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In front of reporters to sort of create an alternate timeline. the white house knew exactly what it was doing. don mcgahn and john kelly had known for months that at least there were allegations that were holding up a permanent security clearance for rob porter. they knew that these allegations at least were sufficient concern to the fbi to be, at the very least, sort of slow walking a security clearance process. yet, even when the photo comes out, even when you see the black eye on a woman, may...

Else, supports victims. based on what he says and tweeted, to barrow sarah sanders much-used phrase, thats not exactly true. jim acosta joins us now. we dont have a timeline from the white house as to who knew what and when. >> no, anderson. the white house is extending the timeline of the scandal because theyre not giving straight answers at the briefings. you heard sarah sanders say while they werent aware of the extent of what rob porter was accused of until last tuesday night, of course, we ...

Used to run the cia to learn about the security clearance process. theres much more to discuss including those long delayed white house security clearances. ill talk to general michael hayden, the 230r78former direct the cia. whoooo. looking for a hotel that fits... ...your budget? tripadvisor now searches over... ...200 sites to find you the... ...hotel you want at the lowest price. grazi, gino! find a price that fits. tripadvisor.

Of a multifacetted proxy war emerging in the wake of isis being destroyed in raka. >> dana: jennifer griffin, thank you. man convicted of setting off a pressure cooker bomb in a crowded new york city neighborhood has been sentenced to multiple terms of life in prison. he planted a bomb in chelsea in 2016. more than 30 people were hurt by flying debris that caused millions of dollars in damages. rahimi all planted another bomb in new york that failed to explode, as well as other bombs in new jers...

That they take advantage of. we have seen some decrease recently in their own enthusiasm and commitment to that particular program. it is something that were watching warely and in certain instances have developed appropriate investigative steps. >> thank you, mr. chairman. vice chairman warner highlighted in his opening statement the importance of an effective security clearance process. so i have a question for you, director wray. was the f.b.i. aware of allegations related to rob porter and d...

I was thinking back to what it was like with the hill participating in this eagerly, looking into the firing of the travel office at the clinton white house, and you would have thought that was -- you know, unbelievely huge scandal for all the effort put into it. but one thing thats different between then and now is not just the energy of the press corp., because i think the press corp. has been pretty energetic here, but also a willingness to do some congressional oversight or in that case it w...

Culture is created from the top down. the president of the united states has not come out and said much about this. when he has, hes defended rob porter, both on camera to reporters and on twitter. the white house says he takes allegation of domestic abuse very seriously. but phil, should we expect that given that this is not going away, this is only mushrooming into an even bigger controversy, each and every day, that the president himself is going to have to, at some point, come out and say so...

House, tonight, cannot disentangle itself from the questions around the white house staff secretary, rob porter, the white house official incharge of every piece of paper including classified information that crosses the presidents desk. rob porter was either fired or resigned last week, depending who is asking and when. there are increasingly serious questions if the white house gamed the security clearance process from the start to allow this guy access to classified information, even after th...

Coming to light while the white house tonight cannot disentangle itself from the questions around the white house staff secretary rob porter. the white house official in charge of every piece of paper including close fassified information. he was fired or resigned last week depending who is asking and when and there are serious questions how the white house gamed the security clearance process from the start to allow this guy access to classified information even after the fbi let the white hous...

The program last week saying that -- who are familiar with the white house security clearance process. they said they firmly believe that the fbi would have shown the paragraphs of the black eye to white house chief of staff or white house counsel just about as early as they obtained them. they believed there would be next to no real delay in showing that to the white house. we dont know whether that actually happened. that was supposition on their part. but what are the chances that we will act...