james mattis: yes. sen. mccain: will they be protected from reprisal further testimony or briefings? james mattis: yes. sen. mccain: would you testify upon request before this committee? would you agree to writing -- providing copies of communications in a timely manner or when questioned by a duly constituted committee or consulted regarding any good faith denial regarding that delay of documents? james mattis: yes, sir. senator mccain: have you undertaken any actions which would appear to presume the outcome of the process? james mattis: no. sen. mccain: welcome before the committee, general mattis. james mattis: thank you, mr. chairman and ranking member reed . it is an honor to come before you. i request my written statement be accepted into the record. sen. mccain: without objection. james mattis: i want to thank all of you on the committee for taking time to see me during my courtesy calls, and i thank you for your willingness to accommodate this hearing and consider my nomination. i have testifie

james mattis: no, sir. sen. mccain: thank you. senator reed. senator reed: thank you very much, mr. chairman. thank you again for your service. as i mentioned in my opening statement, your comments at csis indicated that misgivings about jcpoa, there is no going back. and short of a present violation, that was enough to simulate the european actions as well that we essentially have to essentially stay the course. is that still your view? james mattis: sir, i think it is an imperfect arms control agreement. it's not a friendship treaty. but when america gives her word, we have to live up to it, and work with our allies. senator reed: there also is, as i pointed out, and as you recognized and pointed out much more eloquently, the challenges arising from the nonnuclear aspects of the proxy support, interference with shipping. in fact, there was an incident this week of provocation. how do you apply appropriate pressure to the iranians to contain their behavior in these to contain their behavior in these areas witho

again james mattis was actually confirmed last friday. that was date donald trump was sworn in as president, as soon as he was confirmed, there was a hastily arraigned, very private behind the scenes ceremony too just get him officially sworn in. he's been on the job for the last week, but this will be the much measure ceremonial occasion. president trump is there. the other reason though, we're keeping an eye on this is because we have now heard from sean spooiser, and again, there's all sorts of rumbles all day, we are now hearing from sean spicer that after this event, donald trump is going to sign two executive orders. now one of them is going to be on rebuilding the military. the other is going to be on what donald trump has called extreme vetting. again, donald trump has talked about the syrian refugees coming into the united states. he has said he wants to put an end to that. he's talked about that in the campaign. he's also talked about immigration coming from muslim majority countries and talked about applying extreme vetting. ex

james mattis: i have. sen. mccain: will you make sure your staff complies with deadlines including record and hearings? james mattis: i will. sen. mccain: will you be cooperative with witnesses for written request? james mattis: yes. sen. mccain: will they be protected from briefings? james mattis: yes. sen. mccain: would you testify upon request? would you agree to writing copies of communications in a timely and or by a duly constituted committee or something regarding basis for such documents? james mattis: yes, sir. sen. mccain: be undertaken any actions which would a prison -- appear to affect the outcome process? james mattis: no. sen. mccain: welcome before the committee general mattis. james mattis: thank you, mr. chairman and ranking member read. it is an honor to come before you. i request my written statement be accepted into the record. sen. mccain: without objection. thankmattis: i want to all of you on the committee for taking time to see me during my courtesy calls, and i thank you for your willi

>>> on c-span3 you just heard a hearing on general james mattis, the armed services committee chaired by senator john cain mc we would like to get your thoughts, 202-748-8920 -- you can leave a comment on the c-span facebook page. some news coming out of today's confirmation hearing, i want to point out that coming up at 2:00 eastern time we're going to show you the secretary of defense waiver hearing. the house armed services committee will meet to discuss the waiver that the senate armed services committee you just saw approve that waiver. the senate took care of that and now the house also has to approve for the waiver for general mattis to serve as secretary of defense. the reason is that general mattis retired in 2013 from the marine corps. technically he would be ineligible to serve as defense secretary since he's not been a civilian for seven years hence the congressional waiver is required something that's not been done since foo1950. we'll have the hearing 2:00 eastern time live on c-span3. news coming out this from the "washington post" reporting a confirmation hearing, matt

