he was on "the view" recently where he tried to comfort megan mccain. joe biden's son beau had the same type of cancer. >> there is hope. if anybody can make it, your dad -- her dad is one of my best friends. her dad -- her dad goes after me hammer and tong. we're like two brothers who were somehow raised by different fathers or something. >> what do you want to be remembered for? >> he served his country. that's what i'd like to see. he served his country. hopefully with the word honorably on it. that's all. >>> we'll be back in a moment. when we do, the news media start to work their way into our list. old and new. >>> when we first sat here, one of our more boisterous conversations was about what wasn't going to make -- >> you attacked me about buying toothpaste on amazon. >> you have amazon. is that amazon prime, or are we talking three to five days? >> amazon is a multi -- it's on multiple levels. >> big customer here. >> i live above a drugstore. i order toothpaste and deodorant on amazon. >> that's tragic. they might as well call that carbon foot

he was on "the view" recently where he tried to comfort megan mccain. joe biden's son had the same type of cancer. >> there is hope. if anybody can make it, your dad -- her dad is one of my best friends. her dad -- her dad goes after me hammer and tong. we're like two brothers who were somehow raised by different fathers or something. >> what do you want to be remembered for? >> he served his country. that's what i'd like to see. he served his country. hopefully with the word honorably on it. that's all. >>> we'll be back in a moment. when we do, the news media start to work their way into our list. old and new. >>> when we first sat here, one of our more boisterous conversations was about what wasn't going -- >> you attacked me about buying toothpaste on amazon. >> you have amazon. is that amazon prime or are we talking three to five days? >> amazon is a -- it's on multiple levels. >> big customer here. >> i live above a drugstore. i order toothpaste and deodorant on amazon. >> that's tragic. they might as well call that carbon footprint toothpaste. am

is battling mccain brain cancer. are you steering the ship in his absence? >> the answer is yes i am chairing the meetings that we are cheering the meetings consistent with what john feels we should be doing. deciding what hearings we are having, that's a decision coming out of the chairman, john mccain. during his recovery, he cannot be here and stopped everything now. he is calling the shots and i'm showing up. we haveast question prepared, in october there is a political poll that came out that says 55% of registered voters supported, or trust democrats in congress more than president trump to handle national security issues. do you think republicans have become vulnerable on national security issues and you think that will be an issue -- >> i would like to see how that question is posed. the one thing no one questions -- when you have president obama with his policy that you could not put money into fence on this you put it in nondefense, that should tell american people who was the strongest on national defense. if the vast majority, or small majority o

as everyone knows, the chairman senator john mccain is battling brain cancer. how often are you talking to him and are you steering the ship in his absence? >> i'm the next in line so the answer is yes i'm chairing the meetings but we're chairing the with gs in consistent what scraun fields we should be doing -- what john fields we should be doing. deciding on what hearings we're having, that's a decision that's coming out of the chairman who is john mccain. during his recovery period he can't be here for these and you can't stop everything now. so i'll give you two answers from that. he's calling the shots and i'm showing up. >> i guess the last question we have that we both prepared is that in october there was a political poll that came out that said that 55% of registered supporters trust democrats in congress more than president trump to handle national security issues. wondering, it's an election year. do you think that republicans have become vulnerable on national security issues and do you think that's going to be an issue? >> i can't believe -- i woul

mccain away from training periods. which steps have the navy taken to ensure this is not continuing to o car wiccur with the remain forward. deployed forces? is the navy reviewing current sourcing requirements? additional additionally, has the navy coordinated with the combat and commanders to review current mandatory sourcing requirements? how is the navy leadership communicating an inability to resource or risk associated with resourcing the cocom requirements and for each of you? >> sir, i'll begin on this. the simple answer is that particularly the forward deployed naval forces in japan have taken a look at the force generation process. the process by which they maintain and train and certify forces for the missions to which they're assigned. we started by rebaselining every cruiser and destroyer that is in the forward deployed naval force in japan so first and foremost every ship that is under way right now has been assessed to be ready for those missions. then it's a matter of just sticking to that plan so we do

