on a diet since they were create ad number of years ago. they have got to get appropriate resources to deal with that part of the world. bill: you know lindsey graham and others say this is the reason why they won t approve chuck hagel about. you wonder as the days go by as to whether or not that nomination is in danger? mccain says eventually he will go through. that is the point he with david gregory yesterday. yes or no kt, does he? yes he does but he is a very weak secretary of defense which will not be the guy the president needs to cut defense, deal with military and deal with capitol hill. bill: so that is yes. general, you say too or not? i don t get involved in the nomination process. it is political and i stay away from it. bill: you re probably pretty smart about that. maybe some others can learn a lesson. general, thank you, kt thank you as well. all right. bill: 12 minutes before the hour. jamie. jamie: bill, thanks. it is an unthinkable act when a grown man slaps a
see on the left-hand side of your screen, single-engine cessnas to go up and take photographs of the ranches. their deal they re trying to make sure that ranchers do not allow manure to get into ground water and contaminate the water supplies. the ranchers clearly do not like big brother spying from above. they have organize ad number of protests. they re going to their congressman. they say this needs to end. epa says it has been approved by the courts and they have been surveilling these ranchers now for 10 years, megyn. and they have caught a number of them red-handed. mostly catching them in iowa. so we ll find out soon if this policy ends for good. megyn: tg, thank you. reporter: yep. megyn: a medical emergency ends in a deadly car crash. prosecutors argue this driver should have never been behind the wheel saying she was warned not to drive. kelly s court breaks down the facts and asks whether this mother should go to
amounts or what exactly is going in. but humanitarian efforts, foreign aid, the effort of the 7th fleet on lift missions and trying to get supplies in, usaid already has activate ad number of different measures. there is not a lot about the concern about that money. i will point out that japan is in a big economic mess ahead of this. their debt was 225% of their gross domestic product. the percentage of debt-to-gdp. and so they were in an economic trouble before all of this happened. we ll see where this heads after this. jon: we ll see you tonight on special report , 6:00 p.m. eastern time. bret baier, thanks. okay. jenna: the crisis unfolding in japan is putting naturally a spotlight on the safety of nuclear plants in our country. raising questions about how we can avert a similar catastrophe, if that is even possible. trace gallagher is live in san clemente, california,
they have to be careful. it s going to be a wild ride. it will be interesting to see how 2011 plays out. thanks, james. appreciate it. here s an important number to tell you about. the there are 96 federal judge vacations. backlogged courts in translation. now john roberts is urging the senate to stop playing politics and get judges confirmed and do so asap. so the chief justice noted the senate recently fill ad number of vacancies, including 19 recently confirmed judges. the senate confirmed 62 of president obama s nominees. so this is still not enough. so explain to us what s the hold up? well, the hold up is the writers worked very, very hard to gain a strangle hold on the