And thats it for me. Im Brooke Baldwin here at the cnn headquarters in atlanta. Lets go to wolf blitzer in washington. Wolf. Brooke, thanks very much. Happening now, president obama nominates chuck hagel to run the pentagon. Calling him a leader our troops deserve. Hagels critics call him profoundly wrong on National Security. Also, we have new details about a horrifying night in colorado. A Police Officer cries as he describes a theater floor slippery with blood. Plus, a first look at proposed regulations that have wouldbe gun owners racing right now to buy guns. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com we begin with president obama setting the stage for a new fight here in washington. This time, other the National Security team for his second term. The president s nominating the former senator chuck hagel, a republican, for defense secretary, and his counterterrorism adviser john brennan to direct the cia. At least one critic calls the hagel nom
Comments he made over the past few years. Glibs, thoughtless and down right insulting comments. He they were irresponsible, incredibly disrespectful, and did not reflect reality. And they were, indeed, insulting. I behaved sadly and i have to live with that my own inexcusable flawed. Dr. Grubers statements gave republicans Public Relations gift. Are you stupid . I dont think so, no. Does mit employ stupid people . Not to my knowledge. Okay. So you are a smart man who said some as Ranking Member said really stupid things. You would not deny today that in these statements that you made that obamacare is a tax, would you. He obamacare is a large piece of legislation with many parts. And is one of those parts a tax, mr. Gruber . There are some taxes in obamacare, yes. Well the president , as you know, argued that obamacare was not a tax. You were trying to say, i think, is that the bill is convoluted, you agree its a very confusing statute. Call it the stupidity of the American Voter but b
Past few years. Glibs, thoughtless and down right insulting comments. He they were irresponsible, incredibly disrespectful, and did not reflect reality. And they were, indeed, insulting. I behaved sadly and i have to live with that my own inexcusable flawed. Dr. Grubers statements gave republicans Public Relations gift. Are you stupid . I dont think so, no. Does mit employ stupid people . Not to my knowledge. Okay. So you are a smart man who said some as Ranking Member said really stupid things. You would not deny today that in these statements that you made that obamacare is a tax, would you. He obamacare is a large piece of legislation with many parts. And is one of those parts a tax, mr. Gruber . There are some taxes in obamacare, yes. Well the president , as you know, argued that obamacare was not a tax. You were trying to say, i think, is that the bill is convoluted, you agree its a very confusing statute. Call it the stupidity of the American Voter but basically that was really c
statement said that the techniques, the tactics that they employed were basically unamerican, that they didn t live up to our values. and, interesting as well, if you look at the contradiction from the vice president today, vice president biden hagel this as a victory for transparency, it was the right thing to do. we had to get it out there when we know in recent days, secretary of state john kerry had reached out to senator dianne feinstein trying to maybe massage the release of this report because, as we heard from defense secretary chuck hagel today. he has told the centcom commanders to put the military on a higher state of alert all around the world because of the potential for a violence against u.s. interests all around the globe. so, look, this was a tough issue for the administration to grapple with. but there is no doubt that they have been trying to point the finger at the bush administration, because these are policies that this president when he came n 2009, he banned tor
breath, the president s statement said that the techniques, the tactics that they employed were basically unamerican, that they didn t live up to our values. and, interesting as well, if you look at the contradiction from the vice president today, vice president biden hagel this as a victory for transparency, it was the right thing to do. we had to get it out there when we know in recent days, secretary of state john kerry had reached out to senator dianne feinstein trying to maybe massage the release of this report because, as we heard from defense secretary chuck hagel today. he has told the centcom commanders to put the military on a higher state of alert all around the world because of the potential for a violence against u.s. interests all around the globe. so, look, this was a tough issue for the administration to grapple with. but there is no doubt that they have been trying to point the finger at the bush administration, because these are policies that this president when he ca