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>> jon: president trump once again taking on one of his favorite targets, the media, accusing the press of exaggerating the tone and tenor of his phone call with the australian prime minister earlier this week. mr. trump tweeting justice morning, "thank you to prime minister of australia for telling the truth about our very civil conversation that fake news media lied about. very nice!" in a radio interview, and this is what mr. trump is referring to, prime minister malcolm turnbulls head, the c...

That deal transfers refugees currently living in detention centers on islands off australia to the u.s. >> im not going to comment on the conversation. >> reporter: prime minister turnbull repeating to president trump that according to the deal nearly 1,300 refugees have to pass u.s. screening requirements. sources say mr. trump kept insisting it was a very bad deal, remarking one of these refugees will be the next boston bomber. >> i always stand up for australia in every form. >> reporter: the...

Malcolm turnbull when he mentioned the deal during their weekend phone conversation. now, this morning trump took to twitter. he called it, quote, a dumb deal. turnbull is not talking about the specifics of the call but denies reports that the president hung up on him. he said the call ended courteously. both turnbull and the white house saying the u.s. will honor the deal. >> the fact that we received the assurance that we did, the fact that it was confirmed, the very extensive engagement we ha...

Conversations including tense moments. after the story broke, turnbull said the conversation ended courteously. we also have new information on president trumps phone call with mexican president nieto. that came last friday after nieto canceled a visit to the white house over the repeated demand that mexico pay for the border wall. an ex-erpt of the phone call says donald trump offered to help with the drug cartels. he said you have tough hombres in mexico you may need help with. we are willing ...

Australias prime minister last saturday. president trump calling the australian refugee agreement a very bad deal. that resettlement deal reached by the obama administration will transfer refugees currently living in detention centers on islands off australia to the u.s. >> im in the going to comment on the conversation. >> reporter: prime minister turnbull repeating to president trump that according to the deal nearly 1,300 refugees have to pass u.s. screening requirements. sources say mr. trum...

>> the world is in trouble, but were going to straighten it out. okay? thats what i do. i fix things. were going to straighten it out. believe me, when you hear about the tough phone calls im having, dont worry about it. just dont worry about it. theyre tough. we have to be tough. its time were going to be a little tough, folks. were taken advantage of by every nation in the world virtually. >> president trump hours ago said he has to respect the refugee deal with australia because the obama adm...