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james mattis and john kelly. for the latest on this, let's bring in ryan brown live in washington for your "early start" debut. >> reporter: that's right. the first time the leaders of the intelligence community will face questions of the senate. that comes after the friday report that said russian president vladimir putin ordered intelligence services to undermine american democracy and damage secretary of state hillary clinton and had a preference for president-elect trump. the intelligence community testified before the report came out and deferred a lot of the tough question bs motivations of the russians until after the report release. now we can expect tough scrutiny from members of the congress. of course, with the senate armed services committee, they will look at civilian control of the military. james mattis, the pick for secretary of defense, hasn't been out of uniform long enough.

i, james norman mattis do solemnly swear. >> i, james norman mattis do solemnly swear. >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> against all enemies, foreign and domestic. >> against all enemies, foreign and domestic. >> that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. >> that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. >> that i take this obligation freely. >> that i take this obligation freely. >> without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. >> without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. >> and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties. >> and i will well and faithfully discharge the duties. >> of the office upon which i am about to enter. >> of the office upon which i am about to enter. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you, mr. vice-president and mr. president, thank you very much for your confidence in me. and welcome to the headquarters of your military, your always loyal military where amer

two nominations, retired general james mattis for defense secretary. another retired general kelly and the homeland security nominee and word this afternoon that senator -- this morning, rather, that senator ron is blocking the nomination of mike pompeo to be cia director, blocking that confirmation vote anyway, it's not likely we will see that this afternoon. join us for live coverage this afternoon of the senate of 4:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. right now the confirmation for james mattis, the defense secretary nominee it having before the senate arms services committee last week.

. >> having been just appointed secretary of defense, general nam james mattis says stated publicly he doesn't necessarily agree with torture but i am telling you that he will override because i'm giving him that power, faras far as putin russia, i don't know the gentleman, it's possible that we will have a good relationship and possible we won't. >> it's my understanding that you had a conversation with the mexican president and can we get an update where the relationship is and madam prime minister are you concerned about the relationship between the united states and mexico? >> i think the prime minister has many other things that she's concerned about than the relationship between united states and mexico. i love mexico, love the medicatimexican people, but they have out negotiated us and beat us to a pulp. >> let's talk about that. the cnn political director david chalian, anything from light hearted laughter to questions that may not have flown weeks ago, but the first news worthy points was the prime minister's comment on nato when she looked over at the president, tell us about

i, james norman mattis do solemnly swear. >> i james, norman mattis do solemnly swear. >> that i will support and defend the constitution of united states. >> that i will support and defend the constitutn of the united states. >> against all enemies foreign and domestic. >> against all enemies foreign and domestic. >> i will bear truth faith and allegiance to the same. >> that i will bear truth faith allegiance to the same. >> that i take this obligation freely. >> that i take this obligation really. >> without any mental reservation for purpose of evasion. >> without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. >> that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties. >> that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties. >> of the upon which i'm about toent. >> of the office upon which i am about to enter. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. [applause] >> thank you, mr. vice president and mr. president. thank you very much for your confidence in me and welcome to the headquarters of your military. your always loyal military where america's awesome determination to defend ourself

in a good james mattis reportedly received his big game after leaving u.s. troops battle fallujah interact in a listed in the marines at 19. he fought in the persian gulf war, in afghanistan, and then in iraq where he served as a major general. in may 2004, mattis ordered an aiairstrike in a small iraqi village that hit a wedding, killing about 42 people who were attending the wedding ceremony. mattis went on to lead united states central command from 2010 to 2013, but the obama administration cut short his tour over concerns mattis was too hawkish on iran, reportedly calling for a series of covert actions there. mattis has drawn criticism over his apparent celebration of killing, including saying in 2005 about the taliban -- "it's a hell of a lot ofof fun o shoot them." for momore we go to washington, d.c., where we're joined by aaron glantz, a senior reporter at reveal from the center for investigative reporting. his latest investigation is "did defense secretary nominee james mattis commit war crimes in iraq?" aaron glantz, what did you learn? >> as you m

