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Left wanted her to behave like sally yates and refuse to follow the law. paul: dan, what do you make of this, i remember writing editorials more than a decade ago, i remember the mood at the time and i dont remember a lot of democrats waving hands and say, oh, my god, dont do these things, make sure that theres not another attack? >> im glad that you brought that up, paul, 9/11 nearly 17 years ago, both towers of world trade center collapsed, plane flew into pentagon, am i upset that the cia use...

♪ >> we are seeing widespread support across the political spectrum and within the intelligence community. >> the past association with so-called extraordinary interrogation techniques make her stalwart two resisted in the future. >> among the peers, it is absolutely universal. >> over the last 15 months, mike served the nation as the director of the central intelligence agency where i can tell you that they have such respect for him. they may be the only people that are not very happy right n...

Congress and face some pretty tough questions. you have null vainny saying he prioritizes meetings with lobbyists who give him true. thats not something youre supposed to say, especially not when youre working for a drain the swamp administration. you had mike pompeo, the presidents secretary of state pick. he did get through, but it was way more of a squeaker than it should have been, and now the woman nominated to replace him at the cia is coming under a lot of scrutiny for her overseeing some...

Yesterday. >> this comes on the same day trumps nominee to head the department of veterans affairs, ryan jackson, withdrew his nomination after reports hed been drinking on the job and handing out prescription drugs, including an opioid. and cia pick gina haskells nomination is in jeopardy as critics cite ties to harsh interrogation techniques after 9/11. national affairs correspondent for "the nation" joan walsh joins me, along with former economic advisor to trump, steven moore. these, changes...

Trump administration. >> we voted for him on a number of ideas, and this idea that politics was broken because people could pay their way in. donald trump was saying im going to stop that. now it seems perfectly okay for member of his own administration to go out there and all but brag about that being the way business works even as donald trump is president. ken vogel "new york times" political reporter. ken thank you for coming on. i appreciate it. >> thanks katy i enjoyed it. to more staffi...

Trumps pick to be cia director about her role in the 2005 episode of the destruction of the cia video tapes that depict harsh interrogation techniques. she has not alleviated concerns on this committee. she said she was ordered to carry out the destruction of the tapes. she wrote a cable that she said she did not think would be sent to cia field officers to destroy the tapes. her superior moved forward without her knowledge. the cia trying to push back declassifying sections of a report from 201...

Didnt commit. to prevent that very thing, police departments in many other countries banned or dispensed years ago with interrogation techniques still used in america. had the murder happened elsewhere, for example, here in the united kingdom, its probable that robert would still have been brought in for questioning, he was named as a suspect by others in the case. but the chances he would have been charged or even interviewed for very long, close to zero. >> the interview as it is on the record...

Are further along than the presidents critics want to give him credit for. theres a school of thought that may be administration officials leaked it in order to pressure democrats and say how could you vote against the secretary of state nominee when he so directly involved in such sensitive diplomacy. yet 9 of 10 democrats on the senate foreign relations committee have already said they are voting no on pompeo while the temps democrat chris coons of delaware says hes undecided. couple getting t...

That they are voting no. but complicating the white houses effort is not rand paul 1 of 11 democrats so that he will vote no because he thinks pompeo is too hawkish. and he is upset about the use of harsh interrogation techniques for terrorist. he spoke by phone with the president, who urged him to meet with pompeo. suggesting that is not likely to change his mind over concerns about u.s. entanglements overseas. now, the stories cannot find an example of them is being voted down by the foreign r...

Each sunday the "inside politics" panelists giving you an early glimpse at the conversations theyre having with their sources. michael, well start with you. >> so in a couple of weeks the president will go on his first real overseas trip for this year. hes going to lima, peru, couple of things to watch for. one is that this is a first test of his new national security team, new secretary of state, cia director and also whether or not scandals from back home, the russia investigation dog him whil...