rob porter saying he took those photographs. that appears to be an acknowledgment that that abuse took place, that he helped document it. how can the white house chief of staff, how can the press secretary, how can this white house still be standing behind him when mr. porter appeared to be acknowledging that he had -- >> i think it's fair to say that we all could have done better over the last few hours, last few days in dealing with this situation. but this was a rob porter that i and many others have dealt with, that sarah had dealt with, other officials including the chief of staff had dealt with. the emerging reports were not reflective of the individual whom we had come to know. jeff. >> raj, did the president know that rob was working on a temporary clearance? >> no. the president wu the news report on tuesday night and was informed of the resignation on wednesday. he was saddened by it.