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Defending porter. he spent no time on anything that's important except talking about himself. here's something critical to remember long term. this is not really about mental health. okay. i'm concerned about this idea as using this as a red herring. if a woman buys a gun, because she's suffering depression. this is about guns and that's what need ofs to be addressed. the president doesn't want to talk about it. >> indeed, stigmatizing people about guns is another excuse. 9 survivors of parkland shooting organized a web page. they're organizing a march, march 24th, called the march for our liv...

>> there's some reporting out there. who knows what's going on behind the scenes. jeff alluded to it there in his report from the white house. behind the scenes, president trump is looking at and has been looking at porter as a problem. publicly, you get no indication of that or tweets to that effect. >> right. >> there's the issue of domestic violence. the president hasn't said that in any critical way. >> not at all. the statements friday and the tweets over the weekend were the opposite of that, defending porter, to a large extent, not talking about the women and talking about due process. ...

You see the president express sadness for rob porter, for his future career. i know the president was very upset with the way it has been handled in the white house, mainly focused on the way hope hicks has handled. this not only did she not consult the president when she drafted this initial statement, defending porter, but the president feels she's really allowed her relationship with him to cloud her judgment, which anyone can see why. so it is not clear that john kelly is that hope hicks will not be in the white house on monday, sitting at their desks, about it definitely shows a downward ...

Republicans. >> we find that as reporters when people don't want to clear things up, it is because it might actually not help their cause. so you heard kaitlan report there, mark, that white house staffers were confused by what the president said because behind the scenes, they're saying, you know, he's called porter a sick puppy and then get him out in front of the cameras and he's essentially defending porter, touting the fact that he doesn't, you know, he says he didn't do it. does it put pressure on the president to approach this appropriately, that he has aides behind the scenes going, my...