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With soviet union and part of movie nights with the reagans. fundamentally i don't think this is a communications issue. i don't want to start with the spin aspect because you both worked in white houses before. what happened? this is such an important moment that we have to take note of it. mark, you say you were surprised and deeply disappointed. >> i was. simply put, i don't think the president had america's back. and that's the bottom line. the president of the united states should always have the country's back, especially against an adversary like russia. >> what are the implications? it...

Not just from a communications perspective but letting mr. porter continue in his job knowing it was inevitable this would come out. they made it worse and defied the first rule of holes, when you're in one stop digging too fast and the communications response. if you're in a crisis communication, you have to slow down, try to get the facts, get everything you know and do the time line that you know is to be accurate. a book was written about it, a good one but you have to get the story out and donald trump needs to tell people it was a mistake and things are changed but i don't see him firing...

President trump should be taking a greater role in this, should be really taking hold of this scandal and maybe speaking out more forcefully against domestic violence, speaking out in favor of the women who have come forward to tell their stories. and as kaitlan said, trey gowdy saying as of last night they have launched an investigation into how the white house handled this. we'll hear shortly from the republican leaders more of what they have to say. >> live pictures right there, we'll bring you the statements and certainly the questions and answers when they happen. part of this is a commun...

>> bret: now former staff secretary at the white house rob porter. what happened with his ex-wives, the allegations, pictures, all of it coming to a head last week. we are being told the white house counsel don began in november. that the fbi in fact told the council's office about concerns about these allegations. but again it's all coming to a head last week. what about it, molly? >> there's been a couple problems. of communications issue, not showing empathy to victims of domestic violence which you should be able to do no matter what you know or don't know about the situation. the other is...

Regulations cut, defense spending up, this president's doing lots that is not being communicated effectively, you heard anthony talk about it, you heard john king talk about it earlier this morning. you'll hear a lot more of that. i do think -- i think there's a communications issue. >> here's the thing, so he has these themes of the week, last week was made in america, which is ironic, because you're talking about a campaign that was made in russia. anyway, with that, he blows it up, donald trump blows it up every week. so he cannot keep on message. >> that is something i tried to get at with...