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he praised john kelly when john kelly was named to the trump cabinet. now he says john kelly should resign. heartburn. no one burns on my watch! try alka seltzer ultra strength heartburn relief chews. with more acid-fighting power than tums chewy bites. mmmmm...amazing. i have heartburn. ultra strength from alka seltzer. enjoy the relief. >>> tonight "the washington post" is reporting on the president's reaction to what has now been a week of crisis since the white house staffer rob porter was publicly accused by both of his former wives and a former girlfriend of being violent toward them, including giving his first wife colbie holderness a black eye with one punch. trump has privately expressed frustration with the week-long fallout, peppering aides and confidantes with questions about the media coverage and how the controversy is playing for him personally. of course that's what he is worried about. how is this playing for him personally? also tonight, cnn is reporting trump has been phoning allies in recent days to get their advice on how to handle
he praised john kelly when john kelly was named to the trump cabinet. now he says john kelly should resign. heartburn. no one burns on my watch! try alka seltzer ultra strength heartburn relief chews. with more acid-fighting power than tums chewy bites. mmmmm...amazing. i have heartburn. ultra strength from alka seltzer. enjoy the relief. >>> tonight "the washington post" is reporting on the president's reaction to what has now been a week of crisis since the white house...
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he praised john kelly when john kelly was named to the trump cabinet. now he says john kelly should resign. liberty mutual stood with me when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night. hold on dad... liberty did what? yeah, liberty mutual 24-hour roadside assistance helped him to fix his flat so he could get home safely. my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. don't worry - i know what a lug wrench is, dad. is this a lug wrench? maybe? you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. sucthey read more.have one thing in common. how do they find the time? ... with audible. audible has the world's largest selection of audiobooks. for just $14.95 a month... you get a credit good for any audiobook ... and you can roll your credits to the next month if you don't use them. audible members get free no hassle exchanges ... and use the mobile app to listen anytime, anywhere. start a 30-day trial and your first audiobook is free. listening, is the new reading. text audio22 to five hund
he praised john kelly when john kelly was named to the trump cabinet. now he says john kelly should resign. liberty mutual stood with me when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night. hold on dad... liberty did what? yeah, liberty mutual 24-hour roadside assistance helped him to fix his flat so he could get home safely. my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. don't worry - i know what a lug wrench is, dad. is this a lug wrench? maybe? you can leave worry behind when liberty...
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john took it all in, amazed. and for the first time, since the shooting, he felt a surge of positive excitement. and a little germ of hope lodged itself in his stubborn mind. >> reporter: you were thinking, maybe they can do it for you. >> i said i am in the right spot. >> reporter: he talked to the leading researcher working on optic nerve repair. >> have you done any studies with severed optic nerves. >> reporter: he peppered them with questions like he was cross-examining witnesses. mike gilmore, president of the research clinic offered sutton a glimmer of hope. >> we will be able to regenerate an optic nerve not so much a question of can we, when can we? >> reporter: and it was a good news/bad news sort of day. >> i do not want to mislead you or provide false hopes. >> reporter: yes there might be a cure but perhaps not for five, ten years or more, quite possibly too late for john sutton. >> okay. >> how soon depends on how much funding we can get, how many scientists we can put behind the problem to solve it
john took it all in, amazed. and for the first time, since the shooting, he felt a surge of positive excitement. and a little germ of hope lodged itself in his stubborn mind. >> reporter: you were thinking, maybe they can do it for you. >> i said i am in the right spot. >> reporter: he talked to the leading researcher working on optic nerve repair. >> have you done any studies with severed optic nerves. >> reporter: he peppered them with questions like he was...
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john kelly knew there were photos. the fbi would have no reason not to tell him what they knew about rob porter. the fbi who have had no reason not to tell him that they saw the photos. might have even showed those photos to john kelly. so john kelly decided not to believe what the two women told the fbi. does that mean that john kelly decided that those two women committed the crime of lying to the fbi? did john kelly decide that those two women were the kind of women who would just sit there and commit the crime of lying to the fbi? does it mean rob porter lied to the fbi? is there a crime here? here's jennifer willby, rob porter's second wife, telling nbc's kristen welker about her conversations with the fbi. >> can you tell me what specifically you told them? >> i shared with them the details of my marriage. the same as have been in the interviews and articles that have come out. >> and one of the questions was, could he potentially be blackmailed. how did you answer that question? >> i actually had difficulty answ
john kelly knew there were photos. the fbi would have no reason not to tell him what they knew about rob porter. the fbi who have had no reason not to tell him that they saw the photos. might have even showed those photos to john kelly. so john kelly decided not to believe what the two women told the fbi. does that mean that john kelly decided that those two women committed the crime of lying to the fbi? did john kelly decide that those two women were the kind of women who would just sit there...
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but you can't do that with john kelly because john kelly is highing. john kelly is afraid of stepping up to the microphone looking into those cameras and answering questions about what he knew and when he knew it and why he continued to fight for rob porter's job even after he saw the black eye photos. >> joining us now ruth marcus, deputy editorial page editor from the "washington post" and joyce vance, former u.s. attorney for the northern district of alabama and a professor at the university of alabama school of law, andness price spokesperson for the national security council and a former cia analyst. he's an msnbc national security analyst. ruth, i just want to get your reaction because this is a moving story with new elements coming out by the hour. your reaction about where this story stands tonight. >> well, the phrase fully aware is possibly the most maddening phrase i've ever heard here. if general kelly was not fully aware of the allegations against rob porter, it's only because he chose not to make himself fully aware because he heard somet
but you can't do that with john kelly because john kelly is highing. john kelly is afraid of stepping up to the microphone looking into those cameras and answering questions about what he knew and when he knew it and why he continued to fight for rob porter's job even after he saw the black eye photos. >> joining us now ruth marcus, deputy editorial page editor from the "washington post" and joyce vance, former u.s. attorney for the northern district of alabama and a professor...
