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Russia involvement in the 2016 elections. do you agree with the findings of that report? >> senator, i do. >> thank you. >> weve talked a bit about the statement in a book you previously had run the interrogation program. i understand he changed his view on that. your career time line 2001 to ee 03. deputy chief national resources division. in any of those jobs were you in a supervisory or management capacity in connection with the rendition and interrogation program? >> senator, well be able to...

Detention and interrogation program. cia has learned some tough lessons from that experience. we were asked to tackle a mission that fell outside our expertise. for me, there is no better example of implementing lessons learned than what the agency took away from that program. in retrospect, it is clear, as the sisi report concluded that cia was not prepared to conduct a detention and interrogation program. today, the u.s. government has a clear legal and policy framework that governs detentions...

Destroyed? >> senator warner, what i recall were the security issues surrounding the tapes. i dont recall pending legislation. i just dont recall that. >> what about the issue of all of the counsels, the counsel of the vice president, dnirhipsi ranking member, the fact there was -- >> senator, i dont know if i was aware of all of those, but i knew there was disagreement about the issue of the tapes outside the agency and that is why we were working toward a meeting with the then director to talk...

>> biggest take away i have from last night is theres a lot of anti- anti-incumbent. we saw most congressmen running for senate nominations lose. in indiana, luke messer, evan jenkins. the only one that one was in ohio. he was backed by president trump really early on, little different from some of the other knlds th-- candidates that are trying to get trump endorsement. >> thank you. still ahead, president trumps pick to head the cia weighing in on a controversial interrogation program. what ...

Questions. first, were you involved in any way in the creation of the enhanced interrogation program? >> senator, i was not, and i was not read into the program until about a year into its existence. >> were you a senior manager at the cia at the time that the program was created? >> no. i had just returned from an overseas posting. i was a gs 15. i was not yet a member of the senior executive service. i was assigned as a deputy group chief. thats pretty far down the tote m poll in a program tha...

Counsel general john rizzo described how in 2005 jose rodriguez was promolted to be deputy cia director for operations and installed as his chief of staff an officer from the counterterrorist center who had previously run the interrogation program. is that you? >> senator, im so pleased you asked me that question. >> yes or no will do. >> no. and for the record, if you -- if you have your staff check, mr. rizzo has issued a correction. it is -- it is true that it is hard for -- >> excuse me, my ...

Reservation that under my leadership on my watch cia will not restart a detention and interrogation program. >> the secretary of state bringing home three americans who have been in prison in north korea. how theyre release came together at the last moment. to run this business, but i really love it. im on the move all day long, and sometimes i dont eat the way i should. so i drink boost to get the nutrition im missing. boost high protein now has 33% more protein, along with 26 essential vitamin...

Concerned about a lack of information about her 33 years at the spy agency. haspel did not answer a question whether she oversaw the water boarding of a detainee but made this promise. >> having served in that tumultuous time i can offer you my personal commitment clearly and without reservation that under my leadership on my watch, cia will not restart a detention and interrogation program. >> nbc news capitol hill correspondent and coast of casey dc kasie hunt joins us now from capitol hill. i...

Post" last night. eric wemple wrote a story talking about the failure of certain organizations to correct their facts. and that was one of them. and he noted that mr. rizzo about ten days ago he was wrong, he didnt in fact check, and that has been corrected. i would never even served in that department nor was i the head of it. >> let me read directly his quote from the book. several weeks later party promoted jose rodriguez to the position of deputy director for operations. jim pavis former job...

Sit on the swiss desk. i stepped up. i was not on the sidelines. i was on the front lines and in the cold war and on the front lines in al-qaeda. im proud of the fact we captured the perpetrator of 9/11. i think we did extraordinary work. to me the tragedy is that the controversy surrounding the interrogation program which as ive already gated to senator warner, i fully understand that, but it has cast a shadow over what has been a major contribution to protecting this country. >> i respect a nu...