>> i would prefer he not. >> i would still go with marsha blackburn. >> bob corker needs to step up. secretary of state. >> he loves you and he wants the best for you. the republican nominee for president, donald trump! >> reporter: but things have soured since trump took office. corker tweeting the white house had become an adult daycare center and suggested the president could set the nation on the path toward world war iii. >> it appears to me that it's almost deinvolving. >> reporter: if corker enters, it will be a test of how far a republican lawmaker can go criticizing donald trump and still be embraced by voters. if bob corker jumps in, you would have two republican candidates. what is the difference between you and bob corker? >> i am a solid conservative that will support our president. >> and bob corker hasn't done that? >> i am a solid, consist sent conservative who is going to support a conservative agenda and our president. thanks. >> and von hilliard joins me now onset. von, that was a great back and forth there with her. clearly didn't want to go where you wanted her t

that's why bob corker would want to step in, because bob corker could win this race, apparently.ob corker has something against him. he's not -- president trump is not a huge fan of bob corker. >> no, not so much. >> not so much. >> so bob corker might have a little -- resistance from 1,600 pennsylvania. >> maybe some apologizing to do. >> molly and josh, thank you very much for being with us for this last hour. i appreciate you joining us. coming up after the break, we are going to talk about the stunning, stunning final run leading to an another gold medal for champion snowboarder shaun white. we'll talk about how he made winter games history with his two halfpipe runs. we've got a live report from south korea on this show, coming up. woman: i'm a fighter. always have been. when i found out i had age-related macular degeneration, amd, i wanted to fight back. my doctor and i came up with a plan. it includes preservision. only preservision areds 2 has the exact nutrient formula recommended by the national eye institute to help reduce the risk of progression of moderate to advance

corker, i don't know bob corker from a hole in the wall. i guarantee you that anyone who talks to bob corker who knows him would say he is leaving because he hates the way the senate works. he has resented the leadership of the senate since he got to the senate. they have stifled everything he has tried to do. and look, i need to add one thing to put my comments in context because my comments are a harsh criticism of the current leader, mitch mcconnell. i didn't come to that with any great enthusiasm. i came to that by studying the situation. i don't believe in singling out individuals for blame. i think that he has played an extraordinary destructive role. and the thing i wanted to basically say about it is because we have the trump presidency, almost everything else looks like some modification or some version of politics as normal, usual politics. and i'm suggesting that mitch mcconnell's leadership of the senate is not, that it crossed way across the line. it's not politics as usual. it's not the senate the way it is supposed to work. i

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try our high protein drink. >> dana: on this midterm monday we turn the spotlight on senator bob corker the tennessee republican reportedly says he is not changing his mind about retiring at the end of his term, though some colleagues have approached corker about running for re-election. a senior adviser confirms the senator stands by his decision, saying if it's true that senator corker has been encouraged by people across tennessee and in the senate to reconsider his decision, but at this point, nothing has changed. as you may know, congress woman marcia black burn is running to replace corker in november. immigration front and center on capitol hill. the senate kicking off a rare open debate as senate offers to protect illegal immigration. alex, you know a lot about senate procedure. how unusual is this? >> it is very unusual. rarely does a bill come to the floor where really nobody knows what the final outcome is gonna be. i think every member, every senator who has ideas about immigration reform will be able to offer their amendment and hopefully we can get around something that ca

bob corker said nothing has changed as of now.is he really thinking about not retiring. >> i don't think he can win. i don't know the thought. at this point, and blackburn has come out very hard against him. because if he got in the race, it would put her in a real pickle. you have to still consider her the front runner but there's another congressman trying to get to the right of her. that would leave her caught between the well known current senator and this outsider. it would be a tough spot. she needs to get one of her flanks covered in what will be a competitive general election. >> dana: i think it was trent franks from arizona who said that if somebody can get to his right, he'd vote for him, too. >> he said god help him. >> dana: exactly. chris, thank you. >> you bet. >> dana: hundreds of civilians killed this past weekend in syria and growing concerns the government may be using chemical weapons. we're live in the region. he's a decorated veteran and former navy seal who just gave new meaning to the term returning for con

