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Short-circuit it. >> had not been completed yet. factually not true. there are stronger words you could use for that, but that's factually not true. >> it's wrong, at least based on what the fbi director said when shimon is reporting. in this context, as i was walking through the capitol to come over here today, i ran into a top aide of a member close to the white house who showed me his phone with rob porter's statement on it and just said, oh, man, this is as bad as it gets. there is a contention among white house allies here that not only do these stories not add up, but what the fbi direct...

Reporters. from those reporters' coverage, i would say it did not work. they did this as a last resort. we had the the state of the union with jeb bush where they eventually explained what happened. in the bin laden raid, they eventually had to sit down and explain what happened. they'll only do this after they examine every other avenue. >> this is in your reporting today. they called in four white house reporters with rob porter in the room. he was trying to explain this away. sarah huckabee sanders arranged this, am i right about this? >> sarah sanders arranged a meeting with four influenti...

Away from scandals you would think would sink any other administration, this is a white house doing what past white houses have done and you don't get in trouble for it. you can continue to throw other things in the way, and they're now in trouble and have a lot of explaining to do. >> it's lasted a week. we know from everybody's reporting, just about every news organization that covers the white house. the president is on the phone. he's frustrating. he's vent to go his friends and associates, why can't this go away, why does the media do this to me? does he get and do the people at the top o...

Appreciate that reporting. we're back to the issue about management, about reporting, and whether someone with that allegation should be anywhere inside the white house. as we get into this, this is not only an issue of rob porter's conduct but white house credibility. credibility from the chief of staff all wait dothe way down t ceo. this is this morning. the deputy white house press secretary on fox news. >> the fbi would not give a background check investigation directly to senior white house officials. it goes to a security office where then it's relayed maybe up the chain, maybe not, but ...