discuss this with a very important guest, the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, bob corkerrepublican of tennessee. senator corker, north korea claims that they are giving this big concession and giving up the testing program. but how is that a concession? given that their testing appears to be complete, because they have advanced enough with their nuclear program? >> dana, look, this is a great public relations effort by kim jong-un, and i think people recognize that. i think everyone within the administration and congress approaches this with skepticism and caution, and yet i'm glad the two leaders are talking. i'm glad mike pompeo is helping prepare the way, as are hopefully other officials. we'll see what happens. this is a good public relations move. we'll see -- we want to see some substance, and i hope it occurs. >> so you say it's a public relations move. you don't believe them? do you not believe that they will denuclearize? >> well, i don't think he said anything about denuclearizing on the front end, necessarily. >> forgive me. we'll stop testing. we'll stop testi

good for bob corker. >> you are right. it is very human.s not very political. >> he is not running for anything. he doesn't have to be political. >> this is why republicans in congress are very concerned in the senate because they felt like the senate was in good shape. now they are actually not so sure. the reason why we are talking about this is tennessee, senator corker's seat, could be pivotal. >> that's right. i think a lot of republicans are sort of almost conceding that the house is going to be very, very difficult to hold. it depends. we are still several months out. the senate was more hopeful and i can tell you the last thing that republicans want is to have not just a divided congress but both houses of congress in the hands of the democrats. that would be for the republican party a disaster. >> but it also highlights something that the map is changing every single day. i know we saw seven or eight seats go from strongly republican to leaning republican. you see that but you also have senate seats which are now up for grabs not o

the committee, chaired by senator bob corker. what is the status of support in back committee for the nomination? >> i would say it is close to near certain he does not have support for a favorable recommendation. we have had at least one republican, rand paul, come out against. all democrats with the exception of chris coons. he told me on thursday he is leaning towards voting against mike pompeo, who he voted against for cia director. >> what are rand paul's principal objections so far? said he objected to mike pompeo's military interventionist policies, including his advocacy's for the war in a rock and his advocacy for potential military intervention on iran over its nuclear weapons program during the obama administration. host: you tweeted this about chris coons, saying i am leaning voting against the nomination, final decision yet to be made, foreign relations voting monday evening. give us a sense of why senator cowan and other democrats are opposing his nomination? guest: democrats have cited, in addition to his previous

we'll talk to bob corker about that coming up now. and it may, in fact, be playing into the confirmation decisions over mike pompeo. meanwhile, on the homefront, kristen, we'll review where we stand. mueller and rosenstein still sort of hanging. the president refusing to give them any kind of definitive answer to jennifer jacobs asking about their futures at the news conference yesterday. and now, a lot of other questions about michael cohen dropping the whole case against buzzfeed against their publication of the so-called dossier. michael cohen very much in the middle of so many controversies. the intersection between the nondisclosure agreement that is he negotiated for a variety of women as well as the criminal investigation into his own role and potentially his role in russia because he was the person negotiating in 2015 at the beginning of the campaign for a trump tower in moscow. >> reporter: when you talk to the president's attorneys, andrea, you're absolutely right. they try to downplay the significance of michael cohen. but

the special counsel investigating interference with the 2016 elections. >> bob corker spoke about hisas chairman of the senate foreign relations committee in a recent trip

. >> narrator: even powerful tennessee senator bob corker decided he had had enough. >> bob corker was on the short list to be vice president. he hosted a rally for president trump where two men kind of had a bromance on stage, talked about how great each otherere. but then president trump enters the white house, bob corker sees a real recklessness from president trump. >> narrator: when corker publicly expressed his concerns, trump turned to twitter. >> "i would fully expect corker to be a negative voice and stand in the way of our great agenda. didn't have the guts to run!" (computerized tweeplays) >> narrator: and so did corker.e >> "it's a she white house has become an adult day care center. someone obviously missed their shift this morning (computerized tweet plays) >> for republicans likena tennessee r bob corker, he came out, essentially said that heasn't sure that trump ha the character or the temperament to be president of the united states. wow. (laughs) >> he had a real public break with the president. >> narrator: trump seemed to relish the fight. >> i think it juiced him,