. >> brennan: senator bob corker, chairman of senate foreign relations committee, said "every one of us should pray rex tillerson and jim mattis are successful over the course of the next eight to ten months, diplomatically, or our nation is going to be facing one of the greatest military decisions that we face." eight to ten months. that's how much time you have to get this done? >> tillerson: i'm going to use all the time available to me. our diplomatic efforts will continue until that first bomb drops. my job is to never have a reason for the first bomb to drop. and we don't know precisely how much time is left on the clock. >> brennan: you seem to have convinced the president that diplomacy is the way to go on this, but it wasn't always so clear. back in october, you said you were working to get a dialogue going with the north koreans, and the president tweeted, "rex, stop wasting your time trying to negotiate with little rocket man." have you asked him not to call him "little rocket man?" ( laughter ) is that a diplomatic term? >> tillerson: the president's going to-- the presid

when the tax bill passed, the only senator who was positioning himself as a deficit hawk was bob corkernnessee, a more moderate conservative member of the senate. he this sided he would go along with the tax bill -- he decided he would go along with the tax bill in the final vote. the deficit hawk is an endangered species in congress. vonnie: we will check back in with you, much appreciated. our congressional reporter. julie: time for the bloomberg business flash, the biggest business stories in the news. another sign credit suisse is under pressure to cut costs, the bank has told some teams and switzerland that now is the ideal time to consider a leave or sabbatical. they say the said of the swiss universal banking unit wants to cut jobs by the end of the year. john paulson is moving to the stymie office, he shot to fame with a that the housing market would collapse. relocate to 1133 the avenues of the america. l.l. bean's lifetime guarantee is no longer, starting today the retailer is imposing a one-year limit for most returns. they say at the us and fraud doubled in the past five yea

by the way, bob corker $1.5 trillion -- came out against today's spending bill agreement though.it adds to the deficit. we'll be right back. with fidelity wealth management you get straightforward advice, tailored recommendations, tax-efficient investing strategies, and a dedicated advisor to help you grow and protect your wealth. fidelity wealth management. but prevagen helps your brain anwith an ingredientlth. originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember. . >>> time for the lid, the panel is back. all right, cornel, choose your own adventure right now in trying to assess the midterm landscape. you look at the republicans ticking up a little bit. the generic ballot seems to have narrowed a bit. maybe this won't be a tsunami, maybe a category 2. the democrats are now saying we're now targeting 101 house seats. how confident are you as a democrat, about the narrowing of the numbers, although today's nonsense notwithstanding. >> i think the underlying dynamics are still popular for th

. >>> well, it's official, after flirting with another potential senate run, republican bob corker nows sticking with his original plan, he will retire from the senate, despite pleas from his fellow republicans. let's get the inside scoop from nbc news senior political editor mark murray. kimberly atkins, boston herald, and msnbc contributor. and sabrina sadicky, for the guardian. corker decide to bow out for real? >> yes, the back story, he was having legitimate second thoughts after saying that he wasn't going to run for re-election in september. then of course back in september, he had said many critical comments about president trump, questioned his stability, his competence, even mentioned perhaps we could be on a path to world war iii. in the last several months, corker has not been critical of the president at all, has tried to wham up to him, particularly as he tries to construct some type of deal on the nuclear deal. but ultimately it was going to be very difficult for corker to win against marsha blackburn, the republican congresswoman from tennessee. particularly as the race

i'm really hoping a democrat can win the seat that's been vacated by bob corker. who's running for marsh's seat, as he has been held hostage for so many years. but right now, i'm not a candidate. and would you back oprah winfrey, for example? much talk post—golden globes of her being possiblu presidential material, if she wants it, if she has the ambition. if she... you know, she's clearly a genuinely exceptional human being, and she has a capacity to bring people together, which is maybe the single greatest balm and healing glue that our nation needs right now. what i really heard, and what she said the other night, and i was mere feet away from her, was one person can spark change, that then inflames a second person, who may go on to do something that changes the whole world. let's end by returning to your own industry and yourfuture in it. having experienced what you experienced, do you want a future in it? i do, i love acting and i love being creative. and it's given me so much, it's given me the opportunity to work with the unfpa, and be with grassroots organ

republican senator bob corker is reconsidering his decision to retire.listening closely to people in his home state who want him to run for reelection. he's a strong critic of critic -- president trump, who called him a coward for not seeking a third term. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. tom: from stability in the markets let's go through equities, bonds, currencies, commodities. futures bounced nicely, dow futures up 110. accrued oil am watching as it breaks through $60, that's american crude. mixvix 23.47, that's a big move over the last 48 hours from . 27 level down to 23 complacency relative to the 50 vix we saw in the heat a week ago. print-yen with a 106 earlier this morning. a little bit of weakness, but nonetheless, stronger yen and i had to do oil twice on american oil because that is a stunning number. where are we in the equity market? we need to see a picture of stability and we do that with the dow jones industrial average was little bit of history involved. the 200 day mo

