The enhancement interrogation techniques used in the documents although feinstein said torture werent effective. The full stop. Second, the cia provided inAccurate Information to the white house and congress. Also the cias management was inadequate and deeply flawed. The final point that the program was far more brutal than the cia ever revealed. As we mentioned, Dianne Feinstein defended the release from the senate floor. History will judge us by our commitment to a just society governed by law and the willingness to face an ugly truth and say never again. There may never be the right time to release this report. The instability we see today will not be resolved in months or years. But this report is too important to shelf indefinitely. President obama also issuing a statement that read in part, rather than another reason to refight old arguments, i hope todays report can help us leave these techniques where they belong, in the past. Some are questioning whether his administration has
Trump tower. A great number of men and women, great qualifications come forward to serve this new administration and im just humbled to be a part of it. Our agency teams have gown arrive gun begun to arrive this morning and what will move this country forward. Bring in sunlen serfaty. Sunlen, a lot of interesting picks today. A lot of movement at trump tower . Reporter right. A lot of comings and goings and donald trump will hold a twohour meeting with his Transition Team here to really talk about some of his picks. Not only the ones made today but reflections on the many, many interviews hes held throughout the week. Trump tower really has been a hotbed of activity all week and he is heading into important meetings coming up as well. A leader today, he sits down with governor mike huckabee, someone whose name is offered as a potential secretary of commerce, potential secretary for hhs, health and human services. Theyll sit down later today and going into the weekend, of course, a big
Anything like that . Im not a bad person. Why would he attack me . Good morning, everyone. Lets get right to it. Im tamron hall coming to you live from the msnbc headquarters. Breaking news right now, it is now official. President elect donald trump announcing his picks for three key jobs in his administration. According to a press release just out in the last hour, senator Jeff Sessions of alabama the first senator to endorse trump during the campaign has now been selected for the job of attorney general. Congressman mike pompeo of campus for a cia director and Lieutenant General mike flynn as National Security advisor. Amid breaking news, Vice President elect pence arrived at trump tower in the past hour. Weve got a great number of men and women and great qualifications that have come forward to serve this new administration and im just humbled to be a part of it. Our agency teams have begun to arrive at agencies in washington, dc this morning, beginning with what were very confident
High watermarks could continue now for not only weeks but potentially months. Where do to get a briefing for the president. Who will be getting a briefing from all those on hand to try to keep this going and try to keep the rescue effort going. We are also hearing separately that the president with cabinet secretary in tow is promising immediate federal leave to any and all who need it. 49 inches of rain right now, good enough for a record in these types of events. More is expected. Rains are pounding louisiana coast as we are told. This on a day gas prices continue rising. They are up at about a 10 cliff, that would be a National Average in terms of the futures market here because of what is going there even if you are not affected by whats going on. The Houston Convention center meanwhile over 9,000 evacuees there. That is double what they could realistically handle. They want to spread the wealth to other centers and other texas cities and towns. San antonio chief among them are all