bret? >> bret: the president's nominee to run the cia is issuing her strongest statement yet about the agency's role in the enhanced interrogation program following 9/11. gina haspell now says it should have never taken place. the comments, in a letter to senators as the trump administration works to try to shore up support for her confirmation, amid an intensifying public debate over torture. at this time, tonight, it appears that haspell has the votes to be confirmed. a committee vote is set for tomorrow. in the meantime, another of the presidents picks to a key national security position appears to be against the president's decision to reverse course on tough penalties against the major chinese telecom company. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has that tonight from capitol hill. >> the president's nominee to track her terrorist and communist threats singled out