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Watch live as Congress questions Obama’s pick for Homeland Security secretary

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Watch live as Congress questions Obama's pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security

One of the president's most trusted counterterrorism advisers could be set to lead the Department of Homeland Security, but first he has to get through a Senate confirmation hearing.President Barack Obama nominated Jeh Johnson, a former high-level Pentagon lawyer who served as general counsel at the Department of Defense during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, to lead the vast national security agency.The agency, formed in 2002 in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, is also in charge of …

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