as everyone knows, the chairman senator john mccain is battling , brain cancer. how often are you talking to him and are you steering the ship in his absence? sen. inhoff: i'm the next in line so the answer is yes i'm chairing the meetings but we're chairing the meetings in in consistent with what john feels we should be doing. deciding on what hearings we're having, that's a decision that's coming out of the chairman who is john mccain. so obviously during his recovery period he can't be here for these and you can't stop everything now. so i'll give you two answers from that. he's calling the shots and i'm showing up. patrick: i guess the last question we have that we both prepared is that in october there was a political poll that came out that said that 55% of registered voters support were trust democrats in congress more than president trump to handle national security issues. i'm wondering, it's an election year do you think that republicans have become vulnerable on national security issues and do you think that's going to be an issue? sen. inhoff: i can't

>> i haven't had a chance to read all of what senator mccain said. >> and the awards? >> we'll keep you posted. it'll be something later today. >> we'll be looking for that. >> i know you're all waiting to see if you are big winners, i'm sure. >> indeed. there's been frustration from both republicans and democrats who were in the room yesterday with steve bannon when he was being asked about some of the claims that he's made about this administration and the president's family. specifically some of the criticism has been aimed at the white house because of guidance that has supposedly been given as to what can and cannot be said, specific topics off limit, and the scope of executive privilege. without getting into the details of that, can you at least define for us what the white house is telling attorneys? >> yeah, i can tell you that this white house is following the same practice that many white houses before us have that have gone back decades, that there is a process that you go through any time you have congressional inquiries touching upon white house. the congr

senator john mccain defended the freedom of our press. for more than that, far more than that, he has also developed a warm relationship with the media, one that has evaded our current president. that relationship by mccain with the media was most clearly on display during the 2008 presidential campaign when he spoke at the al smith dinner up in new york. let's watch. it's fun. we'll be right back. >> some advocates for senator obama are less restrained in our enthusiasm, even in the media. usually is at table 228 for example, is my old friend and green room pal chris matthews. he used to like me but he found somebody new. somebody who opened his eyes so body who gave him a thrill up his leg. and we've talked about it. i told him maverick i can do. but messiah is bob my pay grade. is above my pay grade. you know, it's going to be a long, long night at msnbc if i manage to pull this thing off. >> he has a sense of humor. a good man. i don't agree with him on a lot of stuff but a good man. we'll be right back. this is frank. sup! this is fr

john mccain's aide who wanted to have this information. senator mccain gets involved in this. and you never hear any references from lindsey graham about what was senator mccain doing looking into this fusion gps report. >> yeah, lawrence. i think that the pivot here by senator graham for being side by side with senator mccain as a trump skeptic, trump critic to now being the biggest cheerleader for donald trump, his golf course and agenda is a stunning and very sad pivot from someone who had independence in the senate. and i think that's another reason why i think senator feinstein did what she did today. she saw her republican colleagues -- the judiciary committee is not the most partisan committee in the senate. historically, it's been a place where there has been bipartisanship on investigative matters. and to see her republican colleagues go so far and so hard to the pro-trump side i think provoked the kind of act, the extraordinary act we saw from her today. >> tim o'brien, your organization, bloomberg reporting tonight that michael cohen, donald trump's long-time lawyer

that is t what the honest answer is about with senator mccain and senator warner. to me it is simplyat creating ts field and sending a message to not just russia but to all of these countries across the world that we see this as a priority for national security which is protecting our long-standing freedom. this is not like sharing a cab video for snl skit with your coworker. these are actual paid political ads. they won't get it all her problems. doesn't get at some of the issues i just talked about some of the other things, but it will at least get some of the problems and that is the paid political ads. so that is why i asked you look at this bill. another facebook, twitter, google is taking some measures which we appreciate to upgrade theirhe policies and to call ths out as a problem from back in the last election. the only way you'll make this work is if you apply this across the board. another company taking this measure. i ask with some of the companies the cheering said this would be difficult for us to follow baseball says no for print radio and tv. it's a

