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Including some about kudlow. the president did not answer. ed? >> ed: ed, thank you very much gina haspel facing potentially contentious hearings, democrats and some republicans may be opposing the nomination, stating her role in the enhanced interrogation techniques used during the bush and administration. joining me now, republican congressman, ron desantis, good to see you. let's start with the democrats, can you believe the democrats, in an election year, might try to -- the senate democrats, chuck schumer, dianne feinstein, may try to block the first female cia chief in an election year b...

Name was on a cable ordering the destruction of tapes. youu support her? >> i do. she clearly presided over a massive, illegal operation that violated both u.s. law and international law. i'm sure those orders came down from above her but that is no excuse. >> sean:cu typical left-wing attacks about haspel. jose rodriguez, remember him? the former head of the cia national clandestine service. he prays to the intelligence that was gained from these black sites, like the one that haspel ran. here is what rodriguez told me in 2014. this is crucial. >> those of us who read the intelligence coming ...

Evil radical islamic terrorists that think they're doing god's will by killing innocent people, but they killed 3,000 americans. to me, she's a hero. >> that's why i wrote the book because we are at war with evil. the left wants to attack a female appointee of a republican president. they couldn't care less about whether we torture people or not, these are all politicians -- they were briefed behind closed doors, they have no issues with interrogation techniques, but all they do. let's go back in time. the last administration is run by a guy called obama had a female national security advisor....

Reporters shouted questions, including some about kudlow. the president did not answer. ed? >> ed: ed, thank you very much gina haspel facing potentially contentious hearings, democrats and some republicans may be opposing the nomination, stating her role in the enhanced interrogation techniques used during the bush and administration. joining me now, republican congressman, ron desantis, good to see you. let's start with the democrats, can you believe the democrats, in an election year, might try to -- the senate democrats, chuck schumer, dianne feinstein, may try to block the first female ci...

>> i cannot confirm or deny the location of the place. that's classified. however i interrogated. the senate select committee intelligence report, was cooperating way before the techniques and waterboreding and it was based on regular interrogation techniques not by the enhanced interrogation techniques that was later done by contractors. however, i think my concern with her nomination is not only the torture, my concern with her nomination is the destruction of evidence regarding the torture. there's a person who allegedly was involved in destroying 92 tapes, documenting the torture in a faci...