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What rule did she play in the brutes interrogation techniques and what did she feel about it? she said some things democrats wanted to hear. the cia will not go down the road again, its against the law. even if president trump wanted to bring this back, asked her to do it she would resist, but on this question what did she personally feel about the techniques, were they moral, immoral? she refused to answer. we have sound from the senator from new mexico trying to get an answer to that question....

Those documents that avenatti put out there. heres what he said -- >> mr. cohen -- >> great. thank you. >> how do you feel -- >> any response? any response? >> the documents are inaboccura. >> how do you feel about you may have changed an election? >> not too close. not too close. >> chuck what do you suppose that means? its inaccurate. a document is a document. it is either a legit document or illegitimate document. >> yeah. good question, chris. i dont know what he means, but i think dannys ri...

Have conducted myself honorably and in accordance with u.s. law. my parents raised me right. i know -- i know the difference between right and wrong. >> reporter: the reason thats so important, chris that question, which she really didnt answer is because she ran a black site where a detainee was waterboarded. do you think that was moral? senator reid asked what if one of your relatives were waterboarding? is that beyond the pail? we prosecuted for doing this to japanese war criminals. a debate ...

Daniels. >> isnt that what we believed it was set up for? to pay that money? >> circumstantial evidence made that a very reasonable create ed ten days before the payment was made. thinking it was the only purpose. raises the question, how did they hear of this if it doesnt have a web page and what services was it basing this decision to engage essential consultants if the only prior business it engaged in was stormy daniels-type payment? >> it didnt exist. wasnt experience, chuck, but you are an...

State unequivocally, repeatedly, that torture is not acceptable and something she would not do. >> well, she has done it. so -- this is why the question is about morality and understanding how she could say that now and yet have committed torture before. doesnt make any sense. back to that. first, everybody was concerned. felt fury after 9/11. i was in the pentagon when the aircraft hit. the next two years of my life started every morning with intelligence briefs trying to understand the threat ...

Us, as usual. i dont think theres anything helpful about investigating this case publicly. in any sense of the word. but mueller probably has this all locked down, and i wouldnt take michael cohen at his word, particularly as hes walking into a taxi on a new york street. >> natasha, youve been all over this and called michael cohens attorney steve ryan to ask him exactly the question we want to know about the $500 grand says cohen got from the russian oligarch. he hung up on you? >> he very much...

>> mike pompeo, the former secretary and former cia director says they are agents of a foreign service which is russia. of a foreign service which is russia. >> yes, the evidence, mr mr. pompeo, that -- our intelligence agencies have been politicized. this is, in my opinion, an open question. theres vigorous debate on it on the internet. gusefer 2.0, whoever that is, is using software that is registered to a person who works at the democratic national committee. a number of counterterrorism i.t....

When he put that statement out and the president sort of led up into it by suggesting giuliani got his facts wrong and there would be some change in the substance of what giuliani said earlier in the week about this payment, nothing changed in terms of the substance. the open question is still we know that donald trump knew about this payment and paid it. the open question is still whether that had any intent to help him win the campaign. just because giuliani goes out there and the president go...

At the time. i think i see what trumps trying to do. i think his view of the world is this and giulianis view is this. we retreat back. we concede that -- we stay away from campaign finance law. we say there was a big pool of money. michael cohen did whatever he wanted with it. i saw no evil. i heard no evil. thats it. >> amber phillips, in terms of rudy giuliani, then, in that statement he issued today trying to clarify, he says, some of the comments he made earlier this week on fox news, what ...

This and giulianis view is this. we retreat back. we concede that -- we stay away from campaign finance law. we say there was a big pool of money. michael cohen did whatever he wanted with it. i saw no evil. i heard no evil. thats it. >> amber phillips, in terms of rudy giuliani, then, in that statement he issued today trying to clarify, he says, some of the comments he made earlier this week on fox news, what are the open questions that remain after this attempt at a clarification? >> yeah. wel...