carl levin to support the president also is the chairman of the senate armed services committee. what impact senator inhofe my have, you have john mccain saying this is a good idea. do not lower the standards. >> you did not get an answer to your specific quti

in the senate armed services committee hearing room, this is a live picture on your screen. is is the dais where the senators and staff will be sitting. hearing table is empty at the moment, with the press taking pictures with senator hagel. as soon as the former senator comes into the room, we will take you to it. preaction prior to the hearing actually is starting. senator hagel will be introduced by former senators, both the chairman of the senate armed services committee, senator sam nunn, democrat from georgia, and senator john warner, republican from virginia. those two will be introducing and endorsing former senator hagel. again, carl levin of michigan is the current share of the senate armed services committee, and john mccain is the ranking member of that committee. michael o'hanlon, who was with the brookings institution in washington, d.c., a free withift guest on this program and other talk shows, has an op-ed in "usa today." "controversy won't derail hagel choice." "chuck hagel's confirmation hearings as secretary of defense starting today promises to be the mos

the senate armed services committee can look incrementally as they make these changes. we can either talk them out of it or introduce legislation. if something that we do not know yet what they will come out with and they hear from the service chiefs, we will see what is reasonable. we will use our own judgment. i caution people who are hysterical about this. let's wait and see what they do. we will stop the bad stuff. >> the defense cemetery has said any exceptions will have to get approved by him. the implication is there are going to move fairly dramatically in this direction. do you have any concerns right now about what they have said so far about basically opening up all of these specialities to women? >> if they do that, they're going to have a fight on their hands. we do have that responsibility. if it means introducing legislation, that is one thing. we can be reasonable with them. the originally talked about 2016 when they would get the recommendation. >> they said there would be a need for legislation. it implied that you did have specific issues that there w

as a member of the senate armed services committee, i 100% committed to both reducing spending and made it my obligation to defend this nation. it is equally important to uphold america's promises to active duty service members. they have risked life and limb in defense of our nation. keeping faith with these brave americans is more than our responsibility, it is our honor to do so. it is no secret that to cut spending, we might -- must find ways to reduce the cost of social security, medicare, and medicaid. they are the primary drivers of our national debt. we need to do so in a way that keeps promises to american seniors, retirees, and those nearing retirement age. that is not a point for debate. in order to save these popular programs, we must reform than. if not, they will no longer exist for future generations. it will bankrupt us in the meantime. there is a general consensus that congress must explore ways to act on entitlements, but there is little agreement on a way forward. there are few credible solutions that have been put on the table. as the 113th congress begins, i challen

sam, welcome back. >> we're watching the senate armed services committee hearings on president's obamaefense. former republican senator from nebraska chuck hagel. and right now, two of senator hagel's allies, former senators sam nunn of georgia, a democrat, and former senator, john warner, a republican of virginia, testifying on his behalf. i'm here with gloria borger. gloria, a few days ago, you sat down with vice president joe biden and one of the things you asked him about was this criticism that the president's new foreign policy team, senator former john kerry, the new secretary of state, and chuck hagel are two dullish. let's play that clip. >> for four year, the real president obama has exercised force responsibly as boldly and as as bravely as any president in american history. this is a guy who has not backed away and he's also ended wars that almost every military man out there will tell you we should not be engaged in again. the idea of getting engaged in a ground war in a country that's in transition is not a prescription any military man would suggest. and to suggest that

position that i can see said sen carl levin the michigan democrat who is chairman of the senate armed services committee and supports the illinois plan he added that the odds are that it will still be open by the next presidential inauguration. so with a little pressure coming from the white house congressional democrats decided it's not worth sticking their necks out to help close gitmo either when their final moves as the majority in the house democrats passed a year and spending bill in december of two thousand and ten that a good block funding to transfer get most detainees and also block detainees from being transferred to the united states and to a slew of other nations a month later republicans would take control of the house of representatives and president obama's best chance of closing gitmo in those first two years of his administration would be completely lost hypno would remain open his entire first term and as senator carl levin predicted in june two thousand and ten good mo remained open for the next presidential inauguration two currently there are still one hundred sixty six detainees a

