perry: and i totally understand that.my point is when we look at this entire issue globally, we need to make sure we are not making decisions here that is affecting the ability to supply so that the demandp addressed and a thoughtful and fair way that does not drive up the cost to where and -- we areing bases trying to bring america back in a strong and powerful way -- would be affected in a negative way. mr. perry: and low natural gas price is -- senator king: low natural gas price is an advantage i would hate to lose. >> thank you, senator king. >> thank you, governor. i enjoyed our meeting. apparently it was not as stimulating as the one here as your one on the couch with my colleague for minnesota. but we talked about a number of subjects. one was importance of having uranium enrichment capability. in ohio, we at a plant that produced uranium until about 2000. and we shut down. it is now being cleaned up. inn president obama ran 2008, he promised to accelerate that cleanup. the opposite happened. it has gone from 8202

rick perry, why is he the right man for the job? >> he ran one of the most successful states in the union, the fastest job growing over 14 years. that state, as we all know, is one of the big energy pieces, footprint of the united states and i think what he has is a commercial attitude about energy. we will focus on the united states government if we're going to solve our entitlement programs and get that from the energy portion of the natural resources. he understands that. he's an entrepreneurial governor and cabinet secretary and he's got the admiration and respect of all of us, especially the president-elect. >> now, are we overstating or being too dramatic. when rick perry was first nominated and accepted, he didn't actually know what the job entailed and people are aghast. are we taking too much of it in. >> rick perry will be someone who doesn't have nuclear experience in the energy department. it's a misnomer. and what was interesting, that said, it's basically a misnomer because it's controlling our nuclear arsenal and some

perry. congratulations. [applause] william perry: thank you. i would like to say how pleased i am to see so many longtime friends here today. dickspecially proud of lubar, sam nunn, vartan gregorian and tom blanton who are all great, great americans. i also want to acknowledge the extraordinary actions we have seen in the nunn-lugar program. i see two of them here today. i see gloria duffy and susan cook. there may be others here, but i believe those two, and the leader of the team, ash carter, is off on a victory to her's -- victory tour of the world as secretary of defense. brief commentsry troublesome, a very problem which is the deterioration of relations between the united states and russia today. when the cold war ended, and we had a brief, shining moment, a brief shining moment where it was possible to conceive the united states and russia became -- could become not only friends but possibly even allies. believedof us actually that was going to be possible and worked to try to make it happen. we started in that direction. i remember the

thank you. >> thank you, governor perry. i appreciate that you addressed -- i know at least two matters of concern, based on statements that you had made previously, and i'm sure there will be further questions directed to that, but i do think it's also very important to recognize the work that has gone forward within the state of texas, as you have worked to not only embrace a growing p populati population, provide for jobs and economic opportunity but at the same time, working to address the issue of emissions and how you can bring on additional energy sources, both the traditional and our renewable. i think it's good story and a story worth repeating. i want to focus my first round of questions on some alaska specific issues. i appreciate your attention to them. senator cantwell mentioned that i am oft heard stating that america is an arctic nation and we are an arctic nation because of where alaska sits and we are proud that we are an arctic nation. we have been -- we've been struggling a little bit because there are som

i'm like, my name's perry mckinney. and it's funny because they took pictures of my tattoo and it says herbie on it right there and i signed the paper and started signing it "herbie" and messed up and put "perry." >> it's funny because he went to court like three weeks later for it. >> my brother was like, honestly judge, i don't remember any of this. he said, i can't believe i'm even here. >> not long after, perry found himself in trouble with police and decided it was time for payback. >> i was pretty intoxicated and i used my brother's name and social security number, which worked, as well. so i got him back. i got pulled over on our birthday. so i got him good. happy birthday. >> while the brothers can laugh over their exploits with drugs and alcohol, they're also aware of the costs. between them, they have had dozens of arrests and jail stays and each has done time in prison. and perry, who is currently charged with felonious assault to which he has pled not guilty, has lost more than time. >> with my drinking and

