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Not in a very difficult spot because if rob porters accusers need to be not just heard but believed, what does that say about donald trumps accusers, all of whom he has said were lying for political reasons? >> right now. >> its hard. it would be hard -- not that this president hasnt done things like this, one thing is directly contradictory to other things he ease done. >> hes got a black eye. hes got an order of protection. and he has statistics that would scare the heck out of anybody. it is ...

Behalf of the president. i spoke to the president, and he relayed that message directly to me and i am relaying it directly to you. i dont know how i can be any more clear. >> he wishes porter well and he believes that people should have due process. but he hasnt addressed the victims of domestic violence at all. >> that is actually not true. if you were paying attention to what i just read to you. >> we heard it. the president expressed support for porter and nothing about the women. praising t...

Relayed that message directly to me and im relaying it directly to you. >> reporter: does he believe rob porters accusers, or are they lying? >> look, as i just said, the president, along with the entire administration, take domestic violence very seriously, and believe all allegations need to be thoroughly investigated. >> reporter: but in reality, the president has defended men accused of abusing women far more than he has their victims and accusers. from roger ailes -- >> i can tell you that ...

>> it is highly unusual for senior white house officials to have only temporary security clearances a year into an administration. it means theyre not trustworthy and they could be blackmailed. >> is this white house -- >> we take every precaution possible to protect classified information and certainly to protect national security. >> reporter: looming large over the security concerns, mixed messagingen othe issue of domestic violence after president trump praised rob porter but said nothing ab...

Takes strength. leaving and putting the pieces of your life back together takes strength. being strong, with loyalties and smart, doesnt inoculate a person against abuse, doesnt prevent her from entering into a relationship with an abuser. abuse often doesnt manifest itself early on, only later when youre in deep and behind closed doors. kellyannes wasnt the only comment from the white house that stung porters ex-wife. sarah huckabee sanders this week wouldnt answer whether the president believe...

Russia because hes culpable on that issue. if me shows any leg on it by saying im sympathetic to this, people would go, you have 19 accusers, yourself. hes in a bind. >> why dont the women have any red line? >> yeah. i dont know. i question that literally every day. i wonder how sarah huckabee sanders can stand up there and lie from the podium, but also in this particular moment, it does look like shes having a little bit of a tougher time coming up with these answers that are written out for he...

From john kelly what he knew. and the president needs to hear that before he can make an evaluation of competence. >> reporter: the president is disturbed by the allegations and sympathetic to porters accusers. >> he is very disappointed. he believes the resignation was appropriate. >> the president, like the rest of us, were shocked and disturbed by the allegations. this is not the rob porter any of us have worked with. but, george, in looking at contemporaneous police reports, pictures, detail...

Ted opportunity of the will. >> its my job to speak on the behalf of the president. i spoke with him and he related that message directly to me and im relaying it directly to you. >> does he believe rob porters accusers? >> i just said the president i know what the entire administration take domestic violence very seriously and believe all allegations need to be thoroughly investigated and above all, the president supports the victims of domestic violence and believes everyone should be treated ...

About that. >> why is he seemingly defending mr. porter publicly? is it because he has faced his own situations? >> the president and the entire administration take domestic violence very seriously and believe all allegations need to be investigated thoroughly. >> is there a tone deafness? just being on the wrong side of things? >> i dont think the president being on, supporting due process for any allegation is not tone deaf. i think it is allowing things to be investigated and a mere allegatio...

Chaos. it is a pattern we have seen from day one. >> it is not unusual for the president to provide some support, in backup -- we have a list, we put together a list of some of the ones from rob porter to roy moore, bill oreilly, roger ales, corey lewandowski, accused of basically man handling a reporter, and then donald trump himself who has been accused of sexual assault. how much is this, rebecca, do you think president trump with an eye to even his own accusations, and asserting he is innoce...