john mccain, who has not been on the hill, and everyone is wondering what he show up for this vote has just tweeted, i wouldn't say this is entirely encouraging, but the senator john mccain minutes minutes ago tweeted that as a result of the failure to reach bipartisan agreement, we are facing the probability of a shutdown for yet another continuing resolution. either option will have disastrous consequences for the military. # pass a budget. the folks and the republicans remain in a difficult spot because mitch mcconnell needs 60 votes. there are only 50 available republican senators right now with senator mccain out and he can't even count on the rest of these republicans to vote yes. at this hour, three republican know votes remain. jeff flake of arizona, paul iran rand paul of kentucky and lindsey graham of south carolina. less than 24 hours ago, our next guest would have been the fourth on that list but he flipped his vote late last night from a no to yes. he is on the screen. the senator behind that decision, mike from south dakota. tell us what you think. somehow a deal seems to

in addition to that and that year my actual end-of-the-year of 2016 was spent with john mccain, we are hoping in a difficult situation, with john and lindsey graham on the frontline of the ukrainian troops in the middle of the night on new year's eve which [inaudible]. we'd also visited lithuania, latvia, estonia, georgia and what these countries have been dealing with for years formulations, democrats of the foreign relations committee did a report on this which was no surprise based on what we have heard they have seen this movie before. they get mad at estonia, rushed us, there's a big [inaudible] and the cut off their internet simply because they moved a statue of a russian soldier from a public square into a cemetery where the other statutes like that were. or in one of the countries that would be latvia or lithuania when they are having their 25th anniversary of independence they invite some of the ukrainian parliamentarians who are in exile from mia in the invite that to the celebration and then they cut off the internet in russia gets mad of the parliamentarians from the countr

i'm surprised even john mccain joined him. again, john mccain, jeff flake, i think they've -- these people's words, i would argue, just mean less because they are not going to stand up and try to run for re-election. >> mccain makes the case that in addition to the debate here at home in the united states that other world leaders -- he says look what's happening in venezuela, the philippines, in myanmar, in other places. essentially, they look at the united states, which used to be the champion of free press, the first amendment, and free speech, and they see a president who's mocking that and say, great, we'll do it too. >> you mentioned that he's an outlier. he's an outlier partly because invoking stalin is counterproductive and historically ignorant because trump is not stalin-esque. i get the point about despots. i've made many of the same criticisms, but i think you lose people. further, it's problematic with those despots in other places when you're comparing a fairly elected man like trump to them. that actually downgra

with graham against the measure and fellow republican senator john mccain absent for cancer treatment, senate republicans need the support of 11 democrats to pass it. president trump yesterday said a shutdown could happen and said democrats would be to blame. speaker paul ryan, yesterday, echoed the that blame on the shoulders of democrats, citing their push for a deal to help young undocumented immigrants as a part of the bill. >> we've been very clear, we want to see a daca solution. but a daca solution has to be a balanced solution, a solution that not just treat tess the symptoms, but the root cause of the problem in the first place. look, i feel that it makes no sense for democrats to try and bring us to a shutdown. >> now, coming up on "morning joe," republican congressman and chairman of the house freedom caucus mark meadows says the bill doesn't have the votes to pass the house. >>> a bipartisan immigration bill, trump described the senate compromise a as, quote, hoebl for security and very, very weak on legal chain migration adding, quote, it's the opposite of what i campaign

establishment, a guy you reduced to tears on the campaign trail and john mccain's, well, his side kick. they love your new direction. i hope it isn't your new direction >>> quotation of the evening, this one from andrew jackson, and yes there's a reason i'm quoting andrew jackson. "every good citizen makes his country's honor his own and cherishes it, not only as precious but as sacred. he is willing to risk his life in its defense and is conscious that he gains god speed, mr. president. we're coming right back >>> president trump promised to be the law and order president. he promised to stop amnesty and he promised to build a wall. >> in this race for the white house, i am the law and order candidate. i am the law and order candida candidate. >> what is the president up and women who have been forgotten for so long and for whom he campaigned? conservative commentator and best selling author ann coulter joins me next. >>> and not everyone is hating the bitter cold temperatures. berkeley the bear is braving the arctic outbreak and loving every minute of it. we'll show you how in the vi

