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In this case we know they knew as early as january 2017 right up front that this guy had issues in his background. wife beneath credible allegations of itted that have permanently disqualified him from holding this job. so why they even gave him an initial clearance is beyond me because they must have known he would never have cleared the full background collect. >> as far as i understand how the security clearance world works, there's the fbi background check process. if you're in the military or some other part of the national security world you may get your clearance through some other agen...

Behavior. a third woman who was also involved with porter though not married to him is reportedly working for the trump administration. he shaent been named publicly but multiple news outlegs described her going to white house counsel don mcgahn directly to discuss she is concerns about porter. her own concerns about porter and what she knew about his ep wives and their accusations against him, as well. we should note that rob porter denies the allegations and calls them simply not true. this is not just a salacious and dark story about the departure of yet another high level trump white house...

>> if i understand your description of the background check process correctly, the fact the two ex-wives had made statements to the fbi about alleged abuse during that investigation was not a disqualifying factor in his initial hiring? does the white house regret that and going forward do you plan to change the way you consider allegations of domestic abuse? >> well, again, understand that the background investigation was not completed. there was no determination made about rob porter's security clearance. there was not a thumbs up or down or denial of clearance. testifies operating off interi...

Get it right. it's also costly, but it's absolutely worth it. over the course of any investigation, some information may arise that seems troubling or complicated and requires additional investigating. it's important to allow that process to continue in order for a fullsome understanding of the information. the whole u.s. government takes this process seriously. it's not politicized or interfered with. we do not push -- we do push for -- we do push to obtain accurate, fullsome information as quickly as possible. let me talk about rob porter. the allegations made against rob porter, as we under...

Were not credible from other people. do you need a photograph? how should women feel if they don't have photographs? >> i don't think a standard applies. we take allegations of misconduct, of domestic violence, and other issues like that very seriously, we are very concern about them. in this instance in the case of rob porter, we relied on the background check process. that process had not been completed. relying on the information we had. anita anita. >> two questions. i want to understand, you used the term "fully aware," i don't understand what that means. what does that mean? >> i do know...