>> we have learned through a source that gina rodriguez who was the former manager of stormy danielsthe deal was brokered. not only the 2016 deal but the 2011 deal with in touch magazine where she told her story to in touch magazine. she is cooperating with the fbi. she was subpoenaed and that she cooperated by handing over documents to the fbi. handing over records to the fbi. some of those records are pertaining to the $130,000 payment made through stormy daniels attorney from michael cohen and that essential consultants that he was using to pay the money and we're learning now that the fbi has those documents that gina rodriguez is fully cooperating and in some of those documents there is evidence of an earlier deal that began in october 10th, 2016, that deal fell through. according to our sources because michael cohen was unable to pay the money or did not pay the money in time and then of course we have all seen that deal that happened 18 days later on october 28th, 2016 just 11 days before the election where there was a deal signed between michael cohen who signed on essential

person he's referring to in that e-mail, is the boyfriend of stormy daniels' former manager, gina rodriguez. now, why would he be doing an interview with abc and why would michael cohen be asking about that? well, according to our sources, he knows some information about stormy daniels concerning the nda and concerning her demeanor when she was signing one of those letters denying there was an affair between her and donald trump which she says she was coerced into or threatened into signing. the question is why is michael cohen involved in that? was he trying to get this man to go on television to defend their position and embarrass zelstorm daniels or was he going on to tell his truth and his side of the story and what he knew? those questions remain to be seen. we have no comment from mr. davidson. if you're wondering how mr. avenatti was able to get this personal information that is obviously an e-mail between two people that was private, he has a simple explanation, that is that the e-mail obtained in connection with their efforts to get any and all documents relating to mr. davidson's

gina haspil. paul: they never indicted rodrÍguez either. tion techniques were applied, they were legal, series of memos from the justice department saying that they were legal, correct? >> correct, the law has since changed and by all accounts gina is going to say at the committee that she has no intention of going back to the same program without the legal authority. paul: well, this leads to the question, if you are somebody at the cia who is tasked with protecting the united states and preventing another attack and you get a memo that says, you know what, this is legal for the following reasons, your job is not to say, wait a minute, it's your reading of that, are you sure about this in paragraph 6, your job is to say, okay, and go get the bad guys. >> right, she followed the directions of her boss and the left wanted her to behave like sally yates and refuse to follow the law. paul: dan, what do you make of this, i remember writing editorials more than a decade ago, i remember the mood at the time and i don't remember a lot of democrats

jose rodriguez, gina haspel. thank you for your service to your country. america now needs you more than ever. it is high time for the u.s. senate and these guys on their high horse after the fact to confirm your nomination. and finally tonight, more evidence that the deep state is crumbly. it has been one year since president trump fire james comey. oh, on the recommendation of rod rosenstein. looks like he is longing for his days as america's top deep state arbiter. comey tweeted out a picture of himself naturally along with the caption "missing the people of the fbi today." many that i talk to aren't missing him. thank you for your commitment to the truth in all you do for the good of the country et cetera. of course comey was fired was less than truthful handling of the clinton investigation like when he lied about not writing the exoneration inmate before interviewing hillary clinton in july and 17 other key people or when he turned the other ways clinton clinton destroyed evidence. acid washed, subpoenaed emails. let's not forget about comey's fisa a

around saying they were going to form a commission on this subject, that week, jose rodriguez turned to his own deputy, ginasecret cia prison in thailand, and he told her to write a cable ordering the destruction of those tapes. and she did. john durham was ordered to write a document. the cia has released an internal report that cleared haspel of any wrongdoing, but the justice department has only allowed a handful of senators to see the report. to see that two-year investigation by that federal prosecutor. >> one of the senators that signed that and has been pushing very hard for that joins us next. ♪[upbeat music] ♪now i'm gonna tell my momma ♪that i'm a traveller ♪i'm gonna follow the sun♪ ♪now i'm gonna tell my momma ♪that i'm a traveller ♪i'm gonna follow the sun transitions™ light under control™ "i have antivirus, but my computer's still slow..." "i think it's time for the fixmestick." fixmestick is a plug-in virus removal device. it's the smart, simple way to clean an infected computer, with a whole lot going on inside the stick... [computers sound] "this one got around the antivirus software!" "not

say thanksgiving were going to form a commission on this subject, that week jose rodriguez turned to his own deputy, ginaaspel, who had once run to his own deputy, who had one run a secret prison and told her to write a cable to destroy the tapes. they had asked for years and been told no. justice department later appointed a federal prosecutor to investigate the destruction of the tape specifically. he found the cia destroyed 92 tapes containing hundreds of hours of interrogations of two different detainees but after a two-year investigation he decided not to file any charges in the case. so his report was filed away and released. and now that gina haskel has been nominated to run the cia, appearing before the senate intelligence committee today, she is answering for the cia torture program but also not denying she is the one to destroy the tapes. the justice department has allowed only a handful of senators to see the report, to see that two-year investigation by that federal prosecutor. now democrats on the senate intelligence committee who have seen that report have written to the attorney general je

