the department of justice and we re waiting to see what the january 6th select committee is going to do, katy. big deal donald trump s former chief of staff and former member of congress. texas is preparing for a fight after the justice department announced it is suing over redistricting proposal created by the state s republicans. the suit alleges texas is drawing its new maps to maintain white voting majorities in their districts. discriminating against the state s latino and black populations. nbc morgan chesky is in texwise the latest. yeah, katy, good afternoon. at its core the doj is saying it is not reflective of the rapidly changing demographics here in texas. the lawsuit has two claims. number one, texas republicans did this to intensionally suppress the voting power of the population in the state. number two, even if it wasn t intentional, the effect was still discriminatory and the doj
in the land but rather a place where our national standards are being degraded. this afternoon, white house staff secretary rob porter resigned over the objections of the white house. following reports of spousal abuse, claims by two exwise, who told cnn that porter abused them while they were married to him. one of them claims a black eye. both shared their claims with the fbi during porter s background check during porter s background investigation. moments ago, sarah sanders continued to stand by porter saying the president has full confidence in his abilities and performance. earlier sanders said porter was not pressured to resign. in fact, far from it. i think that was a personal decision that rob made and one that he was not pressured to do but one he made on his own. porter in a statement called the chargers against him by his two ex-wives false and vile but
and sister act. kim jong-un is sending his younger sister to the olympic winter games. she may be the second most powerful person in north korea and plays a key counter intelligence role. what will she be doing in south korea? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. breaking news. senate republicans and democrats find common ground on a budget deal. in the house, it may be on shaky ground. attack from both sides as lawmakers scramble to keep the government s shutdown threats from becoming reality. also breaking. a top aide to president trump resigns following allegations of assault from two exwise. now sources say statements down playing the allegations were crafted by a white house official he s dating. i ll speak with senator richard blumenthal of the judiciary and
shocked by the allegations. allegations it turned out he first heard about last november. do not mcgahn has known about problems with porter and his exwise longer than that, for more than a year. to be clear, senior white house officials but this these accusations and they protected porter and promoted porter. but the media coverage this week proved too much and he resigned, over the objections of many in the white house, including kelly, we were told. the way the white house has dwelt this scandal has made even some of the strongest supporters, even white house aides. this was president trump s response of the. we wish him well. he worked very hard. found out about it recently and i was surprised by it but we certainly wish him well. obviously a tough time for him. did he a very good job when he