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you did that i guess we will have to prepare iq tests that i can tell you it was going to win. asked about secretary tillerson preopening dialogue with north korea the president said he was wasting his time. i m not undermining. i think i m actually strengthening authority. former secretary of state with dana perino. it s really important for the president and president and secretary of state to be on the same page and have a good relationship. i have the impression that rex tillerson is going about his business. he s working hard on ukraine, he s got a very good envoy who is trying to find a way way to settle ukraine. he s working very hard on the north korea issue. countries are saying they are going to isolate north korea, countries are pulling back their ambassadors. sometimes in washington, you know as well as i do, underneath things are going on and i certainly know rex tillerson, he s a strong person. bret: condoleezza rice on the daily briefing with
secretary tillerson and the iq, what were you trying to get out? i didn t undercut anybody. he made a joke, nothing more than that. he has full confidence in the secretary of state. maybe you should get a sense of humor and try it sometime. you have a duty to try to present them the best facts in the box thinking to help them see it in a different light. maybe you can t but if he doesn t and says i want to do it my way than your job is to execute. if you feel strongly enough that you have to resign. we do a lot of questions about a certain quote in forbes magazine, president trump talk about secretary of state and what was alleged that he said about president trump anyway. if the president said to forbes i think it s fake news but if
will accompany the president. what s happening? that s a good question. we weren t in the lunch so we don t know what s happening but certainly i think it s fair to say that there s a high level of dysfunction between the trump white house and the president and his top cabinet secretaries. there s no question. the framing of the issue has been interesting. in the media we ve seen it reported again and again and again that trump is undermining his secretary of state. that mistakes was the president here. he s the president. if the president wants the north korea policy to be one of nonengagement that s his right and tom cotton s right, if rex tillerson doesn t agree with that either needs to execute the president s policy or he needs to step aside. if there is this under the radar disagreement between them, normal. what s not normal is it burst out into the open in this way again and again and again. it s not just north korea, it s iran in the certification and a number of other dude
the national football league has taken a hit since president trump launched his campaign against protesting players. ratings are down 8% from last season to an average of 16.5 million viewers. roger goodell has given ground, telling owners the controversy is dividing us on hurting the league. like many fans, we believe everyone should stand for the national anthem. it s an important moment in our game. jerry jones backed victor trump, drawing presidential praise on twitter when he said he would bench any player who didn t stand for the anthem. anything that is disrespectful to the flag, we will not play. vice president pence walked out of an indiana indianapolis colts game. on six other teams this week between one and four players