people that worked at the cia, people that lead the cia, support acting director haskell.he former democratic chief counsel for the house committee on intelligence and chief of staff of the cia under obama called acting director haskell the rare cia director nominee that both parties should love. with planning and preparations underway for the summit with north korea, and with secretary pompeo now engaged from the state department, republicans and democrats should come together and confirm gina haskell as the director of the cia. we mark world press freedom day after a recent suicide bombing in afghanistan claiming the lives of at least 10 journalists. many journalist around the globe do their jobs at great risk everyday. the united states stands in solidarity with these men and women who work for free and open societies. and with that, i will take your questions. quicker: first a question. [indiscernible] iran would not -- [indiscernible] ms. sanders: we do not have any announcements at that time. when the president has a final decision on what he will do in terms of the

senate intelligence committee held hearings on gina haskell who is presidential nominee to be the new cia director questions focused on her links to the agency's controversial enhanced interrogation program which is widely seen as torture and here's what i've got to have take up the story. trump's really pushing gina haskell is the perfect candidate strong really strong smart tough and with thirty years of juicy behind so why all the hate one highly respected nominee for cia director gina her school has come under fire because she was too tough on terrorists tough and terrorists meaning she ran a secret cia detention said she those under her reportedly tortured prisoners by the way the videotapes which allegedly documented some of the most horrific tortures were destroyed by the cia gina haskell committed a crime when she destroyed these tapes that crime at the very least is obstruction of justice the crime also is to classify a crime it's actually illegal in the united states to classify something just because it's embarrassing or because it's a crime that's what she should be answer

is getting the job and why is gina haskell the new cia chief because two democrats voted for her to an intelligence committee looks poise. to indorse president trump's pick to head the cia gina haskell today this clears the path for her confirmation of cia director and she gained support from democrat senate democrats back when she was secretary of state hillary clinton was always criticizing countries around the world for their human rights record she even pushed obama to send cruise missiles to libya back in two thousand and eleven supposedly to defend human rights yet at the same time her personal foundation the clinton foundation had no problem getting donations from the very countries that she was criticizing sooty arabia giving twenty five billion dollars guitar all of these countries you talk about women and women's rights so these are people that push gays office buildings these are people that kill women and treat women horribly and yet you take their money so the democrats talk one way and act another i'm not sure where we're finding all these russian tactics they're const

is in a compromising mood. >> gina haskel, the pres.'s pick to be the cia will face tough questions from the senate intelligence committee as senate democrats push for details about decades of undercover service at the cia. kristen fisher joins us with the latest. >> reporter: haskel spent 30 to 33 years undercover. that is why so much of her record is classified. a few hours, dropped off binders with classified information that covers her career but several democratic senators are still accusing the agency of selective declassification ahead of wednesday appearing. they want more of her record to be public. the first woman ever nominated to be director of the cia, gina haskel spent money on capitol hill meeting with her fiercest critics on the senate intelligence committee. >> we talked about a lot of things that helps clarify for me and very helpful. >> i want her to be straight about the issues the agency has struggled with in the past and for her to take ownership moving forward in a way that gives me confidence that she will be good

is getting the job and why is gina haskell the new cia chief because two democrats voted for her to an intelligence committee looks poor. to indorse president trump's pick to head the cia gina haskell today this clears to pass her confirmation of cia director if she gained support from democrat senate democrats back when she was secretary of state hillary clinton was always criticizing countries around the world for their human rights record she even pushed obama to send cruise missiles to libya back in two thousand and eleven supposedly to defend human rights yet at the same time her personal foundation the clinton foundation had no problem getting donations from the very countries that she was criticizing and sooty arabia giving twenty five billion dollars are all of these countries you talk about women and women's rights so these are people that pushkin a's office buildings these are people that kill women and treat women horribly and yet you take their money so the democrats talk one way and act another i'm not sure where we're finding all these russian tactics they're constantl

