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Clinton, bernie sanders and martin o'malley if they all stay in. so it's shrinking. >> you mean if martin o'malley stays in. >> yeah. he would be the next. he is at four percent in that poll. he mentioned. bernie sanders has been running strong, especially in iowa and new hampshire. but clinton seems to be solidifying her lead now. >> good to see you, ed. learning more about the u.s. soldier who died of a shootout with isis militants during a rescue mission in iraq. that it and why the defense sect ash carter tellss the united states still does not have a combat role in that country, coming up...

>> they can do some of those things without us but they won't necessarily be respected. so day will come tll be some kind of an incident between our ships or our planes. and what worries me about asia you don't really have the shock absorbers diplomatically. we don't have in place all the mechanisms we need to keep things stable. >> "new york times," president of the boy scouts of america says organization's ban on openly gay leaders is no longer sustainable. former defense sect and now boy scouts president robert gates said thursday we must deal with the world as it is, not as we might wish i...

Obama. would follow the outgoing pentagon chief chuck haig whole sources say resigned under pressure. ashton carter once they would the number two job at the pentagon. the shakeup comes as the united states faces all sorts of challenges around the world. the islamic state terrorists, russians.president putin's aggression, north korea, iran, the list goes on. in fact the former defense secretary william cohen said on this program on wednesday, that never in his life has he seen such a complex geopolitical landscape. today ashton carter says he is up to the challenge. >> i accepted the president...

Regard it as a provocation. egypt today saying that it would receive requests through the iranian embassy to the defense and foreign ministries t. but under maritime law, egypt will let any ship pass through, as lot as it is not at war with the country. >> fionnuala, thank you. next chris lawrence is live at the pentagon. i understand the defense sect threw a bit of a wet blankets on the plans today. >> if you believe the defense secretary, he says the chances of closing guantanamo bay prison are, quote, very, very low. the reason he says is baufz consequence. he says there's not enough supp...

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