Democratic memo on russia. Is it all politics . Plus. I tried to be a good person and everybody around me attacked me. Omarosas 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 exwives. Both are denying the accusations. Kelly odonnell 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 wellknown, working in an Environmental Quality office within the white house complex, a speechwriter, david sorensen, both have resigned. We heard from the president who was asked by reporters about the rob porter situation. You played a clip of th
Yet we have no minimum security requirements for the federal Government Purchasing of the iot devices. I have talked to general ashley on this, i dont believe there is even across the ic and d. O. D. Prerequisite before we buy the connected refrigerators or consumer goods that there be that patchability. So i think theres a lot of work that we can do, but we dont have the luxury of short time. Senator blunt raised some of the questions around election security. And right now on Andrea Mitchell reports, correcting the record. The head of the fbi directly contradicting the white house today on what they knew about rob porter and when they knew it. We administratively closed the file in january. And then earlier this month, we received some Additional Information and we passed that on as well. His Background Investigation was ongoing. He was operating on an interim security clearance. His clearance was never denied. And he resigned. Red storm. The nations top intelligence officials often
Already facing criticism over his response to white house staff secretary rob porters departure, saying this just yesterday. He says hes innocent and i think you have to remember that. He said very strongly yesterday that hes innocent. So youll have to talk to him about that. But we absolutely wish him well. Did a very good job while he was at the white house. And yet another white house official resigning over Domestic Abuse allegations. David sorensen, a member of trumps speech writing team, is out, after his exwife alleged that he put cigarettes out on her and drove a car over her foot according to the washington post. Sorensen denies the accusations and says he was the victim during the marriage. Cnns ryan nobles is live for us at the white house. What more are you learning about the president s point of view . Fredricka, this is yet another example of the Trump Administration forced to deal with a crisis they seem unprepared for and simply did not expect. To have two prominent mem
Week which they claim also included classified information. Molly is live at the white house with more. Hi it is not just that it needs to be revised according to the president , the president also says the democrats wrote the memo in a way that they knew it would not pass the National Security test. In a tweet this morning the president said quote the democrats sent a very political and long response memo which they knew because of sources and methods and more would have to be heavily redacted. Whereupon they would blame the white house for lack of transparency. He told them to redo and send back improper forms. The republican memo released last week so the fbi got the okay from his secret fisa court to spurn the former Trump Campaign advisor. Democrats want their chance to fight back but the memo has not been declassified yet. And democrats on capitol hill say it should be. Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer said in a statement yesterday quote the president double standard when it
All of that follows the resignation of the resig nag of porter. Both claiming he was emotionally and physically abusive. Now, to kelly, is the kelly expressing these men have been falsely accused. Reporter he is speaking broughtly. It is easy to draw a connection because he has lost two staffers this week over allegations of domestic abuse, made by their former wives, and revealed in a background check with the fbi, contingent on their employment here. The allegations became public through media. It was that public pressure that lead to the resignations, a lot of questions about the management and hamming of this issue in the white house. The president , leaning toward siding with those accused. Say there are risks if it they are accused of something if they are not guilty, and the damage that be can caused. He is not specifically saying they are not telling the true. Some allegations are true broadly speaking. It is the emphasis we see, siding with the person who is in the spotlight,