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he said it had been given to him by a man named john thompson. >> john thompson was a low-level drug dealer and fence. grew up in the projects in new orleans. was raised mostly by his grandmother. his father was a career criminal. >> richard perkins confronted mr. thompson after the fact and got mr. thompson to confess that he was the one that killed mr. liuza. >> perkins said thompson also had an accomplice named kevin freeman. police arrested both freeman and thompson. >> the story that kevin freeman told police was that he and john thompson had been driving home together, and the car had run out of gas. ray liuzza drove past them, parked and began to walk across the street to his apartment. at that point, john thompson turned to him and said, i'm going to hit that guy, and pulled a gun out of his pocket. >> and then mr. freeman got cold feet, if you will, and decided he didn't want to be part of it. as he was running away, freeman said he heard the shots. >> the police charged freeman and thompson with murder. the local prosecutor wanted the death penalty for thompson but knew it
he said it had been given to him by a man named john thompson. >> john thompson was a low-level drug dealer and fence. grew up in the projects in new orleans. was raised mostly by his grandmother. his father was a career criminal. >> richard perkins confronted mr. thompson after the fact and got mr. thompson to confess that he was the one that killed mr. liuza. >> perkins said thompson also had an accomplice named kevin freeman. police arrested both freeman and thompson....
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i'm john berman. a key presidential adviser has resigned following accusations of domestic abuse from two former wives. this is what white house chief of staff john kelly first said about these accusations yesterday. rob porter is a man of true integrity and honor and i can't say enough good things about him. overnight, kelly did amend that some, i was shocked by the new allegations released today against rob porter. no place for domestic violence in our society. i stand by my previous comments of the rob porter i have come to know. so why
i'm john berman. a key presidential adviser has resigned following accusations of domestic abuse from two former wives. this is what white house chief of staff john kelly first said about these accusations yesterday. rob porter is a man of true integrity and honor and i can't say enough good things about him. overnight, kelly did amend that some, i was shocked by the new allegations released today against rob porter. no place for domestic violence in our society. i stand by my previous comments...
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john berman here. serious surprising questions of credibility overnight about two of the people closest to the president. serious surprising questions being asked about some of the issues most sensitive to the president. executive time might be a bit awkward this morning. the president's communications director admits she sometimes lies. his son-in-law and senior adviser has been barred from top secret intelligence, and four countries believed him to be so compromised, that they thought they could play him. the special counsel now asking questions about the president's business and finances from before they announced his candidacy. the president has declared this a no-go area. rob mert mueller not just crossing into the red zone but jumping up and down on it. this morning the president's former campaign chair will be in federal court on a new slate of charges from the special counsel. he arrived moments ago. news breaking out all over the place. we are all over it. let's begin with cnn's abby phillip l
john berman here. serious surprising questions of credibility overnight about two of the people closest to the president. serious surprising questions being asked about some of the issues most sensitive to the president. executive time might be a bit awkward this morning. the president's communications director admits she sometimes lies. his son-in-law and senior adviser has been barred from top secret intelligence, and four countries believed him to be so compromised, that they thought they...
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>> good morning, john. learning why that switch was the position that it is in is key to the investigation. that's what we plan to find out. >> you have four facing cameras retrieved at this point. what's the data showing from that? >> the cameras were taken back to washington -- the recordings were taken back to washington yesterday. we are hoping we will be able to retrieve good data from that. at this point, we don't have the data. >> any concerns, complaints about this section of track as far as you know? >> none whatsoever. >> you said this crash was preventable. how would positive train control have stopped this? >> it is designed to prevent four types of accidents. this is exactly one of those four types of accidents that it is designed to prevent. >> and how so? it gets sensors. it gets data from ahead of where it is on the track and automatically without people on the train changing things, it would slow the train down. is that how it works? >> yeah. that's pretty much it. it knows where the train
>> good morning, john. learning why that switch was the position that it is in is key to the investigation. that's what we plan to find out. >> you have four facing cameras retrieved at this point. what's the data showing from that? >> the cameras were taken back to washington -- the recordings were taken back to washington yesterday. we are hoping we will be able to retrieve good data from that. at this point, we don't have the data. >> any concerns, complaints about...
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this is people who work for john kelly and john kelly's boss at various moments undermining him, which is a hard way to run a railroad. to your point about people getting the attention here, here's a republican chairman of a republican committee in congress, the house oversight committee, saying i need to investigate the republican president's white house. i want to know who knew what, when. >> who knew what, when, and to what extent, and if you knew it in 2017 and the bureau briefed them three times, then how in the hell was he still employed? >> will the oversight committee be launching an investigation into this? >> we did last night. >> amen in the sense that democrat or republican, congress should conduct vigorous oversight of the executive branch, especially when you have a person allowed to stay on the job for months and months and months, credibly accused of horrible actions. this is not running a red light or not paying your taxes. the white house in the conflicting and shifting answers of the last week now is of the idea that this didn't get to us, it might have been in the w
this is people who work for john kelly and john kelly's boss at various moments undermining him, which is a hard way to run a railroad. to your point about people getting the attention here, here's a republican chairman of a republican committee in congress, the house oversight committee, saying i need to investigate the republican president's white house. i want to know who knew what, when. >> who knew what, when, and to what extent, and if you knew it in 2017 and the bureau briefed them...
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john berman joins me. what a night. it has been a roller coaster. >> we had a shutdown. >> we did have a shutdown. if you are just breaking up, while you were sleeping the federal government shutdown. the house voted to reopen the government. it was shut down for about seven hours. it is still awaiting president trump's signature. both chambers are now advancing this two-year, $400 billion bill that gives republicans a big boost in defense spending and democrats billions for domestic programs. but there are major sticking points including how much this adds to the nation's debt and what happens to immigration. >>> growing fallout over when top white house officials knew about abuse allegations against top aide rob porter. much focus has been on chief of staff john kelly. but don mcgahn and hope hicks, they are under scrutiny now also. the white house is insisting that kelly only became fully aware of the allegations after a photo of porter's first ex-wife with a black eye came out. what does that mean? does that mean he
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and then introduce john kelly at a press conference or have him do it on his own and john kelly has to say, the back stops with me, i'll take the hit and i apologize. i will explain to you what happened and i will tell you what the solution is what the fix is so it will never happen again and then we'll move on. you say that with such a kind gentle voice. i will note that what you're suggesting is the exact opposite of what has happened to date. the president hasn't said it in his own words. john kelly has certainly not said the buck stops here. he said everything is perfect. scott jennings, your turn. to john kelly, the chief of staff, what should he do today? >> i agree with a lot of what congressman kingston laid out. i have the utmost respect for general kelly. he's a patriot, served our country, his family offered the ultimate sacrifice to our country. i think he deserves the chance to come out and explain what happened. to say, look, i'm the chief of staff. these personnel issues do stop with me. the white house needs to construct a timeline. the failure to construct a timeline a
and then introduce john kelly at a press conference or have him do it on his own and john kelly has to say, the back stops with me, i'll take the hit and i apologize. i will explain to you what happened and i will tell you what the solution is what the fix is so it will never happen again and then we'll move on. you say that with such a kind gentle voice. i will note that what you're suggesting is the exact opposite of what has happened to date. the president hasn't said it in his own words....
