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With the bush administration working with the controversial detention program that some senators, lahey, durbin have both been mentioned. >> democrats a bit upset with the practices for a long time. i think they will try to trip him up because two of the senders questioned him where those questioning cavanaugh. years ago. but i do not think it changes any republican votes. >> those are the ones that matter, right? >> they will basically rile republicans up, they will not make progress. >> a worr...

I would absolutely not permit it. jillian: gina haspel in the hot seat. rob: the top 5 tackling her senate confirmation hearing head on. jillian: jackie ibanez have the highlights. >> reporter: haspels testimony lasting three hours where she was grilled about her three decade undercover career with the cia refusing to back down, confidently answering questions from democrats about her role in the post-9/11 detention program. >> the pres. has asserted that torture works. do you agree with that st...

I think we should vote them off the island. is it too late? >> you got a couple more years. we should do that one friday. >> vote them all off -- >> lets do an all no negative story. >> its only positive stories, good stories, feel-good stories. >> greg, we good? were good with that? >> he said yes. he said yes. we are going to go to a not so happy story. its right, our lead story. the first time ever the head of the cia hosted a live news conference to defend the agency from the scathing sena...

Be used, if as the director of central intelligence, you and another president, or this president, were faced with an imminent threat? could there be another covert finding and rulings and advice from the attorney general? that would lead you and your successors to say we should do this because there could be some value to prevent an attack on america? >> as far as what happens, if in the future, there is some type of challenge that we face here, the army field manual is the established basis to...

From the attorney general that would lead you and your successors to say we should do this because there could be some value to prevenn an attack on america? >> as far as what happens if, in the future, there is some type of challenge that we face here, the army field manual is the established basis to use for interrogations ft we, c.i.a., are not in the detention program. we are not con testimony plating at all getting back in the detention program. so i defer to the policymakers in future time...

Challenge that we face here, the articleny field manual is established basis to use for interrogations. we, cia, are not in the detention program. we are not con testimony plating at all getting back into the tension program using any of those eits. so i defer to the policymakers in future times when there is going to be the need to be able to ensure that this country stays safe if we face some other type of cry sisz. >> i defer to the policymakers, means if they want to do this again, they know...

Rulings or advice from the attorney general that would lead you and your successors to say, we should do this because there could be some value to prevent an attack on america? >> as far as what happens in the future, there is some type of challenge that we face here, the army field manual is the established basis to use for interrogations, and we, cia, we are not in the detention program. we are not contemplating at all getting back into the detention program and using any of the policies, but ...

Probably is having trouble condemning the previous administration. >> he also has officials there who supported the practices. mr. brennan. he came in a difficult position. he trusted those two individuals to keep our nation safe when they gave amens to these practices. if you look at these context, and the head of the department of justice post-9/11 paints a picture of what it was like and the pressure we were under to keep our nation safe and how effective it has been. take a listen. >> we wer...

Things i read while he was doing other things, he had a much broader portfolio than i did and i spent a lot of my time just on national security. but i think he knew everything he needed to know and wanted to know about the program. >> did he know the details? >> i think he knew certainly the techniques that we did discuss the techniques. theres no effort on our part to keep him from that. he was just as with the terrorist surveillance program, he had to personally sign off on that every 30 to...

Muslim who was a former detainee at the guantanamo prison, and he says what is necessary now is very much to track down those people responsible for torture and punish them. and also what he was saying was if that the united states decides its not going to obey the rules of law and war and on the conventions on torture, then why should any of the united states enemies, christine. >> karl penhaul live with that. thanks. another reveal from the report, how much money the cia spent to do all of t...