ron johnson. he was brought in after rolling out apple's successful store concept. >> i think it's too early to tell whether or not ron johnson is no longer going to be at j.c. penney. i believe that it is a positive move that they're going to bring back some of this couponing and sale activity. and, you know, j.c. penney hired ron johnson because of his legacy and because of some of the things he was able to do at apple, and i don't think they're going to give up on him just yet. i think time will tell. >> susie: tom, we'll find out more about how ron johnson's plan is doing when penney's reports fourth quarter results on february 27. so far, he still has the backing of bill ackman, the big hedge fund tycoon. he is a big investor in pennies, and he says he will give them three more years to prove themselves. >> tom: the investors really like the news today. but they're down 24% since johnson came on board to j.c. penney. he still has a lot of ground to make up there. the broad market climbed to a

ron johnson. he was brought in after rolling out apple's successful store concept. >> i think it's too early to tell whether or not ron johnson is no longer going to be at j.c. penney. i believe that it is a positive move that they're going to bring back some of this couponing and sale activity. and, you know, j.c. penney hired ron johnson because of his legacy and because of some of the things he was able to do at apple, and i don't think they're going to give up on him just yet. i think time will tell. >> susie: tom, we'll find out more about how ron johnson's plan is doing when penney's reports fourth quarter results on february 27. so far, he still has the backing of bill ackman, the big hedge fund tycoon. he is a big investor in pennies, and he says he will give them three more years to prove themselves. >> tom: the investors really like the news today. but they're down 24% since johnson came on board to j.c. penney. he still has a lot of ground to make up there. ground to make up there. the

between senator clinton, secretary clinton now and senator ron johnson of wisconsin. >> we were misled that there was supposedly protests and something sprang out of that and assaults sprang out of that. >> we had four dead americans because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night and decided they would kill some americans? what difference at this point does it make? chris: remarkably calm and i would say charming performance by the secretary. but there were moments like that where the republicans, especially people like ron johnson, a very severe conservative, who really went after and she bit back. do you think that was a strong thing to do or show they could bait her? >> they obviously were baiting her and not inappropriate to express anger and frustration when you are angry and frustrated and the questions begs that. i think overall she performed extremely well. i don't think the republicans came after her did themselves any good. and for the most part, just for the record most republicans were respectful. i thought rand paul was out of line. if i were presi

jim, roll the footage of hillary stomping ron's johnson. >> no, again, we were misled that there weresedly protests and that something sprang out of that-- an assault sprang out of that-- and that was easily ascertained that was not the fact, and the american people could have known that within days and they didn't know that. >> with all due respect, the fact is we had four dead americans. was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided that they'd they go kill some americans? what difference at this point does it make? it is from my perspective less important today looking backwards as to why these militants decided they did it than to find them and bring them to justice, and then maybe we will figure out what was going on in the meantime. >> okay, thank you madame secretary. >> stephen: "thank you madame secretary?" [ laughter ] she just spanked you, ron! i don't understand. [ laughter ] [cheers and applause] unless "thank you madam secretary" your safe word? [ laughter ] and it's not just that she got emotional, slapped them around, and wa

. >> he was so overmatched, ron johnson.e opened questions by saying it could have been taken a very simple phone call to ascertain the truth. my god, did he look at the pictures of that carnage? nothing was very simple. he proved he's very simple. his questions were disrespectful and i was thrilled that she got angry at him. women are sometimes told never to get emotional or angry. she did both. she choked up a bit in her introduction and got angry at ron johnson as she should. she lectured rand paul. on had i been president, you would have been fired. >> to consider the prospect of rand paul. but he's got none. >> he has a healthy imagination. >> you mentioned compassion and feeling. when she referred to the late ambassador chris, happens to be my name, and constantly hearing her talk about chris, she had a feeling of common human nature with that guy. that a lot of these clowns didn't even get near today. here she is. and phrase choked up when she discussed speaking to the families of the victims of that terrible day. let

