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>> what do you make of the addition of the language of potential blackmail in the kind of standard hiring form. this is separate and apart from the standard federal form people are asked to fill out? >> its definitely sort of a head scratcher. and it just adds to more of these questions that are swirling around the white house with regard to their security clearance process. rob porter may have been the beginning of the story but hes certainly not the end of it. and the white house doesnt know h...

And it just adds to more of these questions that are swirling around the white house with regard to their security clearance process. rob porter may have been the beginning of the story but hes certainly not the end of it. and the white house doesnt know how to grapple with this. i believe it was nbcs reporting that you have 130 staffers in the white house, as of november -- >> yep. >> -- who didnt have permanent security clearances, and those included really high level officials. and the white ...

Mr. muellers charter was told to investigate any possible connection between the russia government and the trump campaign and any wrongdoing he discovered that might investigation. lastly, he has the power to pursue any obstructions of justice. >> john, its interesting, we were talking about what happened to jared kushner. remember the big story that happened last week was the rob porter story. you know, the white house chief of staff john kelly sent a memo announcing a change to the security cl...

Be embracing the chaos and is very open to it here. lets turn to "the wall street journals" michael bender. his late report details a temporary truce between president trump and chief of staff kelly. can you just explain why the president and his chief of staff needed to settle on a truce in the first place? >> you know, i can try to explain it, anderson. im note sure that i can fully explain this. its a really complex and confusing situation here. as kaitlan mentioned before, some of the unre...

First entered the administration, his advisers were telling him if there is too much staff turnover, it would really feed into those rumors of a chaotic west wing. but now the president seems to be embracing the chaos and is very open to it here. lets turn to "the wall street journals" michael bender. his late report details a temporary truce between president trump and chief of staff kelly. can you just explain why the president and his chief of staff needed to settle on a truce in the first ...

Heading to conflict and war. now the president is giving diplomacy a chance. thats a good thing. we should support it and applaud it. second, i think it is evidence that pressure can work. the administration built on the pressure that president obama put in place and thats one of the reasons i think kim is coming to the table. but where the realism comes in is this, were at best at the start line, not the finish line of a process and there are world class hurdles ahead. we know that president ki...

Security clearance process. and so they had to be a reckoning of this issue. sooner or later. and apparently he was sitting there with an interim security clearance. its not an ideal situation and to help you with access to very sensitive documents who are operating on security clearance. quickly since that redesign falls that he resigned hours after pictures are made public. as to i still had why he had clearance bases. specular new president comes into office. >> restart administration you are...

Russia claim fits a pattern of striving one of obama. jennifer puts it this way. trump is personally weaker than obama in dealing with putin in spite of him, his national security staff has continued and in fact strengthened obama era policies in certain discrete areas. with him there, however, russia has a sympathetic ear and rhetorical helper who will attack the fbi, the free press and democrats rather than putin. the presidents twitter broadside comes as tensions between white house chief of ...

Cnn has learned some of the allegations were flagged during his security clearance process. asked about it, sarah huckabee sanders confirmed his departure. >> he is going to be leaving the white house. it wont be immediate. >> reporter: the white house released a statement from porter that reads, "these outrageous allegations are simply false. i took the photos given to the media nearly 15 years ago, and the reality behind them is nowhere close to what is being described. ive been transparent an...