democratic memo on russia. is it all politics? plus. i tried to be a good person and everybody around me attacked me. omarosa s star turn on a reality tv show, spilling her version on life in the white house. reaction next. but we begin with that explosive tweet by the president from the white house today. he appears to be defending the two white house aides who both this week were forced to resign following accusations of domestic violence by their ex-wives. both are denying the accusations. kelly o donnell is at the white house. kelly, tell us what specifically the president is saying. reporter: in the wake of two staffers, one very senior and familiar to the president, rob porter, who worked in the oval office on a daily basis, and one less well-known, working in an environmental quality office within the white house complex, a speechwriter, david sorensen, both have resigned.