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Number of lessons we learned from benghazi but he never specifies what the lessons were. its trouble some. here is what we did wrong. >> bret: john brennan moving out of committee, pretty big vote 12-3, still could be held up there. but the drone issue, benghazi issue, also documents about the bin laden compound were finding out about now. >> i dont think it will stop ending up as head of c.i.a. i think it was an opportunity to have a debate on the drone issue to have a debate on some of these o...

Ending up as head of c.i.a. i think it was an opportunity to have a debate on the drone issue to have a debate on some of these other issues, but in the end i dont think he was culpable enough in any way that even republicans would deny him the position. >> bret: next up, a general speaks out, a ufo over j.f.k. and super bug that has people worried. more news ahead, next. my mother made the best toffee in the world. its delicious. so now weve turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to tak...

Withholding drone documents from congress. >> its unacceptable in a system of checks and balances for congress to only get five of 11 legal opinions. >> reporter: full vote could come as early as tuesday. eric holder will on the hoyle wednesday where they are expected to raise the drone issue and whether they have been blocking congressional oversight. >> bret: up next, pulling back the welcome mat from the peoples house. [ birds chirping ] im your hot water heater. you hardly know i exist. that...

Elsewhere about waterboarding during the bush administration as well as the relative silence you would say about drones. i got that it wasnt set up that way. it was set up in a different way. do you remember how it was set up? >> refresh my memory. >> roll the tape. impact segment tonight will terror advisor john brennan become the evidence the cia. he testifies tomorrow on capitol hill. some liberals do not like him because he is the director of the drone program that kills terrorists from the ...

Outcry in the media and elsewhere about waterboarding during the bush administration as well as the relative silence you would say about drones. i got that it wasnt set up that way. it was set up in a different way. do you remember how it was set up? >> refresh my memory. >> roll the tape. impact segment tonight will terror advisor john brennan become the evidence the cia. he testifies tomorrow on capitol hill. some liberals do not like him because he is the director of the drone program that ki...

Policy, the republicans are at each others throats over two distinct camps. one is the camp that wants do do drone strikes, assassinations, and involve america more aggressively in pakistan, syria, they did libya. they wanted this. the more traditional republicans who say a line that always works: america cannot be the worlds policeman. the republicans are divided over this. what should the role of the united states be in foreign policy? there is in answer coming out of the republican camp which...

Illustrates, that really tug at the heartstrings of americans. we have had a traumatic decade. we have come away questioning tactics of torture, the use of guantanamo bay. the legal justification not fully understood. the drone issue still not fully explained because its so secret. theres still a lot the american public is struggling to understand. >> dan, one reaction that i have relative to the whole standard of when we could take out even an american is, you know, be careful before you make y...

Procedures that the agency has, in fact, used against the real hard core terrorists. it has saved lives. >> inconsistencies, robin, in what you just heard? is that a consistent narrative from mr. brennan? >> not completely obviously, saying sometimes it produces information and sometimes it isnt -- >> not enough to derail this nomination. >> i dont think so. i think brennan probably compared with hagel is going to be a breeze to get through, but these are issues. and this is what this testimony ...

Administration. it was the same issue that derailed brennans consideration for cia director four years ago. >> my question is this. in your opinion, does waterboarding constitute torture? >> the attorney general has referred to waterboarding as torture. many people have referred to it as torture. attorney general, premiers of law enforcement officer and lawyer of this country, and as you well know and as weve had the discussion, senator, the term "torture" has a lot of legal and political implic...

Tonight. will counter terrorism advisor john brennan become the head of the cia. he testifies tomorrow on capitol hill. some liberals dont like him because he is the director of the drone program that kills terrorists from the sky. president obama very bullish on the drones. >> the strikes are legal. they are ethical and they are wise. the u.s.a. government takes great care in deciding to pursue an al qaeda terrorist to ensure precision and avoid loss of innocent life. >> bill: here now to discu...