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Comments today and how chief of staff john kelly has handled the situation. take a listen. >> i think there is probably some -- in the process some lack of communication between different elements in the white house. the fbi runs the clearance process. and when they provide somebody an interim clearance, that means theyve done an initial vet and say, this person is okay. i dont know, to be honest. i dont know who knew what when at this point, and i think the stories of replacing john kelly are m...

Kaitlan collin at the white house, thank you. i want to dig deeper on this on the rob porter abuse scandal and the white houses handling of it. we have jim schultz with us, cnn legal commentator and former white house lawyer and former special assistant to president trump. jim, thanks for joining us to give us your insight here, especially on the chief of staff john kelly because he has said that he demanded that rob porter resign 40 minutes after he learned about the photos. but thats not what ...

The person used to work for. thats totally different than bringing someone in as national security adviser who then has to go through a much more elaborate clearance process and vetting process. that didnt happen with mr. flynn under the trump administrations watch. i doubt the security clearance was upped. >> the u.s. army as well did they know about his paid speaking engagements in 2015 in moscow. we also have the video of him having dinner at this russian t. >> i dont know. its a very good qu...

The press is reporting that general flynn never completed the process. can you enlighten us? >> i cant speak to specifics about how it was done with general flynn. i know with what i went through as a political appointee twice in a democrat and republican administration, and the vetting process for either a political appointee or someone working in the white house is far, far more invasive and more thorough than a standard clearance process. i dont know what process was used in general flynns ca...

Flynn? >> the vetting process or someone working in the white house is far, far than a standard clearance process. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shut down of muslims entering the united states. >> he made clear he was not talking about muslims around the world. thats why this is not a muslim ban. >> this is new day with chris comeau and alisyn camerota. >> good morning. welcome to your new day. it is tuesday, may 9th, 8:00 in the east. sally yates sounding the alarm, say...

Vettinging. >> the vetting process for either a political appointee or someone working in the white house is far, far more invasive and far more thorough than a standard clearance process. >> reporter: and one question not answered in the hearing, whether sally yates warning made it from the white house counsel all the way to president trump. sally yates says she doesnt know if the white house reviewed the information requested from the justice department since sally yates was fired just days la...

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