then, cia chief mike pompeo how to evaluate what is going on. i will leave it to the specialist to our great choices donald j. trump. we cannot have americans be put in danger by leakers. anyone within the administration and anywhere in the government. it does nothing but worse in the future of america, nothing but endanger this country. there is no benefit. it is really sad and truly disgusting. >> martha: boris, fox is now confirmed that vice admirable robert harward is now not going to be replacing mike flynn as the head of the national security council. why is that? >> there are a lot of good, strong candidates out there for the president will make the right choice, as he always has. >> martha: what happened with robert harward? ed look like -- they said he was going to be in place by the end of the week, boris. what happened? >> i am not sure -- >> martha: the white house said they believed he would be in place by the end of this week. >> what i would say is he has strong choices, good options, he will remain a very strong candidate and a s

mike pompeo and james comey and they are in position. so i hope that we will straighten that out without using anybody else. the gentleman you mentioned it a very talented man, very successful man and he offered services and you know, something we may take advantage of. but i don't think we'll need that at all because of the fact that you know, i think that we

team, mike pompeo heads to turkey.rump was elected last november, the president voiced hope for improving ties. lot to bee there is a done in regards to turkey-u.s. relations. >> relations hit an all-time low between the two countries during the obama administration. the failed coup last alive further strained the ties. -- last july further strained ties. -- thissylvania place pennsylvania-based cleric is accused of orchestrating the coup. said the u.s.has should extradite him, but the other pressing issue is the fight against the islamic state group. turkish government has been urging america to stop backing the kurdish fighters -- trump and this man agreed to raqqa.tion in mosul and an internal police inquiry has concluded that there is insufficient evidence to prove that a police officer brutally attacked the young man during his arrest in a paris suburb. sparked several nights of violent rioting in that province and elsewhere, as julie kim reports. >> after scrutinizing this video, an internal police inquiry has de

i mean, i personally know mike pompeo. i hope he does have the president's ear. i will say that it's only -- we are a month into -- not even. what is it? two weeks? into the president's first term. and i think he has the right to settle in and get counsel from the people he has chosen to put around him. and there are some people who have -- think that someone like a rex tillerson or a mattis or mike pompeo, they are voices that the president has chosen to put around him. let's hope that he actually listens to them. because what we are seeing now are members of his administration, his cabinet, very close advisers, who are saying -- speaking from one set of documents, right, so to speak, talking about russia as the problem that it is and putin, certainly, as the authoritarian figure that he is. yet you have the commander in chief saying something completely different. that's troubling. hopefully at some point he'll listen to those he put around him. >> the president's argument is he wants a better relationship with russia, with putin, because he believes the russia

, mark warner, the democrat from virginia who said that he had reached out to the cia director, mike pompeo and chairman bur to say he wanted to make sure that this could be an impartial investigation. he said that he's consulting with members of the intelligence committee to determine an appropriate course of action and to ensure that the american people can get the thorough and par issue investigatitial inves deserve. and heard from nancy pelosi who raised concerns about all of these contacts as well. this is not a simple thing. we've got a lot of people who are watching this closely and who are concerned about it putting out statements, tweeting about it and you have this republican who is saying that some sort of independent special prosecutor is going to be necessary. fred? >> thank you so much. athena jones, appreciate that. >>> so the new head of the environmental protection agency, scott pruitt, taking center stage this hour. republicans gather just outside of washington at the conservative political action conference known as cpac. his remarks follow a campaign style speech by pres

mike pompeo's swearing in as cia director. office ofies of the which i am about to enter. so, help me god. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> senators questioning secretary of health and services nominee, tom price. >> you bought over 400,000 shares at discounts that were as much as 40% cheaper than the price on the australian stock exchange. and you were sitting at the time on committees that have jurisdictions over major health care programs and trade policy. yes, or no? doesn't this show bad judgment? >> british lawmakers discussing their prime minister's visit to washington. >> in a forthcoming meeting with president trump she will be prepared to offer up for sacrifice the opportunity of american companies to come in and take over parts of our nhs, or our public services. >> president trump's visit to the department >> of homeland security. >> the secretary of homeland security working with myself and my staff will begin immediate construction of a border wall. >> help democratic leader nancy pelosi reacting to president trump's claim of voter fraud. >> all we want i

