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Special counsel robert mueller peels away his defenses, tightening his net around the presidents inner circle. the president is besieged on many fronts. hope hicks. >> hope hicks is a tremendously talented person. >> his communications director, one of mr. trumps closest and longest serving aides, abruptly resigned wednesday after eight hours of testimony on the russia probe in which she admitted to telling white lies on behalf of the president. that left mr. trump seething. >> you have ups and ...

Week. perhaps also his son-in-law who is increasingly under fire for mixing his personal business with white house duties and of course may be soon to be without the person hes closest to of all, his daughter. if all of this werent enough looming over this administration is special counsel robert mueller and a russia investigation that seems to be moving closer to the white house by the day. >> thank you very much. >> do you still have confidence in attorney general sessions? >> president trump ...

Seems to get in the white house. the past few days seem to have been especially turbulent even by the standards already set by this administration. and that is not just the view from the outside i haston to add. sources close to the president tell axios that is, im quoting, hes in a bad place, mad as hell about the internal chaos and the sense things are unraveling. they always feel like that so who knows. hope hicks is leaving, one of the presidents longest serving aides and closest confidantes...

Department of homeland security. according to nbc sources, the charges could come in the next few weeks or months. the more muellers probe advances the more chaotic it seems to get in the white house. the past few days seem to have been especially turbulent even by the standards already set by this administration. and that is not just the view from the outside i haston to add. sources close to the president tell axios that is, im quoting, hes in a bad place, mad as hell about the internal chaos ...

Wing. one of the most trusted, longest serving aides, hope hicks, announcing shes resigning. she knitted to congressional investigators that she tells, quote, white lies on his behalf. also this morning, attorney general jeff sessions is fighting back after an attack by the president. it comes as special counsel bob mueller is investigating whether the presidents efforts to push out sessions last summer plays into a pattern that could be construed as obstruction of justice. >> and theres another...

Criticism. that comes with the territory of ivanka trump. >> josh rogin. pl political analyst. thank you. the white house refusing to say whether any interim security clearances were revoked last week. chief of staff john kelly ordered a stop of interim clearance pending to end. did anyone get their clearance revoked? >> as we said many times before, we will not discuss individual clearances. that goes to a broader number or individual number. im not going to get into that today just as i have...

Scrutiny of the merarriage over her husbands alleged affairs. earlier this month, chief of staff john kelly ended a stop of clearances which includes jared kushner. that deadline passed on friday. did anyone get their interim clearance revoked? >> as we said many times before we will not discuss individual clearances. that goes to a broader number or an individual number. im not going to get into that today just as i have not in the past. >> kelly ordered revocation of the security clearances ...

Republican down six points. 57% of democrats said they are extremely enthusiastic to vote for congress this year. 43% of republicans said they were extremely or very enthusiastic. switching to the russian probe, a source with knowledge says white house communications director hope hicks will appear before the house intelligence committee for the first time later this morning. the source said there had been no agreement on the scope of questions like there was when steve bannon appeared there. ...

Closest advisers hope hicks. abc news confirming white house communications director spent the last two days meeting with special counsel robert muellers team. "the new york times" reporting that fbi officials warned hicks about russian operatives trying to contact her during the transition. heres abcs chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. >> reporter: hope hicks is one of the presidents closest and longest serving aides, among the very first people to work on the trump campaign. part o...

Its -- if its illegal, guess what is going to happen? >> you say no? >> im going to say, mr. president, that is illegal. guess what is he going to do? he would say what is going to be legal and we will come up with a mix of capabilities to respond to whatever the situation is and that is the way it works. its not that complicated. in skancathing editorial, al.com is asking for voters to vote for democrat doug jones or write in another candidate. they write this. this election is a referendum o...