in fact the recent collision of the uss mccain and fitzgerald were found to be avoidable. they were finding that sailors were working 100 hour weeks. less than half of the navy's aircraft can fly. the marines are not, the navy is not alone. the marines have aviation issues. we found that of the f-18's, only half of those can fly right now. they are taking parts off museum aircraft in order to get some of those planes airborne. 80% of the aviation units lack the minimum number of ready basic aircraft. then there's the air force. heather wilson, secretary of the air force said we are stretching the force to the limit. we need to start turning the corner on readiness. in 1991 they had 134 squadrons. now there are just 55 squadrons. the u.s. does not have enough missile defense interceptors according to heather wilson and she said recently that we are running out of bomb spread there were 20000 bombs dropped on isis in iraq in syria just in the last year. so with that, i would like to start at the end with ambassador aleman and go down the line and i just like to ask you, hear

an update on john mccain's condition. sources me he is feeling stronger and plans to return to washington soon. no word exactly on when that might be, but when he does, fellow republicans will need his help tackling a long list of agenda items left over from 2017, but there is no budget deal, no agreement on long-term funding for chip, the government sponsored health insurance program for children and also in limbo, a part of the fisa program that allows for government surveillance of foreigners overseas. controversial because americans can be spied on. the most emotional fight looming is clearly going to be one over dreamers. hundreds of thousands of whom could face deportation in march if congress cannot reach an agreement that the president will sign on the daca program. this morning president trump took a swipe at democrats saying they have done nothing for daca and hispanics will turn on them and start falling in love with him and republicans over the issue. joining our panel now is jana johnson with "the washington

we send all of our very best wishes to senator mccain. [applause] >> not a lot of people know everything about you yet. [laughter] >> that is good. >> so talk to us a little bit inut how you -- you got here terms of what now? talk to us about being the chief operating officer? talk about how you and secretary mattis divide up the pentagon, the world priorities, what he wants you to accomplish. >> it is probably last february when i got a phone call and it is jeff sweeney, the secretary for general mattis. i think it is a fraternity friend of my son. why would the chief of staff be calling me? this was for a job interview, and i went to the pentagon and the secretary's office and he has a round desk and it is sherman's desk and were doing a job interview and going back and forth and i asked him in the job interview, what is it that you would like to accomplish in your time as secretary of defense so that i could understand if i have the skill set to compromise what it is you want to achieve? and the first thing he said was, i want to make

and that elevates it in its importance and of course this comes just as john mccain published an op-ed and opinion piece also defending the role of the media, defending the role of the free press in the united states of america. the problem with this administration and this presidency in terms of these sorts of criticisms having a lasting impact is you know tomorrow we'll be onto the next controversy, onto the next tweet and there's still the fact remains most republicans still support president trump and his approval rating among republican voters still is positive and so jeff flake is in a position where he is as suzanne said in her report, untethered from any political considerations. he has the freedom to make the criticisms. this starts to have an impact when you reach a critical mass of republicans, it's sending an important message but necessarily going to effect any change unless you start to see republicans enmasse echoing what he's going to say. >> it's not republicans en masse but not jeff flake on an island. john mcclain from arizona wrote an op-ed clearly designed to suppo

mccain," named for the arizona senator's father and grandfather, both admirals. it collided with a merchant vessel. ten sailors died in that accident. now, the former commanders of both vessels, bryce benson of the "fitzgerald," and alfredo j. sanchez of the "mccain," face a battery of offenses, including negligent homicide. both men had been previously relieved of command, part of a wave of disciplinary actions across the 7th fleet. for more on the unusual nature of these charges, i'm joined by retired lieutenant colonel gary solis. a marine corps combat veteran of vietnam, he is an expert in military law and teaches law at georgetown and george washington universities. gary, thanks for joining us. you are a lawyer in the marines, a judge in the marines. how unusual is it to have charges like this, negligent homicide, filed against -- pending against two officers? >> it's more than extremely rare, it's never happened before. i can find -- i can think of no precedent for the court martial of an officer for an incident like this. >> yang: the top command or higher

