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The new allegations released today against rob porter. there is no place for domestic violence in our society. i stand by my previous comments of the rob porter that i have come to know since becoming chief of staff, and believe individual deserves the right to defend their reputation. i accepted his resignation earlier today, and will ensure a swift and orderly transition. two things. he knew and is lying about not knowing. or he didn't know and that may be even more troubling. because this man, rob porter, saw the most sensitive classified information because he is the passthrough to the pre...

Donald trump, i think you can best sum it up in a word, unpredictable. >> yes, wait and see. thanks so much. while that's happening on wednesday, the other big story line this week for the trump transition team will be the confirmation hearings for many of the president-elect's cabinet picks. but the fact that many of those people haven't turned over background information and financial disclosures has some democrats threatening to draw the process out. trump's senior adviser offered a defense by describing the background process. >> it's basically just a process that takes a great deal of t...

Communities that are living the reality and violence every day. you just alluded to an incident in my district where thankfully officer stewart is fine but the first thing i got from officers when i got on the scene, the first comment, there's too many guns on the street. we could have a strict background process but guns are being accessed from other areas and are hitting our streets each and every day. we are united, you know, have officers and to have lay people and everyone being united and saying we want to limit and thanking the president for his leadership, i think this is a unifying mo...

Of people listened to this argument and they just think that it's reasonable to sort of tap the brakes a little bit and to take some time on this. you know, what's your sense for how fast the white house wants' to move on this and what their reaction is going to be to your bill? >> well, i'm hopeful that the president will come around. we're going to are have a vote tomorrow on this legislation. very common sense legislation. just says let's simply stop the flow of these refugees unless and until the fbi director can put a background process in place that he is confident of and then the secret...

Point. the felon was spotted by an agent but then a supervisor cleared the security check despite the man's history. a homeland security inspector said it highlights the need for the agency to modify its procedures. >> let's talk about these. let's bring in former assistant director of the fbi tom fuentes. tom, good morning. i want to start with the tsa pre-check story christi gave us. this man had a murder conviction connected to a domestic terror organization. how could someone like that get through the security pre-check process? >> i think victor, the mistake is he shouldn't be on the pre-...