shaheen: thank you. i appreciate that, especially the importance of the empowerment of those individuals. when we talked shortly after your nomination was put forward, we talked about two of new hampshire's military installations that we are very proud of, the portsmouth naval shipyard, shared between new hampshire and maine, and our 157th air refueling wing at peas national guard, the first national guard station to receive the refueling tanker. there are two long-term concerns i have about those installations. one is the shipyard optimization plan as we look at the need to invest in your public shipyards in the future. that optimization plan will be critical to ensuring the capacity is there, not just at the portsmouth naval shipyard but our other shipyards to support our naval fleet and i hope that you will remain committed to that plan and to moving forward with that plan, as we look at the upcoming years. gen. austin: i will, senator. sen. shaheen: and the other is the k.c.-46 and the continuing iss

shaheen, mr. shelby, ms. anna mom -- sinema. >> ms. smith, ms. stabenow, mr. sullivan, mr. tester. [inaudible conversations] mr. thune, mr. tillis, mr. toomey, mr. tuberville. [inaudible conversations] mr. van hollen, mr. warner, mr. warnock, ms. warren. [inaudible conversations] mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. biden, mr. young. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] >> the senate will be in order. the senate will be in order. the sergeant-at-arms will make the proclamation. >> hear ye, hear ye, hear ye all persons are commanded to keep silent while the house of representatives is exhibiting to the senate of the united states and article of impeachment against donald john trump former president of the united states. >> mr. president? at the senator from kentucky. >> article ii, section 4 the constitution says the president and vice president all civil officers of the united states shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason robbery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. article i section 3 clause six states when the president o

with me are lizzy burden, uk economy reporter for bloomberg news, and faiza shaheen, inequality leadntre for international cooperation at new york university. lovely to have you both with us. tomorrow's front pages starting with the daily mail leads with a striking picture of us capitol and donald trump with the caption "you're fired!" a nod to his reality tv past. the telegraph writes that the president faces the prospect of impeachment as fury grows over the riots on congress. grows over the riots on congress. the mirror leads on the uk's vaccine roll—out writing that the army will help hundreds of thousands get vaccinated. the times reports that there's new hope for covid patients with an arthritis drug that cuts the risk of death by a quarter among the sickest. the guardian writes that serious flaws have been discovered in care homes‘ covid safety defences. and the financial times leads on last nights riots on congress after mike pence defied trump on his election loss. so, let's begin. i want to get there tonight, let's begin and once again thank you for joining us on this thurs

. >> senator shaheen brightest and i think mr. chairman.eral austin thank you for being willing to be considered for this post at this critical time in our nations history. you're probably aware, lastly, this committee received testimony from outside experts from the labor that will be required to serve in the whole issue of civil military conditions. one of the interesting things to me not hearing last week was one of the people testifying talked about the concern that during the secretary tenured that there was an over mention of military views that were tickled to shaping america's military or defense policies . can talk about how you would respond to those concerns what you think should be done to ensure that the balance continues with a prominent being on civilian control of the military. >> i believe that you need to have the right people in the right positions that are in the decision making process. so i like to have a very experienced undersecretary for policy i look to have a very experienced deputy secretaryry f defense. my chief

shaheen. ms. smith. the vice president: please raise your right hands. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter, so help you god? the senators: i do. the vice president: congratulations, senators. the vice president: the clerk will call the names of the next pair the clerk: mr. sullivan. mr. tillis. the vice president: please raise your right hands. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you

with me are lizzy burden, uk economy reporter for bloomberg news, and faiza shaheen, inequality leadntre for international cooperation at new york university. before we start, let's take a look at some of the front pages from across the world. and the washington post website leads on the riots at the us capitol, describing last night's invasion of it as a disastrous failure of security. the new york times also focuses on the riots with a lead article claiming that president trump wants to pardon himself in the final days of his presidency. le figaro reports that the election outcome has been confirmed withjoe biden to become the next president of the united states. the frankfurter also leads on those dramatic scenes in washington last night — with a photograph of mike pence and nancy pelosi at the certification ofjoe biden. the japan times writes that there was "fear and shock "amid the siege at us capitol" the uk's telegraph leads on the threat from the democrats, who say they'll remove trump if he doesn't leave "after america's day of shame". so so let's begin and as always lizzy a

