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Battles. and so the fact that the president continues to support him at this point is remarkable given that he is kind of creating more problems in an arena in which they were trying to really shut things down in order to avoid this additional scrutiny. >> now, i want to ask you, josh, because as we do look at sarah sanders being preoccupied with all of these questions about e gina haspel, is she going to be confirmed by the senate, it's going to focus on obviously on her background when it comes to enhanced interrogation techniques. she saw very clearly that this would be an issn issue and th...

People that have held that position see, that gina is more than qualified to lead the agency. >> so if she is asked any questions regarding enhanced interrogation techniques that took place during her tenure at the cia, that democrats say that she was involved with, she can answer them fully in an open hearing, is that your position? >> i'll let her address those he questions as they come, but we think all the issues surrounding her record and experience will be brought up and we're fully confident in her ability to answer though questise question. >> president putin was inaugurated today for ...

Suspects were subject to enhanced interrogation techniques. that has all been repudiated during the obama administration. president trump never fully turning his back on torture techniques, and that will be the problem for haspel during the hearing. if she is asked would you engage in this again, everyone is going to want to know what her answer is. right now, it is not permitted. if president trump were to reinstitute it, would she just follow orders, so to speak? would that be a credible defense on her part and that is considered to be a lot of what they will be focusing on. what was her rol...

Regarding enhanced interrogation techniques that took place in her tenure at the c.i.a. that democrats say she was involved with, she can answer them fully in an open hearing. is that your position? >> sarah: i will let her address those questions as they come. but as we have said, we think all the issues surrounding her record, her experience will be brought up. and we are fully confident in her ability to answer the questions. >> reporter: president putin in moscow was inaugurated on a new six-year term. over the weekend we saw the police arrested about 1600 anti-putin demonstrators, includi...

Operations jose rodriguez. and what report found was that she followed orders. she assumed he had the clearance at the time to destroy these tapes. i think it was a bold and courageous move what jose rodriguez did to protect the case officers. he saw the wind shifting in washington and he wanted to protect the folks who were absolutely authorized by the department of justice office of legal counsel to conduct those interrogation techniques. he wanted to protect them and ordered gina haspel to do it. to send the cable. she didn't actually destroy the tapes. she sent the order to do so and has b...