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He just passed a very big bill. i think hes happy. >> yes, im happy. hows that? >> gary hopefully will be staying for a long time. >> just a follow-up on the conversations between north korea and south korea. are you willing to engage in phone talks with kim jong-un right now? >> sure. i always believe in talking. im very firm but i would be very -- absolutely i would do that, no problem with that at all. >> so no prerequisites to coming to the table and talking with him? >> thats not what i sai...

Justice department. they say theyve been in contact with senator grassley and the judiciary committee, but ye yond that theres no other comment. its likely if the two sides are talking they could come to terms on what can and cant be prouted. it was on december 13th that senator grassley send a three-page letter, demanding extensive explanations about the antitrump texts between fbi agent peter strzok, and lisa page. he hones in on one particular text that said this -- i want to believe the path...

Priebus left this white house, theres been no other official thats been the target of so many rumors and stories and innuendo. i can think of two different entire sets of stories that his replacement was imminent. first that nikki haley might replace him, then mike pompeo, the cia director would replace him as secretary of state. and the president has not only undercut him specifically on issues like north korea, but also missed opportunities to back him up. thinking about a few weeks ago, quest...

State rex tillerson. our senior white house correspondent jim acosta is joining us, the jim, sarah sanders down played questions about this and said, its business as usual between tillerson and the president. >> reporter: the white house is fighting fires, the president retweeted this week to the fate of secretary of state rex tillerson who appears to be twisting in the wind. the white house is abading both of those questions tonight. >> hes here. rex is here. >> reporter: its a new episode of t...

Born in the united states, period. >> reporter: the white house press secretary said the president did not know the person behind the videos when he retweeted them which raises the question whether president trump is depending on his team for guidance on social media behavior. he has a secretary of state for now, but he obviously did not consult with the state department when he gave american credibility to a group that pedals hate. wolf. >> good point. jim acosta, thanks very much. were also le...

Change yesterday because of a scheduling conflict. as for president trump, this is what he had to say when asked about secretary of state. listen. >> rex is here. >> shepard: "rex is here." the president said he was referring to rex tillerson in the west wing. we reported on tensions between president trump and secretary tillerson. theyre not new. early last month rex tillerson referred to the president as a moron and mike pence had to convince him not to quit. tillerson did not deny calling the...

Is seeking to undermine his presence, i dont know who that is. >> the presidents head of public affairs in the oval office a short time ago, the president was asked about that. the only thing he said is "rex is here." meaning that rex tillerson was at the white house at the time. corker also said he thought the white house was going to put out a statement reflecting what he had said about the white house did put out a statement, it doesnt exactly reflect what corker said and here it is from sara...

Protracted rexs negotiations has been thin on the ground all the more surprising that the u.k.s brecks at minister david davis came out with a distinctly positive view of the most recent negotiations theres no doubt that we have made and continue to make including this round significant progress across a whole range of issues across the board that may prove progress towards resolving some really difficult questions and that of course will continue that place between now and december in compariso...

Effort to undermine the presidents own agenda. i do not and i will not operate that way. >> shepard: again, no mention of the moron comment. the state department spokes woman after ward said secretary of state tillerson did not use that language with president trump. though she wasnt there. and then theres north korea. president trump seemed to undercut the secretary of state when he tweeted. i told rex tillerson our wonderful secretary of state that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate wi...

Whether or not the u.s. should stay in it or leave and he said staying in it was his course. it sounds like you agree with him as well. >> i do agree with that. and i think the president does as well. thats why he took the decision he took. look, lets see if we cannot address the flaws in the agreement by staying in the agreement and working with our european friends and allies within the agreement. but as i said that may come in a secondary agreement. >> you were in china. we were talking about...