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Security is much like a combat command, perhaps the most complex such command defending our nation and our people. among its diverse responsibilities are protecting us from terrorism, guarding our borders and coasts, deciding who gets into the country, protecting our transportation networks and infrastructure, defense against cyber attacks, and providing help when disaster strikes. i can think of no one more qualified, more familiar with these threats and challenges or better prepared to lead our homeland defense than john kelly. the department of homeland security as this committee well knows...

From countries that have a history of terrorism. >> another voice of opposition will come from new jersey democrat senator cory booker who will testify against him, which the senate historian calls unprecedented. >> sitting senator testifying tomorrow against another sitting senator. these are extraordinary times and make call for extraordinary measures. >> there was a discussion of his failed bid to become a federal judge and sessions described a picture of him at the time as a caricature. >> i did not harbor the race-based discrimination i was accused of. >> john kelly's confirmation hearing...

In the election but help trump win, the presidentpresident-ele and tweeting early. who was doing the hacking? why wasn't it brought up before the election? well, it was, and they were caught in the act. lots to unpack in those two sentences and doing it throughout the hour. i also want to let you know donald trump officially announced his pick for homeland security secretary. as cnn and others reported dlaft week, he's got retired marine general john kelly, former held of the u.s. southern command, former aide to defense secretary leon panetta and gold star father having lost a son in afghanis...

>> reporter: president-elect donald trump naming two more hardliners to his cabinet. elevating climate change denier and fierce epa critic oklahoma attorney general scott pruitt to run the agency. >> there were a number of qualified candidates that the president-elect interviewed and he settled on attorney general pruitt. >> reporter: intent on reversing president obama's move to curb climate change. trump also tapping another general to his cabinet. retired general john kelly to head the department of homeland security. raising questions about the militarization of his administration. kelly a...

Seeing flooding that theyer in saw. we're the only industrialized country in the world where the parties have a debate on this. everyone else, climate change isn't an issue, it's just how to address it. >> let's talk about cabinet picks. we're hearing it's general john kelly for homeland security. how is this pick being received, wanda, and what does he bring to the table? >> retired four-star general who rose through the ranks to head u.s. southern command, put him in charge of the military prison at guantanamo bay cuba and put him in position to deal with drug trafficking, cross-border issue...