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That he was on the verge of resigning this summer. >> there was some news reports this morning that i want to address. >> but stopping short of a full denial. >> theres never been a consideration in my mind to leave. >> senior administration officials confirm to nbc news tillerson threatened to leave in july. boiling point, highly political speech to the boy scouts. a group tillerson once led. >> we want florida, north carolina, we want pennsylvania. >> just days earlier, tillerson even called t...

He is smart and demands results and he holds those around him accountable for whether they have done the job hes asked them to do. >> the state department addressed whether the secretary called his boss a moron. >> the secretary did not use that type of language speak about the president of the united states. he does not use that language to speak about anyone. i hope that clarifies things. >> he never said it. >> he didnt say it. >> i am honored by his comments. it was fake news and a phony sto...

Tillerson is off on his own. the president felt dissed by tillersons comment after charlottesville. the president only speaks for himself. till a tillerson got it badly wrong this last week in beijing. we try to communicate. we want to use diplomacy, not seeking nuclear war here. he didnt clear those words with the white house. white house was really furious. the spokesman thought, this is not a message from the president direct. this is a message to pyongyang. no. it was a message to rex. as i ...

He is completely inconsistent on almost everything from daca to taxes to health care. he changes his mind all the time. even when he thinks he is being consistent, half the time he is contradicting something else that he said. so of course, his word isnt his bond. and of course, he is going to butt heads we the members of his cabinet. i think it doesnt really matter to him when members of his cab complete the or others contradict him on policy matters. he does seem to care a lot if he is embarra...

Hours by the secretary of state? >> you never know. >> i am just glad to hear that somebody in his administration actually feel that is way. >> in is the sort of thing that it is very easy for both side toss say, fakenews. the press got it wrong. >> right. >> rex never said it. i know rex. rex is a great guy. and that all depends on whether general mattis does need rex tillerson by his side. and whether all the generals say you need to keep tillerson here. >> they will say fake news. several sen...

Writing that he told rex tillerson our wonderful secretary state of that hes wasting his time trying to negotiate with little rocket man. and to, quote, save your energy, rex. well do what has to be done. nor was it an effort to knit together two men, one a boy scout, literally, and the other a president who talked to the boy scouts jamboree about hot parties at remarks that were universally panned earlier this summer. todays statement by tillerson in which he did not deny calling trump a moron ...

President. >> he was publicly controlling rex tillerson this past weekend saying dont waste your time, rex. were your calls out at that point to get a response from the president? did the white house know this story was coming when he was trolling rex tillerson? >> we had been working on this story for a couple of month, basically since the end of july. >> you had made contact with the white house? >> we had made contact with them previously and then again on sunday. >> it will be interesting to...

Simple to say that his goal is simply to be there to show the support of people from around the country and to stand united and not only this act of evil, but against all acts of evil. i think that was clear in the presidents remarks today and something certainly youll see from his visit wednesday. jessica? >> thank you. i have been following up from remarks over the weekend. president tweeted save your energy, rex. well do what needs to be done. are you trying to get back to talk ors have you g...

Reckless, irresponsible, breathtaking, those are the statement comments im seeing about president trumps comments. >> wasting his time trying to negotiate with little rocket man. save your energy, rex. well do what happens to be done. joining me now for reaction to this, retired u.s. army colonel steve warren. he was a top spokesman at the pentagon until recently. well get into that in a moment. first, your reaction to what the president is saying on twitter? >> well, brian, what a way to run fo...

Of potential diplomatic talks with pyongyang. tillersons admission came after he met with beijing. president trump is raising eyebrows. told rex tillerson our wonderful secretary of state that hes wasting his time trying to negotiate with little rocket man. save your energy, rex. well do what has to be done. and bass doris this good cop, bad cop, or did the president -- undercut his secretary of state. i think the president is right it con found me to -- it con it