james mattis wants to come up with a strategy to confront russia for what it did. mike pompeo, caa nominee saying russia is doing nothing to defeat isis. and rex tillerson saying now is not the time to talk about doing nothing. that seems to be quite a gulf between the president-elect and his team. >> right, but i think all three of those men that you just mentioned depending on what deal was struck with russia, depending on what terms the deal would have and what incremental steps we would have to take and measurements with potentially russia in a deal. some of those positions could change. and some of president-elect donald trump's positions could change depending on what deal could be struck. but overall, to your point, i can tell you just from working closely for the last year and half with president-elect and even over the course of the last six weeks, he has no problem with differing opinions in a room. in fact, i think he welcomes the fact that he's got people in the room that may not agree with each other on everything but he prefers to be presented opinion

i would like to first congratulate james mattis now secretary mattis. secretary mattis has devoted his life to serving his country. he is a man of honor and devotion, and a man of total action. he likes action. he is the right man at the right time and he will do us all very, very proud. i am honored to stand here today among so many patriots. you are the backbone of this country. you are the spirit of this nation and in every sense. the men and women of the united states military are the greatest force for justice and peace and goodness that have ever walked the face of this earth. your legacy exists everywhere in the world today where people are more free, more prosperous and more secure because of the united states of america. you have earned and insured for our children the birthright, freedom bestowed upon us by god. we stand as a great testament to the undying courage of those who wear our nation's uniform and those who have received the highest distinction, the medal of honor. this is a sacred hall of the soul of our nation lives between these wa

you know that retired general james mattis, now the defense secretary, sworn in by the vice president just after president trump was inaugurated. now there will be a ceremonial swearing in today. a matter for the history books. the reason we're going to it is because there's been so much talk about james mattis and how the president will defer to secretary mattis on the matters of torture in the united states. it's important to reiterate, torture is illegal in the united states. it's a crime to torture. it's a crime under international law. it's a violation -- it would be a violation under the geneva convention. that is the case now and has been the case. it was the case when we were employing enhanced interrogation techniques under the bush administration. bush, 43rd. but they were using some semantics gymnastics to get around it saying water boarding is not torture. the president of the united states admitted that waterboarding, torture and enhanced interrogation are the same thing. he said it. the united states does not torture as a matter of law. that said, president trump said he

a vote of no is a vote against general james mattis. i urge my colleagues in joining me in voting for an exceptional american, james mattis. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington. mr. smith: this is not a vote against general mattis, i've made that very, very clear. i think it's important for the house to have an opportunity to hear from him as we said we were going to do yes, he appeared before the senate, but after the transition is over and the new secretary of defense is in place they come up and report the budget to us. the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff come up. they go to the senate too. are we going to say, we can watch the senate on television so why does he need to go to both polices? why bother having him come over to the house and have our members have the opportunity to ask him questions? i don't want to set that precedent. as passionate as the previous speaker was, please understand, i've expressed this directly to general mattis. this is not a vote against

i, james norman mattist do solemnly swear. >> i james mormon mattis do sool lemly swear. >> i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> against all enemy is foreign and domestic. >> against all enemies, foreign and domic. >> i wilber true faith and allegiance to the same. >> at take there is obligation freely. >> i take the obligation freely. >> without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. >> without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. >> and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which i am about to enter. >> of the office onpon which i. am to enter. >> so help me god. >> so men me god. >> congratulations. >> thank you. ... .... .... >> the americans honored in this hall remind us ouf strength as a nation of patriots. i want you to know after a decade of war, those serving today have been tested and you can count on us all the way. we are grateful for you being here, for showing your respect for us on a day when former secretary of defense, bill c

