pompeo at the cia. both would need to be confirmed by the senate. gina haspel is now facing major questions and criticism about her direct involvement in the george w. bush administration's cia torture program. she was responsible for running a secret cia black site in thailand where prisoners were waterboarded and tortured. if confirmed, she will become the first woman to head the cia. we'll have more on gina haspel and mike pompeo after headlines. trump's decision to fire rex tillerson as secretary of state is the latest shakeup to rock the administration, which has seen an unprecedented number of top officials ousted over the last year. on tuesday, the white house also fire the fourth highest-ranking official in the state department, steve goldstein, who served as the agency's undersecretary of public affairs. before he was fired, goldstein released a statement saying tillerson had not spoken to trump and that he, being tillerson, didn't know why he was fired. goldstein was the senior vice president

trump also tapped cia deputy director gina haspel to head the cia. haspel was directly involved in the cia's torture program under george w. bush. she s responble for nning a seet cia bck site thaind in 20 where o prisoner wasaterboard 83 tis and rtured iother ways on tuesday, president trump praised pompeo and haspel. pres. trump: i have worked with mike pompeo now for quite some time. tremendous energy, tremendous intellect. we are always on the same wavelength. the relationship has been very good. and that is what i need as secretary of state. . wish rex tillerson well gina, who i know very well, who i've worked very closely, will be the first woman director of the cia. she is an outstanding person who i also have got to know very well. amy: mike pompeo and gina haspel must now face senate confirmations, but barring any republican defections, both can be confirmed without any democratic support. e hearing will mark the first time haspel has been forced to speapublicly about her role in the u.s. torture program and the destruction of cia tapes docu

leave cia.nd after cia, you talk a lot about this in the book, it's not all that easy to transition back to the civilian world. >> terrifying. >> especially after a decade where you're privy to the most secret information in the world, where you mention on a today to day basis you're saving lives or impacting lyes, intelligence you collect all the way up to the top. and then, of course, you need to get a new job, and your resumÉ has a ten-year gap in it, basically. [laughter] you can't really talk about all the skill sets that you've learned. so how do you do that transition? >> exactly. [laughter] >> and so i still have colleagues that, you know, really do want to leave, but it's so hard to get out. technically, you can leave the cia whenever you want. they don't hold you hostage, or you don't have to put in a certain period of time. but it's, especially when you've served for a substantial period, so ten years for us, you have no resumÉ, you can't say what you've done for ten years or so. you

[laughter] kind of like the cia. but actually i didn't even know growing up that this, being a spy and an intelligence officer was a real job. it never entered my mind to have such a career. >> eddie almost got dissuaded from the very beginning.he applied to the agency and for those who are of the generation of the 60s and 70s and 80s, there are a lot of conversations about recruiting in a a dark alley. now you going to cia.gov and you apply online! you applied as an analyst. >> actually, i just know i put my physical resume into a box. and this is at georgetown. they had an informational interview. so i was putting my information every box for every job. so when every critical me three things that we are interested in you for an analyst position. and i was like, okay, great! then we started going good intensive vetting process. >> eventually visit we would like between analyst. but then -- >> a couple of weeks before i was supposed to take the job i got rejection letter in the mail saying that you no longer qualify

it's an incredibly important job at the cia.you kind of get the 30,000-foot view of what everyone is doing where cape officers are huddled in on up particular fiefdom you have the full picture. >> we are reading all the intelligence reports and managing all of the intelligence reports and signal intelligence that you are putting all the people together and it creates a subject matter expert. >> you are supposed to be able to travel out and meet sources and things that other collections agents do but that's not what happened. women don't know how to do what they are told. back i was told that repeatedly. >> before the cia how many different countries had to travel to? >> six and i had traveled abroad abroad. i have been all over the middle east at that point so that was a revelation. >> one place we are allowed to say where you were and this is certainly not a pleasure deployment either. this is right before the sunni awakening at a time where there was a lot of sect. violence. you got sent from one hardship deployment to the nex

chemistry donald trump removes america's top diplomat rex tillerson saying they didn't see eye to eye with cia director mike pompei over there for setting to take over rex tillerson seat of the state department and gina hospital who's known for her role in the talk about me taking over the agency's reins but my forthcoming. also ahead this says it had nothing to do with the poisoning of the former double agent script in the u.k. last week. i. do miss de but purchasing survival equipment and underground bunkers with some continue to fear a north korean nuclear. this is art international's me kevin no eleven here now and first change at the top in some of the top jobs in the us tonight donald trump has fired u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson he's the first to fall than in washington after president trump promised to shake up last week saying he was seeking perfection in his administration trump explained his decision by saying the two didn't really see eye to eye on a number of issues. talking about. the. right way but. when you look at. iran i think you. don't want to. go there but will tru

