i think there's got to be plenty of good people at the c.i.a. ho weren't involved with torture, really, we're supposed to be symbol of hope for the world and people who want freedom from totalitarianism. they want freedom from torture -- this is a terrible -- >> brennan: that was u.s. policy at the time that wasn't her individual policy. but just -- >> she was at a -- >> brennan: on something there, sir, the investigator who looked into some of what you're talking about with those tapes, cbs news security contributor, former number two, mike morell, did clear haspel saying she didn't order the destruction, her superior did she just draftedded the cable. does that change your -- >> i think she was -- she was a willing participate in water boring, i think she was a willing participant in destro destroying the tapes. it wasn't her taking a stand saying i'm going to the president, i'm not going to destroy these tapes, it was her writing the memo, who advocated her or her superior there's no that's she was protesting against torture, there's every evi

we're excited she would be the first female director of the c.i.a. and we would expect a very quick -- we would expect a quick hearing and moving forward a vote because these are critical national security positions. reporter: marc, has the president had any personal conversations with senator schumer about his obstruction, in your words specifically, as he's been having conversations about infrastructure and other matters, does he have -- why haven't we heard more from him about this? also, do you believe just given the backlog here, how many more confirmation hearings can this senate withstand as it leads to other potential personnel announcements that we may or may not be seeing in the coming days here? marc: i think you're going to -- i think the president has been vocal about this. a warm-up aps on act for him to make his case to the american people that the obstruction has gotten ridiculous. yes, he's spoken to senator schumer about his frustration with this. reporter: is there a possibility the president may offer something, make a deal where n

at the c.i.a., the president's choice to replace pompeo, deputy sti.a. director gina haspel, would become the foman to lead the agency. she is certain to face tough questions at her confirmation hearing. in 2002, haspel ran a secret so- called "black site" prison for terrorism suspects, and laterev destroyeidence of waterboarding. tompeo has also defended the c.i.a.'s use of rture. his confirmation hearing will be held in april. for insights into what led the s president ke up his national security team, we are joined by robert costa, host of pbs' "shington week" and national political reporter for the "washington post." and josh lederman, who covers the state department for the associated press. robert, to you first, we have been hearing for monthshat rex tillerson either might be forced out or might resign on his own. what led to this right now? >> there was not an event that led directly to this decision, judy. it was aong-simmering frustration by the president with his secretary of state. they saw the wor in different ways. and the president really w

we're excited she would be the first female director of the c.i.a. and we would expect a very quick, we would expect a quick hearing and moving forward to vote because these are critical national security positions. reporter: has the president had any personal conversations with senator schumer about this obstruction, in your words, specifically he's been having conversation about infrastructure, heas had senate democrats and why don't we hear more from him talking about this? and do you believe, given the backlog here, how many more confirmation hearings can this senate withstand as it leads to other potential personnel that we may or may not be seing in oming days here? marc: i think the president has been vocal about this. i think maybe i'm a warmup act for him to come out and make his case to the american people that the obstruction has gotten ridiculous. reporter: is there the possibility the president could offer something, make a deal where not everyone gets what they want but has he offered anything to senator schumer to help get these through

the white house is going to be fulfilling the request regarding of c.i.a. [inaudible] sarah: we will be as cooperative as we can but we want to make sure people have an accurate reflection which i know some of the senators, including rand paul, make comments off incorrect information so we certainly want to make sure they actually have accurate information, particularly before they go out and speak on behalf of their constituents. as a member of the united states senate, we hope they take that role very seriously and get accurate information before they peddle it out in ront of the american people. trey. reporter: you said you spoke to the president about potential staff turnover at the -- [inaudible] share rhode island -- sarah: specifically to mcmaster. the president said it was not accurate and he had no intention of changing, that they had a great working relationship and he looked forward to continue working with him. reporter: if i could ask you about syria. the president last month called the situation on the ground in syria a humanitarian disgrace, e

