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♪ >> martha: nikki haley, the former ambassador to the united nations claims that she was approached by rex tillerson and john f. kelly while they were serving in president trump's cabinet to join their efforts to undermine his presidency and "save the country." >> nikki: it absolutely happened. instead of saying that to me, they should have said that to the president, not asking me to join them on their sidebar plan. it should have been go tell the president what your differences are" if you don't like what he's doing. to undermine the president is really a dangerous thing. it goes against ...

Undermining the president or saving the republic. that was a real debate taking place inside the white house among some of the president's senior-most advisers. then secretary of state rex tillerson and then chief of staff, john kelly, confiding in then ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley. this is according to the new book out tomorrow by nikki haley. she takes those two men to task. according to the "washington post," the debate was sparked over whether to cut off u.s. funding to a u.n. agency that served palestinian refugees. hailey claims tillerson and kelly tried to recruit her t...

Their sidebar plan. it should have been, go tell the president what your differences are and quit if you don't like what he's doing. but to undermine a president is really a very dangerous thing, and it goes against the constitution, and it goes against what the american people want. and it was offensive. >> now, john kelly responded. he said if providing the president, quote, with the best and most open legal and ethical staffing advice from across the government so he could make an informed decision is working against trump, then guilty as charged. maryland senator ben cardin is joining us n...

It's from a top official who says she resisted efforts to undermine presidential authority. nikki haley's new book is "with all due respect: defending america with grit and grace." there is this excerpt about haley's time as ambassador of the united nations. she said, kelly and tillerson confided in me that when they resisted the president, they weren't being insubordinate, they were trying to save the country. >> when they said that to me, they should have said that to the president, not asking me to join their sidebar plan. it should have been go tell the president what your differences are ...

Senators tried to get her to joining them in ousting president trump. they confided in me when they resisted the president, they weren't being insubordinate, they were trying to save the country. it was their decisions and not the presidents that were in the best interest of america. the president didn't know what he was doing. haley talked about this on cbs with both kelly and tillerson. you. >> memorialized that conversation, it definitely happened in. >> it absolutely happened. and instead of saying that to me, they should have been saying that to the president. not asking me to join them o...