that's not what orrin hatch said at all. let's go outfront. >>> good evening i'm ert. outfront tonight the breaking news, awaiting the memo we are waiting for president's decision to release the highly controversial nunes memo. trump has read and reviewed the memo. alleges abuse at the highest levels of the fbi and russia investigation. claiming specifically that the fbi misused information from the trump dossier to obtain a surveillance warrant on the former trump campaign adviser carter page. and the fbi tonight coming out again, doubling down on warning, saying the agency still has grave concerns about the memo. u.s. official telling cnn even if the memo is redacted, for security reasons, it won't change the fact that it is a false narrative. pretty stunning thing to be from the intelligence community. doesn't appear to be stopping the president. because all signs are the president trump will approve the release of this partisan document. and multiple sources tell cnn that president trump is telling allies he believes the memo's release will help discredit the russi

today orrin hatch says i do not know the details of rob's personal life. as outrageous as senator hatch's statement was of yesterday's very convincing abuse that rob porter was accused of, senator hatch at least had the decency to change his staff written statement today to something neutral. something that doesn't call rob porter's former wives liars. and then, finally, finally tonight, at 9:30 p.m., after a full day of this, full day of the black eye picture being out there, that's how long it took, 9:30 p.m., john kelly finally got around to issuing a new statement. but he tried to have it both ways, by saying he stands by his previous statement. john kelly's new statement says, i was shocked by the new allegations released today against rob porter, there is no place for domestic violence in our associate. i stand by my previous comments of the rob porter that i have come to know since becoming chief of staff and believe every individual deserves the right to defend their reputation. i accepted his resignation earlier today and will ensure a swift and o

orrin hatch and chairman brady, thank you for your extraordinary leadership for america. >> [applause] v.p. pence: i know i speak for everyone in the room who raises their right hand and takes the oath of office. the people who made the most know thee, karen and i sacrifices those in public service make. what is special about a weekend like this is you have the opportunity to get families together. would the members mind getting on your feet and showing how much you appreciate the spouses and maked by you service to america possible? >> [applause]

i want to thank the senate finance chairman, orrin hatch. where is orrin?rrin is -- i love listening to him speak. he said once i am the single , best president in his lifetime. he is a young man, so that isn't much. said, i am the greatest president in the history of the country. i said, does that include lincoln and washington? he said yes. i said, i love this guy. [laughter] said, i am the but he is a special guy. and house ways and means chairman kevin brady. incredible work. [applause] kevin, where are you, kevin? what a job. i would call kevin night after night. kevin, what about this? what about that? you are always there. he was always working. what did you average sleep for about four weeks? i think he had no average. but you did a great job. nobody knows it better than you, kevin. thank you. we will do a phase two. are you ready? [laughter] we will get them even lower. but we are proud of you. here in west virginia, as a result of our tax cuts, the typical family of the four will save roughly $2000 a year. to lower tax rates for hard-working ameri

orrin hatch had a really effusive statement.used to work for orrin hatch and then he dialed it back on the second statement, talking about how serious domestic violence and domestic abuse is. but it is a very odd place for this white house to be. also, john kelly offering effusive praise for mr. porter, given these allegations and this whole idea that this was a smear campaign. if you listen to the stories of these women, these two ex-wives, and another person who hasn't been identified, it doesn't sound like a coordinated smear. it sounds like they told the fbi what their experiences were with mr. porter. >> you know something about security clearances. you were at the pentagon for a long time. it sounds unusual to me that the two individuals who pass along classified information to the president at the white house, chief of staff john kelly, and the staff secretary, rob porter, one of they will didn't have full security clearances. >> yes. if he was passing top secret information, that's a violation. if you don't have a cleara

