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That is something that for the past five years, ive been dealing with on very obviously a firsthand basis. We see this happen time and time and time again. The bigger issue is how to stop this in general with any type of weapon. The fact is we are just over 24 hours out from this terrible tragedy and are still learning all the information. You know, but i think getting back to the bakes here and trying to figure out specifically what acts can be taken, what legislation can be proposed to stop all incidents like this regardless of the type of firearm used. Let me ask you about the firepower nee...

From speaking to the out going chief of staff, a, was he forthcoming in what he was talking about given the fact that he himself has been at the center of some of the more controversial aspects of this white house, including some of the comments he's made about members of congress? did he show any remorse for that or the comments about imgamigras being lazy or the way he handled the rob porter issue, where he is believe ed to have covered f rob porter or at least defended him when he was accused of domestic violence. >> if you read the story from the interview, we discuss some of the most cont...

Chief of staff. >> general kelly's crowning achievement. what do you think it is? >> i think that one of his achievements, i think for a very short amount of time was that he was able to kind of bring some type of stability. people on the hill felt comfortable with him there. the one thing he lacked was understanding donald trump. he had a complete lack of understanding of how trump worked and how very, very shaky he could be. volatile. and he failed at brokering a true relationship with him. and he also had some big issues like the rob porter issue where he stood by rob porter when he was acc...

She wasn't able to do that. we know this is a notoriously thin skinned president. if he is criticized, he wants to hit back. today he had plenty of reason to change the news cycle. unless the white house is going to show up tomorrow and give concrete examples as to why they think this was warranted and other experts who would agree with them, it is difficult to see it as other than petty r retribution. >> in february, rob porter was accused of spousal abuse, this is what she said at that time about the question of security clearances. >> this is a process that doesn't operate within the white ...

And they think this is why we have a justice department and lawyers and months of meetings? >> i've got to say being bothered by traditional process is not a hallmark of this white house. i think that don mcgahn has tried more often than not to make actual policy get followed, particularly since the rob porter issue. john kelly i think does these things issue by issue and based on how he feels about them. again, this does not follow the normal process. to your point, should somebody have to be a celebrity or be able to be in a fox news green room to get the president's attention? that's a diff...