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john kelly fought for rob porter's job. reports indicate that john kelly was actively fighting to save rob porter's job after all of these accusations became public, including the one punch black eye. because for john kelly, apparently, one punch isn't enough. one black eye photograph of one former wife of a white house official, was not enough for john kelly. that's why he fought today to save rob porter's job. wasn't enough. yesterday rob porter said -- he said this in response to the daily mail's first story, i will not comment about these matters beyond stating that many of these allegations are sand rous and simply false. that was yesterday. today, in announcing that he will give up that job and as the "new york times" is reporting, give up that job tomorrow, at the white house, after maybe a full day at the white house. rob porter issued this new statement saying this, these outrageous allegations are simply false. i took the photos given to the media nearly 15 years ago, and the reality behind them is nowhere close t
john kelly fought for rob porter's job. reports indicate that john kelly was actively fighting to save rob porter's job after all of these accusations became public, including the one punch black eye. because for john kelly, apparently, one punch isn't enough. one black eye photograph of one former wife of a white house official, was not enough for john kelly. that's why he fought today to save rob porter's job. wasn't enough. yesterday rob porter said -- he said this in response to the daily...
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john kelly was in the room when the president said that. >> i'm watching john kelly, general john kelly, he's a four-star marine, a tough cookie. if he was a teacher, i wouldn't worry about him having a gun. there's no security guard you're going to hire that can handle a gun better than him. so if he's a teacher or other friends that's a marine or other people teaching like that, i want them to have a gun. >> that's the kind of thing clint eastwood was doing in the movies when he was 67 years old, going up against the bad guy with superior fire power and taking the guy out with his handgun. the president has seen too many clint east wood movies. john kelly is 67 years old. he's never gone into combat only with a handgun, or commanded marines with only a handgun. he's only commanded marines that have the finest weapons of war, like the ar-15. john kelly would never order a marine into combat with a handgun. john kelly was never trained to go into combat in an american high school where the possible collateral damage included high school students, thousands of them, and dozens of america
john kelly was in the room when the president said that. >> i'm watching john kelly, general john kelly, he's a four-star marine, a tough cookie. if he was a teacher, i wouldn't worry about him having a gun. there's no security guard you're going to hire that can handle a gun better than him. so if he's a teacher or other friends that's a marine or other people teaching like that, i want them to have a gun. >> that's the kind of thing clint eastwood was doing in the movies when he...
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i support john kelly. i think he's doing a remarkable job, and it's a very tough job. i have great empathy for him. it's not just sympathy. it's not theory. i have great empathy for the job that the chief of staff has to do. and i think he's doing it pretty well. his job is to make sure that the president stays focused and addresses the realish us america has to face. and we've got some real challenges. obviously, domestic abuse is never good. it's not right. and we shouldn't call it out. and, you know, rob porter is a very able person, but he evidently was involved in something that was outrageous and not justified. and it was appropriate for him to leave the white house. with john kelly, he serves at the discretion of the president. they call it the pleasure of the president, as everyone does in the white house. so ultimately, it's the president has to decide whether or not john kelly stays or doesn't stay, and as long as he's there, i want to support him and help him do the job he's got to do. because h
i support john kelly. i think he's doing a remarkable job, and it's a very tough job. i have great empathy for him. it's not just sympathy. it's not theory. i have great empathy for the job that the chief of staff has to do. and i think he's doing it pretty well. his job is to make sure that the president stays focused and addresses the realish us america has to face. and we've got some real challenges. obviously, domestic abuse is never good. it's not right. and we shouldn't call it out. and,...
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i'm john. >> reporter: john is really an actor playing a contractor. now, john is parked on a street, where he will run into eric and attempt to lure him into his truck. eric's mom and dad are with me around the corner in the watchmobile. they are worried that this is a trick their helpful son may fall for. you ready to see how he does? >> yes. let's see. >> reporter: their eyes are glued to our hidden camera monitors, as eric walks out onto the reet and sees our actor. >> what's up, man? john. rememb me? >> yeah. >>eporter: as our actor draws eric in, his parents are holding their breath. >> finishing work, do you mind helping me out with this real quick? >> no problem. no problem, i'll help. >> reporter: now, as their son steps toward that open door -- >> can you just go in the middle, and i'm going to hand this to you? >> reporter: his parents aren't surprised he agreed to help but pray he will know better than to get in the truck. >> you just want to grab -- >> he's a goner. >> got him right in there. >> so just grab that. okay. >> reporter: our ac
i'm john. >> reporter: john is really an actor playing a contractor. now, john is parked on a street, where he will run into eric and attempt to lure him into his truck. eric's mom and dad are with me around the corner in the watchmobile. they are worried that this is a trick their helpful son may fall for. you ready to see how he does? >> yes. let's see. >> reporter: their eyes are glued to our hidden camera monitors, as eric walks out onto the reet and sees our actor....
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what about john kelly? the white house insisting the president still has confidence in kelly despite reports of a replacement list being built. >>> on alert. america's top intel leaders laying out ongoing threats including one from a very familiar foe. >> russia perceived its past efforts as successful and views the 2018 u.s. midterm elections as a potential target. >> that's right, you heard him correctly. that is the fbi director saying the president has not asked them directly to stop russia's actions. weird, huh? no. >> not specifically directed by the president. >>> she's back. the stormy daniels story returns on valentine's day, what better holiday? i can't think of one. trump's personal lawyer says he paid a porn star 130 grand without trump or the campaign knowing. michael cohen, what did you pay her the 130 large for? raising many questions. why exactly is he paying her 130 grand? strange, isn't it? >>> all right. we're going to begin today at the white house where the trump administration may be r
what about john kelly? the white house insisting the president still has confidence in kelly despite reports of a replacement list being built. >>> on alert. america's top intel leaders laying out ongoing threats including one from a very familiar foe. >> russia perceived its past efforts as successful and views the 2018 u.s. midterm elections as a potential target. >> that's right, you heard him correctly. that is the fbi director saying the president has not asked them...