the committee will be holding hearings next week on benghazi and the week thereafter on the impact of a sequester on the department of defense. senator hagel, we welcome you. to the armed services committee as an old friend. of those of us with whom you served during your years in the senate. there are few jobs that are more demanding than the position to which you've been nominated. the hours are long and extremely challenging and require sacrifices from both the secretary and his family. we traditionally give our nominees an opportunity to introduce their families at these hearings and we would welcome you doing so during your opening statement. if confirmed, senator hagel would be the first former enlisted man and the first veteran of the vietnam war to serve as secretary of defense. you can't read senator hagel's account of his military service and not be impressed bit. as senator hagel explained a few years ago, quote, probably most fundamental for me, when we talk of going to war, we need to think it through carefully, not just for the political and the geopolitical and the diplomatic, and the economic consequences and those are important, but at least for me, he said, th

joining me are two key members of the senate armed services committee. republican kelly ayotte and senator blumenthal. welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> thank you. >> chris: i want to pick up on the conversation we had in the last session about guns. senator ayotte you have an a rating from the nra and senator blumenthal an f rating from the nra. when you look at the ideas that vice president bide season talking -- biden is talking about and going to is present to the president on tuesday. i want to ask what you can support. senator ayotte, can you support the idea of universal background checks? >> i think it would be important that we have a thoughtful discussion about this. we haven't talked i didn't hear a lot of discussion this morning with your prior guests about also our mental health system. my background before serving in the senate i was a homicide prosecutor. i do come from the perspective that taking away the rights of law abiding citizens is not going to stop a deranged individual or a criminal. should we look at improving our background

legislation does not pass. >>> also today, chuck hagel will tell a senate committee why he should be the next defense secretary. the senate armed servicesld hagel's confirmation hearing. the former republican senator and vietnam war veteran will likely face tough questions, especially about his stands on israel and iran. he prepared by meeting fraprivay with public interest groups. >>> president obama hopes for some form of immigration reform within six months. in an interviewer with telemundo, he says the plan has to include a path to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants already in the country, and it's time for congress to act. >> we've been working on this for a long time. we know what the issues are. i've got a bill drafted. we've got language. we know what's needed when it comes to border securitiment we know what's need when it comes to dealing with employers who may unlawfully hire undocumented workers. we know what a pathway to citizenship looks like and what the criteria should be. >> the president says republicans and democrats have to come together to resolve this issue. the house and senate are working on separate p

the senate armed services committee will hold his confirmation hearing. he's a former republican senator but may have a hard time winning support from the senate's gop members. six republicans have already said they will oppose his nomination. they have questions about comments he made about israel and iran. if confirmed, hagel would be the first vietnam vet to lead the pentagon. >>> president obama says he hopes for some form of immigration within six months. in an interview with telemundo, he says the plan must include a path to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants already in the country. and he says it's time for congress to act. >> we've been working on this for a long time. we know what the issues are. i've got a bill drafted. we've got language. we know what's needed when it comes to border security. we know what's needed when it comes to dealing with employers who may unlawfully hire undocumented workers. we know what a pathway to citizenship looks like, and what the criteria should be. >> the president says republicans and democrats must c