retiring senator bob corker took another turn. corker decided not to go run for reelection.does not have a great election with president trump. he couldn't get elected dog catcher in tennessee. and marsha black burn. she is great on the military and border security and crime and loves and works hard for the people of tennessee and has the full endorsement and i will be there to campaign for her. but corker hesitated to mention his republican colleague that he supports by name. >> the endorsement of blackburn that she should be elected because she vote says for mitch mcconnell. >> well, now, i am supporting the nominee. i've worked with the nominee for sometime and i don't know what else to say. >> hum. tennessee congresswoman blackburn responded to that for me. what's that about? >> everybody is going to have opinion and i am focused on november beating my opponent and making certain that i do the job of representing the good people of tennessee and u.s. senate and voting for what they want. more tax cuts and securing the southern border and conservative judges on the suprem

one of them bob corker will join us next to talk about that and more. to take the crown. presenting the all-new lexus ls 500 and ls 500h. experience amazing, at your lexus dealer. but having his parents over was enlightening. ♪ you don't like my lasagna? no, it's good. -hmm. -oh. huh. [ both laugh ] here, blow. blow on it. you see it, right? is there draft in here? i'm telling you, it's so easy to get home insurance on progressive.com. progressive can't save you from becoming your parents. but we can save you money when you bundle home and auto. progressive can't save you from becoming your parents. i'm all-business when i, travel... even when i travel... for leisure. so i go national, where i can choose any available upgrade in the aisle - without starting any conversations- -or paying any upcharges. what can i say? control suits me. go national. go like a pro. looking for a hotel that fits... whoooo. ...your budget? tripadvisor now searches over... ...200 sites to find you the... ...hotel you want at the lowest price. grazi, gino! find a price that fits. tripadvisor. th

want to talk more about that with the chair of the senate foreign relations committee, bob corker. senator corker, thank you for joining us. the president struck a more optimistic note after the announcement from kim jong-un about freezing nuclear tests and closing major test site. the the president saying, this is very good news for north korea and the world. big progress. look forward to our summit. do you share that optimism? >> i'm glad they're meeting. i think all of us look at this with great caution and skepticism. it's been going on for 25 years. obviously, kim jong-un has learned a lot about public relations and is setting it up well for him. i think everyone around this looks at it as just the beginning. may lead to something. may not. let's make sure the meeting and the context for it is set up in the appropriate manner. >> let's dig into what that means. a lot of people have pointed out that the concessions that kim jong-un has made are pretty easily reversible. he's made them before. >> that's right. >> it sets up the expectation for concessions from president trump. so

>> i want to talk about little bob corker as someone of even stature. l to me. and i definitely disagree with his comments this morning. back to secretary of state nominee pompeo. i think it was a good move sending him there, not only because he is the secretary of state designate but also his personality. he's voluble, he can communicate well, he knows the incident inside and out. the question is should we get optimistic about what's happening now? i would say no. you know the saying, it's going to get worse before it gets better. i think it will get better and then worse again. >> what would the outcome of the meeting be between president trump and kim jong-un? what do we want out of that meeting? >> what we want is relationship-building, laying the groundwork for further talks. this is the work of a year or two. i think we should also be realistic. i don't think kim jong-un is going to give up his nuclear weapons, i truly don't. and if i was his adviser, i'm not sure i would tell him to do so. i think the second thing we want is to get china involved.

bob corker, senator corker was saying okay, well, it's over now. i think there's a more serious message here which is about what is likely to happen if democrats take the senate in november, next year. i don't think any of the appellate court nominees, supreme court judges will get through at all. none, zero. the question is, can even major cabinet no, ma'a nominees get a? >> no. i mean, it's becoming -- the pompeo thing is a benchmark, very historic important event. you think the press would give it more attention. they simply translate it into chaos in the trump cabinet. in fact, what looks like is happening is the democratic party will basically try to prevent the trump presidency from forming a government. they do that by preventing the nominees like the ambassador to germany, he was held up for 18 months and they're only approving him now because angela merkel is in town. this is a nightmare, paul, that could come back to haunt the next democratic president because they are setting this as a precedent and the precedent is that the executive br

bob corker, senator corker was saying okay, well, it's over now.hink there's a more serious message here which is about what is likely to happen if democrats take the senate in november, next year. i don't think any of the appellate court nominees, supreme court judges will get through at all. none, zero. the question is, can even major cabinet no, ma'a nominees get a? >> no. i mean, it's becoming -- the pompeo thing is a benchmark, very historic important event. you think the press would give it more attention. they simply translate it into chaos in the trump cabinet. in fact, what looks like is happening is the democratic party will basically try to prevent the trump presidency from forming a government. they do that by preventing the nominees like the ambassador to germany, he was held up for 18 months and they're only approving him now because angela merkel is in town. this is a nightmare, paul, that could come back to haunt the next democratic president because they are setting this as a precedent and the precedent is that the executive branch