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john, stephanie. maybe cleaning the bathroom in times square on new year's eve is better. >> there are republicans who speak on fox news all the time who would love the job. >> it is a thankless position. when you consider, is this john kelly's waterloo, the moment where this is the fieshlreable offense, i don't think it is that big of a moment. it could be. it is very unclear at this point. >> interesting to see how it goes. we'll have to see how much they knew. as more and more detail comes out about this, i suspect there is going to be a groundswell of activity. >> could john kelly be the cheese standing alone? >> peter, matt and someone who shares my initials, ali v. >> ali's debut on "velshi & ruhle." >> love it. >> please come back. >> proud to do it. >> you know what, maybe i need an a.v. upgrade. >> ouch. >>> all right. we're going to talk with new york city's first lady, who is also head of the city's domestic violence task force. how abuse affects victims, families, communities and our entir
john, stephanie. maybe cleaning the bathroom in times square on new year's eve is better. >> there are republicans who speak on fox news all the time who would love the job. >> it is a thankless position. when you consider, is this john kelly's waterloo, the moment where this is the fieshlreable offense, i don't think it is that big of a moment. it could be. it is very unclear at this point. >> interesting to see how it goes. we'll have to see how much they knew. as more and...
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john kelly has failed at his job. if his number one job is control any crisis, advance the president's agenda and stay out of the spotlight, he has failed on all three measures. it is he who, from the reporting i've done, helped derail the president's own daca deal. so that right there is insubordination i would say. >> thank you both for joining us, really appreciate it. >>> coming up, why president trump says, and he really does say this, he said it today, you'll hear him say it, infrastructure is sexy. that was his word, sexy. we are the tv doctors of america, and we may not know much about medicine, but we know a lot about drama. we also know that you can avoid drama by getting an annual check-up. so go, know, and take control of your health. it could save your life. cigna. together, all the way. stay at la quinta. where we're changing with stylish make-overs. then at your next meeting, set your seat height to its maximum level. bravo, tall meeting man. start winning today. book now at lq.com i thought i was manag
john kelly has failed at his job. if his number one job is control any crisis, advance the president's agenda and stay out of the spotlight, he has failed on all three measures. it is he who, from the reporting i've done, helped derail the president's own daca deal. so that right there is insubordination i would say. >> thank you both for joining us, really appreciate it. >>> coming up, why president trump says, and he really does say this, he said it today, you'll hear him say...
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john kelly has failed at his job. if his number one job is control any crisis, advance the president's agenda and stay out of the spotlight, he has failed on all three measures. it is he who frt reporting i've done helped derail the president's own daca deal. so that right there is insubordination i would say. >> thank you both for joining us, really appreciate it. >>> coming up, why president trump says, and he really does say this, he said it today, you'll hear him say it, infrastructure is sexy. that was his word, sexy. remember our special night? abdominal pain... ...and diarrhea. but it's my anniversary. aw. sorry. we've got other plans. your recurring, unpredictable abdominal pain and diarrhea... ...may be irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea, or ibs-d. you've tried over-the-counter treatments and lifestyle changes, but ibs-d can be really frustrating. talk to your doctor about viberzi,... ...a different way to treat ibs-d. viberzi is a prescription medication you take every day that helps proactively manage..
john kelly has failed at his job. if his number one job is control any crisis, advance the president's agenda and stay out of the spotlight, he has failed on all three measures. it is he who frt reporting i've done helped derail the president's own daca deal. so that right there is insubordination i would say. >> thank you both for joining us, really appreciate it. >>> coming up, why president trump says, and he really does say this, he said it today, you'll hear him say it,...
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>> i would agree with john. but one possibility here of course is that you have a white house full of my soldier niss as some people have suggested. but there's another possibility that i find almost as troubling or equally as troubling and that is you have people in this white house for whom constitutional norms mean nothing. for whom codes of conduct mean nothing. the rules apply to everybody else, but not to us. so when general flynn, for example, is lying about what he told the russians, that's not a problem for donald trump. that's not a problem for the chief of staff at the time. it's only a problem when somebody finds out about it. so, you know, there's a -- there's a set of rules here that i think is -- and a mind set. i compared john kelly to don reagan, who was the infamous second chief of staff for ronald reagan, who was arrogant and politically inept. i think kelly reminds me of him. he's irgaarrogant and he plays set of rules that they don't think the rules apply to them. >> john kelly was-to-suppos
>> i would agree with john. but one possibility here of course is that you have a white house full of my soldier niss as some people have suggested. but there's another possibility that i find almost as troubling or equally as troubling and that is you have people in this white house for whom constitutional norms mean nothing. for whom codes of conduct mean nothing. the rules apply to everybody else, but not to us. so when general flynn, for example, is lying about what he told the...
