worked with haspel during her time as deputy cia chief joins us right now from capitol hill to weigh in. good morning to you, senator. good morning, steve. the president, i think it was a day or two ago tweeted out she has been tough on terrorists. isn t that what we want? yeah, steve, if gina haspel being tough on terrorists is the worst thing the democrats have on her, that s not much of a case against her. this is a very distinguished career intelligence professional. she spent 33 years in the cia working against the soviet union and now russia. working against terrorists. 17 years ago, when we faced the worst attack on our soil in american history, she was a mid career officer and put her hand up and said i m willing to go forward and do the tough jobs. and the agency leadership had the competence in her integrity and professionalism to entrust those jobs to her. steve: right. but, of course, they say, look, she ran the cia prison for a number of years and
down to is the democrats in the senate simply cannot accept the fact that donald trump is the president, because obama era intelligence officials like john brennan and jim clapper and leon panetta and michael morell all supports gina haspel s nomination. steve: main reason you say she is getting opposition on capitol hill from the democrats is simply because donald trump nominated her? i don t see how else you could explain it, steve. when john brennan and jim clapper, the director of the cia and director of national intelligence for barack obama don t just support gina but actively and openly advocate for her, on what possible grounds are the senate democrats opposing her? other than the fact that donald trump nominated her. steve: nod your head one way or the other, will she be approved by the senate? she will get a bipartisan vote by the senate intelligence committee. she will have a bipartisan vote by the senate. she will be the next cia director. steve: good to know. tom cotto
gina haspel and her credibility as the cia director. what do you make of this? well, i can t imagine that there s a better recommendation for picking her up. you know, the guy who killed thousands of americans, the guy who hacked daniel pearl to death thinks that she is too mean to terrorists? ask yourself why does he object to her being there? he objects to her being there because he knows under her leadership the cia will be tough on terrorists. those terrorists still at large, still plotting to kill americans, still trying to destroy our way of life will be in greater danger because of her skill and expertise at the helm of the cia. then if they appoint some political hack. pete: of course. dr. mitchell, torture is a loaded term. after 9/11 we gave the opportunity for enhance the interrogation to people to prevent another 9/11. but, ultimately, what terrorists would do to you or to me, if they got their hands on us, of course, chop
if you d rather be home, ask your doctor about neulasta onpro. i am announcing today that the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. iran has demonstrated in so many ways it couldn t care less about the restrictions of this deal. what it wants are the economic advantages that obama and kerry gave to them will. steve: ourselves right now mike pompeo is in north korea. he is meeting with kim jong un. and apparently they are going to set a time and a date for the presidential summit. pete: about three hours from now president trump s pick to lead the cia gina haspel will be on the hot seat in front of congress for confirmation hearing. take a stand against california sanctuary laws.
ivanka trump and husband jared kushner will attend next week s embassy opening as part of a white house delegates. that s a look at your headlines. back to you. ainsley: pastor jeffress is going to give the invocation or the prayer. pete: see street signs come up it gets real. steve: something else the president promised when he was just a candidate. pete: two or three previous presidents promised it too but it didn t happen. ainsley: they didn t deliver. steve: cia director gina haspel will be on hot seat capitol hill for confirmation hearing. senator tom cotton has a bunch of questions. what does he want to hear her say? he is up next. pete: forget final exams, one is teaching students how to help illegal immigrants. excellent. extra credited. i bet tomi lahren has something to say about that. she joins us live coming up.