with the dni, or it might shift back towards the cia which is now being run by former congressman mike pompeo. >> a look at a headline we're seeing at rollcall.com. house tries to force ho vote on conflicts. judiciary committee will be up to is basically attempting to kill off an effort by congressman nadler of new york to force a house floor vote on something known as a resolution of inquiry about president trump's potential ties to russian interests or those of his administration. probably going to happen on tuesday is there will be a difficult vote for some republicans on the judiciary committee, but one they will have to take in order to basically fork nadler's resolution from becoming available for a vote on the house floor. the has been referred to judiciary committee and the committee needs to act in order to prevent what is effectively a discharge and the resolution being brought up on the floor, a really difficult vote for vulnerable house republicans. atyou can read his reporting rollcall.com, follow him on twitter. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. are expecting the national gov

and the fact that they are willing to confirm secretary mattis and mike pompeo and general kelly early on is due to the fact that they've drugged this out and made it impossible for the department of justice to work part of our national security team and made it about a leader is completely inexcusable. the last thing i would say is they know how the story ends. they know we're going to be successful. those stunts like staying up all night making speeches, not sure who they're trying to impress other than their base. by stopping and slowing down these confirmations which will be successful eventually. >> just one additional data point, we go back to the eisenhower administration at this point. every president had all or most of their cabinet level people through so it is for driving on a historic level. and again, for no apparent purpose since they are all going to be confirmed. >> just a quick comment on john for such. he is a terrific, great pick for the supreme court, somebody who is a mainstream tourist, who is well-qualified. exceptional on every level and as that has been pointed

and the fact that they are willing to confirm secretary mattis and mike pompeo and general kelly early on is due to the fact that they've drugged this out and made it impossible for the department of justice to work part of our national security team and made it about a leader is completely inexcusable. the last thing i would say is they know how the story ends. they know we're going to be successful. those stunts like staying up all night making speeches, not sure who they're trying to impress other than their base. by stopping and slowing down these confirmations which will be successful eventually. >> just one additional data point, we go back to the eisenhower administration at this point. every president had all or most of their cabinet level people through so it is for driving on a historic level. and again, for no apparent purpose since they are all going to be confirmed. >> just a quick comment on john for such. he is a terrific, great pick for the supreme court, somebody who is a mainstream tourist, who is well-qualified. exceptional on every level and

national intelligence and whether or not they expect that the power center is going to [indiscernible] mike pompeo. >> we are seeing this at rollcall.com, possibly forcing trump conflicts. what is this all about the house judiciary committee? >> what it is going to be up to is basically attempting to kill off an effort by the congressman from new york to force the house floor vote on something that's known as a resolution of inquiry about president trump's potential ties to russian interest, or those of his administration. what is basically probably going to happen on tuesday is there is going to be a difficult vote for some republicans on the judiciary committee, but one that they will have to take in ther to basically thwart resolution from becoming available on the house floor. this has been referred to the judiciary committee and the judiciary committee is to act in order to prevent what is effectively a discharge and the resolution being able to be brought up on the floor, for a really probably difficult vote for vulnerable house republicans. this reporting at rollcall.com. thank you for join

congressman mike pompeo's swearing-in as cia director. --i charge >> the duties of the office on which i am about to enter -- >> the duties of the office on which i am about to enter -- >> so help me god. >> so help me god. senators questioning secretary health and human services nominee senator tom price. here is senator ron wyden. sen. wyden: you bought shares and discounts as much as 40% cheaper than the price on the australian stock exchange. -- you weresitting sitting at the time on committees that have jurisdiction over major health care programs and trade policy. this show badsn't judgment? british lawmakers discussing their prime minister's trip to washington. >> in her meeting, she will be prepared to offer up the sacrifice, the opportunity of american companies to come in and take over parts of our nhs for our public services. announcer: president trump's visit to the department of homeland security -- pres. trump: the department of homeland security will begin immediate construction of a border wall. announcer: house democratic

