haspel offered to withdraw her nomination that stunned aides at the white house who tried to convince her to stay in the running. cnn is learning that national security officials and republicans are preparing backup options if her nomination fails. white house reporter at the washington post joins me now with more. can you hear me? >> yes. >> i got a little signal in my ear so just making sure. walk us through what you are hearing in terms of how significant this is especially following the debacle around the va nominee ronnie jackson. >> on friday gina haspel saw her nomination in peril as she came up to the white house for a meeting on torture and was going to withdraw. top officials rushed over friday evening. sarah huckabee sanders among them to try to convince her to stay and really took about 24 hours. now you are at a cross roads