. >> next, retiring tennessee senator, bob corker gives his thoughts about his time in washington. the trump administration inform policy changes facing the u.s. the senate panel looks to improve the immigration court system. house republicans on the agriculture committee push for stricter work requirements. it's part of the farm bill. >> the senate judiciary committee will meet to discuss a bill that requires cause before special prosecutor can be fired. with only a senior justice official to do that firing. sponsored by two republicans and democrats would limit president trumps ability to fire robert mueller. the special counsel investigating interference with the 2016 elections. >> bob corker spoke about his role as chairman of the senate foreign relations committee in a recent trip to north korea by mike penn pao. he looked up bipartisanship in the senate race for his successor. >> our guest today is senator bob corker of tennessee, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. this is his fifth appearance and i hope not his last. welcome. >> senator corker was a successf

. >> next, senator bob corker talks about being chair of the senate foreign relations committee and his relationship with president trump during an event hosted by the christians science monitor. this discussion is one hour. official to do that firing. sponsored by two republicans and democrats would limit president trumps ability to fire robert mueller. the special counsel investigating interference with the 2016 elections. >> bob corker spoke about his role as chairman of the senate foreign relations committee in a recent trip to north korea by mike penn pao. he looked up bipartisanship in the senate race for his successor. >> our guest today is senator bob corker of tennessee, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. this is his fifth appearance and i hope not his last. welcome. >> senator corker was a successful businessman in the construction business before going into politics. he served one term from 2001 to 2005 as mayor. then he ran a race for the senate against harold ford junior, a race that i travel to tennessee to cover. remember shaking your hand in the park and

the committee chairman, bob corker, spoke emotionally after the vote about the bipartisanship that coons displayed. >> i want to thank senator coons for displaying the statesmanship that i've been accustomed to seeing in the senate, and i'm proud of him. i'm proud of our committee and i'm happy for the american people. i think it showed that senators at the right time can do outstanding things. >> the retiring senator there bob corker. well, the full senate is expected to vote on pompeo's nomination this week. >>> president trump's nominee for secretary of veterans affairs may be in trouble. navy doctor ronny jackson currently serves as the president's doctor but sources say serious new allegations of personal and professional misconduct could derail his nomination. those allegations, though, have not yet been confirmed. >>> the suspect in the mass shooting at a nashville waffle house is being held on $2 million bond. police captured the 29-year-old in the woods near his home. they say he was carrying a semiautomatic handgun with ammunition. more questions are being raised about his prev

you're mentioned and i mentioned bob corker and jeff flake. you guys all have the same tone. >> jeff is a buddy of mine. >> you all have the same tone, you don't believe the other side is an enemy of the american people? >> i don't. when i speak to young groups all of the time, do not fall for identity politics. that's what i always tell young people not to do and here a's t problem. it was a craft of the left -- >> it's now practiced on the right. so my concern going forward if i have to be one of these people saying here's my concern of our politics in the state of america today, we should stop playing identity politics. >> james comey, a man of integrity? >> as far as i know. i don't know him very well. >> at his word, would you trust his judgment? >> i'm not going -- >> i understand that, but there's going to be questioning of his integrity and stuff. >> i don't use words like that, and i don't speak like that. you're just going to help him sell books. i've met him two or three times in two or three briefings and i don't know the guy and i

you saw bob corker out for similar reasons. in dean heller, he has decided to take the calculus that he's just going to give the president a giant, big hug and go at it that way, even though that's one of the top states to keep -- >> you remember bob corker. he did a breakfast in town the other day for retiring public defender of d.c. so bob corker said really nice things about him, good mayor, good governor, good businessperson. mcconnell told corker his comments were unhelpful both in the tennessee race and in the larger battle for the senate majority. mcconnell also reminded corker that the republicans were in the current situation only because corker had decided to retire. >> this is so much like grade school. very apt for the current situation. i find today's politics so interesting, because the tea party had a clear, idealogical mooring in a certain way, because you knew you were going to get primaried and your situation was on debt, they were animated by successful spending. i think the objective of candidates today is l