faiza shaheen, lizzy burden, we are out of time but thank you as a lwa ys we are out of time but thank and thank you for watching from home. we've been discussing the reaction to yesterday's storming of the us capitol building by some of president trump's supporters. in a speech a few hours ago, america's president—electjoe biden called it "one of the darkest days in the nation's history", labelled the rioters "insurrectionists and domestic terrorists", and accused the outgoing president of trying to use mob violence to overturn the result of november's election. let's hear more of what mr biden had to say. yesterday, in my view, was one of the darkest days in the history of our nation — an unprecedented assault on our democracy. an assault, literally, on the citadel of liberty on the united states capitol itself. an assault on the rule of law, an assault on the most sacred of american undertakings — ratifying the will of the people and choosing the leadership of their government. all of us here grieve the loss of life, grieve the desecration of the people's house. but what we witnesse

senator shaheen: good.i hope, senators, we can make that happen with this committee and the next month or so. another topic we talked about briefly was the importance of ensuring that women are part of our foreign policy agenda. i'm very proud to have worked on legislation to try and include women at the table with more -- when we're negotiating conflicts and to ensure they are part of those efforts because the data shows us when that's the case, those kinds of peace negotiations have a 35% chance of lasting 15 years or longer. 35% better chance of lasting 15 years or longer. so, it is something that makes sense. i would hope again that the state department would take more robust effort to be engaged in that. the defense department has i think been more proactive and i hope that state will join in those efforts in the coming year. but one of the areas where it is clearly an issue is in afghanistan. we have not gotten any commitment from the tablian on -- from the taliban on the role of women in any future a

missus shaheen. ms. smith. please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies both foreign and domestic; that you will bear trueu faith and allegiance to the same; that you will take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you hfic god? >> i do. >> congratulations, senator. [applause] the clerk will call the names of the next pair. mr. sullivan. mr. tellis. please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, both foreign and domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you will take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you god? >> i do.

. >> bring the family over, bring team shaheen over here. >> this is my daughter stacy. >> hi stacy. nice to meet you. >> granddaughter and daughter. >> hi molly, congratulations to your whole family, it's an honor to be here with you. it is. >> this way? >> yup. >> great, young lady your shoulder right behind, great. alright everybody. >> three, two, one. >> thank you. >> senator congratulations. >> it's a great honor for me, congratulations. >> how are you, happy new year. >> shelley congratulations. >> thank you. >> really good, you have to. >> this is my father's he had in world war ii. >> it does look like military issued. >> and this is my grandmother so i wanted to honor my mother to, this is the bible i got when i graduated from college and my mother -- i got mom and dad. >> i love it, you're getting me choked up, that is glorious, it really is, thank you so much. >> people have done it both ways with or without masks, were distanced, enter decision, leader mcconnell did one with the mask and one without. , give a good angle on the senator. okay. please raise your right hand.

shaheen? mrs. shaheen, no. mr. shelby? mr. shelby, no. ms. sinema. ms. sinema, no. ms. smith? ms. smith, no. ms. stabenow? ms. stabenow, no. mr. sullivan? >> no. >> mr. sullivan, no. mr. tester? >> no. >> mr. tester, no. mr. thune? mr. thune, no. mr. thillis? mr. thillis, no. mr. toomey? mr. toomey, no. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen, no. mr. warner? mr. warner, no. ms. warren? >> no. >> ms. warren, no. mr. whitehouse? mr. whitehouse, no. mr. wicker? >> no. >> mr. wicker, no. mr. wyden? mr. wyden, no. mr. young? >> no. >> mr. young, no. ms. harris? ms. harris, no. mrs. gillibrand? no. mr. blumenthal? mr. blumenthal, no. ms. hirono? ms. hirono, no. mr. portman? mr. portman, no. mr. cassidy? mr. cassidy, no. mr. menendez? mr. menendez, no. mr. kaine? mr. kaine, no. >>> so, here we go. they are just waiting to announce right now, chris. >> so, what's happening right now is the parliamentarians, the people who sit in front of mike pence, if you are looking at the screen right now. you have the people who are on that top level. those are the senate parliamentarians. all right. those tw

shaheen. mr. shelby. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow now. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. toomey. mr. tauber bill. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. miss warren. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. >> [inaudible] a quorum is present. majorityr. leader. >> very briefly i simply want to welcome all senators on this first day of the one 117th congress. today, 60 members are joining our ranks for the first time. senators hagerty of tennessee, hicken looper of colorado, lujan of new mexico, of wyoming, marshal of kansas, tuberville of alabama, have been elected to serve the people of their home states. and of course senator kelly of arizona was sworn in a few weeks ago. we congratulate all of our new colleagues as well as their families and look forward to the ways in which they were unique experiences their ideas and their priorities will enrich this institution and strengthen our work for the nation. to say the one 117th congress convenes at a challenging time would indeed be an understatement. from political division to ao deadly pandemic to adversaries around the wo

