mr pompeo was stronger.sians had hacked and that it was aggressive moves from the senior leadership. he said the needed to be a robust response. in an interesting exchange, he said it was probably correct to assume that mr putin was feeling successful about his attem pts feeling successful about his atte m pts to feeling successful about his attempts to disrupt american democracy. and there was a swirl of speculative a few minutes ago after marine le pen was apparently spotted in trump tower in new york. can you bring us up to date about what has been said over that? we knew that she was there because the pool reporter took a photograph of her but she declined to comment on why she was there. there is a journalist on the site who has just said that a trump spokesman said that she is not meeting with mr trump or his team. we do not know why she is there. we may find out but thank you for now, barbara. sir malcolm rifkind is a former chair of the intelligence and security committee, he's in our westminster stu

mr. pompeo, for coming to visit. at a time when the president-elect is on record supporting torture, blocking americans' ability to protect themselves with strong encryption, and has encouraged the outsourcing of intelligence gathering to the russians, it's my view you're going to have an enormous challenge to be an advocate for honorable policies. it's already clear that several key member of the president-elect's national security team advocate illegal policies. so this morning, my view is we need to find out what you're for. and i'm just going to tick through some of the issues we talked about in the office. let's start with surveillance, if we could. you recently wrote an op-ed article saying that congress ought to pass a new law reestablishing collection of all metadata. those are your words, all metadata. so you would basically get the congress and the country back into the business of collecting millions and millions of phone records on law abiding people. you go on in this op-ed article to say that these phon

mr. chairman. congressman pompeo, welcome. as we discussed, i always believe that an outside view in an agency that tends to be not tends to be, but is secretive, is an important point of view, so i appreciate your willingness to serve. the larger question. the great foreign policy mistakes of my lifetime, vietnam, the bay of pigs, and iraq, all were based on my in one way or another, on bad intelligence. or, more accurately, intelligence that was tailored to fit the demands of the policymakers. you can't read the history of those decisions without coming to that conclusion. there is no more intimidating spot on the face of this earth than the oval office. will you commit to giving the commander-in-chief, the president, unpleasant news that may be inconsistent with his policy preferences based upon the best intelligence that the cia can develop? >> senator, you have my commitment. and while today i am going to avoid talking about conversations at the president and i have with as much energy and effort as i can, i can tell you

mr. pompeo, but some republicans have voted against him including rand paul of kentucky because of his concernspansive surveillance. that issue among civil libertarians still exist, but mike pompeo looks like he'll get the job as cia director. >> crucial vote could happen any minute. you heard manu say it will happen, he will pass tonight. >>> up next jeanne moos on how the internet exploded over kellyanne conway's alternative facts. >> our press secretary gave alternative facts. by the time you head to the bank and wait to get approved for a home loan, that newly listed, mid-century ranch with the garden patio will be gone. or you could push that button. [dong] [rocket launching] skip the bank, skip the waiting, and go completely online. get the confidence that comes from a secure, qualified mortgage approval in minutes. lift the burden of getting a home loan with rocket mortgage by quicken loans. [whisper: rocket] >>> it's a new catch phrase taking the world and even merriam webster by storm. >> reporter: remember the days when sergeant joe friday used to say, all we want are the facts, ma'am

mr. pompeo's confirmation vote.eal quickly on issue of obamacare, there was an executive order signed yesterday it is practical in telling agencies to waiver and defer parts of the affordable care act till republicans can repeal and replace. does this put more pressure on congress to act, now that you havenumber of parts of bill stripped out putting pressure own the individual mandate. >> what is putting pressure is premiums are increasing. my home state of texas there was 34%. that is a pretty big increase. people's deductibles are going up to almost $10,000. >> i get you're saying that is what is pressuring you to act, congress to act. but at same time you've had a few weeks now. doesn't seem like there is a piece of legislation yet, or repeal but there is replacement hasn't been offered? >> there are five bills been dropped that deal were -- with the replacement plan. we need to get consensus on one of these plans. also the head of hhs has a whole lot of tools available to him to deal with this issue, right? the