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he was with john kelly. so that means something. >> thank you both very much. >>> joining us now to talk about all of this ademocratic congressman alex wallwell of california. good morning. >> good morning. >> i know you've been listening to our conversation. do you still have faith in chief of staff john kelly. >> there are a number of individuals who have come into the white house or who are still at this white house that have issues. jared kushner for example, failure to disclose multiple contacts with foreign governments. i don't think he should have a security clearance, prior to john kelly was the hiring of michael flynn with prior undisclosed con acts to russia. and so this is a pattern that goes beyond john kelly. it is the practice of this president. >> but listen, you know the reputation and the word on the street about john kelly was that he would be this moderating agent on the president. but then there have been a series of controversies that he seems to not have quelled but rather created. and
he was with john kelly. so that means something. >> thank you both very much. >>> joining us now to talk about all of this ademocratic congressman alex wallwell of california. good morning. >> good morning. >> i know you've been listening to our conversation. do you still have faith in chief of staff john kelly. >> there are a number of individuals who have come into the white house or who are still at this white house that have issues. jared kushner for...
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this is a black mark on john kelly. he put a domestic abuser above what our country needs. >> i want to put this picture up. from july of 2017 from the new yorker. corrie lewandowski fired june 2016. . ing andly scar mnichowicz. filed july 2010 sebastian gork '2017. rob porter resigned today they're all in that picture. so much for the hiring the best people. thank you both. when we come back, the president -- the vice president disputing a story that he is in a feud with an openly guy olympic skater but the reporter stands by her story. she will join me next and i will speak with the olympic gold medallist to get his take. why wait months for your next vacation when you can squeeze one in between friday and monday at hilton? there's a vacation at the end of every week. whatever type of weekender you are, don't let another weekend pass you by. get the lowest price when you book at hilton.com they appear out of nowhere. my secret visitors. hallucinations and delusions. the unknown parts of living with parkinson's. what p
this is a black mark on john kelly. he put a domestic abuser above what our country needs. >> i want to put this picture up. from july of 2017 from the new yorker. corrie lewandowski fired june 2016. . ing andly scar mnichowicz. filed july 2010 sebastian gork '2017. rob porter resigned today they're all in that picture. so much for the hiring the best people. thank you both. when we come back, the president -- the vice president disputing a story that he is in a feud with an openly guy...
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jim, when did john kelly find out about this, do we know for sure? >> you know, don, from what we understand, this was not known in the initial months of the administration. i heard that from a senior white house official earlier today, but that this was becoming known, this was becoming common knowledge as john kelly was taking command of the staff inside the west wing. >> was he keeping it from other people? >> and he was aware of these problems -- well, he was aware of these problems with the security background check and others were aware of the problems with the background check. and to not take action on that also raises questions about kelly's judgment that i think he's going to have to answer eventually. whether he knew about all of these allegations, i don't think that has been shown at this point. he does say in this statement tonight something about "these new allegations," he was shocked by these new allegations. but again, when they put out that statement, when the white house press secretary came into the briefing room earlier today, th
jim, when did john kelly find out about this, do we know for sure? >> you know, don, from what we understand, this was not known in the initial months of the administration. i heard that from a senior white house official earlier today, but that this was becoming known, this was becoming common knowledge as john kelly was taking command of the staff inside the west wing. >> was he keeping it from other people? >> and he was aware of these problems -- well, he was aware of...
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he likes john kelly and has faith in john kelly. that is the message coming out of the white house today. it certainly has been amid all of the speculation from the rob porter fallout that the president could replace john kelly with someone like his chief economic adviser gary cohn, the director of the office management mick mul vanny. there is a role the president plays, periodically from time to time, the president will question people what they think of someone for that position as chief of staff. it's certainly something the president contributes to as well. right now the white house is saying john kelly's job is safe for the time being, for this wednesday. we can say that right now. the president does have confidence in him, brianna. >> for this wednesday, maybe. we shall see. kaitlan, you talked about the the rumors and there's a lot of leaks coming from the white house on the story. how is john kelly himself responding to it? >> that's right. if you remember when john kelly was brought into the west wing that was one of the m
he likes john kelly and has faith in john kelly. that is the message coming out of the white house today. it certainly has been amid all of the speculation from the rob porter fallout that the president could replace john kelly with someone like his chief economic adviser gary cohn, the director of the office management mick mul vanny. there is a role the president plays, periodically from time to time, the president will question people what they think of someone for that position as chief of...
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the white house is expressing confidence in the chief of staff john kelly as of today, john. >> kaitlan collins. i'm old enough to remember when there was speculation the president was going to fire gary cohn. it was like two months ago. sunlen, what are you hearing? >> reporter: it will be interesting today at that press conference that will take place in just a few minutes to see how republican leaders handle all of these questions. as you noted before, kevin mccarthy, the house majority leader up there at the podium in just a few minutes. his name has of course been banding about a potential successor to white house chief of staff john kelly. it will be interesting to see how he handles that question. obviously many republicans up here on capitol hill, this week has been peppered with questions about the white house handling of the scandal. and many of them have been outspoken, they handled it poorly, they've made some errors in their communication, that their response hasn't been consistent and some republicans are starting to say that the president trump should be taking a greater
the white house is expressing confidence in the chief of staff john kelly as of today, john. >> kaitlan collins. i'm old enough to remember when there was speculation the president was going to fire gary cohn. it was like two months ago. sunlen, what are you hearing? >> reporter: it will be interesting today at that press conference that will take place in just a few minutes to see how republican leaders handle all of these questions. as you noted before, kevin mccarthy, the house...
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john berman here. swirling controversies this morning surrounding the white house concerning the deficit and infrastructure. now, not the budget deficit and national infrastructure, though those will both come up today. we're talking about a moral deficit and crumbling systems of trust within the white house itself. the president has not as far as we can tell, will not publicly speak out against two white house staffers accused of domestic abuse. the president has not and as far as we can tell will not off
john berman here. swirling controversies this morning surrounding the white house concerning the deficit and infrastructure. now, not the budget deficit and national infrastructure, though those will both come up today. we're talking about a moral deficit and crumbling systems of trust within the white house itself. the president has not as far as we can tell, will not publicly speak out against two white house staffers accused of domestic abuse. the president has not and as far as we can tell...
