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Full confidence in his chief of staff, the communications director, the white house counsel? >> yes. the president has confidence in his staff. >> and questions on the spending plan. as i understand it not withstanding what the budget will say, the u.s. will have to borrow more than a trillion dollars a year and could affect markets globally. does the president feel confident that they -- do you dispute that and does the president feel that is -- >> i refer you to the treasury. some of the numbe...

Investigation, some information may arise that seems troubling or complicated and requires additional investigating. its important to allow that process to continue in order for a fullsome understanding of the information. the whole u.s. government takes this process seriously. its not politicized or interfered with. but we do not push -- we do push for -- we push to obtain acc rate fulsome information as quickly as possible. lets talk about rob porter. the allegations involve incidents long bef...

Compromise national security or interfere with operations here at the white house. weve spoken to one of porters ex-wives who said she warned the fbi that he could be susceptible to blackmail because of the allegations -- >> im not going to get into the specifics of the investigation itself. i think thats a question for the fbi and others. this is not our process. this is the process the u.s. government uses across agencies and has existed over numerous administrations. >> i want to clarify what...

Absolutely worth it. over the course of any investigation, some information may arise that seems troubling or complicated and requires additional investigating. its important to allow that process to continue in order for a fulsome understanding. the whole u.s. government takes this process seriously. its not politicized or interfered with, but we do push to obtain accurate fulsome information as quickly as possible. now let me talk about rob porter. the allegations made against rob porter as we...

In his chief of is that of -- >> yes. >> and his white house counsel and communications director? >> yes, absolutely. confidence in the chief of staff counsel. sure. >> questions on the spending plan. as i understand it, and notwithstanding whatever the budget is going to say, do you also have to borrow more than a trillion dollars this year and could in fact market globally, does the president feel confident to do that, does the president feel confident that is the right thing do and it could b...

The question is on the table, was he working for the russians or was he just leading their dirty tricks teams for the trumps campaign. and both of those things may be the same thing in the end. so you know, i think nuclear power plants are the least of his problems. >> let me actually read for the audience to you understand what were talking about, cummings and angle wrote a letter that was detailing what michael flynn was doing in terms of representing these companies. and this is the letter th...

And now this morning. they make the whole thing public. quote, we are writing today to thank you for your responses and to request additional information. first, your responses provide multiple independent confirmations that general flynn traveled to the middle east to meet with foreign officials and business associates in june 2015 to promote this russian nuclear power project. based on your responses it appears that general flynn violated federal law by omitting this trip from his security cle...

Vice presidents conversations in colombia are going to be very important. >> manu? >> john, jared kushner the presidents son-in-law is under focus from the senate judiciary committee which sent a letter to the fbi and white house security clearance form by july 6th. now kushners outside attorney did respond about the security clearance but i was told by a chuck grassley representative on friday that they want the white house to respond in full through a series of questions including whether or n...

Lying to the vice president, and potentially even to fbi investigators. and then this strange kidnapping plot when he was working as a foreign agent on behalf of the turkish government to abduct a u.s.-based turkish cleric in the poconos. so, look, when you add all of this up, is it possible that michael flynn just forgot or omitted this payment and this disclosure in his vetting and security clearance forms? sure, its possible. but is it likely? absolutely not. >> but theres als-- it also strik...

Omitted this payment and this disclosure in his vetting and security clearance forms? sure, its possible. but is it likely? absolutely not. >> but theres also -- it also strikes me theres an affirmative -- i remember the beginning of the obama administration watching this sort of the wheels of the background check process sort of come alive. and it was remarkable how much work went into it, how it slowed the process, but how important everyone involved in that process took it as central to makin...