. >> senator from new hampshire, senator shaheen. >> senator from new hampshire. >> mr. president, on january 3rd, i along with 31 of my colleagues stood in this chamber and swore an oath to support and defend the constitution of the united states. it's both ironic and deeply disappointing that only three days after swearing these oaths, some of my colleagues are willfully coming close to breaking this promise. since 1797, each u.s. president has peacefully handed over power to the next, and that will happen again on january 20th, when donald trump, despite the protesters today, the violence today -- when donald trump leaves the white house at noon and joe biden becomes president. and we've heard tonight from both democrats and republicans about the importance of the voters speaking in the election and about the fact that there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud. but this is not just an issue for us here in the united states. this is an issue for nascent democracies around the world, who has senator romney said look to the united states as an example. we are the sh

senator jeanne shaheen is part of a bipartisan group to make this bill a reality, joining us in a few minutes. >>> and you're talking about it, you know i'm talking about, everybody, even outside wall street, is talking about what in the world is going on with gamestock -- gamestop. why did the stop of a failing brick and mortar video game store jump 1,600% in two weeks? think david and goliath and at the moment david is winning but this battle ain't over. it is populism taking on capitalism and they're taking it to the street. getting to that in a minute. >>> but first, we want to focus on this pandemic. maura barrett and tom costello. >> the projection now is, simple math, where the trend line is going, that we're going to cross the half million mark in mid-february or so, there's a little bit of good news, stephanie, that is that it appears that the number of new cases is declining by about 30% or so over the last few weeks post holiday. that's encouraging. and also the number of vaccinations right now is holding at about a million a day give or take. as you know the biden administ

democratic leader in or from new hampshire senator shaheen. senator from new hampshire mr president i'm january 3rd i along with 31 of my colleagues stood in this chamber and swore no oath to support and defend the constitution of the united states it's about. 3. years. ok and i see the latest situation from the u.s. chamber isn't on capitol hill it's. looking at the certification of the vice president and by u.s. president he's fully candid. so this is out there these are the top stories in the u.s. congress is reconvene just hours after a mob of trump followed stormed the capitol building in washington d.c. one of the protesters died in the violence which forced the suspension of a session to certify president elect joe biden's election victory the president elect condemned the writing is a dark moment in the nation's history and the assault on democracy he blamed what he called a small number of extremists for the kale saying it did not reflect the true america well president trump released a video on twitter repeating without evidence alle

chairman. >> thank you, senator shaheen. senator "rubbo." >> tep back in and serve our country.we sure app senator rubio. how for stepping up and i'm going to focus if i can to two specific things. as you're well aware in cuba, there is a very small, but not real or substantial, small private businesses and that's old by a controlling company that controls anything that makes money and anytime they figure out something might make money and it's controlled by the cuban military and the military officials and the current administration, the trump administration put in place a policy that prohibits financial transactions by any that are controlled by that holding company and owned by the cuban military. theoretically if the government would allow it, could open up a hotel, but not a company identified through the cuban military and by that holding company. is that a policy that you would recommend to the biden administration that we keep or not? >> senator, i would propose to do that very, very quickly. that makes good significance to me. and i don't know to form a full judgment, w

democratic leader in a from new hampshire senator shaheen. senator from new hampshire.

. >> senator shaheen. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and mr.linken, thank you to be willing to consider being in this post at a critical time here today. one of the things we've heard in the last few days, that president-elect biden's interest in resuming the united states' position in international alliances from everything from the paris climate accords to the who. but clearly it's going to take more than that to rebuild our relationships around the world. so what else do we need to do and what are you thinking about pals if you're confirmed that you think is going to be restoring those relationships? >> senator, i think we have a-- and several members. committee alluded to this, we have a big task ahead of us in restoring, revitalizing those relationships. i do think it starts to use a colloquial term, to showing up again, to being present. having our diplomates in the not glamorous day in and day out diplomacy and being in the room. not pulling back from it. and i know sometimes that sounds trite, but i think we're so much better off, even

