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>> im sure she stood in for him when he wasnt there. i suspect she has some kind of relationship with the president. clearly he chose her for a variety of reasons. i think thats fine. pompeo had a particularly warm relationship with the president. i dont know exactly what hers is, but im sure its a good one. >> now, there was a bump in her career rise. john brennan had promoted her and that promotion did not go through because theres no question that she and many others in the covert operation d...

President trumps choice to head the cia is deputy director gina haspel. if confirmed, haspel would be the first woman to run the agency. what more do we know about her? joining me is john mcloughlin, former acting director of cia, former deputy director, long-time deputy director and msnbc national security analyst. first of all, two things that are noteworthy. the first woman. shes also formerly the head of covert ops. i think the only predecessor in that role to take over the agency or the mos...

Word. >> kimberly: thank you, dana. god bless you. as if it, buddy. trump is trying to impact the psychology of the situation in afghanistan and trying to empower the people and their military they are to be able to stand up to the taliban, stand up to al qaeda, to know that they have the backing, on resoundingly, the united states. without question. im going to trust that he has done his homework, and listening to people that he should, that have military service, and have been in that theater ...

Together. kimberly, ill give you the next word. >> kimberly: thank you, dana. god bless you. as if it, buddy. trump is trying to impact the psychology of the situation in afghanistan and trying to empower the people and their military they are to be able to stand up to the taliban, stand up to al qaeda, to know that they have the backing, on resoundingly, the united states. without question. im going to trust that he has done his homework, and listening to people that he should, that have milita...

>> sounds low to me, but ill go with that number. judge jeanine: sounds low? all right, lets talk about the fact we have involved ourselves in other countriess elections, without getting into people and glass houses shouldnt throw stones. how would we do that? >> well, its a form of covert action pursuant to authority from the president of the united states. you could do it in a million ways. you could pay people. you could hack databases. you could threaten action if people dont do what we want...

Open daylight or e-mails going into a building from russia are an example of the russian government covert operation and trying to undermine an election? is that how its done? >> no, thats not how its done. thats nonsensical suggestion and i think thats probably evidence that there isnt anything untoward going on, and, you know, lets be clear, the russians are masters at this kind of thing. they know exactly what theyre doing, and no, it would be done in the dead of night, and you wouldnt see an...

Happening now, vladimir putin and to a certain extent donald trump appear to be sweeping it to one side and putting their eye on the not too distants future, the future of three weeks from now when donald trump takes office in the whouts. already putin has issued his formal new years congratulations to other world leaders, the prime minister of britain, queen of england, president of france, he missed out president obama. he did though, congratulate president-elect trump, showing once again that...

Faced this year alone, this nation wants to make sure its first responders are as ready as they can be for any scenario should terror strike again. fred pleigen, cnn, france. >> now for discussion on security nez sures, were joined by aaron cohen, the chounder of cherries covert officer apparel. they manufacture covert ops gear for special mission units. aaron, thanks so much for joining us on cnn today. we wont focus on the chemical potential for an attack, thats really speculative at the momen...

Perk up from time to time because it seems the french are taking a tough line. something that we havent been used to in the states since did he gall wanted to get out of nato in 1968. what is going on in the french government? >> well, you know joe, people live with a lot of cliches about the french. the truth is that french for the last 20 years have been incredibly aggressive on the anti-terrorist front. theres been a lot of terrorism in france. ive been there a long time. there are were bombs...

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