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Their right to show john kelly those photos and those photos would tell the entire story. >> ruth marcus, joyce vance and ned price, thank you. well have more in the rewrite tonight. there is breaking news in the senate where the senators have just voted to end debate on the spending bill. the vote was 73-26 on rand pauls hopeless and childish stunt. we will have more on that next. fire fighting is a very dangerous profession.

I just want to get an answer on this issue of from ned price and joyce vance, do you believe if the fbi was in possession of those photographs, the black eye photographs for the last year, and this security clearance was being held up because of them, is it likely that the fbi would have showed that photograph to yawn kelly? joyce vance, what do you think? >> i think absolutely. they would have gone back to the potential candidate for the office and asked him to explain the photograph. and then ...

Sacred. sacred? you know, dont hit them. and i just need to keep going for a second here. the times" reports that the photo was sent to the fbi agent or given to the fbi agent on january 27th, 2017. the fbi, i would be very surprised if the fbi just somehow kept that information from the white house during that whole time until the next fall. that would be really surprising. and by the way, this is not just a question about background checks, yes, we want to make sure that people with security c...

And recommended against giving him a security clearance. that is being reported tonight by the "huffington post" after you authorized it this afternoon in a conversation with me. and heres the "huffington post" reporting that porter had failed his security clearance investigation because of the domestic abuse reports. porter at that time told kelly he would leave the white house in december but agreed to stay at kellys urging. a republican said on condition of anonymity. ned, your reaction to th...

Say, why is it that this senior white house official my staff secretary, doesnt yet have aer. the security clearance? and i think at that point, the fbi would be certainly within their right to show john kelly those photos and those photos would tell the entire story. >> ruth marcus, joyce vance and ned price, thank you. well have more in the rewrite tonight. there is breaking news in the senate where the senators have just voted to end debate on the spending bill. the vote was 73-26 on rand pau...

Not beaten their wives in the past. its a moral question. its not only a security question. >> before we go to a break here, i want to get an answer on this issue of, from ned price and joyce vance, do you believe if the fbi was in possession of those photographs, the black eye photographs for the last year and this security clearance was being held up, is it likely the fbi would have showed that photograph to john kelly? joyce vance, what do you think? >> i think absolutely. they would have gon...

By the "huffington post" after you authorized it this afternoon in a conversation with me. and heres the "huffington post" reporting that porter had failed his security clearance investigation because of the domestic abuse reports. porter at that time told kelly he would leave the white house in december but agreed to stay at kellys urging. a republican said on condition of anonymity. ned, your reaction to that. >> right, lawrence. theres more here than meetses the eye. that much we know. the st...

Being held up because of them, is it likely that the fbi would have showed that photograph to yawn kelly? joyce vance, what do you think? >> i think absolutely. they would have gone back to the potential candidate for the office and asked him to explain the photograph. and then they would have gone to his future boss. there is no doubt that the fbi would have discussed that and what i think needs to happen now is we need to have access to that fbi report and see what it reflects. >> ned, with yo...

Urgent concern than the concern of icbms, despite the fact that people in the administration say its only a few months away. >> rick stengle and ned price, thank you. coming up, reason for treason. was president trump kidding when he called them treasonists? thats coming up next on "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc.

Sleep. you heard the vice chairman of the intelligence committee call it a, what he calls a rational process. i dont think this process will be rational. >> i agree. i want to give richard a quick answer. and we have booked on this show, devin nuness opponent, a democrat running in california. i want you to speak to the point that ned is raising. this whole thing started out as a mess because of the way devin nunes and house republicans approached it. but the news appears to be your comment on t...