amy: on monday, senate foreign relations committee chairman bob corker, a tennessee republican, and democratic to midi senator tim kaine of virginia introduced legislation to replace the aumf's with a new one. corker and kaine claim their legislation would strengthen congressional oversight. but critics, including the american civil liberties union, warn the proposed legislation would actually expand the authority of president trump and all future presidents to engage in worldwide war without limitations. well, for more, we're joined by faiz shakir, national policy director for the aclu. welcome to democracy now! explain your concern. most people may be very surprised right now saying congress wanted to take the control back from the president. otherwise.s aumf >> if you look at the language senators kaine emcor group proposed, they're offering a limited war to the president of the united states. under this president, we should all be concerned. the specific language says the president may designate various groups to engage in wars against and they can proceed in any country around the world w

amy: on monday, senate foreign relations committee chairman bob corker, a tennessee republican, and democratic to midi senator tim kaine of virginia introduced legislation to replace the aumf's with a new one. corker and kaine claim their legislation would strengthen congressional oversight. but critics, including the american civil liberties union, warn the proposed legislation would actually expand the authority of president trump and all future presidents to engage in worldwide war without limitations. well, for more, we're joined by faiz shakir, national policy director for the aclu. welcome to democracy now! explain your concern. most people may be very surprised right now saying congress wanted to take the control back from the president. otherwise.s aumf >> if you look at the language senators kaine emcor group proposed, they're offering a limited war to the president of the united states. under this president, we should all be concerned. the specific language says the president may designate various groups to engage in wars against and they can proceed in any country around the world w

next, tennessee republican senator bob corker discusses his role as chair of the senate foreign relations committee, as well as the recent trip to north korea by mike pompeo, the cia director and nominee for secretary of state. senator corker also touches on his relationship with the president, the senate race for his successor, and bipartisanship within his senate committees. he was the featured speaker at the christian science monitor breakfast, where he answered a variety of questions from reporters. from yesterday, this is about an hour. investigating interference with the 2016 elections. >> bob corker spoke about his role as chairman of the senate foreign relations committee in a recent trip to north korea by mike penn pao. he looked up bipartisanship in the senate race for his successor. >> our guest today is senator bob corker of tennessee, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. this is his fifth appearance and i hope not his last. >> senator corker was a successful businessman and the construction business before going into politics. he served for a term as mayor of c

investigating interference with the 2016 elections. >> bob corker spoke about his role as chairman of the senate foreign relations committee in a recent trip

later, senator bob corker talks geopolitics in the nation's budget, it's out of corontl." coming up. [ music playing i'm not a bigwig. or a c-anything-o. but i've got an idea sir. get domo. it'll connect us to everything that's going on in the company. get it for jean who's always cold. for the sales team, it and the warehouse crew. give us the data we need. in one place, anywhere we need it. help us do our jobs better. with domo we can run this place together. well that's that's your job i guess. ♪ that's it. i'm calling kohler about their walk-in bath. nah. not gonna happen. my name is ken. how may i help you? hi, i'm calling about kohler's walk-in bath. excellent! happy to help. huh? hold one moment please... [ finger snaps ] hmm. the kohler walk-in bath features an extra-wide opening and a low step-in at three inches, which is 25 to 60% lower than some leading competitors. the bath fills and drains quickly, while the heated seat soothes your back, neck and shoulders. kohler is an expert in bathing, so you can count on a deep soaking experience. are you seeing this? th

he looked up bipartisanship in the senate race for his successor. >> our guest today is senator bob corker of tennessee, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. this is his fifth appearance and i hope not his last. welcome. >> senator corker was a successful businessman in the construction business before going into politics. he served one term from 2001 to 2005 as mayor. then he ran a race for the senate against harold ford junior, a race that i travel to tennessee to cover. remember shaking your hand in the park and thought what a nice man. and then he won. he's finishing his second term in the senate and will retire from the chamber at the end of the year. please tell us if you're planning to leave sooner than that. >> i plan to stick it out he's been chairman of the senate foreign relations committee since january 2015. it's made his life interesting i imagine. we are on the record here. please know live blogging or tweeting. no filing of any kind while the breakfast is underway. no embargo in the session ends from us in his refinish. i will call on as many of you as the ti