. >> glor: and replaces him with the director of the c.i.a. choice for america's new top spy is historic, but also controversial. also tonight, new england gets hit with a blizzard, as much as two feet of snow. rrbus carrying high school kids home from disney world plunges down a ravine. the president at the border says the wall has to be tall. >> these are like professional aluntain climbers. they're incredible climbers. g glor: a united flight attendant forces a passenger to put a dog in the overhead. it did not end well. and... >> shoots and scores! >> glor: american heroes going for the gold. >> huckabee comes in first! this is the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor. >> glor: this is our western edition, good evening. we're going to begin here tonight with the secretary of state who serves at the pleasure of the president. the president was not pleased with rex tillerson, so removed him today, and chose c.i.a. director mike pompeo to replace him. then picked pompeo's deputy, gina haspel, to succeed him. we will break all of this down tonight

she would be the first woman at the c.i.a. e's a career person at the c.i.. a, which probably benefits her in this effort. so we'll see. i think it's unknown at this point. pete: the trump administration announced n sanctions to punish moscow for interfering tie election in 2016 and for cyberattacks tar u.s. and european power plants. this week britain condemned russia for a nerve agent attack on a former spy and his daughter in the u.k. that has left both critically ill. the u.s. embassy, nikki haley, blasted the russian government for that attack. >> the united states stands in solute solidarity with great britain. the united states believes that russia is responsibility for the attack onn two peoplee united kingdom using a military-grade nerve agent. pete: the british government expelled more than 20 diplomats after announcing that the penny used was developed by the former soviet union. president trump left it upo the u.s. embassy to deliver the strongest combination and didn't mention the sanctions at all.rs of all, to you all, this step against the russ

somebody who has earned the sport not just of her republican people who run the c.i.a. but democrat likely i don't know panetta, people like clapper, but intelligence community, she has support, we think she'll have the support of her democrats. >> brennan: will the president agree to allow c.i.a. to publicly release information that details of her background that rand paul and angus king want to hear more about? >> i'm sure we'll look to provide as much information as necessary without compromising any international secrets. we'll want to be cooperative but again, i think we have two incredibly qualified candidates that the president is excited. looks forward to putting in office as soon as possible. as we face negotiations with north korea it's all the more important that this happened expeditiously. important that members come together make sure these confermations happen quickly. >> brennan: this was decision the president made. you're saying you need secretary of state, we have one until he fired him. >> that's true, margaret. i think reality is that these are negot

and the c.i.a. who had their own way of trying to chase bin laden, the c.i.a. and the f.b.i.r teesics if he didn't get what he wanted. >> stephen: as richard clark said, he was running around with his hair on fire saying this is going to happen, john o'neil was much the same way? >> john o'neil said, bin laden, he's going to do something, we don't know what, we have to get him. people said yeah, yeah, yeah, we'll come back later. >> stephen: we have a clip of john o'neil probably talking to richard clark. >> i'm probably screaming. >> stephen: jim? i was gone and you got talked into (bleep). >> i wasn't their call. it was the president's call. >> bin laden is laying a trap. he wants to go to war. >> john, the united states military is the united states military. this is not a war al quaida can win. >> stephen: well, i tell you the first thing that will happen after the bombs fall and the dead get cleared away, they'll get a ton of new recruits. >> stephen: now who is that playing richard clark? >> michael schoolbarred. >> stephen: that's exactly what mr. clark was like. >> i

"mike pompeo, director of the c.i.a., will become our new secretary of state. ill do a fantastic job! thank you to rex tillerson for his service! gina haspel will become the new director of the c.i.a., and the first woman so chosen. congratulations to all!" ( laughter ) wait, "congratulations to all?" "congratulations to all?" "congratulations, rex. you've won an all-expense-paid trip to beautiful "get the ( bleep ) out of here. and as a parting gift, we got you this beautiful door, which we hope does not hit you on the ass." wow, it's a tweet. it's efficient. god bless you. it's a tweet, you know. it's efficient. it's too bad twitter wasn't around when trump ended his first two marriages. back then, he had to do it by fax. ( laughter ) slightly colder. and what could be worse than learning you got fired from your boss's tweet? oh, maybe seeing that 86,000 people "liked" it. ( laughter ). >> jon: wow, wow! number gone up. >> stephen: "i lost my job, but i am hash tag trending." now, the white house says they didn't fire him on twitter. they say that they called

