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With the bush administration working with the controversial detention program that some senators, lahey, durbin have both been mentioned. >> democrats a bit upset with the practices for a long time. i think they will try to trip him up because two of the senders questioned him where those questioning cavanaugh. years ago. but i do not think it changes any republican votes. >> those are the ones that matter, right? >> they will basically rile republicans up, they will not make progress. >> a worried about the republicans? >> the margin is so close. john is unlikely to come back from arizona. th...

I would absolutely not permit it. jillian: gina haspel in the hot seat. rob: the top 5 tackling her senate confirmation hearing head on. jillian: jackie ibanez have the highlights. >> reporter: haspel's testimony lasting three hours where she was grilled about her three decade undercover career with the cia refusing to back down, confidently answering questions from democrats about her role in the post-9/11 detention program. >> the pres. has asserted that torture works. do you agree with that statement? >> i don't believe torture works. i believe that in the cia programs, i'm not attributing ...

I think we should vote them off the island. is it too late? >> you got a couple more years. we should do that one friday. >> vote them all off -- >> let's do an all no negative story. >> it's only positive stories, good stories, feel-good stories. >> greg, we good? we're good with that? >> he said yes. he said yes. we are going to go to a not so happy story. it's right, our lead story. the first time ever the head of the cia hosted a live news conference to defend the agency from the scathing senate report. >> this was something. abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz was th...

Be used, if as the director of central intelligence, you and another president, or this president, were faced with an imminent threat? could there be another covert finding and rulings and advice from the attorney general? that would lead you and your successors to say we should do this because there could be some value to prevent an attack on america? >> as far as what happens, if in the future, there is some type of challenge that we face here, the army field manual is the established basis to use for interrogations. we, cia, are not in the detention program. we are not contemplating at all ...

From the attorney general that would lead you and your successors to say we should do this because there could be some value to prevenn an attack on america? >> as far as what happens if, in the future, there is some type of challenge that we face here, the army field manual is the established basis to use for interrogations ft we, c.i.a., are not in the detention program. we are not con testimony plating at all getting back in the detention program. so i defer to the policymakers in future times when there is going to be the heed to be able to ensure that this country stays safe. if we face s...