Should Rob Porter News Today

New news. did kelly do a disservice? >> no, i dont think its any regular practice to bring these types of background issues to the president. theyre always handled at a lower level. >> the security clearance issue has become it appears a serious problem. rob porter was working for over a year on what weve learned was a temporary clearance. there are others now reportedly who have also been working under temporary clearance. >> which is very common at the white house. >> not this long though. >> ...

But heres the key, and heres why were winning, theyre morally bankrupt. they have people like porter in the white house. they support roy moore. theyre excited that joe arpaio is running for the senate. and we in the meantime are fighting for health care, fighting for fair wages for everyone, fighting for the right to organize, fighting for women. >> do you think youll message on the rob porter issue that has come up? >> the headline of rob porter is the tip of the iceberg. what it illustrates i...

Will the president authorize the full release or will there be redactions? watch for that. and also senator tim kaine calling new release of a different memo. in a letter senator kaine demanding the release of a secret memo of the presidents plan to go to war. the fact theres a lengthy memo with a more detailed explanation not shared with congress or the american people is unacceptable. stay on the white house here because today more scrutiny there over former top aide rob porter whose back fwro...

Involved eventually got impatient and figured, look, ive talked to the fbi, ive explained what these background issues were. whats going to happen here? and then it happened with the press, the first story. i think thats unfortunately when it came to head with a lot of people at the top of the white house. >> should john kelly handled this differently? hes somebody you know, interact with when it comes to interacting with the conservative community, should he handle this differently? what does i...

Out there. >> stephanie, thank you very much, my friend. speaking of friday, happy friday to you. with the government open right now after an overnight shutdown you probably slept through. but lets talk first about what might be a bigger issue for this white house, the credibility of the chief of staff. the administration is refusing to say right now what john kelly knew when about those domestic violence allegations. but this morning word more senior staffers knew about rob porters past. why th...

Interim clearance over this period of time. now, clearly there is also heat on john kelly, chief of staff. and part of what he has responded with is an internal memo to staff, but internal knowing it would become public. so the message is not only for those who work in the white house but in effect a press statement to us as well n. part it says, i want you to know that we all take matters of domestic violence very seriously. we understand the shock, pain and confusion that these allegations hav...

Thank you. im joined by chairman of the american conservative union, full disclosure, his wife is senior communications adviser to the president. your group obviously works a lot with this white house on policy and you work with the personnel. >> and i know the people involved. >> yeah, you do. when these allegations came to light apparently long ago at the white house, should rob porter have been immediately dismissed? >> i think theres two questions here. when you go to work for the president ...

Critical deadline coming up that affects hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants in this country. the capitol hill scramble by the way adding to jitters on wall street. dow is up check it out 270 this morning after another freefall yesterday. the two largest point drops ever in just one week. were going to get into why with some of our cnbc colleagues in a minute. but first i want to start with the drama at the white house and what has become a reality show there at the moment. nbcs kel...

Of clearance. that made them encounter the ex-wives of rob porter, the now departed from the white house staff secretary. why this matters is that the white house is saying that they only fully knew the issue once the story became public through a publication with a photo showing black eyes on porters first wife who said that he caused that injury and that that made them fully aware. but new reporting says that they had big signals along the way. let me read you just a clip from "the washington ...