i think that the new potential head of the c.i.a. going to have a serious, grilling because of the issues around intense interrogation and torture. she is likely to get confirmed, but that is not going to be an easy passage. there will be a lot of tough questions for her from both sides of the aisle. >> do you think she's likely to be confirmed? she's going to need democratic votes. >> she's going to need democratic votes. she'll get a hard look and she will get roughed up in her confirmation hearing i am sure. but if i had to bet today whether she would get confirmed i would say probably yes. >> mr. secretary. >> good morning. >> from a homeland security perspective, this instability and all this movement in and out of white house and now the state department, how does that impact homeland security? this can't be a very -- >> well, first i have to say -- >> -- good sign. >> everyone forgets who the first cabinet officer was to resign in donald trump's presidency. it was me. >> oh, right. >> seven and a half hours. i was the first to

the c.i.a. used to produce every six months maybe still does, these classified maps with different which district the taliban controlled which, which district the government controlled, which wereontested and they had different sort of unfurlings of themt the situation room. and essentially the colors didn't shift much despe 150,000 international combat troops in afghanistan fighting to roll the taliban back. and even today the map doesn't look much different with u.s. troops down to 10 or 15,000, the afghan forces in the lead. >> schifrin: the book is "directorate s," the author steve coll. steve, thank you very much for being here. thanks nick. appreciate it. >> sreenivasan: you can see nick's entire interview with steve coll on our home page, pbs.org,/newshour. >> sreeniv winning editorial cartoonist is using his drawings to highlight the growing problem of homelessness in southern california. jeffrey brown travel to san ego to get a first-hand look at the leading newspaper's cartoon , "street

the c.i.a. director said that he has seen no signs that russia has decreased its activity and that russia is currently working to disrupt the upcoming 2018 elections. the director of national intelligence, director coats, who was once a senator here, said that russia is boulder -- bolder. it would be a mistake to think the saingz passed today are all we need to do to address these warnings. they will no doubt help, because if you do nothing, then you just embolden them to do more. it is the policy of the united states to defend against and respond to threats against our democratic system, and we need to start acting like it. we need to be as sophisticated as those that are trying to do us harm. we know that the russians attempted to hack into 21 states' election systems. in illinois, they actually got into the voter data system. that is why senator lankford and i have led a bill to take the amount of money which is just 3% of one aircraft carrier to invest it in our states, to let them on a decen

gina who i know with will be the first woman director of the c.i.a. she is an outstanding person who i have gotten to know very well. i have gotten to know a lot of people very well over the last year. and i'm at a point where we are very close to having the cabinet and other things that i want. but i think mike pompeo will be a truly great secretary of state. i have total confidence in him. and as far as rex tillerson is concerned, i very much appreciate his commitment and his service and wish him well. he's a good man. >> mr. president, what did you tell rex tillerson? president trump we have been talking about this for a long time. dill till i received a call from the president of the united states a little afternoon time from air force one and have spoken to chief of staff white house kelly to make sure we have clarity. what is most important is to ensure an orderly transition during the time that the country faces significant policy and national security challenges. as such effective at the end of the day, i'm delegating all responsibilities of th

if you're looking at working in the fbi or the c.i.a.r some other agency or department where you do have some restrictions put on your behavior, where you do have some limits on what you can do, you want to do that, work for 20 years and then summarily have this happen right before your retirement, that's the kind of thing that i hope does not dissuade good americans from joining their government. >> absolutely. >> chris, white house maintains tenuous relationships with the current fbi director, deputy director, rod rosenstein and attorney general jeff sessions. what are the odds they're going to survive the president's fury over the russian investigation? do you think jeff sessions did himself any favors to curry favor with the president, with regard to firing mccabe? >> well maybe. but i tell the story in the new chapter of the paperback of my book, in which sessions actually resigned on the evening of may 17th and he stormed down to the west wing parking lot. got in his car, reince priebus had to chase him down, drag him out of the ca

