Where both vicepresident biden and can vicepresident elect mike pence are making an appearance. We have the latest on the trump transition. Hey, john. Reporter greg, good afternoon. It is a heavy Military Area and Perfect Place to unveil the official announcement for secretary of defense, general james mattis. General mattis because hes only been retired for three years needs a special waiver. And house and Senate Republicans are working on that so there is no i cup. He is about to announce the secretary of defense and donald trump broadening out the search for secretary of state. He met with john bolton last friday and today meeting with rex tellerson. And an indication that he is looking outside of the military and political field for top diplomats and at the same time he is doing that. The Trump Transition Team continues to get questions about the call from the taiwanese president. And mike pence said donald trump is fully aware of the longstanding one china policy. We have a unique
Jon but we begin on this friday morning with stunning new developments in the nsa spying scandal. New reports the Intelligence Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its Legal Authority thousands of times each year since 2008. Good morning to you, im jon scott. Im allison cam rot tax in for general that lee. Jon mice to have you here. We have a lot of news, because details come from nsa leaker Edward Snowden. He shared them with the Washington Post. We have infractions was unauthorized surveillance of u. S. Citizens. A lot of what happens in the agency, even the nsa is reflection of the culture they see from the top and you have have a president and administration that revels going beyond the box, if you will, that theyre limited to to by law and i think that seeped all the way down into the nsa. Jon Wendell Goler is live in Marthas Vineyard where president obama is on vacation. Any response from the administration, wendell . Reporter well, jon, the nsa says these are mistakes
Makers wasting time and attention on phony scandal instead of the peoples work. To often over the past two years, washington took its eye off of the ball. They have allowed political postural and phony scandal to distract from our economy and growing middleclass. Fox news poll find that people do not agree with the president. The interest in the benghazi terrorist attack is anything but phony and not phony to voters, nsa snooping on americans. And the Justice Department seizing telephone records and irs targeting conservative groups for extra scrutiny. Host of power play on fox news live. Chris, you have written your insightful and provocative column today. It is entitled phony . Balonnie. Reporters are going to ask him about that phrase, right . Oh, sure. This is where the rubber meets the rod. It is 100 since the president did a full press conference, in the end of april and it has been a hundred days and all of those scandals have grown, in case matacicized and in the case of the ir
Seat . And could a cherished new york city come to an end . This is the horse drawn carriage seen in so many films may stop taking tourist through romantic rides in central park. Is this it a presence problem or activism run amuck. N3, 2, 1. Mist row in the making. Will this rocket launch pave the way for america to go where no man has gone before. It is all happening now. But we begin with president obama choosing on this friday, the person he wants for one of the most important jobs in washington. Nominating Ashton Carter to be the next secretary of defense. Welcome to the second hour of happening now. I am jon scott. And i am heather in for jennalily. President obama said the now defense chief has to hit the ground running. He has to manage the war against isis in iraq and syria and turmoil in ukraine and all of the provocative moves by russian president putin. And newly aggressive china flexing its muscle in the pacific and here at home a bureaucracy that is facing man dated budget
Strosities. And an inmate walking out of the jail house door. He has not contacted me. Why his mother and family and friends went back to jail with him. He will not escape again. It is all happening now. We begin with a spending stalemate on capitol hill. I am jenna leely. And i am greg jarret in for jon scott. The bill in question would fund dhs for the entire year but roll back the president s executive actions on immigrations and democrats said it will continue to fail unless immigration is off of the table. Republicans are now working on a modified version that fund some of the president s new policies but they are running out of time. Look at the the senate floor. Mike emmanuel joins us live from capitol hill with more on the lead story today, mike. Reporter House Speaker boehner tried to turn up the pressure on Senate Democrats and the house did the work and won its fight and put it back in their court. Several times this week, Senate Democrats including senators who oppose the p