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what's next for john kelly? >> that is really probably up to donald trump who as much as he said it a lot on tv doesn't really like to say you're fired directly to his staff and there's not a ton of obvious candidates to take general kelly's place. the real irony is if this domestic abuse rob porter scandal ends up with departure of john kelly is that it would be ousted for sort of the weirdest of reasons. i wrote over the weekend about john kelly as a kind of mini me of donald trump, the second worst person in the white house really. because as much as he was supposed to bring them all order, he's just really mirrored and exemplified some of donald trump's own worst instaincts an this last episode is just an example of that. we'll see what happens to him. i think one thing we know is it's going to be a white house in chaos whether he's there or not. >> no doubt about that. and of course we're going to see what happens this week. it's supposed to be infrastructure week at the trump white house. i suspect it's go
what's next for john kelly? >> that is really probably up to donald trump who as much as he said it a lot on tv doesn't really like to say you're fired directly to his staff and there's not a ton of obvious candidates to take general kelly's place. the real irony is if this domestic abuse rob porter scandal ends up with departure of john kelly is that it would be ousted for sort of the weirdest of reasons. i wrote over the weekend about john kelly as a kind of mini me of donald trump, the...
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why is john kelly lying? because john kelly knew a long time ago about the credible allegation s against porter. why could kelly not clean that up? because donald trump knew, i believe. i think it goes to trump. it doesn't go doto kelly. you're being too nice to trump. kelly made this horrible mistake. trump didn't know anything -- how do we know trump didn't know anything? i don't believe for a minute the way donald trump runs his organizations and his white house, he's not interested in policy, he's interested in personnel. he was very close to porter. mcgahn knew and told him. trump knew and trump decided, let's put it the nicest way, you know, there are no legal charges, no criminal charges, no civil actions, i guess, a roadw restraining order, i'm going to let porter stay there. >> but trump has no decision -- >> that was trump's decision. and the reason they lied is because they're covering up the fact that it didn't matter to donald trump that a wife abuser was in a senior staff position in the white h
why is john kelly lying? because john kelly knew a long time ago about the credible allegation s against porter. why could kelly not clean that up? because donald trump knew, i believe. i think it goes to trump. it doesn't go doto kelly. you're being too nice to trump. kelly made this horrible mistake. trump didn't know anything -- how do we know trump didn't know anything? i don't believe for a minute the way donald trump runs his organizations and his white house, he's not interested in...
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he would hasen to note even john kelly said it's the most difficult job he's had. and he would note for every crazy thing that president trump tried, like the executive order on immigration, there was ten things he stopped. >> that's what i expected. when they get out of it they'll tell us the much worse things they stopped, including quite possibly a nuclear exchange with north korea. >> that's the thing. at the end of the day it does get lame to keep hearing over and over again, you wouldn't believe the blank i stopped from happening. but it is true, if you belief reince priebus that there were things trump wanted to do out of the gate. they had like 100 executive orders out of the gate. a lot of them more draconian than the one on immigration. he wanted to scrap nafta immediately, reince priebus had to sit down with him and explain there were a lot of farmers in the swing states who would be killed by that, you had to renegotiate. so it's a granular inside look at the wildest six months in presidential history. >> so donald trump wanted to increase the cost -- t
he would hasen to note even john kelly said it's the most difficult job he's had. and he would note for every crazy thing that president trump tried, like the executive order on immigration, there was ten things he stopped. >> that's what i expected. when they get out of it they'll tell us the much worse things they stopped, including quite possibly a nuclear exchange with north korea. >> that's the thing. at the end of the day it does get lame to keep hearing over and over again,...
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, who worked very closely with john kelly. the resignation followed news reports that made public the reason why mr. porter had been unable to obtain a permanent security clearance during his 13 months in the white house handling all papers that crossed the president's desk. domestic violence allegations against porter by his two ex wives, allegations he denies, the allegations were conveyed to the fbi as part of the background check procedure for the security clearance application along with corroborating evidence from porter's ex-wives that included an emergency protective order taken out against him in virginia by his second wife and photograph evidence of injuries he says were inflicted on her by her then husband. that is is exactly the kind of thing that can keep you from getting a permanent security clearance. not having a permanent security clearance is the reason you shouldn't be able to have that particular job of being white house staff secretary handling classified information as routine matter every day in close co
, who worked very closely with john kelly. the resignation followed news reports that made public the reason why mr. porter had been unable to obtain a permanent security clearance during his 13 months in the white house handling all papers that crossed the president's desk. domestic violence allegations against porter by his two ex wives, allegations he denies, the allegations were conveyed to the fbi as part of the background check procedure for the security clearance application along with...
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john kelly is in on it. the white house chief of staff has chosen sides in the daily battle between trump and the truth. john kelly has chosen trump. you learn a lot by watching a person lie. you can see how comfortable or uncomfortable they are with lying. you can see how easy it is for them. everyone can see that lying is part of donald trump's nature. some people wonder if donald trump actually believes what he says when he is lying. and if he does convince himself to believe his own lies, that is truly pathological lying. it's the most dangerous kind of lying. it means the liar has lost touch with reality. now watch what john kelly had to say when he was asked about the democratic members of congress who boycotted the state of the union speech tuesday night. >> it breaks my heart because as i say, i don't think anyone should hate someone else or show them disrespect just because they disagree on anything. >> he sure looked like he believed that when he was saying it, which makes it all the more deeply di
john kelly is in on it. the white house chief of staff has chosen sides in the daily battle between trump and the truth. john kelly has chosen trump. you learn a lot by watching a person lie. you can see how comfortable or uncomfortable they are with lying. you can see how easy it is for them. everyone can see that lying is part of donald trump's nature. some people wonder if donald trump actually believes what he says when he is lying. and if he does convince himself to believe his own lies,...