he is the director of the cia. he knows how to operate within washington in a way tillerson never did. my sense is, he will be able to fill positions that are there. will he be able to wrest more power for the state department? i think that ship has sadly. i think until the time cubnkush decides there's not much to be gained from his involvement. >> i don't know when that comes. maybe when he gets the loan for his business that he's been shopping around for all this time. to thomas, you just mentioned that this president likes the cia and likes the military. and mike pompeo is going from a position at a place where the president likes, into a place where it doesn't seem the president has a lot of time and energy for. why is that good for anybody? >> it's potentially good for the state department, if, in fact, mr. pompeo is somebody who is willing to speak truth to the president. if he's willing to say, i can be an effective secretary of state, but not if you insist on cutting the state department's budget for 30%.

be gina who is known for her role in the cia torture program. the british prime minister is expected to another. against russia over the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter rejected a. questions about the origin of the nerve agent. and also coming. change will we hear how the technology helps underpin the security of the. big. cities in future generations. coming from moscow every hour of the day this is our to international my names you know neil welcome to the program this hour's top story donald trump fired. appointing incumbent cia director mike pump to the position instead he surprised reshuffle on twitter the president later explained his decision to reporters saying he until they did not see eye to eye on a number of issues. press talking about. gun. rights but. when you look at iran you know i think that there are. those that want to break. the. will trump to use twitter to announce a few new appointments so secretary of state rex tillerson will be replaced by a cia director mike pompei now tillerson has admitted that he

haspel group of cia officials involved in group destroy videotapes. the aclu calls her a war criminal. john brennan the former cia chief under president obama said this on msnbc. watch. >> she has tried to carry out her responsibilities to the best of her ability and consistent with what cia legal authorities were. don't forget the intense interrogation program was authorized by the united states and deemed lawful by the department of justice. >> g.o.p. senator and chair richard burr has given haspel his support and senator john mccain who was tortured in vietnam says her confirmation should include a pledge to block any plan to reintroduce harsh interrogations. martha? >> martha: trace, thank you very much. my next guest sits on the house intelligence committee where he worked closely with mike pompeo before he became cia director. congressman pete king joins us now. good to see you this evening. obviously, one of the biggest reactions today. i think everybody sort of saw this coming. rex tillerson has even said in interviews, you know, i'm still her

known for her role in the cia's torture program. the british prime minister is expected to announce reprisals against russia over the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter. rejected a midnight ultimatum to answer questions about the origin of the nerve agent. also coming up this. hour well. we hear technology that helps underpin the security of the currency bitcoin could be. entire cities in future generations. in from around the world this hour welcome to our two international my names you know neal our top story donald trump fired u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson appointing incumbent cia director mike pump aoe to the position instead he announced a surprise reshuffle on twitter the president later explained his decision to reporters saying in television did not see eye to eye on a number of issues. with the series would you. run. i think it's terrible. but they're pretty. well wrecked very good i like wreck a lot. think the wreck. well rumors down tillerson was heading for the door had been circulating for month

with cia director mike pump aoe said to take over rex tillerson seat in the state department. who is it known for her role in the cia's torture program will take over the agency's range. moscow says it had nothing to do with the poisoning of the former double agent said to screw paul in the u.k. last week. when americans prepare for doomsday by purchasing survival equipment and underground bunkers as some continue to fear a north korean a nuclear attack. a broadcast live director of studios in moscow this is our team trash on sean thomas glad to have you with us. now donald trump has fired u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson he is the first to fall in washington after president trump promised to shake up last week saying he was seeking perfection in his administration trump explained his decision by saying the two did not see eye to eye on a number of issues. about the role of. government. but this is really when you look at the run i think it's terrible i guess. i want to break something. else because they're pretty well trying to use twitter to announce a few new appointme