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i'm john berman. a big moment in the russia investigation. the white house communications director who does virtually no communicating in public at least is set to appear in private before the house intelligence committee. there is no aide closer to the president or who has been around him more since the beginning of his campaign. also, house speaker paul ryan set to answer questions any moment. he will be pressed on what congress will do, if anything at all, in the wake of this school massacre in parkland, florida. much more on that in just a moment. but, first, a moment in the russia investigation that might explain why the president is shouting this morning, virtually at least, look at those words, he posted a short time ago, witch-hunt. cnn's manu raju on capitol hill with the latest. hope hicks, has she arrived yet? >> reporte i think manu is having a hard time hearing me. >> reporter: any minute now, john, we're expecting hope hicks to walk into the house intelligence committee meeting room just below me. the question is whether she's g
i'm john berman. a big moment in the russia investigation. the white house communications director who does virtually no communicating in public at least is set to appear in private before the house intelligence committee. there is no aide closer to the president or who has been around him more since the beginning of his campaign. also, house speaker paul ryan set to answer questions any moment. he will be pressed on what congress will do, if anything at all, in the wake of this school massacre...
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i'm john berman in for john king. funerals begin for the victims of the florida school massacre that killed 17 people, including a 14-year-old girl. president trump says he's headed to florida today to meet with, quote, some of the bravest people on earth all while survivors and family members of victims beg for action from politicians. >> this isn't a good time to talk about guns. thoughts and prayers are appreciated, and everyone who is thinking about us and sending support, we do hear you and we appreciate you and we thank you, but there's much more that can be done, much more that needs to be done, and much more that people like marco rubio and rick scott are not doing. and it's scary to think that these are the people who are making our laws when our community just took 17 bullets to the heart. and it feels like the only people who don't care are the people making the laws. >> 17 bullets to the heart. the city of parkland, florida deep in grief today laying to rest the first of 17 victims from wednesday's shootin
i'm john berman in for john king. funerals begin for the victims of the florida school massacre that killed 17 people, including a 14-year-old girl. president trump says he's headed to florida today to meet with, quote, some of the bravest people on earth all while survivors and family members of victims beg for action from politicians. >> this isn't a good time to talk about guns. thoughts and prayers are appreciated, and everyone who is thinking about us and sending support, we do hear...
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i don't know the details of what john kelly knew. i learned on some of these stories right when they come out, you don't have all the facts. there's no doubt in the business we work in in government service there's no room for anybody that is involved in spousal abuse. this should have been dealt with or at least was dealt with now. >> our reporting is that john kelly, the chief of staff, has known about this since last fall. in fact, rob porter couldn't get a full security clearance. >> yeah. >> if the chief of staff john kelly haslett rob porter continue to work with this access to the president, he cooperate get a security clearance with this account from the ex-wives, does that cause you to lose faith in john kelly? >> no. look, john kelly, in terms of a personnel question, again, a lot of details to come on out. i think if this was fully known, if in fact, that was the case, they should have moved on this a lot earlier. yesterday we bombed and destroyed 100 pro regime forces in syria taking a stand against then roachment of bash
i don't know the details of what john kelly knew. i learned on some of these stories right when they come out, you don't have all the facts. there's no doubt in the business we work in in government service there's no room for anybody that is involved in spousal abuse. this should have been dealt with or at least was dealt with now. >> our reporting is that john kelly, the chief of staff, has known about this since last fall. in fact, rob porter couldn't get a full security clearance....
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but in his mind this is john kelly's fault. i'm not sure -- those names you pointed out, cohen, mulvaney, mccarthy, these are people that at the moment have their stars risen in donald trump's universe. john kelly was one of those people once, too. i think mike touched on it earlier. the most important thing to remember here is that donald trump is extremely difficult to work for. it doesn't matter who the chief of staff is. anyone who believed that john kelly was fundamentally going to alter donald trump after reince priebus couldn't, is probably going to believe, if we just got mull vane any in there, everything would be okay. the spoint the principle, not the chief of staff. could he make a change? sure. but don't expect him fundamentally to change. >> change doesn't create change. 34% of their staff has turned over, mostly not for good reason. >> including a lot of senior staff in that, it's not junior people. it's senior level people. >> chris cillizza, mike bender, thank you very much. >>> we have breaking news to report.
but in his mind this is john kelly's fault. i'm not sure -- those names you pointed out, cohen, mulvaney, mccarthy, these are people that at the moment have their stars risen in donald trump's universe. john kelly was one of those people once, too. i think mike touched on it earlier. the most important thing to remember here is that donald trump is extremely difficult to work for. it doesn't matter who the chief of staff is. anyone who believed that john kelly was fundamentally going to alter...
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abby. >> reporter: good morning, john. it seems very much that the president and his chief of staff are kind of throwing a wrench into a burgeoning bipartisan agreement on the budget and on immigration. we heard from the president yesterday that after coming out of a government shutdown where they thought the democrats had been outmaneuvered, the president is the one talking about a government shutdown. listen. >> if we don't change it, let's have a shutdown. we'll do a shutdown and it's worth it for our country. i'd love to see a shutdown if we don't get this stuff taken care of. >> reporter: that is exactly the opposite of what republicans want. it's also the opposite of what the white house is saying officially. sarah huckabee sanders had to pretty much walk those comments back. the republicans want a complete budget deal that does not tie immigration into it. at the same time you have white house chief of staff john kelly making controversial comments yesterday about the dreamers issue. listen to what he had to say abo
abby. >> reporter: good morning, john. it seems very much that the president and his chief of staff are kind of throwing a wrench into a burgeoning bipartisan agreement on the budget and on immigration. we heard from the president yesterday that after coming out of a government shutdown where they thought the democrats had been outmaneuvered, the president is the one talking about a government shutdown. listen. >> if we don't change it, let's have a shutdown. we'll do a shutdown and...
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this is a black mark on john kelly. he put a domestic abuser above what our country needs. >> i want to put this picture up. from july of 2017 from the new yorker. corrie lewandowski fired june 2016. filed july 2010 sebastian gork '2017. rob porter resigned today they're all in that picture. so much for the hiring the best people. thank you both. when we come back, the president -- the vice president disputing a story that he is in a feud with an openly guy olympic skater but the reporter stands by her story. she will join me next and i will speak with the olympic gold medallist to get his take. somehow we always leave packing to the last minute. guys, i have a couple of things to wash we got this. even on quick cycle, tide pods cleans great 6x the cleaning power, even in the quick cycle it's got to be tide >>> vice president mike pence leading the u.s. delegation at the opening ceremonies at the winter games in south korea and pushing back on a report he was snubbed by a member of the u.s. olympic team. i want to bring
this is a black mark on john kelly. he put a domestic abuser above what our country needs. >> i want to put this picture up. from july of 2017 from the new yorker. corrie lewandowski fired june 2016. filed july 2010 sebastian gork '2017. rob porter resigned today they're all in that picture. so much for the hiring the best people. thank you both. when we come back, the president -- the vice president disputing a story that he is in a feud with an openly guy olympic skater but the reporter...