places in the world to kind of guide and tell other countries how to manage their democracies jeanne shaheen last night was talking about trying to encourage the former president of georgia to step down at the end of his term along with senator jim risch it was a bipartisan effort to say you know the peaceful transfer of power is part of democracies what story does america have to tell now that's a great question to be honest with you i think it's going to take us some time to repair this i think the country that been the world. looked at america yesterday and saw what they usually see when we look over at faraway places and see people storming government buildings and wonder why these people can't get their act together and why there's such social disorder and wonder how the rule of law has broken down and you're right america does lead by example in many ways and so the 1st thing is we've got to make sure that we have a smooth inauguration on january 20th that joe biden problem here is are inaugurated and we have a president who can lead us out of this darkness and make us a leader among n

shaheen, the head of biontech was one of them, said that he decide the year before that to actually change the format of the whole research program and develop an rna vaccine against this virus, and what we -- what he contributed and many others contributed to enabling us to now have a vaccine only 12 months after, well, it shows that humankind is capable of such great scientific feats, is capable of doing ground breaking research, and i think this shows the way out of this pandemic, although this is going to be a very or dues road, much of an uphill battle and much more difficult than many think. biontech, pfizer has developed vaccines. biontech was a startup. people from 60 different nations work in this startup, and it's a clear illustration also of the shared value of international cooperation and of what you can actually do with this kind of cooperation. the pandemic has left deep imprints on our societies and our economies, and it is safe to say that i think it's going to determine in many ways the way we live, the way we do business over the next few years. hundreds of people -- hun

shaheen: mr. president, on january 3, i along with 31 of my colleagues stood in this chamber and swore an oath to support and defend the constitution of the united states. it's both ironic and deeply disappointing that only three days after swearing these oaths, some of my colleagues are willfully coming close to breaking this promise. since 1797, each u.s. senate has peacefully handed over power to the next, and that will happen again on january 20 when donald trump, despite the protesters today, the violence today, when donald trump leaves the white house at noon and joe biden becomes president. and we've heard tonight from both democrats and republicans about the importance of the voters speaking in the election and about the fact that there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud. but this is not just an issue for us here in the united states. this is an issue for nascent democracies around the world who, as senator romney said, look to the united states as an example. we are the shining city

. >> bring the family over, bring team shaheen over here. >> this is my daughter stacy. >> hi stacy. nice to meet you. >> granddaughter and daughter. >> hi molly, congratulations to your whole family, it's an honor to be here with you. it is. >> this way? >> yup. >> great, young lady your shoulder right behind, great. alright everybody. >> three, two, one. >> thank you. >> senator congratulations. >> it's a great honor for me, congratulations. >> how are you, happy new year. >> shelley congratulations. >> thank you. >> really good, you have to. >> this is my father's he had in world war ii. >> it does look like military issued. >> and this is my grandmother so i wanted to honor my mother to, this is the bible i got when i graduated from college and my mother -- i got mom and dad. >> i love it, you're getting me choked up, that is glorious, it really is, thank you so much. >> people have done it both ways with or without masks, were distanced, enter decision, leader mcconnell did one with the mask and one without. , give a good angle on the senator. okay. please raise your right hand.

senator shaheen, senator from new hampshire. mr president on january 3rd eye along with 31 of my colleagues stood in this chamber and sworn or oath to support and defend the constitution of the united states. it's both ironic and deeply disappointing that only three days after swearing these outs. some of my colleagues are willfully coming close to breaking this promise since 17 97, each us president has peacefully handed over power to the next and that will happen again on january 20th when donald trump despite the protesters today, the violence today when donald trump leaves the white house at noon, and joe biden becomes president. and we've heard tonight from both democrats and republicans about the importance of the voter speaking in the election and about the fact that there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud, but this is not just an issue for us here in the united states. this is an issue for nascent democracies around the world. who has senator romney said. look to the united states is an example. we. are the shinin

chairman. >> thank you, senator shaheen. on behalf of chairman inhofe let me recognize senator cotton. >> i want to thank both of our witness for appearing. one observation upfront. when we talk about civilian control of the military and the implications for this waiver i don't think anyone believes civilian control of the military services at risk from this nomination. we all have an interest back from lloyd austin and his serve in uniform and his respect for general mark milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs and other senior leaders of our armed forces and our combatant commands. the question we're facing here is whether the experiences and the skills and relationships that career military officers bring to the job after being recently retired -- i want to speak first about perceptions. ms. cohn, you are come have a idea where going come from recently retired flag officers to administrations in a in a ro help create the perception that -- is not being -- being secretary of defense. is there any way we can avoid that per