in a very spectacular man, orrin hatch. where is orrin? orrin, i love listening to him speak.e said once i am the single greatest president in his lifetime. he's a young man, so it's not that much. and he once said i'm the greatest president in the history of our country. i said does that include lincoln and washington? he said yes. i said i love this guy. >> senator hatch's office later clarified the senator never said trump was the greatest president, but that he could be. trump discussed future messaging from the gop including some possible policy positions. >> and then we got hit with these cooperations giving tremendous bonuses toerve that nancy pelosi called crumbs. that can be deplorable. those two words, they seem to have a resemblance. i hope it has the same meaning. i've been hearing about daca for years. some people call it dreamers. don't fall into that trap. it's much different than dreamers. i said the other night, we have dreamers, too. we can't forget our dreamers. i have a lot of dreamers here. but daca, we want to take care of daca and i hope we will. we need

orrin? orrin is -- i love listening to him speak.e said once i am the single greatest president in his lifetime. he's a young man, so it's not that much. and he actually once said i'm the greatest president in the history of our country. i said, does that include lincoln and washington? he said yes. i said, i love this guy. i love him. but he is. he's a special guy. and house ways and means chairman kevin brady for their incredible work. kevin, where are you, kevin? what a job. i'd call kevin night after night. kevin what about this, what about that. you were always there. he was working. what do you average sleep for about four weeks? about -- maybe nothing. i think he had no average. but you did a great job. nobody knows it better than you, kevin. thank you. maybe we'll do a phase two. i don't know. we'll do a phase two. are you ready for that, kevin? huh? i think you're ready. we'll get them even lower. but we are proud of you. here in west virginia, as a result of our tax cuts, the typical family of four will save roughly $2,000

hatch, who is retiring at the end of this term. >> trevor: orrin hatch is retiring?h, no! ( laughter ) ( applause ) but taking his place, most likely is going to be mitt romney. in fact, let's be honest, he's definitely going to win, right? the dude has resting senator face, look at him, his portrait comes with the senate office before you hang up your own, that's how it works. for romney, running a state that's 80% white is smart. last time he tried to appeal to black people, it got a lilt wack, owe! >> who's got the camera, though? who let the dogs out, who, who? who? >> trevor: who? who? you know, romney might not have been good at campaign bug he would have been a five star uber driver. oh, hello, black person, i know what kind of music you like! yeah! do you guys like bernie sanders? ( cheers and applause ) well you will love what came out of his balls. >> bernie sanders' son is entering the family bid. levy sanders announced he's running for congress in new hampshire to replace retiring democrat congress woman carol shea porter. >> increasingly people understan

where is orrin? orrin? orrin is-- i love listening to him speak. he said once that i am the single greatest president in his lifetime. now, he is a young man, so it is not that much, but-- and he actually once said that i'm the greatest president in the history of our country, and i said, does that include lincoln and washington? and he said yes. >> stephen: trump says 83-year-old hatch called him greater than lincoln and washington? someone's got dementia, and i wish it was me. ( laughter ) he also shared some inspirational words about the future of the country. >> for americans, nothing, absolutely nothing is out of reach. because we don't know the meaning of the word "quit." >> stephen: maybe not, but a lot of republican congressman know the meaning of "not seeking re-election." ( cheers and applause ) and more time with their family! they want to spend more time raising money with their family. and trump ended with his best tough-guy impression. >> and there's one more very important promise we're keeping. no longer are we making apologies for

he's running to replace orrin hatch. romney and mr. trump have not always seen eye to eye.n 2016, the president said romney choked like a dog when he ran against president obama. romney called president trump a phony who was unfit for office. in his tweeted endorsement, the about the said "romney will make a great senator and worthy successor to orrin hatch, and has my full support and endorsement." >>> we are learning more about russian interference in the u.s. election. according to an indictment released friday, the effort has been traced back to a so-called troll factory in st. petersburg. elizabeth palmer spoke with a former insider. >> reporter: on this street, there was a "for rent" sign in the window. this building says the u.s. indictment was a busy troll factory set up to influence u.s. voters. the russian foreign minister denied the kroemlin was involve. "where is the evidence," he asked. but this woman saw it with her own eyes. in 2015 she went undercover and got a job at the troll factory writing fake news in russian. this shaky video is the only glimpse she ha