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>> john kelly, since he took over as chief of staff, is not the other john kelly you discussed. he is an extension of the president. he has been an attack dog for the president. he has often been the justifier in chief for the various things the president does or problems that emerge in the white house like order . >> is there an honest explanation for missing this? >> we don't have all of the facts. it seems the information was there and it doesn't seem it was information front and center for him in making the decision. >> our reporting is he was close to rob porter. some saying it was a smear campaign against his ex-wives. now a former girlfriend. a story in the newspaper. some paparazzi pictures of he and hope hicks. this is the extreme vetting administration. what about extreme vetsinting o the white house? >> how many people in the past year had big problems? whether this or conflict of interest. this is part of the ad hoc nature of the trump presidency. this is lurking under the surface all the time. >> the damage is not just to the white house and women believed. overshad
>> john kelly, since he took over as chief of staff, is not the other john kelly you discussed. he is an extension of the president. he has been an attack dog for the president. he has often been the justifier in chief for the various things the president does or problems that emerge in the white house like order . >> is there an honest explanation for missing this? >> we don't have all of the facts. it seems the information was there and it doesn't seem it was information...
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not a fan of john kelly because john kelly has tried to limit his contact with the president. he sees the fix. >> the president is the only one to make the decision if john kelly stays on the job. the general is there to put in policies and procedures, and in this case those didn't work, and we need to find out why. where the buck stops, i guess at the end of the day is with the general. >> it t's the president's decision, but i know he watches a lot of cable television, especially fox news, so i'm going to give him a suggestion on tv. >> the buck doesn't stop with john kelly, the buck stops with the president, which, if the president is watching, it may be very soothing for him to hear the buck stops with general kelly. >> again, the president we are told -- i don't have any information, if anybody does, please step up -- the president feels blindsided by this. if that's not true, please step up. porter, trump told cohn, gary cohn, had not one, but two degrees from harvard and he was a rhodes scholar. even gorsuch wasn't a rhodes scholar, trump said. maybe he'll be my next su
not a fan of john kelly because john kelly has tried to limit his contact with the president. he sees the fix. >> the president is the only one to make the decision if john kelly stays on the job. the general is there to put in policies and procedures, and in this case those didn't work, and we need to find out why. where the buck stops, i guess at the end of the day is with the general. >> it t's the president's decision, but i know he watches a lot of cable television, especially...
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i'm john berman. a key presidential adviser has resigned following accusations of domestic abuse from two former wives. this is what white house chief of staff john kelly first said about these accusations yesterday. rob porter is a man of true integrity and honor and i can't say enough good things about him. overnight, kelly did amend that some, i was shocked by the new allegations released today against rob porter. no place for domestic violence in our society. i stand by my previous comments of the rob porter i have come to know. so why was kelly shocked when our sources say he knew about these allegations for months. abby phillip at the white house with these growing questions. abby? >> reporter: good morning, john. this story continues to be disturbing and questions are swirling about what exactly john kelly did know about rob porter and these accusations against him. our sources are telling us that he was aware that the allegations existed for months, but apparently did nothing. the question is
i'm john berman. a key presidential adviser has resigned following accusations of domestic abuse from two former wives. this is what white house chief of staff john kelly first said about these accusations yesterday. rob porter is a man of true integrity and honor and i can't say enough good things about him. overnight, kelly did amend that some, i was shocked by the new allegations released today against rob porter. no place for domestic violence in our society. i stand by my previous comments...
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and you can argue, john, they made the wrong choice. their take is this, when we found out and have the information, with one, we didn't know what we know now. >> about possible connections with russia. >> right. but when we knew, we put out notice -- and arguablrguably, td it belatedly and pretty quiet. he said they then went to mitch mcconnell and wanted to do it in a big way, he didn't want to do that. now trump says blame obama. but he has been anything but outfront in dealing with the russian threat. >> you can fault the obama administration for being too passive on this issue. you know, the intelligence agencies put out a report in october, but obama met with mitch mcconnell, you know, and mcconnell may dispute some details, but the reporting all says that mcconnell said, look, let's not go public with russians trying to interfere with the elections on trump's behalf. and the obama people maybe thought, that may look like we're trying to put our finger on the scale. and they deprived the american people of a crucial bit of informa
and you can argue, john, they made the wrong choice. their take is this, when we found out and have the information, with one, we didn't know what we know now. >> about possible connections with russia. >> right. but when we knew, we put out notice -- and arguablrguably, td it belatedly and pretty quiet. he said they then went to mitch mcconnell and wanted to do it in a big way, he didn't want to do that. now trump says blame obama. but he has been anything but outfront in dealing...
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john? >> let's bring it inside the room. this is stunning, and for people at home that don't understand the titles, the staff secretary is someone essentially glued to the president most of the time. rob porter, by all accounts, was a rising star, even though he had a job to begin with. is essentially treated like a deputy chief of staff. so it gets to the point what did they know and when did they know it? if he couldn't get clearance for months and months and months, isn't it john kelly's job, if he doesn't know the details, to get them? >> i think the white house has had many twists and turns on this story based on the evidence presented, the photographs, the fact that the daily mail published those photographs. >> pardon me, but once it's public, once you see these horrific photos, then they act. once they see these horrific photos, then they change their story. >> that's exactly the problem. prior to the photos where two of rob porter's ex-wives accused him of physical abuse in their marriage, that in itself is extremel
john? >> let's bring it inside the room. this is stunning, and for people at home that don't understand the titles, the staff secretary is someone essentially glued to the president most of the time. rob porter, by all accounts, was a rising star, even though he had a job to begin with. is essentially treated like a deputy chief of staff. so it gets to the point what did they know and when did they know it? if he couldn't get clearance for months and months and months, isn't it john...
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john? >> follow the plea deals, follow the cooperators here, they could be leading somewhere, who knows where that is. jessica schneider, thank you for being with us. here now, washington bureau chief for the chicago sun-times, lynn sweet, simone sanders and cnn political commentator and republican strategist alice stewart. lynn, i want to start with the news this morning, word from the white house that the president could be supportive of increasing security and standards on some background checks. this has to do with legislation that was introduced following the sutherland springs shooting in texas, by john cornyn what do you make of it? >> in the wake of congress failing to act sense the columbine massacre decades ago what does that mean? what will trump do? what will he do to make this happen? those words seem a little vague to me. did that mean, he could have said i support the measure. there is legislation. there are words on paper. so i don't know if this is a negotiating point that
john? >> follow the plea deals, follow the cooperators here, they could be leading somewhere, who knows where that is. jessica schneider, thank you for being with us. here now, washington bureau chief for the chicago sun-times, lynn sweet, simone sanders and cnn political commentator and republican strategist alice stewart. lynn, i want to start with the news this morning, word from the white house that the president could be supportive of increasing security and standards on some...
