news today. i have faith in him. and he does. you know, we all serve for the pleasure of the president. and it is a privilege and a blessing and nothing short of it to be there every single day to serve the country we all love. and anyone who doesn't feel that way shouldn't be there. i'll say this. he says general kelly is doing a great job and that he has full faith in him, and i think he looks at the full measure of all of us. >> all right, all of this as we're learning new details about who knew about the allegations that white house staff secretary rob porter beat his wife and when. this morning axio reports that porter was encouraged to stay and fight and claims he, quote, never misrepresented anything -- that was his quote -- to the chief of staff. just last week kelly defended him, though reports reveal that kelly learned about the abuse allegations from two of porter's ex-wives back in november. here to discuss, cnn presidential historian tim