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Mentioned, i dont even have a social media account. but i wouldnt use wallway products. >> senator, time expired. >> thank you. >> thank you for your courtesy in meeting with me yesterday. however, i regret to have to say there is no greater indictment of this nomination process that be the fact that you are deciding what the country gets to know about you and what it doesnt. so far the american people have only been given information that is designed to help you get confirmed. everything else h...

Difficulty navigating the nomination process and i think that part of the reason that they like the idea of her being the first woman and we all know that president trump likes the idea of torture. he bragged about to joshs point along the campaign trail. and it is part of his tough guy persona. during the obama administration, some perceived the united states as becoming off, leading from behind, so they like the tough guy persona that trump was bringing in. and during the campaign, a lot of us...

30 hours in they want this administration playing short-handed. how frustrating is it. >> we have to have a senate that does its job but quickly does its job. have you got to get to a vote. all these individuals deserve a vote. the president won. if you dont give someone a vote you are undermining democracy. he won. have you got to get over it and give the president his nominees. brian: republicans are in power. they should knock it down to nine hours like langford talked about and put these peo...

Some questions that had come up. and lets be clear about this. some of these questions could have been new to the white house but not new to the cia. but these questions were ones that she was being asked to give some full-throated answers to that had to do with her role in support of the cias very controversial torture program after 9/11. and the result of that question and answer session at the white house was that she suggested that she withdraw her nomination. i also want to emphasize someth...

Thats going to be a p.r. disaster, not only for the white house but for congressional republicans who have been just exacerbated with this entire process. >> give us the global perspective here. if youre in one of our allies intelligence headquarters right now, whether it be in london or paris or anywhere and youre watching this play out, what is your reaction to the political instability of a new director of the cia, the controversy surrounding them? do they want somebody like haspel with her b...

Briefing talking about her. she is the presidents nominee to be the new director of the c.i.a. her hearing is next week and it is expected to be quite controversial. even though she has widespread support across multiple administrations, republicans and democrats. yet, what do you think she will go through next week? >> well, frankly, she is going to go through some very tough questioning to be sure. i will tell you, i will underscore what you just said. i have spoken to many people here about h...

Today that kelly was not being considered and kelly and the president are happy with his role as chief of staff. but it appears, as you alluded to, erin, theres no clear leading candidate at this point and that suggests the administration is poised for yet another tumultuous nomination process, even as it tries to learn lessons from the jackson debacle that we saw play out. erin. >> lessons to be learned, but of course, you know, hard to get great people to say yes given the chaos and what they ...

Which the secret service expressed concern about jacksons loud drunken behavior. >> so juana, presumably, the secret service announcements are what the president is pointing to when he says that there is proof that some of these allegations are false. but again, its one word against the other, and it doesnt necessarily address all of the allegations about ronny jackson and his medical unit. >> no, it doesnt. its important to point out, jackson has not been coming out and responding to these alle...

Not just the president, but members of the senior staff, the vice president. my colleague, mj lee and i spoke to about a half a dozen people that currently or formerly worked at that medical unit. what they described to us is a grab and go culture what mid-level staff obtained prescription drugs without being examined by a doctor. four former and current medical unit performers said they saw prescription medication handed out readily without some of the most basic medical consultation. and jacks...

Trump administration. >> no question. and, caitlyn, listen, some of this is the way that washington has always been. the nomination process is no fun. its arguably worse now. but on the flip side. there was really no vetting for this. jackson not necessarily a natural pick because this is an enormous organization to run with some serious problems. how much of this falls on the white house? >> well, certainly. i mean, it was, you know, shulkin, of course, the former v.a. secretary, was in the hot...