he said he believes it works, waterboarding works, and james mattis does it. knows said james mattis what he's doing, and he is going to follow his call. it is very hands-off. joe: delegation. scarlet: and we're listening for the cabinet nominees views on different issues, and instead what you are finding -- normally, the president imposes his opinion on them. instead, the president will listen to what his delegates have to say. joe: for now. mike pence president introducing james mattis at his swearing-in ceremony at the hollis euros at the pentagon. earlier today, president donald have anid he would "fantastic" relationship with prime minister theresa may. lencan billionaire carlos also weighing in on this deal with the u.s.. here 2 a.m. is ambassador miriam schapiro. in ifs -- here to weigh ambassador miriam schapiro. thank you very much for joining us. already an extraordinary few days on the trade friend. what you make of these actions you have seen so far? guest: it has been quite a week. we are one week in now. i think the visit with prime minister may

mattis on duty as early as possible. i will invite senator reid to ep gauge -- engage in colloquy, allow president truman appoint general george marshall and at that time was stated should not be repeated today we heard from two scholars, both with significant experience in the department of defense, both stated their support for the seven-year cooling off period currently in the law but also recommended this committee approve an exception for the second time in seven decades. obviously i support this bill and ask that all our members approached with this task with the spirit of by partisanship and ask you to follow the recommendation of dr. hicks on tuesday in the extraordinary and historic legislation that so future legislatures will understand the action we take today. i ask it be left open for one week to allow as many of you as wish to include a statement to do so, without action it is so ordered. i note we have a hard stop for 3:00 p.m. or russian interference in election, for that reason i encourage our members to

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general james, "mad dog" mattis. fired grenades on range of topics progressed ney today, russia and -- grenada. they will tell us if the military hero is the one to run the pentagon. >>> obamacare under assault at this hour. ramping up, house speaker paul ryan and calling high-level meetings and votes, a rescue mission, calling it that, a rescue mission. the senate is down but now the house is set to vote on repealing and replacing next. hold your horses, some congressman, republican congressman are worrying about the replacing part of repeal and replace. congressman charlie dent of pennsylvania is one of those republicans. he is joining us here, clues syly live to tell us what his concern is about totally replacing obamacare. >>> plus rudy giuliani's new role, trump's epipen assault, and charlie is breaking it bigger and better on the bayer-monsanto meeting at trump tower. we're less than an hour to the closing bell. let's start the "countdown." ♪ senate is casting a vote to decide the future of tremendous defense

i, james norman mattis, do solemnly swear. >> i, james norman mattis, do solemnly swear. >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> sna will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> against all enemies, foreign and domestic. >> against all enemies, foreign and domestic. >> that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. >> that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. >> that i take this obligation freely. >> that i take this obligation freely. >> without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. >> without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. >> and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties. >> and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties. >> of the office upon which i am about to enter. >> of the office upon which i am about to enter. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you very much, mr. president, vice president. thank you for your confidence in me. welcome to your headquarters of your military, your always loyal military where

liz: we have general james mattis standing at attention, waiting for the president to exit his vehicle at this very moment at the pentagon. the president is expected to meet with the joint chiefs of staff. there is word that he will be discussing -- because he has asked all ideas on the table on how to battle isis. this has become, ambassador, a huge problem. this belgium -- in belgium, in germany, of course, on the island in greece where many, we have a lot of immigrants who are coming, who are fleeing isis. what has really happened this europe? it's not a positive. >> well, i think that we have had a dramatic situation in syria, one of the greatest humanitarian crises of our generation, to be very frank. the displacement of millions of people, not to mention the death and injury of many more. we have had to make our part in contributing to helping those people. we have done that. finish we will continue to try and provide eye sigh lumbar -- asylum where we can, but of course we also want to help the neighboring countries who are housing many millions of these refugees provide financi

