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Niftali, julian zeletzer and patrick healy. good to see you, gentlemen. >> good to be here. >> tim, you first. does the white house have a real credibility problem on top of this axios reporting that porter said he was encouraged to stay and fight? >> i think this white house has had a credibility problem for some time. it just deepens it. but it always stood to reason that the chief of staff knew about the problems found by the fbi. that would have been his job. i think the issue right now is whether this chief of staff can credibly contain donald trump the way that most people in the united ...

News today. i have faith in him. and he does. you know, we all serve for the pleasure of the president. and it is a privilege and a blessing and nothing short of it to be there every single day to serve the country we all love. and anyone who doesn't feel that way shouldn't be there. i'll say this. he says general kelly is doing a great job and that he has full faith in him, and i think he looks at the full measure of all of us. >> all right, all of this as we're learning new details about who knew about the allegations that white house staff secretary rob porter beat his wife and when. this m...

Serve -- the chief of staff did not serve the office of the president very well in the way that he managed the porter matter. because americans have been moved by the me too movement, americans are more in touch with the issues raised by that movement, and the presidency of the united states should be aware of them. the issue for all of us is, you know, serving president trump, mr. trump, and serving the presidency is not always the same thing. and it's not clear anymore whether the chief of staff is capable of serving the office of the presidency very well, regardless of whether he serves the...

Trying to capture that same momentum the president was able to get. i think there are multiple things at play. >> tim, the other big picture, perhaps this shows some composure for the president, and even this setting, particularly after a week of tumult within his administration, and the feelings being expressed by the people who are the front men or women of donald trump, not being on the same accord. and this is a much more controlled setting of showing a unified message? >> it's a good thing for the president to have other people, to have people watching him listen to some other people, in ...

And let the american people speak. the nra represents a small minority, but it has a stranglehold on leader mcconnell, on speaker ryan, and if they were simply to let the bills come to the floor, they would pass. >> and tim, you know, silence from mitch mcconnell, silence from, you know, paul ryan. silence from the president of the united states on what unfolded before everyone's eyes yesterday. for how long can the white house not acknowledge the power behind the voices of these young people and their families? and pain. >> well, you know, yesterday was a beautiful moment, because it was a re...