President elect donald trump chooses a right handman in the white house and hes from kenosha. Today, the president elect announced Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus would become his chief of staff. Political reporter theo keith working this breaking news all sunday for us the toughest jobs in politics. Priebus stood by president elect trump throughout the campaign. Now the former wisconsin gop chairman will have the the all Important Role of deciding who gets the president s ear. After donald trump won on tuesday, he wasted no time thanking gop chairman Reince Priebus. Reince is really a star. And he is the hardestworking guy. Trump has for years. Take Assembly Speaker robin vos. The two were both College Republicans at uw whitewater. Anybody that knows reince knows that hes incredibly intense. Whatever he puts his mind to, he literally works harder than anybody i know in fact, sometimes i worried that he was going to have a heart attack because he is so intense and such an incr
33 05 i thought that my whole house was going to burn out. That much fire was there 13 a fire that started with a bang. 34 00 we heard this boom loud bang and i thought it was a gunshot at first 34 05 but when tenants glenn keidl and his son walked outside their home. Instead, they saw flames. 34 51 i thought i could at least try to contain it until the Fire Department came. But it went up real fast there was gasoline in the a mattress then all the wood 35 01 the residents who live just steps away from the garage tell us the Fire Department arrived quickly. Emergency crews say the wind fanned the flames, creating extra smoke. 35 24 the wind was blowing this way really hard and i just saw this and was just praying to god, hoping this wasnt going to go up29 bc this is where my dad lives were told a tenant who lives on the property was using a grill as a fire pit and knocked over some gasoline causing this. But for these residents, they say theyre happy a little im pretty lucky it didnt s
Veterans outside of the system, so important. We are going to ensure every veteran in america gets timely access to topquality care including the best care in the world for our female veterans. [cheers and applause] the Veterans Health system will remain a public system because it is a public trust but never again will we allow any veteran to suffer or die waiting for care. That means veterans will have the right to go to a va facility or the right to see a private doctor or clinic of their choice, whatever is fastest and best for the veteran. Theyll be no more fiveday waits in lines. If youre waiting in line, youre going to go a private doctor across the street, private hospital across the street nearby and be taken care of efficiently. People are waiting in line five days, six days and seven days and many dying for a simple procedure. We will pick up the bill. You have my word on that. [cheers and applause] come january 20th, if im elected president you are going to notice a change i
Issues facing congress such as the sequester and federal spending. Then a discussion on cybersecurity with larry clinton. And north Koreas Nuclear program and the book bomb scare. Washington journal on cspan. On thursday, defense secretary leon panetta hosted a ceremony at honoring former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. This event includes remarks by joint chiefs of staff chairman general Martin Dempsey. This is 45 minutes. Present. [playing star spangled banner ] please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, the 18th chairman of the joint chiefs of staff scum it general Martin Dempsey joint chiefs of staff, general Martin Dempsey. [applause] secretaries, flag officers, hard guess today from the department of state, happy valentines day. [laughter] the lore of martyrdom says that saint valentine was martyred because he was marrying soldiers who were forbidden to marry by the roman lasw of the day. He was a man who loved soldiers and servicemen and women. It is fitting in that regard that
Trump as he gets a post Gop Convention bump. That is expected normally. A cnn orc poll shows trump pulling ahead clinton by three points, within the margin of error. A cbs news poll, including leaning voters, shows him with a onepoint lead. Also this morning, new drama surrounding Debbie Wasserman schultz. The question still remains whether she will actually gavel in the convention this afternoon. Well explain why thats a mystery, even at this point. Already, though, its been a pretty bad morning for her. She took the stage at a gathering of delegates from her home state of florida. While there were many in that crowd who cheered her, there were others who booed and chanted, some even holding up the signs that read emails, obvious reference to the emails leaked. It was her first public appearance since they bankruabr announced yesterday she will step down as dnc chair after the convention. Wikileaks posted 20,000 emails, showing Party Officials in some cases appeared to be biased again