. >> general james mad dog mattis, dr. ben carson, mike pompeo all in the hot seat. >> live here in studio, good to have you here. >> good morning, guys, thank you for having me. >> james mattis clears the first major hurdle. the senate giving the okay for mattis to serve if confirmed. mattis needed a special exception from a law that requires pentagon chief to be out of uniform for at least seven years. mattis retired only four years ago. the full house will vote later today. during the confirmation hearing, general mattis talked about severe threats america faces right now. >> i think it's under the biggest attacks since world war ii and that's from russia, from terrorist groups and with what china is doing in the south china sea. >> and dr. ben carson, the president-elect trump's nominee to lead the department of housing, defending reputation and tangling with elizabeth warren with future relationship with mr. trump. >> can you just assure us that not one dollar will go to benefit either the president elect or his famil

james mattis retired about four years ago. they call general matus the living embodiment of the marine corps motto always faithful. he served 44 years of the marine corps retired in 2013. he told the senate armed services committee that the u.s. armed forces must be the best lead equipped and most lethal force in the world ready to stand up to russia if necessary. i think the most important thing is that we recognize the reality of what we deal with with vladimir putin and we recognize he is trying to break the north atlantic alliance and that we take the steps and the alliance steps working with our allies to defend ourselves where we must. >> also capitol hill thursday was representative mike pompeo was been nominated to become director of the cia. member of the senate committee grilled him on several issues. about potentially compromising information the russian government may possess about president-elect donald trump. >> i have no doubt that the discourse that has been taking place is something that he would look at and s

james, excuse me. james mattis. as we wait for the door to open, officially james mattis has already taken his office at the pentagon, already been officially sworn in but today will be a ceremonial swearing in for the new defense secretary at the pentagon there and the president will be greeting high ranking officials of the military at the pentagon. and then signing as we said a few executive orders that one of which we believe has to do with military readiness and increasing the strength of the u.s. military. we're watching along with you. didn't get a lot of guidance what to expect here so we'll see what plays out on camera. >> present. >> president trump arriving at the pentagon for an afternoon visit on a friday afternoon. he will be signing several executive orders while he's inside, touring the facility, and he will be greeting many of the people who now work for him along with the new secretary of defense who will be ceremonially sworn in. we'll keep an eye on all of that. tens of thousands of people on a d

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defense secretary nominee james mattis the waiver to serve as the pentagon chief. if confirmed, mattis has not been in civilian lifelong enough to meet the legal statute after leaving active duty. so he needs that waiver to be passed. adoption needs 60 votes. it is happening right now. again this is not confirmation but it is to vote for the waiver. now, look to the right part of your screen. see the screen? see the markets? the dow is down 61. we were down 183. at that point every single financial website was blaming donald trump for the selloff. they're all saying trump rally is fading i it is trump's fault. the rally is over. 20,000 is slipping away and one of the worst days in the election. we're coming back. is that suddenly not donald trump's fault? this could be something totally unrelated to the president-elect and has all the winners since the election day like financials falling. we're looking at that. team trump charging into battle.

when general james mattis was named as president-elect as his nominee for his secretary of defense, i could not have been more pleased. as i said publicly and privately to members of this committee, i believe civilian control of the military is an important principle of our government. and i also believe that this is an extraordinary situation and an extraordinary individual. the combination of which warrants a one-time exception to the law. as returning members will remember, we had two committee roundtable discussions in december. one with a briefing by our committee staff to go through the law and the precedent when congress granted an exception to general george c. marshal to serve as secretary of defense in 1950. the other roundtable was with respected outside experts who discussed civilian control of the military and other issues that arise by this exception.

you are looking at ve president mike pence giving the oath to retired general james mattis, who is now defense secretary. retired general john kelly took the oath at homeland security secretary. the senate confirmed both