mr. pompeo will have to complete and sometimes tweak the re reorganization -- the reorganization of his predecessor. while congressman pompeo and i disagree on many issues, i support his nomination. i believe he can be a good leader for the c.i. -- c.i.a. and will cooperate with the s. s.s.c.i. and congress -- ssci and congress. the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. mr. burr: mr. president, i rise today to support mike pompeo as the next director of the c.i.a. and i thank my good friend and vice chairman of the intelligence committee, senator warner, for his comments. i'll vary slightly from senator warner in that i think the committee process provided every member of the committee a sufficient amount of time and opportunity to ask and to have answered every question one can query a full-term member of the united states congress, a member of the house intelligence committee, the committee -- representative pompeo made himself available to every member on the committee for a private meeting in their office, to the best of my knowledge, with no time limit. representative pompeo came

mr. pompeo demonstrated in the hearing that he called it like he saw it. that's what you want from a cia director. you don't want someone who always tells the president what the president already thinks. >> let me ask you about this controversy about this dossier, opposition research that came into the hands of intel committee, director clapper saying, confirming to donald trump, and confirming, really, for the public that, yes, it was included in briefing materials, they had it available. how often do you recall having to deal with uncorroborated things like that that you would share anyway because it could leak or because it could be used in a negative fashion? >> we were living, i suppose, in a rather quiet era from '93 to '95, comparatively speaking. but i think jim clapper can a perfectly reasonable thing in having access to this and believing that president-elect trump and president obama both ought to know about it. so he transmitted it to them. now, with it went from there and who had a hand, bloggers, russians, who is on first, i don't know is on

mr. pompeo and others. we're going to be putting in outstanding people. within 90 days they're going to be coming back to me with a major report on hacking. i want them to cover this situation. i also want them, however, to cover maybe most importantly because we're hacked by everybody. you know, the united states, our government, out of a list of 17 in terms of industries, is the worst. it's number 17 in terms of protection. if you look at the retail industry, if you look at the banking industry, various industries, out of 17 industries, they put this in a category of an industry, the united states is last in terms of protecting, let's say hacking defense. we had a great hacking defense at the republican national committee. that's why we weren't hacked. by the way, we were told they were trying to hack us, but they weren't able to hack, and i think i get some credit because i told reince and reince did a phenomenal job, but i said i want strong hacking defense. the democratic national committee didn't do that. maybe that's why the country runs so badly t

mr. pompeo, thank you for your testimony morning. for members we will recognize for based upon senior fenioseni minutes of questions. there is a closed session that will start promptly at 1 p.m. i will remind members that we are in open sessions and questions for representative pompeo should be limited to those that can be discussed and answered in open session and i trust that if you ask something that can't, the witness will make sure that he answers it when we get to closed session. with that, mike, i'm certain from your experience on the hipcy and your involvement in the house select committee on benghazi investigation, you understand how valuable intelligence can be to oversight. if asked by the committee, will you provide the raw intelligence and sourcing behind agency finished products and assessments if in fact this committee needs it to complete its job? >> senator, i have been on the other side of this and i know how central it is to make sure you have all that you need to perform your oversight function for intelligence co

mr. pompeo, thank you for your testimony this morning. for members, we will recognize based upon seniority for five minutes of questions. f i would note for members there is a closed session of this hearing that will start promptly at one p.m. i would remind members that we're in open session and that questions for representative pompeo today in this session should be limited to those that can be discussed and answered in open session, and i trust that if you ask something that can't, the witness will make sure that he answers it when we get to closed session.we with that, mike, i'm certain from your experience and involvement in the house select committee on men becausegy -- benghazi information, you understand -- investigation, you understand how valuable intelligence can be to oversight. if asked by the committee, will you provide the raw intelligence and sourcing behind agency finished products and assessments if, in fact, this committee needs it to complete its job? >> senator, i have been on the other side of this, and i know how ce

