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Other cabinet picks, the senate is expected to confirm mike pompeo as the next secretary of state. his nomination passed out of the committee today with a bit of rand paul-infused drama. he i insisted he had been a no way vote to the bitter end, no way no how, naturally rand paul ended up voting yes, which pretty much ends the drama over pompeos nomination. but the confirmation of the presidents pick to replace mike pompeo as head of the karim a, that is another one that may not go smoothly. gin...

>> you need someone at the state department. there are big meetings and summits planned. theres a track record there as well as having been a member of congress. jeff, this is not the only confirmation they are facing. they have a tough cia confirmation. they have a vacancy there. she heres is controversial because of her past record after 9/11. she says obeying orders but carrying out other orders that were not approved in terms of the so called torture program. theres a lot of questions about ...

That was taken from my school and turned into this torture program. >> greg, let me ask you about the state dinner taking place tomorrow, macron is going to be in washington and going to spend three days here. macron had interesting interactions with the president. pushing for u.s. to stay in the iran nuclear deal and convinced president trump to stay in syria after the president had expressed his desire to pull out of there. we know iran is threatening not so pleasant options so to speak if the...

Is fired. >> sean: what you guys have been great, thank you both. now president trump only moments ago, he arrived at the white house following his visit to st. louis. another major story we are following tonight almost immediately after the president announced he was nominating gina haspel to run the cia after some people in the media were waiting to attack and wait until you are the reason why. take a look at this. >> she was involved with the torture program after september 11th and then and ...

>> sean: we need a special counsel. at this point, what happened with the fisa abuses, everything else. you guys have been great. thank you both. president trump only moments ago arrived at the white house following his visit to st. louis, another major story we are following tonight. almost immediately after president announced he was nominating gina haspel to be the first wilmont to run the cia, se people in the left, in the media, were waiting till attack. take a look at this. >> she was invo...

Rec perry denied an associated press report that he is in discussions to replace him. fox reports that john kelly could soon be leaving his post as chief of staff. as for attorney general jeff sessions, two republicans in regular contact with the white house say there are talks of putting epa administrator scott pruitt into his position. and there are reports that the president is adamant about getting jared kushner and ivanka trump out of there and back to new york. a friend of the president sa...

The cia. she shouldnt be judged by that policy and the time and endorsed her choice as cia head. do you agree, bob? >> absolutely. she used to work for me. i supervised her on her first overseas assignment, fact-based, tough. she was not the architect of the torture program. she, better than anyone, will tell you that it doesnt work, torture, and if theres any chance of getting this across to trump its going to be gina haspel. so whatever she can do to get this guy back on track is going to be h...

Especially with everything thats happening. again, this will send a chilling message in law enforcement, intelligence community. if youre willing to stand up against this president, if youre willing to testify in a criminal case, as andy is, against this president, your career will be destroyed. not only will your career be destroyed your pension will be gone. 22 years and hes going to lose his pension, i cannot look at it but, you know, the peak of pitiness here. >> let me move on to the presid...

But also america deserves the truth. we need to ask her, what does she feel about torture? did she change her opinions over the years? what was her involvement in the destruction of evidence in violation of federal judge? look, brooke, toward the end we have to look at whats happening with the cia nomination, whats happening in the fbi. and we cannot but notice the double standards. >> listening really carefully. i had someone on yesterday who knows a lot about covert options and was saying when...

Standards than were in place at the time. that program stopped attacks, disrupted plots, and saved lives. so, im not concerned about that kind of talk. brian: go ahead. >> no. you go ahead. brian: politics and reality. you know the reality. you dont necessarily note politics. so when she is asked that question directly, did you torture people in thailand in black sites in eastern europe? how do you answer? >> i have no idea how she is going to answer that i can tell you how i would answer it. i ...