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. >> dickerson: one of the things that is voting on james mattis, the secretary of defense. one of the things i've heard from senate republicans -- mitch mock channel said this on "face the nation," those who are worried about donald trump's position on russia they're very happy to have james mattis around. because they think he has a clear view of what putin is, nato, that americans -- >> it's true, also with the dan coates as director of national, there is huge division, though. mattis would not have given that inaugural speech which was deeply isolationist. in rhetoric and in fact. it questions some of our most basic commitments in asia and europe. there's a big difference between what i saw in that speech and rex tillerson and general mattis represent in their whole careers. >> the other thing, john, is that a lot of democrats want to get mattis confirmed. of course, you take people like amy klobuchar, democrat, very worried that no one will really know who speaks for america right now. with these tweets coming at all hour of the day and night, have no idea if they're go

also the defense secretary nominee james mattis and house democrats are furious. he needs a special waiver to be confirmed. he just informed lawmakers he is not able to answer questions for this afternoon. all this in the wake of the fiery hearing for rex tillerson. the former exxonmobil ceo tried to win over critics of his ties to vladimir putin. how did it go? let's go live to washington and bring in national security reporter ryan browne. hours and hours of questioning there on capitol hill for mr. tillerson. >> reporter: good morning, christine. nine hours of questioning. it got off to a rocky start. tillerson faced questions he expected about exxon's record lobbying against sanctions. from the democratic side of the aisle. he also broke away from his would-be boss donald trump on a few key issues. one is the trans pacific partnership. tillerson said he wasn't opposed to that. he seemed a little bit more willing to embrace the idea that climate change, a man made element to that. he came out for a man who received an order of friendship from pvladimir putin, h

general james mattis approved by the senate in a commanding 98-1 vote yesterday afternoon to be the next defense secretary now arriving at the fog for his-- pentagon for his first day of work. the man named as mad dog and like when the fellow marines call him mad dog, but not so keen those without the military. on behalf of the republicans and democrats, a man that donald trump talked about on the trail and in the capital. we'll wait for comments, but it's noon and we've got the coverage now, we're well into day number two, the trump administration the torch has been passed to a new commander-in-chief for what will be president trump's first full day, with a reflection at the national prayer cathedral. that was quite a ceremony that we watched here in our nation's capital. hello, i'm bill hemmer, a special edition of news. good morning, shannon. >> good to see you. i'm shannon bream. a full day and evening of pomp and circumstance, mr. trump sworn in as our 45th president, basing it on change. >> january 20th, 2017 will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation

this is not confirmation of james mattis, to be perfectly clear, this is to allow the waiver. the waiver is complete now. jennifer griffin, this has gone, i suppose, as expected. >> it is as expected. and i think it's important to point out, this is not the confirmation, this is the vote on that waiver to allow him to serve in what is typically a civilian role. normally a general has to be retired for seven years before taking this civilian control of the military, this position of defense secretary. it's been 67 years since a general has held this position. so it is a very unusual situation. earlier, the senate armed services committee, there were three prominent democrats. jill brand, blumenthal and lists beth warren voted against the waiver. prominent democrats did come out against it. they brooif that a civilian should be in charge of the military. as we've heard, general mattis is a unique candidate and has bipartisan support on both the armed services committee in the senate as well as the house. among democrats and republicans. so none of the armed services people think

when it came to general james mattis, those differences came on the area of nato. trump called nato obsolete. mattis wanted a strong relationship with the military alliance. and on the nuclear deal. mattis called it imperfect arms agregreemen agreement. trump promised to tear it up on day one. and where the u.s. embassy will be. mattis recognized tel aviv as the capital of israel. donald trump promised to move the embassy to jerusalem. and going on to mike pompeo. the congress member from kansas for cia. he pledged to not do things like waterboarding or enhanced interrogation techniques. something donald trump would seek to bring back. both men, mattis and pompeo, struck very tougher lines on russia and russia's role in cyber attacks during the u.s. presidential election. >> russia to quote the chairman's opening statement, has chosen to be a strategic competitor. an adversary in key areas. i'm all for engagement, but we have to recognize reality and what russia is up to and there's a decreasing number of areas where we can engage cooperatively. the most important

