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What is he putting in his budget? >> i would have to look at the specific number. it was rolled out in the budget presented yesterday. >> is the number the number thats always been or did -- was it just -- would you talk to us about -- >> what was requested has been put into the presidents budget. it was in the budget that was rolled out yesterday. thats been part of the ongoing process. we dont write a budget in 20 minutes. its been part of something thats been ongoing. >> i understand that. i ...

That is the position they were seriously considering for rob porter and knew this as the white house flagged concerns about porters security clearance, knowing that in some capacity he was an alleged spousal abuser. what was your visceral reaction when you learned that? >> it was hard to believe. this disturbs me on so many level. >> yes. >> first of all, the idea that spousal abuse was known about within the white house with regard to rob porter and yet they kept him on for months and months. t...

To the white house. that was still ongoing and, therefore, recommendation had not been made. thats part of the white house that the security office plays, run by career officials and we hadnt received a recommendation by that office. >> the fbi director said under oath today that the completed background investigation was actually submitted in late july. which is it? >> white house personnel security office staff bid career officials receive what had they considered to be the final background in...

>> matthew? >> last week raj said the situation could have been handled better. yesterday you echoed that. today the chief of staff said it was all done right. can you explain, does the white house think this rob porter situation could have been handled differently or do you think it was all done right? >> as i said yesterday every day we come here, we do the very best we can and every day we can do better than we did the day before and were going to continue to strive for that. were humans, mak...

A bridge to women voters. >> we are a week out. i think its been seven days, brian stelter. im sure youre keeping tally, since this whole story break. >> tuesday evening last week. >> i give a nod to our friend philip rubbinger with the washington post. we saw at the top of the briefing. we know what was dominating the briefing. we sort of traut out this cabinet secretary to talk about infrastructure when, you know, they bring out the special guests when they know chaos is a swirlin. >> when the...

Sanders cant say she knows for a fact, we dont know what -- when exactly did john kelly get information and first learn that rob porter had allegations against him of spousal abuse? when exactly did that happen? we dont know. all we know from sarah sanders is its her understanding the best facts available to her is that he didnt know until the daily mail story was reported. but that is where -- >> such a simple question. when did he know. when did he know? the point, too, you have a couple of pe...

Theres only one reason why i assume there was a problem with the file. >> so i take it thats not a legit excuse. porter was among this group of 30 to 40 staffers who still dont have clearance, including jared kushner who handles highly classified information. dan coates, director of national intelligence said that the clearance process is broken. >> i think sometimes it is necessary to have some type of preliminary clearance in order to fill a slot. if thats the case the access has to be limited...

>> she was asked if she was worried hicks might be or could be a victim as well. >> im sorry for any suffering that this woman has endured. in the case of hope, i met somebody so strong with such excellent instincts and loyalty and smarts, i didnt have the presence of mind and the professional capabilities at her age that i see in her every single day. >> strong women get abused, too. >> many women get abused, no question. let me agree with you on that. theres a stigma of silence surrounding all...

Her when she says hicks is a strong women but her statement um applies those who have been in abusive relationships are not strong. i beg to differ. what do you make of that? >> i beg to differ also. i heard those words as reported and thought exactly the same thing. and the suggestion that this is about strength of women is il advised. the other thing i would say is that sadly too seldom -- its sadly seldom that domestic abusers only act in one instance or one time only. what were hearing from ...