perry. i will start by saying william perry's extraordinary career began in 1947 when he joined the army corps of engineers at the age of 18 to then he moved on to the army occupation in japan. his efforts in the reserve officer training corps earned him the rank of second lieutenant. after his time in the army, the secretary perry became one of the original silicon valley pioneers, further broadening his knowledge of technology. mathematician, his original specialization in digital and reconnaissance systems caught the attention of u.s. government officials who sought his counsel most important leader and during the cuban missile crisis. in subsequent years, he applied his expertise to business and entrepreneurial initiatives. by 1977 as the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering secretary perry , brought the united states military into the stealth area . now equipped with smart weapons and g.p.s., american forces were prepared to stand tall in the face of adversaries. in 19

al franken with former texas governor rick perry.will have more of his exchange with washington state senator maria cantwell. but more from the npr article talking about his stance on energy and the epa, saying this wasn't the only message that differed from his past views. >> here is a little bit of his exchange with maria cantwell. senator cantwell: i like day number of things you had to say. want tog i definitely bring up is disconcerting and that is what you said relating to an energy strategy. we cannot, as you said, "optimize economic growth. whil."- growth fossil fuel is having an impact on the natural resources in my stay. it is having an effect on shellfish and the ability to feed. it is having an effect on the two most devastating fire seasons my state has had in the history of our state, burning up in one indian reservation over $2 billion worth of timber. a report thatted i expect to be out this year that will tell you exactly how much this is costing the u.s. government. and i don't think the number will be in the billio

liking rick perry is kind of my guilty political pleasure.e that exchange, that good-natured exchange to the fact that donald j. trump is going to be president in minutes and the joy is spreading. the giddiness. fabulous. >> andy: i do take issue with perry saying that i think we found our "saturday night live" sound bite, because it was funn funny. [laughter] >> "saturday night live" actually is a very funny show. >> andy: sonny did you say your offer protesters as long as they're peaceful and get arrested question at >> i want them to be peaceful and in jail. >> andy: even if you're not breaking any laws? >> yes. >> andy: that might've slain your pain. >> i was hoping simony would notice, i was hoping it would be you. it's the insignia from the empire in "star wars" ." >> there were a multiple multif styles on all the planets. >> this is a v-neck sweater. >> andy: al, you talked about what the activists were actually planning to protest as the peaceful change of power. as long as a protest to the power is going to peacefully, isn't it okay?

guest: to bring it back to perry. when you think about tesla motors. back in 2014, the wind is was governorship launched an aggressive effort to a tesla motors build their huge factory in texas. ultimately, nevada won the competition. if you were to look at some a brutal for-eight years pretty you have cabinet picks including rick perry whole denies climate change. -- who denies climate change. if they want to find more keenly signs, rick perry understands the job crating potential of energy sources of all kinds. he wanted the tesla he plant in his country but because he simply realized it is a lot of economic development and jobs. one of the things on the electric vehicle front is as congress looks to do policy overhaul, what will be the fate of the test credit for purchasing electrical vehicles which the important right now. there is a credit for purchases that make the vehicles more attainable. if that were to fall victim for an overhaul, that is something the industry would feel punished by. host: sometimes we switch and numbers. the number for thi

rick perry is known for being a wonk. the department tweeted out this picture of him in his natural habitat @earnestmoniz. we have a ton of adoring "morning joe" fans here. it's great to see. >> we can hear the buzz. >>> just ahead, one notable snub for the nba all-star game. and louis is back with sports, next. runs on intel? that ride share? you actually rode here on the cloud. did not feel like a cloud... that driverless car? i have seen it all. intel's driving...the future! traffic lights, street lamps. business runs on the cloud... and the cloud runs on intel. ♪ i wonder what the other 2% runs on...(car horn) ♪ ♪ ♪ hey, need fast try cool mint zantac. it releases a cooling sensation in your mouth and throat. zantac works in as little as 30 minutes. nexium can take 24 hours. try cool mint zantac. no pill relieves heartburn faster. be ready to clean up the mess. house. the kidsave fun, but 's pretty gross. (doorbell) what's that? it's a swiffer wetjet. i can just grab this and just go right to the mess. that comes from