dedicated tobyists how orrin hatch thinks about lawmaking. be feed this information into the machine and it spits out information on how he is on legislation. even the predictions are made about the likelihood of bills he sponsored becoming law. host: i want to read an expert -- excerpt from your piece. host: is this putting these s we see around washington, is this going to put their jobs at risk? guest: they are the only ones in the business. they have been around about four years. there is a great deal of money spent on lobbying in washington. there is a figure from the first quarter of last year that $850 million was spent by companies lobbying in washington. there is a lot of work to be done there. it is augmenting the work they do. it is not replacing them yet. we talk in the piece about when you give every lobbyist a bionic arm, you do not need as many over time so it could reduce their ranks. the: we are talking about piece on the rise of automation and the impact of artificial intelligence on washington. republicans can call this num

romney is running the open senate race for the seat currently held by orrin hatch. while we wait for this event to begin, with former governor romney, we will take a look at mike pence's remarks. they talked about the vice presidents recent trip to south .merica and the olympic spirit >> please welcome our host mike allen. mike: thanks the bank of america for that message. think you for making these conversations possible. thank you c-span for carrying this event today and i thank my colleagues for our and our cofounder. you for being here. i really appreciate it and look forward to seeing you on axios were we make you smarter and faster. om. on axios.c our next guest has been a congressman, house republican leader, governor of indiana, and is now vice president of the united states. he is always a hoosier. on behalf of my partners at axios we're happy to welcome vice president mike pence. [applause] mike: mr. vice president, welcome back. vice pres. pence: thank you. mike: you were just telling us that a given fix you realized wintere that it to sports, sweating an

. >> mitt romney announced he is running for the senate seat of orrin hatch, who is retiring. the former presidential candidate will speak at the utah party lincolncan day dinner, taking place in provo, utah tonight. we will be there live at nine clock p.m. eastern on c-span. you can also see it online at c-span.org, and listen with the free c-span radio app. c-span, where history unfolds daily. 1970 nine, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d c, and -- in washington, d.c., and around the country. c-span is provided by your local cable or satellite provider. the top ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee, adam schiff, sat down with andrea mitchell of nbc news, to talk about the rush investigation, north korea, gun violence, and a number of other issues. this is just over an hour.

. >> next, senators bill nelson of florida and orrin hatch of utah on the parkland, florida, shooting. >> thank you, mr. president. today marks nearly two weeks since the murder of 17 students and staff in parkland, florida. today also marks the moment that we resolve to do something about school violence. may it mark the moment that both left and right determine to lay aside their differences and work together to prevent future tragedies. to keep our children safe from harm, there's no panacea, no one legislative solution and it disheartens me when i hear talk about what can't be done. it's time to focus on what can be done. fortunately solutions than state level, glueing my home state of utah, can help show us the way forward. working in the realm of the possible, utah state legislators have coming to to forge bipartisan solutions to stop school violence. when i was in sal lake last week i western first hand about the safe utah smartphone app. the safeit crisis tex and tip line is a statewide service that provides real-time crisis intervention to youth through texting and in confide

dicker durbin, from the state of illinois and orrin hatch, from utah, introduced a bipartisan bill to provide a means, to provide undocumented youth college, lawful status here in the united states, but also an opportunity for them to get permanent residency status which allowed them to get a green card and then eventually snip citizenship. so had broad bipartisan support, '0% of americans are in support of the the dream exact the path to citizenship for young people, yet it's been stalled in our congress now for 18 years. daca was an executive order by president obama, that occurred in year 2012, and what daca refers to is deferred action for childhood arrivals. what it did overnight was provide these young undocumented people the removal of the threat of deportation, but also given work authorization, and so literally within hours, a million young people were able to have the opportunity to apply for daca, move out of the shadows, and become full participants in our society. the average person with daca arrived her when they were six years of age. they're now in their mid-20s. 55% o

