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We must not be enemies. those passion may have strained, it must not break the bonds of our affection. the mystic cords of memory will swell when again touched as surely as they will be by the better angels of our nature. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. >> shepard: senate eor jeff fla the arizona congressman from arizona. he said flagrant disregard for the truth and dee sen sen is upon us. belittling the people is not normal. this is not politics as usual. reckless outrageous and undignified behavior is dangerous to the democracy. if i've been critical to the president, he said it...

Concur and senator paul be recognized to speak up to five minutes and make a budget point of order that myself or my designee be recognized to waive and following disposition of the -- >> shepard: so we'll wait to see if senator paul -- i believe he said representative ryan -- at any rate, we'll wait. the long and short is, jeff flake, the junior senator from arizona who has repeatedly criticized the president on a number of matters across the political spectrum and beyond on policy matters and otherwise today said, as you just heard, he believes the spell will eventually be broken and he hope...

Nation. this from a man, mr. trump, once considered for secretary of state and vice president. when manu asked whether corker would support the president again, he said no way. now lunch together. john roberts is live on the north lawn. we heard from senator corker again moments ago. >> we did. first, some background here. it's interesting the last time that the feud erupted, which was about three weeks ago, it was the president who threw the first punch out of nowhere on a sunday morning. today it was senator corker that threw the first punch in an interview on nbc when he suggested the presi...

Job done. >> why does he engage like this? >> you have the president, he's a fighter. the people didn't elect somebody to be weak. they elected somebody to be strong. when he gets hit, he's going to hit back. i think senator corker knows that. maybe he's trying to get a headline or two on the way out the door. >> thanks, sarah. the president has taken office and two republican senators, senator corker of tennessee and senator flake of arizona have both announced they're not running for re-election. in your view, is the president remaking the republican party? if he's doing that, is he making i...

>> i think history will look at this president has someone that helped defeat isis, who built an economy that was stronger than it's been in several decades, that brought unemployment to a 16-year low, created over 1.7 million jobs since being elected. i think those are the things that people care about, not some petty comments from senator corker and senator flake. i think they're a lot more concerned about the big policy initiatives that this president is driving, including historic tax cuts which we'll get done by the end of the year and focus on other things. those are the things this pres...