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Lisette, it reminds me of the debate of harsh interrogation measures post 9/11, which in early stages i was on board, dershowitz's debate of ticking time bomb. i know that was debate, they say, no, you can't do it because you're stooping to their level. therein lies the debate are we surrendering the moral high ground if we shut off the russians from medical necessities. i listened to what sarah had to say, it sounds that maybe they have not come to a complete level of independence, but that putin has been beefing up on exactly this score. go to smerconish.com and answer the survey question, w...

Allegations against the white house physician ronny jackson. the committee members have been told about claims of improper conduct at various stages of his career. none of the senators would reveal specifics. there is no plan to withdraw his nomination. more than 100 former military officials are publicly challenging the pick to lead the cia. they signed an open letter calling for the declassification of haspel's history at the agency. supporting interrogation measures which are now regarded ast torturtorture. a last flip by senator rand paul paved the way for mike pompeo to get out of com...

Sources say committee members have been told about the claims of improper conduct of ronny jackson's career. no senators will reveal specifics. more than 100 former mil military officials are challenging the pick for the cia. they signed an open letter over haspel's record at the cia. it outlines her history of the interrogation measures which are regarded as torture. last minute flip by senator rand paul paved the way for mike pompeo to get out of committee in the bid to become secretary of state.

Pompeo. just to be clear, it is illegal under a 2015 law, to use water boarding in interrogations. pompeo told congress in writing, he would consider bringing back so-called enhanced interrogation measures under certain circumstances. general mattis has said he wants to use the army field manual, in other words no water boarding. republicans heard about the water boarding and manu raju has the latest. what do they have to say about the comments from the president? >> well, they're not supportive, anderson. in fact, last congress overwhelmingly voted to so-called limit interrogation techniques ...

Weighed against the costs. the benefits innocent lives saved and arrests. there has to be a balance between inhumane treatment and harsh interrogation and decide where on the spectrum you decide to make the tradeoff. i'm sort of more in favor of using some of those enhanced interrogation measures to get the information which is life saving. >> richard, author of "mastermind" flows into our question of the day, do you think america is safer now that bin laden is dead. we want to know what you think. e-mail us at cnn.com/am, tweet us @cnn am or facebook at facebook.com/"american morning." >> a l...