bill: it is 9:15 in new york and the same in washington, d.c. in the 15 minutes you ll see and hear from general james mattis. he takes his turn in the hot seat today considered to be the next secretary of there are several republican hawks on that committee including senators john mccain and lindsey graham. jim inhoff will be asking questions as well and he is my guest. senator, good morning to you and thank you for your time before this hearing begins. mattis, i know you re a supporter. i expect he will be confirmed. do you have information that suggests otherwise? no, i don t. he will be confirmed. bill: if that s the case then, under james mattis, how will the department of defense be different? it will be different. right now you ve heard over and over again and know absolutely it s true that right now our enemies don t fear us, our
Capitol hill. what is the impact of having bernie sanders and elizabeth warren elevated like this. warren had been part of senate leadership already and that happened under similar pressure to include more 3r0 gressive voices in this group of people. bernie sanders definitely new. he has been an outsider and doesn t have many friends in the senate. when he has been asked to name a friend in the senate, he will cite jim inhoff who is a conservative republican. this is an instance where chuck schumer is trying to keep enemies is too strong, but noise makers closer.
The previous record occurred in 2002 before the united states invaded iraq. let s go to the star tribune. minnesota vikings running back adrian peterson s nfl reinstatement could come sooner than expected after a federal judge ruled in favor of peterson on his appeal of the suspension. peterson had pleaded no contest to reckless assault in an incident involving his son. the nfl has already filed an appeal seeking to overturn the new ruling. national journal. senator jim inhoff used a snowball on the senate floor regarding climate change. you no he what this is? it is a snowball. and that s just from outside here. so it s very very cold out. very unseasonable. so here mr. president, catch this. inhoff who chairs the environment and public works
Both the white house was caught flat footed and the way some republicans have evolved on the issue of the release of sergeant bowe bergdahl. he mentioned kelly ayotte and john mccain, republican senator jim inhoff is another one who has been very vocal in supporting trying to really push to bring bowe bergdahl back. prior to the release he said the mission to bring our missing soldiers home is one that will never end. it s important we make every effort to bring this captured soldier home to his family. since bowe bergdahl has been released he s changed his tune a bit. let s listen to what he had to say. my response is the president knew full and well that these are the highest ranking taliban people in captivity and that s the issue. it wouldn t make any difference who bergdahl was. you don t swap out and turn back to the fight people who have killed americans, people who are the brain power of taliban. they re the top guys.
Issue here is making sure and as jim inhoff indicated, we re beginning those deliberations next week. but to get the support of the american people. i want to thank you all for joining us today. many of our colleagues wanted to debate the president s plan. now, you ll get your chance, gentlemen. coming up, we ll bring in our sunday panel including a retired four-star general and veteran senator to discuss how the president s decision to hit the pause button on military action will be seen in the middle east. [ male announcer ] may your lights always be green. [ tires screech ] and your favorite songs always playing. [ beeping ] may you never be stuck behind a stinky truck.