take over reckless and seat of the state department and gina hospital is known for her role of the cia torture program taking over the agency's reign so it's all moved like comment on my. head to moscow says it had nothing to do with the poisoning of the former double agent surrogates crippled in the u.k. last week. americans prepare for doomsday by purchasing survival equipment and underground bunkers some continue to fear in the north korea nuclear attack. good morning just to midnight here in moscow says r.t. live from r.t. h.q. with me kevin now in the first of all the lot of changes and some of the top jobs in the u.s. to tell you about donald trump has fired u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson he's the first to fall in washington after president trump promised to shake up last week saying he was seeking perfection in his administration trump explained his decision by saying the two didn't really see eye to eye on a number of issues. let's start talking about. gun. rights but. when you look. around i think there are. those that want to break. their will trump used twitter to ann

we'll have a new cia director. we're going to talk to people who have worked with and covered both of president trump's picks for those jobs. also, a new report on longtime trump ally roger stone looks at conversations he may have had with the wikileaks founder before the information was public. >>> and a russian spy poisoned in england. now the uk has given russia an ultimatum and the president is weighing in. >> as soon as we get the facts straight, if we agree with them, we will condemn russia or whoever it may be. you can't predict the market, but through good times and bad at t. rowe price we've helped our investors stay confident for over 80 years. call us or your advisor. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. today's senior living communities have never been better, with amazing amenities like movie theaters, exercise rooms and swimming pools, public cafes, bars and bistros even pet care services. and there's never been an easier way to get great advice. a place for mom is a free service that pairs you with

and gina haspel working at the cia will be nominated to be the next director of the cia. the first woman, if confirmed, to hold that department. >> sandra: our reporter saying state officials said tillerson has not spoken to the president and had every intention of staying, per the statement. what we're hearing the president is saying on the ground there as he departs for california outside the white house, talking about mike pompeo, his new selection, saying he has tremendous energy and always on the same wave length. that's what i need. gina will be the first woman director of the cia outstanding. i want total confidence in pompeo said president trump. >> bill: he is getting ready to head out to california for a big trip on border security and has a fundraiser there as well as pennsylvania southwest district 18 votes on a special election. the president is taking questions from reporters in the south lawn. you'll see the tape played back in a moment and one comment he makes about his next economic adviser, larry kudlow a well-known cnbc economic contributor and apparent

operatives of the us in the time of the bay of pigs and yet this movie has the cia. first learned about him when they see that he successfully smuggling cigars from cuba the director doug lehman is the son of the house majority counsel to the kerry commission that looked into iran contra they never got to the bottom of the contra cocaine thing but his dad was generally looked upon as a good guy but i do research into personal he's the guy that made oliver north bemis it was as a result of his inept questioning that oliver north became america's hero and then i find out that this guy his father also was a personal attorney for henry kissinger personal attorney for robert best go personal attorney for michael milken and the list goes on the climate's father arthur was not part of the subsequent carry subcommittee's. field cocaine smuggling in the contras supplying that. journalist gary webb published articles in the san jose mercury to better elucidate the relationship between cia and other agencies that protected contra drug trafficking he was run out of mainstream jo

so ben affleck for instance but affleck former wife jennifer got it on paper equipment out of the cia in early two thousand and thirteen americans might have found it curious to see the first lady appear via satellite at the academy awards ceremony to announce the best picture oscar for a film about the rescue of american hostages in iran in one thousand nine hundred by the cia well when i think of other films big films that have conveyed the cia's message i think argo argo was a film that talks about the daring do of a couple of cia agents who go to iran and rescue six american diplomats the iranians wanted to let go of those hostages pretty quickly they didn't really want to cause a problem with the united states of america but i had a total of khamenei who is men personified as evil and the u.s. press had made a deal with the reagan administration urged the reagan campaign at that point not to release the hostages and only after reagan had been elected strangely enough that day the hostages were released so that bill neglects to mention how pivotal regnum ministration was for break

will become new director of cia. things got messier. one of tillerson's top deputy. the second had every intention of remaining. the secretary did not speak to the president this morning and is unaware of the reason for being asked to resign. what happened to that undersecretary, he was fired. then things got messier. we heard from the president who seemed to twist the knife a bit on tillerson. he made it pretty clear because he couldn't trust him on issues having to do with nuclear weapons, one having to do with mr. trump's stated desire to below up an existing deal with iran. we disagreed on things, when you look at the iran deal. i think it's terrible. i guess he thought it was okay. it was a different mindset and different thinking. >> and another having to do with the president's decision to meet with north korea to broker a new nuclear deal, perhaps there, which he didn't bother discussing with tillerson. >> i really didn't discuss it very much with him, honestly. i made that decision by myself, rex wasn't as y