shery: we have seen reports from the new york times that senator bob corker of tennessee is reconsideringement. he needs the support of president trump first. how important will president trump be for all these candidates in the republican party and can they still run without president trump's support? lanhee: i think it is going to be difficult if the president is in opposition. if he is completely in opposition to a republican candidate, that will pose significant problems. can they take a more nuanced view? perhaps. you will see most republicans dealing the need -- feeling the need to have the support of the president and vice versa for them to be supportive of the president if the going to be successful. inwill be a challenge the majority of districts to be anti-trump. in some it may be ok, but a lot of it will be back to the old axiom that all politics is local. david:.thank you for being with us today lanhee chen. great to have you. lanhee: thank you. a quieter approach to punishing bad conduct on wall street. why there are not as many rest releases on sanctions and fines. this is b

senator bob corker is reconsidering his decision to retire.erson says that he is listening closely to people in his home state that want him to run for reelection. he is a strong critic of president trump, calling the critic of president trump, who calls corker a coward for not seeking another term. at handler of the champion the westminster dog show says that it will be flynn's final year at the competition, he turns six in march. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm courtney donohoe. vonnie: thank you. let's get back to a busy day in the d.c. beltway. a bipartisan group of senators has reached consensus on a path to citizenship for so-called dreamers. we are joined now by kevin cirilli, live at the white house. this is the latest iteration of a potential path to citizenship for dreamers. is there any hope from the president, in this susan collins group proposal? kevin: it may just be what susan collins needs to reach an immigration bill that is -- deal that is supported by the busin

whether it be mitt romney in utah or getting bob corker to , theyain in tennessee clearly are payingore attention to it. mitt romney and president trump, all you have to do is look at their twitter feeds from six months ago, they didn't have a lot of kind things to say about each other. the president has previously endorsed people who didn't like him and vice versa. reminder ofrt of when mitt romney was being interviewed for secretary of state and he had that hostage video look. this was like a hostage tweet. we will see how that goes. vonnie: thank you for the wonderful context. shery: time now for the bloomberg business flash. profits rose to a three-year high -- it was less than expected. the ceo tells bloomberg tv the company is utilizing shale sales to pay down debt. >> what we have been able to do is to take our debt, safe haven below 15 -- west will continue to pay it down. our that has been cleared, capital for the next few years will not exceed $8 million. shery: the ceo expects a significant amount of shall profit to be returned to shareholders. qualcomm has raised its bid

. >> cnn is told that in recent days, senator bob corker of tennessee floated the idea of changing his, this is a big butt, when the idea was broached with mitch mcconnell, it was that it is a nonstarter. you might recall last year he questions the president's competitikp competence and then he got the nickname little bob. one source says in recent days that the president will "have no part of it." thank it for "inside politics." state of the union is next with jake tapper including a sit down with kellyanne conway. enjoy that. directv has been rated #1 in customer satisfaction over cable for 17 years running. but some people still like cable. just like some people like banging their head on a low ceiling. drinking spoiled milk. camping in poison ivy. getting a papercut. and having their arm trapped in a vending machine. but for everyone else, there's directv. for #1 rated customer satisfaction over cable, switch to directv and get a $200 reward card. call 1.800.directv ♪ ♪ there are two types of people in the world. those who fear the future... and those who embrace it. the future is

jeff flake, he's been a friend but he proved to be durably unpopular in a lot of these people like bob corker, i know he's reconsidering his race, he wouldn't have won this primary and if he runs again, he will lose. the polls are very rough on republicans who told us it was morally unacceptable to support donald trump after a year of seeing donald trump as president, these republican primary voters don't want to hear from these naysaying moderate republican incumbents, they actually want them to go away. >> particularly since donald trump has governed as much more as a conservative than anybody, even some of his supporters thought he would be on tax policy and d regulations and his toughness with our enemies abroad, by the way you have a big event or you will be part of a big event coming up this week, the president will be speaking and the vice president as well. it comes at a time when that awful shooting is still clear in our memory and the possibility of some kind of deal on at least renting the background checks for gun purchases. how will that do for the president when he speaks in fro

