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In your deputy attorney general. >> you figure that one out. >> rachel brand also served in president trump gorge w. bush and president obamas administrations. two sources familiar with her plans said she was leaving for a job you dont turn down. rachel brand will become the global governance director atwal mart. meanwhile, president trump was supposed to release the democratic memo, the house committee voted to release it earlier this week, the president said this to reporters this afternoon. >...

He does say some allegations are true. he acknowledges that. but the overarching message is one weve heard from the president before, a tendency to side with the person whos been accused of something and not sympathize with those who might have suffered at that persons hands. richard. >> kelly, weekends are normally days of rest in most administrations, but youve been reporting on this a topsy turvy nature because of what has happened with rob porter and sorenson overnight. any sense since youre...

All-time high and corruption continues to plague an afghan government. for a war now in as you said, 17th year, the united states has precious little to show. can you expand on that, steve? >> this has been a, a product of three administrations now, this war and we have struggled to find a strategy to change the facts on the ground in the war against the taliban. partly because our own war aims have been so confused, the trump administration has come in,ing announced some changes to policy. susp...

And president trump refused to rule out firing rod rosenstein a week ago. >> i think its a disgrace whats happening with our country. and when you see so many things going on a lot of people should be ashamed of themselves and much worse than that. >> do you still have confidence in your deputy attorney general. >> you figure that one out. >> rachel brand also served in president trump gorge w. bush and president obamas administrations. two sources familiar with her plans said she was leaving fo...

I spoke to former senior intelligence officials who served both republican and democratic administrations. they said it is very unusual for someone at this level of a position to be acting on an interim security clearance for so long, and precisely because of the nature of the position he had, staff secretary. in effect, someone controlling the information flow to the president. and that information flow includes an enormous amount of highly sensitive, highly classified information. we heard raj...

Details. yes, they saw the pictures and they still defended him. they didnt fire him. they defended his integrity and his honesty. and as amanda says, that speaks to the culture of the white house. what youre saying is acceptable. for me, for somebody who served for eight years, people who have served for republican and democratic administrations, its really disheartening and upsetting to see this kind of behavior be accepted from that building. >> david, i mean, what do you make of the white ho...

Reaction to the breaking news we had at the top of the hour. number three official resigning after just nine months on the job. what do you think that could mean for the russia investigation? >> well, its a loss for the justice department. she served under three administrations and has really had a reputation for being committed to her job and to the principles of really advancing justice for all. so shes good person to. lose somebody like that just te tells me that its been rough duty when your...

Couldnt get a security clearance and he was doing nothing. looking the other way. >> like in the saturday night live skit where nothing matters. where it keeps going on and on. adding insult to injury, which i think is unbelievable to me is the communications director is involved romantically with rob porter. she reportedly helped draft the original statement that praised him talked what a great guy and employee he was. but then they said she recused from some of the conversations. should she ha...

Thought he could be vulnerable to blackmail because of the domestic abuse allegations. well leek these if you dont, then he might be vulnerable to this blackmail. here is raj shaw response from the podium today. >> im not going to get into the specifics of the investigation itself. i think thats a question for the fbi and others. but this is not our process. this is the process u.s. government uses across agencies and has existed over numerous administrations. >> we know he went basically a full...

This is, one, extremely unusual this late in an administration, early in a administration you might have a number of people with interim security clearances, 13 months in, very unusual and im told that by both current and former intelligence officials who have served both republican and democratic administrations. more importantly, we are told, that among the issues behind these delays are likely to be continuing questions, both from law enforcement and the intelligence community as to whether t...