with cia director michael said to take over rex tillerson seat in the state department. who is known for a role in the cia's torture program will take over the agency's brains. moscow says it had nothing to do with the poisoning of the former double agent screwball in the u.k. last week. and americans prepare for doomsday by purchasing survival equipment and underground bunkers some continue to fear a north korean nuclear attack. by broadcasting live from moscow this is r g international thomas certainly glad to have you with us donald trump has fired u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson he is the first to fall in washington after president trump promised a shake up last week saying he was seeking perfection in his administration to explain his decision by saying the two did not see eye to eye on a number of issues. let's talk about. gun. rights but. when you look at. iran you know i think that there are. those that want to break. the. will trump to use twitter to announce a few new appointments this morning so secretary of tillerson secretary of state rex tillerson wil

so ben affleck for instance but affleck former wife jennifer got it on paper equipment out of the cia in early two thousand and thirteen americans might have found it curious to see the first lady appear via satellite at the academy awards ceremony to announce the best picture oscar for a film about the rescue of american hostages in iran in one nine hundred eighty by the cia well when i think of other films big films that have conveyed the cia's message i think argo argo was a film that talks about the daring do of a couple of cia and soon to go to iran and rescue six american diplomats the iranians wanted to let go of those hostages pretty quickly they didn't really want to cause a problem with the united states of america but i had told the khamenei who is meant personified as evil and the u.s. press had made a deal with the reagan administration urged the reagan campaign at that point not to release the hostages and only after reagan had been elected strangely enough that day the hostages were released so that bill neglects to mention how pivotal regnum ministration was for breaki

he gets very good marks at cia for management. but his world view is much more like president trump's world view than secretary tillerson's ever was. and so what we'll see here i think is a tighter relationship between the two. that's a plus in many cases. when secretary pompeo speaks, the world will believe he is speaking on behalf of the president. but, again, that unanimity of view means he won't be the kind of counterpoint to president trump that secretary tillerson has been on many occasions. and, frankly, that makes me a little nervous. >> well let's take point by point then about what might make you nervous. russia, for instance. director pompeo has sort of played down or simply dismissed a lot of findings by the intelligence community on the level of russian interference in the elections. what do you think -- what will be the response now as we go ahead, especially as we see russia is really being accused by britain of having something to do with this nerve agent that has been poisoning one of the former spies there. the c

the cia mossad relationship grew. in 1963 a man succeeded as -- was succeeded as the chief of mossad. -- he noted his identification with israel was a great asset for israel. asher benn aton, angleton's source, was playing a key procurement role in the program to obtain nuclear weapons. teddy alcoholic, one -- colic, later become the mayor of jerusalem. angletons israeli friends were some of the architect of the zionist state. as i learned -- came to learn this story from talking to cia veterans and israelis and reading a lot, couple of things stood out to me. first of all, the israeli recruitment of angleton was extremely astute. in the early 1950s, angleton was a rising star at the new agency, the cia but he was not a senior figure and not even particularly powerful. the israelis recognized the latent qualities that would make him powerful. second, angleton's creative intellect and his operational audacity inspired deep feelings of loyalty among the israelis. while angleton's counter-intelligent vision would become

clearly in his cia role, he loved being cia director, obviously. most people do., but they do. and yet clearly from time to time, he kind of broke out of that cia mold and wanted to talk about policy and made comments about the previous administration and so forth. that's something you can do at the state department and it's fine, but at cia, that's not -- that's not the comfort zone you want to be in. >> it's something that rex tillerson absolutely hated, the public part -- >> i can predict with confidence that pompeo, when he arrives at state department, will not want a decimated state department. he's used to running an agency that's fully staffed, capable, he will want that at state. in that sense, this is probably a good move for him. >> thank you so much. john mcloughlin. >>> coming up, what's next? mike pompeo has to be confirmed by the foreign relations committee as the next secretary of state. senator chris coons joins me next. i accept i don't bike the miles i used to. i even accept i have a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbea

