this is a check of the top headlines -- president obama will nominate former pentagon official aston carter is the next defense secretary. he would replace chuck hagel if confirmed. connecticut senator richard blumenthal talks about the selection. >> a very solid choice. he is the and ultimate professional. he knows the department of defense inside and out and is a former assistant secretary for acquisitions and weapons development. professional who drills down on questions. i think he is a solid choice. confirmed, carter will be president's fourth defense secretary in six years. money tories to raise $40 billion, citigroup is becoming the latest major company to allow workers to take uber writes on business trips. the nation of vietnam is considering legalizing uber. sprint is raising the stakes in the wireless price-cutting wars starting this week. they are promising to cut the monthly bills of verizon and at&t customers and a half. tois offering gift cards cover early termination fees, the latest move by their ceo hoping to boost the fortunes of the struggling carrier. google started sig

it is former pentagon official, aston kutcher. no, ashton carter.ce, ashton carter is from our area, went to abington high school. >> difficult not know that. >> you see, you have learned already. went to abington high school. studied at oxford. he was a physics major. but a lot of people around here very proud of this guy. >> yes. >> he is certainly brilliant. road scholar. you say what does that have to do were being the secretary of defense? he was the chief executive of the secretary of defense under leon paneta a, highly respected in capitol hill where they cannot agree where today is friday. generally thought his many in nation will sail through. having said that as we have seen with hagel's firing, the the current secretary of defense, pretty hard to be the second of defense under this president who has real doubts about u.s. military action and role of the u.s. military. >> would you consider him a dove or a hawk. >> i would consider him up to this point a bureaucratic. i don't mean that in a negative way but somebody who makes trains run on