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>> all right. you worked at the cia and the fbi. is it true, what she said? >> well, can we actually ask the right question? if you're 13 sbhoos the administration, why haven't they issued the clearances? i can give you a couple of reasons why they're delayed. number one, you're lazy. you don't do your back ground, financial records, friends and family overseas, places like iran, lebanon, noug. or the second. >> is you find something when you're doing the background investigation that gives cause for concern. let me give you stuff we used the on get at the cia. some of it was serious. financia...

Not senators. am i reading that wrong? >> we are forced, we create jobs. we build the roads. we fund the schools. there's a back ground for a governor in an executive position. >> you've been reaching out to democratic state parties. when are you going to announce your intentions for 2020? it seems very clear to people who know you, including fans of yours. i'm not just talking about potential come pet toward. fans of yours. it seems clear that you are on that road. >> democrats should not be talking about 2020. if we don't do well in 2018, two thifrth state legislatures are controlled by repu...

Kelly was there to limit what went to donald trump. that's what rob porter did. so this is a person handling, i assume, top secret documents, as well as lots of other information. john kelly knew that the security clearance was held up. he is either the least curious person this history not to look into that, given had a rob porter's job was, order didn't want to know the answer. >> the great concern was that an individual with that back ground can be stoub blackmail. >> absolutely. that's why the fbi makes its findings clear. it doesn't adjudicate them. that's up to the white house. think abo...

Cnn -- >> they were asking me to describe his character, asking me to describe anything i thought might be problem at knick his position. they did ask what was the nature of our relationship and they did ask if i felt he would be different professionally versus privately. and i was very candid and frank and detailed with them about my marriage. >> reporter: the fbi sent its preliminary report last spring including the details provided by the wives to the white house. in the fall, porter was interviewed by the fbi for a second title of after domestic issues were brought up, he informed mcgahn a...

Are question marks. i think if you're dealing with somebody who has a questionable back ground that is interfering with the ability to get a security clearance, in the very least, that person ought to take a leave of absence until you resolve that issue. i don't think it makes a hell of a lot of sense to keep people working in their jobs while there is a question if they'll have a security clearance. >> we're getting breaking news. >> reporter: bits whether the white house will release the democratic memo on surveillance of former campaign officials as part of the russia investigation. that de...