for her role in the cia's torture program. also ahead on the program this hour that british prime minister is expected to. the poisoning of a former double agent. rejected a ultimatum to question the origin of the nerve agent. to block change we technology. security. could be defined. in future generations. here in moscow this march to forty my names you know neil alone welcome to our to international our top story. fired u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson appointing incumbent cia director mike pump aoe to the position instead he announced the surprise reshuffle on twitter the president later explained his decision to reporters saying he did not see eye to eye on a number of issues. with the sleazy. and you look at iran i think terrible. i want to record something. felt different so we're really think. we have a very similar story for us as. well correct very good i like rex a lot really a bit. i'll be thinking the record over. the rumor is that tillerson was heading for the door and have been circulating for months in the

she joined the cia back in the 1980s. she has been by all accounts in the operations side of the agency for many, many years. part of the national clandestine service. this is the, you know, the most secret part of the cia. that's pretty obvious. she knows operations around the world. as the deputy to mike pompeo, she has taken on a lot of responsibility in the last year, in that job, for operations and making sure that everything is being carried out that the cia deemz deems a priority. she's said to have been involved in the so-called enhanced interrogation program in the years after the 9/11 attacks. there are stories out there alleging she was directly involved, for example, in the interrogation of abu subayeda. this is some of the -- of the questioning that she is very likely to get at her confirmation hearing, especially from democrats who have been very much involved over the years in the enhanced interrogation program. criticism. the cia may be forced it finally publicly answer whether she was directly involved in

he was confirmed to the cia. >> first, the paper wouldn't be hard. you have to update this massive amount of paperwork. every one of the senate members will want to have a courtesy visit. they'll want to ask him questions during those visits and is customary, they're going to be some requests to follow up for him to respond with a written -- with written responses to interrogatories. my sense is the democrats will use this as an opportunity both during this phase and during the hearings to ask tough questions of the perspective secretary of state on iran and syria and north korea and trade and russia, china, wikileaks, his tenure at the cia. these are not going to be softball questions tossed up to you know, make sure that everything gets on the republicans. the democrats will use this as an opportunity to make mike pompeo and the man that nominated him bleed. they're going to be asking tough questions. pompeo is very smart, harvard grad, u.s. military background. great member of congress before. he's going to have to bring his a game to this confirm

out of the spotlight and it could be for a good reason she was one of the tortue chieftains at the cia in two thousand to asp all round the operations of an agency black site in thailand where two terrorist suspects were tortured one of them was nearly killed during these so-called interrogation agents slammed against the wall water boarded him deprived of sleep and kept him in a coffin like box and it was the hospital reportedly who later gave the order to destroy the tapes which recorded the torment along with other evidence given trump's pledge to keep guantanamo bay operational and he's advocating of waterboarding everything falls into place it seems now the state department and the cia will have plenty in common you know in hansing not just interrogation techniques but a diplomatic routine to. both nominees will now have to go through senate confirmation hearings before taking office however rights groups have already called on congress to reject both nominations human rights watch says that given the track record of pompei and hospital both likely to endorse abusive practices. he

next possible cia director was involved in black ops, how might the cia changed if she were the director? craig: that is a tougher information fight. she has been linked to some of the torture programs carried under the bush administration after 9/11, secret site in thailand, and she has been attached to other places, accused of destroying some evidence of harsh interrogations. i think you could see a rougher road for her. she would be the first woman ever to run the nation's spy agency, so we will see if she can get through the confirmation and get the job. vonnie: thanks to craig gordon. mark: great stuff. let's talk about brexit, the battle continues next week as the council meets the march ahead of the critical summit with a chief negotiator michael barnier. it is time to face up to the hardbacks. clearly, -- face up to the hard facts. joining us now is our bloomberg london bureau chief talking about the spring budget, as well. it was a looking so good last week with brexit, theresa may's speech, everyone feeling better, reality in her rhetoric, but the eu has batted it all away. >>

the new face of american diplomacy and his successor at the cia gina. hawks nesting in washington my ponytail the new diplomat in chief of the iron fist to lead america's state department has had the president under his spell for a while already the to see eye to eye on normal most everything the issue that sunk to listen diplomatic career trump and pompei all share common spite towards iran and north korea both of them like to call torture enhanced interrogation and their fans of the n.s.a.'s warrantless bulk data collection where they stand on whistleblowers is one of the few things that trump and don't pay or don't quite agree on well they have to differ on something. it's time to call out wiki leaks for what it really is a non-state hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors like russia . i can't think of a thing that has put america in a better position as a result of this deal we're a year out from the agreement and every single action the iranians have taken has been bolder and starker than the one they took before the agreement.

