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This culture is very educational for people. But i think we need to stop believing victims, we need to start believing the women. And i think those are strong words that the white house would probably take issue with. So that is why you are here. Thank you all. That does it for us. Mtp daily starts right now. Hi, chuck. Thank you for all of that. If it is tuesday, russia could be meddling right now. Is anybody in the u. S. Government watching . Tonight the nations intelligence chiefs say russia is targeting the midterm elections. And the white house isnt trying to stop it. Has the president di...

Handled the domestic abuse allegations against rob porter and the questions about his security clearance. "the wall street journal" reports when kelly was asked if the situation should have been handled differently he responded, quote, no, it was all done right. tonight a new report in the "the washington post" indicates that a number of white house staffers don't agree. in fact, this report indicates the long knives appear to be out for kelly in the west wing. ashley parker who will join us here in just a moment is the coauthor of tonight's piece. she and her colleague philip rucker and mike ...

Some of them trump favorites out of the orbit. they broke some glassware in kind of bringing their regime and discipline to the west wing. and as i mentioned in our first segment when the long knives come out in washington, it is a sight to behold. they are sharp, and it can be gruesome. >> and some of those people wielding those knives tonight are some former trump advisers, the friends of president trump who have felt their access to this president limited in the past six to ten months since general kelly took over. and they're unhappy with his management of the white house. and they're fuel...

Telling the associated press, quote, we have a broken system and i think everybody's come to agree with that now. coats was later asked about the risks of temporary clearances at today's senate intel hearing. >> i think sometimes it is necessary to have some type of preliminary clearance in order to fill a slot, but i have publicly stated if that is the case, the access has to be limited with the kind of information they can receive or not receive. the process is broken. it needs to be reformed. >> these latest developments have intensified the focus on this man, white house chief of staff joh...

The department of the army for a reason. you have history with government secrets. rob porter saw and heard it all, really, in the oval office. what should we know about the guarding of government secrets from your lifetime? >> well, there's a reason why we have a security clearance process. and if someone doesn't get it, it's not enough to say he wasn't denied it, he wasn't granted it. he should have never had access to the top secret things. when i was in the pentagon had a code word that was a protected pass, so i can't tell you the name of my clearance or the information i learned during t...