shaheen. >> no. >> mr. shelby. >> [ inaudible ]. >> miss sinema. >> no. >> miss smith. >> no. >> miss stabenow. >> no. >> mr. sullivan. >> no. >> mr. tester. >> no. >> mr. thune. >> no. >> mr. tillis. >> no. >> mr. toomey. >> no. >> mr. tuberville. >> aye. >> mr. van hollen. >> no. >> mr. warner. >> no. >> ms. warren. >> no. >> mr. whitehouse. >> no. >> mr. ricker. >> no. >> mr. wyden. >> no. >> mr. young. >> no. >> what's happening is they are just tallying the votes that were just voted by the u.s. senators. you saw all of the senators, we believe are in the chamber. they voted orally. it's being tabulated by the clerks there. they are discussing with parliamentary staff there and ultimately we will here, i believe, from vice president mike pence as the presiding officer here. again, no votes were votes to vote down the objection. aye votes, i hear at least three from senator cruz, hawley, and tuckerville. those would be votes to sub stain the objection to the arizona electoral college votes. but i want t

shaheen? >> no. >> mr. shelby? >> no. >> ms. sinema? >> no. >> ms. smith? >> no. >> ms. stabenow? >> no. >> mr. sullivan? >> no. >> mr. tester? >> no. >> mr. thune? >> no. >> mr. tillis? >> no. >> mr. toomey? >> no. >> mr. tubberville? >> aye. >> mr. van holland? >> no. >> mr. warner? >> no. >> ms. warren? >> no. >> mr. white house? >> no. >> mr. wicker? >> no. >> mr. wyden? >> no. >> mr. young? >> no. . >> what we just saw was senators vote down the first objection to joe biden's electoral vote tally in arizona. then they're going to proceed to the house to continue on with this process. by the way, a process that was interrupted by domestic terrorists, insurrectionists who stormed the capitol after being incited by the president of the united states himself this morning. this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. thank you for joining us, especially on an evening like this. we have never seen a day like today, but america is still standing. the capitol is gratefully still standing, and the congress is back to business, the business of the american people, certifying joe biden's elect

senator shaheen. >> senator from new hampshire. >> mr. president, on january 3rd. >> so we have been watching, flip flopping between the two chambers of congress that are back in session. back at it, and moving ahead with the business of certifying the electoral votes and -- and making official, joe biden's victory. inauguration, set for two weeks from today, january 20th, under the constitution. and if i go to garrett haake, we just saw mitt romney, a candidate you covered. and he -- he said -- i know it's not easy to lose. he's had the experience, himself. but he was very blunt. did not mince words. right at the top, saying we are here because of a selfish man's injured pride. referring to the president. and then, later, said, garrett, that if you want to honor the trump voter, you have to tell them the truth. >> yeah, and that comment seemed like a direct message to josh hawley, who spoke only a few minutes before. this idea, proposed by some of these objectors here that, somehow, we need a commission to study this election. and to get

places in the world to kind of guide and tell other countries how to manage their democracies jeanne shaheen last night was talking about trying to encourage the former president of georgia to step down at the end of his term along with senator jim risch it was a bipartisan effort to say you know the peaceful transfer of power is part of democracies what story does america have to tell now that's a great question to be honest with you i think it's going to take us some time to repair this i think the country that the world. looked at america yesterday and saw what they usually see when we look over at faraway places and see people storming government buildings and wonder why these people can't get their act together and why there's such social disorder and wonder how the rule of law has broken down and you're right america does lead by example in many ways and so the 1st thing is we've got to make sure that we have a smooth inauguration on january 20th that joe biden cobble harris or inaugurated and we have a president who can lead us out of this darkness and make us a leader among nations a

places in the world the kind of guy didn't tell other countries how to manage their democracies jeanne shaheen last night was talking about trying to encourage the former president of georgia to step down at the end of his term along with senator jim risch it was a bipartisan effort to say you know the peaceful transfer of power is part of democracies what story does america have to tell now that's a great question to be honest with you i think it's going to take us some time to repair this i think the country that the world. looked at america yesterday and saw what they usually see when we look over at faraway places and see people storming government buildings and wonder why these people can't get their act together and why there's such social disorder and wonder how the rule of law has broken down and you're right america does lead by example in many ways and so the 1st thing is we've got to make sure that we have a smooth inauguration on january 20th that joe biden problem here is are inaugurated and we have a president who can lead us out of this darkness and make us a leader among nation