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only john kelly did that. no other white house chief of staff in history has ever told such a poisonous lie about a member of congress or about a former president. and so we can no longer be surprised when john kelly opens his mouth and ugly prejudice and poison comes out as it did again today. there is not a shred of evidence now that john kelly has even the slightest bit more sympathy or understanding of the dreamers than donald trump has. there is not the slightest hint now that john kelly's heart is not as full of hatred as donald trump's is for all of the people that donald trump rages against, from mexicans, to muslims, to undocumented immigrants including children. if john kelly is more enlightened than donald trump, if he is more humane than donald trump, if he is a more decent person than donald trump, why has he never said one word while in the service of donald trump to show us in any small way that he is not exactly the same as donald trump? donald trump spews hatred and never apologizes. john kell
only john kelly did that. no other white house chief of staff in history has ever told such a poisonous lie about a member of congress or about a former president. and so we can no longer be surprised when john kelly opens his mouth and ugly prejudice and poison comes out as it did again today. there is not a shred of evidence now that john kelly has even the slightest bit more sympathy or understanding of the dreamers than donald trump has. there is not the slightest hint now that john kelly's...
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but you can't do that with john kelly because john kelly is highing. john kelly is afraid of stepping up to the microphone looking into those cameras and answering questions about what he knew and when he knew it and why he continued to fight for rob porter's job even after he saw the black eye photos. >> joining us now ruth marcus, deputy editorial page editor from the "washington post" and joyce vance, former u.s. attorney for the northern district of alabama and a professor at the university of alabama school of law, andness price spokesperson for the national security council and a former cia analyst. he's an msnbc national security analyst. ruth, i just want to get your reaction because this is a moving story with new elements coming out by the hour. your reaction about where this story stands tonight. >> well, the phrase fully aware is possibly the most maddening phrase i've ever heard here. if general kelly was not fully aware of the allegations against rob porter, it's only because he chose not to make himself fully aware because he heard somet
but you can't do that with john kelly because john kelly is highing. john kelly is afraid of stepping up to the microphone looking into those cameras and answering questions about what he knew and when he knew it and why he continued to fight for rob porter's job even after he saw the black eye photos. >> joining us now ruth marcus, deputy editorial page editor from the "washington post" and joyce vance, former u.s. attorney for the northern district of alabama and a professor...
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i spoke to john kelly. he told me he learned the nature and the extent and he acted quickly to say that porter could no longer remain sheer. joining me now aliza collins. ladies, a big welcome to you. i'll start with you here, erin. conway has been trying to shut down the rumors. is he safe at least for now? >> he might be. he is buying some time right now. even if president trump isn't actively searching he is certainly auditioning them. the other one i would say is mark short. he has been on meet the press quite a bit as he was this morning. he is talking about a lot more things than the legislative process. he clearly has a much bigger portfolio. i think he is somebody that will be up for that job as well. mark short is very well liked for white house staff. he could be a good figure for that. so i think when a kelly replacement is named right now they are auditioning in the trump reality show. >> kellyanne add drressed the reaction as well about the due process not being there anymore. here is what she
i spoke to john kelly. he told me he learned the nature and the extent and he acted quickly to say that porter could no longer remain sheer. joining me now aliza collins. ladies, a big welcome to you. i'll start with you here, erin. conway has been trying to shut down the rumors. is he safe at least for now? >> he might be. he is buying some time right now. even if president trump isn't actively searching he is certainly auditioning them. the other one i would say is mark short. he has...
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so on this is a tough time for john kelly. and a tough week for him. >> and obviously we don't know what donald trump will do until he does it with that giant disclaimer, peter, you also have reporting about security clearances and who else doesn't have a full security clearance in the white house. that includes jared kushner, correct? >> yes, it does. and there are apparently dozens of people who don't. kushner's is the most notable because he is so senior in the white house. i mean, with some of these, there are probably understandable reasons, maybe people with extensive foreign contacts or business contacts that just have to be sorted through. maybe they are a little lower level. but with kushner, there is hardly anyone more senior. you would think by now he would have a full security clearance. he is also getting access to some of the most sensitive information. so it is a real mystery. theories, but real mystery as to why he of all these people doesn't have security. >> so what is the status at the white house? what are
so on this is a tough time for john kelly. and a tough week for him. >> and obviously we don't know what donald trump will do until he does it with that giant disclaimer, peter, you also have reporting about security clearances and who else doesn't have a full security clearance in the white house. that includes jared kushner, correct? >> yes, it does. and there are apparently dozens of people who don't. kushner's is the most notable because he is so senior in the white house. i...
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john than anathan allen, and chs an editor for "the los angeles times." thank you for being here on what is the end of an incredibly busy news night. christina, i want to start with you. the president says he's going to have very powerful and strong changes to the background checks system. that is something that potentially if he's talking about the kind of film we discuss in the wake of newtown shooting would expand background checks. right now that's not what congress is talking about doing. they have a limited version of this bill that would make some changes to the background check system. that broader background check expansion couldn't pass congress after newtown. is there any chance in this environment that something like that could happen if this president pushed for it? >> i mean, i guess there's always any chance, right? but it is pretty unlikely. you and i both covered that debate on gun control after newtown and that was a moment when everyone sort of thought, this is when something could happen. you have all the bipartisan energy and intensit
john than anathan allen, and chs an editor for "the los angeles times." thank you for being here on what is the end of an incredibly busy news night. christina, i want to start with you. the president says he's going to have very powerful and strong changes to the background checks system. that is something that potentially if he's talking about the kind of film we discuss in the wake of newtown shooting would expand background checks. right now that's not what congress is talking...