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next secretary of defense, former senator chuck hagel answers tough questions from the senate armed services committee. the white house is optimistic but not taking anything for granted and is preparing carefully. >>> and this afternoon, the senate decides whether to raise the debt ceiling for the next few months. in the bill, an interesting provision that would hold the members' pay if they failed to pass the budget by february 15th. >>> all right, tornados tearing through the south and the midwest is digging out. bill karins is sorting through this for us. >> unfortunately we had the first tornado fatality in this country in about 220 days. that had been a record. the story this morning is what's happening behind this storm that's exiting the northeast this morning. the windchills and the cold, i mean, winter has returned with a fury. it is like winter was mad at the big warm up we had a couple days ago. minus windchill of 32 in fargo. a couple spots are close to minus 50 in north dakota. a little bit of cold air in billings, but the air is not going to make it through all of the rockies. we are loo

at today's hearings told the senate armed services committee he cannot be defined by a single vote or a quote. >>> when we come back, why walking down the aisle might be good for your health and can you really burn 300 calories just by having sex? dr. kim exposes some of the popular weight loss myths coming up. >>> hi, i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the cbs 5 weather center. we have a lot of hazy sunshine around the bay area. but these temperatures going to soar today. just how high? we'll tell you coming up. one of the cars seen doing donuts on i-880 in o >>> is it wasn't me. i wasn't the one driving. it was my car, yes, but i wasn't driving. >> the owner of one of the cars at the sideshow last week said he wasn't behind the wheel. the man from vallejo says it was his car and he was in a car meet in san leandro when somebody offered him big money for a test drive. >> dude asked me in i wanted to sell my car i told him yeah. he put $7,000 in high hand. i let him drive my car. >> the next thing you know he is on the highway doing doughnuts? >> i guess so. >> within how much time?

next secretary of defense, former senator chuck hagel answers tough questions from the senate arms services committee. the white house is optimistic but not taking anything for granted and is preparing carefully. >>> this afternoon, the senate decides whether to raise the debt ceiling for the next four months. in the bill, an interesting provision that with holds member's pay if they fail to pass a budget by april 15th. >>> president obama's popularity is on the rise. a "washington post" poll found his favorability rating at 60%. that's a three-year high. 37% had an unfavorable view. >>> david visitor is dismissing a bipartisan proposal on immigration reform. and vitter went after florida senator marco rubio calling him amazingly naive to believe the plan would not amount to amnesty. >>> lamar alexander of tennessee talked to chuck todd on "the daily rundown" about gun control and video games. take a listen. >> i think video games is a bigger problem than guns because video games affect people. but the first amendment limits what we can do about video games. the second amendment to the constitution l

in advance of today's hearings, our hearing that is, members of the senate armed services committee sent a 112-page questionnaire with topics ranging from iraq and all the way to the lgbt community. we want to bring in our political power panel, military analyst and medal of honor recipient jack jacobs, we have joining msnbc contributor joanne reid, who happens to be the managing editor, and it's good to have you all here. a lot to talk about as we've been watching this this morning. patrick, i want to start with you. senator mccain is definitely pressing very hard about chuck hagel's resistance to vote about the iraq surge of '07 saying he looked at it through the leps was this policy the best policy to make, the cost of blood and treasure that would be needed. what's your reaction seeing mccain press so hard and as i call it this republican on republican crime? >> listen, i think history will show chuck hagel was right, our focus should have been on afghanistan where bin laden was, the with one who killed thousands of innocent americans, not iraq. the fact to this, we had five times th

he's on the senate armed services committee. he's been to scrawl twice in the last month -- israel twice in the last months. he's a star among the tea party crowd. people are talking about him. i have a possible 2016 contender. the problem being he was born in canada. >> the cliche that young people are liberal and ultra conservative is wrong. but it is true now. and that highlights the challenge. what they need to do is figure out a way to go make a kind of small government market economy-based case to young people, without turning them off. chris: could the cheap investment be a younger candidate like rubio? >> i don't think so. chris: when we come back, the second obama nomination, is it as significant as his first? chris: welcome back. this week's big question, is the second obama inauguration as significant as the first? joe klein? >> it's more significant for republicans because they now know they are a minority party. but we won't have 2 million people in the mall tomorrow. >> fewer people. but if he hadn't been re-electe