mr. pompeo and other, you know the senator, dan coates and we'll put in outstanding people. within 90 days back to me with a major report on hacking, i want them to cover this situation, i also want them, however, to cover maybe most importantly because we're hacked by everybody. you know, the united states, our government, out of a list of 17 in terms of intel industries is the worst, it's number 17 in terms of protection if you look at the retail industry, if you look at the banking industry, various industries, out of 17 industries, they put this in the category of an industry, the united states is last in terms of protecting, let's say, hacking defense like we had a great hacking defense at the republican national committee. that's why we weren't hacked. by the way, we were told they were trying to hack us but they weren't able to hack and i think i get some credit because i told reince and reince did a phenomenal job but i said i want strong hacking defense. the democr that's why the country runs so badly that way. but i will tell you, wait, wait, let me finish. within

mr. pompeo and other, you know the senator, dan coates and we'll put in outstanding people. within 90 days they'll be coming back to me with a major report on hacking, i want them to cover this situation, i also want them, however, to cover maybe most importantly because we're hacked by everybody. you know, the united states, our government, out of a list of 17 in terms of intel industries is the worst, it's number 17 in terms of protection if you look at the retail industry, if you look at the banking industry, various industries, out of 17 industries, they put this in the category of an industry, the united states is last in terms of protecting, let's say, hacking defense like we had a great hacking defense at the republican national committee. that's why we weren't hacked. by the way, we were told they were trying to hack us but they weren't able to hack and i think i get some credit because i told reince and reince did a phenomenal job but i said i want strong hacking defense. the democratic national committee didn't do that maybe that's why the country runs so badly tha

mr. pompeo. and others. you know the senator. dan coats. we're going to be putting in some outstanding people within 90 days they're going to be coming back to me. i want them to cover this situation. i also want them however to cover maybe most importantly, because we're hacked bid everybody. -- by everybody. you know the united states, our government, out of a list of 17 in terms of industries, is the worst, it's number 17, in terms of protection. if you look at the retail industry, if you look at the banking industry, various industries. out of 17 industries, they put this in the category of an industry. the united states is last in terms of protecting let's say hacking defense like we had a great hacking defense at the republican national convention. that's why we weren't hacked. by the way we were told they were trying to hack us and i think i get some credit because i told reince. i said i want strong hacking defense. the democratic national maybe that's why the country runs so badly that way. let me finish. within 90 days, we will be

pompeo a congressman from kansas has been confirmed as the new director of the cia. 53—year—old mr pompeoserved in the gulf war in the early 90s. he's now responsible for the country's world—wide network of spies, and has called russian attempts to influence the presidential election an aggressive action. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: they've got the happiest kids in the world but why? we travel to the netherlands to find out. the shuttle challenger exploded soon after liftoff. there were seven astronauts on board, one of them a woman school teacher. all of them are believed to have been killed. by the evening, tahrir square, the heart of official cairo, was in the hands of the demonstrators. they were using the word "revolution". the earthquake singled out buildings, and brought them down in seconds. tonight, the search for any survivors has an increasing desperation about it as the hours pass. the new government is firmly in control of the entire republic of uganda. moscow got its first taste of western fast food, as mcdonald's opened their biggest restaurant, in pushkin squa

mr. pompeo and others, you know the senator dan coates, we will be putting in outstanding people. within 90 days, they are going to be coming back to me with a major report on hacking. i want them to cover this situation. i also want them to cover, maybe most importantly -- because we're hacked by everybody. you know, the united states, our government, out of a list of 17 in terms of industries, is the worst. it's number 17 in terms of protection. if you look at the retail industry, the banking industry, various industries, out of 17 industries, they put this in the caegory of an industry, the united states is last in terms of protecting -- let's say hacking defense. we had a great hack defense at the republican national committee, that's why we weren't hacked. by the way, we were told they were trying to hack us, but they weren't able to hack and i think i got some credit because i told reince and reince did a phenomenal job. but i told reince, i want stroke hacking defense. the democratic national committee didn't do that, maybe that's why the country runs so badly that way. wai

mr. pompeo came in open with us then we go in closed. and in both we pushed him hart. we were trying to find out if he going to do the job he is going to be challenged to do with the cia to protect us to make sure we're informed. with that, we'll see. >> i want all to be safe, every time i hear hacking, in the back of my mind are we doing that. you don't want to ask that question. >> all countries have intelligence gathering, how they use it, hacking is illegal in united states. if it's illegal in united states and we find another country hacking us, should we not have a broad base of sanctions that say if you pick this is punishment you are going to get. rather than case by case, whoever it might be, shouldn't we say this is what you are going to face. >> it's financial things that hits the hardist. >> put tin is rich guy. >> but the country is hurting. that's the way you are can hurt him. if he tries to change the way we do business, how we elect our leaders, if you put enough hurting on his economy, he -- not hurt us. >> i hope so. we have to give a person a chance.