gina haspel was the enforcer for jose rodriguez. he was in charge of the post 9/11 interrogation program that clearly engaged in torture and destroyed 100 videotapes of so-called torture sessions. when you are change humans to ceilings in dark rooms. rectally feeding them and storing them naked in black boxes for days on end. it's a lot less than pleasant. it's torture. hopefully rational adults in the room, republicans and democrats, will force her to answer questions about that era straightforwardly and not allow her to could youer behind -- to cower behind her classified shield. if you are sick of unaccountable jerks using unaccountable tools to fuel partisan wins, then you should not and for the most of opaque evidence. gina haspel can't turn back the clock on the darkest time of her life. but as cia director she can wind it up and destroy much more than toxic evidence. her confirmation hearing is scheduled for wednesday. is she the right or wrong person to run the cia. joining me, mike baker. >> wow, wow. kennedy. that might ha

director of the cia, that sought to exonerate gina haspel of any wrongdoing in the destruction of the cia tapes, pinning all of the blame on her boss jose rodriguez. the reason i am bringing this up is because gina haspel has been embraced by republican and democratic nominees. everyone from john brennan who was sort of obama's killer priest -- that was it, oh, john brennan is like priest-like. this man ran and assassination program. michael hayden. i actually respect his honesty because unlike brennan and klapper and others, hayden said, i support torture and torture works and that is part of why i support gina haspel. ahat we saw yesterday was a ci propaganda operation. her answers were carefully prepared the way she refused to answer kamala harris' questions about the immorality of torture. one of the things i found astounding was she said the cia has historically not been in the business of interrogation. what on earth is she talking about? and why wasn't she pressed on that? i believe what she was doing was relying on a technicality which is the cia traditionally outsources those interrogations or they will have people like those mental heal

gina haspel. >> in his memoir, former cia counsel general john rizzo described how in 2005 jose rodriguez was promoted to be deputy cia director for operations and installed as his chief of staff an officer from the counterterrorist center who had previously run the interrogation program. is that you? >> senator, i'm so pleased you asked me that question. >> yes or no will do. >> no. and for the record, if you have your staff check, mr. rizzo has issued a correction. >> mr. rizzo, what is that correction? >> well, the correction was, this was -- just put it in context for a second, katy. this was one sentence in a 330-page book i put out four years ago. in this one sentence i said that miss haspel -- i couldn't use her name then because she was under cover -- before becoming jose rodriguez' chief of staff, quote, ran the interrogation program. when this was brought to my attention a couple weeks ago by a reporter that asked me about it, i gave -- i usually give standard response to stuff in my book, that i stand by what i said. so then the report comes out, other media pick it up and it causes me to r

thank god for people like gina has pel and the work they did to keep the country safe and save american lives. only three people water boarded. khalid sheik mohammed. and rodriguez on this show said no water boarding we wouldn't have found osama bin laden's courier and got bin laden. and good news from the trump administration and this time from the first lady. earlier today melania trump unveiled be best. the program focused on america's children and the hard issues that face. if is it physical and mental well-being and social media use and ramifications for opiod abuse. >> i feel strongly that as adults we can and should be best with educating our children about the importance of a healthy and bansed life. today, i am very excited to announce be best. an awareness campaign deditated to the most delicate and fragile for us. our children. >> sean: english is her fifth language and she deserves a lot of credit. we'll bring you updates over the next several months. we show the full picture. trump administration and like all of the success that the media will never tell you about. we have a lot of ground to cover. we start with devin nunez and a california congress

>> well, shep, gina haspel testified today that there were 92 videotapes and that it was the decision, the call of her supervisor, jose rodriguez to have those videotapes destroyed for the reasons that you just mentioned because they showed the faces of cia officers and they were deeply concerned that the videos might be leaked and the officers' identities exposed. she also argued that there was no legal reason to keep the tapes because after multiple reviews it was found that a transcript was enough as long as it was recorded in a cia cable which is considered a document of record. the interrogations that we're talking about have to do with an al qaeda operative, the accused mastermind of the 2000 bombing of the "u.s.s. cole" in the gulf of aden. so there were 92 tapes. they were destroyed. and they showed the detention and interrogation of that al qaeda operative. this was a central focus of the exchanges with senator dianne feinstein. >> were you an advocate for destroying the tapes? >> senator, i absolutely was an advocate. if we could, within and conforming to u.s. law. >> are you aware of what those tapes contained? >> no

potential congressional investigations and suddenly at that moment gina haspel contributed to and she would say it was jose rodriguez'ssion, but she drafted the cable, she was engaged in the decision, she knew that it was against the orders all the way from the white house down through her general counsel. and i just can't -- i can't excuse that. and also as i say, i feel like i had to ask questions three and four times and sometimes never got the answer. >> it is the top of the hour. we're speaking with senator angus king of maine about the controversial choice, president trump's controversial choice for cia director. jonathan lemire has the next question. >> senator, a question on actually on a different topic. a few minutes ago the vice president in an interview with nbc on the mueller investigation says, quote, in the interest of the country, i think it is time to wrap it up. you're a member of the intelligence committee. this is right now of course this seems to be the highest ranking trump administration official to directly say this investigation needs to end. the president of course takes his shots, calls it a