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Just needed these jobs filled by relatively competent people so it seems times again they are willing to look past the sorts of things in peoples backgrounds that would typically disqualify them from white house jobs because they just needed people to work in the white house. >> julian, in this democratic letter, remember, there are also -- they are also contending this is a national security issue because rob porter did have temporary security clearance at the time. is that an issue for nationa...

A safe bet for america, that may be unheard of. thats extraordinarily reckless and dangerous. if youve got those kind of secrets, that kind of behavior going on, that means somebody can knock on your door and say guess what, buddy, youre going to give me all this information, tell me whats going on, give me all the code words or im going to out you. that person is a complete threat to the country. if youve got one, youve got two and a big problem in the fire department. >> i dont think jared kus...

Does the trump white house have a vetting problem. rob porlters resignation over domestic abuse allegations, not the first time a white house staffer has left under less than desirable circumstances. >> youre reeling coaching this. >> joining us cnn political commentator host of "the van jones show" van jones. we see whats happened with rob porter and yes there are political questions about why the white house behaved -- to me, basic moral human decisions made that were just wrong. i think its d...

Not being good judges of character in the white house. the vetting problem is something technical. they are not vetting anybody. just this week ago, we were talking about the ambassador to barbados retweeting all sorts of conspiracy crap. what are they doing? how can they not be vetting people in the white house? >> i think part of the thing when you have somebody like donald trump, used to running a certain operation, a reality tv show thing where colorful characters help you or the real estate...

Colleague. ethics chief says so john kelly often tout as the adult tells us a failure to compromise on slavery is the cause for the civil war. tell us again, press secretary, how we are never allowed to criticize the general? this appears to be part of the larger vetting problem at the white house. all of the nominees had to withdraw or lost jobs over issues that were missed or overlooked or ignored in the screening process. a bipartisan budget deal in the senate faces uncertain future in th...

Not only does the white house have a huge vetting problem where they dont google people -- >> or they are overlooking it. >> thats a great point. >> you have walter schaabs tweet. they just named their ethics person yesterday or today. >> and all nominees have problems that could have been discovered with vetting, even a google search. but they also have a judgment problem. thank you both very much for talk thing about all of this. >> senate leaders, as we said, they have struck a bipartisan bud...

Colleagues, there are others who are really upset that there arent more instruments here, like luis gutierrez who thinks maybe there are other things she could do which is to actually whip this vote and to make sure that no democratic votes actually slip through the cracks here. coming up, a top white house aide resigns amid allegations he abused two of his ex-wives. well have more on the vetting problem at the white house and questions about chief of staff john kellys judgment. the "washingto...

Reform, before that health care. hes with the president on trips. he sits right there by the oval office. looks at everything coming in and out of the oval office. harvard guy, road scholar, son of a road scholar. somebody very involved in the policy making piece of the white house. when we talk about inner circle rob porter is in it. it is significant that hes leaving. it is significant we dont know about his security clearance. it is significant we dont know when hes leaving. the white house t...

. dirk had fun with it. you know what, this sums up our season. mavs are one of the worst teams in the nba rite now. >> thats a good attitude. someone who spells her name in an unusual way, i can relate to the misspellings. they happen. thank you, andy, very much. so more controversy involving president trumps nominees. wait until you hear what his choice for ambassador to the caribbean islands believes. a closer look at the vetting problem in the white house next. >> announcer: bleacher repor...

It harder to cut down on the prescription drug opioids. >> the vetting process for a lot of trump appointees have not been the most thorough and substantial that we have seen in history, chris. i dont think its new to this white house to be a bit of a vetting problem and not fully exploring the ramifications of the person you are nominating for a certain job. >> what is complicated here, the president just announced next week he will make an announcement calling the opioid crisis a national emer...