mr. pompeo Ãthe head of the cia, if he doesn't want to ever give in order that he better get prepared tof donald trump comes out the other way. there are policydisagreements that can be finessed . there are other ones that cannot be. we will see who the men and women are made of and we will see what the president leaves once he is office. now, we just don't know. >> it's allunfolding. good to see you , asalways. >> judy and eric . calling for peace in the middle east.how they are trying to bring israel and the palestinians back to the negotiating table. as president-elect trump ties withrussia or question , the vice president-elect says better relationships with the crandall and would be a good thing. our next guest weizen. [music] >> time for the top of the news. young refugees fleeing from war-torn nations. it comes after another tragic shipwreck in the mediterranean. it was only for survivors. >> overrun with patients who have been caught in the crossfire and model. this is as troops began to battle ice aspires to retake the key city. doctor say they are running low on beds and medica

mr. pompeo that he knows how to fix that relationship and it's a great asset for the president. >> i hope the new administration will not try to return to mass surveillance programs that don't work, aren't supported by american people and invade our civil liberties. >> also, mr. trump secretary of state nominee exxon mobile ceo rex tillerson who we know has come under criticism for business deals in russia and yesterday his nomination cleared senate committee which means he moves to full confirmation snrot senate next week. potential t'eo not a surprise that maryland democrats voted virginia democrats cane and water both voted for pompeo confirmation saying they believe he does have experience to lead the agency and that he will keep it impartial agency. >> live on capitol hill i'm melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". >> time now 5:33 with stroke of pen president doneal truldp fulfilled a campaign promise and kill the pacific trade act and hiring freeze on federal workers and prohibiting federal funding of foreign non governments organizations that pro poet or provide aborgs and trump met

mr. pompeo. i am very high on general mattis, who i have only met once in a close session at hoover. knew his former chief of staff general mcchrystal. i am very sorry he is not in the administration. if there is one guy i would recruit, it is stamina mcchrystal. charlie: how about david the trays? hugh: the one thing, two threats, the people's republic of china and their surgeon to the south china sea with artificial islands, huge problem, then this bread of radical islamic terrorism. putin does not scare me. he doesn't worry me the way those two threats worry me, and they weren't much discussed. charlie: economically and otherwise. hugh: dr. kissinger, the last chapter is so chilling, there are to bring parties, the tigers and the capitalists, and if the tigers get in control, we are in a rocky 4-8 years. charlie: they seem to argue primarily it is the military. hugh: yes, that is what dr. kissinger argued. at the same time, xi jinping has amassed a huge amount of power. hugh: he is little exposed to meet in the way previous leaders were not. do you think he is a man of growth and

mr. pompeo was just approved affirmed by the senate. he is a fantastic guy. he is going to be the head of the cia. you will have somebody fabulous as opposed to the character that just got out. he was not fobabulous at all. and he will i think do a great job, and he is, you know -- i haven't gone into great detail but i will tell you i have spoken to others. in intelligence. and they are big believers in as an example, waterboarding. >> reporter: you did tell me. >> it does work. >> reporter: you told me during one of the debates that you would bring back waterboarding and a hell of a lot worse in your words. >> i want to keep our country safe. i want to keep our country safe. >> reporter: what does that mean? >> when they are chopping off the heads of other people. when they are chopping off the heads of people because they happen on a christian, and isis is doing things that n heard o times, wo water waterboarding? as f we going with general mattis, and say. i have spoken as recently as hours ago with people at thequestion. does torture work? and the answer