live coverage here on c-span. >> moments ago, you saw senator bob corker speaking with john wyoming, senator from one of the 11 republicans on the committee. there are 10 democrats on the committee. it is likely that most if not all of the democrats will vote against the nomination. senator rand paul from kentucky voicing his opposition earlier to mike pompeo although he has justtweeted saying -- i finished speaking with president trump after speaking with him several times today and i also met with and spoke to director pompeo but no indication in the tweet as to whether rand paul will support the nomination. we will find out the vote expected shortly here. live coverage here on c-span. >> the meeting is about to get underway. some tweets from senator rand paul -- having received assurances from president trump and director pompeo that he agrees with the president on these important issues and those being a rocket and afghanistan, "i have decided to support his nomination to be our next secretary of state." paul.test from rand a series of tweets. after speaking to president trump an

largely -- not entirely but largely because of the tax cuts, take a listen to republican senator bob corker. he said, quote, this congress and this administration likely will go down as one of the most fiscally irresponsible administrations in congress that we've had. do you disagree. >> i do disagree. if you look at the projections and i've seen them from cbo, i was a budget chair and we knew we would have pressure on deficit hitting because of the baby boomers anden titlement which is two-thirds of the budget. if you look at the forecast, discretionary spending rises about $300 billion. tax revenue still increase, entitlement spending increases $2 trillion over the next ten years. so this is the issue. that is always been the issue when it comes to debt and deficit in the future. and that is one of the things i've talked about forever. and jake, i have to tell you, i'm particularly proud of the fact that the house, ever since i was budget chairman to this term of congress, has passed budgets that not only balance the budget but pay off the debt, last year we passed out of the house -- now

in the middle a conflicted bob corker. er got himself into trouble this week after he said this about breddison. i don't plan to campaign against a friend. but beyond that, i don't know what the dynamics are. will breddison have crossover appeal? no question. i think he's got real appeal. i don't think it. i know it. >> yeah, guess what. interin angry mitch mcconnell. he warned corker about going rogue telling him he is risking control of the senate in develop. and pointing out there is reason the seat is open and competitive, because corker whacked away. corker in response said she is a good candidate and i will fully endorse her. more "mtp daily" in 60 seconds. i've always wanted to have a photo exhibit of the faces of our community and those people that create the heart and the soul of where we live. directer: so i think we can make that happen oh my gosh, you're kidding me. introducing the suv equipped to make your first-ever happen. the first-ever ford ecosport is here. >>> welcome back. our panel is here. jonathan alt

the chemical weapons or whatever, it would be justified again, this measure by senator tim kaine, bob corker to reign that in or check with congress would be overreach. >> that's a different issue whether or not we pass an authorization for the use of military force. my own view is the administration clearly has the authority to do what they have been doing, not only these kind of strikes but we have personnel in syria. we did when president obama was there. my own view is the existing authorization for the use of military force i believe that's the view of the administration as well amuf. authorization for use of military force. we have see it whether they report something out and we will take a look at it. >> neil: president is looking at 1.3 trillion-dollar spending measure. wants to rescind a lot of that spending. are you okay with it? >> he agreed with it. he was involved in the negotiation. and sign the bill. >> neil: but he warned i'm never going to do this again? >> we had an agreement with the democrats. >> neil: came out. >> can't make an agreement one month and say okay, we really

we got mitch mcconnell and we will also speak to senator chris who bought tears to bob corker's eyes. but first, chief national correspondent ed henry live at the white house with the breaking news from there and the latest on dr. ronny jackson. >> good to see you, remember president trump gave ronny jackson an out yesterday saying if it were him, he would drive rather than when he takes -- ronny jackson decided to double down on his denials and now tonight is facing a mountain of new allegations. jackson trying to fight back, insisting it should be pretty easy to prove that he did not get drunk and smash up a taxpayer-funded vehicle as is now being charged. he said he's moving forward on the nomination. the top democrat just released a summary of conversations with 23 current colleagues of jackson, many of them still in uniform who charged misconduct including allegations he repeatedly drink on duty and asked voted on temper. on several occasions, he would reach for the medical bag while intoxicated to show he was in charge. on at least one occasion, dr. jackson could not be reached

