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Keeping the president happy. >> what about the president's joyce of gina haspel to become next cia director? >> i think with respect to miss haswell, in particular, the trump administration is engaged in an out and out cover-up to keep the american people from knowing about her professional back ground. as you know, there are many public stories linking her to torture. i'm a john mccain guy on these issues. he points out it is not right morally and he points out it is not effective. the cia has actually lied to the american people and to the congress. they have claimed that torture stops terro...

Watch. it was previous to that. they lied to the american people about how torture stopped terrorist plots. let's declassify this information. bring the american people into this debate and they'll make their own judgments. >> she'll be coming before your committee. you'll be able to ask her those questions. thanks for joining us. >> more brews coming up as the white house tries to explain a republican stunning upset. high up on the list, the words, wake-up call.

Terrorist plots. the agency lied to the congress, lied to the american people. and what we'll be asking at those hearing is what role ms. haspel had, if any in those matters. >> you also said you will oppose michael smerconish's nomination to be secretary of state replacing rex tillerson. you said that pompeo and the president both have a casual relationship with the truth. why will you oppose pompeo? >> we saw when he was the director of the cia that it was so hard to pin him down on fundamental issues with respect to accountability. you and have i talked about the open intelligence committee...

Spots, about what foreign governments are doing, terrorist plots on the homeland and so in a thick book, the briefer can highlight certain things. there are ways to call out certain data that is particularly important. i saw that for three years when i was reading this stuff on a daily basis. but in my opinion it is indispensable for the president or the secretary of homeland security or anybody else in national security to have access. >> could this be the most concerning thing about this presidency, that he's not paying close attention to the pdb. >> well none of us -- none of us know what h...

House was voting to reauthorization the fisa program which is obviously very important for countering espionage in the united states. also important for detecting potential terrorist plots here in the united states. so it's a hugely important program. and it caused a lot of concern up on capitol hill. just know that. we know it caused concern on capitol hill because talking to our sources. people acknowledging privately. yet we have the white house secretary sarah huckabee sanders 2 plus 2 is not 4 and sky is not blue. that occasionally happens. we do have some confidence that white house said...