replaced by cia director mike pompeo.e was announced by the president on twitter this morning just hours after tillerson arrived home from a trip across africa. an aide says they hope to hold the confirmation hearing by april. u.s. just tweeted this about pompeo. congratulations, my friend and soon to be secretary of state mike pompeo. great decision by the president. u.s. secretary of the interior is testifying right now before a senate energy and natural resources committee. the committee is examining the president's budget request for the department of the interior for fiscal year 2019. he is expected to be asked about his taxpayer funded expenses while traveling. >>> defense secretary james mattis made a surprise visit to kabul, afghanistan this morning. he's set to meet with top u.s. commanders. earlier, he told reporters he believes a peace settlement between the afghan government and the taliban is possible. >>> president trump blocked a $117 billion merger between broadcom and qualcomm in an effort to prevent a br

congress to reject donald trump's choice to be the new cia director of her involvement in the intelligence agency's torture program. and welcome to block chain of mill we hear how the technology that helps underpin the security of the online currency bitcoin could be the foundation of the entire cities in future generations. hello and welcome you're watching r.t. international with me mickey aaron good to have you with us this hour. now the british prime minister will shortly hold a national security council meeting which is expected to decide on reprisals against russia moscow earlier rejected to resume may's midnight all to mason to answer questions about the nerve agents used to poison a former double agent and his daughter the kremlin has again reasserted that it had nothing to do with the incident and there britain's yet to respond to its offer to help with the investigation the investigation into the poisoning is ongoing but the or thorazine believe surrogate script powell and his daughter yulia were deliberately targeted with a nerve agent first produced in the soviet union traces o

you wrote yt despite concerns about blackmail, flynn heard cia secrets that the fbi, cia and justice department and the office of the dni, career officials agreed mr. flynn represented an urgent problem. yet nearly every day for three weeks, r the new cia director mike pompeo sat in the oval office and briefed mr. trump on the nation's most sensitive intel with mr. flynn listening." >> yeah, i think the question of why -- why did sally yates, the acting attorney general at the time, raise these serious counterintelligence concerns with the white house and yet flynn stays in that position for, you know, for nearly three weeks and pompeo, as a cia director, is in there and briefing him on the nation's top secrets. i mean, to me, that is just one of many questions i'm sure he's going to face. just to add to phil's point on the timing of this, one f the things that struck me, it was reported months ago, months ago that the president was considering firing tillerson and replacing him with pompeo and that was widely reported and the white house came out with official denials, there were tw

he reorganized the cia so that unit is the only part of the cia that reports to him and not to the deputy director or some other official. and there is not much else that we know in terms of behind closed door stuff from mike pompeo's time. he's sometimes said things about russia that are completely untrue. when the community released the report on efforts to influence the 2016 election, that report was quite clear that the intelligence community wasn't making any assessment as to whether these activities or attack affected the outcome of the 2016 election. they did not look, we did not make an assessment of the impact that russian activities had in the outcome of the election. that was the intelligence committee's report january of last year. ten months later in october, mike pompeo said the intelligence community's assessment is that the russian medaling did not affect the outcome of the election. that was not true. even if it does match what the president says all the time. the cia had to issue a correction, had to walk back. no, there hadn't been another report that we all missed in w

congress to reject donald trump's new pick for cia director over her involvement in the intelligence agencies torture program. good evening just to annoy him here on this wednesday the fourteenth of march here in moscow watching r.t. international my name is kevin and first this hour tonight the news dominating our coverage again coming from the united kingdom. and it's where the promise to treason may said britain will expel twenty three russian diplomats and suspend all showed you a bilateral meetings with russia it comes in response to the poisoning of an ex russian intelligence officer and his daughter in the city's souls as the investigation into the instant continues from london and i can report well no the british prime minister has said that russia is culpable of attempted murder and among the measures that the u.k. is now taking is the expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats they are suspending the high level contacts between the two countries the rush. foreign minister's visit to the u.k. has been cancelled and no british officials including members of the world family

congress to reject donald trump's new pick for cia director over her involvement in the intelligence agency's torture program and. a warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me nicky aaron now we start this hour with breaking news from westminster where u.k. prime minister to resign may has said britain will expel twenty three russian diplomats and suspend all showed bilateral meetings with russia it comes in response to the poisoning of an ex russian intelligence officer and his daughter in the city of seoul spree as the investigation into the incident continues well it's not cross-line to us to see a church in our correspondent who's been following the speech in parliament and now can you talk us through the meeting please. well that nicki reason may has basically called russia culpable of attempted murder she said russia's response to the ultimatum and deadline announced by british officials was not mad she's cold it does stephen given the gravity of the events that said while an investigation into exactly what happened is still underway in terms of the measures that t