is getting the job and why is gina haskell the new cia chief because two democrats voted for her to an intelligence committee looks poor. to indorse president trump's pick to head the cia gina haskell today this clears to pass her confirmation of cia director if she gained support from democrat senate democrats back when she was secretary of state hillary clinton was always criticizing countries around the world for their human rights record she even pushed obama to send cruise missiles to libya back in two thousand and eleven supposedly to defend human rights yet at the same time her personal foundation the clinton foundation had no problem getting donations from the very countries that she was criticizing and sooty arabia giving twenty five billion dollars are all of these countries you talk about women or women's rights so these are people that push gays. these are people that kill women and treat women horribly and yet you take their money so the democrats talk one way and act another i'm not sure where we're finding all these russian tactics they're constantly making reference

the new cia chief there are two reasons that i oppose this nomination miss haskel support for torture and her willingness to destroy ever. dence of the cia's use of torture and i have serious concerns about. her confirmation and what kind of signal this lady is the real do i'm telling you we hit her with everything we possibly could she answered didn't flinch at all well it turns out that while this controversial interrogation program was going on democrats in congress were getting briefings the entire time and did nothing about it and now after the dog and pony show at the hearings is over gina haskell is getting the job and why is gina haskell the new cia chief because two democrats voted for ten intelligence committee looks poised to indorse president trump's pick to head the cia gina haskell today this clears to pass her confirmation of cia director if she gained support from democrat senate democrats back when she was secretary of state hillary clinton was always criticizing countries around the world for their human rights record she even pushed obama to send cruise missiles to

is getting the job and why is gina haskell the new cia chief because two democrats voted for her to an intelligence committee looks poise. to indorse president trump's pick to head the cia gina haskell today this clears to pass her confirmation of cia director if she gained support from democrat senate democrats back when she was secretary of state hillary clinton was always criticizing countries around the world for their human rights record she even pushed obama to send cruise missiles to libya back in two thousand and eleven supposedly to defend human rights yet at the same time her personal foundation the clinton foundation had no problem getting donations from the very countries that she was criticizing and sooty arabia giving twenty five billion dollars are all of these countries you talk about women or women's rights so these are people that push gays office buildings these are people that kill women and treat women horribly and yet you take their money so the democrats talk one way and act another i'm not sure where we're finding all these russian tactics they're constantly

the new cia chief there are two reasons that i oppose this nomination miss haskel support for torture and her willingness to destroy evidence of the cia's use of torture and i have serious concerns about. her confirmation and what kind of signal sent this lady is the real do i'm telling you we're here with everything we possibly think she answered didn't flinch at all well it turns out that while this controversial interrogation program was going on democrats in congress were getting briefings the entire time and did nothing about it and now after the dog and pony show at the hearings is over gina haskell is getting the job and why is gina haskell the new cia chief because two democrats voted for ten intelligence committee looks poised to indorse president trump's pick to head the cia gina haskell today this clears to pass her confirmation of cia director and she gained support from democrat senate democrats back when she was secretary of state hillary clinton was always criticizing countries around the world for their human rights record she even pushed obama to send cruise missiles

if you know haskell's a man or a woman or a combination of the two she's not right for this job john greatly appreciate your time thanks so much former cia operations officer whistleblower john kiriakou my guest. ok as you've been expecting when talking about the iran nuclear deal because in less than hour tom trump is expected to announce where he stands on this he revealed that he be making today statement on twitter yesterday but he's been a huge critic of the agreements or the way along the president's the deal has raised concern though across europe let's go live to a correspondent. decision on the deal is expected to be crucial but the u.s. is not the only country that's behind it as i understand. yes now in less than an hour the world is expected to hear from the president of the united states regarding the future of the j.c. p.o.a.'s iran nuclear deal the result of the p five plus one talks now already we're seeing reports that donald trump told french president chrono intended to scrap the deal now france says that is not the case their position is that they have not heard a

