thank you, senator martin heinrich of new mexico. in his briefing today, sean spicer, aforementioned, questioned a need for a special prosecutor and effectively said there's nothing more to investigate when it comes to their involvement with russia. here he is. >> should there be a special prosecutor, darrell issa's call for a special prosecutor to look into this? >> my question would be a special prosecutor for what? i think russia's involvement in activity has been investigated up and down so the question becomes at some point, if there's nothing to further investigate, what are you asking people to investigate? chairman nunes spoke very clearly today when asked over and over and over again about all of this and said that he has seen nothing that leads him to believe that there's there. >> joining me, robert costa, national political reporter with the "washington post" and msnbc political analyst. greg miller covers the intelligence community for the "washington post." right on this story. simon marks is a chief correspondent with

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. >> in a blind letter to president trump democratic senators ron wyden and martin heinrich said theack row quote makes are unsuitable for the position. white house spokesman sean spicer. >> she is an unbelievably distinguished career as a covert operative. she basically gave up that to come out and serve in this role at the request of director pompeo. reporter: jeanna hansell has worked on the interrogation program. the critics called it unlawful. >> we had declared as a country that we will not use torture so i want to make sure whoever is at the cia shares that belief. >> ciaa deputy director mike morell says house bill drafted a video to destroy videotaped evidence about okaloosa baca is waterboarding. the aclu wants haskell to make the same public commitment as director mike pompeo. >> will she say she agrees with his position that torture and abuse are illegal and will not be used by the cia? >> no will go a long way towards correcting the record and making clear where this administration stance. former cia director michael hayden and until charlie -- applauded it. when we went