but some senior white house officials urged him to stay and fight. the new york times reports, when kelly told staffers friday morning he removed porter less than an hour after learning about porter s true situation, quote, most of the staff appeared incredulous. one person said several people in the room knew that time line kelly had p kelly had presented was false. absorb that for a second. people who report day in, day out lead to he was lying about the time line. the white house is insisting trump has full confidence in kelly, despite reports trump is looking to replace him. so i want to pick up on what you just said about the president not being clear in his support of women. in fact, i think the opposite is true. i think he s been clear on the other side. the white house an invitation is open for him to be clear. just think about it. rob porter, while he said good things about him, he hasn t even acknowledged those two ex wives. let s talk about this. the white house is