normally, there's a fair amount of tension between the cia director and dni, because, of course, ciaonsibilities. so it'd be interesting to see who wins that fight every day. talking to donald trump. but, you know, as we were discussing last night, she's not really going to be there to produce quality intelligence because, as you pointed out, donald trump is not a big reader. she's going to be there to sow chaos in the intelligence community. she's going to harm links we have with other intelligence organizations. i mean, in a way, this is another one of donald trump's very trolly kind of let's see how much i can make republicans and the public put up with in a, in a nomination. so, i mean, she's it's a dangerous nomination. and if it's approved, there's going to be chaos in the intelligence community. >> yeah. these these three rfk gabbard and kash patel, people have to remember, these are not obscure policies that don't have an actual effect on people's lives and livelihoods. this needs to be taken seriously. tom, thanks as always. tom nicholls, staff writer for the atlantic, autho

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they tried to block ratcliffe at the cia. they had a systematic game.ted in sabotage and subterfuge. that massive leviathan with millions of employees they do not want donald trump to have somebody in charge of. >> but they've hit on their is the ultimate hypocrisy in this context. the joe biden appointees to his cabinet. many were under qualified political partisan hacks. only one of them javier had to be confirmed in a vote so narrowed as comparable to pete hegseth. he was someone in charge of hhs who had no background whatsoever. he was aggressive and by the way very anti- catholic attorney general when he was in charge in california. he was someone who was basically picked to conduct all kinds of partisan attacks on catholic charities and on other religious groups across the country in a way that was going to be very aggressive. that's why it was as narrow as it was. everyone else got a rubber stamp including from republicans on capitol hill. you've mentioned several of them and your monologue the worst actors on this point from my perspective that

how is the president planning on responding to this additional intel from the cia? will it impact how he responds with new tariffs? sec. leavitt: kudos to john radcliffe for revealing that truthful fact to the american people. many years too late. [feedback] the biden administration had the chance to let the american people know about that and for some reason they chose not to. i would like to point out that several years ago, when i was working in this press shop and trump would take to the podium to brief the american people in covid-19, he suggested that covid very well may have came from a lab in wuhan, china. many members in this room mocked him for that, said that he was spewing conspiracy theories. he was not. it's now the confirmable truth. it took years for that to come out. he was right again. >> i wanted to ask about secretary rubio and his trip to panama. what were the conversations like on that? the president of panama said that it's impossible to negotiate over the canal. what are you expecting for the visit? >> i wasn't present for the secretary's con

now cia director ratcliffe talked about in his testimony before this committee how the cia's own internal metrics have shown analytic objectivity has gone down within that organization. this is the very kind of thing that i would seek to address if confirmed as director of national intelligence. ensuring that politics, biases, or personal views are checked at the door. i would lead by example by doing it myself in ensuring that intelligence analysis and reporting meets the objective the president and congress requires, which is no politics, no personal abuses, and making sure that objectivity in a timely, relevant fashion is brought to the president so we can get ahead of problems and ensuring our national security rather than being caught on our heels and forced cash being forced to respond to them. sen. budd: i think it is clear from your background you more than meet the statuary requirements for this position. i want to switch gears. there's been a lot of discussion today and i think it is a necessary discussion about your position on section 702 of fisa. i think we talked about this

gina haspel threatened to resign after president trump reposed making kash patel cia director. the fence secretary mark esper said that "ms. britt -- mr. patel had lied about whether nigeria approved a hostage rescue situation putting american lives at risk." mr. patel would have us believe that all of these public servants and all of these republicans from the first trump administration and anyone else who are critical of him are nothing but government gangsters and deep state members. many of them have made his list of enemies. just this week cnn reported that during the trump administration, cia were officials referred mr. patel to the justice department for criminal investigation for sharing classified information without authorization. last week i asked the justice department -- department and intelligence community on information for any referrals related to misconduct. i have yet to receive a response. his record is clear. he traffics in debunked conspiracy theories that serve or benefit his political beliefs. let us start with january 6 and he dedicates a whole chapter

you realize, i hope, to become a cia agent takes about a year. are you aware? mr. vought: yes. sen. warner: in your project 2025 madness, you put forward the idea that somehow breaking up the cia and moving around the country would make our nation more safe? do you not understand, sir, that of president trump by having the intelligence community close to him, to have ability from folks from nsa, cia, the pentagon, the fbi in this region -- your idea of on this ideological jihad to break up the intelligence community's effectiveness. i would ask you can you show any evidence that somehow we would make our nation safer if you put your political litmus test and this idea of bringing trauma to the federal workforce by taking the intelligence community, which has been supported on a bipartisan basis, year-in and year-out, and somehow breaking it up and hithering on just for a political purpose? how does that make our nation safer? mr. vought: i never propose that an the president has disassociated himself from project 2025. sen. warner: good, we will get it on record. you will commit to

let's bring in former secretary of state under trump's first term and former cia director mike pompeo reaction out of lucas' report there. first the tariffs, mexico, canada and china, one of those is not the same as the others when we talk in terms of sort of what may be at play with the intention of the tariffs. what do you make of it? >> it's great to be with you. look, tariffs make sense when you have an objective and president trump has always simply demanded fair, even reciprocal trade and trying to get that with the mexicans, with the canadians as well and certainly with the chinese communist party. so i'm hopeful he'll be able to achieve that. i think some of the risk of inflation that people talked about is likely overstated and some of this largely absorbed by the producer and know where the economic risk will fall is difficult to know in advance. the tariffs are legitimate means of an end and i hope we've made known, and for the chinese communist party there are multiple objectives that have to be completed not just on trade, but on national security as well. griff: in terms

