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>> we should note that like david sorensen, rob porter denies the claims against him. back with the panel. mj, whats the story -- this wasnt as if the panel was suddenly caught off guard by a bunch of cameras that happened to wander into the oval office. cameras were actually brought in. the president must have known he was going to talk about this. was anybody -- do we know did anybody brief him about what he might want to say? >> well, ill address what trump said earlier today in just a second...

Because they said the republicans would release sources and methods. republicans did not. then they did that very same thing. for democrats, this is not about the truth. this is about trump. and yet again we see that with the attempt to release the memo. griff: just to put a fine point on it we will find out perhaps on tuesday whether or not the committee decides to redact and send back. at the end of the day, when it finally comes out. we will find out whether or not this democratic memo contra...

Defend the president as well at times and all the time. do you agree with him that this needs to get cleaned up, that theres a problem here? >> well, i think there definitely needs to be some investigation into how these people were brought into the white house without any security clearance after looking into these abuses, or alleged abuses. >> come on. >> normally you couldnt get that security clearance. >> the white house knew more than a year ago about these allegations against porter and we...

What signs do you see that the institutions are working? >> a couple in particular. one, the courts have mainly done their jobs thus far. particularly early on with a bunch of decrees and presidential memos that were blocked. i think the media in general has done an excellent job. the media has been tough on trump and for good reason. those two checks and those two key elements of democracy have largely done their job. congress gets a much, much lower grade. we have a republican controlled congr...

Throughout his administration, his response is one weve seen from countless individuals in media and when the abuses have come to light. >> i get that, kalie. but these are women who are saying my husband beat me and he works for you and the president has not bothered to acknowledge them in any way in his public statement there seems to be a tone deafness to that. >> i think his response was very similar to the allegations against matt lauer came to light. we heard "the today show" say its hard ...

Donald trump promised to hire the very best people. are these the very best people? >> these are people just like donald trump. we shouldnt be surprised at all. if a gentleman who has bragged about violence towards women, who has a list of about 20 women who have accused him, gets into office, he is not going to attract people who revere women who believe women should never be subjected to any sort of emotional or physical abuse. hes going to be surrounded by people who admire him or who have hi...

You do not elect as president of the united states someone who abuses women. he will hire other abuses. he will give them comfort and refuge he will demean women that have spoken up for themselves. and because abusers lie, he will be a liar to his core. so this is a natural result. what is deeply disturbing when i talked to evangelical leaders yesterday as i did, no one is willing to criticize the president or ask for john kelly to resign. this is the price for selling their soul to donald trump...

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American strategy for rallying international pressure to limit north koreas worst abuses. because the united states hasnt done that, because weve let ourselves be outmaneuvered by the north koreans, pence is in the position of being the party pooper at this party. so it is absolutely right that north korea is a rogue regime that you theyve outplayed us. >> what do you mean by that? because theyve reached out a hand to south korea? that they sent this delegate, kim jong-uns sister to the olympics...

When they say they became fully aware, jen, it means they saw the photograph. >> once they saw it with their own eyes, then they had to do something about it as opposed to when the women were just telling the fbi about it on or telling don mcgahn about it or posting blog posts about it. then they could not believe it. >> thats exactly right, alisyn. it is such an important point. as we have learned this morning, and as cnn has been reporting the last 24 hours, they knew more earlier than they kn...