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john, thank you. >> thank you, ali. >> all right. coming up next, will the president plead the fifth or will he use the ronald reagan defense in the latest on the trump standoff with mueller after this break. with advil's fast relief, you'll ask, "what pulled muscle?" "what headache?" nothing works faster to make pain a distant memory. advil liqui-gels and advil liqui-gels minis. what pain? jimmy's gotten used to his whole yup, he's gone noseblind. odors. he thinks it smells fine, but his mom smells this... luckily for all your hard-to-wash fabrics... ...there's febreze fabric refresher. febreze doesn't just mask, it eliminates odors you've... ...gone noseblind to. and try febreze unstopables for fabric. with up to twice the fresh scent power, you'll want to try it... ...again and again and maybe just one more time. indulge in irresistible freshness. febreze unstopables. breathe happy. and when you switch to esurance, in the modern world, it pays to switch things up. you can save time, worry, hassle, and yup, money. in fact, drivers
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this is a crises of management for john kelly. much was made when he came in, both privately to us to reporters and publicly. according to my sources as well, he was going to put some processes in place for personnel. that was the thing. he wasn't going to stop donald trump's tweeting and he said that from the very beginning. i think people had an unrealistic expectation he was going to be jumping on the phone and covering the button. there was talk about him being the chief of staff. rob porter's staff. this is obviously a problem, and this is the first time i think that john kelly has had to grapple with something like this in an area that is strictly his, all his. >> always great when we get to snag you. we're going to let you go to other responsibilities. >>> msnbc contributor, journalist alicia menendez, contributing editor for the website bustle. jason, an msnbc contributor. and conservative commentator and msnbc commentator charlie sykes. i can see your shot and moderating the way i do when i start the news. i'm going to st
this is a crises of management for john kelly. much was made when he came in, both privately to us to reporters and publicly. according to my sources as well, he was going to put some processes in place for personnel. that was the thing. he wasn't going to stop donald trump's tweeting and he said that from the very beginning. i think people had an unrealistic expectation he was going to be jumping on the phone and covering the button. there was talk about him being the chief of staff. rob...
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john, do these memos ultimately affect the mueller investigation? we've had a lot of republicans and democrats saying actually it's a different fight. >> at some level this is the skirmish at the very edge of a war. and the partisans have to fight it and we're seeing pettiness in it in terms of trying to release some information that contains sources and methods but not necessarily other information. the broader picture is none of this has anything to do with the mueller investigation. that's not just what democrats are saying, that's what house speaker paul ryan has said. in terms of the question whether this is going to help cloud the picture for the president, the the answer is no. >> but to what degree does it serve the president's interest in diminishing the authority or the legitimacy of the fbi and the department of justice in the eyes of the american people? >> if robert mueller or others come to the conclusion the president or the people around him broke laws, then his effort is going to be and has been to get his base to believe that those
john, do these memos ultimately affect the mueller investigation? we've had a lot of republicans and democrats saying actually it's a different fight. >> at some level this is the skirmish at the very edge of a war. and the partisans have to fight it and we're seeing pettiness in it in terms of trying to release some information that contains sources and methods but not necessarily other information. the broader picture is none of this has anything to do with the mueller investigation....
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and it will be very interesting to see how john kelly handles this issue. the president is essentially punting to john kelly on this one, giving him the wherewithall to make the leeway. at the same time, we heard the president speak so highly of jared kushner. it's hard to imagine that john kelly would create a situation in which jared kushner would be forced to leave. >> frank, one interesting aspect of this is that this conversation between rod rosenstein and don mcgann did not occur between rosenstein and john kelly. because originally that is who rosenstein called to talk to. he said i want to talk to the white house chief of staff, the chief of staff was not available to that have conversation. do you read anything into that? >> well, we don't know the facts. it could be that he truly wasn't available. i have to tell you, i'm actually pleased that two lawyers were talking with each other. because maybe there is some sense of policy and protocol and avoiding a double standard and all the repercussions of carving out the exception for just jared kushner
and it will be very interesting to see how john kelly handles this issue. the president is essentially punting to john kelly on this one, giving him the wherewithall to make the leeway. at the same time, we heard the president speak so highly of jared kushner. it's hard to imagine that john kelly would create a situation in which jared kushner would be forced to leave. >> frank, one interesting aspect of this is that this conversation between rod rosenstein and don mcgann did not occur...
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john kelly put a stop to that. that's why rob porter's job was so important. >> the chronology is so important. there's the issue of who knew what and when. how about the president? what do we know of what he knew and when he knew it? >> my reporting indicates he was not fully aware of these abuse allegations against porter until recent weeks. i've also reported that he did not knseverity of it. it took a photo to convince the chief he was not fully briefed on the possible exposure. we should separate out donald trump's tweet about the #metoo movement he's not intrinsically a supporter of women. he felt kelly left him exposed to all these attacks. >> let me read a quote from one of your pieces. donald trump has been souring on his chief of staff john kelly because of his controlling ways and rising public profile. fredricka wilson, and the comments about the civil war and robert e. lee. how have things changed since this incident with rob porter? >> clearly it was on that downslope to begin with. this is a relation
john kelly put a stop to that. that's why rob porter's job was so important. >> the chronology is so important. there's the issue of who knew what and when. how about the president? what do we know of what he knew and when he knew it? >> my reporting indicates he was not fully aware of these abuse allegations against porter until recent weeks. i've also reported that he did not knseverity of it. it took a photo to convince the chief he was not fully briefed on the possible exposure....
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. >>> then there's john kelly and his handling of the abuse scandals. many this in washington are wondering if he's on the way out. >>> and the rebuttal to the nunes memo blocked, the president saying to try again. >> all of this over-shadowing two big items on the white house agenda today including the much anticipated infrastructure plan. ♪ >> good morning, everyone. it's monday, february 12th, i should say. i am aohyeldin along with yasmin vossoughian along with louis burgdorf. white house aide rob porter resigned after a publication with a photograph showing one of his ex-wives with a black eye that said he had given her. president trump had words of support for porter. >> well, we wish him well. he worked very hard. i found out about it recently and i was surprised by it, but we certainly wish him well. it's a, obviously, tough time for him. he did a very good job when he was in the white house. and we hope he has a wonderful career and hopefully he will have a great career ahead of him. but it was very sad when we heard about it and certainly he
. >>> then there's john kelly and his handling of the abuse scandals. many this in washington are wondering if he's on the way out. >>> and the rebuttal to the nunes memo blocked, the president saying to try again. >> all of this over-shadowing two big items on the white house agenda today including the much anticipated infrastructure plan. ♪ >> good morning, everyone. it's monday, february 12th, i should say. i am aohyeldin along with yasmin vossoughian along...