he's not even writing but word that tennessee senator bob corker is rethinking his retirement alreadyas one campaign ramping up the rhetoric. the spokeswoman for congresswoman marsha blackburn's senate campaign says anyone who doubts that she can win in november is a sexist pig. if they are worried about ego driven tired old men. corker announced his retirement back in september but some republicans think he could lose the seat to democratic governor phil preston. republican congressman kevin kramer initially decided not to run against a freshman democratic senator heidi heitkamp. she is thought to be one of the most vulnerable senators this cycle. kramer tells fox news he will make a decision by the end of this weekend. a left-leaning public policy group wants to -- citing cyber security concerns per the center for american progress takes you to report this week rep -- colo secretary of state defended the practice saying that state has incorporated enough safeguards and someone who works on a submarine should be allowed to vote. plenty of room for improvement but entering the second

convention was in atlanta and ashton kutcher was there with the co-founder of thorn and senator bob corker and gary hagan and rebecca, a survivor, but the impact that ashton had on the audience was 48,000 rot arians from 160 countries. the impact of him telling the story not just of catching the criminal, but also understanding why they do what they do and trying to help them with that, they do amazing work, as well. i appreciate their work and you're exactly right. thank you for that. nicole, let's turn to ups. ups is an amazing organization doing the research and getting ready for this. in 2016, they delivered 4.9 billion packages. they're everywhere in every home, and so the training that you do with your employees, but also like i say, they're everywhere and we've had amazing discussions just like the super bowl in atlanta and other things that we'll do as we go through the panel. >> thanks for your commitment, too. >> thank you for having us, david. >> and thank you to the department of justice for hosting this panel and bringing together the folks from the business community. it's an

little bob corker.s of previous littles led one critic to tweet he has run out of nicknames, dude, really has a sub third grade vocabulary. >> he attacked me some months as calling me sleazy adam schiff. now it is little adam schiff which seems better. >> would have preferred shifty schiff. clear, the president doesn't believe little comes a long way. speaking his own lingo. one day saying my iq is much higher than these people. >> i am nonbraggadocious. >> even a supporter can't keep a straight face. >> don't worry about it little marco. >> cnn jeanne moos. >> thank you for joining us, anderson is next. >>> good evening, at the end of a full and harrow are day which included a record day on wall street. and president trump accusing of unamerican for not clapping. talking about the nunes memo on saturday, the president tweeted this memo vindicates trump and probe. no collusion and no

. >>> let's come back to bob corker, hamlet of tennessee. we first reported this a few weeks ago.lleagues about getting back in. now he's home this weekend and a lot of people thought he would announce he was getting back in. now he's out for good, right? >> seems to be. he had a challenger raising a lot of money that was supported by the conservative wing and the establishment. in more cases than not, they would end up being more favorable. the difference was marge blackburn was there and made it clear she was not stepping down. >> once he said he was out, i was told he got back in this time and conservatives were ready to step forward, and then that he was getting in. >> senator corker says he's getting out of the race, someone steps into the breach and there was no undoing that for corker who was on the more liberal side of the spectrum for the senate. >> remember, this is a republican seat that democrats are at least hoping they can get republicans to spend money in, because they have a very popular former governor on the democratic side who wis going t run and could give barb

jeff flake of arizona, bob corker of tennessee, and utah's orrin hatch.peaking out for the very first time since he accidentally pushed that button that sent an entire state into panic, hear how the former hawaii state worker who set a false missile alert last month feels about his mistake. >>> plus, charges for the man who sold ammunition to stephen paddock shortly before the las vegas massacre. why he claims there was no way he could have known what would happen when he made the sale. >> revulsion, sickness, horrified that this man would do something like that. probably one of the most horrible things i had ever been told or heard (avo) help control cravings and lose weight with contrave. it's fda-approved to help adults who are overweight or struggle with obesity lose weight and keep it off. contrave is believed to work on two areas of the brain: your hunger center... i'm so hungry. (avo) and your reward system... ice cream. french fries. (avo) to help control cravings. one ingredient in contrave may increase suicidal thoughts or actions in some childr

