John Kelly Problem News Today

Press briefing in a week. at the last white house press briefing, most of the questions were about what john kelly knew and when he knew it and what john kelly did to protect his favorite staff member rob porter after it was revealed that rob porter was accused of violence against both of his former wives. that is where we left it in the white house press briefing room last week and today there was not one question about rob porter in the briefing. because it worked. the white house strategy wor...

Wives. that is where we left it in the white house press briefing room last week and today there was not one question about rob porter in the briefing. because it worked. the white house strategy worked. just wait out the news cycle. just wait for a subject change. and thats how theyll get away from rob porter and the john kelly problem. and they got that subject change in the form of mass murder in the presidents own back yard in florida on wednesday. a tragedy that provoked this question today...

>> thats about as insulting as lindsey graham is going to get to john kelly and president trump. >> right. lindsey graham has been laying it at the feet of john kelly and the white house staff. in the end, this is not a staffing problem. this is not a john kelly problem. this is not even really a donald trump problem. to go back to norms point. this is a problem of the latest of many vivid illustrations over the course of last year that the republican party is not a functional government party. ...

Have been trying to find a way forward. to fix an immigration system as broken. to turn it into a merit based immigration system over time. to get everyone right with the law. so i havent been fiddling. what i ask is white house is find out what youre for. i cant read your mind. >> thats about as insulting as lindsey graham is going to get to john kelly and president trump. >> right. lindsey graham has been laying it at the feet of john kelly and the white house staff. in the end, this is not a ...

Of rob porter that i have come to know, since becoming chief of s staff the and believe every individual deserves right to defend their situation. but i just dont -- these arent these documents a part of a review before somebody enters the white house? im confused, joe, whats your take. >> well, they certainly are. and mike barnicle, this has been out there since 2010. once again shows what -- how fast and loose this white house runs with so many things. including screening individuals that work...