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With porter and communications director hope hicks. she drafted a statement declaring kellys support for porter. the latest from jim acosta at the white house. >> reporter: christine and dave, the white house is scrambling to deal with the scandal involving the aide rob porter who resigned from his position. he stepped down after his two ex-wives accused him of abuse. porter said these allegations are simply false. i took the photos nearly 15 years ago. the reality behind them is nowhere close t...

Scrambling to deal with the top aide scandal. rob porter stepped down after two ex-wives accused him of abuse. he said i took the photos given to the media 15 years ago. the reality behind them is nowhere close to what is described. despite the allegation, the white house released the glowing statements about porter from john kelly and others. a senior white house official told cnn the statements were written in response to the first story that broke in the matter. one of the ex-wives of porter ...

And he is measured and he is certainly someone that i would trust in that professional position and in his personal life he is also abusive and angry. >> an official said porter misled west wing staff and kelly by accusing his ex-wives trying to smear him. kelly was shocked by the new allegatio allegations. he also believes every individual deserves the right to defend their reputation. >> politico reports an ex-girlfriend of porters contacted the white house counsel. she was concerned about a r...

Work here and last fall it was widely known porter was facing trouble with the clearance and there were allegations from his ex-wives about abuse. christine and dave. >> jim acosta at the white house. thank you. joining us here is julian zelizer. good morning. >> good morning. >> general kelly is a highly decorated and respected four-star general. at one point was thought to be the adult in the room and disciplined. he has had a bad week by trumpian standards considering the knock on dreamers ea...

>> i can tell you that rob has been effective in his role as staff secretary and the president and chief of staff have full confidence in his ability. >> reporter: cnn has learned one year into the trump administration and porter never obtained a permanent security clearance to work here and last fall it was widely known porter was facing trouble getting that clearance and there were allegations about abuse from his ex-wives. christine and dave. >> thank you, jim. joining us this morning is juli...

Curling. a show of force of north korea is the story. good morning. thanks for getting an "early start" with us. im dave briggs. >> im christine romans. it is thursday, february 8th. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east in the u.s. major questions this morning about who knew what and when after a top white house official is forced to step down over allegations he abused two ex-wives. were told rob porter will be out of the west wing today. he is the staff secretary effectively gate keeper to the presiden...

Security clearance. one ex-wife told "the washington post" why she thinks more people did not know. >> im not at all surprised that people who work with him in a professional capacity see him as a model of discretion and integrity and character. like i mentioned, i believe he is and i think professionally he is intelligent and he is measured and he is certainly someone that i would trust in that professional position and in his personal life he is also abusive and angry. >> an official says port...