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john king has the day off. president trump and the first lady are about to board a plane together to go to ohio. but they'll go their separate ways when they hit the ground to sell different parts of the trump agenda. >>> and if you thought the memo drama was over, think again. tonight the house intelligence committee is facing another big vote, this time it's the democrats' memo. and republicans are pushing back on the president's claim that the gop memo undermines the special counsel's republican -- excuse me -- russian probe. but houw far are republicans willing to go to challenge trump? >> i wonder when the republican leadership in the congress is going to come to their senses. i had a lot of respect for paul ryan. i thought he was taking these matters seriously. but the things i've heard him say and do over the past several months makes me question whether or not if there is going to be removal of rod rosenstein as well as bob mueller. what will the republicans do? will they allow that to happen? it cannot
john king has the day off. president trump and the first lady are about to board a plane together to go to ohio. but they'll go their separate ways when they hit the ground to sell different parts of the trump agenda. >>> and if you thought the memo drama was over, think again. tonight the house intelligence committee is facing another big vote, this time it's the democrats' memo. and republicans are pushing back on the president's claim that the gop memo undermines the special...
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john? >> i got to say it is extraordinary to see you standing outside this building, sort of the worldwide headquarters for messing with the u.s. elections in 2016 and maybe beyond because intelligence chief says it's still going on. what do you know about these troll farms right now and who is funding them exactly and what their ties are to vladimir putin and the official russian government? >> reporter: and it's interesting you raise that issue of will it's still operating or not because we were told before we got here this morning in st. petersburg that it wasn't operating any more, that it's no longer there, that it's moved to a different office block but we've been witnessing people go in and out of that office all day. we called the rental company and said can we rent the space and they said, no, it's not going to be vacant for at least another 30 days, at least two floors are operating. you see there are lights on in the building right now. in terms of who owns it, who runs it, the u
john? >> i got to say it is extraordinary to see you standing outside this building, sort of the worldwide headquarters for messing with the u.s. elections in 2016 and maybe beyond because intelligence chief says it's still going on. what do you know about these troll farms right now and who is funding them exactly and what their ties are to vladimir putin and the official russian government? >> reporter: and it's interesting you raise that issue of will it's still operating or not...
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all of this has put john kelly president trump hot seat. and rumors are that he might be replaced soon. the trump administration changing its story again about the white house's hamming of domestic abuse allegations against former top aide rob porter. hours after fbi director chris wray offered a timeline about when porter's security clearance investigation was completed that directly contradicted the white house's accounts. >> the fbi submitted a partial report on the investigation in question in march. and then a completed background investigation in late july that soon therefore we received asks for follow-up inquiry. and we did the follow-up and provided that information in november and that we administratively closed the file in january. and then earlier this month we received some additional information and passed that on as well. >> reporter: prior to wray's testimony, the white house had been telling a different story. >> what we know about rob porter specifically, and that's the incident everybody is talking about, his background c
all of this has put john kelly president trump hot seat. and rumors are that he might be replaced soon. the trump administration changing its story again about the white house's hamming of domestic abuse allegations against former top aide rob porter. hours after fbi director chris wray offered a timeline about when porter's security clearance investigation was completed that directly contradicted the white house's accounts. >> the fbi submitted a partial report on the investigation in...
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john, you don't know. you haven't read it. >> it seems to go beyond frankly you what we were told is in the memo. this is a conspiracy involving an active president obama and those people working for him, ana. >> i just think there is so much noise with the clear intent of muddying the waters of discrediting the fbi, of discrediting bob mueller, of trying to lay the groundwork so he can fire rosenstein, and then, you know, go after mueller. this is to me a very clear road map here with the help of a lot of people, with the coordination of folks in congress, in the right wing media, in coordination with surrogates and allies, just drumming up all of this nonsense, conspiracy theories under the direction -- >> i -- >> matt, you spoke a hell of a lot. i think you can take that tweet by donald trump, reword it and america would think it is very accurate. if you said the top leadership of the white house has politicized the sacred investigative process in order to help donald trump a lot of people, including my
john, you don't know. you haven't read it. >> it seems to go beyond frankly you what we were told is in the memo. this is a conspiracy involving an active president obama and those people working for him, ana. >> i just think there is so much noise with the clear intent of muddying the waters of discrediting the fbi, of discrediting bob mueller, of trying to lay the groundwork so he can fire rosenstein, and then, you know, go after mueller. this is to me a very clear road map here...
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john berman here. in just a few minutes we might find out whether president trump's position last week on new gun laws is president trump's position this week. he is due to address the nation's governors at the white house. he made clear we'll be talking about parkland. less clear exactly what he will push for, what does it mean that he supports stricter background checks. the president seems to have split from the nra on the issue of whether to raise the age to buy a rifle to 21. and may be split from his daughter on the issue of arming teachers. our new questions this morning and severe criticism for the law enforcement response to the shooting. the governor of florida wants and investigation into broward county sheriffs department. many lawmakers in florida want sheriff scott israel gone all together for not doing more in response to calls, tips and warnings about the shooter dating back years. the sheriff offering a controversial and at times confusing defense to cnn's jake tapper. our kaylee hartu
john berman here. in just a few minutes we might find out whether president trump's position last week on new gun laws is president trump's position this week. he is due to address the nation's governors at the white house. he made clear we'll be talking about parkland. less clear exactly what he will push for, what does it mean that he supports stricter background checks. the president seems to have split from the nra on the issue of whether to raise the age to buy a rifle to 21. and may be...
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john? >> jessica schneider, thanks very, very much. >>> joining me now, paul callan, derrick raft, author of "threatmaker," and cnn's shimon prokupecz with us. one lesson and observation here, the lesson, don't lie to special counselor robert mueller, he's coming after you. and number two, this seems to be all roads lead to paul manafort. >> it does seem to be. two roads. one is paul manafort, and the other is the general subject of money laundering, always a worry to the trump administration and the trump organization. is he going to cross that red line and start looking at money laundering. in this particular case, manafort had a relationship with the ukrainian government, and this lawyer was doing work for the ukrainian government. so that's the link and he'll try to turn this witness against gates, against manafort, and possibly against others. >> by all accounts, he's pleading guilty. this isn't an indictment, it is an information, which means he's cooperating. you've written extensive
john? >> jessica schneider, thanks very, very much. >>> joining me now, paul callan, derrick raft, author of "threatmaker," and cnn's shimon prokupecz with us. one lesson and observation here, the lesson, don't lie to special counselor robert mueller, he's coming after you. and number two, this seems to be all roads lead to paul manafort. >> it does seem to be. two roads. one is paul manafort, and the other is the general subject of money laundering, always a...
