trying to work something out. that's his other thing that everyone said don't start a trade war. he said i'm not. trade imbalance has got to change. steve: hinelsd the scenes president xi was sitting down with mr. kim jong un last week, you know, it's part of that maximum pressure thing where that probably had a lot to do with the release of those three men overnight. brian: other drama that took place yesterday was on capitol hill where gina haspel put her best foot forward to be the next cia director. maybe the most qualified nominee we have ever seen in our lifetime. yet, there was push back obviously over the enhanced interrogation. as was pointed out earlier in the show they didn't bring up russia and didn't bring up iran and the challenges of china and militarizing the south china sea. it was all about what happened in 2003. and many of the lawmakers then were the same lawmakers questioning now. ainsley: keep in mind back in 2013, when john brennan was sitting in that seat and he was being questioned by same senators, he was her boss at the time. brian: number 4 overall at the cia. ainsley: that's right.