now to the pentagon where defense secretary chuck hagel took to the microphones today after weeks of calls for his resignation. the department of defense hammered over refusing to pay death benefits to the families of fallen soldiers. mr. hagel blamed congress the way the government shutdown impacted families and called this a manufactured crisis. in addition, he said this. >> i am deeply aware of the harm this shutdown inflicted on so many of our civilian personnel. all of our leaders, civilian and military alike, deeply regret what this shutdown has done to our people, and we'll work to repair the damage beginning today. >> joining me now, pete he hegeseth. did that do it for you? >> it sure didn't. you talk about a manufacturing crisis, he better know where that manufacturing came from. we haven't called for secretary hagel to step down, but he certainly has some explaining to