is getting the job and why is gina haskell the new cia chief because two democrats voted for her to an intelligence committee looks poised to indorse president trump's pick to head the cia gina haskell today this clears to pass her confirmation of cia director if she gained support from democrat senate democrats back when she was secretary of state hillary clinton was always criticizing countries around the world for their human rights record she even pushed obama to send cruise missiles to libya back in two thousand and eleven supposedly to defend human rights yet at the same time her personal foundation the. foundation had no problem getting donations from the very countries that she was criticizing and sooty arabia giving twenty five billion dollars could tar all of these countries you talk about women's rights so these are people that push gays office buildings these are people that kill women and treat women horribly and yet you take their money so the democrats talk one way and act another i'm not sure where we're finding all these russian tactics they're constantly making ref

is getting the job and why is gina haskell the new cia chief because two democrats voted for her to an intelligence committee look spoiled. to indorse president trump's pick to head the cia gina haskell today this clears the path of her confirmation of cia director if she gained support from democrat senate democrats back when she was secretary of state hillary clinton was always criticizing countries around the world for their human rights record she even pushed obama to send cruise missiles to libya back in two thousand and eleven supposedly to defend human rights yet at the same time her personal foundation the clinton foundation had no problem getting donations from the very countries that she was criticizing and sooty arabia giving twenty five billion dollars could tar all of these countries you talk about women or women's rights so these are people that push gays office buildings these are people that kill women and treat women horribly and yet you take their money so the democrats talk one way and act another i'm not sure where we're finding all these russian tactics they're

the new cia chief there are two reasons that i oppose this nomination miss haskel support for torture and her willingness to destroy evidence of the cia's use of torture and i have serious concerns about. her confirmation and what kind of signal sent this lady is the real do i'm telling you we hit her with everything we possibly think she answered didn't flinch at all well it turns out that while this controversial interrogation program was going on democrats in congress were getting briefings the entire time and did nothing about it and now after the dog and pony show at the hearings is over gina haskell is getting the job and why is gina haskell the new cia chief because two democrats voted for ten intelligence committee looks poised to indorse president trump's pick to head the cia gina haskell today this clears to pass her confirmation of cia director and she gained support from democrat senate democrats back when she was secretary of state hillary clinton was always criticizing countries around the world for their human rights record she even pushed obama to send cruise missiles

is getting the job and why is gina haskell the new cia chief because two democrats voted for her to an intelligence committee looks poise. to indorse president trump's pick to head the cia gina haskell today this clears to pass her confirmation of cia director if she gained support from democrat senate democrats back when she was secretary of state hillary clinton was always criticizing countries around the world for their human rights record she even pushed obama to send cruise missiles to libya back in two thousand and eleven supposedly to defend human rights yet at the same time her personal foundation the clinton foundation had no problem getting donations from the very countries that she was criticizing and sooty arabia giving twenty five billion dollars are all of these countries you talk about women and women's rights so these are people that push gays office buildings these are people that kill women and treat women horribly and yet you take their money so the democrats talk one way and act another i'm not sure where we're finding all these russian tactics they're constantly

antiwar activist time barry thinks the white house is using haskell status as a woman to sugarcoat are involved went into what you. for many more than two people arrested there were nine people arrested the capitol police arrested seven people before the hearing started because they didn't want to be interrupted and the charge against jena aspel is exactly as ray mcgovern who was bloodied and injured in his arrest but also by john kiriakou there were arrested without provocation before the hearing started were given a fifty five dollars fine and released almost immediately it helps that jean as well as a woman but you can't have an unqualified woman the reason that they picked gina haskell is the very fact is she is a woman trump administration use those points to push a known torture the things that isis did where they were beheading and doing all the things that they were doing are no different under international law and human rights as what gina aspel was doing we should denounce or at every opportunity we'll have more on these and plenty of other stories that go to our website don

the new cia chief there are two reasons that i oppose this nomination miss haskel support for torture and her willingness to destroy evidence of the cia's use of torture and i have serious concerns about. her confirmation and what kind of signal sent this lady is the real do i'm telling you we hit her with everything we possibly think she answered didn't flinch at all well it turns out that while this controversial interrogation program was going on democrats in congress were getting briefings the entire time and did nothing about it and now after the dog and pony show at the hearings is over gina haskell is getting the job and why is gina haskell the new cia chief because two democrats voted for him intelligence committee looks poised to indorse president trump's pick to head the cia gina haskell today this clears to pass her confirmation of cia director if she gained support from democrat senate democrats back when she was secretary of state hillary clinton was always criticizing countries around the world for their human rights record she even pushed obama to send cruise missiles t

