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Releases -- >> this is the first amendment act. this is speaking truth to power. this is not us going low. going low is donald trump trying to ban muslims and ban transgender americans from our military, defending rob porter a man who beat his two exwives. donald trump demonizing attacking our press that is going low. going high is fighting for the values of this country. that's what progressives are all about. sounds big here. we are the patriots in this fight. that's how i feel. when i speak to progressives around the nation, this is palpable, tos it is a fight for the soul of this country. ...

Wouldn't put any money on this because this is a very tight vote, tighter than anything we've seen in a long time. >> i can imagine the anxiety and the stress in that room right now. i also imagine the point here is for federal workers when they're wake up, they know whether or not they're going to be going to work. as of now, 5:00 in the morning, the government is currently shut down until the house decides whether or not they're going to pass this bill or not. jake sherman, thanks for the update. we'll see you a little later on "morning joe." this morning, the white house is ruling from an...

John kelly e-mailed white house employees last night assuring them that the administration takes matters of domestic violence very seriously, but there are lingering questions over what kelly knew and when concerning the allegations against porter. meanwhile, one of rob porter's ex-wives is speaking out to nbc news. white house correspondent kristen welker has the story. take a listen. >> referee: the white house calling talgzs of abuse against top aid rob porter serious, disturbing and upsetting. now the focus here, defending the embattled chief of staff, john kelly. despite a former white ho...

Mcgahn says that -- or there's -- there's a -- okay. there's reporting that don mcgahn knew of, you know, discrepancies with the ex-wives between porter, but he didn't know the full extent of that. so it would be interesting to find out how much people did know in the white house and when they found it out. >> and as you mentioned, as is often the case with domestic abusers, there are two personas. there's the person at home and then there's the person and the face that they present to the world. obviously, rob porter was able to present a different face to the world than he had at home. i w...

Really is the kind of reality tv white house. the continued questions about around what white house officials knew about the allegations of domestic abuse against one of president trump's closest aides, the "washington post" is reporting that white house counsel don mcgann knew about the accusations against staff secretary rob porter a year ago. but allowed him to remain in his post because he viewed him as a professional voice within the west wing. according to people familiar with the matter. those sources also tell the paper that mcgann did not change his position after the fbi flagged some...