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White house counsel and to the chief of staff filtered through the fbi background process. its a federal felony, a federal crime to make a material false statement in a matter thats within the jurisdiction of the executive branch. and a backgrounding exercise, where fbi agents go out and interview both someone who seeks a position and everyone involved in their background would be a qualifying proceeding. so for kelly to discount the stories that come from the wives and exgirlfriend, he would ha...

Crime to make a material false statement in a matter thats within the jurisdiction of the executive branch. and a backgrounding exercise where fbi agents go out and interview both someone who seeks a position and everyone who is involved in their background would be a qualifying proceeding. so for kelly to discount the stories that come from the wives and the ex-girlfriend, ed have to believe that they spoke to fbi agents during the background process or to fbi employees conducting that backgrou...

Presidents desk, thats, its unfathomable. joyce vance, i want to go to reporting in "new york times" tonight. they are say mr. porters case raised questions about what mr. kelly knew and when. the white house was informed as far as back as august that mr. porters security clearance was being held up because of domestic allegations. joyce, what does that tell you that as far as back as august, the white house has found out theres a serious problem? >> its really incredible that they kept porter o...

Our normal policy consistent with the policies of past administration administrations is to not comment on background checks. due to the nature and reports floating around we wanted to explain as best we can through our security limitations how the background process works and talk about rob porter and how his situation fits within that process. background investigation process is the process for evaluating allegations about a white house staffers conduct prior to joining the white house. its ru...

Images. >> just answer one more thing. you talked about the fact that there werent any concerns, you said, that could compromise national security or interfere with operations here at the white house. but weve spoken to one of porters ex-wives who told us she warned the fbi that he could be susceptible to blackmail because of the allegations against him. >> 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...

The new allegations released today against rob porter. there is no place for domestic violence in our society. i stand by my previous comments of the rob porter that i have come to know since becoming chief of staff, and believe individual deserves the right to defend their reputation. i accepted his resignation earlier today, and will ensure a swift and orderly transition. two things. he knew and is lying about not knowing. or he didnt know and that may be even more troubling. because this man,...

Donald trump, i think you can best sum it up in a word, unpredictable. >> yes, wait and see. thanks so much. while thats happening on wednesday, the other big story line this week for the trump transition team will be the confirmation hearings for many of the president-elects cabinet picks. but the fact that many of those people havent turned over background information and financial disclosures has some democrats threatening to draw the process out. trumps senior adviser offered a defense by ...

Communities that are living the reality and violence every day. you just alluded to an incident in my district where thankfully officer stewart is fine but the first thing i got from officers when i got on the scene, the first comment, theres too many guns on the street. we could have a strict background process but guns are being accessed from other areas and are hitting our streets each and every day. we are united, you know, have officers and to have lay people and everyone being united and s...

Of people listened to this argument and they just think that its reasonable to sort of tap the brakes a little bit and to take some time on this. you know, whats your sense for how fast the white house wants to move on this and what their reaction is going to be to your bill? >> well, im hopeful that the president will come around. were going to are have a vote tomorrow on this legislation. very common sense legislation. just says lets simply stop the flow of these refugees unless and until the ...

Point. the felon was spotted by an agent but then a supervisor cleared the security check despite the mans history. a homeland security inspector said it highlights the need for the agency to modify its procedures. >> lets talk about these. lets bring in former assistant director of the fbi tom fuentes. tom, good morning. i want to start with the tsa pre-check story christi gave us. this man had a murder conviction connected to a domestic terror organization. how could someone like that get thro...