he was an aide fo orrin hatch and others on capitol hill. he did announce he was resigning today in the wake of that report of verbal and physical abuse of his two ex-wives. this is first reported by the daily mail. this is something that has been percolating a bit. yesterday several white house aides stood by him and said they were going to support him. and then today he resigns when some photographs were published also online of a black eye of one of his former wives. let's take a look at this statement. these allegations are false. i took the photos given to the media 15 years ago. and the reality behind them is nowhere close as to what's being described. he goes on to say i've been transparent and truthful about these vile claims but i will not further engage publicly with a coordinated smear campaign. he is also having a personal relationship, we hear, with hope hicks, white house communications director, who, of course, is very close to the president. that was one of the reasons he was viewed so highly inside the west wing here. it was

i want to thank senator finance chairman and a very spectacular man, orrin hatch. where is orrin?o him speak. he said once, i am the sing get gre -- single greatest president in his lifetime. he's young, so that's not saying much, but he also said i was the greatest president in history. i said, does that include lincoln? he said yes. i love this guy. house of ways and means chairman brady for their incredible work. what a job. i would call kevin night after night, kevin, what about this, what about that? you were always there. he was working. what do you average sleep in about four weeks? maybe nothing. i think he had no average. um. maybe we'll do a phase 2. are you ready for that, kevin? i think you're ready. we'll get them even lower. but we are proud of you. here in west virginia as a result of our tax cuts, the typical family of four will save roughly $2,000 a year. to lower tax rates for hard-working americans, we nearly doubled the amount earned by a married couple is completely tax free. when i came into this beautiful building, just i while ago one of the people just sai

tweeting this he will make a great senator and successor to orrin happen and he has my full support and. bring in the power panel back from outnumbered jess da tarlov and kevin mcclaw, my long time friend, i haven't seen you a in a long time. kevin, just to let the people know, you and i kind of brought on board the whole strategy room. digital side on foxnews.com many years ago auto and we did hours of digital tv. >> lots of fun. >> harris: great to see you. hope the family is well. the war of words going back and forth. and you say not a surprise that the president would endorse mitt romney. >> at the end of the day, harris, it's politics. and he needs the seat and he has got to keep the seat. he has an agenda to get through. romney will be a safe senator, he will vote the way he needs to vote most of the time. if he refuses the incolin nation to become like the maverick in the senate, this should be a no-brainer for everybody. >> harris: all right. just a little while ago, romney fully embraces trump is the headline. governor romney's embrace of president trump's endorsement should c

. >> it's interesting to see the orrin hatch statement. funneled through the white house that didn't sound like it came from orrin hatch. >> kind of like it was written by donald trump. >> or hope hicks or whoever. the actual orrin hatch statement they put out was to the effect of we knew nothing about rob porter's home life and sexual abuse is -- >> well, apparently hatch was led to believe, i think, that he was under some sort of attacks on his character, and they didn't say exactly what it was. and once, i guess, he was told what it was, he actually gave a very appropriate statement. >> i think there's going to be a real interesting backstory here because if i'm the president right now i'm talking to john kelly and saying, tell me what you knew. who kept this information from you if you did not know? why in this atmosphere would you sit on something like this? >> paul? >> well, let's watch him throw the fbi in the grease again. from the reporting, the fbi did their job, right? they did the background check, and they are exhaustive, beli

orrin hatch originally said the women were morally bankrupt character assassins. morally bankrupt. like we're not talking about porn stars here. because, remember, porn stars have been in the narrative for the last few weeks and i have not heard from mike pence or orrin hatch about moral bankruptcy. but he's talking about the ex-wives of rob porter who we see photographs of having black eyes. they're morally bankrupt? is that not a risk for someone like orrin hatch to go out on a ledge and say -- i'm not saying rob porter isn't a smart guy with a great academic or professional back ground and a rising star but when you punch your wife in the face, come on now. >> it's pretty disgusting. >> allegedly. >> it's a moral issue. nobody who does that or abuses anybody should have a place in government. but look what john kelly's tenure, what has happened. he came out and he said the civil war happened because we couldn't compromise. that was seen as a pretty racist statement because you don't compromise on human bondage. then the next time, he attacks fredricka wilson in racist undertones