jeff flake from arizona and bob corker from tennessee. they are also two members whose votes are going to be tough for leadership to sway with some sort of favor because they are both retiring. dana? >> dana: what about democrats in the senate? are they likely to vote for it? and what are they thinking about house leader, minority leader nancy pelosi, because she is saying they will not vote for it. >> reporter: on the senate side, democrats that i have spoken to are saying there's really nothing they can do now that nancy pelosi is basically trying to tank the deal that she negotiated with chuck shumer, paul ryan and mitch mcconnell. >> we can't control the discussion in the house. i'm sure there's going to be a variety of opinions in the house of representatives. we'll have a chance to debate an immigration bill next week that hopefully will pass the senate and can pass the house. so we'll cross one bridge at a time. >> reporter: even though pelosi and schumer appear to be on totally different wave lengths with this spending bill, there

we have a former senior adviser, bob corker, and our panel, "politico" nancy cook and nick johnson, both of whom accidently wore blue today although it was barred from the set. let me talk through this fight that is happening now between president trump, between adam schiff, republican and democrat. president reprizing a nickname he gave your former boss, "little," for adam schiff. how does that play out for the memo? >> republicans in the committee made clear they want the memo released too. i think you're going to see a very bipartisan vote today from the committee to release the memo, and it'll go to the preponderate with five days to object. if he objects, it goes to a vote in the whole house. if the whole house overturns the objection, they release the memo. >> should republicans do this? back the releasing of the democratic memo? >> absolutely. to be frank with you, they should have done it at the same time. it's actually problematic because what happened now with the just republican memo coming out is it headacmakes a politicn behind the memo so if you believe there was abuse, a q

. >>> plus, is bob corker about to become a candidate again for his own seat? von hilliard brings us the murky state of play from memphis, tennessee. >>> but first, the mass shooting in parkland, florida, did not produce the same old gun debate. it has been the voices of students that have made this one different. they have organized marches, flooded the state house in tallahassee, and demanded action from elected officials. some are listening. florida's republican governor rick scott who has an a-plus rating with the nra announced a proposal that includes banning firearm sales to anyone younger than 21. >> i think most members in nra agree with me, this is logical. i'm sure there are going to be some that disagree. but i'm a dad and a grand dad and a governor. i want my state to be safe. i want every child to be in a safe environment when they're trying to be educated. >> meanwhile, a cnn pole released today showed 7 in 10 americans support stricter gun laws, up from over 50% in october. but congress returns tomorrow, and the question remains. what happens nex

indiana and tennessee where bob corker is rethinking his retirement. then there are the toss-up's., missouri, north dakota, west virginia florida where president trump is already endorsed outgoing governor rick scott. november's 36 governors races representing opportunities for democrats. >> the issues are different. they are not turning on federal issues. they have a different governing style and not tied inextricably to donald trump or republicans in congress. >> in the house were democrats need to flip 24 seats to win control, democratic candidates have a 6.5. edge on a ballot. they are counting on a different number to carry them. president trump's approval. 38.8%. >> democrats have not come up with a unifying message. what are they going to say to the american people other then we don't like trump. unfortunately for republicans, that might be enough. >> another pillar of the democratic strategy is to criticize the tax reform bill. the same tax form bill republicans think is their biggest advantage. i have obtained internal rnc polling that shows most voters in seven swing stat

. >> this is neither here nor there, but why do you have to share a nickname with bob corker and marco rubio and kim jong un. >> the last one was sleazy, now it's little adam schiff which is an improvement is he warming up to me? that's also continuifusinconfus. >>> let's bring in chris cillizza and associate editor for realclearpolitics a.b. stoddard. it was interesting as i was listening to the ranking member talk to alisyn about the member. in a way they're precasting aspersions on what the democrats will do. they're suggesting i'm not so sure the president is going to release this. we think the president may stand in the way of this. democrats i think like the political position they've put the president in, chris. >> i think they should candidly. if you are for transparency, you're for transparency. that was the argument behind the release of the nunes memo. that argument i think still holds true with the memo that congressman schiff wrote. the issue here is one of those two memos affirm -- we know affirmed a belief that the president of the united states has that there is a deep

fox news confirms multiple republican senators have spoken with bob corker about reconsidering his plansre from the senate. kroger's office says he is listening closely. that issue could impact the balance of power. it shows tennessee congresswoman marsha blackburn could potentially lose the seat to fill medicine blackburn's campaign says she has no plans to step aside if corker reenters the campaign, and says "anyone thinks marsha blackburn can't win an election is just a plain sexist pig." major conflicts tonight between the fbi and the white house on the rob porter security clearance story. we'll talk about the time and with panel when we come back. as the world leader in unmanned aerial systems, we're attracting the world's best talent to central new york. and turning the airport into a first-class transportation hub. all while growing urban areas into vibrant places to live and work. across new york state, we're building the new new york. to grow your business with us in new york state, visit esd.ny.gov. tempur-pedic delivers. only tempur material precisely conforms to your weight,

