Congress. Its not acting. Even if congress does nothing, me too is here to stay. A chat with Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is monday, february 12th. 4 00 a. M. In the east. The white house is trying to move beyond the rob porter scandal. Porter was urged not to quit after the Domestic Violence allegations. Axios telling reporters that some senior white house officials strongly encouraged him to quote stay and fight to keep his job as staff secretary. A key gate keeper for President Trump. Porter said he never misrepresented anything to chief of staff john kelly. This doesnt square with kellys version of events. He says porter misled him. That story backed up by an unnamed member of congress who told achxios reporter. After the special legislationf speculation of kellys future, Kellyanne Conway said this. He said please tell jake i have full faith in chief of staff john kelly and im not searching for replacemen
More than the truth. That abuse is something to be questioned and doubted. She goes on, Everyone Wants to talk about how trump implied im not to be believed as if trump is the model of kindness and forgiveness. As if he readily acknowledges his own short comings. I forgive him. Thankfully my strength and worth are not dependent on outside belief. The truth exists whether the president accepts it or not. She also references others accused not only in politics but in entertainment. Amidst the rash of Sexual Assault revelations born of the me too Movement Even i found myself questioning the accuser. I almost allowed my societal conditioning to override what my heart knows to be true. Abuse is scary and demoralizing and degrading. This is not a political issue, this is a societal issue and the tone has just been reset by the white house. If the most powerful people in the nation do not believe my story of abuse in the faith of overwhelming evidence, then what hope do others have of being h
Employees from pervasive Sexual Harassment, intimidation, and discrimination. These allegations against Harvey Weinstein marked the unofficial start of the me too movement, a movement the president has challenged this week. And now separately, we are also learning more from one woman tonight. The exwife of a disgraced former white house staffer, taking on the president of the United States. She says donald trump is calling her a liar and shes not standing for it. Im talking about jennie will pu by. She was married to rob porter who quit his job in the white house this past week, chased out by allegations that he violently abused her and another exwife. Again, willoughby and another woman. After porters resignation, the president praised him, wished him well, and took to twitter, quote, peoples lives are being chattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. And thats the part that has Jennie Willoughby, porters exwife, enable to stay quiet. The president saying that her story is not true.
She pretty much lives in her favorite princess dress. But once a week i let her play sheriff so i can wash it. I use tide to get out those week old stains and downy to get it fresh and soft. You are free to go. Tide and downy together. Welcome to the second hour. The republican memo alleging abuses in the russia investigation. The president decided we will not see the democratic rebuttal, at least not right now. What has all the appearances of a white house cover up of abuses. Some covered up for months. We begin with the memo story and the president s decision with jim acosta for us tonight at the white house. You are not going to see this memo. Thats the latest. The president decided he is not going to declassify the adam schiff memo that was going to come from the committee to rebut the devin nunes memo last week that was released and declassified from the white house with little redaction. Despite what we heard from the white house, the process would be the same as we heard last we
Tonight. A heros welcome in philly. And omarosa, who met the president on his reality show, then hired in the west wing. Tonight, what shes about to reveal on national television, and what the white house is now saying about that. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a very busy thursday night. And we begin with that shakeup at the white house. A top aide to the president is now gone tonight, after multiple allegations of Domestic Abuse from two exwives. Staff secretary rob porter, often at the president s side, who helped craft the state of the union, was defended by chief of staff john kelly as a, quote, man of true integrity and honor. Hes now resigned. These photos of porters first wife who claims that black eye was just one case of physical abuse. Tonight, abc news has learned that both of those women were interviewed by the fbi for his security clearance months ago. So, what did the white house know . Abcs senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega leading u