cal perry.re expecting to hear from him at some point this afternoon. he'll be addressing that crowd. based on what you're saying, in terms of the campaign rally atmosphere there, in terms of what jon voight said in introducing this -- in opening this event for the crowd, there are some indications maybe we're going to get the campaign version of donald trump. >> reporter: if i had to guess, if i was a betting man, i would say we are, we're going to get that campaign speech. if he's going to save a unifying speech, we'll see if maybe this is the announcement that he is coming in. >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, it is our honor to present to you, the president-elect of the united states, donald j. trump. his wife, mrs. melania trump. [ applause ] ♪ ♪ so many girls that i've known, i made so many cry and still i wonder why ♪ ♪ here comes a little girl, i see her walking down the street ♪ ♪ she's all by herself ♪ she'll never break, never break, this heart of stone, oh, no, no ♪ ♪ this heart of

perry. do we have.iz: the ranking member said, in case you have forgotten you've called for the abolishment of this agency and you appear to have reconsidered. that was opening statement direct at rick perry. stuart: it's not a question, haven't gotten to that part. it's an opening statement. ashley: mocking him. stuart: anything else on what she said. liz: working on it right now. stuart: it sounded dramatic to me that she was going after him, arch, sarcastic fashion. liz: because, remember, he said in the 2011, that was one of the cabinet positions he wanted to abolish entirely. stuart: right. liz: he couldn't remember the name of it. he remembered commerce and education and he went, oh, energy, that will likely come up as well. stuart: if case you've forgotten, this was an agency that you wanted to abolish, i see you've reconsidered. stuart: there's room for that in politics and nothing wrong with that and besides that's what democracy is, there's nothing wrong with that, is there rich? >> no, basica

first up, rick perry, trump's pick for energy secretary.hat hearing expected to get under way any minute. and next hour, steve mnuchin is in the hot seat tapped fortressry secretary. >>> back with me, phil malso /* joining our panel paul glassless. he's editor and chief for the washington monthly. welcome, welcome, welcome. should we start with the newcomer? >> yeah, we should. >> let's talk about mr. trump's speech. he said he sat down and wrote it himself. i know you've participated in many a presidential speech. do you think he did write it all himself? >> impossible to know. presidents don't typically write their own speeches although barack obama wrote quite a few of his. they will download their thoughts to a panel of speech writers and senior staff. they'll then look at draft, edit them very kafrlly. president clinton after multiple drafts would sit there and go line by line and rewrite as he tried it out. even if they don't write it themselves, they make it their own. >> i say that because donald trump is so much better when he spea

governor perry, congratulations. thanks to come to visit and listening to my concerns about the department. i'd like to ask you about the departments so-called barters or transfers and we talked about the excess uranium which is certainly a component within the department of energy. these are the transactions in which the department trades some of its excess uranium for services that then the department gets for contractors but wasting a lot of is under the obama administration to the department uses this uranium because it refused to ask congress for the appropriations to pay for the contractors. but in the process, the department has in the past violated a number of federal laws. it's also flooded the market with tens of millions of pounds of uranium. so as a result of people that are out there producing the uranium in wyoming come in texas and in other states have ended up laying off workers, canceling projects. so if confirmed will you consider suspending the departments so-called barters of excess uranium into y

. >> rick perry also faced a confirmation hearing to service the next energy secretary.se you may have forgotten, you once called for the abolishment of this agency. i suspect that now, having had a chance to learn about the importance of this department, you have a very different opinion. >> perry told senators he regretted calling for eliminating the department of energy during the 2012 campaign. perry tried to take on a potentially controversial topic very >> i believe the climate is changing. i believe some of it is naturally occurring but some of it is caused by man-made activity. the question is how we address it in a thoughtful way. that doesn't compromise economic growth. it affects the affordability of energy or american jobs. >> than the issue of confirming members of the trump team. democrats rejected complaints from republicans that they are unfairly holding up the process. >> we have -- we intend to have a full and rigorous debate on the remaining nominees. >> some republicans suggest there could be a softening among democrats to get a few more noncontrovers