intelligence analysts, one atth state department, one at the c.i.a. men and their bosses say mr. bolton tried to have them firebecause of their arguments with him over the -- his interpretation of the intelligence. >> woodruff: how did his relationship with the intelligence community affect the role he played in the runup to the invasion, the war in iraq? >> well, from bolton was a major proponent of the invasion of iraq for -- because, you know, supporting the bush administration's contention that the late dictator saddamussein had weapons of mass destruction. that case was based on bogus and exaggerated intelligence, something i did ext reporting with my reporting partner warren stroabl. but mr. bolton support that case. at one point when he was up for confirmation hearings as u.n. ambassador, which he was neverfo confirme, he was -- i believe there was a written where he was asked if he had ever been investigated while at the state department. he said no, but it later emerged that, in fact, he was questioned by the statet'epartm inspector general's

. >> dana: bret, the management at the c.i.a. has gone swimmingly in the first year of the trump administration. she has a very good reputation with career officials. he designated his deputy, gina haspel. she would be the first woman to run the cia. quite a significant accomplishment. her nomination may not be without controversy as she is already being pillaried in the press. she worked in many administrations including administration of george w. bush, which i also served. she was involved in a very tough process of having to interrogate potential suspects as the war on terror was underway. your thoughts about her confirmation hearing coming up. >> it's going to be bumpy. there were democrats out calling her the queen of torture. obviously a -- she was in charge of interrogations. you're well-aware of that. the policy is what the policy is. this is not something that scares president trump from saying that she's going to be a perfect cia director. and as you know, inside the intelligence community often, people that have been i

. >> glor: and replaces him with the director of the c.i.a. for america's new top spy is historic, but also controversial. also tonight, new england gets hit with a blizzard, as much as two feet of snow. rrbus carrying high school kids home from disney world plunges down a ravine. the president at the border says the wall has to be tall. >> these are like professional aluntain climbers. they're incredible climbers. g glor: a united flight attendant forces a passenger to put a dog in the overhead. it did not end well. and... >> shoots and scores! >> glor: american heroes going for the gold.

the new c.i.a. director will be don jr. lations to all." [ cheers and applause ] and finally, a few minutes after that, trump said, "when gina haspel gets canned, don jr. will be the new secretary of state, he'll do the fantasticliest job. thank you to gina haspel for your service, and reminding me, it's gina, not gyna. the new c.i.a. director will be me, congratulations to all." [ cheers and applause ] at least he's planning ahead. >> steve: that's good, right? >> jimmy: but trump -- trump is keeping busy. today he visited california to look at prototypes for his border wall. take a look at these things. [ laughter ] trump looked at those and said, "are you kidding? they can sneak right through. there's big holes in between each." [ laughter and applause ] it was going great until trump leaned against one and knocked all the others like dominos. he's like, "oops. [ laughter ] sorry." before he flew to california this morning, trump spoke to reporters and he made sure that they really knew where to meet him. take a look at t

supported the taliban both before and after 9/11, that has worked at times in collaboration with the c.i.a. during the 1980s war and then against american interests after 2001 to try to seek influence for pakistan in afghanistan through these islamist militia and it is at the heart of the war because the sanctuary the liban have enjoyed in pakistan and the support that they've been able to get covertly from i.s.i. has been one of the major reasons why the u.s. has n been able to stabilize afghanistan despite sending tens of thousands of combat troops to the country along with nato >> schifrin: now as you say pakistan has been doing this for a long time. but there was a moment in 2004, u write that it seems like pakistan could have once and for all kind of turned its back on the taliban and it d why not? >> well, it's interesting. th relative peace after the fall of the taliban government in december 2001. and by the timget to 2004 in afghanistan you have a successful preial election, parliamentary elections are on the way. a constitution has been restored. many afghans have come home from