h mike pompeo and keith kellogg took part in white house briefings. robert harward is the frontrunner to replace flynn. harward met with the president and vice president at the white house on monday night, but so far no decision has been made. >> that was nbc's peter alexander reporting. the news conference with president trump and prime minister netanyahu is set for noon today. we'll bring it to you live when it happens. >>> and happening now in washington, members of congress are talking to the media about the michael flynn scandal. house minority leader nancy pelosi is calling for a deeper investigation. democrats are asking for donald trump to release his tax returns to see if there were any russian connections there. they're also criticizing the president's immigration policies. >>> president trump is tweeting today in response to the latest russian controversy. he said, quote, crimea was taken by russia during the obama administration. was obama too soft on russia? mr. trump also tweeted this russian connection nonsense is an attempt to cover up

. >> i'm assuming you're encouraged that mike pompeo is the cia director, john kelly is there. are you among the democrats who are a bit assured that the homeland security team is in relatively good shape? >> i'm encouraged. it's a significant amount of generals, as you might note. and i do think we have a wide range of experience and deep background in foreign policy than just generals. but the speech that was given by vice-president pence was badly needed and overdue reassurance to our allies. it's important that the national security team begin to stabilize and that we reassure our allies in europe as we jointly stand up to russian aggression. >> with michael flynn out after only three weeks, do you believe that president trump will not lift russian sanctions? >> well, i don't know what president trump's intentions are about russian sanctions. it continues to be puzzling and worrying that he has not been direct in challenging vladimir putin's inappropriate interference in our election and in speaking forcefully against his ongoing occupation of crimea, meddling in eastern uk

intelligence chief mike pompeo heads to turkey, a key nato member.hen trump was elected last november president erdogan voiced hope. >> every country needs a strong leader in order to progress. we agreed there's a lot to be done with regard to turkey u.s. relations. tween the countries hit an all-time low during the obama administration. they failed to last july further strengthened ties -- strained ties. the pennsylvania-based cleric is accused of orchestrating -- trumps national security advisor has said the u.s. should extradite him. the other more pressing issue at stake is the fight against the islamic state group. the new u.s. government has not made clear its strategy on this issue. in a phone call earlier this week trump and erdogan agreed to take joint action against the group. pompeo's visit comes as rebels captured the outskirts. >> it is the world's largest refugee camp and under heavy political pressure the kenyan government had threatened to shut down the camp in the east of the country. accord has ruled today that its closure would vio

with mike pompeo, at cia, i think there is a team now joined up with general mcmaster. that can actually begin to pull together. our foreign policy. too often, everybody has been speaking. giving different messages. the president said one thing. his team said something else. time you've pull everyone together including the president. so when it comes to foreign policy, everybody is saying the same thing. >> final question, mr. secretary. do you fear donald trump is being tested, perhaps in ways we're not let in on right now? and do you fear even worse and god forbid he will be tested in a more spectacular way in the weeks to come? i want to bleach that the president of the united states recognizes the awesome responsibility. he has to lead this country. at some point he will reach out and try to re-establish trust with the american people. try to re-establish trust on capitol hill. so that ultimately he can govern. that's my hope. i care about the country. i want the president to be a success. in many ways it depend on which donald trump. if he continues to tweet and ab

mike pompeo and others elsewhere such as dan coats. they have to be honest with the american people and focus on catching terrible tourists, not on surveying americans in terms of their telephonic metadata and enter comet communications. >> i think it's healthy that trump has foregone the daily intelligence briefs, because the idea that the president wakes u, his first concern is what's happening in manila, what's happening in seoul, what's happening in the south china satisfy? the first thing he needs to be concerned about is what's happening in the united states that's who he was elected to represent. if these other elements come ino play, if they're actually engagd in aggression against the united states, but the idea that his mind should be preoccupied with everything other than the american people, their need for jobs, their need for education, the need to make the justice system as fair as possible. it's ridiculous. the president is not looking at the presidential daily briefs, isn't that terrible? >> terrible? are you kidding. t

