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Tough stuff there. >> sandra: meanwhile c.i.a. nominee gina haspel defending her record yesterday on capitol hill. >> i believe, as many people, directors who have sat in this chair before me, that valuable information was obtained from senior al qaeda operatives that allowed us to defend this country and prevent another attack. >> sandra: several lawmakers critical of her tenure running a black site prison where terror suspects were interrogated. did she do enough to win them over? well ask a l...

But ill tell you this, i would not put c.i.a. officers at risk by asking them to undertake risky, controversial activity again. >> bill: there you have that answer. c.i.a. director gina haspel facing questions during that hearing. senator james risch is with me now. i have a simple question. we watched all this yesterday. will she be confirmed? >> probably. i think that -- first of all, most people who deal in intelligence matters recognize gina has somebody that has been dedicated for over 30 y...

Hypocrisy. >> that is the suggestion. look, all of these directors, both republicans and democrats that precede her are supporting her. in addition to that we work daily -- i work daily with people from other countries that are involved in the intelligence gathering methods and working with our c.i.a. and they are just delighted that gina haspel will be running this agency. >> bill: thank you for your time. james risch the republican from idaho on the hill. well speak about. >> sandra: our cover...

Some of the issues will be sort of open if you will during the session behind closed doors. we will bring you more as soon as we get it. >> harris: thank you for setting us up. republican senator james risch of the senate intelligence committee, the panel that is doing the questioning of gina haspel today joins us now. great to see you, sir. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> harris: 10:35 eastern this morning you said you have my vote to gina haspel. how did you get the...

How otto warmbier was treated. and you now see the three individuals coming home. im thankful and this country is blessed they are coming home. we have to do more. we cant give up on the pressure. the only reason this is happening is because president trump believes in the maximum pressure doctrine. this wouldnt have happened under the strategic patience doctrine. >> harris: all right. you have an opportunity now to tell us for the first time that you are on a list of six who will sit with the p...

We are doing really well now and she has been part of that. >> harris: that is good news to report, senator risch. >> it is good news. >> harris: thank you for joining the program for the first time on an important day. >> appreciate you having me. >> harris: president trump and republican leaders notching big wins in last nights primaries. i was just talking about this. manchin is in one of those states. we got to see primaries on both sides of the aisle. we will talk about more as we edge our ...

In their words, and then when they feel theyre in a position of strength they might be willing to have discussions. all indications from north koreans right now, more tests to come. >> all right. will ripley live for us inside of north korea. thank you so much. joining me now is republican senator james risch of idaho. senator, good to see you. thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. thank you for having me. >> so kim jong-uns regime has test fired 22 missiles during 15 tests since februa...

America through their elected representatives. it was an executive agreement signed by the president of the united states. we all said it at that time that it was merely an executive agreement. if indeed a treaty is negotiated, which is all an agreement is between nations, it needs to be submitted to congress as treaties are. once we sign were all-in, republicans, democrats, everyone will get behind it. when you have something that was as politically steeped as the iran deal was, its going to be...

Along. trumps lawyer said he did just that. clearly a very different tone behind the scenes than what weve seen from the president publicly when it comes to the issue of this investigation. wolf? >> sara murray, with the president in new jersey today. sara, thanks very much. were back with senator james risch. senator, youre a member of the intelligence committee. do you think its appropriate for the president to be passing along messages through his legal team, first of all, to the special co...

So, these polls are not necessarily all wrong. go ahead, ill give you the last word. >> the problem with that is the states that elect the president. >> youre correct, youre absolutely right. its the electoral college. thats what counts. we were talking about the national polls which showed she had an advantage, and she did. she won by 3 million votes. but that was irrelevant because he won the electoral college and donald trump is now president of the united states. senator, thanks so much fo...