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Trey gowdy says the panel wants to ask the fbi what they knew about porter and when they informed the house. >> i spent two decades believing skbim children who alleged bureaucracies even when sometimes no one else did. whether there's a security clearance at issue or not, i have questions about how someone like this could be considered for employment whether there's a security clearance or not. i'm troubled by almost every aspect of this. >> joust will the oversight com be launching an investigation into this? >> weshls zanz our second big question stimz from our first with the porter controv...

A new detail added to it. and folks who study crisis management will tell you that's not the way for a white house to deal with this issue. frankly, there are many people who say this is an issue of the white house's own making for not having dealt with the rob porter issue before it went public. but it sort of snow balled. >> jeff, when i talk to folks about what's going on in the white house, the fingers keep pointing at john kelly. most of the fingers are pointing at john kelly. some are pointing at joe haguen. very few are pointing at don mcgahn, the white house lawyer who ostensibly -- wh...

Where where we we'll see a briefing in an hour. ashley parker is a report for "the washington post" and nbc political analyst. and maria, a former department chief of staff. jeff, the white house briefing was supposed to be at 1:00 p.m. today, then 2:30, now it's at 3:30. but on the issue of security clearances which with this porter story has exposed. i'm told one person with direct knowledge of the process there are a lot of next to in the white house that have interim clearances but are still handling sensitive information. what are you hearing? >> that's right. we're told 30 to 40 white ho...

>> thank you very much, ryan nobles, at the white house. i want to talk more about these two sudden resignations from the white house and the president's message. let's talk it over with ryan williams, former spokesman for the gop ex-gov, mitt romney, and john sununu, and matt visor, and elena platt, staff writer for the atlantic. ryan, as a republican, the president here picking sides, tweeting lives being destroyed by a mere allegation. he is the leader of the republican party. is this how you want a party represented? >> no, this is a terribly tone deaf response. this was a debacle the enti...

A.b., there's speculation it's because "fox & friends" hasn't ended yet. do you think it's because he wants to do something publicly? why else wouldn't the president have signed it? >> i think it's everything. john berman stole my executive timeline already so i won't use it. basically we know his mornings are consumed with watching many different channels on television and making phone calls to his friends and being in private, executive time. he also loves suspense and loves to keep people guessing which in this case is unfortunate and inappropriate. maybe he wants a public signing. he can't...