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I support the higher moral standard that this country has decided to hold itself to. i would never ever take cia back to an interrogation program. first of all, cia follows the law. we followed the law then. we follow the law today. i support the law. i wouldnt support a change in the law. but ill tell you this. i would not put cia officers at risk by asking them to undertake risky controversial activity again. >> ms. haspel, my question is this. on a going forward basis, if this president asked...

Have a briefing, im going to take advantage of this opportunity to wish my daughter scarlet who will be 6 tomorrow a happy birthday. and with that i will take your questions. jeff. >> sarah, you mentioned the cia director nominee. gina haspel said today the president asked her to do anything, to restart the interrogation program that the cia was criticized for, that she would not do that. is that something the president would ever ask? >> im not aware of any request by the president to the past ...

Leadership and you addressed the issue of the fact that it is against the law. the question i have with the benefit of hindsight, do you believe the program in terms of the interrogation program was consistent with american values? >> senator, as we sit here today, and with some distance between us and the events of 9/11, the congress and indeed our nation have had an opportunity to have a debate about the interrogation standards we want to use as the united states of america. we have decided to...

President trumps pick to head the cia, gina haspel is back on capitol hill today. shes scrambling for support from lawmakers one day before what is expected to be a contentious confirmation hearing. >> the president trying to rally support for haspel. youll be a leader who will be tough on terror. the big hang up for a lot of democrats right now and some republicans as well is her role in enhanced interrogation. joining us now, cnn ryan browne. whats the latest here? >> reporter: i think haspel ...

Senate intelligence committee. those who have been working with her for years are vowing their support. >> he has a high level of intellectual honesty and integrity and dedication to our mission. the people at the agency think the world of her. they know what they are getting, we do too. she is the right choice and i hope the congress is the right thing and confirms her. jillian: she will face tough questions on her role in the agencys controversial detention and interrogation program. donald tr...

Interrogation program. in a tweet, president trump called haspel the most qualified person for the job. well, did you see it in the met gala stir ago controversy as celebrates pope. angel wings. many on social media think the fashion went too far. but cardinal timoth dollan arch byrne shop attended and gave his approval for the event. others roasting tom brady for this versace suit. tom brady looks like the accountant for a mariachi band. what do you think about that? brian: thats an interesting...

The president will give his announcement at the white house shortly. cia director nominee gina haspel is meeting with lawmakers for a second day ahead of what is expected to be a tough confirmation hearing tomorrow. shes meeting with democrats that have expressed concern about her connections to an interrogation program set up after september 11th. the white house says haspel is committed to going through the process despite offering to withdraw her nomination friday. president trump tweeted thi...

Era detainee interrogation program that critics call torture. >> to me, as i said when i came out, i think there really is a prospect of this setting of very ominous precedent. if this is allowed to go forward as what i have called a secret confirmation process, it sure wont be the last one. >> public confirmation hearing wednesday is expected to put the justice department approved program that water boarded terrorists under fresh scrutiny. cia director john brennan was a key decision maker and ...

This morning the president weighing in for a second time on this. what did he say? >> this morning another very public show of support for haspel from the president taking to twitter and praised her as tough on terrorism and the c.i.a. rank and file support her as their new director. former c.i.a. officers say haspel is a gifted operator who is responsible for the capture of two terrorists behind the 1998 al qaeda bombings targeting the u.s. embassies in east africa and point to the fact because...

Her qualifications are applauded by republicans and democrats, former cia directors who are opposed to president trump, her qualifications are not the issue per se. the issue at hand for gina haspel is her role during the george w. bush administration. in what was then an acceptable interrogation program, and enhanced interrogation, many people obviously referring to it as the torture program. it was accepted during those years. she ran a black site in thailand where some of the practices were u...