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Before her confirmation hearing, that is set for wednesday morning. it comes a few days after sources tell cnn that haspel went to the white house and offered to withdraw her nomination. barbara starr is at the pentagon with more. this was already going to be a tight one, but clearly there is some backup plan in the works now. >> reporter: indeed, poppy. you know, think of it as plan b if you will, looking at other candidates that they might put forward if haspel falters on wednesday at her confirmation hearing. all eyes really focused on that because gina haspel, very well respected as an int...

Contentious debate over her role in the naimt's harsh interrogation of terror suspects immediately after 9/11 and the destruction of video tapes showing wear taterboarding. but trump is saying he has full confidence in her. my highly respected nominee for cia director gina pass pell has come under fire because she was too tough on terrorists. think of that, in these very dangerous times we have the most qualified person a woman. win, gina. he's praming this as a partisan issue even though they say that torture has no place in the u.s. intelligence gathering toolkit. at this point we're told...

Hour. the president's pick for cia director has p-l nearly walking away from the job, trying to withdraw her nomination following her controversial role in the interrogation of terror suspects. she's do you to face a senate confirmation hearing on wednesday. let's get right to michelle kosinski, our senior diplomatic correspondent. how did all of this go down and what's the potential impact on this upcoming hearing? >> reporter: we knew the questions for wednesday's hearing were going to be extremely difficult, questions over her more than 30 year long tenure at cia, her support for torture pr...

Gina haspell tried to withdraw her nomination on friday. her nomination has been controversial because of her role in treatment of terror suspects who people have labelled as torture. michelle kaczynski is joining me now from washington. it appears that haspel will continue to our confirmation hearing on wednesday, right? >> reporter: this is a difficult issue as laid out by "the washington post." as you put out there we knew her confirmation would be very difficult. her time in the cia, she's more than qualified, she's spent more than 30 years in the cia, but she did help oversee a secret det...

The cia. those techniques used of course on terror suspects. the report is adding that top trump aides have rushed to cia headquarters. that happened late on friday. trying to convince her to stay as the nominee of the president for director of cia to take the place of mike pompeo who has moved on to be secretary of state. i want to bring in my panel to talk about this. in all fairness, i know that this may be the first time any of the four of you are hearing about it because it is, for us, as well here via "the washington post." alona, to you first and your reaction to gina haskell. her reput...