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Won't talk about security clearances. sarah sanders repeatedly refused to answer that question. remember at the beginning of the administration last year when you and i were covering this and there were questions about security clearances, for example, for michael flynn. then the national security adviser before he was fired, what he did before he entered the white house team. there were a lot of questions about a number of people the white house was considering bringing on board. and the vetting question was one we asked repeatedly at the beginning of the administration. it's now rearing its ...

Saying. >> he's a significant figure in the white house. he's someone whose stock has risen after john kelly came in to be chief of staff. in many ways he was one of kelly's closest advisers. he was on the traveling party on his overseas trip to asia. often at his side in the oval office and air force one. he bridged some of the gaps in the white house, these divides between advisers where he worked with gary cohen and steven miller. opposite sides of the ideological spectrum. it's not clear what he's leaving as you heard from sarah sanders, that this could be something days, weeks ahead. it's...

Yet. this is just reporting from the daily mail.com. here is rob porter's statement. these outrageous allegations are simply false. i took the photos given to the media 15 years ago and the reality behind them is nowhere close to what is being described. i've been transparent and truthful about these vile claims, but i will not further engage publicly with a coordinated smear campaign. kelly o, sorry, i called you kelly o. it's an about-face. >> the term staff secretary is not one as commonly known as chief of staff or national security adviser. but staff secretary is responsible for every pie...

President. he really controls all of the documents the president sees and is responsible when a bill is signed into law of managing all of that. he couldn't be much closer to the president than in that role. it's always been a role of great trust. he has worked in washington before. worked for senator orrin hatch on capitol hill. also rob portman of ohio. he had a very good reputation as a traditional republican in a certainly less than traditional republican white house. we heard from sarah huckabee sanders when she commented on that. here's what she had to say. >> why would the president acc...

Going to say, yes, to. you might be asking if the billing tackles immigration, the answer is no. >> let's have a shutdown. we'll do a shutdown. it's worth it for our country. i'd love to see a shutdown if we don't get this stuff taken care of. >> all of this and who is christopher steele and why did helpful like he was sitting on a nuclear weapon, his words, the more he investigated trump's ties to russia. first, let's debrief with our team of reporters. kelly o'donnell is at the white house. kasie hunt will be joining us pretty soon. here with me is the white house reporter for the associat...