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>> sandra: last time around as you mentioned mike pompeo was able to hold bipartisan support as the cia director. one republican, rand paul, voted no. we're getting word rand paul is going to be holding a news conference on the pompeo and haspel nominations. as fox news is reporting some government officials told fox news yesterday that haspel is headed for a tough confirmation battle because it will likely reignite the controversial black site program. we'll hear from rand paul this afternoon. what do the hearings and the process look like? >> i don't know haspel at all. i couldn't pick her o...

Relationship with secretary tillerson. i thought he gave sound advice. i enjoyed working with him very much. i knew it wasn't perfect. the president and i talk often also and look, i knew the relationship was not perfect. >> bill: catherine herridge live in washington. he told sandra, he and pompeo never met. what about the reports to nominate gina haspel. >> reporter: the confirmation hearing moving mike pompeo into the job will happen next month and he stopped short of putting a date on the calendar. the president's choice for cia gina haspel will go before the committee and haspel's role in...

Questions. they deserve to have those questions answered and it needs to have an open hearing setting. i have a number of questions. i've had a good working relationship with her the last year but rightfully there's questions to be asked. >> reporter: one of the black sites where there were water boarding and enhanced intelligence techniques and intelligence committee program wrote a scathing report on the program with john brennan taking the unusual step of publicly defending officers, including haspel in what they had learned. >> it is our considered view that the detainees who were subjecte...

I look forward to getting to know him but we're moving into that season -- you know the season we get into every two years. you know, my guess is it will be somewhat contentious but successful. >> sandra: what about haspel? >> i just don't know. i don't know enough about her to say. as i mentioned, i couldn't pick her out of a lineup. i've never heard her name until yesterday. >> sandra: real quick senator before i let you go, the british prime minister just announced the expulsion of the russian diplomats. they're making changes and canceled all high-level, bilateral contacts with russia over...

>> garrett you've also talked with orr lawmakers there on the hill regarding the development we've seen specifically as it relates to the next battle you eluded to, the confirmation battles coming up with pompeo and haspel. >> reporter: yeah that's right. democrats don't know haspel as well. they're much more familiar with pompeo and democrats i've spoken to are concerned. i talked to kerstin who had this to say about pompeo. >> very serious concerns about pompeo. i voted against him. he's someone who has supported torture in the past. i not think he's the type of leader we need for the secret...