shaheen: mr. president, on january 3, i along with 31 of my colleagues stood in this chamber and swore an oath to support and defend the constitution of the united states. it's both ironic and deeply disappointing that only three days after swearing these oaths, some of my colleagues are willfully coming close to breaking this promise. since 1797, each u.s. senate has peacefully handed over power to the next, and that will happen again on january 20 when donald trump, despite the protesters today, the violence today, when donald trump leaves the white house at noon and joe biden becomes president. and we've heard tonight from both democrats and republicans about the importance of the voters speaking in the election and about the fact that there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud. but this is not just an issue for us here in the united states. this is an issue for nascent democracies around the world who, as senator romney said, look to the united states as an example. we are the shining city

i've offered two separate pieces of legislation jointly with senator shaheen bipartisan legislation bothof which have passed into law imposing strong sanctions to prevent the completion. the first of those they passed in december a little over a year ago and the second of those we passed just a little over a month ago. as a consequence the pipeline on the verge of being completed halted in its tracks and when we first started taking up the norse stream to sanction legislation to the pundits and observers also there was was no chance that sanctions would stop the pipeline and that is now been proven categorically false. the pipeline is stopped and 95% completed. it is not operational. just this morning the state department announced sanctions specifically and in these one involving a specific vessel the fortuna that is involved in russia's contempt -- attempt to complete the pipeline. there have been suggestions about moscow and berlin that the biden administration would reduce pressure and reduce efforts to stop nord streatm. the sanctions we pass to get it passed to receive there were s

. >> senator shaheen. >> thank you, mr.n, and thank you to each of you for being here this morning and for your service. secretary braithwait, i want to follow up on the conversation about the importance of being able to operate in cold climates and the importance of the arctic going forward. in new hampshire we have the u.s. armies cold regions research and engineering lab and they do amazing research. and i wondered how -- to what extent you share that kind of research across branches. do you get information from the army about research that's being done that would be helpful to the navy? >> we do, of course, under a new joint approach the service secretaries and i, we talk. the service chiefs talk all the time and our respective research arms have exchange and interplay as well. >> admiral gilday, i appreciated your comments about our civilian workers, especially at the shipyards. everyone appreciated that. i'm very interested in ensuring that the shipyard optimization plan goes forward as envisioned. are you comfortable

how much money is jeanne shaheen worth?ow do these people become multimillionaires after only two or three years in the government? host: crystal, longview, texas. good morning. caller: i agree with mark. frankly, i think pull oc should osi should havel gone a long time ago. she has been on trump for one thing or the other, always just irritating, irritating things. she is upset about her office? let me tell you something, if she left trump alone, he could have done a lot more than he did. the man is one of the first presidents that has done anything in a long time. i tell you one thing, i doubt that biden is going to change. he has not done anything, as the man said, in his wholedrawing p. no one has mentioned this, president trump did not take a salary. greedy --le are so you don't see any of them with their millions of dollars giving up their salary. crystal -- host: roy in woodstock, georgia. good morning. caller: i believe removing president trump -- people like ifblame the devil, but what it is god that wanted consequ

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joining us now, democrat senator shaheen of new hampshire, a member of the foreign relations committeejoining us. the bill potentially will go through either way. what's the potential you could get republican support? >> well, i think there are provisions in the bill that republicans do support, or at least a number of republicans support. hopefully they will decide that they can support those. i think we're still in a negotiation period. we're going to have to make a decision soon. because as we look at particularly the spread of the variant and the need to get vaccines out to the states and get vaccinations into people's arms, the urgency becomes even greater. and states need these dollars. we need them not just for vaccinations. but still for ppe, for research and to the jean ohmic changes in the coronavirus, we are not doing as well as we should. so it's really important that resources get out there and we are also able to help people who are still suffering because of the coronavirus. >> so, senator, you obviously have been part of a group of republicans and democrats that have be

. >> senator shaheen. >> thank you, mr. chair man. general austin, thank you for being willing to be considered for this post. as you are probably aware, last week the committee received testimony from outside experts on the issue of the waiver that will be required for you to serve and the whole issue of civil military relations. i know you addressed that briefly and senator reid followed up with some specifics that one of the interesting things in the hearing was one of the people testifying talked about the concern that there was an over deference to military views that were critical to shaping america's military policy or defense policy. can you talk about how you would respond to those concerns and what you think should be done to ensure the balance continues with the prominence being on control of the military?op >> i believe you need to have the right people in the right positions that can be and are in the decision-making process. i would look to have a very experienced undersecretary for policy. i would like to have a very ex