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President leave for the first time. senator, on the flip side of what kate was asking about, the secretary of defense, james mattis, there are reports this morning that the secretary of defense was blindsided, so was the cia director, reports say he had no idea this memo was circulating or that the president was asking these questions about the possibility of reinstituting enhanced interrogation techniques or reopening black sites. what does it say about this administration that the people who m...

A former pennsylvania senator and republican presidential candidate. also with us, bob baer, former cia operative. bob, first to you, you heard the president there speaking about torture. you also hear about this memo circulating where the president may be directing agencies to look into reopening black sites, look into the possibility of reinstituting enhanced interrogation techniques. your reaction, bob. >> john, its not going to go over well at the cia, for one, nor at the military. the cia, ...

About this document that has been circulated, which talked about bringing these things back, what went through your mind, where do you think this came from? >> i have no idea where it came from. in my mind, it would make perfect sense for the new president to try to get a handle on whether things are working or they werent working. i dont know whether that document is a fake. i have no inside knowledge about that. but it does make sense to take a look at whether or not the current measures that ...

About this document that has been circulated, which talked about bringing these things back, what went through your mind, where do you think this came from? >> i have no idea where it came from. in my mind, it would make perfect sense for the new president to try to get a handle on whether things are working or they werent working. i dont know whether that document is a fake. i have no inside knowledge about that. but it does make sense to take a look at whether or not the current measures that ...

Mattis and the group. if they dont want to do it, that is fine. if they do want to do it, then, i will work toward that end. i want to do everything within the bounds of what we are allowed to do legally. but do i feel it works? absolutely come i feel it works. >> martha: "the new york times" published a draft document, 1 of thousands that were written by various individuals, to get these policies at the trump administrn might want to pursue in executive orders. >> it is not a white house docume...

Everyone ive talked to today has said we dont think its necessary. brian, we havent engaged in waterboarding since 2004. we havent had detainees in black sites since 2006 since president bush, not president obama, president bush emptied those black sites. weve been able to protect our country for a decade out those black sites and without harsh interrogation techniques precisely because weve had well-resourced, well-planned, sophisticated counterterrorism plans. to go back to the wall for a minu...

The inspector general says it is not the american psychological institute says it is not. the national council of churches says its not. i say its not. >> on top of apparently this report that the trump is reconsidering the black sites overseas where said brutal interrogations of these terrorism suspects were carried out in the early 2000, other reports, that the cia director and mike pompeo were blindsided by this. what really happens at these black sites? >> under the bush separation terrible ...

Michael pompemike pompeo. it is illegal to use waterboarding. pom yay-pay owe said he would consider bringing back enhanced interrogation methods during certain circumstances. republican lawmakers heard about trumps remarks while attending a retreat in philadelphia. manu raju joins us from there with the latest. what do gop lawmakers have to say about the presidents comments? >> reporter: theyre not supportive. congress overwhelmly voted to limit interrogation techniques to the army field manual...

But he still gets credit with certain segments for talking tough on the issue, while he defers to the seasoned counsel. is that your read? >> well, actually, theyve created a dust storm with a document that sean spicer is trying to wiggle around about the use of these enhanced interrogation techniques. he didnt just go to an interview and then say of course its illegal we wont be using it. in the end, lets give him benefit of the doubt. he is going to let pompeo and mattis set policies and do wh...

In news conference from leader mcconnell and speaker ryan aimed at showing that republicans are all on the same page. i ask them if they have differences and they of course want to talk about their priorities, repealing the health care law and tax reform while donald trumps executives orders have been uncomfortable for a lot of them to talk about. there are issues to work through on some of these other issues. a big one, torture, those enhanced interrogation techniques that president trump says ...