bob corker apparently is trying to mend some fences and figure out whether or not he wants to run for his senate seat again. and this is somebody who, you know, called the white house a day care center and said that the attendant was obviously missing, guy. >> yeah, so i -- on corker i don't think that's going to be a move that works well for him if he decides to reverse his decision to retire. i think his likely opponent in that race, marsha blackburn has a big lead on him and would probably enjoy the support of most tennessee republicans. but to the broader point that you brought up in the "new york times" and some of the critics coming around, when a president wins, and is now the most powerful person on earth, and he is from your party, it behooves you in many cases to find ways to come together and get on his team because in some ways he is a blank slate. i don't think he is an ideological conservative at heart. but, getting his ear and convincing him of things when he is the decisionmaker is something that i think is, you know, of a political instinct comes out. and it makes sen

we should know before friday whether or not republican senator bob corker will change his mind and instead seek re-election this year in tennessee according to two sources. corker who has battled with president trump and referred to the white house at some times as a, quote, adult daycare center, announced last year that he was going to leave the senate, but there are signs he is reconsidering. last week his spokesperson said, quote, the senator has been encouraged to reconsider his decision and is listening closely. now, congresswoman marsha blackburn is running for the senate and she say she will stay in the race regardless of what corker chooses to do saying, quote, anyone who thinks marsha blackburn can't win a general election is just a plain sexist pig. she's the best fundraiser in the country and is beating the potential democratic nominee in several polls. we aren't worried about these ego drip tired old on men. ouch. now, both corker and blackburn are in the race. it could be quite a fiery primary. and the more contentious, it actually is how a democrat can win in a place like ten

between little by the president, as he referred to adam schiff and little dd as he referred to bob corker. a conversation for another day. >> reporter: we'll drill down on that, chris. >> we move on. a lot to talk about. the president of law enforcement legal defense fund and a former assistant director at the fbi. a legal analyst and former special watergate prosecutor. ned price is an msnbc national security analyst and an nsc spokesman under president obama. i do think is fascinating about whether or not tray gowdy gives folks some cover. what do you think will happen here? >> i'm a little less confident in what the white house will put out specifically the notion that they will put a memo that's the miror image of the republican memo. not a single word was redacted from the republican memo even though there were elements quite sensitive. meaning a long time fbi source going into the fisa process, talking about specific investigative steps. remember what the president said even before the white house had received the memo, long before the president had even read the republican memo, 10

>> let's pretend you're back on capitol hill on the north side of the capitol there hitting in bob corker'sd you hear what we heard from the president, we'll see, blaming the democrats to where things stand now. what's the path forward as you see it on the thorny issues of daca and the dreamers in particular? >> yeah, look, it's a really hard thing to know. the president laid out his sort of version of the deal here over the last few days and weeks in the state of the union. he's sort of made clear what his position is. problem is, there doesn't appear to be a real negotiation taking place among the parties on this question, so the senate, republicans and democrats, have been talking about trying t find a middle groundhere, but we haven heard what the deal looks like or the parameters of any deal. so i think the real challenge is, doesn't look like anybody is willing to come to the center and find middle ground. president is going to have to give a little, democrats, republicans, if we are going to see a daca deal done. >> let me ask your perspective on this. we're talking about this in a p

avoided a top-tier challenger when cramer announced he would not run last month and tennessee's bob corkerg whether he can seek a third term in the senate despite announcing his retirement. "the new york times" reporting corker's allies believe he will have to win president trump's support referring to the white house as adult day care. do you think he will get the support of the president? corker continued to duck questions about it. take a listen. >> senator, are you reconsidering running for re-election? >> i don't have anything to talk about today. thank you. >> that's not a no. >> not a no. >> i know. >> meanwhile the senate campaign of marsha blackburn dismissed establishment republicans who fear she can't win to hold corker's seat. a spokesperson said anyone with concerns about her chances, quote, is just a plain sexist pig. >> wow. democrats have flipped another state-level seat and once again it comes in a district president trump won in 2016. in a special election yesterday, democrat margaret good defeated republican james buchanan by more than seven points in a district trump wo

