domestically abused two of his ex-wives, the president has been calling porter, sources tell cnn, phoning him in the last several weeks and reportedly wants him to come back to the white house. that's in spite of all the things that have happened as a result of that incident, changes to the security clearance process and several other white house aides leaving as a result of that. the president seems to think that porter should be back here in the white house. remember, president trump actually defended rob porter on multiple occasions in the days after he left this white house. a source tells us despite the president's desire to bring him back in here, the issues that underlie this, the security clearance processes, the fact he couldn't get one, has not been resolved. it's really unlikely that he will end up back in this building, john. >> abby, one other matter to cover here, and i have lost count on how many lawyers the president has tried to hire or brought in for interviews to represent him privately in the russia investigation, there are either two or three more we