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i like john kelly a lot. he's an american hero. it's a huge job. and i have to say, what anyone thinks the job is, just multiply it by 50. not that -- but it is a huge job. and when a four-star combat marine says it's the hardest job he's ever had in his life, i think that means something. >> that's striking to hear that thought. >> i want to emphasize that reince told me the president has never complained to him about kelly. "the new york times" account is called into question here specifically and generally. specifically, we did not talk about that and generally, we've never talked about that. >> do you think the president is 100% confident in john kelly? >> from reince, yes. reince wouldn't characterize this -- >> at least he didn't say 100% -- >> didn't say 100% either. you never quite know what donald trump is thinking. we get into that later in the interview. the president takes a lot of different points of view from a lot of different people. the prospect of changing a chief of staff three times in the first 13 months is very bad. reince get
i like john kelly a lot. he's an american hero. it's a huge job. and i have to say, what anyone thinks the job is, just multiply it by 50. not that -- but it is a huge job. and when a four-star combat marine says it's the hardest job he's ever had in his life, i think that means something. >> that's striking to hear that thought. >> i want to emphasize that reince told me the president has never complained to him about kelly. "the new york times" account is called into...
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john fetterers kept his job. when that letter had zero effect despite the fact it got to the white house counsel, charlotte fetterers sister decided to push it further. she picked up the phone and got the white house counsel on the phone to raise the issue with him again. charlotte fetterers sister explained what the white house counsel told her when she informed him a powerful government official appointed by president regan was violently abusive to his wife, who was her sister. he said the president would never knowingly keep a spouse abuser in a top administration job but at this point he said it was a private dispute. he did ask me have you ever seen him hit her and i said no but i've seen the black eyes, bruises and broken eyeglasses. even after that phone call from charlotte fetterers sister, the white house still did nothing with that information. they stayed quiet. john fetterers stayed on at his hig high-profile job but by february of 1985, that story which the white house was trying to push aside and no
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john, thank you. >> thank you, ali. >> all right. coming up next, will the president plead the fifth or will he use the ronald reagan defense in the latest on the trump standoff with mueller after this break. when i received the diagnosis, i knew at that exact moment, whatever it takes, wherever i have to go...i'm beating this. my main focus was to find a team of doctors that work together. when a patient comes to ctca, they're meeting a team of physicians that specialize in the management of cancer. breast cancer treatment is continuing to evolve. and i would say that ctca is definitely on the cusp of those changes. patients can be overwhelmed ... we really focus on taking the time with each individual patient so they can choose the treatment appropriate for them. the care that ctca brings is the kind of care i've wanted for my patients. being able to spend time with them, have a whole team to look after them is fantastic. i empower women with choices. it's not just picking a surgeon. it's picking the care team, and feeling secure w
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i had enormous respect for john kelly. i don't think there's anything wrong with a general being chief of staff. i am troubled by the way he has done the job in a number of key areas. and i don't know all the details and all the timelines on rob porter, but it certainly sounds like they did not take the allegations as seriously as they should. and by the way, all allegations are not created equal. i don't disagree with the president that if someone just throws out an allegation you shouldn't automatically assume it's true. in the case of rob porter, these are not mere allegation, these are multiple women, you had a judge issuing a restraining order in one case, thought it was credible enough do that. certainly had you the photographs. you have a ton of testimony. and this is -- we are not in court here. we are not trying to put him in jail, so beyond a reasonable doubt is not the standard. the standard is basically what would a reasonable person conclude? and looking at the evidence, you could certainly conclude that he di
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is john kelly's job security is in question is no surprise. the fact the white house is careening from crisis to crisis with serious questions about their handling of classified information is a damning indictment that the competence and character of the individuals assembled at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. "the new york times" reporting, quote, aides to the president said they remained confused and upset over the handling of the accusations against rob porter, the staff secretary who stepped down. on sunday, legislative affairs director mark short made clear that the white house staff didn't even try to nail down the facts of the porter debacle before they fanned out for their sunday show appearances. >> it's a fair question, chuck. i don't know who knew what when. >> why don't you know? why does everyone in the white house speaking in the room, get with don mcgahn, white house communication director hope hicks and former staff secretary rob porter? sarah huckabee sanders today defending the white house response to the allegations, and relaying
is john kelly's job security is in question is no surprise. the fact the white house is careening from crisis to crisis with serious questions about their handling of classified information is a damning indictment that the competence and character of the individuals assembled at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. "the new york times" reporting, quote, aides to the president said they remained confused and upset over the handling of the accusations against rob porter, the staff secretary who...