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i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. it is a sad day trying to make sense of something senseless. 17 people gunned down at a florida high school. i want to take you to the senate in a moment of silence for the victims in parkland yesterday. >> the senate will observe a moment of silence for the victims of the florida school shooting. >> mr. president, t. >> the senate will come to order. >> mr. president? >> senate will come to order. >> bill nelson, the senator from florida about to speak. obviously his state struck by this tragedy. we'll go back to the floor if necessary. actually, why don't we listen for just a minute. >> those of us who are parents, you can imagine the parents of those children. wondering what else can be done. because yesterday a former student at marjory stoneman douglas high school in northern broward county, parkland, florida walked onto the campus with a gas mask, smoke grenades and carrying an ar-15 assault rifle. he pulled a fire alarm. he waited for the students to come out into the hallway,
i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. it is a sad day trying to make sense of something senseless. 17 people gunned down at a florida high school. i want to take you to the senate in a moment of silence for the victims in parkland yesterday. >> the senate will observe a moment of silence for the victims of the florida school shooting. >> mr. president, t. >> the senate will come to order. >> mr. president? >> senate will come to order. >>...
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all right, so, john, you first. you know, kellyanne conway says the president has full faith and full confidence in john kelly. given last weakek's revelations should he? >> well, that's a pretty intense seven-day-a-week job, so i think in the best of circumstances anyone in that position would have the life span of a shirt from h&m. he was brought in to provide organizational structure, to provide stability in the white house. he's done a pretty good job at that. clearly this guy was a problem that they trusted and they trusted probably when they shouldn't have. and if there's anything that we've learned from this me too movement, it's that people can be very good at their jobs and still be horrible human beings. and you can't always -- >> but should the chief of staff have reacted differently if he learned in november about these allegations? should he have reacted and acted differently? should he have informed the president of the united states that the -- that there are two very strong, you know, allegations com
all right, so, john, you first. you know, kellyanne conway says the president has full faith and full confidence in john kelly. given last weakek's revelations should he? >> well, that's a pretty intense seven-day-a-week job, so i think in the best of circumstances anyone in that position would have the life span of a shirt from h&m. he was brought in to provide organizational structure, to provide stability in the white house. he's done a pretty good job at that. clearly this guy was...
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they hate individual freedom. >> john? >> they hate individual freedom. >> by the national media, is fox news cheering on nancy pelosi and chris murphy? they're part of the national media. >> last time i checked, yes, but somehow they always get an exemption. that was an extra crispy speech by wayne lapierre. he's basically accusing the kids of parkland reading from a saul alinsky playbook. the dog whistle there they're being scripted. they're anti-american. they want to overturn personal freedom. that kind of rhetoric. when he talks about millions of americans want to find meaningful solutions, the nra has got to step up but they're n easing people who disagree with him. >> margaret, what you're listening to and seeing at cpac, is that the republican party you knew? i don't know if it's beyond that when you consider what's going on with the country. what do you think? >> sadly what's happened with the conservative movement, it started in the 1950s as an intellectual movement and an intelectal legs to a movement -- >> some
they hate individual freedom. >> john? >> they hate individual freedom. >> by the national media, is fox news cheering on nancy pelosi and chris murphy? they're part of the national media. >> last time i checked, yes, but somehow they always get an exemption. that was an extra crispy speech by wayne lapierre. he's basically accusing the kids of parkland reading from a saul alinsky playbook. the dog whistle there they're being scripted. they're anti-american. they want to...
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is this the john kelly you know? >> well, john kelly is first and foremost a marine. and he has been a great leader as a marine. but john himself will tell you that you know, he's not a politician. the problem is in the white house, when your chief of staff, you have to pay attention to anything that could undermine the president. anything that could appear on the front pages that could hurt the president. and sometimes when you try to protect people because of personal relationships and loyalties, all of which is understandable, frankly, you have to rise above that. you have to assume that if there is a problem envolving an individual, that will be made public. and it could damage the integrity of the white house. and for whatever reason, i think john missed that. and he has paid a price for that. >> should he resign? >> i think that's between the president and john kelly. i suspect because as he marine, that john will stick to the job as long as the president wants him to be there. >> you were white house chief of staff during the bill clinton presidency. during the
is this the john kelly you know? >> well, john kelly is first and foremost a marine. and he has been a great leader as a marine. but john himself will tell you that you know, he's not a politician. the problem is in the white house, when your chief of staff, you have to pay attention to anything that could undermine the president. anything that could appear on the front pages that could hurt the president. and sometimes when you try to protect people because of personal relationships and...
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and by the way, as recently as 24 hours ago, john kelly was urging dana touched on this earlier, john kelly was urging him not to resign and saying he could weather it. so, i mean, i guess you can try to rewrite hist ricory but it's true. we know the deal there. what we need to focus on is john kelly. >> do you think he can weather this? do you think he'll stay there? >> i don't know -- >> he's the one putting ougt fires. he is starting fires. >> right. he's the chief of staff. staff. right? and remember, when he came in, don, he expressly said i'm not going to be the guy who is going to manage the president. i'm going to manage the staff. he said that publicly. i'm going to make sure we are all working to make it the best possible scenario for the president of the united states. to david's point, how incurious do you have to be if you're the chief of staff to say wait a minute, this is one of the five people who spend the most time with donald trump on a daily basis. this is someone who vets everything that the president sees, goes through rob porter's hands. it's odd he hasn't had t
and by the way, as recently as 24 hours ago, john kelly was urging dana touched on this earlier, john kelly was urging him not to resign and saying he could weather it. so, i mean, i guess you can try to rewrite hist ricory but it's true. we know the deal there. what we need to focus on is john kelly. >> do you think he can weather this? do you think he'll stay there? >> i don't know -- >> he's the one putting ougt fires. he is starting fires. >> right. he's the chief of...
