that potential threat was made anonymously by phone on an overseas tip line. police are calling on residents to stay calm but vigilant t. city's mayor eric garcetti has taken to

that's what the pentagon does. the pentagon's job bluntly is to do those things necessary to win wars. that's the spirit he gives and bryns with him. he's not the kind of guy that would enter into war willy-nilly. that's the other thing, too. anybody who has seen war understands the horror of it, so at the same time, while i think he would fight to win an bring that to the table, he's not going to be one of those pushing for constant military action because he understands the severity of those actions. he's military force, but when he does use it, he will use it in such a way to be effective and win. so i think it's a necessary personality change for the pentagon. ash carter has been more concerned about social, making the pentagon a social petri dish. >> good to see you. we have to break way because we have breaking news. appreciate it. we are awaiting an update from local officials in oakland, california. that's the breaking news that we have add the top of the hour with death toll now climbing and it could get e

some is funding in the pentagon. and the pentagon. and if you show any weakness, your program isn't going to go forward, so you have to be a supporter of the programs going through. we have to learn where to take risks and how to take risks and i would say it's before that milestone decision that's where we need to make investments and try things out and be willing to put money. you are right if we take the time to do that, that's going to delay the capability of the war fighter and we find it to be unacceptable but when we have improved the program and it runs in we find that acceptable. i think we can get it right, and i empathize with the secretary, he ihe's in a very difficult position and i think that he's one of the fastest that i've had the pleasure to work with. but he's charged with executing the programs and defending the programs and that is a tough decision to put somebody in. but the process demands it. >> i would like to say one thing on the topic based on my experience over 26 years. we have to quit denying the facts. t

i think there are people in the pentagon who are very interested in this swarming idea. i certainly am. i have had a number of folks that have provided me with some material to read and help think about this, whether we are talking satellites or whether we are talking other sorts of capability. but you get to the heart of an issue, you can think about and say, okay, that makes sense but still you have cultural bias in a certain direction within the institution. i think part of our job in congress is to break through some of this cultural bias that prevents us from looking at these different options. i don't mean mini, small is always the answer to everything. but we have to look in that direction, just cost benefit ratio for a host of reasons. so i think that concept as well as others is maturing. it is involved in some of the third offset stuff. again, part of our job is to nurture that, even when the institutional interests are to squish it. >> that's a great answer. if i can just add one thing on that. i think you are so correct. it is a balance that you need. we were

i think there are people in the pentagon who are very interested in this swarming idea.nd i certainly am. i have had a number of folks that have provided me with some material to read and help think about this, whether we are talking satellites or whether we are talking other sorts of capability. but you get to the heart of an issue, you can think about and say, ok, that makes sense, but still you have cultural bias in a certain direction within the institution. and i think part of our job in congress is to break through some of this cultural bias that prevents us from looking at these different options. i don't mean many small is always the answer to everything. but we have to look in that direction, just the cost benefit ratio for a host of reasons. so i think that concept as well as others is maturing. it is involved in some of the third offset stuff. and again, part of our job is to nurture that even when the institutional interests are to squish it. jim talent: that's a great answer. if i can just add one thing on that, i think you are so correct. it is a balance th

the pentagon tried to hide a report of $125 billion. who knows how much it costs to build them, but donald trump is letting corporate america know there are two things i'm drawing a line on. you shipping jobs away and taking advantage of the corporate taxpayer. it looks like that will stop. >> we know that with marine one when president obama took office, he wanted to knock that back as well. what do you think about this? >> i was on the board at the company when that helicopter was canceled. it went from $6 billion to $13 billion for aircraft. i think what is driving it is requirements that are far too excessive. and that is where they have to get a handle on it. for instance on marine one. they were designing two seats. one for president bush, one for mrs. bush, that would virtually ensure in a crash they would not be killed. so they put on missiles, they have command and control for nuclear operations in case that was true on the helicopter and clearly on air force one. but they are far too excessive. >> when you look at some of the

traffic is parked by pentagon leading to that lex. give yourself 20 extra minute to get from beltway to bridge. moving over now outer loop topside of beltway crash cleared right shoulder connecticut avenue and delays extending back to georgia so georgia to connecticut you're in for about a 25 minute slow down and big problems there as well. we'll keep up updated metro on time now except for safe track surge 11 last day orange and sl ver will track westing to east falls church back to you steve and allison. >> coming up next why james taylor is canceling a stop at deadly overseas tour. >> and explosion in mexico killed dozens of bell app the scene was visible for miles. looks like something out ever a war zone. reaction from witnesses coming up next. >> developing news it in berlin germany german media reports now police are looking for tonesian man after finding identity document inside the truck. the original suspect did christmas markets across berlin will. >> buckingham palace cautious closing roads for iping cha vring of guard mil