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>> some republicans were finally saying enough. republican senator even promising to deliver a whipping of president trump. let's talk about all of this with my panel. this is going on multiple days now. that's why it doesn't make any sense. >> i think that the republican leaders, more republican leaders are going to come out particularly as it becomes this character question on whether or not they will stand up for a deceased war hero not just a dead man, a deceased war hero

>> at campaign headquarters in washington, d.c., staffers called their media contacts, characterizing tom's reporting as faulty and irresponsible. for awhile, the dam would hold. >> for about 36 to 48 hours, it's really possible to believe this is going to blow over. in fact, for day, the hart team is winning. most of the media was reviled by what the herald had done. >> there was a don'ebate, was i reasonable? was it fair? i was sensing it was not journalistically ethical. i felt the rules changing in front of me willie-nillie in front of me as i wrote the stories. i kept thinking, what's goi...

>> it is a management question, it is a character question, and now because this is washington, it is also a political issue senators have written to the white house, we want to know who knew what when about this. here is jackie spear saying fess up, tell us the truth. >> i believe they knew full well, they were inform ed by on of his wives last year. everyone thought they would be able to weather the storm until photographs of one of his wives with a black eye came out. >> should john kelly keep his job? >> absolutely not. he doesn't get it. >> we are in an election year, fwhooer the me too m...

Multiple officials, and it's a potential problem. >> just in terms of a timeline here. i know the white house wasn't clear when they expect this to be resolved. has that changed and. >> it's not clear. and, really, it's not entirely in the white house's control. i mean, the way this works is the fbi does not issue the clearances, they do the background checks but they supply this information to the white house and then the white house has to move forward and make the decision, but if the fbi presents information to the white house that is disqualifying for those, then the white house can't mov...

It's not entirely in the white house's control. i mean the way this works is the fbi does not issue the clearances. they do the background checks. but they supply this information to the white house, and then the white house has to move forward and make the decision. but if the fbi presents information to the white house that is disqualifying for those, then the white house can't move forward and grant that long-term security clearance, which is a very difficult and valuable thing. there are reasons why you go through this process. one of course is a character question. that's important at the...