he will make a great senator and worthy successor to orrin hatch. the endorse mment is the latest chapter in the relationship between the two. trump was a critic of the 2016 campaign of romney. romney responded with a tweet of his own. saying he hopes to get the support of the people of utah. focusing it back to the people. >>> elsewhere, president trump may feel like he has entered the lion's den with some of the journalists he has been criticizing for a year. plus, he is set to attend the gridiron club next month. they dine and perform comic musical members. the west wing says no decision has been made about attending this year's white house correspondents dinner. the president skipped that event last year. >>> president trump is quick to. in a survey, he ranks low in the 2016 political science presidential greatness survey released on monday. president trump came in dead last. we should note, 57% of the respondents were democrats. only 13% were republicans. factor that in. still, president trump ranked 40th out of 44 republicans. >>> -- >> the se

ashley: orrin was quite a supporter, he called him heck of a leader.t can we expect from mitt romney, maybe not such a glowing endorsement? >> well, look, i don't think mitt romney would even run except for a lot of this was orrin hatch's idea. romney has grandkids and doing his thing and really it was orrin hatch said that he passed the baton or try to pass the baton as much in politics so surprises me that mitt romney is running but he's running hard here in utah, around the rural parts of utah making his case to utah voters, but, look, where he disagrees with donald trump, he will let the world know, he's not going to be bashful in doing that. it'll be very interesting to see how this plays out. ashley: also, jason, seems romney, by the way was right about russia. remember when he said this about russia during 2012 presidential campaign. take a listen. >> this is without question our number one geopolitical foe, they fight every cause for the world's worst actor. ashley: at the time president obama dismissed that saying the cold war is over decades

it became an open senate seat when orrin hatch decided not to run. this is 40 minutes. >> we ran a lot of names across everyone and we sent out some requests. we sent out some information. -- and then name of the speaker that is coming in a few minutes came across our thoughts and ideas in the midst of all of these discussions. and it was about a month ago everyoneound that turned us down that we liked but we go big and tried to get awesome people that you would like to listen to. we put in a tickler and thought let's try. we put in a tickler to try to get the republican -- the former republican national presidential nominee from the party to come speak to us. that took a few weeks. it was only just two to three weeks ago that we actually had an answer. we thought that was fantastic. then we went spinning quickly to try to organize and finalize what we were going to do this evening. so we want you to know that we are grateful for our speaker tonight to come and speak to us about his experiences as a presidential candidate for the united states and to

mitt romney running for the senate, and that is, of course, the seat that orrin hatch occupied, and orrinromney is out there officially lounge for utah senate asset. >> should be interesting, interesting relationship with president. maria: he was a he "never trumper". >> before that remember mrs. romney thanking donald trump for his support in 2012 so there is some flexibility here. maria: i think that the president wanted orrin hatch to say, for that reason, everybody figured mitt romney would take seat may be wouldn't be as agreeable to president trump that didn't happen orrin hatch announced stepping do i want mitt romney running for that asset. dagen: orrin hatch was a very great politician in terms of pushing things through worked with ted den dee in 1990's pass childrenos health insurance program a force getting tax reform done in senate pulling votes to yea last year. >> not very similar to the president in terms of personal style but i think really did appreciate, not just the legislative agenda but the judicial picks from president i think that really won over mr. hatch maybe tha