actively involved in a policy making process and that their voices will be listened to. >> what about mike pompeoe new cia director? he's pretty widely respected. >> so, you know, director pompeo is someone who has experience with intelligence from his time on the house permit select committee. i've heard good things from those who have worked closely with him. you know, in some ways it was a pick that ran counter to the nonpartisan nature of previous cia directors. but if congressman pompeo -- if director pompeo now can cast aside his partisanness, i think he has the capacity to be an excellent cia director. >> finally, ned, what do you say to your former cia colleagues, your friends who are still serving in the agency, should they stay or should they go? >> this was not meant to be a recommendation to any of my now former colleagues. this was the personal decision that i came to and came to very reluctantly. i.e. certainly understand those who are staying in place, and frankly i certainly hope there are good people who remain, who will not only offer their best advice and expertise to this admi

cheryl: mike pompeo slamming a report that said u.s. spice are with holding information from the president as the investigation into intelligence leaks. a former cia officer will tell us who he thinks behind it is. david: taxpayers may initially be on the hook to pay for the border wall but a new report says we'll make all that money back and much more. details to come. cheryl: confirmmation of president trump's cabinet moving at a crawl. one more in place. scott pruitt making it through the fire this afternoon. there are seven more to go. they won't be confirmed for at least another week. we'll tell you why. >> all they're doing is delaying. and if you look at schumer and the mess he has got over there, and they have nothing going. the only thing they can do is delay. dear predictable, there's no other way to say this. it's over. i've found a permanent escape from monotony. together, we are perfectly balanced, our senses awake, our hearts racing as one. i know this is sudden, but they say: if you love something... set it free. see you

> reporter: white house press secretary sean spicer would not confirm or deny that cia director mike pompeodefend the campaign. >> i'm not going to discuss what we did internally. >> reporter: nunes argued the probe is probably a dead end anyway. many folks is that there's nothing there. >> reporter: is he right that there's no evidence? >> well, first of all, we have not obtained any of the evidence yet. >> reporter: adam schiff is the top democrat on the house intelligence committee. >> we can't draw any conclusions, nor should we. we shouldn't be prejudging where the facts lead. >>> if father of the u.s. navy s.e.a.l. in a commando raid ordered by president trump is demanding an investigation. he said his son died "in a stupid mission." jan crawford has that. >> his family was there. incredible family, loved him so much, so devastated. >> reporter: president trump earlier this month described meeting the family of navy s.e.a.l. ryan owens when his body was returned to the u.s. but owens' father bill declined commander-in-chief. in an interview with the "miami herald," he said, "i told th

. >> reporter: there is a report this morning that you reached out directly to the cia director mike pompeo. did you directly contact him and ask them to knock down "the new york times" story on the russian connection? >> press secretary spicer: if i may, let me walk through the entire timeline. i think it is important. as i mentioned a week ago, the near times published a story about what they called contacts between members of the trump campaign and russian officials. the fbi deputy director was in a meeting here at the white house that morning. after the meeting concluded, he asked the chief of staff to stay back a second to tell him that the report in the near times was "b.s." for viewers at home, they can figure out what that means. i will leave it at that. at that time, the chief of staff said thank you for sharing that with me, can we let other people know that this story is not accurate? throughout the day, they went back and forth to see what they thought was appropriate, finally came to the conclusion that they did not want to get in the process of knocking down every story that t

officials in turkey say c-i-a director mike pompeo will visit the country tomorrow to discuss security issues. according to turkish sources the visit was decided during a phone call late last night between president trump and turkey's president. turkey's relations with the u-s have been strained over the extradition of a cleric here in the u-s who turkey accuses of trying to orchestrate a failed military coup this past summer. turkey has also been angered by u.s. support to syrian kurdish militia fighting islamic state forces so far u-s officials have not confirmed the trip. right now -- a live look at the senate floor- are pulling a second straight all-nighter to protest another one of trump's picks. this time- it's over attorney general nominee, senator jeff sessions. the vote to confirm sessions is scheduled for today. the president tweeted late last night- saying it's a "disgrace" that his full cabinet isn't in place yet. senator eliz abeth warren is now barred from speaking on the floor for the remainder of the debate on jeff sessions' nomination. warren earned a rare rebuke by th