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how did john kelly allow this to happen? and to continue to live in denial that john kelly is not complicit in everything that happened really shows that the president doesn't actually care. the president should hold john kelly responsible for all of this. >> should kelly resign? >> kelly should resign. kelly should have resigned for many other reason. but the fact that the president hasn't forced them to resign considering that he not only was complicit but, you know, even lied about the occurrence of sequence of events after he discovered what the information really tells you that john kelly has lost all integrity and should step down. >> on another sensitive issue, very important issue, you voted against the budget deal overnight. what's the path forward for the hundreds of thousands of dreamers out there? >> well, the path forward is hopefully a compromise. we know that the senate right now, democrats and republicans, have been working diligently on a compromise that's going to provide some level of border security in ex
how did john kelly allow this to happen? and to continue to live in denial that john kelly is not complicit in everything that happened really shows that the president doesn't actually care. the president should hold john kelly responsible for all of this. >> should kelly resign? >> kelly should resign. kelly should have resigned for many other reason. but the fact that the president hasn't forced them to resign considering that he not only was complicit but, you know, even lied...
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so i think there is a problem here with john kelly. and with john mcgann. they knew for over a year about the alleges of why he was being held up and hope hicks writing the statement defending her boyfriend, rob porter, listen, i think there has to be some resignations here starting with john kelly and don mcgann and hope hicks. >> i want to get ann in here. bill is saying there this has to be -- it is a good point, this has to be solved within the white house. so how do they deal with this, especially with this reporting we have that the president is really not feeling as if he was well served, to bill's point. >> look, this is hard for me because i know john kelly. i knew him here in miami where he was south com commander and did a great job. i am in -- i'm in awe and i have great respect for his service to this country, for the sacrifice that his family, that he and caryn kelley have suffered in the loss of their son. that being said, john failed here. he failed professionally and he failed personally. he failed donald trump. he failed the man he works w
so i think there is a problem here with john kelly. and with john mcgann. they knew for over a year about the alleges of why he was being held up and hope hicks writing the statement defending her boyfriend, rob porter, listen, i think there has to be some resignations here starting with john kelly and don mcgann and hope hicks. >> i want to get ann in here. bill is saying there this has to be -- it is a good point, this has to be solved within the white house. so how do they deal with...
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john berman here. something changed. right before our eyes, it changed. the national discussion on guns is different this morning. it might not be big change, lasting change, the kind that will satisfy everyone, but it happened. it is worthy of note and it happened largely because of the voices of the students of stoneman douglas high school. breaking news, just moments ago, the president declared unambiguously that he supports raising the age you can buy a rifle from 18 to 21. this is a move flatly opposed by the nra. the president wrote, i will be strongly pushing comprehensive background checks with an emphasis on mental health, raise age to 21 and end sale of bump stocks. congress is in a mood to finally do something on the issue i hope. this son top of a significant shift from marco rubio, a republican with an a-plus rating from the nra during the cnn town hall overnight. >> i traditionally have not supported looking at magazine clip size, and after this and some of the details i've learned about
john berman here. something changed. right before our eyes, it changed. the national discussion on guns is different this morning. it might not be big change, lasting change, the kind that will satisfy everyone, but it happened. it is worthy of note and it happened largely because of the voices of the students of stoneman douglas high school. breaking news, just moments ago, the president declared unambiguously that he supports raising the age you can buy a rifle from 18 to 21. this is a move...
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. ♪ john berman here. the president claims he would run into a school unarmed to stop a shooter, but this morning he is already walking away from a new gun law that would have made it harder for the killer to get a weapon. also today, new cnn reporting on the growing number of warnings missed, twice as many calls to the sheriff's office as the sheriff actually says. but we begin with big testimony in the russia investigation. one of the president's closest aides in the inner most ring of the inner circle, hope hicks, will appear before congress. who knows if that was the impetus for the president to wake up shouting on the russia probes. look at that, all caps and an exclamation point. let's go to cnn's manu, all caps, raju, exclamation point on capitol hill to preview this big intelligence committee hearing. >> the big question is whether or not hope hicks will answer the committee's questions. democrats want to ask her not just about topics that happened during the campaign but during the transition peri
. ♪ john berman here. the president claims he would run into a school unarmed to stop a shooter, but this morning he is already walking away from a new gun law that would have made it harder for the killer to get a weapon. also today, new cnn reporting on the growing number of warnings missed, twice as many calls to the sheriff's office as the sheriff actually says. but we begin with big testimony in the russia investigation. one of the president's closest aides in the inner most ring of the...
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i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. president trump sends a budget blueprint to congress and rolls out his long promised infrastructure plan. >>> plus, who to believe? a president who vents with his chief of staff or a president who sends top aides on the tv circuit to insist the chief of staff is just fine. >>> do not adjust your set. the top republican and top democrat make a public show of respect. >> when we need to come together to solve our country's problems and most pressing issues, we can and do successfully work together. as the longest serving leader of the senate republican caucus, he understands the pressure that every leader faces, including me. i'm new at the job. >> as majority and minority leaders, we're kind of like the offensive and defensive coordinators. i've been both roles. as coach catrino can tell you, offensive coordinator is better. >> offensive coordinator is better. we'll get to that in a few moments. we'll hear from president trump. he's unveiling his longstanding infrastructure plan at the
i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. president trump sends a budget blueprint to congress and rolls out his long promised infrastructure plan. >>> plus, who to believe? a president who vents with his chief of staff or a president who sends top aides on the tv circuit to insist the chief of staff is just fine. >>> do not adjust your set. the top republican and top democrat make a public show of respect. >> when we need to come together to solve our...
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john berman is in new york this morning. chris is off. and i'm here in parkland, florida. just the latest american city grieving over another deadly school shooting. thousands of people here gathered last night at this candlelight vigil to remember the 17 students and teachers who were killed on wednesday behind me at the school here marjory stoneman douglas high school. we now know more about their identities. we know their names. we know some of their stories about their lives. so let me give you just a little glimpse is into who some of these people were. among those killed, 14-year-old alaina petty. she volunteered to clean up after hurricane irma hit this state in september. she was part of something called helping hands at her church. she liked to give back to others. nicholas dworet was a star swimmer at this high school. he was a 17-year-old. and he was planning to attend the university of indianapolis in the fall. the football coach that we've heard so much about, aaron feis, he's remembered as a hero. he was killed
john berman is in new york this morning. chris is off. and i'm here in parkland, florida. just the latest american city grieving over another deadly school shooting. thousands of people here gathered last night at this candlelight vigil to remember the 17 students and teachers who were killed on wednesday behind me at the school here marjory stoneman douglas high school. we now know more about their identities. we know their names. we know some of their stories about their lives. so let me give...
