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The wrong conclusion. >> shawn turner and michael alan back with me now. michael, what is your reaction to this? it seems that he's actually -- this isn't the same as the wmd thing being wrong. >> i think we're going to have to really look at how they came to this conclusion. i think they're going to concede there was russian interference, but that it wasn't on behalf of the president. they're going to say, social media outlets and the rest, that russia was trying to stir the pot. i think they got a steep hill to climb. the intelligence community has been very clear that they did intervene on ...

House intelligence committee, he's a former george w. bush white house staffer. so, michael, it is very interesting to hear barbara reporting there on gina haspel, who the president wants to take over the cia. what kind of confirmation process do you expect from this? >> well, there will be hurdles. the enhanced entare ga ed inter techniques, i think she'll get over them because she's fundamentally nonpolitical. she is very professional. and has run serious cia operations overseas. i think she'll win the day, but it won't be without a lot of controversy en route. >> shawn, she will be taking o...

Interrogation program. criticism. the cia may be forced it finally publicly answer whether she was directly involved in interrogations, was she present at them or did she just oversee them and know about them as many senior cia officers did. i think her confirmation hearings are going to be exceptionally interesting. all of these issues have not played out in public for many years. and some of them still remain some of the cia's most tightly held secrets. her confirmation hearing will put her in the public eye for the first time front and center. and she may be facing some very tough questions...

We're only going to get stronger and have a bigger presence in the region unless we handle this dprk situation responsibly. >> michael alan, always a pleasure to have your perspective on this program. thank you. coming up today, a big test for what you might call the trump effect. and, yes, we are talking about alabama. people in the deep south heading to the polls to decide who should actually replace jeff sessions in the senate. but the candidate who has the support of the president and the senate majority leader may be running a bit behind. maybe neck and neck. we'll check it out getting ...

Atlantic, national journal and courts, also michael alan, former majority staff director of the house permanent select committee on intelligence. steve, let's start with you. we're getting reports that isis is linking itself through its news agency to this attack. do you know any more, hearing any more based on your contacts? >> no, i'm not hearing any more yet. but it is -- had been reported by the site intelligence group that isis was taking -- isis affiliated media publication was taking credit for it. they have taken credit for things in past, it was -- there was an incomplete equation and...