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-- secretary perry you want to add something? mr. perry: i want to comment about a question i'm asked all the time. questions i'm asked by my students. neededht, so you strategic deterrence during the cold war. how did that add up to 70,000 nuclear weapons? what deterrence argument led you to 70,000? they did cap it, so let's say 30,000 roughly. i tried to answer the question. maybe we think to have deterrence, we need to be able to destroy 100 targets. to be safe, let's double that, make it 200 or 250. then you assume that maybe some of our missiles won't work, so we better double that. now we get up to 500, 1000. then you say, but we are going to be responding to a surprise attack. that surprise attack is going to androy 90% of our silos most of our airbases, and the bombers left going to be shot down by the soviet air defense. somehow, the soviets are going to have a magical solution which is going to attack our submarines at sea. never quite explain what that is. so they are going to be gone, too. pretty soon, you have got the nu

so perry's got to answer for that today.as we talked about, republicans support him and he has even contract joe manchestan on his side. >> donald trump is set to leave any minute to come down to washington. the next time each heads back to new york to visit trump many tower, he will be president. we have much more to come all day long. i want to toss it over to my colleague in new york, tamron hall. >> thank you, hallie. great job. a lot going on. you saw the image from laguardia as donald trump leaves new york headed for washington, d.c. we are following confirmation hearings of two of president-elect trump's cabinet nominees, rick perry and steven mnuchin as -- the "new york times" reports today it was not until after he accepted the job that the governor, quote, discovered he would become the steward of a vast

why bill perry includes his peas with these words. he said time is of the essence and if we don't find a way and soon to freeze their west for this crisis could spin out of control, leading to a second korean war, adding far more devastating than the first. guest: that's exactly right. it is no suppressed that bill parry would be focusing just on exactly what he ought to be. i think the way i would hope the new administration will look at this situation. comments, call and our guess is robert gallucci, now a professor at georgetown. democrats line from palm beach gardens florida. welcome to the congress ocean. caller: good morning. wondering how is he going to negotiate this opening? how do you negotiate with north korea? guest: that's a fair question, given the experience given the obama administrations where negotiations never got going. weis quite possible that will not have an adequate basis for negotiations, and will be talking about even cover -- tougher sanctions. enough toot tough follow what might be called the iran model. th

: i've been watching governor perry's hearing. as you point out, that memorable moment from the presidential season has come back to at least haunt or perhaps challenge governor perry today. he did acknowledge that that view is no longer what he feels about the department of energy citing he has been briefed about the extensive area of responsibility that the energy secretary must fill. and so he is basically falling on his sword saying he was wrong then, saying that it was more than five years ago and that his views have changed. he is also saying that he accepts that climate change has a human component. that what the planet is doing in terms of warming and changing is not purely a natural feat but that the u.s. and population of everyone around the world has some kind of contribution to it. he tacked about the need of protecting the nuclear arsenal, which is the biggest part of the budget for the defendant of energy. by the numbers we know that the republicans have the ability to get someone like rick perry through without any

today former texas governor rick perry a nominee for energy secretary is on the hill. he spoke today at his confirmation hearing about past comments he has made about the energy department itself. let's take a look at that. >> chair if of jamie and my limited time i have left, i have a couple of other issues i'd like to touch upon. i have learned a great deal about the important work being done every day by the outstanding men and women of the department of energy. i've spoken several times to secretary beau needs about the operation. i've spoken to his predecessors and it confirmed my desire is to lead this agency in a thoughtful manner surrounding myself with expertise on the core functions of the party. my past statements made over five years ago about abolishing the department of energy do not reflect my current thinking. in fact after being briefed on so many of the vital functions of the department of energy i regret recommending its elimination. it confirmed i will enter this role excited and passionate about advocating and advancing the core missions of the d.o

