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The -- three of the top white house officials, john kelly, joe haig en, his deputy, and don mcgahn, by november? thats the best case fact pattern for the white house as we come on the air. we are now sitting in the middle of february, the longest of 2008 ever. but what is your sense of sort of how they muddle through? is it just the volume business of crises, that the memo come out tomorrow and this will be brushed under, or is this -- does this reveal how truly unmoved any of these men were by ...

>> would it make sense in the trump white house for there to be an outraged dismissal of rob porter on the grounds that he was an abuser of women? >> no. >> the president himself is an abuser of women. if youve gone to work for him, you have already made some part of peace with the fact -- >> this is why again we come back to kelly because the reality is there was a theory, a lot of us were hopeful that someone like kelly did not make his peace as he decided he was going to become chief of staff...

Good point. there was nothing about rob porters character that troubled anybody on the white house staff. there was no plan to fire him. he was going to stay on board as a credibly accused abuser of women. >> without a full security clearance. what is so troubling here is had they not exposed it, and im no daily mail, nor is any of us. had they not exposed it -- >> would you say that now savannah guthrie -- they all now appear in the mainstream media. >> had that not been exposed he would still ...

And not only that but john kelly the chief of staff knew from the fbi and promoted the individual. this was a power struggle. this is a power struggle in the white house. and john kelly needed an ally thats why he was afraid to let him go. this is a black mark on john kelly. he put a domestic abuser above what our country needs. >> i want to put this picture up. from july of 2017 from the new yorker. corrie lewandowski fired june 2016. filed july 2010 sebastian gork 2017. rob porter resigned tod...

If youre in danger, you need to get out. its hard to do that, because youve been so broken down. the truth of the matter is the most dangerous time for anybody in an abusive relationship is when they try to leave because an abuser wants control. if they think they have control and theyre backed into a corner because youre walking out the door, thats when things can get really violent. thats why people stay. and its time that we give a little more credence to what people say. im not discounting t...

Particular. one had a blog up in april of 2017 in which she laid out the abuse that she suffered from this individual. and not only that but john kelly the chief of staff knew from the fbi and promoted the individual. this was a power struggle. this is a power struggle in the white house. and john kelly needed an ally thats why he was afraid to let him go. this is a black mark on john kelly. he put a domestic abuser above what our country needs. >> i want to put this picture up. from july of 201...

So upset about this. >> especially reportedly saying, giving him advice not to resign, saying that he could weather this. again, this is an accused domestic abuser. >> right. you have to question kellys judgment. and, you know, people inside the white house say, look, many of them like kelly, some of them dont like kelly because he silos everything and keeps them away from the president. but one thing most people seem to agree on is that he doesnt have any political sense. and, you know, he does...

Knows, whom he says is integrity and honorable and all the rest and did a great job, could also be an abuser. i mean, those two things happen a lot, right? people who do their jobs and go about it every day and seem to be just perfectly fine can then go home and hit their wives. and so, you know, maybe kelly is trying to get his head around that. i dont want to make excuses for him. >> hold on. it makes me wonder how disconnected from the reality of the moment, especially when you have the "me t...

Asses and now he is defending a physical abuser. >> isnt the president abusing us every day by debasing public debate, literally soiling the language that we use? have you ever said the words that youve had to say in your career prior to donald trump appearing. >> i said that last night. i said i have said words and sworn more on this show -- ive said words that i never thought i would say. i said when it someone going to drop the f bomb on television. >> soon well do it because this is what he ...

You know, where he tries to walk back and clarify, and then he has to -- why do you have to say "but i stand by my argument that he was a great guy"? its very politically tone deaf. i think when you juxtapose it with that picture, the black eye, you know, look, its reprehensible, its horrible, but, you know, gloria was talking about the optics and the politics of that, yeah, i think its a lack of character, its a lack of decency. its also political malpractice. >> i also think that kelly may be ...