. >> reporter: here's trump's former secretary of state and cia a director, mike pompeo, on those tariffs. >> i think some of the risk of inflation that people talk about is likely overstated. some of this will end up being absorbed by the producers. and to know exactly where the economic risk will pall is difficult to know in advance -- will fall is difficult to know in advance. >> reporter: td economics says these looming trump tariffs on canadian oil could increase gas prices by up to 70 cents a gallon. canada supplies about 60% of the crude oil the u.s. imports. trump wants to produce more oil domestically. last night president trump's special envoy, ric grenell, posted this photo showing six americans freed from venezuela and returning to the united states. trump reacting to the news saying in part, quote, it is so good to have the venezuelan hostages back home and very important to note that venezuela's agreed to receive back all illegal aliens encamped in the u.s. including gang members. moments ago, griff, the white house also releasing a statement saying president trump just rece

i mean, we couldn't look into the origins of covid being from the lab, which now the cia this week hasjoined the fbi and many other organizations, saying it probably did come from a lab. i said it from the beginning. it's being studied in this lab where it breaks out. really, we're going to even wonder about this now. maybe it was a bat, but but wait, let me just make this point. okay? so we couldn't say that because the new york times said to even look into that is racist. totally. okay. china is like the new islam. yeah. we can't we can't be honest about them because they're not white. and china. okay. i'm sorry kids. they do some bad things. china. and we should just recognize that. >> yeah. and you know. >> if totally agree. totally, totally agree. and this is one of. >> the broader problems. >> this is one of the broader problems with this obsession of all of these ideologies from the left is that it hamstrings you in terms of thinking about sensible thinking, policy thinking. yeah. because, you know, if it's if you're framing it in terms of a war, you're fighting with one arm tie

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and the danger at dni is that the folks who die if cia agents in the field die, no one ever gets to knowr names. >> but all of that is secondary to donald trump trying to break and own the. and then own the pieces of these institutions. he views the intelligence community as his opponent. he views the justice department as an enemy. he he loathes the fbi. you know, as one of the institutions that was charged with holding him accountable for his actions. and so the idea, i mean, the republican narrative on this is, well, americans have questions and concerns about these institutions. and so we have to fix them, and we have to bring in kind of out of the box thinking. but that's not what's going on here. and gabbard, i think, is really the example of this, is not intended to actually improve these institutions and attempts to destroy them. >> so whether it's the fbi or the department of defense or whatever, whatever government, i'm sure we can all everybody in this country can agree anything can be improved. every business leader believes that every business should be improved. that's not

. >> joining us now is former cia director and msnbc senior national security and intelligence analystmisfits continues this week with patel and gabbard. what in the gabbard here hearing? what stood out to you as i mean, all of us concerning. but was there any aspect of the way that played out that sort of gave you a sense that, yeah, i don't think this this one is going to pass muster with the senate, or are we just on the on the course of normalizing pathetically bad people and leveling them up into positions of importance and responsibility, like the director of national intelligence? >> well, i. >> think some of her responses fell short of what the republicans. were looking. >> for when. >> she couldn't say that. >> edward snowden was. >> a traitor. >> but that moment was amazing. >> yes. >> so they were trying to, i think. >> give her. >> some. >> softballs to hit. >> and she. >> wasn't able to do that. >> for whatever reason. but although. >> it's very important. >> what they. >> say during these confirmation. >> hearings, each of. >> these nominees. >> have a record. >> they hav

and the danger at dni is that the folks who die if cia agents in the field die, no one ever gets to know trying to. >> break and. >> own and then own. >> the pieces of these institutions. >> he views the intelligence community as his opponent. he views the justice. >> department as an enemy. >> he he loathes the fbi. >> you know, as one of the institutions. >> that was charged with. >> holding him. >> accountable for his actions. >> and so the idea. >> i mean, the republican narrative. >> on this is. >> well. >> americans have questions and concerns about. >> these institutions. >> and so we have to fix. >> them, and. >> we have to bring. >> in. >> kind of out of the box thinking. >> but that's not. what's going. >> on here. >> and gabbard, i. >> think, is really. >> the example of. >> this, is. >> not intended to. >> actually improve these institutions. instead to destroy them. >> so whether it's the fbi or the department of defense or whatever, whatever government, i'm sure we can all everybody in this country can agree anything can be improved. every business leader believes that ever

. >> cia director mike pompeo on those tariffs. >> i think some of the risk of inflation that peopleikely overstated. some of this will end up being absorbed be i the producers. to know exactly where the with economic risk will fall, it's difficult to know in advance. >> reporter: now, td economics says these looming trump tariffs on canadian oil could increase u.s. gas prices by up to 70 cents a gallon. canada supplies about 60 of the crude oil the united states imports. trump says he wants to produce more oil man domestically, jon. jon: we're also hearing more about americans being freed from south america. there's some good news. >> reporter: that's right, jon. trump's special envoy, ric grenell, tweeting some new photos last night. he flew to venezuela on friday and recovered six american prisoners. they returned to the united states, and i believe we do have the photos from inside the aircraft showing ric grenell with those six americans freed. you can see them right there. president trump responding to this on social media posting, quote, it is so good to have the venezuelan ar