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They've not got a lot. >> it is not sarah sanders' job to be able to read the background checks or that kind of information. so, i guess my point is that when you talk about kelly and whether or not he's going to be and can be an effective chief of staff from now on, the decider, as i said, is the president. but whether or not people who work for him have confidence in him will help determine whether he can really be successful. >> right. >> and credible in his job. right now the feeling is he is not. >> we've got to go, brian. i know you want to jump back in. we'll look for you at the briefin...

Kelly, stressing that the retired general's long history of military excellence. >> this administration has no tolerance for domestic violence, nor should any american. and, as i said, and as the white house has said, i think the white house could have handled this better. john kelly has done a remarkable job as chief of staff for president of the united states. and i look forward to continuing to work with him for many, many months to can come. >> so much to talk about with me now. i have cnn chief local correspondent dana bash and cnn analyst brian carem. kelly apparently was overwhelmed by ...

Sometimes what the president doesn't do is just as important as what he does do. what he doesn't say is just as important as what he does say. for example, a month ago trump tweeted about hurricane maria the day before it made landfall in puerto rico. then he waited five days before tweeting about the storm again. the administration's sluggish response generated a batch of critical headlines and of course white house reactions. but with power restored to only 20% of the island one month later, the puerto rico crisis continues every single day. another reason why journalists must keep up the pr...

Specifics, the details of those parameters are extremely important and haven't been flushed out yet. i think that's what we've been hearing from republicans all day. whatever democrats say, republicans aren't there yet. there's no deal yet. according to the speaker, not even negotiations, just discussions. >> right. phil mattingly, good to see you back on my tv again. exactly how outraged is the president's base? here is iowa congressman steve king. >> going to reverse here the president's policy or it will just blow up in his face. i mean, this was a straight up promise all the way through hi...