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Just needed these jobs filled by relatively competent people so it seems times again they are willing to look past the sorts of things in people's backgrounds that would typically disqualify them from white house jobs because they just needed people to work in the white house. >> julian, in this democratic letter, remember, there are also -- they are also contending this is a national security issue because rob porter did have temporary security clearance at the time. is that an issue for national security? >> well, it is an issue. he shouldn't have been handling that kind of material. this is...

A safe bet for america, that may be unheard of. that's extraordinarily reckless and dangerous. if you've got those kind of secrets, that kind of behavior going on, that means somebody can knock on your door and say guess what, buddy, you're going to give me all this information, tell me what's going on, give me all the code words or i'm going to out you. that person is a complete threat to the country. if you've got one, you've got two and a big problem in the fire department. >> i don't think jared kushner has full security clearance. >> i think at this point it's a worthy point of inquiry to...

Does the trump white house have a vetting problem. rob porlter's resignation over domestic abuse allegations, not the first time a white house staffer has left under less than desirable circumstances. >> you're reeling coaching this. >> joining us cnn political commentator host of "the van jones show" van jones. we see what's happened with rob porter and yes there are political questions about why the white house behaved -- to me, basic moral human decisions made that were just wrong. i think it's difficult for people who have not worked in the white house to understand. it's not uncommon for ...

Not being good judges of character in the white house. the vetting problem is something technical. they are not vetting anybody. just this week ago, we were talking about the ambassador to barbados retweeting all sorts of conspiracy crap. what are they doing? how can they not be vetting people in the white house? >> i think part of the thing when you have somebody like donald trump, used to running a certain operation, a reality tv show thing where colorful characters help you or the real estate industry, all kinds of shenanigans going on, this is not the real estate business, not a reality tv...

Colleague. ethics chief says so john kelly often tout as the adult tells us a failure to compromise on slavery is the cause for the civil war. tell us again, press secretary, how we are never allowed to criticize the general? this appears to be part of the larger vetting problem at the white house. all of the nominees had to withdraw or lost jobs over issues that were missed or overlooked or ignored in the screening process. a bipartisan budget deal in the senate faces uncertain future in the house. this would head off the government shutdown at midnight. it covers defense and domestic spe...