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Agency. >> the way the vote is stacking up at this point it will come down to a handful of senators. rand paul, i told this at the end of last week, he did not have a meeting set to meet with haspel before wednesdays confirmation hearing. but he was still open to that meeting if it is able to happen. dana? >> dana: all right, thank you. >> youre welcome. >> dana: for more im joined by john yoo, former deputy attorney general in the burned. im glad you are here. like a bad penny this issue of the...

Pompeo said they were thrilled. >> i can only imagine. rich, thank you. the presidents pick to run the cia spent more time talking about a controversial program from the past than her vision for the future during todays confirmation hearing up on the hill. chief intelligence officer was there. >> the first woman nominated to lead the cia said the controversial post 9/11 interrogation program that critics call torture is a thing of the past. >> i moral compass is strong and i would not allow the ...

An oath he took in front of the american people. >> jim acosta, thank you very much. glad you still have your credentials over there. public interrogation today for the woman picked by president trump to lead the cia. gina haspel grilled today about her thoughts on torture and the cias past use of advanced interrogation techniques like waterboarding. >> i think we did extraordinary work. to me the tragedy is that the controversy surrounding the interrogation program, which as i already indicat...

Backing down on its support for president trumps pick to lead the cia. administration officials saying, quote, her nomination will not be derailed bipartisan critics who side with the aclu over the cia on how to keep the american people safe. this all comes after haspel reportedly toyed with withdrawing nomination over scrutiny of interrogation program. some democrats demanding that the cia lift the vial off 32-year undercover career. im floor with the classified material. i think the vast amoun...

If you dont intend to work for the american people, why come to washington? >> melissa: you heard the statement from gina haspel who said with the benefit of hindsight -- im paraphrasing -- the enhanced interrogation program should not have been undertaken. do you think its too little, too late at this point? >> not at all, melissa. lets point out this important fact. nancy pelosi knew about the enhanced interrogation methods before gina haspel. pelosi was briefed in 2002. nevertheless, nancy pe...

In the creation of the enhanced interrogation program? >> senator, i was not, and i was not writing the program until about a year into its existence. >> laura: and get to learn about the enhanced interrogation at about the same time? as gina haspel? congress. yes. fast forward to today. nancy pelosi and her fellow democrats want to raise a big fuss and pretend that they hold the moral high ground against torture? where were her objections or any of their objections when they were being briefed ...

Will not restart such a detention and interrogation program. the implication of that is even president trump who said that torture works during the campaign orders her to do it, she would resist but for many democrats that comes under the category of necessary but not efficient. because in addition to this assurance, they want her to answer questions about what her role was when she ran a site. she wasnt in the room, she wasnt the interrogator, but she supervised the base and may have had author...

Drone has been aggressive with us forces as the pentagon has authorized military action to destroy or track any drone seen as a threat to the united states. the marine corps could soon ground their aircraft worldwide after a pair of deadly crashes, the military considering a 24-hour standdown to reinforce its training procedures, the news comes days after three marines died when their osprey crashed off the coast of australia. last month 16 service members were killed when their transport aircra...

These jobs is that the federal reserve, it was already sending signals that it would likely raise interest rates again when it meets in two weeks. now, most analysts believe that this report is he giving it more confidence that the economy can handle it. james? >> james: we will have more with those on the panel, kristin fisher, thanks. at the -- republican of north carolina, the trump demonstration is returning to congress all copies of the classified report on the cias interrogation program, d...

These jobs is that the federal reserve, it was already sending signals that it would likely raise interest rates again when it meets in two weeks. now, most analysts believe that this report is he giving it more confidence that the economy can handle it. james? >> james: we will have more with those on the panel, kristin fisher, thanks. at the -- republican of north carolina, the trump demonstration is returning to congress all copies of the classified report on the cias interrogation program, d...