very, very nice. >> reporter: attempting to lower the temperature after earlier in the day he escalated his public spat with the president. tweeting "doing my best to disregard the many inflammatory president o. statements and roadblocks. thought it was going to be a smooth transition. not. all this coming after president obama used his high profile speech at pearl harbor tuesday to take a veiled jab at his successor. >> even when hatred burns hottest, even when the tug of tribalism is at its most primal, we must resist the urge to turn inward. we must resist the urge to demonize those who are different. >> reporter: the escalating war of words, a sharp departure from the post election vow to work together. >> we now are going to want to do everything we can to help you