mr. pompeo will get confirmed tomorrow as word has it or this week sometime?i don't know whether or not it's going to be tomorrow because that senator schumer said today, the senate has never confirmed as cia director on the first day or after only one day of consideration. so i think what chuck schumer was saying is we are going to move a little bit more slowly than the president would like. look, the president did not do is nominate any favors yesterday to the cia. there is a 15 minute speech which was aimed at making peace with the intelligence agents who he had insulted. he wound up spending three minutes of that 15 minute speech assailing the press. that wound up to be the headline. that did not do mike pompeo any favors. that said, i have to tell you that i think might pompeo is very popular. he's well respected on the hill and i think he will become termed absent a new explosion of some kind of information are scandals that happen to emerge so far. but democrats have now made clear they are not going to give any of this swamp cabinet nominees an easy ri

mr. pompeo said i will not follow the order and they will resign or they will follow it and carry out the's direction, but it's president-elect trump who make it is policy, it's a good way to flush out what they think, but ultimately it's what the president-elect thinks and not them. >> dana, what do you think? >> i completely agree that the buck stops with the commander in chief. the fact is that this is somebody who has never been in an elected office, he's never been in a position dealing with these issues ever. he's a successful businessman that's the reason he got elected to deal for the most part with jobs issues, with trade issues and things like when is north korea going to launch a missile or should we remain really active in nato and on down the line he just doesn't have experience on that, so my understanding is that is why he went to great lengths to elect general mattis and 81 senators voted to change the law that congress put in place to make sure a fundamental democracy civilian leadership of the pentagon said you know what that shouldn't apply to this guy and by the way wh

but as mr pompeo and the other inductees move into position, trump supporters expect the way intelligenced to change. it is very convenient for them to delegitimise again donald trump. they don't like him, they don't want him, they want mrs clinton and they want barack obama, who appointed them. but remember, you are gonna have a whole new group of people running these agencies as soon as his appointees are confirmed by the senate. with that happening, you are good to see a change with that happening, you are going to see a change in tone and temperament. what did mi6 do with the reports it received? the government today was remaining tight—lipped. but one person familiar with the service's procedures told me that mi6 wouldn't normally circulate such material if it wasn't aware of the identity of sources from which it was drawn. so the answer seems to be, they kept it largely to themselves. i think it would have been a pretty borderline case if the material was not well sourced, if the source wasn't identified, and if the source couldn't be assessed in terms of reliability or access and c

mr. pompeo was sworn in last night to lead the nation's spy agency. this morning, there were five executive orders signed by the president. although there were five, all of these surrounded really two things, the keystone xl and the dakota access pipeline, these five executive orders essentially make it easier to give the green light for those two projects to eventually go forward, and then this morning at 9:00. it all started with three of the top automakers, that being ford, gm and chrysler. the ceo's were here meeting with him. i asked the secretary sean spicer, why it was the auto industry that got the first really industry centric meeting here with the new president and mr. spicer told me, it was because basically these are companies that could help boost manufacturing in the united states and it was the president himself earlier today, liz, who said that he wants to make it easier for these companies to do business and manufacture their products here in the united states. back to you liz: thank you, blake. transcanada popping and they are going

mr. pompeo and say we expect you to issue a statement. >> to be undermined by the people in the cia. ust -- not pompeo but the people who work there if he continues this. >> this is all about branding. let's be simple here. what he's setting himself up to do is -- the cia has a deep organization. five days in the president-elect after he becomes president with his new director will say mike pompeo transformed the place. that culture doesn't get changed. he'll say, look, the cia is new. >> i had john brennan on my podcast a week and a half ago. he said, if the president-elect as president continues this kind of rhetoric what's going to happen is you'll have a mass exodus of very experienced people from the cia and it will endanger the country. so the stakes are really large here for this kind of skirmish. >> rebecca, he was very forceful. he was very forceful, donald trump, not once but twice, saying some of the actions of the cia against him in recent days reminded him of nazi germany. you saw john brennan react so angrily to that comment, making a comparison to the cia and nazi germa

mr. pompeo.he specter, liz, the scandal engulfing the nation's intelligence community, president-elect donald trump as well as russia, it casts a long shadow over the confirmation hearing today on capitol hill. members of the senate intelligence committee did grill representative pompeo, the nominee to be cia director about russia's interference in the u.s. election. pompeo says he believes russian hacking was the result of aggressive action ordered by russian leaders. take a listen. >> i have no doubt that the discourse that has been taking place is something that vladmir putin would look at and say, wow, that was among the objectives that i had to sow doubt among the american political community, to suggest somehow that american democracy was not unique. reporter: russia was the undercurrent at hearing today because general james mattis told members of the senate armed services committee that russia and vladmir putin are trying to break the nato alliance and that the united states must support

