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So in response to this first story, obviously they thought they could weather the storm but everything changed when that disturbing photograph came out and people are going to be saying this, and saying this to their tv screens, you shouldn't need a photograph to know that domestic violence is a serious issue. >> there was an extemporaneous account by one of the women about the incident, you know there was an order of protection i believe. so there was history of this in documentation. it is not as if you know, came out of whole cloth. interesting that they are saying it was only the photo tha...

Kushner and ivanka and now that we are learning more information about the fact that kelly in the fall was made aware of these allegations by his ex-wives, by the fbi. >> paul, as someone who has worked in the white house, does it surprise you that the president would not have been informed. >> the president should have learned about it when mr. porter was fired. this is on general kelly. he knew about it according to dana's reporting and he did nothing. either he didn't believe the charges or he didn't care. either one is problematic. it is credible, women coming forward with photographs, mul...

The allegations. >> that is a good question. kirsten, you are right, it is a cultural thing but it is something else. you have to remember what this white house is like and what it has been like and john kelly found, he thought in rob porter somebody he could rely on and somebody that could do the important staffs of a staff secretary but take on an elevated role which rob porter has done in the last couple of months. acting almost as deputy chief of staff. he did so in davos. so that is something to keep in mind. and talking to sources and i know gloria has as well, you are understanding that...

The vice president leading the delegation. i want to play something that gus ken worthy told ellen degeneres just the other day. >> myself and adam rippon are the two first openly gay males competing in the olympics and it's just incredible to see how times have changed. but then to have someone leading the delegation that's like directly attacked the lgbt community and just a cabinet in general that just sort of stands against us and has tried to do things to set us back, it just seems like a bad fit. >> has gus or rippon said more about this? >> reporter: yes, gus ken worthy, the freestyle s...

True. but when the photograph came forward and then rob porter himself was saying in that statement, hey, i know that photograph. i took that photograph. it became very obvious to people in the white house that he could no longer stay here. it goes to show you they were not responding quickly enough or appropriately enough to the damaging and disturbing allegations in this story and it took a photograph to move them in the direction that we saw things end up today. >> yeah. i am not sure they are helping themselves by using that as an explanation that it took the photo. jim acosta thanks very ...