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oops. >> few hours ago rick perry said he regretted that. that brings us to today's microsoft pulse question, should rick perry run the federal agency he once pledged to apolish when he was running for president? that's the question. let us know what you think. it's pulse.msnbc.com. we will check the results later in the broadcast. >>> also border concerns. goddy schwartz is on the u.s.-mexican border as migrants rush to come into america before the president-elect takes office. >> we just saw them put a raft in the water. they know we're here. they spotted us. but it look like they are still going to come to shore. your insurance company won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says, "you picked the wrong insurance plan." no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with new car replacement™, we'll replace the full value of your car plus depreciation. liberty mutual insurance. [he has a new business teaching lessons. rodney wanted to know how his business was doing... ...so he got quickbooks. it organizes all his accounts,

cnbc contributor and perry bacon, nbc news senior political reporter. perry, these folks worked in the white house. you have covered the white house. is this transition feeling sort of typical bumps and bruises, or do you think this is a little extra something going on? >> i think it's -- since donald trump is new entity who hasn't been in government, i think you're seeing that. in terms of the people, we don't have as many confirmed or names as we had before. that's an issue -- the career employees will still be working there. i don't think it means the government is unprepared for anything that happens. it's just a little unusual. >> when they fired christie, they literally threw the baby out with the bath water. they threw out all this work that now they're paying a price for. >> there is truth to that. they're a little behind in part because they didn't believe they were going to win, or at least many people within the trump organization didn't believe he was going to win and then they switched transition heads relatively late in the process. just b

it's not rick perry.pect when you think about it in terms of streamlining government, it makes no sense to have our nuclear weaponry in that department, given the fact we are dealing every single day, contentiously and increasingly contentiously with russia which has a stockpile of nuclear weapons. why is is not the nuclear arsenal under either state or on defense? >> again, this is all of the labs and future war head and war head testing and you could argue the pentagon has enough on its hands right now given all of the things in the in box of the secretary of defense. if it ain't broke, don't fix it. so many things going on that are facing this administration. >> might be time to fix it. >> no. it's like redecorating the operating room while the patient is on the table. they have enough to worry about without necessarily dealing with organizational issues whether this or the intelligence community. i actually don't think it's a time to start reorganizing the u.s. government. >> if that is not the case t

. >>> and rick perry learns about his government. >> after being briefed on so many of the vital functions of the department of energy i regret recommending its elimination. >> when "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from washington, d.c., i'm chris hayes. in 16 hours, around noon tomorrow just a few miles from here donald trump will be sworn in as the president of the united states of america. just hours after having received a briefing that only 11 other americans have ever gotten on how to launch a nuclear weapon and potentially start a nuclear war. this was the scene tonight, trump at the inauguration concert at the lincoln memorial where he took in performances from among others lee greenwood, toby keith, three doors down and an act known as the piano guys who did a cover of a one direction song on an open piano then performed a strong for the trump faithful called "it's gonna be okay." when all the singing was over, it was the president-elect's turn to address his supporters. >> i'm the messenger. i'm just the messenger. and we were tired. and i love you. believe me, i love

this morning, perry changed his, i want to say, mind?t statements made over five years ago about abolishing the department of energy do not reflect my current thinking. in fact, after being briefed on so many of the vital functions of the department of energy, i regret recommending its elimination. >> stephen: now that he knows what the department does, he likes it! i remember hitting puberty and feeling the same way about my man parts. ( laughter ) oh! oh! what's happening?! oh! so they're not just in the way when i run? they serve a purpose. i'm not going to eliminate them. ( laughter ) according to "the new york times," perry originally thought the job of secretary of energy was being a global ambassador for the american oil and gas industry, but now he knows he'll be in charge of the united states' nuclear arsenal. ( audience reacts ) and as one member of the transition team put it about perry's education, "it's been a learning curve." but come on, how hard could it be? it's not like understanding our intercontinental ballistic missi