mr. pompeo. don't know senator coats but i am told he's good on the intel community. >> rose: john mccain is good. i'm high on general mattis. i only met him once but knew his former chief of staff. i know general mcchrystal. i'm sorry he's not in this administration. if there's one guy i would recruit is stanley mcchrystal. >> rose: how about david petraeus. >> yes. there is a ministry of all talents. the one thing i don't think the campaign allowed to develop is a sense of urgency around the world represented by the near peer status of the people eats republic to china and their insurgence into the south china sea and the spread of islamic terrorism. putin doesn't worry the way those two. >> rose: china is a strong -- dr. kissinger's book, the tigers and capitalists, and if the tigers get control we're in for a rocky eight years. >> rose: who are the tigers there. they seem to argue primarily the military. >> that's what dr. kissinger argued. i listen to him. >> rose: but at the same time xi ji

mr. pompeo. >> i don't see any problems for either one.e known jim mattis as a pin pal for several years. we exchanged e-mails a couple of times on strategy and energy issue and very knowledgeable too. >> he's a very impressive fellow and i'm just delighted with both of these nominations. i don't see any problems that i perceive for either one. >> okay. now let's talk about the extraordinary series of events. cnn as you know reported that the intel community presented mr. trump with two pages of reports and russian operatives to claim to have some sort of compromising information on mr. trump. why do you think the intel community included that in their briefing to him. >> i don't know. i don't know what the substance is and it's hard to make a judgment without knowing that but the fact that the russians if that's who it was was distributing it it's also a fact that the leaders of the country ought to know and it's all tied up in the business of whether the fake evidence was generated by one of the blogs and you have to know what people are

mr. pompeo does. he's respected among democrats and in the future. and that's going to be a problem.fficers will see and president trump said this during his speech. they'll believe this segment of it. and an indication of the president's intent toward the cia but he can't continue. that is the president can't continue to mock the cia and he can't continue to show up at cia headquaters and talk about how many times he has been on time magazine. >> the congressman also said in his series of responses to lawmakers during this confirmation process that he would be willing to revisit the interrogation tactics such as water boarding. how is that revelation as well as what mr. trump did in the cia going over in the halls of the pentagon where you are. >> he has convinced him that torna torture may not be the best way to go. the u.s. military and intelligence community in the ranks very much knowing that law has been changed. how all of this is going over and in the u.s. military certainly full of american citizens that voted for the candidate of their choice but these are nonpolitical orga

mr. pompeo this morning. p values there opinion. you cannot say in word how much respect he has whether it is oreral madison -- madison pompeo. you cannot say in deeds or action. the first up he made was to the cia because of how much he values the work they do and how much respect he has. final think there is much more he can do to show. sevenn you talk about the countries, the majority countries, talking to formal officials of the administration, they are saying what you are doing is different. much more restrictive. what do you say to that? mr. spicer: we are putting the safety of americans first. we're not going to sit and wait. the president is going to be proactive. not said and wait and see if it will happen again. you will do everything he can to face every potential threat. that is key. ?ow do we get ahead of threats how do we keep america ahead of the curve? that is what the president has done, he has made sure every way possible we get down the secure path of putting america's safe security first. theks you suggested over

pompeo. this is not just a fight between john brennan, who will be leaving soon, i presume, and mr. trump. this has two other characteristics that i think are critical in the coming weeks that relate to the nominee, that is, it's a message to the workforce that when the president speaks out, the cia director will speak out publicly to defend the workforce. believe me, the people around the water coolers in langley, virginia, cia headquarters, are watching this. and the second message implicit in this is to mike pompeo. if this continues after mr. pompeo is confirmed, the workforce will be saying the previous director not only protected us privately but spoke out publicly, will you do the same. this is sort of a preface to a book. that book will be written by the new cia director. the contents are pretty simple. is he going to protect the workforce in the face of attacks by his new boss. >> that's going to be a good book. the question is will it be a thriller or -- >> a crdrama. >> exactly. bob baer, one more question on this front. the senate intelligence committee says it will investigate

