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>> weve got to go. i would love to go onto the end of the hour but i think kelly would kill me because then i would be wiping him off the show. thank you -- actually, my producers would. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> arizona senator john mccain is one of the guests on sunday, monday futures with maria bartiromo. heres a preview. >> all i can say is its all got to do with the presidents attitude since the election. and that is different from every other president that i have served with i...

That. susan faricchio congressional correspondent for "the washington examiner" thanks for joining us. >> thanks, patti ann. >> carter has to go through confirmation hearings, expected to be confirmed but you say the hearings give critics of the administration a chance to air those criticisms. >> thats right. i think youll hear republicans talking about the white house micromanagement of the pentagon. weve heard a lot of that over the past year from predecessors like robert gates and leon panett...

Incompetence of the obama administration. >> i should point out that hagel and carter did speak before the announcement by phone. hagel did pass along his best wishes with the job, so that did take place, although he wasnt there. >> yeah. and he actually went on to say, from what ive read, hagel said he didnt want to take away from the moment today. [laughter] those were his words. ash carter, by the way, i dont know if you were watching the announcement, turned to the president as he said: if c...

Comes to the job with the kind rf reputation that his three predecessors have, wolf. >> barbara starr, you spnt time looking into ash carters background. he is a physicist by training. he served as an assistant defense secretary, served as a deputy secretary. i take it he was confirmed by the senate unanimously but youve looked at some controversial statements hes mads articles hes written, issues where hes made controversial proposals including one going back several years when he actually reco...

Formally announce its replacement for departing secretary of defense chuck hagel following hagels very awkward good-bye last week. president obama who never fires anybody showed hagel the door in a hastily arranged press conference. there are really only two rows of people there that made only one person in the room grimace. since then, the cessation talk was focused on ashton carter, and the fact that he was one of the only candidates willing to take the job. carter will have, well, very little...

Through baghdad and crucially share oil revenue between kurdish areas and the south. >> the kurds will be much better provisioned with salaries to help maintain their fighting force and get more sophisticated weapons that we wanted to provide them but havent wanted to if it threatened to divide or rupture the country. >> reporter: its a significant achievement for the new iraqi prime minister hider al abide dinar rowing a deep divide three months into his term into his office that his predecesso...

Have influence just as his three predecessors didnt on national security policy. as long as he understands that, so be it. bill: what about you? >> it would be a cold day in jirks h --cold kay in hila bend. my friend. martha: he has been on the bench all season. but today vikings start adrian peterson gets to make his case to the nfl. could he end up back on the field despite allegations of child abuse? >> i seen what was happening. a guy running with a skateboard in his hand. there were six or ...

Defense. we need one and we need a good one. do you think senator lieberman would get the job? >> i dont think so but he would be great. this president tomorrow wants yemen. all the decisions are being made d only wants yes men. . they would not select him because they dont want any independence. if i were joe i would be wondering how much influence i would have, his three predecessors have complained bitterly about the tight management from the circle around the president in the white house. bi...

>> in the book -- and this is the exit question, so you dont have to answer it in toto, just so we can help you sell a book, but who is the most lawless of our presidents? >> the present one. >> really? >> yes. to brians argument, that may always be the case because they each rely on the behavior of their predecessors to justify legally and explain morally what theyre trying to get away with. >> but within the pages of "suicide packet" -- >> the president present, barack obama, more than anybody...

To, if it tlenl to divide or rupt you are the country. >> reporter: it is a significant achievement for the new iraqi prime minister. narrowing a deep divide just three months into his term in office. that his predecessors could not or would not reach in years before him. the ex-wife and her child were captured more than a week ago and overseas intelligence source adds, this detail to cnn that al dagi had been in contact with his former wife calling for the release of his son. does she know wher...