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Knew he had this problem in his back ground, saying that he still had the confidence of the chief of staff at the white house, that he would remain in the position and then reversing course. then the chief of staff telling his staff that he immediately acted when they knew that wasnt true. and now of course this morning with the president doubling down by saying that how much they appreciated mr. porters service in the white house, without having any comment about the fact, of concern for his tw...

White house counsel don mcgahn was told four times of domestic issues in porters back ground. by porter himself a year ago, though it is not clear how detailed he was. then after the fbi interview, the two ex-wives saying he domestically abused them. then an ex-girlfriend told don mcgahn. as a lawyer, does he has an obligation to tell? >> not just as a lawyer but with classified information. this is classic blackmail material. a history of domestic violence that was secret at the time. an interi...

John missed that. and he has paid a price for that. >> should he resign? >> i think thats between the president and john kelly. i suspect because as he marine, that john will stick to the job as long as the president wants him to be there. >> you were white house chief of staff during the bill clinton presidency. during the clinton administration. if you had had your staff secretary, a person with enormous responsibility, with that kind of back ground, the fbi had briefed you, your other aides, ...

>> sean: i read it clinton friends and associates were feeding christopher steele information and he was running with it and that became the dossier which became the bulk of the fisa warrant? >> that appears to be the case, sean. this is very concerning. not only was christopher steele informing other reporters, talking to other reporters on back ground, lying the whole way through but he was collecting information. remember, by this point, the russians probably and i said this before, already k...

>> dana: i know one thing, your back ground in law enforcement and all you have stkupb for our country as a u.s. attorney is so impressive. in some ways i think of what you did then as a investigator and prosecutor, is similar to spokes people. i never like to go out in public as a spokes person unless i feel i have all of the information at once. im curious if you think that, if the memo is released to the public would you support the president declassifying all under it so we have the informat...

The census bureau right now is someone whose life has been writing books and doing redistricting work to try to bundle people in districts. this is not necessarily the intellectual back ground you want in positions that are arbitrating over everybody here. and thats a worrying trend. not just in the judiciary but in other aspects of the trump administration. >> i want to ask you sort of weve heard so much from the president throughout the last year about the coal industry and bringing it back. w...

Robert mueller? trying to intimidate him and members of his team? if so, will it work? >> theyre clearly trying to do those things. theres been a lot of talk about obstruction. there is a much more powerful way that bob mueller can use this evidence. that would be as direct evidence of a conspiracy. the conspiracy between the russians and the trump campaign to win that election. so we can view these acts, the sessions acts and the others were hearing about now in that context. for a little back ...

Wanted to pardon him on the theory that he merits a pardon and would be more helpful to trump the quiet colleague, rather than talkative witness, then the time to pardon him was before mike flynn flipped. lake maybe nine months ago when he said a story to tell. or maybe two week ago when he pled guilty to lying to the fbi. while trump is flirting today with the idea of pardons with his well see, mike flynn has already spent weeks talking to the team. legally you dont get a deal without a proffer...

Surveillance of the trump associate on the campaign. and also tonight and finally tonight does muellers top deputy play attention this is known as muellers willing pit bull. we are talking about the hard char charging prosecutor. he has a long history using questionable, unethical tactics to get convictions it highlights weiss there the mans anti trump biassed. benefit we get to that you gotta understand who was andrew weissman. fox news dug deep in weissmans back ground. back in 2000 during the...

Bring edith back home of t. even with her generosity and falling out of the sky like a fairy godmother, she wasnt even able to get edith out of the grips of the guardianship system. >> tom, if you could get a screening for every member of congress to see this film, what do you hope they would takeaway from it? >> i hope that each of them in looking at their own families would feel the universal connectedness, regardless of their back ground, their political beliefs. the fling unites us all is fa...