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2012 republican nominee for the presidential race is trying to get into the senate seat health by orrin for seventh straight term, one of four candidates running on the republican side, pretty safe to say republican seat by most people standards. now announcement was push bad on friday and touched on topic, romney's run comes with criticism and questions about returning to utah. he cites all of his grandchildren living there, his family residing in the state and, of course, olympics there and overall time in utah. addressed hot and cold relationship with donald trump in the last two years specifically talking about differences in immigration and if he was to win as a junior senator from utah where he stands with the current president saying they can find some common ground on topics like taxes, regulation and small government. >> now, i'm not always with the president on what he might say or do and if that happens i will call him like i see him like i have in the past but we can certainly work together and our agenda will be for the best interest of utah and the people of our country. >

. >> the 2012 republican nominee is hoping to fill 83-year-old on hatchet -- orrin hatch '-- orrin hatch'sn michigan and served as the message -- governor of massachusetts. >>> changing how security clearances at the white house are manage. increase in pressure for his handling of abuse allegations. former staff secretary rob porter had an interim security clearance despite domestic violence allegations by two ex- wives. kelly says the fbi and the justice department need to get more timely updates on current investigations. he also wants any significant derogatory information about staff members quickly flagged. >>> the aquarium of the bay boarded the lunar new year today with a tribute to the late senator -- san francisco mayor ed lee. they began with a tai chi demonstration and tribute to lee . the aquarium also announced its new environmental award. it will be given to a high school senior each year to show leadership and environmental issues in the bay area. the student will receive a scholarship and a paid internship with the aquarium. >> merely was -- mayor lee was a champion of youn

but let's listen to a former mormon bishop, this is senator orrin hatch.his is senator hatch today, after all of the information is out and after more than 24 hours of being able to look at the black eye photo, this is senator hatch today. this is what both of these wives have been up against. let's listen to this. >> do you believe these allegations against him? do you believe the women. >> i don't believe them all, but i -- i think there's enough there that you have to take it very seriously. >> did he describe to you which allegations he believes have validity. >> no. no. >> you didn't get into that. >> no, and i didn't want to the either. >> toni vanpelt that is a perfect manifestation of what these accusers have been up against with the people in the white house and the people in the mormon church that they confided in leading up to this. >> cover up, denial, enabling. this is what we have to stop in the country. we have to stop from mom and pop businesses, corporate america, the halls of congress, in the white house, they have to institute a policy t

. >>> orrin is -- i love listening to him speak. he said once, i'm the single greatest president in his lifetime. he's a young man. he actually once said i'm the greatest president in the history of our country. i said does that include lincoln and washington? yes. i said i love this guy. >> president trump today taking a moment to recognize his own accomplishments while speaking to that republican getaway in west virginia. but a spokesman for senator orrin hatch, who he was quoting there, pushed back saying senator hatch has said that he would like to work with the president to make this the greatest presidency in history for the american people. he said can be, but has never said is. the president had a tough morning on facts. his tweet about the largest ever tv audience for a state of the union address was also wrong. clinton, bush and obama had larger tv audiences. mostly the president has spent the last 24 hours or so at the center of this speculation over whether or not a classified staff memo will be released against the wish

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it's now held by the retiring orrin hatch. that announcement was postponed in the wake of the school shooting. >>> and mikaela shiffrin failed to medal today in what is considered her strongest event. she finished fourth. she was trying to become the first woman to defend the olympic title in that event. she calls her finish a big bummer. >>> and the nba's all-star weekend gets under way today in los angeles. in a twist, lebron james and steph curry got to pick the teams they will captain on sunday. that replaces the usual east verses west format. those are some of our top stories on this friday, february 16th. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> and a good morning to you all. we're going to start off with the names and faces of the 17 lives taken by a crazed gunman. >> the youngest victims were just 14 years old, while others were making plans for college. there was a popular coach who died shielding students and the geography teacher who pulled kids into his classroom, only to be shot in the doorway. as thousand

