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The people who were in the meeting were gathered around and at some point tillerson said the president is a moron. and that was overheard, he said it loud enough to be overheard by a number of people. and some of those people were upset about that. it's not clear that this got back to the president. somebody had said that none of trump's -- it wasn't like jared kushner or ivanka trump or the family members were around, so it's not clear that anyone would have actually told the president that, but that sets the stage for just how tense things had gotten at that point. >> well, i actually heard ...

The one we dropped on hiroshima. >> general mccaffrey, was it notable that the administration put mattis out over the weekend? was it notable what general mattis said? and in your view, is diplomacy going to get us anywhere in this thing? >> what a great way to phrase that question. i think it was extremely important that it was to take note that it was secretary mattis flanked by the chairman of the jcs, joe dunford. i think his language was categorica categorical. he didn't talk about any attack on the u.s. or allies. he talked about threats, and he talked about the annihilation of a people,...

That program. this was a very powerful nuclear test. hydrogen bomb. five times more powerful than the one we dropped on hiroshima. >> general mccaffrey, was it notable that the administration put mattis out over the weekend? was it notable what general mattis said? and in your view, is diplomacy going to get us anywhere in this thing? >> what a great way to phrase that question. i think it was extremely important that it was to take note that it was secretary mattis flanked by the chairman of the jcs, joe dunford. i think his language was categorical. he didn't talk about any attack on the u.s...

Put mattis out over the weekend? was it notable what general mattis said? and in your view, is diplomacy going to get us anywhere in this thing? >> what a great way to phrase that question. i think it was extremely important that it was to take note that it was secretary mattis flanked by the chairman of the jcs, joe dunford. i think his language was catego categorical. he didn't talk about any attack on the u.s. or allies. he talked about threats, and he talked about the annihilation of a people, that's code work for nuclear weapons. so i think we're -- i think sue's got it entirely right. th...