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we are also finding out who john kelly is. there was an expectation he was going to be the disciplinarian and the grown-up in the room, who somehow moderated, smoothed off donald trump's rough edges. he has been the opposite of that. not only has he doubled down on all of donald trump's worst instincts, but he has proved to -- there are real questions about his credibility now and his integrity. >> virginia, there's a bit of a parlor game going on about whether john kelly stays or not. in light of what chris just said there, doubts raised about him, reporting indicates that john kellyas not truthful about whene knew about this gentleman and how long he was aware before doing anything about it, how tenuous do you think his position is within this white house? >> we might have been able to tell some of this because libertarian groups said kelly was unfit for the job because of his work at guantanamo bay. he has made racist statements about frederica wilson, about ladavid johnson, mysterious death in niger. he has done nothing to
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hope hicks and john kelly. he did not issue a statement like that for john kelly but for hope hicks, he did. white house staffers are saying the president loves hope hicks but they weren't calling around saying that about john kelly. john kelly has been his most trusted confidant in the white house. and she was reportedly dating rob porter, so she was very upset at these reports of porter's firing, so you could surmise in part the president's defense of porter comes from hope hicks being upset about the entire affair, much like he protected corey lewandowski during the campaign, hope hicks was also reportedly dating corey lewandowski during the campaign and was upset at those accusations against corey lewandowski. >> palace intrigue at a romantic level, i guess. stay right there, we'll be assessing what former white house aide omarosa said. >>> but up next, i'll speak with congressman g muman gallego. and the wolf huffed and puffed... like you do sometimes, grandpa? well, when you have copd, it can be hard to b
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and the man turned on john gawdy. and the man turned on john gotti so robert mueller knows how to flip people. and we have seen that again today. >> frank, tell me more about that, what is it like to be in a room with bob mueller when he's putting these kind of screws to somebody? >> so, look, he gives direction well to his senior staff. he surrounds himself with people who have the skillsets to do that. and he's created that dream team in the special counsel's office right now. but what he does is, he is relentless in drilling down on the facts. he is data-driven and data-analytics driven. so if you're going to try to smoke him, if you're going to try to weasel around him as a defendant, there's no way you're going to escape his command of the facts. and that's ultimately what wins the day. >> jennifer, what has rick gates agreed to give up here? what does he have to do for bob mueller? >> so he has to meet with them whenever they want. he has to tell them the truth about anything. he has to not commit more crimes an
and the man turned on john gawdy. and the man turned on john gotti so robert mueller knows how to flip people. and we have seen that again today. >> frank, tell me more about that, what is it like to be in a room with bob mueller when he's putting these kind of screws to somebody? >> so, look, he gives direction well to his senior staff. he surrounds himself with people who have the skillsets to do that. and he's created that dream team in the special counsel's office right now. but...
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next day, though, john fedders was gone. >> until today john fedders was one of the top law enforcement officials of the u.s. government. he was the enforcement chief of the securities and exchange commission but fedders had personal problems and today personal problems and today he resigned after revelations he beat his wife. >> the resignation came after two days of news stories and admitted that he physically abused his wife but claimed he was not a wife beater. the stories came after his wife charlotte described the beatings during their divorce trial in the suburban maryland courthouse. in one incident she said he slapped her and broke her eardrum and another he beat her up when she was three months pregnant. >> john attacked me with his fists and his hands and hitting me around the abdomen and yelling at me he didn't care if he killed me or the baby. >> charlotte fedder said there were other incidents where she was left with a black eye and bruises and has a permanent neck injury from a time her husband tried to throw her over a banister. in court john fedders admitted he was viol
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john heilemann is back with us. john, what are we to make of this announcement of a campaign manager? >> well, we're going make certainly that brad parskal is someone who had a lot bigger role than in of the names we woot the campaign. his role was larger than just being in charge of digital operations, though that itself was a pretty important job. he also was in charge of the advertising buying that went on in the campaign. he was operationally very significant. he was not in trump tower. he worked mostly in san antonio, texas. he was in fact very close to jared kushner. he is someone who gamed out the facebook algorithms in a way that people inside facebook and people who have now gone back and studied the effect of trump's advertising dollars, particularly in social media look on with both degree of suspicion and also some degree of admiration in the sense that he got a lot of bang for the trump dollars that got spent on social media. but he is at the nexus of a lot of stuff that happened in the digital realm th
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the pressure is on john kelly. defending his handling of the porter scandal as the fbi director refutes the story for nearly a week. joining me now kristen welker. she's done her share of shouting in the last couple of days and msnbc political analyst robert costa. robert, you're much more quiet about your work but those of us in television have to do the shouting thing. kristen, no answers from the white house. the white house press secretary putting her own credibility online. people openly questioning the chief of staff's credibility, if not just calling him a liar. how does this continue? >> reporter: that's the big question. the white house still can't get its story straight. we're now more than eight days into this controversy and yesterday, of course, you have the f bi come out and contradic saying they gave the white house all the the information they had and closed the case in january. sarah sanders and raj shah insisted the investigation was ongoing. yesterday we saw this big walk back from sarah sanders
the pressure is on john kelly. defending his handling of the porter scandal as the fbi director refutes the story for nearly a week. joining me now kristen welker. she's done her share of shouting in the last couple of days and msnbc political analyst robert costa. robert, you're much more quiet about your work but those of us in television have to do the shouting thing. kristen, no answers from the white house. the white house press secretary putting her own credibility online. people openly...
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alex you've been focusing in on john kelly and the rumors surrounding him. one of your sources in the white house has called him a big, fat liar. expand. >> so someone certainly did call him that. to me½ a reflection of the fact that general kelly entered this white house sort of impeccable credibility and integrity, and that's what allowed him to impose order and discipline and get this unrulely staff under control. what you're seeing is he's lost the respect and the trust of a lot of that west wing staff. one of the reasons is because they believe he handled it poorly in general, but more specifically, then those he asked them to lie for him and has been misleading to the public and to them internally. it is an anonymous quote, no one would put their name on it, but the west wing staff feels that embolded them in going to the media and calling general kelly a liar. >> let's talk about not just john kelly be joe haguen and also don mcgahn. a lot of fingers pointing at those other two men. what does it say about this white house that if they were involved i
alex you've been focusing in on john kelly and the rumors surrounding him. one of your sources in the white house has called him a big, fat liar. expand. >> so someone certainly did call him that. to me½ a reflection of the fact that general kelly entered this white house sort of impeccable credibility and integrity, and that's what allowed him to impose order and discipline and get this unrulely staff under control. what you're seeing is he's lost the respect and the trust of a lot of...