retired general james mattis vowing to keep america say. he needs a waiver. less than seven years after he left the military. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. >> congressional lawmakers will try to fast track that waiver before they recess tomorrow. this was a newsy senate armed sfls hearing with general james mat whois told lawmakers it was the media, not marines, who gave him the moniker "mad dog." his statements stood in stark contrast to campaign promises of donald trump who malted mouthed nato, suggested the u.s. could work with russia and would tear up the iran deal when general mattis said he wouldn't have signed but wouldn't renege on. >> it's not a deal i would have signed, imperfect arms control agreement, it's not a friendship treatmenty. when america gives her word we have to live up to it. >> he differed with the president-elect by expressing strong support in nato saying that the treaty alliance is vital to u.s. national interest and if we did not have it today, the u.s. would have to create it. he crowd

. >> i, james norman mattis. >> i james, norman mattis. >> do seolemnly swear. >> that was swearing in of james mattis earlier tonight and confirmed with a vote of 98-1. who voted no? kerstin gillibrand. sworn in as well, secretary of homeland security after confirmation by the senate. tonight, president trump released a statement thanking the senate and the president went on to say he hopes they will quickly confirm the rest of his cabinet nominees. >> you're watching nbc10's special live coverage of the inauguration of donald trump. and a picture right now of the trump family and their first dance. ♪ >>> a house fire claimed the lives of two people in chester county today. went up in flames before noon. one of the houses was abandoned. neighbors say the other was home to the a mother and son but not clear who died. investigators looking for the cause of the fire. >>> new surveillance showed what happened when a worker opened the door for a robber at a consignment shop in antioch. tied up at gunpoint on main street. he then let in accomplices. the trio stole near ly 60,00$60n jewelr

amy: donald trump's pick for secretary of defense, retired general james "mad dog" mattis , testified at his confirmation hearing that russia is a principal threat. he also sasaid he supports the iran nuclear deal, whihich trump hahas repeatedly criticized. >> i think to publicly display what i iran is up to, that their surrogates and proxies, their terrorist units that they support, to recognize the ballistic missile threat, to deal with the maritime threat, and to publicly make clear to everyone what they're doing in the cyber realm all helps to constrain iran. amy: we will host a roundtable discussion with andrew bacevich, author of "america's wawar for e greater middle east," trita parsi, president of the national iranian american council and author "losing an enemy: obama, iran, and the legacy of diplomacy," and with reporter aaron glantz, whose latest investigation asks "did defense , secretary nominee james mattis commit war crimes in iraq?" then earlier this week, at another confirmation hearing this one for senator jeff , sessions as attorney general, the head of the congress

>> reporter: david, the senate just approving general james mattis for defense secretary and general john kelly for homeland security. just two nominees greenlighted on his first day. that's a far cry from the seven confirmations that president obama got on his first day in 2009. and tonight, after some last-minute wrangling, the senate has decided to delay a vote on congressman pompeo for cia director. that will now take place on monday. david? >> mary bruce up on the hill tonight, where she was all day today. mary, thank you. >>> and there is still much more ahead on this special edition of "world news tonight." it is moving day here at the white house. no question about that. as one first family leaves, the next one moves in. and this is really incredible tonight. inside reporting on the changes right here behind closed doors. how did they pull this off? only five hours to do it all. and you'll hear from the people on the inside tonight, right after the break. >>> there is other news this friday night. notorious mexican drug lord el chapo behind bars in america now, making his fir

