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The white house keeps chafrmging the story. they refuse to clear up the time line about when kelly was aware of the allegations and now cnn is learning it is because of a tick tock that is damming to them, correct? >> thats right. a source familiar with the matter tells my colleague jim acosta that one of the reasons the white house has not released a tick-tock is because it would be too damming. today you heard the press secretary say chief of staff john kelly wasnt fully aware of the allegatio...

White house. and they look the other way. >> yeah. >> and they didnt go as deep as they wanted to. and let me just add one other thing. the fact that the chief of staff took talking points from hope hicks who everyone in the white house apparently knew was involved with rob porter, the fact that he allowed her to construct those talking points was another thing that just boggles my mind. i mean why wouldnt you say you shouldnt be involved in this? >> there is another thing, david. a source tonig...

>> yeah. well, look, one of the differences is that president obama took office in the midst of an epic economic crisis. and most economists other than very i hdeological ones agreed there needed to be a jolt to the economy in order to keep the economy from slipping into a depression. and sow supported a stimulus bill, the recovery act to get that done. and there was a great deal of -- on the republican sidest aisle about that. even though it was clearly necessary. now we are in better times and...

Horrible. this is the donald trump white house so no one cares about women. look at the national security implications. look what hes now done to the president. i mean, its really kind of stunning. >> and you got -- youve got -- jarrod kucher jared kushner doe have a permanent clearance right now and a reality tv star that shows up at meetings where sensitive information would be discussed and its a small place. you overhear things when youre in the white house. you have omarosa who is now on a ...

Blundered into this situation right now in the senate, there are major difficulties facing them in the house, with house democrats, about daca and immigration. they still need to face off with. they essentially ran out of time in the senate. and now once again, as you noted, for the second time in 17 days, government is about to shut down. >> pamela, to you now. the white house is now taking precautions for the shutdown. but do they think it is going to happen? >> you know, i think that they wer...

>> hes the one putting ougt fires. he is starting fires. >> right. hes the chief of staff. staff. right? and remember, when he came in, don, he expressly said im not going to be the guy who is going to manage the president. im going to manage the staff. he said that publicly. im going to make sure we are all working to make it the best possible scenario for the president of the united states. to davids point, how incurious do you have to be if youre the chief of staff to say wait a minute, this ...

Him. person who is in a romantic relationship with him helped to draft that. it is only after the porter story blew up in the administrations face that kelly released this statement. "i was shocked by the new allegations released today against rob porter. there is no place for dples violence in our society. but also saying this i stand by my previous comments of the rob porter that i have come to know since becoming chief of staff and believe every individual deserves the right to defend their r...