and can i follow up on geena haspel? reporter: mike pompeo, secretary of state, a and john bolton, have been among the most prominent critics of the iran deal is there any reason to think the president won't kill the deal? ms. sanders: the president will announce that very soon. >> on the e.p.a., andrew wheeler is confirmed as second in command at the e.p.a. does the president think he'd be able to continue the deregulatory agenda that pruitt has been in charge of working to remove mr. pruitt and given the cascade of ethical problems, how close is -- what's the status of the rejew you -- review yo guys have been doing and is the president closer to removing mr. putin if office? ms. sanders: i don't have any personnel announcements on that front. we have confidence in the number two or the president wouldn't have asked him to serve at such a senior level position at the e.p.a. i don't have anything further on that front. reporter: i want to catch back up about china after the delegation came back. the president had some s

. >> wrapping up today's bress briefing a number of questions and comments about geena haspel, president trump's nominee to run the c.i.a. she's on capitol hill today for meetings ahead of her senate intelligence committee confirmation hearing. we're hearing she's speaking with senate democrats today. a hearing is this coming wednesday and we'll have live coverage starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern on our companion network c-span3. more live coverage shortly right around 3:00 p.m. eastern, about 15 minutes from now, and you heard spokesperson sarah sanders mention it, the white house rose garden will be the scene when first lady melania trump arrives to talk about her policy priorities. we'll have that for you live starting at 3:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. while we wait for that, a discussion from this morning's "washington journal." "washington journal" continues. us on aw stettner joins discussion on how the federal government can prepare for the impacts of technology on the future. he's a senior fellow at the century foundation. for those who aren't familiar, xplain what the century fo