we always want to make sure we send our best wishes to john mccain. [applause] and now let the interrogation begin. let's face it, not a lot of people know everything about you yet. >> that's good. so talk to us a little bit about how you got here in terms of what now, talk to us about being the chief operating officer, talk to was about how you and secretary mattis divide up the pentagon, the world, what he wants you to accomplish. >> absolutely. probably last february i got a phone call from kevin sweeney, chief of staff her secretary mattis. i think it is a friend of my son. why would the secretary of defense and chief of staff be calling me? it is for a job interview. i went to the pentagon and the secretary's office and he has this round desk, general sherman's desk, we were doing a job interview and we were going back and forth and i asked him in the job interview what is it that you would like to accomplish in your time as secretary of defense so that i can understand if i have the skill set to complement what you want to achieve and the first

and it's in response to those, quote, fake news awards that senator john mccain published this op-ed in "the washington post," telling the president to, quote, stop attacking the press, saying the president's attempts to undermine the free press also make it more difficult to hold repressive governments accountable. adding that the president's actions against journalists are being used as, quote, cover by foreign leaders looking to silence and shutter one of the key pillars of democracy. mccain is getting support from his arizona colleague, jeff flake, later today when flake will take to the senate floor to slam trump for his attacks on the press. >>> a lot to watch when it comes to the weather today. some people getting some snow delays and a big mess on the roads for others. >> the northeast is getting some light snow and this time of winter everyone can handle it. probably not a big deal. it's still in the south that all the issues are because it's so cold and what has fallen isn't going anywhere. we'll watch these winter storm warnings for the charlotte area into raleigh, we'll w

this is a tax bill mitt romney or john mccain or george w. bush could have brought to us. what separates him from republicans in congress is his position on trade, immigration, foreign wars. the important thing for trump is the wall, immigration, trade, and not getting us involved in wars. if he can stick to that, he will keep his people happy. republicans got a great gift with this tax bill. it will help them in the midterms. host: you think that will help in the election coming up? guest: yes. i do not think it is as bad as people think. there are competitive races in orange county. "orange county register." some of those are not competitive. some people think mimi walters could lose. there is no way she will lose. there are republicans who never warmed up to trump, but they did like him for a whole host of reasons. they did not like that language he uses. they thought he would govern as a liberal, and not someone who shares their ideological beliefs. you saw all of those numbers in a presidential election with high turnout get elected. i do not think there are as many c

what do you think of what senators flake and mccain have said and what's up with the awards? >> in response to senator flake specifically, i found it quite interesting that he is coming out to attack this president considering he is one that was recently defending an actual oppressing regime. he went to cuba a few weeks ago and served as mouth piece for the oppressive cuban government. he is not credit siding the president because is he against oppression. is he criticizing the president because he has terrible poll numbers. and he is, i think, looking for some attention. i think it's unfortunate and certainly i think our position here at the white house is that we welcome access to the media every day. i'm standing right here taking questions. the president does so regularly. and to act as if we are anything but open to that back and forth exchange is utterly ridiculous. >> following on what senator mccain said the awards. >> i haven't had a chance to hear what senator mccain said. >> the awards. >> will it be later today. >> we'll be looking for that. >> i know you are all

even with all of the problems committee chair john mccain is hopeful at the end of the hearing, mccain thanked whistle-blowers for his courage. he is a former new jersey transit compliance officer who says he was fired after being told repeatedly to ignore the systematic safety and staffing issues he uncovered. >> you know, i feel em pat think for him. he came forward to unvoluntarily before he was terminated. and came with a whole bunch of documents that i think were proof of a lot of what he had to say. reporter: all he was trying to was get the message out. santoro announced the resignation last week and it will be fighting in april. i am allison gormly reporting for "chasing news." bill: thank you, allison. all right. let's bring in the a plus panel to break down and talk about? j transit. it can't get any worse? i am joined by the attorney and columnist for law and crime. welcome, good see you. >> thank you, bill. bill: dennis penney is leash the program coordinator at rutgers. got see you. nice to see you. bill: lauren craig is back. lauren is newark's ambassador. always guide. i

