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Divided on the way forward, and that's why so much attention is centered on the leader of the party, the president. joining me on capitol hill, leann caldwell, and mike medley. great to have both of you onboard here. let's start with the hill negotiations, because we have been waiting and waiting and waiting to get some outline of the deal that this bipartisan group is talking about, and, of course, you can't separate these negotiations from the reconciliation negotiations that are going on in the background set to potentially satisfy progressives that may not be thrilled with what is not in t...

Thrown out, dismissed. there was no adjudication or determination relating to the validity of any of these claims. but let me back up, okay? last time i checked, it's the fbi's job, it's law enforcement's job to determine whether an allegation is credible. it's not another gatekeeper's job to tell the fbi who is credible or who is telling the truth. but that's what donald trump and the gop, the republican senators on the senate judiciary committee are attempting to pull off here. they want to tell the fbi who should be believed and who should not be believed. that's not how the fbi works. >> y...

That's not how the fbi works. >> yes, you're right, in general. this is a little bit of a tricky situation, because it's not a criminal investigation, where they have subpoena power and all these other things, where what you're saying is 100%. with these judicial nominees, they have a tailored background set of criteria that they go through. and they do take direction from the white house on this. they could still look at whatever they're allowed to. i don't know whether or not the white house has said, don't look at swetnick, look at other, but the white house has said they're open to anythin...

I see some of these cia employees have the opportunity to represent them, they work in this region, and it's been a challenging time for them. i also want to get to, in light of some of the comments during the campaign, the president-elect made, i think a subset of that of this issue as well as making sure going forward the cia represents the diversity of the world, particularly in terms of muslims americans being engaged, how do we reassure them in light of some of the comments made? and alsr with you that the challenge with isis is an enormous one. how would you go forward to make sure that ...

Have to have folks with a broad background set as well as language skills. and we have partners in the muslim world that provide us intelligence and who we share with in ways that are incredibly important in keeping america safe. i am counting on and i know you are as well that these liaison partnerships will continue to be diverse and we can expand that further. >> mr. chairman, i've had a considerable amount of time with mike over the years and recently. i'm going to -- and we're on a short string here. i'm going to reserve my questions for the closed portion of the hearings. >> senator fein...