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Situation room with a phone at all, whether it was recording or not. so, a lot of different layers here to peel back. >> eli stokols, what is your sort of view on this as somebody who has covered the interactions of this white house? are you surprised by john kelly's conductor by the fact that this phone was in the situation room? or is it actually just how business is done? >> no, i mean, the omarosa episode of this presidency is the least surprising one that we've seen yet, right? this is a reality tv president, we have a reality tv contestant. they put her in the white house. she was fired ...

The truth. sometimes, he battles with reality. >> is that true? does the president lie? >> not to my knowledge. >> we do spend a fair amount of time fact-checking him. >> there is an ongoing with that at all times. these are allegations. >> isn't that an indication that he is not precise, and sometimes he's not necessarily telling the truth? >> i think the president is delivering the message. i think he is delivering his vision and his goals for the country, where he wants to take them. these are allegations also made by someone who is now -- came out in december and said she resigned, only to...

As she was being removed from the white house for what chief of staff john kelly called, quote, integrity violations. >> i think it is important to understand that if we make this a friendly departure, we can all be, you know, you can look at your time here in the white house as a year of service to the nation. and then you can go on without any type of difficulty in the future relative to your reputation. >> white house press secretary sarah sanders just released a statement tonight that reads, quote, the very idea a staff member would sneak a recording device into the white house situation r...

Why did he take me -- >> well, what's the answer? sfwli asked him if i could leave. he told me four times i couldn't leave. he wanted to intimidate me, he wanted to put fear in me and he didn't want anyone to know what they were doing to me in that room. >> somebody said to me today he thinks knowing the geography of the white house they took you down to the basement to the sit room so that you wouldn't be near the presidenti and you couldn't just -- as a friend of the president, you felt you were a friend of the president. they said oh, my, if we did this in the chief of staff's office which ...

Said to sneak a recording device into the situation room shows a blatant disregard for security. she said to brag about it on national tv further proves a lack of character. richard. >> reporter: thank you for that record, kelly. in the confirmation process for supreme court nominee is set to ramp up in the coming weeks. as hearings get under way, senator chuck grassley anaunlsed that kavanaugh's confirmation hearings will start on tuesday, september 4th when lawmakers return from the august recess. he said he expects the hearings to last between three and four days. earlier this month senat...