>> congress. >> it's not acting. >> even if congress does nothing, me too is here to stay. a chat with justice ruth bader ginsburg. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. it is monday, february 12th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. the white house is trying to move beyond the rob porter scandal. porter was urged not to quit after the domestic violence allegations. axios telling reporters that some senior white house officials strongly encouraged him to quote stay and fight to keep his job as staff secretary. a key gate keeper for president trump. porter said he never misrepresented anything to chief of staff john kelly. >> this doesn't square with kelly's version of events. he says porter misled him. that story backed up by an