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He has frequently criticized the u.s. over social issues. in a moment here, the death penalty is on the table for a truck driver accused of killing ten illegal immigrants. heres what fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. around 4,000 customers living power losing power after a fire. note caused unannounced but no one was injured either. fox 40 in sacramento, the city council decided to keep a drought era watering rules in place. that states historic drought officially ending th...

At the retreat in philadelphia, congressional leadership says the ideas are a nonstarter. >> i believe my members are comfortable with the state of the law on that issue. >> and torture is illegal. and torture is not legal. we agree with that. >> the defense secretary stated his opposition as did the cia director who said he refused orders to resume interrogation tactics. >> there is no doubt in my mind about the limitations it places on the dod and the central intelligence agency and i will com...

Presidents own nominees and allies in congress. here is chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge. >> cia director mike pompeo and defense secretary james mattis were not part of the initial conversations for the draft order. it calls for a review to evaluate resuming enhanced interrogation programs. in the interview, president trump said the tactics are effective. >> i have spoken as recently as 24 hours ago with people at the highest level of intelligence and i asked them the questio...

They knew what the cia was doing and they supported it and funded it. >> the same with jay rockefeller who was chairman the vice-chairman on the other side of the senate intelligence committee. >> the point i want to make is not just that this is r sudden change your mind and your public stance long after the fact, but it is to stay how consensual democrats and republicans was the idea that we were hit, we were blind suided. we knew almost nothing about al qaeda. it was our pearl harbor and it w...

Written that they knew what the cia was doing, they supported it, they funded it. jay rockefeller, who was chairman, the vice chairman on the other side of the senate, of the senate intelligence committee. and the point i want to make is not just that this is hypocritical to all of a sudden change your mind and your public stance long after the fact, but it is to say how consensual democrat and republican was the idea that we were hit, we were blindsided, we knew almost nothing about al qaeda. i...

Today, but this now permits others to say you did it. what do you mean we cant? thats one of the real tragedies about this. >> cheney says that bush was not only aware of the program, but he approved it before he went forward. whats your reaction to that? >> well, if president obama did not know about it, i think that says a lot on its own. hes captain of the ship. he should not whats happening, but that said, i think the real effort here by the vice president is to try just to cement the entire...

Their final admission by the u.s., they may use it in future propaganda. bear in mind, too, weve heard from former hostages held by isis that some of them were waterboarded. obviously that was an attempt to link their captivity to those held in guantanamo and other black sites. but you have to also bear in mind the potential of some of the more barbaric techniques described in that report may be used on future u.s. or western hostages. thats a chilling thought, wolf. >> and, karl, very quickly, ...

Hours within the law for americas security in what is certainly a difficult world. my colleagues on the intelligence committee and i am proud of them. just as erin in this chamber is. and we will always support them. in reviewing a study in the past few days, with the decision looming over the public release, i was struck by a quote found on page 126 of the executive summary. it cites the former cia inspector general in 2005 wrote the following to the then director of the cia, which clearly stat...

Security in what is certainly a difficult world. my colleagues on the intelligence committee and i am proud of them, just as everyone in this chamber is. and we will always support them. in reviewing the study in the past few days with the decision looming over the public release, i was struck by a quote found on page 126 of the executive summary. it cites the former cia inspector general, john hell gerson, who in 2005 wrote the following to the then-director of the cia which clearly states the ...

Long hours, within the law, for americas security in what is certainly a difficult world my colleagues on the intelligence committee and i am proud of them, just as everyone in this chamber is. and we will always support them. in reviewing this study this in the past few days, with a decision looming over the public release, i was struck by a quote found on page 126 of the executive summary. it cites the former cia inspector general john held gerson who in 2005 wrote the following to the then-di...