after saying he'll let the new defense secretary retired general james mattis override him when it comes to torture, he orders the strengthening of the u.s. military and strong vetting of refugees aimed at keeping out what he calls radical islamic terrorists. president today hosted his first foreign leader over at the white house in his first news conference. he and the british prime minister theresa may, they spoke of the special relationship between their two countries. there may be one area of daylight between them, the prime minister spoke of the need to maintain sanctions on russia, but president trump said only that it's too soon to discuss lifting sanctions. a day before he talks by phone with russia's president vladimir putin. mr. trump said he's looking for a great relationship. his words. >>> and a day after mexico's president canceled the white house visit over the demand that mexico pay for a border wall, the two leaders spoke by phone. mr. trump called the talk very friendly, but mexico is, quote, beat us to a pulp on trade. the president today made no public mention of havi

did not have any generals, but donald trump as president does with the defense secretary james mattis getting confirmed and also general john kelly tonight getting confirmed at the department of homeland security as homeland security secretary, john. >> he came to a point actually where he was looking at having so many generals and his cabinet, he really wanted to try to find a place for david petraeus but it got to the point where maybe he had too many military people. but, again, as donald trump goes into get changed for the balls tonight, we're left to ponder what kind of administration this is going to be. based on what we saw earlier today, we are getting an early idea that this is going to be one that shakes things up. here is the moment from earlier. >> i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear... >> he used the 1,433 words of his inaugural address to put those same politicians on notice. there is a new sheriff in town and things are going to change. >> we will no longer accept politicians who are all talk and no action, constantly complaining but never doing anything about it. t

james mattis, they passed a waiver so that he could serve as the civilian head of the defense department. despite the fact that he is just recently out of active service in the united states military. he will be our next secretary of defense. >> the soldiers, sailors, marine, airmen, and coast guard now have a civilian boss. you see the old hulking roof there at the top of your screen -- >> is that the m-shaped one. >> no longer the home of washington redskins. the lit up west front of the capitol, especially lit up for this occasion. as i mention, look at the ambient light. we are losing daylight fast. i believe i read sundown was at 5:16 local time tonight. so again, so many of the acts in this long parade -- which is still unspooling are going to be without daylight as they come down. >> or they will have marched past the reviewing stand before the president is in it. >> yes, true. and that also brings us to an explanation that the organizers gave us, tom bairk who is the venture capital guy from new york who donald trump had set up this event has explained to us that we're seeing so

during confirmation hearings both defense secretary nominee general james mattis and cia chief nominee congressman mike pompeo harshly criticized the kremlin and its leader vladimir putin. questions about russia, now a litmus test for cabinet areas where we engage cooperatively and an increasing number of areas where we'll have to confront russia. >> reporter: general james mattis pick for defense secretary appeared to be unafraid to take different positions than trump. >> i'm all for engagement but we have to recognize reality and what russia is up to. >> reporter: and on iran mattis saying he would support the nuclear deal by the obama administration, something trump said he would dismantle. >> it is an imperfect arms control agreement. it's not a friendship treaty but when america gives their word, we have to live up to it and work with our allies. >> reporter: trump's pick to head the cia, mike pompeo facing questions about his willingness to be independent from the president-elect. pompeo saying he agrees with the intelligence community that russia hacked the dnc, something trump

mike pompeo and james mattis. they laid out views that stood in stark contrast from the campaign trail. with general mattis, he talked about nato. he wanted the strongest relationship with nato. trump has disparaged it calling it obsolete. he called the iran deal a bad deal. trump promised to move the embassy to jerusalem. and mike pompeo, we heard about the issue of torture. he was asked about that. he promised not to engage in the activities. you said both of them really struck tough lines on russia and russia's role in the cyber attacks. let's hear from both of them right now. >> russia, to quote the chairman's opening statement has chosen to be a strategic competitor and adversary in key areas. i'm all for engagement, but we have to recognize reality and what russia is up to. there is a deep number of areas where we can engage cooperatively. the most important thing is we recognize the reality of what we deal with with mr. putin and we wrerecognize he is trying to br the north atlantic alliance. >> it is clear