i don't care of gina haskell's a man or a woman or a combination of the two she's not right for this job everybody is tough on terrorism all of us at the cia we're tough on terrorism that doesn't mean that you have to ignore the constitution of the united states and to ignore international law to prove that you're tough that's that was just nonsensical. terrorism as back said plans have had to head off to the british government lost a vote on a cool bill in the house of lords rally has more. it's been a tough time recently for the prime minister in trying to keep the governments united on the question of bragg's it and last week there was a meeting between the in a cabinet on the question of what to do with regard to costs and union there was no agreement so over the weekend there were emerging reports that's a customs partnership whereby the u.k. would collect tariffs on behalf of the e.u. that would be something that was on the table and mr johnson coming out with it with his own interview in one of the papers here in the u.k. say that he thought that a customs partnership would be

is getting the job and why is gina haskell the new cia chief because two democrats voted for her to an intelligence committee looks poise. to indorse president trump's pick to head the cia gina haskell today this clears the path for her confirmation of cia director if she gained support from democrat senate democrats back when she was secretary of state hillary clinton was always criticizing countries around the world for their human rights record she even pushed obama to send cruise missiles to libya back in two thousand and eleven supposedly to defend human rights yet at the same time her personal foundation the clinton foundation had no problem getting donations from the very countries that she was criticizing and sooty arabia giving twenty five billion dollars are all of these countries you talk about women and women's rights so these are people that push gays off the buildings these are people that kill women and treat women horribly and yet you take their money so the democrats talk one way and act another i'm not sure where we're finding all these russian tactics they're cons

president donald trump's pick to be the next director of the central intelligence agency jane haskell the rather controversial choice for agency director given her role in the post nine eleven u.s. torture program and its and suing attempted cover up and white washing was according to critics. rather dodgy and light on the details regarding her now quote moral compass. at the hearing hospital valiantly stated my moral compass is drawing i would not allow cia to undertake activity that i thought was immoral even if it was technically illegal i would absolutely not permit it which naturally leads one to ask if you wouldn't permit it today then why would you permit it then yesterday when you were there torturing folks that was a line of questioning that haskell ultimately dodged with the ice cream sundae of different excuses ranging from well you know is a different time back then to the oldie but goodie i was just following orders out nuremberg of you one of the most telling exchanges took place when maine senator susan collins asked haskell if the cia has a high value terrorism suspect

the washington post says gina haskell worried the questions during the confirmation hearing would hurt her reputation in the cia. many democrats have said she should be disqualified because she was in charge of a detention site in thailand where terrorism suspects were tortured with waterboarding and other interrogation techniques. gina haskell decided to stay on as a nominee after getting a phone call from president trump and reassurance from the white house that she has their support. her confirmation hearing is on wednesday. >>> president trump tweeted early this morning quote, my highly respected nominee for cia director, gina haskell, has come under fire because she was too tough on terrorists. think of that in these very dangerous times. we have the most qualified person, a woman, who democrats want out because she is too tough on tara. win, gina. >>> california republicans who gathered for their state convention over the weekend in san diego did not endorse either the two main candidate for governor. businessman john cox received 55.3% of the vote. travis allen, a businessman re

trump's really pushing gina haskell is the perfect candidate strong really strong smart tough and with thirty years of juji behind her so why all the hate one highly respected nominee for cia director gina her support has come under because she was too tough on terrorists think of that in these very dangerous times we have the most qualified person or woman who democrats want out because she is too tough on terror when jeana tough and terrorists meaning she ran a secret cia detention center where she those under her reportedly tortured prisoners by the way the videotapes which allegedly documented some of the most horrific tortures were destroyed by the cia tough woman all right with years of experience in the moral torture and any other reasons to vouch for her there's no one more qualified to be the first woman to lead the cia than thirty plus year cia veteran gina has spoke any democrat who claims to support women's empowerment and our national security but opposes her nomination is a total hypocrite interesting how someone's gender is now a factor when selecting a new cia head grea

