bill: defense secretary robert gates testifying, he has been hypercritical the obama administration telling fox news the white house made him, quote, crazy with its micromanagement. in d.c. the first time he has testified since leaving his position as secretary of defense. has it seemed to be a partisan hearing so far? not yet. democrats and republicans say they won the former secretary of defense to explain how to fix the defense department they don t think is making the most of the great resources available to it. gates has been spode out spoken about defense reform, outspoken recently about problems with pentagon planning since he left including the recent rebel training program to try to battle isis and syria that trained a handful of rebels. the idea of training somebody from the outside and sending them in is not going to work.
well, you know, jake, as you know from having followed me over the years, i m fundamentally a reformer. i always have. i ve been in there to shake things up and i ve done it throughout my entire career never worried about polls or popularity. my whole deal is to improve things. so interesting because i m both an inside and outside player. my whole point pointing to the airplane is at the end of the day you need a pilot that can deliver change. it sounds like a cliche. i hate to use cliches. throughout my career, whether it s balancing the budget, being involved in major defense reform or turning ohio around, i hope that gives me credibility so people know when i m president i know how to move money, power and influence out of washington, how to bring about the reforms we need and understand how this system works. if you were at a town hall meeting and made comments that
years in the reagan era is a hindrance? i m fundamentally a reformer. i have. i ve been in there to shake things up and i ve done it throughout my entire career never worried about polls or popularity. my whole deal is to improve things. so interesting because i m both an inside and outside player. my whole point pointing to the airport you need a pilot who can deliver change. it sounds like a cliche. whether it s balancing the budgeting with being involved in major defense reform or turning ohio around. i hope that gives me the credibility so people know when i m president i know how to move power, money, and influence out of washington. how do bring about the reforms we need and understand how the system works. if you were at a town hall meeting and made comments that seemed to suggest that president obama is a muslim even though she s not and there is something
uphold values of soldiers who can no longer share them. a gunman opened fire on the campus of seattle pacific university late thursday. killing one student, three others were injured. police say aaron ybarra walked into assigns hall and opened fire. that is until a student guard was able to restrain him. they say ybarra is not a student at the school. pentagon officials say the u.s. will send military advisors to ukraine to assess its need for defense reform. they say it s being reviewed as a first step to establish a l g long-term program for the ukrainian military. president obama says russia faces the prospect of new sanctions because of its aggression in ukraine. all eyes on the belmont stakes tomorrow. california chrome could be the first horse in 36 years to
still say we need everything. i truly believe as a defense talk that if congress would do its part and stop voting selfishly in every dog gone issue we could have a stronger defense and better defense for less money. sequestration is the wrong way, but right now it s the only way. we need defense reform now. bill: ralph peters thank you. we ll talk about. lieutenant great to see you. jamie: a surprise homecoming for haoug an hugo chavez returning to caracas after cancer treatment in cuba. there were thousands of people in the street celebrating his homecoming fueling hopes that he could return to active rule. steve harrigan live in miami for us. what do we know about his condition at this point and his return. reporter: a lot that we know about the condition and still even more that we don t know. we do know that he s back in venezuela, really after dropping out of sight for ten weeks in