cia director mike pompei o is set to take over the state department taking the spy agency. in this. program. the british prime minister is expected to announce reprisals against russia over the poisoning of a former double agent. moscow rejected a midnight. questions about the origin of the nerve. also coming up on the program or. will we hear technology. in future generation. this wednesday march the fourteenth good morning from moscow and welcome to our to international our top story donald trump has followed us secretary of state rex tillerson pointing incumbent cia director mike pump aoe to the position instead well he surprised twitter the president later explained his decision to reporters saying he until did not see eye to eye on a number of issues. with the sleep. but you look. i think terrible. i wanted. something. different so we were really. very similar. well brecht very good i like rex a lot. i'll be thinking the record over. all rumors now tillerson was heading for the door have been circulating for months in the news with reports of disagreements with the president re

congress to reject a donald trump's new pick for cia director over her involvement in the intelligence agency's torture program. i will welcome you watching r.t. international with me making an error and now we start this hour with breaking news the u.k.'s prime minister to resign may has said britain will expel a twenty three russian diplomats and suspend all shared bilateral meetings with russia it comes in response to the poisoning of an ex russian intelligence officer and his daughter in the city of souls bree as the investigation into the incident continues or lives we with me now live in the studio is daniel hawkins and from london we're joined by alice to see a chicken or and to see a first over to you can you tell us more about the measures being taken by the british government. well the british prime minister has said that russia is culpable of attempted murder and among the measures that the u.k. is now taking is the expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats they are suspending high level contacts between the two countries the russian foreign minister's visit to the u.k. ha

trump sacks secretary of state rex tillerson after months of strained relations he'll be replaced by cia chief mike compare. this is al jazeera live from doha will also ahead russia defies an ultimatum from the u.k. over the poisoning of a former spy. the palestinian authority blames rival group hamas for an attack on prime minister rami him dollars convoy in gaza and the polls have just goals in a u.s. special election that could offer clues about the fate of president trump's agenda . it's been a turbulent fourteen months in power for us present donald trump and tuesday was no different following the surprise sacking of his top diplomat no one was more taken aback by the news then secretary of state rex tillerson himself who only found out via twitter one of his top aides released a statement saying to listen was unaware of why he was fired that official was late this act as well now trump insists policy differences ought to blame the two had clashed over a number of issues including the iran deal and the blockade of cuts up tennyson will be replaced by republican hardline and current

cia director mike to take over the state department. who is known for her role in this torture program. coming up. in the british prime minister is expected to and. against russia over the poisoning of a former double agent his daughter. to answer questions about the origin of the nerve agent. to block. the technology. of entire cities and future generations. just. at nine pm in sydney on one in the afternoon here in moscow this wednesday march the fourteenth wherever you're tuning in from welcome to our to international our top story donald trump fired u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson appointing incumbent cia director mike pump aoe to the position instead he announced a surprise reshuffle on twitter the president later explained his decision to reporters saying he did not see eye to eye on a number of issues. i've been talking about this for a long. we got along really well but. when you look at iran i think it's terrible. i want to record something. felt different so we really think. we have a very similar process i think well re

the cia. in' when asked to do difficult thing and challenging times. >> what is your understanding of her role in the wart boarding program continroversy? >> i can't go into details on what an individual's role might have been during that program. but, as i said she had tried to carry out her responsibility to the best of her ability and consistent with what cia's legal authorities were. don't t forget the attention program was authorized by the department of unite. we all have different views and i have my on view whether or not that program should have pursued. gina, again is a very competent professional who i think deserves the chance to take the seat. >> two quick questions. number one, do you vouch for her as new head of the cia? >> i vouch for her capabilities, her experience, her expertise. and i do have confidence that she will carry out the duties of drrk -- >> okay. >> i just hope that in this administration woor, it seems as a loyalty seems to be the highest priority that gina has