called "potential destructive devices" and were sent to government mail processing facilities at the c.i.a., the naval surface warfare center, fort belvoir, joint base anacostia-bolling, and fort mcnair. the package at fort mcnair was addressed to the national defense university and contained black powder and a fuse. the one at fort belvoir was meant for the national geospatial agency, an intelligence organization which esalyzes spy photos taken by satellites. another package was addressed to the secret service. none of the packages exploded. the motive for mailing the nd tages is unclear, and the f.b.i. warns that additional packages may show up at other heil processing centers in the washington, d.c., area. jeff? >> glor: something to think arout. david martin at the pentagon, thanks. president trump has long insisted that mexico will pay for a border wall. mexico has been just as insistent it will not. now the president is floating a new idea-- have the pentagon pay for it. jericka duncan is at the white house with this. >> who is going to pay for the wall? >> mexico! >> they may not kn

find cyrus, and i want the heads of the c.i.a., the fbi, and the nsa in my office yesterday... agent fielding. i didn't call for the secret service. can i help you? we're here to help you, mr. president.

pete: this week he fired the tesecretary of stand chose the c.i.a. director to take over. he's also reportedly preparing to name his thir national security advisor in less than a year. scandals have other issues

for more on this, we're joined by michael morell, the former number two at the c.i.a. and a cbs news senior national security contributor. michael, first of all, what do you make of putin's comments? >> jeff, i think you hit the nail on the head when you said, "cold war." there should be no doubt in anyone's mind that after the invasion of georgia, the invasion of ukraine, the intervention in syria, the meddling in our election, the attack last week by russian mercenaries on u.s. forces in syria, that we are again in a cold war. we are in conflict with russia. and the statements yesterday are a reflection of that. >> glor: as he tries to recreate that world namic-- u.s. versus russia. let's move on to another part of the news of the day here, which is isis. and there's been talk now of isis trying to develop this weapon of mass destruction, whether it's a chemical weapon or something else. what are you hearing? >> so there seems to be intelligence reporting that suggests that isisment isis wano bring a chemical weapon to the united states and to conduct an attack. this

what should the fbi, nsa, c.i.a. elp with the attacks that are taking place there. >> we're looking at tweets from president trump in the past ten minutes with misspellings and i'll try to read them. special counsel told to find crimes whether crimes exist or not. i was opposed to the selection of muler to be special counsel. i guess he is quoting somebody. he is quoting alan dershowitz. i think president trump was right when he said there never should have been a special counsel appointed because there was no probable cause for crime, collusion or otherwise or obstruction of justice so stated by harvard law professor alan dershowitz. in a series of two tweets including misspellings by mr. trump, with that in mind, mr. director, you were talking about your worry about the vulnerability that exist given that this president has such terrible character, spell out for our viewers, if you could, with some examples of what you're most worried about, what might happen given these latest tweets where he is pushing back and pu

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margaret's guests this sunday on "face the nation," include the ace ctor of the c.i.a., mike ormpeo. lorida today, republican governor rick scott signed the neate's first new gun law in more than 20 years. the measures include a three day waiting period for handgun purchases and a ban on sale to anyone under 21. some teachers will also be allowed to carry guns. the law was passed three weeks after the parkland school massacre. today, the n.r.a. filed a federal lawsuit, contending the tegislation violates the constitutional rights of 18- to 21-year-olds. owing o showing an illegal immigrant being arrested south of san diego has gone viral tonight. the way the arrest happened in front of her children has angered many, but the authorities say the mother is involved in human smuggling. jamie yuccas has this story. >> reporter: in a video seen more than 10 million times, a esman is pushed into an s.u.v. he customs agents. ( screaming ) her three young daughters, all u.s. citizens, are heard screaming as she's taken away. judith castro posted the video. >> how many more videos of young chil

in world war ii flying missions with the office of strategic services which was the precursor of the c.i.a. he often flew into enemy territory, collecting information that changed the course of the war. for his bravery with the o.s.s., mr. edwards is awarded the congressional golded mal 016. following the war he returned to jacksonville where he became an economist and a fixture in our community. starting organizations such as the economic round table of jacksonville which brings together businesses and community leaders to discuss economic trends. in addition, his passion for business and economics, mr. edwards was champion of public schools and fought for accountability in local and state governments. he was active in the community and never shy about sharing his opinion on major projects in jacksonville. mr. edwards pass aid way in -- at 96 years of age and he is survived by his wife, ellen edwards, and his children, jeffrey, douglas, and carolyn. on behalf of a thankful city and country, i stand today to thank mr. edwards for his service and dedication to his community and ublic servic