i suspect he also did something that orrin hatch wanted him to do, to endorse mitt romney. and mitt romney got a chance to say thank you, mr. president and then immediately you'll notice in his tweet immediately turned the focus back to utah. he said i hope to earn the support of the people of utah. mitt romney in his initial stage of the campaign completely focused on now i'll be a senator and do big things. i'm going to go to washington and represent the people of utah. he went to school there, he has had longstanding ties there, family members are there. he has lived there the last several years. he was deeply involved in rescuing the winter olympics in utah in 2002 but he is very careful to make certain that people in utah recognize that he knows he got to earn their respect and support in shoe leather door-to-door, person to person, meeting to meeting and not be a big dog, the former governor of massachusetts and former presidential candidate. >> jon: mitt romney was calling donald trump a phony and fraud in 2016. in return president trump said romney had no guts and c

donald trump maybe unlike orrin hatch and jason chaffetz.p will say i don't want this guy. danel deign i remember ronan back in the 2012 campaign. i can't remember his name. >> rimy. he has been around the block. he nos attacks are going to come from the right and the left. >> kimberly: i think he will do quite well, to be quite honest. is he very statesmanlike and measured. reasonable man standard. you feel self-soothed when you listen to him speak. he is very patriotic american. he has served this country well and admirablably. he was unfairly chastised and criticized when he brought up the emphasis of russia and impact they have had in terms of elections. roundly criticized for it and turned out he was right. i think he is well positioned at this time to take the mantel there. he is very popular in utah. i don't think he is going to have any issues. really ultimately i think he will prevail and take that seat. >> dana: polling, jesse, he was up on his democratic opponent by like 65 points. >> jesse: going to be landslide city to juan's po

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former chief of staff to orrin hatch on capitol hill. he has worked inside the administration since the beginning and largely responsible for writing speeches and other matters. his profile has been growing. the resignation is becoming abruptly after the report from the dailymail.com reported two of his ex-wievts, as you said, said that he physically and verbally abused them. the white house just yesterday when this was coming out, they were denieding him, saying that he's a good worker, the ultimate professional. but today the resignation came. this is a brief statement we have from rob porter. let's take a look at it. it says these allegations are simply false. i took the photos given to the media nearly 15 years ago and the reality behind them is nowhere close to what is being described. i've been transparent and truthful about these vile claims but will not further engage publicly with a coordinated smear campaign. the photo shows a black eye and other matters here. you have a sense that they moved so fast here because they knew this

he's a fine man, orrin hatch defended him, this is a slow role. as a nation, we are over this issue. >> sandra: that's important to get that out there. they're not denying that. >> jessica: after a photo of a woman with a black eye. >> sandra: are you suggesting that john kelly should not be in his role any further? >> jessica: i know that that is a conversation. kevin corke even just said that the buck stops with him. there was discussion of whether he should stay there. i'm not blaming him for this, but they should've been more careful of someone with known allegations against them. >> melissa: i think one of the interesting things as they say they only knew of this of one woman, and he an explanation for that for that sort of thing. when you see reporters dig very deep and get to the true story and get all of the pictures, the rest of it either means they did a horrible job investigating this, which is hard to believe, they didn't look at all the facts. no matter what, there was a huge system failure there, and somebody if not multiple people h

worked for senator orrin hatch on capitol hill. also rob portman of ohio. he had a very good reputation as a traditional republican in a certainly less than traditional republican white house. we heard from sarah huckabee sanders when she commented on that. here's what she had to say. >> why would the president accept his resignation if the president thinks he did nothing wrong? >> i think it's a personal decision rob made and one that he was not pressured to do but one he made on his own. >> one of the things we heard from senator orrin hatch today is that the rob porter he has known has been of the highest character, making the distinction that he does not know about the man's personal life. these are some of the most painful personal allegations that have been brought to the forefront. there may be distancing happening between those who have vouched for rob porter and the reckoning with the news as it has developed. >> no doubt about that. >> he's been a well-regarded figure here, always at the president's side overt past 14 months. >> let's go to the go