he clearly thinks the cia director mike pompeo does. mike pompeo, i do want to remind people is someone who has spoken in interesting terms about the russia investigation, misspeaking, saying that the intelligence community found that no votes were changed by russian meddling when, in fact, they did not make that declaratory statement. what does this "did not have his back" notion mean to you, admiral? i think i've lost admiral john kirby. bob, i don't know if you heard that. bob baer, are you still with me? >> i did hear that. pompeo has gone out of his way not to bring up russia when he briefs the president. he's taken over the counterintelligence center at the cia which is in charge of the russia investigation. he personally controlled it. any russian stuff was put in footnotes which the president didn't see. mike pompeo did not drive this issue into the ground as tillerson has in other people. so i can see one reason that trump would feel more comfortable with him because this russian issue has bugged him since the election. pompeo

she joined the cia back in 1985. she certainly knows all the inner workings of the cia. she was working there without any public controversy as long as i can remember. but of course, you know, you get nominated to be the director, the public perception changes quite dramatically. >> that's true. but it is a nod to having faith in the organization to nominate someone from within. that's been a sore spot with the president. john roberts -- go ahead, sorry. >> reporter: for the most part, the cia director is a political appointee. to bring somebody from the inside, that really shows a lot of faith in the agency. >> could be a good move. thank you. >> reporter: thank you. >> jon: a fox news alert on the high profile special election in pennsylvania with voting under way right now in a congressional district in the heart of trump country, this hotly contested race between republican rick sacone and democrat connor lamb being closely watched for clues to the midterm elections in november. president trump won that district by more than 20 points in 2016. plus, the seat was form

she has tried to carry out her duties at cia to the best of her ability, even when cia was asked to dovery things in challenging time. >> john nixon is a former leadership expert with the cia who among other things, interrogated saddam hussein. thank you very much for joining us. this is also your book we're showing on screen. john brennan just said a little while on msnbc that she did some difficult things in some challenging times. she's getting praise from a lot of folks within the intelligence world, publicly. john brennan being one, matt miller, another msnbc contributor, being another. what is your take on haspel? is she a good choice to replace pompeo? >> i think she's not a very good choice at all. i think there are probably others that might have been a better choice. i will say this. her appointment kind of troubles me. and it shows that the trump administration apparently is most interested in the cia in terms of operations. this appointment and a few others that trump has made during his presidency has always favored the operational side. and so therefore, i take that as be

creating huge problems for the country. >> to replace bobbio at cia, president trump chose career cia official gina haspel. she would be the first woman to lead the spy agency. haspel's senate confirmation is drawing fire over her involvement in cia black site operations. >> had a good working relationship. rightfully there are a lot of questions to be asked. >> filling the position of chief economic advisor gary cohn is also on the president's mind, the present revealing larry kudlow is a leading candidate. >> i have known him a long time. we don't agree on everything but in this case i think it's good. i want diverse opinions. he has come around to believing in tariffs. >> all of this as president trump was heading to california to view prototypes for a border wall. >> if you didn't have walls over here, you wouldn't even have a country. by the way, the state of california is begging us to build walls in certain areas. they don't tell you that. speak of the president favors a wall with the see-through components of border troll can know what's going on. his problem: democrats contin

congress to reject donald trump's new pick for cia director of a revolver into the agency's torture program over the years. very good morning there just to midnight here in moscow this early thursday morning you're watching our two international with me kevin the escalating diplomatic crisis of the surrogates crippled poising is reaching new heights this morning just a few hours ago the u.k. accused russia of breaching the international chemical weapons convention it's off to london called for an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council over the russian double agents poisoning in britain. mr president for more of this we can conclude that russia is in serious breach of the chemical weapons convention through its failure to declare the novi short program this fact alone means you should discount any arguments you hear about the possibility of other countries having inherited this technology. maupin's in new york who followed the meeting i guess is a guess is still ongoing isn't it color but think what other accusations have we heard. of well at after we heard the words from the u.k. am

to the sun and replaces him the cia director mike pompei a plus. the palestinian authority blames rival group hamas for an attack on prime minister rami convoy in gaza. russia has missed britain's deadline for answers on the poisoning of former double agent surrogate scruple and his daughter prime minister to resign may want to know why a soviet era nerve agent was used the kremlin says it won't respond without samples of the substance maze expected to discuss britain's reply when she meets her national security council later on wednesday to be phillips reports. is this the level before the storm the british government says it's looking at ways of responding to what it believes is now re just backed by russia this is part of a pack of behavior by the putin regime and you'll seeing this reckless support for the use of chemical weapons all the way from syria to the streets of. in our country. being encouraged by the determination of our friends to stand with us except that friends aren't so predictable these days the american president shortly after