careful with how they are reporting what happened. >> bret: a statement just in from the director mike pompeo he is answering claims that the intelligence is being withheld from the president. he says "it is the cia's mission to provide the best intelligence possible and explain the basis for the intelligence. the cia does not, has not, and will never hide intelligence from the president period. we are not aware of any instance that has occurred. today's "wall street journal" story is dead wrong and impugns the integrity of thousands of professional intelligence officers by peddling gossip without citing a single example to support its claims." >> this is the problem. you give "the wall street journal" reporters the benefit of the doubt. they didn't make this up. someone told it to them but you have the administration saying this is flatly untrue. we saw similar reports paired "washington post" reported a meeting that never happened. there's a lot of misinformation. i think trump is rightly aggravated and frustrated by the fact that there is a coordinated campaign of leaks out there. some of

as you know, mike pompeo is now taking control of the cia. james comey at fbi. dan coats is waiting to be approved. he is a senator and highly respected one. and he's still waiting to be approved. but our new people are going in. and just while you're at it because you mentioned this, "the wall street journal" did a story today that was almost as disgraceful as the failing "new york times'" story yesterday. and it talked about -- you saw front page. so director of national intelligence just put out acting, a statement. any suggestion that the united states intelligence community -- this was just given to us, is withholding information and not providing the best possible intelligence to the president and his national security team is not true. so they took this front page story out of "the wall street journal" and they just wrote the story. but it's not true. and i'll tell you something. e i'll be honest because i sort of enjoy this back and forth. but i haven't seen more dishonest media than the political media. i thought the financial media was much better. but

trump administration and any way, is it someone like sheld whon voted yes to pick cia director mike pompeo? >> i think democrats are certainly disincentivized to work with donald trump especially as she's seen as increasingly incompetent. that's what it's going to come down with trump voters who wavered and went with trump how the competency of this west wing looking at this executive order on immigration and what an utter disaster it was. donald trump, the white house just doesn't seem to have it's act together. and appointing nominees like betsy devos that couldn't come up and couldn't perform when they were in prime time. >> she still got confirmed. >> barely. >> that's exactly -- look at how much uprising that caused though. and you look at the numbers of democrats and americans, republicans even who are calling in and flooding these congressional offices. you look at the women's march being the largest march ever happen in this country. it is a real force, there is a real opportunity for genuine protest movement here, and i think it is getting into president trump's head. >> let's tal

last year, mike pompeo, now c.i.a. director, said prison was not enough for snowden. >> i think the proper outcome would be that he would be given a death sentence. >> we asked mr. snowden's aclu lawyer about his possible return. team snowden has received no such signals and has no new reason for concern. in december, mr. snowden himself said he wasn't worried. >> they're going to be some kind of deal, where trump says hey, look, you know, give this guy to me. as some kind of present. am i worried about it? not really. i know i did the right thing. >> i think this is one of those rare cases where the stakes are so high, the diplomatic implications so deep, that anything can happen. i think at the end of the day, moscow holds the cards here. >> the justice department told nbc news the u.s. would welcome snowden's return. the kremlin told us that the talk of returning snowden to the u.s. was nonsense. and the white house? had no comment. and just moments ago, edward snowden reacted to our reporting, tweeting, finally, ir

cia director mike pompeo was in turkey this week, his first trip, and possibly the first step to resettingelations with a country that plays a key role in u.s. strategy in syria. so interesting to hear from the masseter. he's very clear. thanks. next on "full measure." presid z23wpz z5yz y23wpy y5yy u.s. history is written in red ink. except for about a year in the 1800's, debt has been a constant. it's now approaching a staggering $20 trillion. president trump is reportedly working a on skinny budget that will reduce federal spending by $10 trillion over 10 years. but he's also called for increases in spending. scott thuman takes a look at a pending budget battle. congressman mark walker: we've got to get the spending under control and we hope the administration will also begin to make this a high priority as well. scott: mark walker heads the house republican study committee. a coalition of conservative lawmakers and made up of some serious deficit hawks. congressman mark walker: many of the members who are now serving had that as part of their platform in running for the united states c