of course, rick perry knew what the job entailed when he took it., on the day perry accepted the nomination, he specifically said he looks forward to "safeguarding our nuclear arsenal." today, washington times media critic tweeted "to be clear, "the new york times" report offers exactly zero support for its assertion. governor. didn't know what the department of energy did. but whatever." then, there is the nomination of betsy devos for education secretary. devos has been criticized by numerous media outlets. and on social media for allegedly saying schools need guns to protect from grizzly bears. a cnn headline said "citing grizzlies, education nominee says state should determine gun policies." in fact, devos was only referencing something senator mike enzi said about needing fences around a wyoming school to stop grizzly bears. listen. >> well, i will refer back to senator and the school that he was talking about in wyoming. i think probably there, i would imagine that there is probably a gun and the school to protect from potential grizzlies. >>

rick perry was elected repeatedly as governor of texas. he does not appear to face any significant obstacle at this point to his confirmation, guys. >> of course, i need to point out the obvious. it is ironic you're covering this. it is your question during that debate that you asked which departments he would eliminate. he said three and it was energy, he couldn't think of at that time. now we find he probably will become energy secretary here. >> reporter: that is true, guys, but after that event as well he showed -- he bounced back with the kind of humor and personal ease that he showed today. the guy is nothing if not resilient. >> he's very engaging, that's for sure. all right, john, thanks very much. john harwood in washington. >>> by the way, reminder cnbc special inauguration coverage begins tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. top wall street strategist to help you sort out where the markets could be heading next under a trump administration. so join us tomorrow. we've got a lot planned tomorrow. hope you can join us at that time.

harsh criticism after admitting it had one source for a negative report go rick perry, that rick perryisunderstoodb of energy secretary was, wok source quoting -- is it media bias going to continue? >> well, of course, it will continue, they did not get the memo. when you read about story of what happened with former governor of texas rick perry and department of energy nominee, you find that person they supposedly use as their source, he was not part of the transition team when governor perry received that nomination, from president-elect, and a quote from perry he understands what goes within with with being secretary of energy. you will see a media that will lose their validity, their intention is to try to undermine this incoming administration. liz: thank you colonel alan west, we appreciate you and your service to the country thank you. >> my pleasure, liz. liz: a live shot of make in great again, lee greenwood performed god bless the usa earlier. elect tried the crowd, stretchinstretching into the th. quite a moment to watch. 3 doors down is playing right now, toby keith is comi

the room is filling up ahead of the hearing for rick perry to be the energy secretary. you can see senator cornyn, kowskir mikulski -- mur from alaska. the talking points memo this story, senator joe manchin is doing everything he can not to be labeled as a liberal in his upcoming election in 2018 and so today, he will introduce rick perry at his confirmation hearing. up for the been job himself, but announced he would stay in the senate. he is gearing up for what is going to be one of the toughest election campaigns of the 2018 cycle. you will see their today, senator manchin at the table in front of his fellow senators introducing rick perry to be the next energy secretary. c-span 2,ge on c-span.org this morning and the free c-span radio app. a couple of callers have mentioned those that are boycotting tomorrow's inauguration. a front page of "the washington times" says "the number of house democrats that have said they are staying away has risen to roughly 60 and the reasons range from russian hacking to president-elect donald trump's dispute with don lewis up -- joh

rick perry making his case to lead the energy an agency he once wanted to eliminate. and famously forgot. >> the, um, commerce and let's see i can't. the third one, i can't. i'm sorry. oops. >> he admitted his previous position was also a big oops. >> in fact, after being briefed on so many of the vital funks of the department of energy, i regret recommending the elimination. >> reporter: another change of heart on climate change which perry once called a contrived phony mess. >> i believe the climate is changing. >> do you plan to protect the science research at doe related to climate? >> i'm going to protect all the science whether it's to the climate or to the other aspects of what we're doing. >> reporter: the senate is set to vote on two nominees. general james mattis for defense and john kelly for homeland it's a far cry from the seven confirmed on obama's first day. trump's press secretary accusing them of stalling. >> it isn't good for the government. >> reporter: democrats don't have the power to block nominees but they can delay and they're going to take the