bob corker of tennessee made this surprising comment about his vote for last year's tax bill during a committee yesterday. >> this congress and this administration likely will go down as one of the most fiscally irresponsible administrations in congress that we've had. you've talked about the cost of this tax bill and if it ends up costing what has been laid out here, it could well be one of the worst votes i've made. >> and corker's comments come as the congressional budget office is set to top in 2020. they had voted against the tax bill over concerns added to the deficit, but he joined the legislation backed by the president. >>> and mark zuckerberg faced some more intense questioning. zuckerberg testified before the house energy and commerce committee yesterday. and the ceo was asked on the nuances of facebook's privacy setting and whether his company is properly giving users the information and the tools they need to protect themselves. during the hearing zuckerberg revealed he too was affected by the cambridge analytica scandal. take a listen. >> was your data included in the da

. >>> bob corker on tuesday criticized the trump administration for the ongoing quote, confusion andte walkbacks regarding policy announcements. yesterday, corker seemed to double down on these critiques. take a listen. >> any republican senator that hasn't been conflicted over this presidency is either comatose or is pretty useless in their blindness. i don't know what his history as been. i think the rallies, you know, generated much of the policy. right? so -- and you find, you know, a lot of movement, right? one day we're doing this, the next day we're doing that. for a chief of staff it's got to be a nightmare that at night there are people calling in from all around the country. the chief of staff doesn't know he's talking with -- there are people that the chief of staff -- my staff is sitting back there, they spent all week spending all week making sure i'm not meeting with people that are crack pots. he comes in with a different mind set. some of it i would attribute to the lack of just the way the decision making process is or isn't. >> all right. bob corker there giving his

bob corker is a great example.would not win his re-election bid in tennessee because of that arrogant factor many of them have. >> maria, i know you want to weigh in on this reluctance to endorsement but i have to ask you about the dnc lawsuit filed against the trump campaign and several russians and wiki leaks. what happened to the better deal plan that democrats were saying they were running on? and now got a lawsuit from the dnc they are pushing. >> i actually think it's a really good move. look. the democrats can walk and chew gum at the same time. we have proven that because we have proven we can win elections. look at baalabama. look at the 40 seats at the state legislature level we have flipped from red to blue? look at the blue wave we are focusing on november and look at the 25,000 women candidates who are running, which is historic. look at why republicans are reluctant to endorse this president because a lot of them are running in swing districts that hillary clinton won or that trump won with less than

bob corker saying this will a difference in the president's decision. own erik schatzker is at a conference in beverly hills with one of the biggest players in real estate. >> that would be none other than the refreshingly plain spoken, sam zell equity investing group. here is where i would like to begin. tsunami of capital chasing few opportunities. does it feel that way to you? sam: absolutely. perspective, despite all of the gyrations, the stock market is still at an all-time high. real estate is quite to perfection. gear member of the wendy's commercial, where is the beef? i don't see it. is a challenging situation that requires discipline. >> is it better to be a seller that a buyer right now? i will give you an example of a selling billion dollar company. since we took it over come we have been nothing but sell. have $3.2 billion in cash on committed and we are sitting and waiting for the world to come to it. >> what is it called? sam: equity commonwealth. of $26 or $27 in cash, very hard to sit there and not pull the trigger. the guys who don't p

>> i think bob corker is in a great place that he's retiring.se that are not retiring and are on ballots this year, they're in a very different reality because what they say privately and i've heard this a millions of times is very different from what they're able to say publicly. donald trump is amazingly popular with republican primary voters and that is first and foremost in these members of congress' minds. >> i want to go to barbara bush and say what i can for her because a, she's your fellow texan and b, you ran a campaign, basically against george h.w. bush and you had a chance to deal with what it's like to have barbara bush on the other side. i just want to know what that was like. >> she was so formidable and fearsome because she had both grace and grit, and that's a difficult thing to have in politics. she was enormously effective for her husband and later for her sons. i was intimidated by her. i was scared of her. very interesting and this is how things have changed. 1992 in the two-party conventions, mrs. bush spoke at her party's

senator, what's your reaction to what your colleague chairman, bob corker, just said requiring surgicalria? >> the problem here is that a military action in and of itself is in strategy as it real estate la -- relates to syria. it's a one-off. we saw what happened when the president attacked them after an attack previously. the issue here is the administration has failed to have a comprehensive strategy on syria. if we want to defeat isis, if we want to end the civil war, if we want to end the humanitarian disaster, we need to have a full engagement. which means we need to have our diplomacy working, which means the freeze the president has on syria in terms of our aid to help the syrian people has to be rethought, the suggestion we're going to get out right away has to be rethought, and finally, we have to get a coalition of willing aides. and the syrian people will have to stand up to russia and iran. so you need more than a single strategy of a strike that hasn't stopped assad from using chemical weapons again. >> you heard the president say he wants at least 2,000 troops out of syri