it was in john mccain's interview over 260 journalists have been imprisoned in 2017. over 60 lost their lives covering the news. we are fortunate in the united states that our journalists are not imprisoned and most don't lose their lives from covering the news, but some do. it is important to our freedom is and to democracy and cannot have an open and free society unless someone who is disinterested holds them accountable and reports that to the people so the people put pressure to self-correct. if they don't do that, the result is tyranny. >> and john mccain with an op-ed today. let me share with our viewers. trump aes attempts to undermine the free press also make it more difficult to hold e repressive governments accountable. congress must commit to protecting independent journalism, preserving media environment and defending the fundamental right to freedom of opinion ask expression. i have traveled with the secretary of state or chased after his plane since we don't travel on his plane in places like russia and turkey, where he does not speak out about the impor

it did not get closer than what withote rejected, 50-49 senator mccain not voting. the units -- the u.s. session is in senate on c-span2. we will wait for chuck schumer and his comments to reporters. >> it looks like a couple more minutes for senator schumer to come out. we will have it live when it starts on c-span. readings all across the capital today. we are trying to get as many of them as we can to show you what you missed on c-span. you can catch it online at c-span.org, including this from a democrat earlier today -- from democrats earlier today. here is the democratic leadership. >> good morning and welcome to the trump shutdown. i am joe crowley, the chair of the democratic caucus. democrats worked tirelessly to avoid this shutdown. not a single democrat wanted to see critical federal programs shut their doors or put our economy at risk. this is not how we ran government when democrats were in charge. the republicans struggled to keep doors open. they struggled in december. yesterday, they failed. they failed the american people. this trump shutdown could

why haven't republican leaders, mccain and others -- not mccain but mcconnell and others, sort of really put their foot down with the president? they go back to their districts and see the president at 60% plus. i do the math. the guy is popular in your backyard, not going to slam him. that is unfortunate but that is the way politics works. a drop, until you see ,ff for the president in state and you saw that in alabama. why alabama worked, little notice in alabama race, was a change in the numbers. this makes my point. president obama -- president trump, for a significant portion of the year, was 63% plus approval in the state of alabama. on the day of the election, 48%. so what that said to me was, that drop off, all right, the 15 point drop off, was a sign of something. we are talking alabama. so we are not talking, you know, something that is weighted more towards democrats are weighted more towards independents. no, this is a conservative state, and conservatives dominate in the state. and so that told me there was a problem, leakage, seepage. where was that seepage? among republica

first, i would like to pay tribute to senator mccain. like henry, i have known him a great long time. he fought for his country in combat. he endured terrible suffering as s a prisoner of war and he managed to handle himself with dignity and pride. then he has served as senator and presidential candidate. i remember those dates with the slogan "country first." that is john mccain. country first, always. senator, i'm sorry you are not here. how mucht you to know i admire how you have served our country. i would like to appreciate my -- express my appreciation to be testifying alongside my friends henry kissinger and rich armitage. and i take the occasion to particularly underline one of the things henry brought out in his testimony. that is the concern we must have about nuclear proliferation. as you remember in the reagan period, president reagan thought nuclear weapons were immoral. we worked hard to get them reduced and we had quite a lot of success. in those days people seemed to have an appreciation of what would be the result of a n

mr mccain perhaps you can tell us just how dangerous are these homemade drones. well there are very dangerous especially that they could be manufactured at home by terrorists and they could be. terrorists could be found on technology that is available in the market for a very consumer so this is how serious it is especially that it could not be controlled by by states and by. agencies so i believe that this should raise concern about the capacities accumulated by the terrorists in syria and that could be used as we're out on the globe to be what we're seeing here is a new terror attack taken should we expect more sector attacks from now on. well i believe so because the terrorists the they have what is considered as a backward ideology however they enjoy. so to speak a to take in terms of weaponry in terms of music technology and modern tools of. internet. where the very creative and developing measures. weapons so that's why i believe this should raise concern and bring governments together. in order to counter measure the this development so far we see that var