perry: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. perry: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. perry: thank you, mr. speaker. i stand today before you in support of h.r. 366, think d.h.s. stop asset and vehicle excess or d.h.s., department of homeland security, save act of 2016. in october of 2015, the d.h.s. inspector genre leased a scathe regular port of the federal protective services management of their vehicle fleet. a report that reads like a laundry list of poor management decisions. the i.g. found that the f.p.s. had more vehicles than officers and officers were thorsed to drive from home to work with government-owned vehicles and actually put more miles on the vehicle driving from home and back to work than they did on the job. among many other thing

also on capitol hill today was energy secretary nominee rick perry who said just because he was once the governor of texas it doesn't mean he is beholden to big oil. >> i'm committed to an all of the above policy. >> reporter: while he says climate is changing he is cautious on how he would address the issue. >> some of it is naturally occurring but some of it is caused by manmade activity. the question is, how we address it in a thoughtful way that doesn't compromise economic growth. >> reporter: governor perry says he regrets once calling for the energy department to be abolished. since leaving office, perry served on the boards of several pipeline companies including energy transfer partners, that's the company that's building the controversial dakota access pipeline. he severed those ties after being nominated for energy secretary. liz. >> thank you. >>> a live look outside a bit of a break in the rain. thethe next rain is coming. the roads will be a whole lot wetter than that for your morning commute. >> let's go over the to brian hackney who is in for paul deanno tonight. brian

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we're going to try to go live here to cal perry at the women's march in washington. the biggest one, right? estimated 500,000 people potentially. only expecting about 200,000. cal, let's talk about some concerns there. what you are seeing where you are. >> reporter: organizers were prepared for the numbers we had. i would say 500,000. for five or six hours, the cell phones were not functioning. people were getting antsy. certainly the police were nervous about people pushed up against the barricades and marchers moved from this location towards the white house. but frankly, and i don't mean this in a funny way, there really was no march to be had because the end of where the crowd was was where the crowd had to turn up and they had to turn around. authorities said they were worried people didn't have anywhere to go so there was that safety concern. now, we heard a number of speakers, you played some of them at the beginning. michael moore getting the crowd going early on. the question here, many people's minds, is this potentially sort of the new birth of what would

perry said he would shut down the energy department when he ran in 2011. earlier today, donald trump met with some of his cabinet members and said they have the highest iq of any cabinet ever. none of them wanted to be here for the inauguration under the circumstances, but none of them would want to miss it either -- gold star families who drove 15 hours from the midwest to honor their fall in love once. a group called taps -- the tragedy assistance program for survivors, invited them to march in the inaugural parade. to honor the fallen together. it's a group that you don't want to join, but it's a wonderful experience because we all have pretty much the same stories. we just want america not to forget our loved ones. jonathan: those families are traveling in a rented van that features the names of each of their fallen servicemembers. if you are going to the inauguration, share your photos and videos. just upload them to -- burst.com/wjla. we will share them on air and online. the line to get outside stretches down the block, hundreds waited for hours to

trace, the question is will rick perry have a department of energyt to oversee anyway? >> of course he you will have a department. he has the nuclear decided it. one other things that is a former governor of texas understands is how to utilize our natural resources to both create jobs, to harness for additional energy resources, but how all that can bedo done in a way that spurs economic growth. there is a lot there, i think what you will see government wide though, is a trump administration really focusing on whether or not taxpayers are being used in a most efficient and effective way. donald trump is going to bring a business man approach to government, which is how do we deliver the best product in a service to the american people in a way that respects their tax dollars and it does so in a way that promotes efficiency but also provides them a better product.t. at the s status quo is not acceptable anymore, and a business as usual is over. >> martha: let me ask you this bed because there's been a lot of discussion about this sort of second and third tier jobs that h

there was a lot of pushback from team perry. what you just heard was the oops, redo where his famous presidential moment when he said the department of energy was three he would like to see abolished. retracting that today saying he's learned a lot more about the broad portfolio about the department of energy and especially its responsibility for the nuclear weapons of the united states, also the electric grid in the age of cyber attacks and how heightened the concerns are about things like that, in addition to things he's much more familiar with, an oil and gas business so big in texas and he served as texas' longest serving governor there, three term. the other thing that got a lot of attention today is the way he address what had he knew would be concerns from democrats about climate change. there is that strong link between drill sxgt environmentalists. this is what governor perry said when asked about climate change and what makes the biggest difference in that. here's how he responded. >> i believe the climate is change. i