was not told about it ahead of time, although chairman of the senate foreign relations committee bob corker seems to have the answer. watch this. >> what do you make of that. >> confusion, read about it, i don't watch many programs, read about it and saw it, fought back immediately. that's the norm. sounds like confusion from the white house. >> president trump set for potential meeting with north korean leader kim jong-un sometime in the coming months. yesterday he discussed the situation with the japanese prime minister at mar-a-lago. >> we will be depending on various meetings and conversations, we'll be having meetings with kim jong-un very soon. that will be taking place probably in early june or before that. i look forward to meeting with kim jong-un and hopefully that will be a success. maybe it will be, maybe it won't be, we don't know. i can say this, they respect us, we are respectful of them. we started talking to north korea directly. we have had direct talks at very high levels, extremely high levels with north korea. and i believe there's a lot of goodwill, a lot of good thing

senator bob corker has been watching this with us and senator corker, i want to ask you one more questionause i had were a fellow friend marsha blackburn on last night and i know you guys have had a bit of an awkward back-and-forth. i know you say you support her, you've given the maximum amount for the campaign, but your answer was less than enthusiastic on sunday. you didn't even say her name when you talked about her. here's what she said when i asked if she would love to have your support. >> i have not talked with the senator and i am focused on making certain that we win this election in november. i would love to have a senator corker's support and the support of every tennessean. >> martha: what you have to say to her tonight? >> marshall knows she has my support we had a conversation about it and i gave the maximum contribution some time ago. i told people i plan to vote for her. all i've said is the person running against her, the governor, is a friend and i don't plan to campaign against him, but i certainly plan to support her. and i have supported her. i don't know why this is

senator bob corker said for kim, the arsenal secures his grip on power. >> it's his ticket to dieing an old man in his bed. >> we are a long way from conclusion on north korea. maybe things will work out and maybe they won't. while the white house repeated it's goal for trump-kim negotiations. >> i think from our perspecti , perspective,. >>> just ahead, gas prices on the move and rumors swirling about apple's next iphone. this is "early today." that's why my owner gives me k9 advantix ii. it kills fleas, ticks, and mosquitoes. mosquitoes too? yep. kills all three through contact - no biting required. wish my owner knew about k9 advantix ii. ow! well...could be worse. -ooh. glorious. protect against the bites that can spread disease. k9 advantix ii. wise choice. mother...nature! nothing smells greater than the great outdoors... especially when you're in accounts receivable. only one detergent can give you a sniff like this... try gain botanicals laundry detergent. one of the many irresistible scents from gain. >>> he did not throw a punch, but he through a towel. >> a scary moment th

i did want to mention about senator bob corker and emotion that welled up in him.s very close with representative isaacson and isaacson had to leave for a funeral of his best friend. part of that emotion i would add is because when your guy is not there and you see a democrat step up, somebody that you don't always anticipate maybe can you count on from across the aisle, not personally but in general, that's motion is aided by the fact your friend isn't. there i would say this, though, to give democrats, you know, a leg up, and a way through the door, he wasn't the only one. yes, he stepped up and voted present. but you had man chin making news, he decided to vote for -- >> and heidi heidkamp, senators up for election in states that trump won by double digits. reasons to be concerned about mike pompeo, i don't agree with the line if you voted for him for cia director it's a give-me he should be secretary of state, they ee different positions, to be the country's top diplomat is different than the cia director. once those three on the democrat side, they saw the wri

next hour on andrea mitchel, we'll hear from the chair of the senate foreign relations committee, bob corkern trump's pick for mike pompeo as secretary of state and the recent talks with south korea. i'm sure this conversation will come up with him as well. >> airlines around the world are inspecting boing 377 engines after one blew up mid flight on a southwest plane this week. we'll have details about one of the most common aircrafts in the sky. about a third of all commercial flights. you're watching "velshi and ruhle". it took guts to start my business. but as it grew bigger and bigger, it took a whole lot more. that's why i switched to the spark cash card from capital one. with it, i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy. everything. and that 2% cash back adds up to thousands of dollars each year... so i can keep growing my business in big leaps! what's in your wallet? so let's promote our spring travel deal on choicehotels.com like this. earn one free night when you stay just twice this spring. allergies. or, badda book. badda boom. book now at choicehotels.com ( ♪ ) your hear

