INTEREST.
THIS LATEST HIT DAYS AFTER THE
FORMER LEAD ATTORNEY JOHN DOWD
ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION.
WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT KEVIN
CORKE IS LIVE FROM WEST PALM
BEACH FLORIDA.
WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE
NATURE OF THE CONFLICT THAT
KEPT THE LAWYERS FROM JOINING
THE TRUMP TEAM?
>> GOOD EVENING.
THE TRUTH IS THE WHITE HOUSE
THINKS SOMEWHAT OPAQUE ABOUT
THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING
THE ALLEGED CONFLICT.
I DON'T HAVE DETAILS TO SHARE
WITH YOU.
I PROMISE AS SOON AS WE LEARN
MORE THIS WEEK, WE WILL PASS IT
ALONG TO VIEWERS ON FOX NEWS.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT JOE
diGENOVA AN OUTSTANDING
ATTORNEY, BOMBASTIC AND BULLDOG
ATTORNEY, HE'S BEEN CALLED BY
SOME OTHERS.
A MAN PREVIOUSLY SUGGESTED THE
PRESIDENT MAY HAVE BEEN
TARGETED BY THE D.O.J. AND THE
FBI IN THIS RUSSIA PROBE.
WELL HE AND HIS WIFE AS YOU SEE
THERE, VICTORIA TOENSING,
ACCOMPLISHED ATTORNEY IN HEROIN
RIGHT WILL NOW NOT JOIN THE
TRUMP TEAM.
HERE'S A STATEMENT FROM JAY
SEKULOW --
HE ADDS --
NOW THIS AND A PAIR OF TWEETS
FROM THE PRESIDENT THIS MORNING
ABOUT HIS LEGAL TEAM.
HE TOOK AIM ABOUT SUGGESTIONS
HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE FILLING
POSITIONS ON HIS LEGAL SQUAD.
HE SAID THIS --
HE ADDS --
SO AS YOU SEE ONCE AGAIN, RICK,
THE PRESIDENT BEING A PUGILIST
IN SOCIAL MEDIA FIGHTING BACK
AS ALWAYS.
>> OF COURSE, AND KEVIN, THERE
ARE QUESTIONS TONIGHT ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT'S PICK TO BECOME
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, WHAT
CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT?
REPORTER: YES.
THIS IS A STORY THAT WE'VE BEEN
FOLLOWING FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
AMBASSADOR JOHN BOLTON,
FORMERLY THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO
THE U.N., SUGGESTION FROM
CURRENT VIRGINIA GOVERNOR --
I'M SORRY, VIRGINIA SENATOR TIM
KAINE, AND FORMER VIRGINIA
GOVERNOR FUNCTION THE
COMMONWEALTH POLITICS.
THE FORMER VP CHOICE FOR THE
DEMOCRATS IS SUGGESTING THAT
SOMEHOW JOHN BOLTON COULD HAVE
PROBLEMS GETTING HIS SECURITY
CLEARANCE.
HE SUGGESTS IT'S BECAUSE HE
RECORDED THIS VIDEO, RICK, FOR
A PRO-GUN GROUP IN RUSSIA.
OF COURSE, THE AMBASSADOR IS
THE PRESIDENT'S NEW PICK TO BE
THE NEW NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISER.
HE'D BE TAKE OVER FOR H.R.
McMASTER.
AS CAN YOU ALSO IMAGINE, HIS
CAMP IS PUSHING BACK ABOUT
THIS, BUT FIRST LET'S HEAR WHAT
SENATOR CAIN HAS TO SAY ABOUT
SUGGESTION THAT SOMEHOW BOLTON
MAY HAVE TROUBLE GETTING A
SECURITY CLEARANCE.
>> THESE KINDS OF CONTACTS
RAISE REAL QUESTIONS IN MY MIND
WHETHER HE COULD GET A FULL
SECURITY CLEARANCE OR NOT.
THOUGH THE SENATE DOESN'T GET A
VOTE TO CONFIRM THE NATIONAL
SECURITY ADVISER, I HAVE MANY,
MANY QUESTIONS NOT ONLY ABOUT
JOHN BOLTON'S PHILOSOPHY BUT
ABOUT THESE CONTACTS WITH
RUSSIA AND POTENTIALLY OTHER
GOVERNMENTS.
REPORTER: OKAY, SO IS HE TRYING
TO CONFLATE, SUGGESTING THAT
BECAUSE HE DID SOMETHING FOR A
GROUP THAT'S RELATED TO RUSSIA
OR BASED IN RUSSIA, DOES THAT
MEAN THAT OUT THE WINDOW GOES
SECURITY CLEARANCE?
HERE'S WHAT A SPOKESMAN FOR THE
AMBASSADOR SAYS TONIGHT --
A GROUP MENTIONED UNTIL RECENT
NEWS COVERAGE OF THE GROUP,
THAT'S FROM SPOKESMAN FROM THE
AMBASSADOR.
AND THEY GO ONTO ADD, IT WILL
BE A PROBLEM WITH HIS GETTING
SECURITY CLEARANCE, BUT A STORY
WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS
WEEK.
SHOULD I POINT OUT THE
PRESIDENT EN ROUTE TO
WASHINGTON, SHOULD BE THERE
MOMENTARILY.
WE WILL BE THERE TO TELL YOU
MELANIA WILL BE IN SOUTH
FLORIDA.
IT IS SPRING BREAK FOR HER
FAMILY AND IT IS TRADITION TO
SPEND IT AT MAR-A-LAGO.
RICK: DOES THAT MEAN YOU GET TO
SPEND IT AT MAR-A-LAGO OR
COMING HOME?
REPORTER: BELIEVE YOU ME, IF I