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Almost wouldnt even have to be said. now you hear it, but you all know it. thank you all very much. i appreciate it. >> the president breaking his long silence on domestic violence did abuabuse. that is after his top aide, rob porter, accused of abusing his two ex-wives. the president has struggled to respond to the outcry of the mistreatment of women. vice president pence admitting the porter debacle was fumbled. >> as i said and the white house has said, i think the white house could have hand...

>> where are they? that you are on fox. they think it is a safe haven. ask them the questions that matter. because thats why theyre there. theyre hiding. dont let them hide. now, on the president, hes got more on his plate, as you indicated. the porter debacle is not going away for several reasons. one, it was handled lousy and lied about. two, it matters because of the intelligence and classified information and who can see it and who cant. third, about domestic violence. he didnt say anything ...

Staff, quite frankly. what the men and women in the military see and what we see now is woefully lacking. having said that, i think hes brought a modicum of calm to the white house. its relative in terms of what we consider calm and i think the president will hold on to him as long as he can. >> do you think thats a good idea? >> i dont think so. i think whats happened in the porter debacle shows not only the insensitivity but the deafness to whats happening throughout our company when it comes ...

Accusations against rob porter, the staff secretary who stepped down. on sunday, legislative affairs director mark short made clear that the white house staff didnt even try to nail down the facts of the porter debacle before they fanned out for their sunday show appearances. >> its a fair question, chuck. i dont know who knew what when. >> why dont you know? why does everyone in the white house speaking in the room, get with don mcgahn, white house communication director hope hicks and former s...

Phones friends and including reince priebus. he got differing opinions on the way forward. on thursday, raj shah was asked about the response to the porter debacle. >> i think it is fair to say that we all could have done better in the last few hours or last few days. >> could they have done worse? sources tell cnn shahs admission of error did not sit well with the boss. kelly became fully aware of the allegations this week, but cnns reporting shows kelly has known about the accusations for mont...

Disturbed by the porter scandal, but not sure how to fix it. he spent the last couple nights phoning friends and former aides, including reince priebus. he got differing opinions to move forward out of the scandal. press secretary raj shah was asked about the porter debacle. >> we all could have done better in the last few days. >> sources tell cnn shahs admission of error did not sit well with the president. kelly became fully aware of the allegations this week, but according to cnn reporting, ...

Kellys job is secure because no one can identify a natural replacement. cnn learned that president trump telling associates he is disturbed by the porter scandal, but not sure how to fix it. he spend the night phoning friends and including reince priebus. on thursday, deputy press secretary was asked about the porter debacle. >> it is fair to say we all could have done better in the last few hours or few days. >> sources tell cnn that shahs admission of error did not sit well with the presiden...