romney will not be quite as vocal as, you know, some of these other people who are retiring -- >> bob corkeri expect it will be on an issue by issue basis. he won't necessarily go after the president's character. so, people may be unsatisfied by what they end up finding with romney. >> mitt rom niney is a strategi guy. interesting to watch this play out. jonathan, thank you so much. he might not know much about dog >>> i think greenery. i just naugthought greenery. >> how about the markets? >> we'll look at donald trump jr.'s business moves. he'll be delivering a foreign policy speech. is it a conflict of interest? there are ordinary eggs... and then there's the best. we like cage free, and which ones just taste fresher and more flavorful? only eggland's best. we prefer organic, and which ones have 6 times more vitamin d and 25% less saturated fat? only eggland's best. my family deserves the best, and which egg is the best in so many ways? only eggland's best. better taste, better nutrition, better eggs. for her compassion and care. he spent decades fighting to give families a second chance.

even though his fellow republicans hope he will reconsider, senator bob corker is standing by his decisionto seek a third term. corker reconsidered retiring in mid-february after a group of establishment republicans argued that without him, the gop could lose the seat and their narrow senate majority to the democrats this november. however, congresswoman marsha blackburn the gop frontrunner vowed to stay in the race even if he re-entered. blackburn has been a known ally to president trump since his 2016 campaign. so if corker was to re-enter the race and stand the chance of winning, analysts say he would need to win the approval of the president who remains popular in tennessee. >>> and last night democrats flipped their 38th and 39th legislative seats since donald trump became president and democrats picked up a statehouse seat that has been held by republicans for more than 40 years. and in a city that trump won by 13 points in 2016, democrats won by 7 points flipping a statehouse seat from republican to democrat. the fifth time that has happened in new hampshire over just this past year

meanwhile, senator bob corker is also expected to announce on friday if he'll reconsider his retirement run for re-election. two sources telling nbc news that if he runs, corker will take the on congresswoman marsha blackburn who announced her candidacy for the tennessee's vacated u.s. senate seat back in oak. republicans are concerned that blackburn could lose the soot seat to a democratic governor. if corker decides to run, she will not drop out. >>> and president trump appears to be letting his guard down when it comes to one of the most capital targets of his presidency, the media. the white tie dinner usually features dozens of journalists and politicians dining and performing comedic numbers and telling jokes about lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. trump opted not to attend last year's dinner. he skipped two other staples of the d.c. social scene where an appearance by the president is usually routine, the alfalfa dinner and the white house correspondent's dinner. the white house says there is no decision that has been made yet about the president attending this year's white h

i got a statement before we came on the air from bob corker, who was originally against the tax bill. he said he thinks it costs too much money. he is retiring. president trump has never signalled much of an interest in attacking debt or the deficit. this is his party now. you see it in the fact that so many republicans are willing to line up and vote for this bill. >> it is his party. if you look at president trump's background and history, he's an aficionado at racking up debt. >> it troubles a lot of americans, not the president. garrett, we'll probably see you much today. >>> we need to share a bit mfor of andrea mitchell's sit-down with former vice president joe biden. he shared his thoughts about what trump said to democrats at the state of the union. >> reporter: when he accuses democrats of being treasonous, they say it was a joke but when he uses that language against the opposition for not applauding him enough, what is your reaction to that? >> i wonder about his grasp of the role of any president. i wonder as to whether or not everything he does is put into a prism. not ho

jeff flake of arizona, bob corker of tennessee, and utah's orrin hatch. speaking out for the very first time since he accidentally pushed that button that sent an entire state into panic, hear how the former hawaii state worker who set a false missile alert last month feels about his mistake. >>> plus, charges for the man who sold ammunition to stephen paddock shortly before the las vegas massacre. why he claims there was no way he could have known what would happen when he made the sale. >> revulsion, sickness, horrified that this man would do something like that. probably one of the most horrible things i had ever been told or heard of. [ dog groans ] [ coughs and sneezes ] nothing relieves more symptoms than alka seltzer plus maximum strength liquid gels. on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort, your sleep number setting. does your bed do that? right now, save 50% on the ultimate limited edition bed. ends soon. visit sleepnumber.com fora store near you. julie: we are hearing from hawaii so called button pusher for the first tim