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This culture is very educational for people. But i think we need to stop believing victims, we need to start believing the women. And i think those are strong words that the white house would probably take issue with. So that is why you are here. Thank you all. That does it for us. Mtp daily starts right now. Hi, chuck. Thank you for all of that. If it is tuesday, russia could be meddling right now. Is anybody in the u. S. Government watching . Tonight the nations intelligence chiefs say russia ...

Handled the domestic abuse allegations against rob porter and the questions about his security clearance. "the wall street journal" reports when kelly was asked if the situation should have been handled differently he responded, quote, no, it was all done right. tonight a new report in the "the washington post" indicates that a number of white house staffers dont agree. in fact, this report indicates the long knives appear to be out for kelly in the west wing. ashley parker who will join us here...

Some of them trump favorites out of the orbit. they broke some glassware in kind of bringing their regime and discipline to the west wing. and as i mentioned in our first segment when the long knives come out in washington, it is a sight to behold. they are sharp, and it can be gruesome. >> and some of those people wielding those knives tonight are some former trump advisers, the friends of president trump who have felt their access to this president limited in the past six to ten months since g...

Telling the associated press, quote, we have a broken system and i think everybodys come to agree with that now. coats was later asked about the risks of temporary clearances at todays senate intel hearing. >> i think sometimes it is necessary to have some type of preliminary clearance in order to fill a slot, but i have publicly stated if that is the case, the access has to be limited with the kind of information they can receive or not receive. the process is broken. it needs to be reformed. >...

The department of the army for a reason. you have history with government secrets. rob porter saw and heard it all, really, in the oval office. what should we know about the guarding of government secrets from your lifetime? >> well, theres a reason why we have a security clearance process. and if someone doesnt get it, its not enough to say he wasnt denied it, he wasnt granted it. he should have never had access to the top secret things. when i was in the pentagon had a code word that was a pro...

Investigation and not passed that information to the white house. >> did you acknowledge you did receive paperwork? >> again, the white house i think you need to pea clear theres multiple groups here. the white house security office which is staff bide security officials may have received information, but they had not completed their process and made a recommendation to the white house for adjudication. >> did any personnel at the white house security office have any information in the west wing...

Senior level that these reviews are expedited. theyre treated very seriously. they have to occur a lot more rapidly than for other more junior positions in the government. theres going to be immediate attention to this kind of information. that apparently didnt happen here, and theres no real explanation for it. ive heard speculation about it, but its very difficult to understand. >> and bob, when the white house -- when the fbi director in his very measured tone ran methodically through these f...

Clarity within the white house. because theyre the ones that hold the clearance here. but i think that in this instance, given the negative information that was out there, based on what we know publicly, things like the photograph and whatnot that makes that adjudication process very difficult. and yeah, who did drop the ball and why did it happen that way? >> and ashley, a word about mr. porter. as weve stressed this week, the title of staff secretary is one of those misleading titles. its more...

Pulled out to try to get mr. porter a clearance, if that was at all possible? >> well, i think the process was done as precisely as it should have been done. you know, theres recognition that this vision occupies a position of importance in the white house, and so theres going to be emphasis on it. but its also going to be a very objective process, and i think thats what really where the challenge is. bob is right again, too, i heard what the dni said what about the process being broken. theres ...

That is really terrible that would embarrass you if it was released, that could send you to jail, that could certainly cause you to lose your job, so you will give me certain information that i want. or you will influence a policy. you will stop sanctions from being implemented. we know that the russian sanctions that congress voted have not been implemented. why not? well, maybe the russians have some information and theyre blackmailing someone to change the policies. so thats what i mean by it...