reporting of porter. here is what chris christie had to say on what needs to happen now. i think in the end we have to hear from john kelly as to what he knew. we haven t heard that directly from him yet. i think the president needs to hear that before he can make an evaluation of competency. in the end, george, this is about confidence. if there is allegations, the president has it make that call. kimberly, do you think we will see kelly come out and address this issue directly? there s been some speculation s recorded, according to the new york times, he is willing to resign overweight he handled this. it seems his offer to resign was not a full-throated one. it sounded more like, well if you want me to step down, i will. not much beyond that. but the point that you make and that goes directly t governor christie s poi is that look, there was plenty of evidence for them to be aware of it whether they chose to see it or not.
example, mike flynn, what the white house knew, had they vetted him properly, what about his security clearance, security clearances for other members of the staff as well. the white house not responding to those questions during the briefing, although there is a new statement from sarah huckabee sanders in which she again does not elaborate on rob porter s security clearance, but just a couple minutes ago, i m pulling up my e-mail here because it popped into our inboxes from sarah sanders in which she said the white house takes security clearances seriously, but not commenting on the specifics of porter s clearance. the other piece is pulling back on rob porter s involvement and interactions with the president on a daily basis. you better than anyone know this, you worked in the west wing. you are snow the title staff is a misleading title. we were reporting on hand because he was working on the state of the union speech. having worked with orrin hatch and rob portman was back channel