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So in response to this first story, obviously they thought they could weather the storm but everything changed when that disturbing photograph came out and people are going to be saying this, and saying this to their tv screens, you shouldnt need a photograph to know that domestic violence is a serious issue. >> there was an extemporaneous account by one of the women about the incident, you know there was an order of protection i believe. so there was history of this in documentation. it is not ...

Kushner and ivanka and now that we are learning more information about the fact that kelly in the fall was made aware of these allegations by his ex-wives, by the fbi. >> paul, as someone who has worked in the white house, does it surprise you that the president would not have been informed. >> the president should have learned about it when mr. porter was fired. this is on general kelly. he knew about it according to danas reporting and he did nothing. either he didnt believe the charges or he ...

The allegations. >> that is a good question. kirsten, you are right, it is a cultural thing but it is something else. you have to remember what this white house is like and what it has been like and john kelly found, he thought in rob porter somebody he could rely on and somebody that could do the important staffs of a staff secretary but take on an elevated role which rob porter has done in the last couple of months. acting almost as deputy chief of staff. he did so in davos. so that is somethi...

The vice president leading the delegation. i want to play something that gus ken worthy told ellen degeneres just the other day. >> myself and adam rippon are the two first openly gay males competing in the olympics and its just incredible to see how times have changed. but then to have someone leading the delegation thats like directly attacked the lgbt community and just a cabinet in general that just sort of stands against us and has tried to do things to set us back, it just seems like a bad...

True. but when the photograph came forward and then rob porter himself was saying in that statement, hey, i know that photograph. i took that photograph. it became very obvious to people in the white house that he could no longer stay here. it goes to show you they were not responding quickly enough or appropriately enough to the damaging and disturbing allegations in this story and it took a photograph to move them in the direction that we saw things end up today. >> yeah. i am not sure they ar...

United states delegation at the olympics given his track record of being unfriendly to the lgbt community. there was a statement up on a congressional website back in 2000 where some people perceived to indicate his support of gay conversion therapy, and rippon, out as a figure skater, said he didnt want any part of it and said he had no interest in meeting with vice president pence at the olympics, which is customary for the u.s. athletes. >> what is the vice presidents office now saying about ...

Leverage for a party thats in the minority in the house and the senate. decoupling those two items without any guarantees of a house debate on the immigration issue, that would be problematic. there are real questions on how many democrats speaker paul ryan can bring aboard. aides im talking to say they feel like they will be able to get there, that will will be enough republicans to support this deal. theyre not going to need an enormous amount of democrats but its still an open question going ...

>> reporter: this is when it was clear the white house was trying to put a positive spin on this. look at this first statement from orrin hatch saying it is incredibly discouraging to see auch a vile attack on such a decent man. shame on any publication that would print this and shame on the politically motivated morally bankrupt character assassins that would attempt to sul a a mans good name. hatch said i do not know the details of robs personal life. domestic violence in any form is abhorrent...

Role. >> reporter: porter responsible for every document that came into the presidents hand even classified once despite having a security clearance. denying security clearance last fall. white house communication director hope hicks has been in a romantic relationship with porter aides tell cnn. despite he was involved in crafting the initial denial to the abuse allegations. porter first wife told cnn started shortly after their wedding in 2003 saying she was choked punched and emotionally abus...

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