and that s something that senator corker would have a huge influence on. it s pretty hard to answer the question why would he pick a fight with him but that s just part of what president trump does. do you think the two can work together? you said it, there are important issues, they have to work together on. he s picked fights with others in congress, mitch mcconnell comes to mind and still been able to work with them. i thought it was interesting that senator mcconnell shot back in the way he did, not everybody does that publicly. but they ll have to find a way to work together. if they don t, that will have implications for sure for president trump s agenda. it was a very interesting and powerful statement on twitter certainly. who do you think is driving the agenda? is it just the president? is he in the driver s seat? i think it depends on what agenda. i think president trump often undermines different things that the white house is trying to put forward and we saw that la
still waiting. the president with no clear answer on what he meant by those words and now a new tweet on north korea that is also unclear. plus, a new interview, president trump responds to criticism of his visit to puerto rico and that paper towel tossing. in the same interview defends the first lady from critics. do some of the comments about melania trump cross the line? nate downgraded but still a threat. where the full effect of the latest storm is yet to be released. we have the latest on flooding and power outages and where it s heading next. but we begin with politics and two big headlines, president trump taking to twitter this morning for what s becoming yet another vicious battle with a republican lawmaker. this time firing back at gop senator bob corker who has been critical of him in recent weeks. in one tweet saying i would fully expect corker to be a negative voice and stand in the way of the great agenda. didn t have the gults to run. it s ashame the white house has
trump doesn t want him to anymore and we don t know for the agenda it makes sense for him to stay in place but if everyone is talking about whether or not the secretary of state called the president a moron, it s certainly undermines the agenda in asia. yep, you make a very good point there. jeff, let s play for you what the president told reporters at the white house yesterday. here it is. want to clarify your calm before the storm comment? nothing to clarify. what s the one single you ll figure that out pretty soon. is there any consensus out there jeff that as national security advicer, cha his chief of staff are on board with this rhetoric, if it s some kind of strategy? it s a great question and hard to ask. i was in the room that night when he said made the remarks calm before the storm. i was one of the reporters who asked what storm are you referring to? and he s declined on a couple of different opportunities now to
five years ago as well as working the relationship with china. at the same time we have global responsibilities. the president was advancing this agenda in asia, at the same time we have ukraine. russia a week ago signed on to roadmap to deescalate the crisis in ukraine. so the president in asia convened by phone all of the senior european leaders and got them to agree to a very strong statement for the g-7 and this week additional sanctions put the pressure on russia. so there will be i want to talk about ukraine, but i first want to follow up and say, look, if you take the broader view and you look at assad in syria still in power years after the president said this guy has got to go, if you look at the egyptians who say two coups over initial u.s. objections during the obama administration, the eu wasn t initially on board for some of these sanctions. even britain failed to come with the u.s. in some of its efforts. it just looks as though the abilities to persuade allies has
at the same time we have global responsibilities. the president was advancing this agenda in asia, at the same time as you said woo we have sue crane. russia a week ago signed on to roadmap to deescalate the crisis in ukraine. it hasn t lived up to the commitments it made. so the president in asia convened by phone all of the senior european leaders and got them to agree to a very strong statement for the g-7 and this week additional sanctions put the pressure on russia. so there will be i want to talk about ukraine, but i first want to follow up and say, look, if you take the broader view and you look at assad in syria still in power years after the president said this guy has got to go, if you look at the egyptians who say two coups over initial u.s. objections during the obama administration, the eu wasn t initially on board for some of these sanctions. even britain failed to come with the u.s. in some of its efforts. it just looks as though the abilities to persuade allies has