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Radio host who famously touted a plan to undergo waterboarding, to say that it wasn't torture, and that didn't go as planned when he lasted about 10 seconds. >> all right, that's it. that's it. >> all right, i don't want to say this, i do not want to say this, absolutely torture. >> barack obama ran against torture in 2008, he reissued the bans against the techniques that bush used on his first day in office. >> we have to be clear and unequivocal, we do not torture. period. that will be my position as president. >> president obama signed a second order banning aggressive interrogation techniq...

Pompeo is whether or not he can put the state department back together again. it's been undermined. it's been hollowed out. for him to operate effectively as secretary of state, he's going to need some experts in all of these key positions, and that's going to take time. >> and what about gina haspel to become the cia director, first woman, first person from the covert side of cia since the '70s. but most importantly to her critics, including those who are going to have to confirm her, she was in charge of a secret prison in thailand and under orders during the post-9/11 period she was involve...

Law has changed and she cannot engage in these interrogation techniques. i think it undercuts our national security, but in terms of her qualifications to me, they're second to none. >> attorney general jeff sessions fired former fbi director andrew mccabe on friday night, two days before he was set to retire and receive his pension. mccabe says this was a politically motivated effort driven by the president himself. and though of course there was this inspector general recommendation that he be fired. but president trump was calling for the firing months ago. he celebrated it on twitter after...

Enormous power who is intimately involved with torture and from everything we're reading was supportive of the policy so no, i can't support that. >> i think's and outlier, senator paul, within the republican party and i will be looking for her to understand that the law has changed, and she cannot engage in these interrogation techniques. i think it undercuts our national security but in terms of our qualifications to me they're second to none. >> back with me analyst david drucker and ana navarro. ana, you first, can senator paul filibuster and stop these nominations or will he just slow dow...

Thanks to senator mccain and others, and i will be looking for her to understand that the law has changed and she cannot engage in these interrogation techniques. i think it undercuts our national security, but in terms of her qualifications to me, they're second to none. >> attorney general jeff sessions fired former fbi director andrew mccabe on friday night, two days before he was set to retire and receive his pension. mccabe says this was a politically motivated effort driven by the president himself. and though of course there was this inspector general recommendation that he be fired. bu...