and now we have ron johnson.nk you so much for the intellectual leader of the republican party to finally come forward. >> john: i've interviewed the man. he does make allen west look like socrates. he's using that as a parallel for the rich being taxed too high. ayn rand published that in 1967 when the rich were taxed at over a 90% rate. it is 39%. what are they whining about? >> i'm surprised he doesn't think this is in the nonfiction section. i think we have to give him credit for knowing this is a parable and not history. >> this is a guy -- he literally bought a statue of atlas because he's so into atlas. he's probably been making comparisons to atlas shrugs for years. >> john: almost naked muscular man. >> any problem that comes up in his life, his olive garden order is wrong this is just like atlas shrugs. >> what is wrong with wisconsin? we have -- like what makes -- all of that cheese make you want to read ayn rand? >> john: there's a lot of good progressives in wisconsin and they organized last year. i

ron johnson gets too close to him and your brain cells die. this is like the legacy of ron johnson. he attributes the warming of the earth to sun spots to gee logical spots of time. he is convinced that there is a conspiracy and there is none there. nor is it with hillary clinton saying it doesn't matter. he is obsessed with you know, he is obsessed with suspects who are no longer being examined and we know who did it. but he is following vapor trails to nowhere. >> i thought marco rubio did well i wondered if ron johnson was part of a one-two punch. he was going to really try to be -- men al migitry. >> it was striking to me. the sense of and this is bipartisan. the sense of paranoya anxiety that permeates every discussion of america's role in the world and foreign policy. you would think we are consumed by constant threats and occupiers. i'm nervous about this and anxious about this and i think it was a striking moment. it gives you a sense of what the cost of trying to maintain this presence and project is. >> and the difficulty of articulating a strategy. >> speaking of costs. a

and so did ron johnson, the senator from ron johnson. -- wisconsin. they were carping, patty. she was the grown-up. there is no question about that. >> 39 for women in combat roles. >> we were taking fire from everywhere. i remember hearing the bullets going by me and hitting the ground. i shot one guy and saw him fall. >> the first woman since world war ii to receive the silver star for valor and combat. secretary panetta lifted the ban on women in combat. that does not mean that there will be serving in the army and military infantry units right away? >> there was an interval. this was recommended by the joint chiefs of staff. there have been 280,000 women who have served in the theaters in afghanistan and iraq and over the past decade, but there are fundamental questions about infantry, where one of the tests, historically, that has been given, is the fireman's carry. you can lift and carry on your shoulders a fallen comrade of 200 pounds back to safety. that is a test for male and female. i think that will be at least a hurdle. >> could you have carried someone that was 20

our guest host this morning, wisconsin senator ron johnson.chairman and ceo of bb&t bank. we'll have more from them in just a minute. first becky has your morning headlines. >> that's right, joe. let's start with what the market is doing. the s&p retreating from the five-year high yesterday although stocks did finish off their session lows. you can see this morning that nings have barely budged as people kind of wait to hear what's happening with earnings. tonight we get the very first of those reports from alcoa and the first of the big reports. people are going to be looking at the guidance that all these companies are giving. that's what the real story is. how confident are ceos once we've gotten through the fiscal cliff that we still have that debt ceiling hanging over us. overseas in asia, you did see some losses from some of these major markets. the nikki was down by 90 points. hang song by 218 points. also in europe at this hour green arrows but these are modest gains at this point. the dax in germany has barely budged. in france the ca

appreciate it. >>> still ahead, we're going to be talking with senator ron johnson.was his heated exchange you saw with the secretary there. we'll ask him about that and the fallout from that straight ahead. >>> other stories that are making news this morning. john has that. >>> it is really cold outside. the deep freeze gripping so much of the country right now. windchills expected to be dangerously low today in the upper midwest and northeast. in northern ohio the lake-effect snow piled up as temperatures plunged into the teens and single digits. roads were shut down in wilkinsburg, p.a., after the freezing temperatures burst a water main there. >>> check this out again, we showed you this picture yesterday. we're now getting a closer look at that building in chicago that turned into a giant ice castle after firefighters put out a massive five-alarm fire there. >>> and while we're shivering right now, others are feeling awfully nice and toasty. take a look at miami, where the high today will be a sunny 77 degrees. miami, we hate you. >>> house speaker john boehner

