i'm joined by linda chavez, a columnist that worked in the regan administration and kathryn columnist at the washington post. you can check out "the washington post" article. we can tweet that out there are different circumstances here. i believe he has two ex wives, one vouches for him and says she didn't experience anything like abuse. something if you've been in domestic violence circles you've heard before. there are also documentation from this woman, she showed a picture of a cigarette burn she says this man gave her to the washington post and text messages. i want to set the table there. linda, your reaction to watching the last few days of this white house? >> it's absolutely amazing. i mean, what is most amazing about that is that you have a chief of staff that was supposed to have been brought in to give order to the white house, to be somebody who could be man of good character and lead by example and yet, under his watch we've had now two instances of staffers for whom fbi investigation showed there were credible accusations of abuse and the people stayed in their job unti

. >> linda chavez and kathryn rampell, thank you for joining me. >> reporter: it's graduation day in a new york suburb a rite of passage that normally brings excitement, a sense of accomplishment, and endless possibilities for the future. this is nickolas kubicsko. his journey to get to this day was long because he has autism, a brain development disorder that can impair communication and social interaction. his mom lenore kubicsko is unspeakably proud. >> you go boy, you go! >> reporter: at a private school 60 miles away in new york city, eric sadowsky, another young man with autism, is also graduating sharing goodbye hugs and well-wishes with friends and teachers. >> see you later man! >> reporter: his mother mary clancy is feeling emotional about her son's last day. >> i was just hoping i would not start crying in the classroom. >> reporter: graduation is when parents launch their children into the world eager to see what lies ahead. but for the families you'll meet tonight the joy they feel in this moment masks the terror and dread lurking just below the surface. >> i wake up eve

. >> linda chavez and kathryn rampell, thank you for joining me. >>> "the rachel maddow show" starts now. >> thank you, my friend. >> you just got 9000 on the dot again. >> well done, mr. perfect. have a good weekend. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. it is friday, which means that the news has gone insane again. i thought for sure this week we would get a reprieve from friday insanity because we had so much thursday insanity with last night's overnight inexplicable government shutdown, which happened between midnight and 5:20 in the morning. i figured all the people whose job it is to make insane news on friday in the trump era, i figured they would be tired. they were up all night, nope. this is an incredible news day, particularly into this evening. we got a lot to get to tonight. some of the latest breaking news this evening is the white house deputy chief of staff is leaving that job. his name is jim carol, he's been deputy chief of staff to john kelly in the white house and hasn't been there i think like two or three months but he's already leaving. the news about