mr. pompeo, senators can ask them almost anything under the sun.they can drill down on any of these questions and say are there relationships. do you feel uncomfortable if there are relationships. what would you do if you found out -- i mean, the hearing processes are really tough things. >> let me -- hold on, hilary. let me restate bakari's question. hilary, i promise i'll let you get in. wouldn't the american people, the american voter be better served by donald trump being more transparent about his business holdings, about his tax records so they will now without a doubt that there are no conflicts of interest with russia, that he may not have favorable opinions or statements about russia or assange or what have you or putin because there's some sort of conflict of interest or that he owes the government somehow. >> i think that's what the hearing process was about. but also what the last year and a half was about. vetting candidates. what was important to them. i understand there are some people who believe the tax returns were the number one

mr. pompeo is confirmed. >> what the former director is talking about is giving a political statement aboutwd size and the like in front of the wall of heroes. he was talking about the appropriateness of that. do you care to comment on the appropriateness of that? >> i just think that what i'm looking for are indications. the president has given indications in the past that he might not be that mindful and not be that attentive to what the community intelligence has to tell them in terms of their reports and their assessments. i think he's giving indication that he will. that's the really important thing. that's the nub of the matter. i hope that his first steps is a greater degree of attention to the intelligence community and the product that they put before him. >> let's talk about that for just a second. as john mentioned at the beginning, you're a former ambassador to iraq. one of the other things that he said in his speech had to do with iraq and oil. listen to this, ambassador. >> the old expression to the victor belong the spoils. you remember i used to say keep the oil. i wasn't a

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mr. pompeo, on the issue of climate change, i understand you aren't a scientist. what i'd like to know and what i want to hear from you is, i want a cia director who is willing to accept the overwhelming weight of evidence when presented, even if it turns out to be politically inconvenient or require you to change a previ s previously held position. so what i want to hear from you is a guarantee that when presented with that evidence, you are willing to then take a position that defers to the weight of that evidence, even if it requires you to change a previously held position that may have been politically helpful to you or a position that you have taken during your tenure in elected office. >> senator, you have my commitment to that. i'm an engineer by training. facts and data matter, and you have my assurance if i'm confirmed in my role as cia director, i will look at the evidence and give a straight-up answer to you and all the policymakers to whom i have a responsibility. >> thank you. >> congressman pompeo, this brings to a close the open session of this hea

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. >> the confirmation hearing mike pompeo took hard line on putin. this is looking forward mr. director, let's watch. >> there are unsubstantiated media reports contacts between trump campaign and the russian if confirmed will commit to exploring the questions refer the information that you discovery to the fbi. >> i promise to pursue the facts wherever they take us. the intelligence agencies has that function you'll have my commitment ill do that with respect to this issue and each and every issue as well. >> mr. per nel, i think that's a tricky question, one of the parts of your book you talk about one of the reason, city out of the city, to keep the spies away from washington and the political fiction. is it going to be tricky to have the cia investigating the guy -- mr. mike pompeo about his right malicious involvement with the russian before the campaign over. was the engagement by him with the russian that helped his campaign. that's a fruitful area of investigation. how do you do that while the president is in office? >> you do it very careful. the reality is the fbi wou

mr. pompeo and i was very heartened by our telephone call in which you show that you felice understood the role that you have as california a director to keep the committee well-informed. co and then to find there was more to the story and that there were omissions and even more frustrating those leaks that have come from the industry should not necessarily the california. i think that erodes the trust that is essential for us to perform the oversight function that is critical if you don't have the regular oversight and just for the record so reassure me europe again of your willingness to work with this committee. >> i understand this is a unique space where we operate and to handle all appropriate in to do that this committee has a relationship that is forthright each and every day. >> turn to the issue of cyberthreat with the obsession of mine for many years only to have it filibuster. i believe in the recent focus of the campaign has greatly increased uh public's awareness of this problem the cyberintrusions' go far beyond although appalling there was with the year chief of staff with