knew in detail about these allegations as early as last fall, including the chief of staff. and the white house has had five days to get their story state for who knew what when. instead they're creating time lines that don't match up and we're continuing to see that six days after he resigned. >> i know this is the smallest defense of the list. but hope hicks who is the communications direct or should have made it clear that she would not be involved in the response because she has a conflict of interest. >> do you think her judgment was clouded and because the president trusts her so much, that might have created everything we're witnessing here? the buck stops with the president. >> it is very hard to understand the emotional ins and outs of the white house. even if her judgment were not clouded, you just say i'm