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Took him nine days i think -- >> on that point i want to play the sound. there is a lot f media criticism that he expressed sympathy for porter and hadnt talked about the ex wives at all. >> im totally opposed to domestic violence of any kind. everyone knows that. and it almost wouldnt even have to be said so now you hear it, but you all know it >> i dont think the domestic violence label is going to stick on trump any more than the sexist label and all the other labels because it is not reflect...

Remember us raising complete hell about when president obama was running against -- candidate obama was running agt mi romney and the campaign finance stuff that was seen around it and the preside won, he beat mitt romney and he moved into the white house. i think alan would agree, i would contend that numerous administrations have seen foreign countries try to impose their will on our elections. obviously, this is a big concern. an open and free internet is another conversation. the first amend...

These after the security investigation revealed months ago, allegations of abuse from two ex-wives. in a memo, senior intelligence and law enforcement staff, kelly acknowledges the events of the last ten days focused attention on the clear process that has been in place for multiple administrations that should and in the future must do better. despite the changes, congress is still investigating. >> my first questions are going to be to the fbi because i want to fully know who knew what when and...

Administrations. however, past administrations from officials from the bush and obama administrations have told us that it doesnt -- theyve had people with much more minor discretions come -- be denied security clearances back when they were applying for them. however, rob -- officials like rob porter or even jared kushner were able to get through that process. so i think this is definitely an effort by kelly and other white house officials to essentially not cover up, but i guess try to make th...

Able to go speak to prosecutors, discussion information, but this is kind of information off the books, if you will, for any prosecution. my information isnt quite what the other reporting is at this time. >> dana: maybe well have more on that by the end of the hour possibly w the way news is breaking today. thank you. >> reporter: youre welcome. >> dana: we now bring in a former justice department official who served under both bush and obama administrations. take me through what happened today...

Vacant government buildings just sitting empty? tonight correspondent doug mckelway has some answers. >> you cant get your job done. have you 124 properties out of 14,000 properties. this is one property that i dont care if its republican or a democrat administration if its this administration or previous administrations the job is not getting done. >> almost six years ago republican congressman jeff denim brought a general services administration official into this vacant musty old government b...

In those agencies. and we began running the numbers. our initial headline was more than 130. its actually 135 officials have been operating at an least as of last november with some form of interim clearance. there might will be a number of reasons why is an official would be operating on an interim clearance while investigation continues. even our own reporting up till yesterday was that number was much lower. perhaps only 30 and 40. and the white house in explaining even that number said this ...

And democratic administrations, presidents, but inning happens, and you have to say to yourself is it going to be repeat performance now? >> well, i hope that our leaders are watching tonight and looking at the images that we are seeing on the screen of these young people, and trying to put themselves in the place of these families who have lost these children and of the other children who witnessed their classmates and their teachers murdered for no reason, for no reason, and say to themselves,...

Information in this documents. as somebody whos covered the white house yourself, youre well aware of the different distinctions both in terms of the different divisions of the white house and also the different tiers of classification. the big headline was that number, 130 out of more than 500 officials within the constellation of offices and agencies within the office, the executive office of the president, are operating as of last november with some sort of interim clearance. and thats signif...

Reporting up until today indicated the number was much lower, perhaps 30 to 40. in the white house in explaining why the number would have been even that high has sought to say, basically, that any time you have a new administration with the sheer number of new officials coming in, youre going to have a backlog and that might lead to delays. we did talk wither on officials in other white houses in previous administrations. they said thats true that even at the end of the first year you might hav...