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Firming his support for tillerson. >> total confidence in rex. i have total confidence. >> but two sources tell cnn the president already knew that tillerson had called him a moron but was wary of another high profile depart ner from the administration. the simmering attentions on display after trump undercut his message on north korea this past weekend. tennessee republican senator bob corker offering this. secretary tillerson, secretary mattis, and chief of staff kelly are those people that he...

The supreme court brief on both sides will release the latest travel ban, the earlier van is no longer debatable after donald trump expanded restrictions to cover eight countries. the original ban was to be argued next week but has since been taken off the supreme court schedule. the new ban expected to go into effect october 18th. rob: rex to listen and donald trump blasting nbc collies report of a rift between a two as fake news. the nations top diplomat denying he ever considered abandoning h...

Nevada lawmakers traveling with the president yesterday. their thoughts on how that cit y is doing and the presidents trip there, plus this. >> its certainly something that should be looked at as to whether it should be banned. right now my first instinct would be to say yes. >> that from peter king a republican. democrats calling for a debate on gun control. some republicans say there are measures they could support as they zero in on the equipment that made the massacre more deadly. >> preside...

Wednesday. >> the vice president has never had to persuade me to remain a secretary of state because i have never considered leaving this post. >> reporter: the secretary of state did not deny reports he referred to the president as a moron during a visit to the pentagon this summer. >> im going to deal with petty stuff like that. >> reporter: though a state department spokeswoman later said that the secretary never used that language to describe the president. with tension between the president...

>> it was made up. it was made up by nbc. thank you all. total confidence in rex. >> was it made up? president trump reaffirming his commitment to secretary of state rex tillerson after nbc reported that tillerson called trump a moron. and vice president pence had to convince tillerson to stay on the job. cnn has now confirmed tillersons comment. he said any report that he considered quitting is wrong. but he would not answer so clearly what he said about the president. >> theres never been a co...

Consensus it wouldnt be long. >> john kerry did not travel to las vegas and he stayed here. for now. but -- >> i think in my view the administration and the president deny there is this tension with tillerson is kind of like a kid with chocolate on his face denying he has been in the cookie jar. the president saying that rex is waving his necessary in trying to talk to north korea. how often does a president of the united states under cut his secretary of state? >> quite a long response to a yes...

America. also addressed his press conference during his visit to las vegas. >> any response to rex tillersons comments. yes, im very honored by his comments. it was fake news. totally phony story. made up. made up by nbc. they just made it up. total confidence in rex. total confidence. thank you very much. turning back to policy, a potential ban on the device that turns rifles into fully automatic machine guns has taken center stage in the gun policy debate in washington. senat senator diane...

He sent our former fox colleague out to follow up with it and asked specifically about did he say this about the president and she said no. i think he was right to say look, where i come from we dont get involved in that petty nonsense. good for him to stay out of it and good for her to give the explicit denial. i think those stories were more about settling old scores. somebody who used to be in the white house went out there and leaked it to the press, gave a spin to make tillerson look bad. t...

On the way to las vegas on air force 1, equipped with a lot of tvs. but he didnt deny having called president a moron. >> could you address the main headline that you called president a moron, if not where do you think the reports -- >> im not going to deal with petty stuff like that. this is what i dont understand about washington. im not from this place but places we come from, we dont deal with that petty nonsans. >> spokesperson said the secretary of state doesnt use language like moron. lat...

Later visiting doctors tweeting victims, president waded in on the controversy. >> any response to rex tillerson? >> honored by his comments. fake news, totally phony story. made up by nbc. they just made it up. thank you all. total confidence in rex. thank you very much everybody. >> carol lee is nbc reporter, part of the team that broke the story. according to your reporting. tillersons spokesperson denied it, lot of denials and accusations of fake news. what was the participating incident tha...