white house enlisted cia director mike pompeo as well as the republican chairs of the house and senate intelligence committees, congressman devin nunes and senator richard burr to counter and discredit stories in calls with reporters. in a press conference today house chairman nunes emphasized multiple times as of now he hasn't seen any evidence connecting the trump campaign to russia. >> we still have not seen any evidence of anyone from the trump campaign or any other campaign for that matter that's communicated with the russian government. mere at the committee we still don't have evidence of them talking to russians. as of right now, the initial inquiries i've made to the appropriate agencies i don't have any evidence. i don't have any evidence that would -- of any phone calls. what i've been told is by many -- by many folks is that there's nothing there. we don't have any evidence right now. the way it sounds like to me is it's been looked into and there's no evidence of anything there. there is no evidence that i've been presented of regular contact. if you all have american citi

mike pompeo fresh on the job slamming a report claiming that u.s. spies withhold sensitive intelligence from the president. he said they will never hide intelligence from the president period. we aren't aware of any instance when that has occurred. today's "wall street journal" storing is dead wrong and impaouns the integrity of thousands of intelligence officers by peddling gossip. former c.i.a. officer buck sexton here and nice to see you. the "wall street journal" does some terrific reporting. does pompeo have it right or not? >> i think he is right with regard to policy. it would be a betrayal of the c.i.a.'s mission, their core mission, to give anything but the absolute best intelligence and best analysis that they could to the commander-in-chief. he is the top of the intel food chain. doesn't get any higher and he has complete access to everything the united states government is doing with regard to national security. for a few officers -- i believe if this is true, which i find pretty unlikely. if it is true that anybody withheld it would be

we now have dan coats hopefully soon, mike pompeo and james comey and they are in position, so i hope we will be able to straighten that out without using anybody else. the person you mentioned is very talented and very successful, and he has offered his services. it is something we may take advantage of, but i do not think we will need that at all because of the fact that i think that we are going to be able to straighten it out very easily on its own. as far as the general is concerned, when i first heard about it, i said, that doesn't sound right. my counsel came, white house counsel, and he told me, and i asked him, and he can speak very well for himself, he said he doesn't think anything is wrong, really didn't think -- it was really what happened after that, but he didn't think anything was done wrong. i didn't either because i waited a period of time and started to think about it. to me, he was doing the job. the information was provided by, who i don't know, sally yates. i was a little surprised because i said, that doesn't sound like he did anything wrong there. but he did so

if you look at rex tillerson, jim mathis, mike pompeo, dan coats to be confirmed as director of national intelligence and h.r. mcmaster -- this is a highly skilled team. but they have to come together and gel to get the processes up and running so that we can add greater texture to the trump foreign-policy. host: national security adviser is not a job that requires a senate confirmation that a story from roll call yesterday -- h.r. mcmaster will need a senate confirmation if he wants to keep his three stars as lieutenant general. the job will entail a demotion unless the senate signs off. the story noting that the process is already underway. new hampshire, ron, good morning. caller: good morning. as always, you guys have the guys have theou greatest guests. thank you so much. for your guest, i have a question and comment. i will start with my question. russia, we have been having the russian jets diving at our ships in the mediterranean. aggressive and basically stupid. donald trump just doesn't have what it takes -- he is going to end up shooting down one of the jets and we could end u

as you know, mike pompeo is now taking control of the cia. james comey at fbi. dan coats is waiting to be approved. i mean, he is a senator, and a highly respected one, and he is still waiting to be approved. but our new people are going in. and just while you are at it, because you mentioned this, "wall street journal" did a story today that was almost as disgraceful as the failing "new york times's" story yesterday. and it talked about -- you saw it front page. so director of national intelligence just put out acting, a statement, any suggestion that the united states intelligence community -- this was just given to us -- is withholding information is not providing the best possible intelligence to the president and his national security team is not true. so they took this front page story out of the "wall street journal" top and they just wrote the story that is not true. i'll tell you something -- i will be honest. i sort of enjoy this back and forth and i have all my life but i have never seen more dishonest people than frankly the political media. i though

