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Almost wouldn't even have to be said. now you hear it, but you all know it. thank you all very much. i appreciate it. >> the president breaking his long silence on domestic violence did abuabuse. that is after his top aide, rob porter, accused of abusing his two ex-wives. the president has struggled to respond to the outcry of the mistreatment of women. vice president pence admitting the porter debacle was fumbled. >> as i said and the white house has said, i think the white house could have handled this better. i still feel that way. >> cnn has learned exclusively there were more than 100 sta...

>> where are they? that you are on fox. they think it is a safe haven. ask them the questions that matter. because that's why they're there. they're hiding. don't let them hide. now, on the president, he's got more on his plate, as you indicated. the porter debacle is not going away for several reasons. one, it was handled lousy and lied about. two, it matters because of the intelligence and classified information and who can see it and who can't. third, about domestic violence. he didn't say anything about porter's ex-wives because he needs to because he disrespected them initially. what's go...

Staff, quite frankly. what the men and women in the military see and what we see now is woefully lacking. having said that, i think he's brought a modicum of calm to the white house. it's relative in terms of what we consider calm and i think the president will hold on to him as long as he can. >> do you think that's a good idea? >> i don't think so. i think what's happened in the porter debacle shows not only the insensitivity but the deafness to what's happening throughout our company when it comes to the me too movement and women primarily. to ignore the fact that these individuals -- a wom...

Accusations against rob porter, the staff secretary who stepped down. on sunday, legislative affairs director mark short made clear that the white house staff didn't even try to nail down the facts of the porter debacle before they fanned out for their sunday show appearances. >> it's a fair question, chuck. i don't know who knew what when. >> why don't you know? why does everyone in the white house speaking in the room, get with don mcgahn, white house communication director hope hicks and former staff secretary rob porter? sarah huckabee sanders today defending the white house response to th...

Phones friends and including reince priebus. he got differing opinions on the way forward. on thursday, raj shah was asked about the response to the porter debacle. >> i think it is fair to say that we all could have done better in the last few hours or last few days. >> could they have done worse? sources tell cnn shah's admission of error did not sit well with the boss. kelly became fully aware of the allegations this week, but cnn's reporting shows kelly has known about the accusations for months. now white house counsel was told last january. porter's ex-wives were prepared to make damning...