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President trump? >> this is a question that falls more much under the purview under the chief of staff. and past administrations, they have suffered through that by asking about some very penetrating questions. we dont know if that happened in this case. >> bret: charlie hurt, when you look at what the fbi director said and then you hear about the focus on the white house security office, which was kind of the line today as opposed to monday, what do you think, and what is the story go? >> well,...

[inaudible] is there a feeling that chief of staff john kelly has misled you and his colleagues on what he knew and set up the communications staff to cover up the way that he handled the firing of rob porter? >> no. were stating that were giving you the best information that were going to have. obviously the press team is not as read in as other elements at any given moment on a variety of topics. but we relay the best and most accurate information that we have and we get those from those indiv...

This is a key difference between the trump administration and all the previous administrations weve seen in modern history going back to the 1960s. >> there is a few things there you mentioned i want to follow up. one on this dragnet idea there has ban lot of reporting on this. this comes from the houston chronicle. this is an advocacy group file in houston. it is increasingly common federal practice to target predominantly hispanic complexes and then questioning bystanders without any evidence ...

Match. leave me alone. >> i had an identical weekend. this administration leaks a ton. i love it. im grateful for it. it provides this show with a lot of -- >> i think it shows how nervous people are. >> yeah. it also shows that despite trumps loyalty test hes surrounded by people that really arent that loyal to him. if you looked at sarah huckabee sanders argument its so silly. its a very childish argument. what with shes saying is you guys are doing a really bad thing therefore you shouldnt ge...

Group of people whether democrats or republicans who go in and out of administrations. but most of those who i know in this administration are not willing for serve in what they call the blast zone, a wh whiche chous. >> but this has been an issue ever since donald trump won the election. bheed l we immediately started writing all the stories about the never trump americans and will he ever forgive those people and he wasnt. he didnt want to do that. he didnt want to have to -- >> now hes forgiv...

And now we have spoken to officials with past administrations, republican and democrat, who say that its highly unusual that it would take this long for that many security clearances to be cleared within a year. sometimes it can take a year, sometimes it can take longer. but they note that that is a fairly high number, specifically when you are talking about people who are working in such close proximity to the president like a rob porter and like jared kushner. so the broader security, the broa...

This is a key difference between the trump administration and all the previous administrations weve seen in modern history going back to the 1960s. >> there is a few things there you mentioned i want to follow up. one on this dragnet idea there has ban lot of reporting on this. this comes from the houston chronicle. this is an advocacy group file in houston. it is increasingly common federal practice to target predominantly hispanic complexes and then questioning bystanders without any evidence ...

Answer. the white house has not been transparent through this process. and a lot of the focus here is on john kelly, don mcgahn, the white house counsel, what did they know? when did they know it? why did they make these decisions to act or to not act? and why were they protecting porter all the way up until, even after, those photos came out, according to our reporting. so its a really troubling situation. and its important, i think, for the viewers to understand. its not just a matter of rob p...

[ everybody talking at once ] >> whatever information you know, so is there is a feeling that chief staff john misled you and colleagues on what he knew and when instead of the communication staff to provide information in order to cover up the way that he handling the firing? >> no, were simply stating well give you the best information that we have. obvious i will the press team may not be as read in as other elements on a given moment on a variety of topics, but we relay the best and most acc...

>> we wont get into the details of how the clearance process works. last week we went further than we ever have before due to extenuating circumstances and theres nothing further to add on that front. this is a process that doesnt operate within the white house. it is handled by our law enforcement and intelligence community. and we support that process. it is the same process and used in other administrations and were relying on that process at this point. i think it is up to the law enforcemen...