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john kelly. i don't know what the hell has happened to him. i don't know what he's drinking in the water in the white house. i knew him in miami. i knew him as an empathetic man. he has a particular knowledge and experience for what goes on in those countries and he's in those countries. he lived in a community, miami, that has a disproportionate amount of dreamers and immigrants. john kelly knows that immigrants are not lazy. he knows that dreamers are not lazy. some of them are the primary bread winners families. applying for daca costs about $500. it requires being in school. many of these young people are in school while at the same time they're holding one and two jobs. they are anything but lazy. for a man who works for a president, who shows up usually at 10:30 or 11:00 a.m. at the office, golfed almost 100 days in the one year he has been president, to call these kids and young people lazy, is inappropriate. and something not at all reflective of the john kelly i knew back in miami. >> i want to bring van, you know, assistant attorney
john kelly. i don't know what the hell has happened to him. i don't know what he's drinking in the water in the white house. i knew him in miami. i knew him as an empathetic man. he has a particular knowledge and experience for what goes on in those countries and he's in those countries. he lived in a community, miami, that has a disproportionate amount of dreamers and immigrants. john kelly knows that immigrants are not lazy. he knows that dreamers are not lazy. some of them are the primary...
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i'm john berman in for john king. president trump holed up and fired up during a weekend in mar-a-lago after special counsel robert mueller charged 13 russians with a plot to interfere in the u.s. election. and students beg lawmakers to act after that deadly school massacre in florida. the other white house says the president supports approving federal background checks. >>> plus, heartbroken and blindsided, the family who opened their home and hearts to the shooter before the rampage speaks out. >> everybody seems to know we didn't know. we had rules and he followed every rule to a t. >> and before he moved into your home, how well did you know him? >> i had met him a couple times before. he had spent a night at the house, and he was very polite. he seemed normal. >> cnn has learned that the parkland, florida school shooter had obtained at least 10 firearms, all of them rifles, according to law enforcement officials in the year prior to the shooting. meanwhile, president trump may have found an opening to take action
i'm john berman in for john king. president trump holed up and fired up during a weekend in mar-a-lago after special counsel robert mueller charged 13 russians with a plot to interfere in the u.s. election. and students beg lawmakers to act after that deadly school massacre in florida. the other white house says the president supports approving federal background checks. >>> plus, heartbroken and blindsided, the family who opened their home and hearts to the shooter before the rampage...
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what john kelly brought is a systemization and regularity to the white house. and even there this is very, very upsetting and disturbing and bad and not how we would want the highest office in the country to run. so it just shows you how far. >> have you ever heard of another chief of staff having two problems let alone the four that he has had. we're just enumerating and obvious and what's known. when has a you chief of staff done anything like this? >> we have never had a president of the united states who has done what this president has done, said the things this president has done. >> that he enforces for a straight agent in there, which is what kelly was. >> against the back drop of trump, he is still the straight agent. that's where we are. that's the difficult part. >> hope hicks is having a romantic relationship, being chafed by the paparazzi outside georgetown restaurants. >> it is all tawdry. not only does the white house have a huge vetting problem where they don't google people -- >> or they are overlooking it. >> that's a great point. >> you have
what john kelly brought is a systemization and regularity to the white house. and even there this is very, very upsetting and disturbing and bad and not how we would want the highest office in the country to run. so it just shows you how far. >> have you ever heard of another chief of staff having two problems let alone the four that he has had. we're just enumerating and obvious and what's known. when has a you chief of staff done anything like this? >> we have never had a...
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john berman joins me. it's been a wild night here in the u.s. >> we survived a grueling shutdown. >> yes, we did. we begin with breaking news for you. the house passing a massive best of my knowledge budget deal moments ago to reopen the federal government which did shut down six hours while americans were sleeping. this is the second time in just three weeks. a few hours ago the senate advanced a $400 billion bill, two-year, that gives a boost in defense spending and billions for domestic programs. major sticking points remain, including including what happens with immigration. >>> a growing fallout over when white house officials knew about abuse allegations of a key aide, rob porter. hope hicks and don mcgann under scrutiny as well. did he know a lot about a lot of abuse? a lot about a little abuse? kelly knew something and now we know that mcgahn did as well. let's begin with phil mattingly. 36 straight hours, phil, of reporting. but this shutdown is over. >> reporter: yeah. you nailed it. just six hou
john berman joins me. it's been a wild night here in the u.s. >> we survived a grueling shutdown. >> yes, we did. we begin with breaking news for you. the house passing a massive best of my knowledge budget deal moments ago to reopen the federal government which did shut down six hours while americans were sleeping. this is the second time in just three weeks. a few hours ago the senate advanced a $400 billion bill, two-year, that gives a boost in defense spending and billions for...
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i'm john berman. "at this hour" starts now. >>> i'm brianna keilar. in washington time and money are running out. at 37 hours, the federal government runs out of funding and faces a shutdown. lawmakers are racing to clear a number of hurdles before midnight tomorrow, not the least of which the threat of republican defections and growing importance of winning votes from democrats. i want to begin on capitol hill, that's where suzanne malveaux is. the house is in session. we just saw nancy pelosi on the floor and the senate will gavel into session in a matter of minutes here. how do we expect this all to play out? >> first of all, some news that nancy pelosi made, essentially pouring cold water of the idea to move the budget forward, this big budget deal because it doesn't actually include something for the dreamers, the daca deal. that is something dick durbin who i spoke with this morning trying to push his democratic colleagues to get on board. she says she cannot do it without it. you'll see a flurry of activity on the senate side when they gavel to
i'm john berman. "at this hour" starts now. >>> i'm brianna keilar. in washington time and money are running out. at 37 hours, the federal government runs out of funding and faces a shutdown. lawmakers are racing to clear a number of hurdles before midnight tomorrow, not the least of which the threat of republican defections and growing importance of winning votes from democrats. i want to begin on capitol hill, that's where suzanne malveaux is. the house is in session. we...
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coy. >> reporter: hi, john. sweet redemption for two american figure skaters who didn't make the cut for the last olympic games, adam rippon putting on a show, inspiring skate. how about teammate mariah nagasu landing the jaw dropping triple axel, something no other american woman has ever done at the olympics. those performances helped the u.s. take bronze in the team figure skating in back-to-back olympic games. the dangerous winds postponed the women's snowboard slope style competition. jamie anderson conquered both to repeat as olympic champion in the event. 17-year-old snowboarding sensation chloe kim tweeted in between runs during halfpipe qualifiers she could go for some ice cream right now. laid back california kid. the favorite for gold tonight. chloe's mom and dad immigrated to the u.s. from south korea, so it is insane she says to be competing in her first olympics here. she's 5'2", 115 pounds, ruthless, seemingly fearless when she is shooting herself two stories high into the sky, spinning herself ar
coy. >> reporter: hi, john. sweet redemption for two american figure skaters who didn't make the cut for the last olympic games, adam rippon putting on a show, inspiring skate. how about teammate mariah nagasu landing the jaw dropping triple axel, something no other american woman has ever done at the olympics. those performances helped the u.s. take bronze in the team figure skating in back-to-back olympic games. the dangerous winds postponed the women's snowboard slope style...