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From john kelly what he knew. and the president needs to hear that before he can make an evaluation of competence. >> reporter: the president is disturbed by the allegations and sympathetic to porter's accusers. >> he is very disappointed. he believes the resignation was appropriate. >> the president, like the rest of us, were shocked and disturbed by the allegations. this is not the rob porter any of us have worked with. but, george, in looking at contemporaneous police reports, pictures, detailed allegations by these women -- >> reporter: this characterization a stark contrast of the comment...

This is about violence and abuse. the second ex-wife of porter is responding to the president's apparent lack of empathy in a new essay. >> meanwhile, it is a big day on capitol hill. the senate begins debate on immigration. gop senators set to introduce president trump's plan. can congress strike a deal to protect dreamers? and the white house set to unveil it's long-awaited $1.25 trillion infrastructure plan. but here's the thing, no one seems to know how to cover it. kaitlan collins is live at the white house >> reporter: well, good morning, erica and chris. though the white house is still ...

He said it's really sad when you look at that picture, i'm paraphrasing here. he said that picture of franken is worth a thousand words, essentially. and the picture of colbie is worth how many? really quick on security clearances. cnn has been reporting for some time, as we are looking into this, dozens of people, 30 to 40, not just jared kushner and up until a few days ago rob porter, missing the security clearances and still working it out. >> maybe they can't give attention because they are vulnerable, especially on kushner. >> when does it catch up and when does that actually get dealt wi...

Especially within the west wing. they're doing what they want to do. they have made that perfectly clear that they don't really consider those things, you know, disqualifying for the son-in-law or for rob porter or anyone else. that's a separate issue. the fact that this domestic violence thing is different than sexual harassment really needs to be underlined. it is clear that the white house really didn't believe this was a huge potent issue and liability until they saw the photographs. president trump is very visual. he's obsessed with television. and he knew that those photographs were goin...

Conservatives in the house. >> it's a real debate on an issue where we don't know what the outcome is going to be. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alyson camerota. >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is your "new day". sit is monday, february 12th, 6:00 here in new york. alisyn is on assignment. the one and only erica hill joins me. >> nice to be here. >> quite the day for you. here's the starting line. the trump white house struggling to get just one consistent story about the scandal rocking the west wing for nearly a week. it led to the ouster...