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Journal" columnist, senior fellow at manhattan institute, amy, and chief from the christian broadcasting network. thanks for scrambling on the breaking news. jason? >> i think there are two issues. one, what is saudi arabia going to do about this, what are we going to do about saudi arabia. at the end of the day they are still a key ally in this region, main weapons buyer, also the key to containing iran f we're going to have iran in there, we're counting on the saudis to fill, make up the void that crow eights in worldwide oil supply. the white house has to weigh the long-term relationship wi...

Get past this drama of the two men not appearing together, what will ash carter do. what will he do different than chuck hagel did? what does this mean for the war on isis and what does ash carter's tenure mean for the troops and military families facing future deployment. well, president obama really -- will president obama want new ideas and more change at the pentagon? right now the pentagon doing what it does best some days of the week, a bit of political drama. the two men will not appear together and they most definitely were scheduled to do. so carol? >> it's like a soap opera. barbara,...

Secretary of defense barring any last-minute complications. barbara starr joins me now more and so does jim acosta. we want to start with you, barbara. >> hi, carol. well, barring any last-minute complications, barring any last-minute surprises from the president, all indications are now that ash carter will be the nominee to replace chuck hagel as secretary of defense. ash carter very well-known around the pentagon. he served as hagel's deputy. he has served in a number of jobs in the past to the pentagon, including the top acquisition official, essentially the top weapons buyer. he knows the...

Their next boss is going to be. last week, chuck hagel said he was going to be stepping down, to be polite. and it's very weird because we keep seeing names floated and names taken down. it's almost like a game of musical chairs there. what are you hearing about who the next secretary of defense might be? >> reporter: we see a lot of people bowing out, people that don't want to be considered for the job. all the indications this afternoon are the next secretary of defense likely, possibly to be a man named ashton carter. longtime operative around the pentagon. he served as hagel's deputy until...