the new cia chief there are two reasons that i oppose this nomination miss haskell support for torture and her willingness to destroy evidence of the cia's use of torture and i have serious concerns about. her confirmation and what kind of signal this lady is the real do i'm telling you we're here with everything we possibly could. answer didn't flinch at all well it turns out that while this controversial interrogation program was going on democrats in congress were getting briefings the entire time and did nothing about it and now after the dog and pony show at the hearings is over gina haskell is getting the job and why is gina haskell the new cia chief because two democrats voted for him intelligence committee looks poised to indorse president trump's pick to head the cia.

had hair on the program of taking a place like donald trump's head to head the cia so who is gina haskell and why is she best known for her torture tactics. from a fresh coastal breeze. to watching the sunset on the australian outback. hello heat records were broken again yesterday in particular in the british isles by some margin but when you get increased heat in the spring in europe in particular you get increased showers all right now and the other day look very obvious on the satellite picture little white dots just growing and a mass of plywood proper reign of the black sea they will develop and it's roughly speaking half way up you're so far off as australia every little bit beyond but with concentrated heavy showers in switzerland it's really greece and macedonia and also in spain but of the temperatures were still in the middle to high twenty's this is really pretty high for may now i'll take you overnight here to show there's not really a huge change except the gradual northward push in the potential for shows up into germany but it's army get to wednesday and the temple still r

when haskell will testify the senate intelligence committee.nd dianne feinstein, democratic senators martin heinrich and joe manchin. >> curiosity to hear what my other colleagues, the answers they receive. >> and under fire because democrats are accused of lining up against the first woman to potentially lead the spy agency. sources confirm haskell offered withdraw her nomination to show her agency and avoid relitigating the bush era detainees program critics call torture. >> to protect the safety and security of americans which is why she is 100% committed to going through the confirmation process. >> the justice approved program, and mohammed under for scrutiny. pres. obama's cia director john brennan sankey decision-makers and confirmation. haskell was a mid-level manager with policy. >> a much stricter standard on this program is an john brennan was held to account for. and political -- >> catherine herridge, fox news. kim jung un brand-new charges expected for the man accused of shooting a sheriff deputy in the head who has died. william

important positions of leadership in the intelligence community with this much opposition to gina haskell's nomination the job is still far off but make no mistake if the former torture a gets the job despite everything many many people will cheer and applaud. to get back to our breaking news story here on r.t. that donald trump has announced the u.s. withdrawal from the iran you clearly says all the sanctions that were lifted back in twenty fifteen will now being reimposed a spring in midair benjamin she's an antiwar and. but i want to first of all about binyamin netanyahu role in all of this the accusations that he made towards iran he gave that power point presentation which donald trump actually referenced in his announcement today do you think this was credible evidence coming from israel well not at all and i think what the world community should know if they don't is that netanyahu no has no business talking about nuclear weapons and lying since his government has hundreds of nuclear weapons has lied about it all along doesn't join the nonproliferation treaty doesn't allow any intern

trump's really pushing gina haskell is the perfect candidate strong really strong smart tough and with thirty years of juicy behind so why all the hate one highly respected nominee for cia director gina her school has come on before because she was too tough on terrorists tough and terrorists meaning she ran a secret cia detention said she those under her reportedly tortured prisoners by the way the videotapes which allegedly documented some of the most horrific tortures were destroyed by the cia gina haskell committed a crime when she destroyed these tapes that crime at the very least is obstruction of justice the crime also is to classify a crime it's actually illegal in the united states to classify something just because it's embarrassing or because it's a crime that's what she should be answering to why did she destroy the evidence now gina who apparently had no problem torturing tied up suspects is allegedly squeamish about the confirmation hearing all those tough questions in public do you believe the program in terms that you interrogation program was consistent with american v