steven hadley, nikki haley, i mentioned bob corker and others.k tillerson given his long and close association with putin and russia and his leadership of exxonmobil and the circumstances of the timing of his confirmation vote faced a number of head winds and i think mike pompeo, given some of his past statements we've already covered faced some head winds but more broadly, willie, you're right that there is some broad concern in the senate, not just among democrats, about president trump's conduct of foreign policy. as a candidate he promised to be unpredictable and untraditional and he has certainly overperformed in that category. i'll remind you with regards to syria we went with a president who a few weeks ago wrote "it's time for us to pull out american troops" to a president who carried out a military attack against assad's regime. big swings on major issues from north korea to syria to iran to russia have happened in the past year and i think that has unsettled many of us on the foreign relations committee and given us real concern. >> sen

i -- [ light laughter ] i would not want bob corker to write my letter of recommendation. re seth meyers, i can promise that he will be one of your employees." [ laughter and applause ] and corker -- corker isn't the only republican who seems to be distancing himself from trump. this weekend cnn asked white house councilor kellyanne conway about her husband, george conway, a respected lawyer who's been tweeting critical things about trump for months. and the interview quickly went off the rails. >> what is up with your husband's tweets? your husband is a very well respected lawyer and he has been sending some tweets that have been critical of the administration. >> it's fascinating to me that cnn would go there, but it's very good for the whole world to have just witnessed that it's now -- >> i would -- >> excuse me -- that it's now fair game what people's -- how people's spouses and significant others may differ. >> my point is that we don't often see -- in fact, i don't remember the last time we saw somebody working for the president in a high profile position when their

bob corker came out impressed and said he would support the nomination.mocrats are still very much on the fence, though. they are upset by a number of answers pompeo gave or didn't give. first on the special counsel. pompeo declined to say if or what he would do to any degree if the special counsel was fired. he is a harvard-trained lawyer. he wouldn't answer legal questions whether he agreed with the president or not that the special counsel is essentially abusing his authority. that struck some democrats as a disappointing answer. nor did they see any daylight, democrats, between pop offo and the president, or any sign that if pompeo disagreed, if pompeo felt the president was going down the wrong track that he would be willing to break with him event privately to offer advice counter to what the president believed. finally, there was a question about syria a realistic question, about what authority the president has at this time to order strikes on syria unilateral versus having to go through congress. i asked the committee chairman bob corker about th

we just saw bob corker in the hallway there heading into a hearing. he's leaving. you've got paul ryan leaving. who in the gop is going to take the lead when it comes to pushing the administration for more public revelations about its long-term plan for syria? >> it is very unclear. obviously the adult in the administration remains general mattis, who has had concerns all along about using military force in the absence of a diplomatic or political strategy. it is unclear what we really want in syria, what we're looking for. it appears that the issue of chemical weapons was just that, that we were going to bomb in order to make it clear that we support the ban on chemical weapons. but it's not at all clear what he wants to do about assad. meanwhile, russia and iran have essentially written the end of that war. we'll have to see what the president really wants to do here. >> i think that's exactly right. there really isn't a strategy over the long-term in syria for president trump. remember, in a two-week span, president trump went from announcing that he wanted to s

that bob corker the chair of the committee, he was visibly moved afterward.ust for viewers if they haven't had a chance to see it, i want to play for you bob corker after the committee meeting and chris coons explaining his reasoning why he did it for johnny isakson. >> i particularly want to thank the senator for displaying the statesmanship that i've been accustomed to seeing in the senate. senators at the right time can do outstanding things. >> when my father died, a republican senator who i did not know well came up to me on the floor and said if you need to miss the next vote, i'll pair with you, i'll vote, i'll either leave or vote the way you would have voted so it doesn't change the outcome. that meant a great deal to me. so every now and then we should find our way toward each other in ways like this. >> really was an amazing gesture. what do you think moved senator corker so much, though? >> i think it was probably the combination of the fact that senator isakson was delivering a eulogy at a funeral, and the very rare moment in the trump era where