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The standard federal form people are asked to fill out? >> it's definitely sort of a head scratcher. and it just adds to more of these questions that are swirling around the white house with regard to their security clearance process. rob porter may have been the beginning of the story but he's certainly not the end of it. and the white house doesn't know how to grapple with this. i believe it was nbc's reporting that you have 130 staffers in the white house, as of november -- >> yep. >> -- who didn't have permanent security clearance and those are high level officials. and the white house is ...

Administration official said later wednesday that kelly had been set to take the podium until the decision was made to cancel it. the white house then denied that there was any plan for kelly to brief reporters on wednesday. yesterday house oversight committee chairman trey gowdy sent a letter to the fbi director demanding to know exactly who was told what about rob porter by the fbi and when they were told it. today trey gowdy sent a letter directly to john kelly requesting a list of all employees in the white house for whom a security clearance was pending or has been adjudicated since the i...

Domestic violence prosecutor how in the world someone with credible allegations of domestic violence could be hired for any position in government especially the white house separate and apart from any security clearance issue? >> two others have since resigned from their positions within their connection to the executive branch. have you been given assurance from the white house that they have done enough background checks sufficiently to make sure there are no others who could find themselves in a similar situation? >> i think we wrote them yesterday. i drafted another letter last night actu...

There are a long list of prohibited people from possessing a single bullet much less a gun. a long list of prohibited people including those who have been adjudicated mentally ill. how are we doing enforcing the current laws? if all we do is pass another law, that an attorney general and u.s. attorneys won't enforce. i don't know how it makes people safer. >> bill: we have a lot going on. you have a lot going on, too, immigration debate on the senate side and entering the house phase as well. 36 hours ago you broke news you will open up an investigation into rob porter and his access to the wh...

Growing scrutiny on the security clearance process at the white house and how many officials are operating there without a full security clearance. there's a lot of heat on chief of staff john kelly, who has lost the support of many of the senior staffers working under him at the white house. and widespread speculation that the pretty will be looking to replace his chief of staff. 0 a lot of questions that went unanswered today. as soon as the shooting happened, the white house decided to cancel that long-delayed press briefing, and as yamiche said, we haven't seen or heard from the president....