judge jeanine: general kelly is dealing with an incredibly fast-moving white house. and you are getting at this point down to some you have got a staffer problem. you are dealing with world issues. you are dealing with national issues and health issues, daca and the knives and the guns aimed at everybody. and at each other. then you hear about a staff issue. you make a decision in 40 minutes and everybody who hates the general or hates trump wants him out. what did he do wrong? the reality is that nothing was done wrong. if there was an issue here, then it should have been disclosed during the background investigation. otherwise fit was being slow rolled the general could have said what s going on. judge jeanine: which he did. but the real issue is the bench is so shallow.
continues to permeate within this white house that we all were well-aware of, even during the campaign. aides to donald trump have gone forth and told the press that they viewed it as a litmus test of whether people would be willing to defend donald trump in the aftermath of the access hollywood tapes. let s be clear, on those tapes he talked favorably about sexual assault. so that is a job requirement in this white house. so, no, i m not surprised when people look the other way when they learn these facts about mr. porter. but the reason why it should concern everyone, it s not a staff issue, is that we should want the best of america working for the white house. it is a reflection of us. what it has turned into is an amplification of the worst of donald trump. jen, i mean, i d love to hear your thoughts on what jennie willoughby was saying and also how the white house has responded to this because they re clearly just not answering when john kelly knew
forth and told the press that they viewed it as a litmus test of whether people would be willing to defend donald trump in the aftermath of the access hollywood tapes, which let s be clear, on those tapes, he talked favorably about sexual assault. so that is a job requirement in this white house. so no, i m not surprised when people look the other way when they learn these facts about mr. porter. but the reason why it should concern everyone is not a staff issue, is that we should want the best of america working from the white house. it is a reflection of us, and what it has turned into is an amplification of the worst of donald trump. jen, i mean, i would love to hear your thoughts on what jenny willoughby was saying and also how the white house has responded to this, because they re clearly just not answering when john kelly knew about these allegations and the extent to which he knew. our reporting is that he knew about it months ago. well, anderson, i ll say it was hard to w
the handwritten note, so he was drafting a letter like that. part of the question is that when all of this came up he brought in general john kelly s situation and said, why don t you ask if president obama called john kelly. he avoided the spotlight of every bringing up his own lost or son s death in 2010. we know they say kelly did not get a phone call from president obama when his son died. i don t know if that was a staff issue. i don t know how general kelly feels about that, but my assumption, knowing trump as we do, and as we have for a long time, my assumption is kelly made a nuanced point to him at some point in private about his experience, and the president because his reaction to many
and john mccain. whenever eels had good moments and tomorrow there will be he stems on it himself. this is not a staff issue. you re right with the two senators there, senator flash and mccain, he already has built in flash points. so you re right. the smart thing to do would be to talk more about afghanistan, talk in a very serious way and really take this presidential approach. this is inviting controversy. you re actually stepping on your own pardon story. also no one typically pardons anyone until the final days of a presidency. sneak in a quick break. we ll be right back. huffed and he puffed and blew the house down. luckily the geico insurance agency had helped the pig with homeowners insurance. he had replacement cost coverage, so his house was rebuilt, good as new. the big bad wolf now has a job on a wind farm.