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Sources tell cnn the information was known inside the west wing for months. but the u.s. president, donald trump, on saturday suggested in a tweet that the turmoil was a mere allegation. that doesn't square with the testimony of porter's first wife. she released this photo showing a black eye that she says she received from her husband in 2005. we get the very latest now from cnn's ryan nobles. >> reporter: the white house dealing with yet another public relations crisis. this time involving two, now former, staffers who are pushing back against claims of domestic violence. one of those staffe...

Are a lot easier than they are. >> we're just sitting therein at phone rings and they give it to us. >> you're the bird feeder. >> it's much more difficult than that. >> that doesn't square with your reporting. > my theory is it's a trial balloon to see what if at this point trump does fire muler. >> who obviously put up the balloon. >> the republicans had not had the outrage to the report that i would have liked. >> who obviously do you think -- who is trying this balloon? >> trump or some of his people who obviously want want do see. >> i'm i think straight reporting and oh kim's razor. i th...

>> why is this coming out now? bill crist, a conspiracy kind of guy himself wrote who obviously leaked this? probably white house council don mcgahn himself perhaps with ty cobb. why now? it's perfect. it's effect will be a negative reaction to firing mueller which may well mean trump recently returned to the idea and this is a desperate effort to stop him again. this is according to this, and i don't know how it squares with your trade craft, but somehow the people on the inside put this out to you guys at the times, they did it so they could prevent trump from doing what he tried to do befor...

Their own surprise looking at trade models, models are not perfect, is that if the u.s. raises global trade barriers, asia continues to trade with itself. europe continues to trade with itself. mexico and canada suffer. the u.s. suffers the most. and so, you know, the thing that doesn't square with our rhetoric on trade, our actual fiscal policy, you know, we're talking as if we want to reduce the trade deficit with other countries. the way we're spending money says that there is zero appetite in washington for actually doing the things we would need to do to reduce that trade deficit. doesn't...

Adviser. >> what's i think we're all looking for is if this presidency is capable of a reboot. and if there's a reboot, what direction is it going to go in? because it's clear that people like senator corker and senator graham believe they can somehow influence this administration to be more typically republican. but there are other people, and even though bannon is gone, there are other people who believe in the america first agenda. the america first agenda, the skepticism about trade, the meanness about immigration, that doesn't square with a lot of establishment republicans. so these chang...