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
legislation and actually fix our broken immigration system. immigration is now the signature priority item? it s been a constant priority item for the president and something we would still like to see. we have heard a lot about white house aide kelly spangler and her comments about senator mccain, saying the president should worry about the nomination of gina haspell, because he is dying anyway. and, the president said today that he has faith. do you know if he was aware when he said that about these new freedom of information act documents that showed last year, and he was under investigation
working and when that would be acceptable and then you could come to work the next day and still have a job. she does still have a job, sarah sanders did confirm that. and fox news confirms from the held at the white house special assistant said of senator mccai senator mccain, it doesn t matter, he s dying anyway. after that the colleague said not to vote for his pick for ci cia. cia nominee gina haspell refusal to say that torture is immoral is is disqualifying. senator mccain is at home enduring and aggressive form of brain cancer. the white house does not deny reports of the staffer s comments but has released a statement to the hill that reads in part, we respected senator mccain s service to our nation. that same day, three star town mcinerney said, torture worked on senator mccain while he was a
already have joe manchin saying he s going to look for it. i bet you get a few more democrats from red state same, the terrorism thing i m okay with. voting for gina haspel. i think she will probably get through with a surprising number of democrats. this is a terrible fight for democrats, democrats have a unique ability, and it does have to do with, was it moral, how did you feel? that s not what matters, all that matters is the law and what s effective. you don t want some cia director or any prosecutor with those kinds of powers on some sort of moral g hodge, what she did was in the confines of the law. and for her to also say as chuck was pointing out, i wouldn t do it even if it was legal now.
for haspell. republicans wanting to vote on the floor the week of may 20, before the memorial day recess. bret: catherine, thank you. the president is taking a victory lap of sorts over the north korea news, and he has a new dire warning for iran. chief white house correspondent john roberts has all of that from the north lawn. the release of the three americans detained in north korea was a goodwill gesture that has really turned into a major confidence building step, one that appears to have only enhanced president trump s optimism about what comes next. it s meeting with his cabinet today, president trump raised the release of the three american detainees of from north korea saying it bodes well for his upcoming summit with kim jong un. i think this is something that nobody thought would have been for years or more. and i really believe it s going to be a great thing for north korea, a great thing for