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Scrambled to protect an alleged domestic abuser. the white house pushing back tonight, as a matter of fact. an official saying that porter misled everyone in the west wing. plus president trump approved the release of a democratic rebuttal to the controversial nunes memo? the white house hinting he will providing there is no threat to national security. ill talk to a democrat who is a member of the house intelligence committee. what we have got a lot of ground to cover. well bring in cnns gloria...

A domestic abuser reveals quite a tremendous amount of ignorance about what domestic abusers look like. they look like everyone. every man. and some women as well. jen, i wanted to ask you about the part they did acknowledge -- this was the one part of the press briefing they acknowledged they could have handled this better. does a press secretary go out there thinking, like, okay, im going to acknowledge this much wrong doing or this much mishandling? >> he probably had that in his pocket for s...

>> complete chaos, a circus, and the people there dont respect him in the case of omarosa, selling a silly story to reality tv. its a complete mess. quite frankly, the silver lining of this is its not completely off the rails and democracy can continue to function, right? >> president obama had moments where he had to let people go. i remember the guy in charge of military office in the white house, when they did the flyover of air force one in new york and scared half the city, but i dont think...

Think, but wait a second, the guy abused two ex-wives, what are we talking about here? >> it was not that long ago either in the 2000s. >> sorry, before he worked at the white house, which is the most irrelevant and absurd point. hes an abuser then, he is an abuser now, so, look, hes not in an easy spot here. he is still choosing to work for this guy, but, ultimately, this is not about fbi process or background checks. this is about whether john kely and donald trump think its okay to have an a...

Briefing will begin in minutes. officials there, will, no doubt, be confronted with tough questions, necessary questions about how accused abuser, rob porter, could have kept his job at the white house, often times right by, there he is, with the paper there, often times right by the presidents side. whats more, the accusations of beating not just one, but two of his ex-wives, kept porter from getting his full security clearance. a fact known since last fall, including chief of staff john kelly,...

I think its a tragedy for his reputation. and its a stain on the american military. >> here is what you write. you said unwilling or perhaps incapable of operating by the usual standards of adult behavior. donald trump openly shares whats in his heart and mind and often its a spray of juvenile insult, recklessness and ignorance. the outbursts hit everyone and everything in range. bringing the potential for a contamination and thus demanding a response. its only wednesday night. the president has...

Part of it is, i dont think thats necessarily unheard of. its hard to believe. as were saying he had a public persona, a personal persona. to blame it on his ex-wife and say i was like this to jennifer willoughby because my former ex-wife was toxic and who she was. its a classic tactic of somebody who is an abuser and who, in fact, is. men are abused too. were not trying to downplay that at all. >> of course. >> people are abused, male or female. its happening behind closed doors right now. what...

Said she said. yet in this white house is not horror and revulsion, but a determination to protect the abuser, rob porter. >> it is surprising whats been happening in this white house. frankly, the white houses claim that he is denying the allegations therefore he should have his day in court. if youre the fbi, the denial itself is actually more troubling given the amount of substantiation you have of this domestic violence. what it suggests is hes trying to deceive about what actually happened ...

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Facebook. does it put it behind her or not? >> its statement thats very dismissive of a serious breach of duty that she had as the leader of her campaign to make sure that their workplace was safe for everybody. this was going to be the first woman president. and yet she protected a serial abuser within her campaign. unconscionable. the reason why she did it, not me saying this, her campaign manager, a woman at the time. the reason why hillary didnt do it was because she was afraid of the public...