cia director mike pompeo will visit turkey tomorrow. >>> a setback for president trump's fight againsterrorism, yemen says the u.s. can no longer run special operations ground missions in the country. the suspension of commando operations follows last month's commando raid which resulted in a deadly fire fight. children were killed as well as a member of u.s. s.e.a.l. team six william owens. >>> betsy devos was sworn in as the nation's education secretary. >> of the office upon which i am about to enter. >> of the office upon which i am about to enter. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> the vote in the senate was 50/50. that required vice president mike pence to cast the deciding vote. the first time that has ever had to happen for cabinet appointment. president trump's nominee to the supreme court, judge neil gorsuch, continues to make the rounds on capitol hill. gorsuch met with chuck schumer yesterday. schumer described gorsuch as very smart, bright and capable, but said he has serious, serious concerns. schumer said gorsuch avoided answers like the plague. schumer did not say

. >>> and turkish officials say they are expecting a visit from mike pompeo tomorrow. topping the agenda, turkey's extradition request for a cleric accused of planning the failed military coup last summer. he'll also discuss u.s. support for syrian kurdish fighters. turkey considers them terrorists. >>> former vice president joe biden getting back to work. going to lead two new academic centers one at the university of pennsylvania focusing on diplomacy and national security. the second will be at biden's alma mater, the university of delaware. that one will deal with domestic issues such as civil rights, criminal justice and the environment. >>> first tom brady's jersey and now something else, another piece of super bowl memorabilia is missing. >>> a pile of smoldering debris is all that's left after an explosion levels a home overnight. we have the video. >>> two bumbling burglars and failed attempt to break into a store but successful with their bruises this morning. >>> massive explosion has destroyed a house in akron, ohio, and sent at least one to the hospital. i

in case you missed it, here are a few program c-span viewer saw last week he kansas congressman mike pompeo'swearing in. >> the duties of the office about -- upon which i am about enter. so help me god. questioning congressman tom price. >> you bought over 400,000 shares with discounts as much as on cheaper than the price the australian stock exchange. and you were sitting, at the time, i committees who have jurisdiction over major health care programs and trade policies. yes or no? doesn't this show bad judgment? >> british lawmakers discussing their prime minister's visit to washington. >> in her forthcoming meeting with trump, she will be prepared to offer up for sacrifice the opportunity of american companies to come in and take over parts of our nhs or public services. >> trump's visit to the department of homeland security. >> the secretary of homeland security will begin immediate construction of a border wall. [applause] >> house democratic leader nancy pelosi reacting to trump's claim of voter fraud. >> all we want is the truth for the american people. i frankly feel sad about the pr

if you look at rex tillerson and jim mathis as secretary, mike pompeo as director of h.r. mcmaster,nd this is a highly skilled team but they will have to come together, gel to get the internal processes up and running so that we can add greater texture to the from foreign-policy. the sooner they do that, the better. host: that job requires a senate confirmation, but an interesting note, a story from a call yesterday, other papers reporting this. mcmaster would need a senate confirmation if he wants to keep his three stars as lieutenant general. detail the motion unless the senate signs off. unless a process is already underway in the senate, they will be looking for that. ron is in west chesterfield new hampshire, a democrat. good morning. guest: good morning, c-span. caller: you always have the greatest guest. thank you so very much. for your guest, i have a question and a comment. i will start with my question. russia, we have been having these russian jets diving at our ships off the mediterranean and and being very aggressive basically stupid. --ald trump just doesn't

the new director of the cia, mike pompeo, will visit turkey later on thursday — his first foreign triphe'll have talks with government officials about the war in syria, and turkey's extradition request for a us—based cleric accused of orchestrating the attempted coup last year. the us senate has voted in favour of one of president trump's most controversial cabinet nominees. known to be a hardliner on immigration, jeff sessions will be the next attorney general, and will lead thejustice department as it defends the president's travel ban. here's the moment the vote was confirmed. the ayes are 52, the nays are a7. inaudible. i'm inaudible. and one senator responded present. the nomination is confirmed. applause. more than 30 years ago, mr sessions was denied a post as a federaljudge when he was accused of racism, something he's always denied. our correspondent, richard lister has more from washington. well, 30 years ago, he was nominated to be a judge. during the confirmation hearings then, there were allegations that he had used racist language in talking to colleagues. that was someth