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the c.i.a. saying it already is seeing russian activities. senate intelligence committee suggesting ways to stop it like, for example, using voting machines without wi-fi. but whatever the solution may be, it needs to happen soon. listen. >> the threat of interference remains and we recognize that the 2018 midterm and future elections are clearly potential targets for russian hacking attempts. in 2016, we know that russian actors targeted state election systems. we have no evidence that votes were changed as a result of their efforts. however, the threat of interference remains and we recognize that the 2018 midterm and future elections are clearly potential targets for russian hacking attempts. >> julie: joining me now is senator lindsey graham. senator, great to see you, as always. >> thank you. >> julie: this is so disturbing that we're actually talking about this. i mean, we haven't even punished russia for interfering in our presidential election, and here we are, ahead of the 2018 midterms, and they somehow have a hand in that, too. what

klingner had a 20 year career in the inlligence community where he focused on korea, including chief of the c.i.a. station in south korea in the 90s. he's now a senior research fellow at the heritage foundation. gentlemen, thank you both for being here. >> thank you. >> brangham: joseph, i'd like the start with you first. what do you make of this overture. the north koreans allegedly say they will talk about eenuclearization if they can assured of their security. what do you make of that? >> i think it's a positive statement. the fact is we've been having this discussion with nor korea since 1994, ande had some progress in 2005 with a joint statement. so we've been. there we've had this discussion. the key will be the particularst what ay talking about when they talk about security assurances? wehink of a peace treaty. we think of some assurances that we have no ill intentions. occasionally, or more thanca onally, north korea has other interpretations of security assurances. it could even include ou presence on the korean peninsula, our military presence onthe korean peninsula or our presence in

as director, operational decisions but it's a tough decision in any organization like the f.b.i., the c.i.ahey have to make the tough call, some people didn't like them. but he gave his life to the zyreau and to the country, and in these dizg events, he's hiw been accused of essentially lying and it cos his pension just hours before he was eligible to retire s onunday. >> woodruff: you cover the f.b.i., you talk to people allme the here. is there any kind of consensus about how this will affect the mueller investigation? >> well, you know, they'veck at the -- mccabe's credibility has been attacked. he's another keyt winess. the white house has attacked the edibility of the former director comey, he is a key witness in this. you know, republicans on the hill have made text messages public between a fcouple f.b.i. -- you know, senior f.b.i. agent and a seen your f.b.i. lawyer who worked on the russia case. their credibility has now been attacked. an, you know, in the end, these people who playe important part in this f.b.i. investigation into possible russian collusion are all under attack an

according to the c.i.a. nd congressional investigations, osama bin laden wanted to create a schism between the middle east and the west, between saudi arabia and the united states of america. >> o'donnell: why did osama bin laden want to create that hatred between the west and saudi arabia? >> bin salman ( translated ): in order to create an environment conducive to recruitment and spreading his radical message that the west is plotting to destroy you. indeed he succeeded in creating this schism in the west. >> o'donnell: and how do you change that? because it looks like what you're trying to do is change things here at home. >> bin salman ( translated ): indeed. i believe that we have succeeded in many respects in the last three years. >> o'donnell: we first met prince mohammed at the royal court in riyadh. he arrived in a driving rain, a sign of good fortune in the desert kingdom. he's been called bold and visionary for his reforms at home, as well as reckless and impulsive in his rise to power. he has kick

we know what russia did in the last election, and just as the c.i.a. director and the director of national intelligence told us, we know, in their words, that russia will do it again. the more we learn though the more it becomes clear that we're not doing enough to protect ourselves from further attacks. this is not a partisan issue. it's an attack on the very foundation of our democracy, and at a time when it's getting heard -- harder and harder to come together as a country, when polarization is so rampant, when excessive partisanship is so evident, what russia is doing is particularly sinister, they are trying to exacerbate our divisions and undermine americans faith in our institutions. so months away from an election, the question is, what are we going to do about it? just months away. days away from an election in texas, about eight months away from a november general election. what are we going to do? well, one thing that we ought to do is we ought to start defending ourselves. last month senator shaheen, senator blumenthal, and i wrote to the se