what happened yesterday, especially when ron johnson was questioning her, told me a lot more about ron johnson and what kind of members had been elected. >> 2016 politics going down in charlotte today. bobby jindal giving a big address. he's really clearly positioning himself for 2016. >> one of the answer s we have s great governors. two latino governors. governor jindal is setting the right tone for us. >> stop fighting about social issues. stop talking about the budget, oddly enough. >> what he's saying is let's act like adults and let's set real good policy. he understands good policy is good politics. >> quickly, shameless plugs. >> i want to thank the crowd controllers at the inauguration doing a better job than four years ago. >> two great 2014 stories. on roll call, by me and joshua miller. >> i'm be launching a new firm called the triumph group some time next week. >> for me, it's all about the "u." go canes. that's it for this edition of "the daily rundown." coming up next, chris jansing and the senate hearing. bye-bye. look, if you have copd like me, you know it can be hard

joining us now is wisconsin republican senator ron johnson. mr. johnson, as always, welcome. you voted for the fiscal cliff deal. as you know, there were no spending cuts. what was the ratio, 41-1 or something like that revenues over spending. what are you going to do about the debt ceiling? >> well, first of all, happy new year, larry. listen, what we need to start doing in the debt ceiling is point out the fact that president obama -- okay, president obama, you won the election, we got that. you got your punishing success tax revenue. you got that. now, you also campaigned on the fact that you were going to have a balanced approach to deficit reduction. so this revenue increase will supposedly be about 5% of the deficit. what are you going to do about closing the other 95% of the deficit? what is your plan, mr. president? what's your plan to save social security? what's your plan to save medicare? how do you plan to rein in the growth of government? how do you plan on reducing the deficit and stabilizing our debt? this is all about demanding from the president, and quite ho

senator ron johnson from wisconsin prompted secretary clinton's heated defense. here is where the secretary gives the senator no quarter. >> when you're in these positions, the last thing you want do is interfere -- >> i realize that's a good excuse. >> well, no, it's the fact. number two, i would recommend highly you read both what the arb said about it and the classified arb because even today there are questions being raised. now, we have no doubt they were terrorists, they were militants, they attacked us, they killed our people, but what was going on and why they were doing what they were doing -- >> no, no, no -- again, we were misled that there was supposedly protests and something sprang out of that. that was easily ascertained that that was not the fact, and the american people could have known that within days, and they didn't know that. >> with all due respect, the fact is we had four dead americans. was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided they'd go kill some americans? what difference at this point do

tea party senator ron johnson of wisconsin grilled secretary clinton over something she had nothing to do with. >> do you disagree with me that a simple phone call to those evacuees to determine what happened would have ascertained immediately that there was no protest? i mean, that was a piece of information that could have been easily, easily obtained. >> well, but senator -- >> within hours, if not days. >> senator, i, you know, when you're in these positions, the last thing you want to do is interfere with any other process going on. >> i realize that's a good excuse. >> number two -- well, no, it's the fact. >> no answer was good enough for senator johnson. eventually secretary clinton had enough. >> we were misled that there was supposedly protests and then something sprang out of that, an assault sprang out of that. and that was easily ascertained that that was not the fact and the american people could have known that within days and they didn't know that. >> with all due respect, the fact is we had four dead americans. >> i understand. >> was it because of a protest or was it

i'm talking to ron johnson. >> nice to be here. >> we'll talk budge net a moment.ups are incredible. we know a little bit about what the president is planning to put on the table. and i'll throw up a little bit of what we know. universal background checks, that's being floated. tougher mental health exams, stronger penalties for carrying firearms near the school. what do you think of these proposals that we're hearing about from the white house? >> first, i'm glad that they are looking at a broad range of issues here. i don't think there will be one single solution to this. quite honest, i don't known there is a solution out of washington, d.c. in this case. these tragedies are horrific, but the fact of the matter is, we have a constitution and we do need to guard our freedoms and whether are you talking about gun rights, you are smacking right up against the second amendment. video games, mental health issues, these are difficulty issues to grapple with. i'm a little concerned they will try and rush this thing through, try and pass legislation out of washington, d