he'll appear before the senate armed services committee next thursday. hagel erode looks like it's full of potholes ahead. >> it is, but it's all theater. with senator schumer of new york coming up for him will, enough senators have come out for him and clear he will get confirmed. so this is a fight the president picked with congress and won. that gives him more political capital, a great place for the president to be. but this hearing is going to have a lot more fireworks. republicans, democrats, everybody will pile on to senator hagel. but don't be fooled by the rhetoric. he'll pass. and one are more cabinet note. today is secretary geithner's last gay at the treasury. he has a long history with the building. he came in not just as treasury secretary, but he also worked there as a civil servant. >> let's get to what happened yesterday. senator feinstein's gun reform proposal. she knows it will never get through the house. what was she trying to accomplish? >> she is trying to build support for this issue. she's talking at a time when opinion polls make

chuck hagel will tell a senate committee why he should be the next defense secretary. the senate armed services committee will hold hagel's confirmation hearing. the former republican senator and vietnam veteran will likely face tough questions, especially about his stance on israel and iran. he prepared by meeting privately with more than 50 senators and leaders of public interest groups. >>> right now, vice president biden is preparing for his first trip overseas for the obama administration's second term. he leaves today for europe. the white house says he'll visit germany, france, and the u.k. the vice president's first stop will be at the munich security conference. he spoke at that meeting four years ago at the start of the president's first term. >>> president obama says he hopes for some form of immigration reform this year. in an interview with telemundo, the president says he is looking for the reforms to be completed within six months. the president's plan includes a path to citizenship for 11 million inmates already in the country. the -- inimmigrants already in the country. the pre

he will face the senate armed service committee for his nomination hearing. former republican senator out of nebraska, he should not expect a friendly reception, being soft on iran and tough on israel. the full senate could vote on the full confirmation next week. >>> coming up daytime talk show caught super bowl fever. how the ladies of the talk are showing off their love for the 49ers. and we have a live look at the superdome. yup. they are going to play some football there on sunday. we are gearing up for super bowl xlvii. and we'll be right back. >>> good morning. breaking news out of sunnyvale. many lanes are blocked, three lanes blocked northbound 101 approaching fair oaks avenue. 30 gallons of fuel in the big rig accident. there's a lot of debris in lanes. use 280, highway 85 as your alternates. we'll have much more on this plus the rest of your morning drive. already pretty busy out there. frank, back to you. >> thank you. >>> we have been sharing your 9ers pictures all week long. we have more. check out 80-year-old viola montoya out of san jose. thes

republican senator from nebraska, taking tough questions from his former colleagues on the senate armed services committee. the hearing will determine whether the vietnam veteran will be confirmed to replace leon panetta as secretary of defense. joining us now, florida senator marco rubio, a member of the foreign relations committee as well as the intelligence committee. have is heard anything one way or the other, senator, that causes to decide your vote on chuck hagel? >> well let me begin by saying that chuck hagel's service to our country, particularly in vietnam is something all of us admire and i don't think you will find any debate about that but he is being nominated for one of the most important cabinet positions in our country, the secretary of defense. i stated long ago i've been deeply disturbed by his previous comments and positions in regards to sanctions on iran and in regards to direct negotiations with north korea. obviously statements he made about israel. these are not the kind of statements and kind of positions i want to see our secretary of defense have and these are big, big problem

but the top republican on the senate arms services committee says he and hagel have philosophical differences on the issues and he will not be supporting his fellow republican. >>> boeing's newest passenger jet, the 787 dreamliners have been grounded by japan's leading airlines. a dream liner was evacuated after it made an emergency landing today. a cockpit message showed battery problems, the latest in a series of issues including a battery fire and fuel leaks. japan airlines and alnipon suspended all of the dream liner flights today. the faa is monitoring the incidents. once safety checks are complete, the planes could be back in the air on thursday. >>> and now here's your first look at this morning's dish of "scrambled politics." during his first term, president obama held fewer news conferences than george w. bush or bill clinton. over four years the president held 79 such briefings, that is ten fewer than mr. bush and 54 fewer than president clinton. >>> starting this weekend, president obama's limousine will carry license plates with the phrase taxation without representation. it's a p