i was privilege ad couple years ago to host a panel with senator mccain. we always want to make sure we send all of us our very best wishes to senator mccain. [applause] and now let the interrogation begin. >> hi. [laughter]. >> so, face it a not a lot of people, you know, know everything about you yet. >> that's good. [laughter] surprise us, right? >> so talk to us a little bit how you got here in terms of what now. talk to us about being the chief operating officer essentially. talk to us essentially how you and secretary mattis divide up the pentagon, divide up the world, priorities, what he wants you to accomplish. >> no, absolutely. so it is probably last february i get a phone call and it is kevin sweeney. the chief of staff for secretary mattis. think it's fraternity friend of my son. why would secretary of defense's chief of staff be calling me? and this for a job interview. and i went to the pentagon. i went to the secretary's office, and he has this round desk and it was general sherman's desk. and we were doing a job interview. and, we were goin

last year, this nation lost 17 ailors aboard the uss john mccain and fitzgerald. this happened on aging ships with expired training certifications. everybody day that goes by without adequate funding is another day we are pushing our military past the breaking point and it is a shameful situation. and we have a duty to address it and do right by the men and women who put their lives on the line to poket us here and abroad, and that is exactly what we're going to do. questions. eporter: happy new year. since you are talking about funding for the military, thornberry said it would be impossible to pass an interim spending bill without an agreement at least without expanding -- can you implement the spending bill by next friday? the speaker: we are making good progress on caps negotiations and working with our cournts parts but the appropriators will need time once the cap agreement is met. need to get an agreement to give appropriators to write their bill and when we have more progress, i will let you know. reporter: you talk about the need to fund the military. if

secretary esper. >> chairman mccain, ranking member reed, distinguished members of the committee, good morning. when i appeared before this committee in mid november, i stated that modernization was a top priority of mine, and that ensuring the future readiness of the total force in a high-end fight would be very difficult without fundamental reform of the current acquisition system. in my few weeks as army secretary, i am even more convinced that this is true. and more aware of the urgency for us to modernize. i am encouraged, though, by the progress the army has made, consistent with congressional direction to begin overhauling the current system. to be sure, a long road lies ahead, and the challenges are great. but army leadership with this important advice of congress is fully committed to bold reform that promises to provide america's soldiers with the weapons and tools they need to fight and win our nation's wars as part of the joint force. this committee is well aware of the growing challenges our military faces. around the world. rising near competitors threaten and sometimes c

secretary esper. >> chairman mccain, ranking member reid, distinguished members of the committee good morning. when i appeared before this committee in mid november, i stated that modernization was a top priority of mine and ensuring the future readiness of a force in a high end fight would be difficult without reform of the current system. i am even more convinced this is true and more aware of the urgency for us to modernize. i'm encouraged by the progress the army has made consistent with congressional direction to been over hauling the current system. to be sure, a long road lies ahead. but army leadership with the support and advice of congress is fully committed to bold reform that promises to provide america's soldiers with the weapons and tools they need to fight and win our nation's wars as part of the joint force. this committee is well aware of the growing challenges our military faces around the world. rising near competitors threaten and sometimes challenge america's interests with capabilities that often match and in a few cases kpo s exceed own. in short, our failure to

mccain refer to what i called a government shutdown. the government does not come to a complete shutdown. it does not stop. firefighters who are fighting the fires out west will go to work. the border is secured. it is just that people aren't paid so there's real harm done to federal go workers. especially not knowing whether or not they will get paid. we have a couple days because the paycheck isn't until next friday. we'll manage this shutdown as best we can. that's what omb's responsibility is and it will be well managed. if we're unfortunate enough to go to a shutdown, we'll see a marked difference. >> bottom line, there will be a deal tonight? >> i think there's a deal in the next 24 hours. i look at more of, what gets done on monday. yes, sir. >> good luck. you've been very generous with your time. we're counting on you and the democrats and the republicans to get some sort of deal and avert a government shutdown. nick mulvaney, thank you. so for joining us. >> thanks. >> let's bring in our panel. the president just tweeted excell

