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Announcement that more republicans will follow. >> i believe more of them will speak out in the future. i hope we have reached a tipping point of some type where we don't continue to normalize by being silent the behavior we have seen. i felt it was important to give a speech and i hope we move in a different direction. >> this morning the president said senator flake and bob corker are just sore losers. he writes they had zero chance of being elected now act so hurt and wounded. this is continuing clearly this morning. our joe johns is at the white house with the latest. flake says more repub...

Re-election in 2018. >> do we know what the president's reaction was to senator flake's statement? >> senator flake's statement is similarly blistering today, but the president was actually pleased with the fact flake decided not to run for re-election. no love lost between these two men, and trump feels it's another critic who's getting out of washington. the caveat is flake's not getting out of washington until 2018. when trump moves forward, he now has bob corker as well as senator flake who can speak freely about their concerns. >> the president made a witt to republicans on capitol hill. ...

>> both senator flake and corker highly respected on the hill, what are the senators you've been talking to saying about all this? >> it's an interesting thing, you talk to republicans. there were many who gave a standing ovation on the floor not a lot. it was democrats i felt that were the most jarred but what they'd seen. take a listen, i caught up with senator corey booker, not just about the individual or the man but about the institution on the whole. >> i think this is a sign, a terrible sign. unfortunately these signs are glowing, flashing neon signs that the institution is breaking dow...

Are using to save for retirement. >> again, jeff flake addresses this head-on. they say people dismiss the president's behavior as just a businessman or a new normal. and if you don't speak out, you are complicit in the president's actions, which he doesn't see as good. do you think that the senator then was out of line, essentially calling the rest of you complicit in the president's behavior? >> you know, first of all, i want to compliment senator flake. i think jeff flake is a good friend. i think he's done a great job as a senator. he's voted with president trump, i believe, about 95% of t...

When they lose their lives, it ought to be on those families who basically suffer probably the most terrible sacrifice that anymore family can suffer. that's what we ought to be focusing on. as to how condolences are delivered or who said what, i frankly think that both sides ought to put this issue aside and focus on the important thing, which is how do we prevent the kind of wars that are going to take the lives of more americans in the future. >> neil: north korea, many critics including republican senator flake and corker have faulted the president for heightening the tensions and maybe ma...