director mike pompeo was asked to defend the campaign: >> i'm not going to discuss what we did internally. >> reporter: nunes argued the probe is probably a dead end anyway. >> from what i've been told by many folks is that there's nothing there. >> reporter: is he right that there's no evidence? >> well, first of all, we have not obtained any of the evidence yet. >> reporter: adam schiff is the top democrat on the house intelligence committee. >> we can't draw any conclusions, nor should we. we shouldn't be prejudging where the facts lead. >> reporter: schiff added that he is not convinced yet that the f.b.i. will share all the information it gathers with congress. scott, cbs news has learned that it's the f.b.i.'s counterintelligence division that is leading this investigation. >> pelley: nancy cordes on capitol hill. and at the other end of pennsylvania avenue, our chief white house correspondent major garrett. major, we learned some details today of the president's domestic agenda. >> reporter: yes, on the political front, scott, the white house and top republican leaders trying to pu

director mike pompeo and heatedly complained about reports the agency was withholding intelligence from. mr. trump told pompeo to stop the damaging leaks to the press. >> how do they write a story like that in the "wall street journal" without asking me? >> reporter: pompeo denied the withholding of information. the director said in a statement, adding: but sources tell cbs news there is a chill in the flow of intelligence to the white house. it is in part a consequence of critical comments from the president about the intelligence community. there is also anxiety that sensitive information about russian meddling in the 2016 election could be mishandled. another problem for the white house-- no national security adviser to replace michael flynn, who was forced to resign earlier this week. retired vice admiral robert harward, turned down the post when the white house rejected harward's request to hire his own staff. one candidate for the position is former c.i.a. director david petraeus. at a security conference in munich, petraeus told the "wall street journal" flynn's replacement must

mike pompeo is a superb choice. ofwill get to the bottom what is going on in the international departments of our government. guest: are you cap -- host: are you confident in director comey? guest: i am not. i think he has beeincompent and in attendant to his constitutional responsibilities. -est: let's go to host: let's go to linda -- host: let's good to linda and alabama. caller: good mning -- in alabama. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i'm confused about how the republicans want to remove the immigrants from coming in, yet they don't want backn checks on guns anymore. checksed -- background on guns anymore. i watched yesterday when they repealed the background checks. host: go ahead, finisyour thought. caller: i'm just wondering how they are so lopsided. wantay they don't immigrants in, but they want everybody to have guns. guest: where do you start with that? beginning with immigrants, our nation was built on immigration. unless you are a full blooded american indian on both sides, you are an

it quieted down once the president got his team in there, mike pompeo, things quieted down but heating up again with the president's criticism over the leaks. just because it is intelligence information that was leaked doesn't mean it was leaked by the intelligence community or cia, right? big difference. but he is now criticizing them. i think ultimately the morale will depend not on the public criticism, the morale will depend on whether the intelligence community believes the president is listening to what they have to say, has an open mind about what they have to say, he doesn't have to agree but he has to listen. >> dickerson: tom, in picking a new national security advisor, i mean the president has somebody in an interim position there. but how much of the job can an interim period do when they are not there for long-term? in other words, tell me why this has to be filled so quickly. and then on top of that, tell me where the big area in the country, in the world that concerns you right now. >> yes. it is exceedingly difficult to do this on an interim basis, right? you can make t

all that as the new director of the cia — mike pompeo — arrives in turkey for his first foreign tript mark lowen, who's in istanbul. top of the agenda is the fight against islamic state. turkey is hugely against the involvement of the kurdish militia in syria, because it sees that militia of links to its own kurdish militants in turkey, the pkk, whom turkey and the west classify as a terrorist organisation. turkey wants assurances from the us that they might lessen their support from the kurdish militia in syria. they will discuss the so—called safe zones in syria, cleared of armed groups perhaps for refugees to go back to. turkey has called for that and donald trump has voiced support for it in recent days, although russia is lukewarm. there's also the turkish parrot who's been living in the us for 18 years and whom turkey claims orchestrated the failed coup last year, although he denies involvement. turkey wants its extradition as soon as possible, though they will have to go through a judicial process. this is a bridge building exercise with the new trump white house, after relati