talks about things like false flag terrorist attacks and in fact what he was warning the senate armed services committee back in two thousand and seven about a possible staged terrorist attack to lead us to war with iran so so this is the type of thing that's openly discussed in certain circles but if you bring it up in mainstream dialogue again it's branded with this conspiracy theorist label so once again it's just a question of finding out about the real documentable verifiable history of this technique and how it's been used in the pans out unfortunate as that that you know decades later of course we find out the stuff about the gulf of tonkin it's like well that was that was so long ago i mean who cares just kind of brushed under the rug and even at the j.f.k. assassination i mean there are so many things that we don't know about yet are caging or just came out and said he doesn't believe the official narrative things that it's completely impossible and fact his whole family thinks the warren commission is quote shoddy workmanship i mean these are things that unfortunately the truth eeks out so lon

the first step is going to be hearings in the senate armed services committee. after hagel gets through that, assuming he gets through that, he will go before the full senate for a vote. we expect it to get started soon. >> he is a nebraska republican and also a vietnam veteran. interestingly, he is going to have to deal, if he is successful in being nominated, he is going to have to deal with the pullout of iraq and afghanistan of u.s. troops. also, he is going to have to deal with how to handle veteran affairs. it seems he does have things that are strong qualifiers for him to become head of the department. >> that's certainly what his supporters will say. they think that in the end, whether there is a fight in the senate or the armed services committee or very exciting hearings we end up watching, he could be confirmed because they don't feel that the senate is going to vote down a kdecorated vietnam war vet. he has been a maverick and an independent voice. his supporters argue that he knows what he is talking about. as you mentioned, he will have to deal with

--iran the farmers to term senator from nebraska is the lone witness at a senate arms services committeetoday that could be crucial in determining whether he will win senate confirmation to succeed defense secretary leon panetta. if confirmed hegel who is a decorated vietnam combat veteran will be the first enlisted man and first vietnam veteran to serve as defense secretary. >> e police in phoenix are looking for a 70 year-old man they say is armed and dangerous following an office complex shooting that left one person dead and two others wounded. our third douglas harman is a key as a walking into a law office and shooting three people. police say it was not a random shooting. cordite is a harmacourt documents say harm was supposed to attend a summit and a lawsuit he filed last april. >> will we are on the field we actually do o >> announcer: meet jill. she thought she'd feel better after seeing her doctor. and she might have, if not for kari, the identity thief who stole jill's social security number to open credit cards, destroying jill's credit and her dream of retirement. now meet

the former chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, so he is basically dealing with colleagues he worked with for a long time, i'm hoping that the senate armed servicesttee really pushes chuck hagel on obama administration policies. because you know, jon, when you become defense secretary or secretary of state, you don't run your own little fiefdom or foreign policy or defense party. you're part of the obama team. this is a good opportunity for the american people to get a solid airing on the issues that you know, face us. nuclear iran. our troops in afghanistan. you mentioned the defense budget, missile defense. proliferation. all these issues. so i'm hoping that chuck hagel will be pressed by members of the senate on the senate armed services committee about these very important issues that affect us today. jon: presumably he has been asked those opinions on those issues by the president. the president wouldn't have picked him for the job if he didn't share the president's views? >> no argument there because that is why this is really important because there is lot to be concerned about the president's foreign policy. look at syria, 22 months, 62,0