president trump endorsing mitt romney to replace retiring utah senator, orrin hatch.ident tweeting about romney, quote, he will make a great senator and worthy successor to orrin hatch and has my full support and endorsement. the endorsement, i guess, a sign the two republicans may be burying the hatchet after a sometimes contentious relationship. romney with a tweet of his own, thanking the president for the support. >>> a military official tells cnn the u.s. wants to send russia a message with its show of force in the black sea. but a u.s. navy commander maintains the decision to have the "uss carney" join the "uss ross" in the black sea is proactive, not reactive. russia reinforced its military forces in the area after it annexed crimea from ukraine in 2014. >>> updating you now on a story we told you about yesterday. an uber's driv eats driver is a of shooting and killing a customer. now that driver has surrendered to atlanta police. 36-year-old robert bivens turning himself in on monday. police say bivens opened fire on robert thornton after an accident on thursd

. >> and jeff in the fallout of these allegations, senator orrin hatch released statements, one that came through the white house. what happened there? >> reporter: he did. and rob porter worked as the chief of staff for senator hatch for a long time before he came here to the white house. and this was when it was clear the white house was trying to put a positive, if you will, spin on this. look at this first statement from orrin hatch, released by the white house, trying to defend rob porter. it says this. it's incredibly discouraging to see such a vile attack on such a decent man. shame on think publication that would print this and shame on the politically motivated, morally bankrupt character assis tins that would attempt to sully a man's good name. then, a statement from senator hatch's office himself did not include any of those famous attacks on the media so common here at the white house. this is what senator hatch actually said. he said this. i do not know the details of rob's personal life. domestic violence in any form is abhorrent. anderson, what this points out here, th

. >> a very spectacular man, orrin hatch. where's orrin? orrin?is -- i love listening to him speak. he said once i'm the single greatest president in his lifetime. and he actually once said i'm the greatest president in the history of our country. i said does that include lincoln and washington. i said yes, i said i love this guy. >> senator hatch's office later clarified that the senator never said trump was the greatest president. but that he could be some day. >> wow. >> good man, by the way, orrin hatch, he's in the olympics, isn't he? >> relative to the long scope of american history. he doesn't go back to washington. >> you've got to love the transparency, right? the sort of ease with which he can just put out there that he is the greatest president even including lincoln and washington, and just sort of love it. >> it does come back to a fundamental truth about donald trump -- he likes you as much as you like him. >> the world axis revolves around that. to kenny's point, we sit here and we giggle when this comes on and there's a, our comman

there's a statement from senator orrin hatch.f this is coming 15 hours after we first got the statements of support for rob porter from people including chief of staff john kelly. you heard you see ask sarah sanders what has changed since then, why did he accept the resignation if he believes he did nothing wrong. >> as important as this conversation is about his departure is, the conversation needs to be had about the vetting. we have seen at least as published by daily mail.com suggesting that was restraining order by one of these ex-wives. there are questions about his security clearance. how did they not know about this before he joined the team? >> number one, the white house won't talk about security clearances. sarah sanders repeatedly refused to answer that question. remember at the beginning of the administration last year when you and i were covering this and there were questions about security clearances, for example, for michael flynn. then the national security adviser before he was fired, what he did before he enter

on february 15 whether he will be making run for the utah senate seat that will soon be vacated by orrin hatch. a u.s. official dealing with north korean policies says tensions over pyongyang's nuclear program are not close to reaching military confrontation. u.s. special representative for north korea policy spoke at a briefing in tokyo today. >> our policy is based on putting pressure on, as well as leaving the door open for dialogue. i think that has been enunciated clearly by secretary tillerson. mark: he says while all options, including military force, remain on the table, he is hoping to have edible negotiations between the two sides. it came after the two koreas held dialogue over the upcoming winter olympics. los angeles authorities say a 12-year-old female is in custody in connection with a school suiting that left two students hospitalized, one in critical condition. three others who were not wounded suffered minor injuries. lieutenant chris ramirez says police received a call at 9:00 local time this morning. victims,ocated a few they also located the suspect, who they quickly