. >> the c.i.a. just got it done, we'll show it. >> this is a sham. these guys are frauds. >> you're not saying that russia was behind this? >> right now we are standing with our uk allies. >> rex tillerson did admit that russia was responsible for this, but we still have not heard that from donald trump. >> the world is watching. i hate to put this pressure on you, rick. >> we need better. we have to bring in real people like conor lamb. >> this has become so much more than congressional race. this is testing the p energy of democrats. >> announcer: this is "new day". >> good morning. welcome to your "new day." alison is on assignment. good to have you as always, erica hill, with us this morning. big headline, the house intelligence committee abruptly ending is russia investigation. republican members breaking with the u.s. intelligence community and announcing that vladimir putin did not try to help donald trump win when russia interfered in the 2016 u.s. election. the gop report insists there's also no collusion between the trump campaign and the k

. >> the c.i.a. just got it done, we'll show it. >> this is a sham.. >> you're not saying that russia was behind this? >> right now we are standing with our uk allies. >> rex tillerson did admit that russia was responsible for this, but we still have not heard that from donald trump. >> the world is watching. i hate to put this pressure on you, rick. >> we need better. we have to bring in real people like conor lamb. >> this has become so much more than congressional race. this is testing the p energy of democrats. >> announcer: this is "new day". >> good morning. welcome

reporter: two questions, you talked about democrats playing political games with the nominations of director pompeo c.i.a. haspel from the rand paul came out against both nominations. is he playing political games as well? sarah: specific to the question that was asked supported director pompeo already for the confirmation process. we have two highly qualified individuals to lead these two agencies. we are proud of these nominees and expect them to be confirmed. reporter: senator paul's language doesn't disturb the white house? sarah: these are two highly qualified and highly skilled and highly recommended individuals that should be confirmed and we expect that they are. i was referencing a specific question about the hypocrisy about the support for director pompeo. reporter: spain and south africa have relatively small steel ndustries and youthful aplomping 50%. where their unemployment continue grow? sarah: we will have those conversations with specific conversations countries, but it will be made on a national security basis and i can't speak to those two today. eporter: the sanctions and the d.h.s. a

in the opening segment, brennan clapper, head of the c.i.a. a, said november 6, they russians were hacking into our system. when i heard that, considering aftermath, i was saying to myself, what is the matter with you? i mean, security, anti-virus, firewalls, all this stuff is out there. so they knew, they said into the russians knew the were attacking our system, point one. i'm two, hillary clinton, not making a political thing out of this. e-mail off the serve server -- released her e-mails is her fault,that not the russians. the russians probably said thank you. up, we're so technically advanced, we came up with a virus in collusion, allegedly, stucknet, gotalled into the advanced, we uranium nuclear and almost in just about shut down most of the centrifuges. when we say the russians are acking into us, what are we hacking into? host: bob in massachusetts speaking about russia. that russian from spy attack. britain calling for an urgent u.n. meeting to update on the investigation into that nerve attack in salsbury, ccording to british foreig

the 30 hours did the democrats actually spend debating this person's qualifications to be head of the c.i.a.? less than two hours. waste 30 hours of the whole time. only two hours was used in debate. that's how long the democrats spent on this floor giving their reasons why they wanted to vote against the nominee. nothing to do with mr. pompeo. it was just so democrats could waste three more days allowing nothing else to happen, blocking other activities in the senate. and the rules allow the democrats to stall, and they took full advantage of the rules. mr. president, it is time, in my opinion, to end this partisan spectacle. we have 78 more nominees for various jobs who made it through their committee hearings and are waiting for a vote on this