trump's really pushing gina haskell is the perfect candidate strong really strong smart tough and with thirty years of judy behind so why all the hate one highly respected nominee for cia director gina her support has come under for because she was too tough on terrorists tough and terrorists meaning she ran a secret cia detention said she was under reportedly tortured prisoners by the way the videotapes which allegedly documented some of the most horrific tortures were destroyed by the cia committed a crime when she destroyed these tapes that crime at the very least is obstruction of justice the crime also is to classify a crime it's actually illegal in the united states to classify something just because it's embarrassing or because it's a crime that's what she should be answering to why did she destroy the evidence now gina who apparently had no problem torturing tied up suspects is allegedly squeamish about the confirmation hearing all those tough questions in public do you believe the program in terms that you interrogation program was consistent with american values we have decid

telling the truth about the cia's torture program to get this job gina haskell had the opportunity to say the right thing that this was a dark period in u.s. history people made mistakes the program was immoral it was illegal it was unconstitutional she never said any of that. the most recent poll suggests that only a third of americans believe that the alleged involvement in torture renders hospital unfit for the post of cia chief we asked people on the street what they think. no no no no please so immoral immoral it's pretty cruel and wrong i don't think it's morally morally right. for was going to stop a terrorist attack it would be i don't like that. but i don't claim to understand why or how it's done sometimes so it might be necessary if it kept americans you know here safe from terrorism or information leading to any any terroristic activities of course. israel has fired more rockets into the disputed golan heights targeting iranian outposts for a second night in a row tel aviv claims it was responding to twenty rockets launched by iran from syrian territory into the golan heig

interrogation techniques which includes waterboarding what is more president trump who chose gina haskell for the job has often said that torture works we discussed the waterboarding video with former guantanamo detainee was back. many people can withstand different types of torture for example i know of an individual might be able to bear the pain of having his on twisted or having that pain and help hold out compared to others who can't but it's not based on the individual's ability to be able to take that torture or not it's according to the definition of the law international more interesting to just recently the two people captured by the syrian defense forces who are alleged to be water but who they didn't want to audit captives their american captives for isis also water audit that. they have to so here the americans are saying that these two individuals that have committed war crimes which include waterboarding so this kind of notion of it isn't torture it's only torture when we say it is when it affects us it's complete hypocrisy and it's complete and it opposes more importantly

as director of the cia as haskell was allegedly involved in activities including torture at u.s. black site prisons in earlier years. according to u.s. law it is illegal for u.s. personnel to be involved in torture however those protections are much less stringent when it comes to surrogates or u.s. allies actually carrying out brutal acts the u.s. has been supporting the u. the u.a.e. and saudi arabia in their battle against who's the rebels in yemen for about the past three years. all the associated press investigation says secret prisons are in military bases ports and airports vein and even a nightclub some detainees have been flown to an m. iraqi base across the red sea in every tree in u.s. defense officials acknowledge u.s. . involvement in interrogations to a.p. but denied any knowledge of human rights abuses former inmates described being crammed into shipping containers blindfolded for weeks on end and smeared with excrement at the main detention center at riana airport in the southern city of mccullough they said they were beaten trust and sexually assaulted well let's

trumps really pushing her gina haskell is the perfect candidate strong really strong smart tough and with thirty years of juicy behind her so why all the hate one highly respected nominee for cia director gina her support has come under because she was too tough on terrorists think of that in these very dangerous times we have the most qualified person a woman who democrats want out because she is too tough on terror when gina toughen terrorists meaning she ran a secret cia detention center where she those under her reportedly tortured prisoners by the way the videotapes which allegedly documented some of the most horrific tortures were destroyed by the cia tough woman all right with years of experience in illegal and immoral torture and any other reasons to vouch for her there's no one more qualified to be the first woman to lead the cia than thirty plus year cia veteran dina has but any democrat who claims to support women's empowerment and our national security but opposes her nomination is a total hypocrite. interesting how someone's gender is now a factor when selecting a new ci