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two senators to talk about the nominations of former senator hagel. >> that will be a tough nomination. we had two members of the armed services committeeh will hold hearings. iiot is very concerned with the positions that hagel has stated and voted in years as a senator on iran, on israel, on defense cuts, on a variety of issues. and she indicated that at this point, that she is leaning against him. and he is going to have to persuade her in one-on-one meetings, the nominees meet with each of the members of the committee and in the committee hearings. but she said, he's going to have to do some convincing. richard blue menthal expressed concerns. he's a dm. but he predicted at then of the day, we will get through. but when you hear somebody like chuck schumer, the number 3 man in the senate democratic leadership, particularly on the issue of israel because, of course, hagel talked about the jewish lobby and has said that -- israel this shnegotiate with hamas. he won't endorse him and said, i will wait to be persuaded. i think of all the nominees, i think this is the only one in jeopardy. >> shannon: you talked about the senates and the

directly from him today. >> and we heard from the armed services committee chair, they would like this confirmation process to begin very soon. senateeign relations committee, john kerry, secretary of state, armed services committee. the intelligence committee will take a look at john brennan. >> so will the chairman of the committee during the event issues his statement saying i endorse you. let's get this process moving. that tells you chuck hagel's chances of being confirmed multiplied exponentially. that doesn't mean if they get it out of the committee -- if the chairman endorses you, trust me, he has done the math. possibly could be a filibuster. you get -- the power is very interesting. divide in the republican party. colin powell lived it during the bush administration. i think what's significant today is the personal. to gloria's point he emphasized both john brennan and chuck hagel rose up through the ranks at the cia and the military. personal biographies, the president hopes, gets them through. bob gates, came to like and trust him quite a bit. at first that was continuity because of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. took

wednesday, january 30th, the senate foreign relations committee continues its meeting of the 113th congress in the capitol building. thursday, january 31, the senate armed services committee opens hearings on it's nomination of chuck hagel to be the next secretary of defense. that's at 9:30 a.m. and on friday, february 1st, nasa marks the tenth anniversary of the space shuttle columbia disaster. ceremonies begin at 10:00 a.m. that is your capital rundown. you can find more at myfoxdc.com, and reach us on twitter with hashtag capitalrundown. i'm tom fitzgerald. see you in the next week. can you find a take where it's a bit more dramatic on that last line, yeah? yeah i got it right here. someone help me!!! i have a flat tire!!! well it's good... good for me. what do you think? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. just ask pc mag. [ man ] "cable can't touch fios upload speeds." "it's hard to imagine anyone ever beating fios." "there's no doubt fios is the fastest in the country." [ male announcer ] after 110,000 speed tests, nothing came close to fios. and with fios you get unlimited internet use. period. because according

confirmation hearings for chuck hagel begin this morning on capitol hill in front of the senate armed services committee. >> president obama nominated the former nebraska senator as the next u.s. defense secretary. his confirmation process is expected to be somewhat contentious, more so than senator john kerry for secretary of state. delia goncalves is live in our satellite center. she has more on hagel's battle as he goes before the senate. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning. it will be a fiery hearing on the hilda. senator kerry breezed through his confirmation process. it won't be as easy for senator chuck hagel, mainly because of his past comments that are literally coming back to haunt him. the 66-year-old vietnam veteran says his views have been distorted but his critics, and there are lots of them, say it shows a deep misunderstanding of the issues, including israeli-u.s. relations. some comments have been seen as pro-palestine, even as a justification for terrorism. the senator has even been seen as anti-gay. but his colleagues, including republican senator john coryn from texas are

with me now, rhode island democratic senator jack reed, a member of the armed services committee, who's just back from his 14th trip to afghanistan. senator reed, good morning, sir. >> good morning, chuck. >> let me start with the 30,000-foot question on the front of afghanistan. would afghanistan be in a worse -- in worse shape today if it wasn't for the u.s. surge? >> i think they would definitely be in a much more precarious situation. i think the president's strategy, which he outlined at west point, was not only to build up forces to stop the momentum of the taliban and other insurgent groups, but also to clearly indicate that we were going to use the time to transition to afghan leadership and to clearly begin a retrograde of our forces by 2014. so those two together, the buildup with a strategic purpose of putting the afghans in the lead, were critical, i think, to the success so far. at least the progress, so far. and so, but i concur that without that increase in forces, the momentum would have been more and more in the hands of the taliban. >> will historians look at the war i