but later this afternoon that same senator ron johnson tried to slam hillary clinton for displaying emotioning she did it to avoidancing questions. this is what he told buzzfeed . . . right. because it's all about you, senator johnson, not the four americans who died. of course. and then it was sensor rand paul's turn. he laid into secretary clinton about her record saying if he were president that he would have fired her, and then he threw in a completely unrelated question. take a listen. >> there is a certain amount of cullablety since the tragedy of 9/11, and i'm glad you are accepting this. is the u.s. involved with any procuring of weapons to buying selling, transferring weapons to turkey out of libya? >> to turkey? i will have to take that question for the record. nobody has ever raised that with me. >> jennifer: the reason why that had the secretary of state confused is because that comes -- that theory about turkey comes from a right-wing conspiracy theory that ambassador chris stevens was somehow involved in a gun-running scream through syria to turkey. at least that's what has be

john mccain, rand paul, ron johnson.n she gets to the house in the afternoon leading nut job there, jeff duncan, republican from south carolina. >> madam secretary, you let the consulate become a death trap. that's national security malpractice. you said you take responsibility. what does responsibility mean, madam secretary? you're still in your job. and there are four people at the department of state that have culpability in this that are still in their jobs. >> bill: and yet as secretary clinton pointed out yesterday the one with real culpability here a republican dunces like jeff duncan because the secretary -- the state department had requested time after time, money to increase security at our consulates and at our embassies and it was voted down by these tea party jerks, republican jerks in the house of representatives who say we have to save money and they said putting more money in the security in the embassies is a waste of money. now they attack her for not doing the job she wasn't able to do because they blo

rand paul, ron johnson, and john mccain looked so pathetic.um. and when rand paul sits there, and to the second highest ranking official in our country and said, i would have had your job, that's pathetic, that's the amateur hour, and that's republicans. >> he has the right to challenge her. >> but challenge her, "i would have relieved you of your duty." that's an idiot. >> kelly o'donnell, you were up on the hill yesterday. besides from all the fireworks, we saw a few pieces of videotape there. we did learn anything new about what happened on september 11th in benghazi? >> reporter: there were some threads and details, that were interesting. secretary clinton talked about the fact that they did not have access to the surveillance video that showed what went on for a period of weeks. i think most of us thought that they had been watching this in realtime. and she clarified that when they hear the term "realtime," they had been on the phone with some of their contacts in libya when the attack was unfolding. so there was some granular detail, wh

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he would have to lead the game and kurt cousens and ron johnson lights him up on 0. come back. battle of the birds, hawks and falcons in atlanta. they asked if made the decision would he have finished the game. >> i would have been right back out there on the field. you respect authority. i respect the coach, but at the same time you have to be a man sometimes. there was no way i was coming out of that game. >> on the eve of the bcs, notre dame and alabama, both coaches posing with the trophy. >> there is a lot of players out there that started this season wanting to get in this game. if you think of this is way, it should be easy to give their best effort. >> i would hope so. pac-12, women, road win. bears are 12-1 and stanford joins them with a win at utah. tonight at 11:00, what aaron rodgers thinks of colin kaepernick and one on one with the warriors. it is a funny interview. >>> hobbit lasted but find outuj

. >> the center who asked question was wisconsin's ron johnson, and now he is speaking about his role in the hearing. >> i was trying to be respectful and was surprised about the reaction. the fact of the matter is, this administration has not been straightforward with the american public. again, i am getting pressure from my constituents to find out the truth. >> the congressional hearings are some of clinton paused last public appearances before stepping down. british prime minister david cameron is urging all british citizens in libya to leave immediately. by the against westerners has been mounting. the ministry said that after the neighboring hostage issue in nigeria, there is a danger to westerners. >> president obama is making moves this week to tackle wall street reform. he has nominated mary jo white to lead the securities and exchange commission. she spent a decade prosecuting white-collar crimes. her experience mr. well- positioned to implement the president's reforms on wall street. it is the amount that has sparked national conversation. military women will soon be moving