one official says the government is confident the assad regime was behind the attack. mike pompeo s confirmation hearing comes at a criminalcal time in american foreign policy as pompeo tries to stave off critics who label him as hawkic. joining me iscaly o donnell. kelly, it has been a grilling mike pompeo, whatever one may think of him and the views he holds seems to have acquitted him well during the hearing. unlike some of the people the president has selected to bring into government, mike pompeo has a lot of experience as someone elected three times to the house, also serving as the cia director where he has appeared before congress a number of times. a harvard law graduate, first in his class at west point n. terms of taking some heat of the pressure of the moment, he is well equipped to do that. what lawmakers, especially democrats, wanted to do was to drill down on any potential difference he might have with