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Accusing him of blocking his bill because theyre afraid of the president. he said the gop is acting like a cult. senator bob corker tennessee has been pushing to limit te presidents power over trade after the president slapped taxes on s and aluminum imports from our closest allies. senator corker claims 95% of his fellow republican senators would support the bill but theyre worried about upsetting the president. >> we might poke the bear is the language ive been hearing in the hallways. we migh...

Dont want to cast a tough vote, they block everybody from voting. i heard senator, senator from texas, the senior senator from texas saying the other day, gosh, we might upset the president. we might upset the president of the united states. before the mid-terms, we cant do that, because we would be upsetting the president. the president of the united states. i cant believe it. i would bet that 95% of the people on this side of the aisle support intellectually this amendment. but no, no, no, gos...

>> eugene, i want to play you a little more corker talking about the primaries, the dynamic that charlie raises. lets watch. >> i heard senator, senator from texas, the senior senator from texas saying the day, well, gosh, we might upset the president. we might upset the president of the united states. before the mid terms. but, no, no, no, gosh, we might poke the bear is the language ive been hearing in the hallways. we might poke the bear, the president might get upset with us as united states...

Corker amendment. were going to do everything we can to block it. >> you see how upset he is. can it go too far? this sort of loyalty to one person above even party principles? >> the only bear i think he should be worried about poking is the constituents of his state. they feel he hasnt been loyal to them. ive talked to a lot of people in tennessee that were not happy with him being one of only five people who voted against expanding private care options for our veterans. thats probably part of...

A lot of them would vote for it if it came to vote. but no, no, no, wee might poke the bear. is the language ive been hearing in the hallway. we might poke the bear. the president might get up set with us as united states senators if we vote on the corker amendment. so were going to do everything we can to block it. >> that is republican senator bob corker of tennessee. the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee accusing his party of being afraid of president trump and blocking his p...

Way. perhaps have a specific arbitration agreement. so a lot riding on this trial. an $85 billion deal that well have broad implications for a future of business as well as media. >> jessica schneider thank you so much. well stand by for that decision. and moments ago on the senate floor, republican senator bob corker fired up, calling out his caucus saying his own party is so scared of upsetting the president that they cant get anything passed. >> 95% of the people on this side of the aisle sup...

Of the time, so i think that in addition to some sanford fatigue in the strict, i have a friend who lives there, she said shed be shocked if he lost and hes been around a long time and folks who have f around a long time are facing more heat usual. >> the unexpected can happen. heres the thing. trump says he does a lot of things. but a lot of people whatever your political persuasion is would agree are perhaps rude, mean, immoral, whatever they might mean and that some say i care about policy. i...

They are, you know, national security issues when, i mean, theres almost no way you could stretch these to be national security issues. it then is abusing the authorities that you have. >> joining us now is george f. will, pulitzer prize-winning columnist and an nbc contributor. george, that certainly sounds obvious to me that theres no national security issue involved in trade with canada. but the president seems to think that the canadians are forced to be somehow protected from. >> yes. well,...

Security issues when, i mean, theres almost no way you could stretch these to be national security issues. it then is abusing the authorities that you have. >> joining us now is george f. will, pulitzer prize-winning columnist and an nbc contributor. george, that certainly sounds obvious to me that theres no national security issue involved in trade with canada. but the president seems to think that the canadians are forced to be somehow protected from. >> yes. well, the presidents mad at china,...

Time. what we should do in 2018 is independent of what we should have done in 2015. witwhat the presidents done is legal. its just bad state craft. we should be sanctioning iran intensely but telling europe were doing it not to blow up the nuclear deal but a because of what iran is doing in syrian and yemen. >> molly: a majority of republicans in congress appear to be backing the president, pointing out the agreement had sparked disagreements on capitol hill. >> theres a risk when you make a maj...