senator flake and senator mccain they lose the moral high ground they might have with their argument when they get in and going into the name calling and throwing attacks like that. to compare someone to -- >> john mccain didn't call him a name here. >> saying comparing him to -- pulling in dictators from other countries. i mean it's the juxtaposition of the two they are trying -- >> plainly admires these dictators. stalin had around him an evil machine. this president has a virt uous machine of democracy but that's the test. this will be the test of the trump era. those that believe in freedom and truth and justice and donald trump who attacks all of those things including truth every single day. >> i'm out of time. thank you gentlemen so much. i appreciate it. the prospects of a government shutdown. they are looking more likely by the second in fact. are lawmakers just going to kick the can down the road or can they reach a deal that strengthens the border and helps hundreds of thousands of d.r.e.a.m.ers who fear being deported? we'll ask a lawmaker in the thick of this fight next.

people like lindsey graham and john mccain who agreed on everything in life disagree about that. lindsey graham is playing interference in the russia investigation and the mccain world is beating him up for it. so an interesting challenge. >> alex, we heard from the president this morning speaking of camp david the frustration was palpable a few hundred miles away here in new york. the white house upset about this book, what is conveyed in it and how it came together on. what do you make of the reaction and the white house's willingness to engage with it to the level it has? >> well, this was another sort of random bomb that blew up in the white house's face. in the first week of the new year. they came out of 2017 on a real high. he signed the big tax bill right after christmas. he thought that was the biggest accomplishment of his presidency. and he was hoping to turn that momentum toward new policies in the new year. and instead he has to deal with this book. instead of just letting it slide like his advisors apparently but telling to him, he took him on in a public way. >>> a

so you know, flake and graham -- and mccain, the two arizonans, are certainly out there on this. and they're the ones leading this charge. the question is, is anybody going to follow them. we haven't seen that yet, at least on the republican side. >> yeah, and it should be an interesting moment today on capitol hill. >> fake news, whenever that happens -- >> i don't think it happens. >> we'll see. >> just my bet. >> zach wolf, nice to see you. >> you, too. >> thank you. >>> another winter storm heading to the northeast this morning could make for one messy commute for millions of americans. more next. how do you win at business? stay at la quinta. where we're changing with stylish make-overs. then at your next meeting, set your seat height to its maximum level. bravo, tall meeting man. start winning today. book now at lq.com ( ♪ ) ♪ one is the only number ♪ that you'll ever need ♪ staying ahead isn't about waiting for a chance. it's about the one bold choice you make, that moves you forward. ( ♪ ) the one and only cadillac escalade. come in now for this exceptional offe

why haven't republican leaders, mccain and others -- not mccain, but mcconnell and others sort of really put their foot down with their president. because they go back home to their districts and states and see the president sitting at 60-plus percent. do the math. if the guy is popular in your back yard, you're not going to go slam them. that's unfortunate, but that's the way politics works. so you see, until you see a drop-off for the president in states, and you saw that in alabama. why alabama? little noticed, little noticed in the alabama race was a change in the numbers. this really kind of makes my point. president trump for a significant portion of the year was at about 63% approval in the state of alabama. on the day of the election, 48%. so what that said to me was that drop-off, that 15-point drop-off was the sign of something. remember, we're talking alabama. we're not talking, you know, something that's weighted more towards democrats or weighted more towards independents. this is a conservative state and conservatives dominate in the state. so that told me there was a probl

collisions ofcent the uss mccain and fitzgerald were found to be avoidable. they were finding that sailors were working 100 hour weeks, less than half of the navy's aircraft can fly. hee marines, of course, -- t navy is not alone. the marines have aviation issues. because of the f-18s, only half of those can fly right now. they are taking parts off of museum aircraft in order to get some of those planes airborne. 80% of marine aviation units lacked the number of aviation ready aircraft. heather wilson, the secretary of the air force, says we are stretching it to the limit and we are needing to turn the corner on readiness. squadronsrce had 134 and now there are just 51. they do not have enough interceptors according to heather wilson. she has said recently we are running out of bombs. there were 20,000 bombs dropped on isis in iraq and syria in the last year. that, i would like to start at the end with ambassador aleman and go down the line. i would like to ask you, hearing those numbers, is this a crisis, and what you see is the biggest readiness issue? >> j