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They were concerned about this decision. i have to tell you something as having been a governor, i never had a staff member write a contemporaneous memo about one of my decisions. >> they don't do that on a whim. >> they just don't. >> they do that to cover themselves. >> exactly, right. the bad part too is ivanka went on abc and said directly that her father had nothing to do with her clearance or her husband's clearance. >> no hedging. straight faced. right to camera. >> and by the way, there were two comments that are in response today. one that came from the white house where the white hou...

Boiled down, he is saying to them, this is what i was told at the time and i communicated it to you but he wouldn't warranty it any further. those are things that should be very disturbing to people and again, chris, it goes back to the familiar relationship. it goes back to the idea that for any other staff member, i think the president would have a much easier time saying listen, i'm not getting involved. >> but not porter. >> but porter was different. there's no evidence at this point that he overruled. >> he was playing with it. but i hear you about going back to family. >> i think it's a ...

But what was really interesting, chris, this boiled down, not to those issues that steve just mentioned, though he's correct, that's what was asked on the exit poll. boiled down to trump and trumpism. it's not referendum on trump but a public backlash to trump and some kind of repudiation i think of trumpism. that's what this election ended up being about. >> yeah, mayor you know this as well, run for office, get elected mayor, i have a sense that voters only have a crude tool in voting booth. can't write a letter or essay, they've got to vote, yes or no. this time they voted no. what is it ab...

Deadline as currently understood has become problematic and probably harmful. >> now, white house officials, shepard, did not want to comment, did not want to challenge general conway on the record. but two administration officials i talked to today said, look, there is plenty of fight going on in afghanistan right now. the united states has lost 155 soldiers and marines in the last three months alone. the tempo of battle is very aggressive and at times lethal. the administration believes some taliban may be hiding but they are not hiding very much. they are being found and gauged and sometime...