perry discovered he would be no such thing. that in fact if confirmed he would become the steward of a vast national security complex that he knew almost nothing about, caring for the most fearsome items on the planet, the united states nuclear arsenal. global perry, you're not going to be the ambassador, but consolation prize, you will be in charge of the biggest nuclear weapons arsenal on earth. are you disappointed? should we be? we'll be right back. >>> we just got something in our show e-mail inbox that we have been waiting for days. producers on our staff have been watching and hoping and refreshing and waiting for this thing to show up. we had started worrying it would not show up in time. moments ago, we got our tickets, yes. i will show them to you next. >>> meet the twirltastics. the twirltastics are a baton twirling group from maryland. they're awesome. they're also regular performers at the minor league baseball games of the aberdeen ironbirds. may i also introduce you to the pride of matawasca marching band from ma

rick perry and their team are pushing back on reports that perry had no idea that as energy secretary he'd have to supervise america's nuclear arsenal. remember those comments he made five years ago about abolishing the energy department? perry used his opening statement today to express regret for those remarks while admitting he didn't know the full scope of the agency. >> my past statements, made over five years ago about abolishing the department of energy do not reflect my current thinking. in fact, after being briefed on so many of th vital functions of the department of energy, i regret recommending its will he name nation. >> as steve mnuchin made his way to the hill today, protesters made their way to goldman sachs in new york city. groups protested the treasury nominee's ties to wall street while mnuchin was grilled about them on capitol hill. >> i did not use a cayman island entity in any way to avoid taxes for myself. i paid u.s. taxes on all that income. >> so, you helped others avoid paying taxes? >> again, i'm not going to make a comment -- again, they didn't devoid. th

and rick perry head to lead the department he said once should be eliminated. and the cabinet, whiter, more men than recent cabinets and for the first time since reagan, there is no latino in the cabinet. abc's mary bruce tonight. >> reporter: as his cabinet nominees barrel through capitol hill. >> let me get through, guys. >> reporter: donald trump is offering his support, with this bold declaration. >> we have by far the highest iq of any cabinet ever assembled! >> reporter: but the confirmation hearings are growing increasingly testy. today treasury secretary nominee steve mnuchin getting a grilling. the former hedge fund manager and goldman sachs executive confronting accusations he profited by fore closing on vulnerable homeowners. >> have been maligned as taking advantage of others' hardship in order to earn a buck. nothing could be further than the truth. >> reporter: during the height of the financial crisis mnuchin bought and turned around a distressed bang, we renaming it one west, which foreclosed on families including military families. >> you have

and rick perry head to lead the department he said once should be eliminated. and the cabinet, whiter, more men than recent cabinets and for the first time since reagan, there is no latino in the cabinet. abc's mary bruce tonight. >> reporter: as his cabinet nominees barrel through capitol hill. >> let me get through, guys. >> reporter: donald trump is offering his support, with this bold declaration. >> we have by far the highest iq of any cabinet ever assembled! >> reporter: but the confirmation hearings are growing increasingly testy. today treasury secretary nominee steve mnuchin getting a grilling. the former hedge fund manager and goldman sachs executive confronting accusations he profited by fore closing on vulnerable homeowners. >> have been maligned as taking advantage of others' hardship in order to earn a buck. nothing could be further than the truth. >> reporter: during the height of the financial crisis mnuchin bought and turned around a distressed bang, we renaming it one west, which foreclosed on families including military families. >> you have

. >>> coming up tonight on c-span3, energy secretary nominee, rick perry's confirmation hearing. president obama's final news conference and outgoing fcc chair, tom wheeler. now to capitol hill where former presidential candidate and texas governor, rick perry, testified before the senate, energy and natural resources committee today as they considered his nomination to head the