i heard what happened when bob corker tries to relax. apparently there was one summer when he endeavored to take up waterskiing. you know, nice lady days soaking the sunshine. that didn't last very long. bob went all in, practiced and practiced and kept at it all summer and soon, was a masterful and exhausted and burned out and once the challenge was gone, on to the next deal. on to the next construction project. bob, we will miss you a lot. the senate and the great state of tennessee will miss your service. we simply can't wait to see what you build next. >> mister president, i ask consent to speak in morning business. >> without objection. >> let me begin where the majority leader stopped. it is a true story about the tunnels. senator corker was curious about smuggling supplies from egypt to gaza. others of us might have asked somebody about that. not bob corker. he hailed a jeep, wrote to the border, inspected the tunnels, took photographs, and as the majority leader said, when he met with benjamin netanyahu that afternoon, showed him

i met bob corker 25 years ago in 1993. his friend who was his roomie at lund --dash roommate and he wondered if i would talk to him. he asked for the cleveland browns but i believe they spent a long spent a lot of time on the roof of the fraternity house drinking beer. we want - - that he walked up and down the beach for an hour and an half. in his typical way he was weighing both sides of the issue. should i run for governor ofof tennessee? he ran for the united states senate in 1984 which would have been a very good year with one exception he had a primary he had never before been involved in politics some people said for these two rookies but he just spent more of his money and then to serve as majority leader of the united states senate. the new governor of tennessee with that chief operating officer. and then with those first indications of diplomacy to work around the world that they had just defeated in the governor'sht race international and tennessee. that there is so much respect from that democratic legislation

senator bob corker. one of the most hard-working and relentless members of this body. he is a builder by trade. and a fixer by nature. senator corker is always a man on a mission. our distinguished colleague hails from a seat - - a state with a long history of senators baker, bill frist in our colleague lamar alexander. all developed national leaders. but after 12 years of working with bob, i could not feel more comfortable to say he himself will now become a part of that great tennessee legacy he has met that high bar nor could any senator turn without initiative. some dead and negotiations or a phony national problem you would see him dive into the fray and attack the problem with everything hee had. the limitless work ethic, the entrepreneurial drive. these things have defined bob corker since before he was sworn in as a senator. started working odd jobs at age 13. at 25 he had enough money to cofound his own construction company in 25 years old and try for himself moving from an 8000-dollar lark into a major operation that is in the more than one dozen states he was

not bob corker. he hailed a jeep, rode to the border, inspected the tunnels, took photographs, and as the majority leader said, when he met with benjamin netanyahu that afternoon, showed him the photographs. netanyahu was startled. the prime minister of israel might have been surprised by bob corker's conduct, but none of us who knew bob corker were surprised. as senator mcconnell said, bob corker is always a man on a mission. with little regard for the obstacles in the way. in 1978, age 25, he had saved about $6,000, and he started a construction company. a friend of mine in maryville, my hometown, worked for him, as he built a shopping center in blunt county. my friend said i always knew that that corker was going to amount to something. after his experience in haiti that senator mcconnell discussed, he also began to apply his skills at construction to help find decent homes for nearly 10,000 people in chattanooga. i met bob corker 25 years ago. it was 1993. his friend jimmy haslem, who was his roo

so -- yeah. >> he has called you little bob corker. you are somebody who has earned a nickname from this president. does that get under your skin? >> no. i am little. i'm only 5'7". so, no, that's -- i mean, if that's -- you ought to see our social feed from people elsewhere. so, no, it doesn't bother me in the least. >> what do you say to people who are concerned that you're leaving washington at a time when critics of the president are important to have in the republican party. >> look, i do think it's important for people to come here with significant independence. i think there will probably be fewer voices after this last race. there still will be some, but, look, it's very important that our politics not be about tribalism but about what is good for our country. and to strongly support those things that are, but to strongly oppose those things that aren't. and i've cherished my role here. you know, you build up a lot of political capital in these jobs, and to me, the important thing to do is to use it in a manner that enhances ou

if bob corker said based on what i heard, a jury would convict him in 30 minutes. that's an intense statement for someone like that to say. it reminds me if these members of congress decide to go down the sanctions route or arm sales or pick your legislative or policy punishment. it's so unanimous in the anger and the outrageousness at the saudi crown prince personally and unless something happens in saudi arabia, unless the president does something without congress, congress is going to try to force his hand just like they did with sanctions against russia. it was a huge bipartisan vote, 90 something to almost zero. in the u.s. senate and in the house, they passed it and the president was forced to put sanctions on russia. >> they are going to -- the expectation is they are going to try to force the president's hand in this. he has been red sant in taking saudi arabia's side. will congress be able to force his hand to change? do you think? >> i think it's likely. very likely. this is an issue where yes, it's a complicated issue and when the president said we may n

mentioned in today's tweet storm is outgoing republican senator bob corker. hit you on the way out. corker wanted to run but his poll numbers tanked when i wouldn't endorse him, the president tweeted. trump goes on to say that without his endorsement, it would game over for corker. the senator fired back, yes, just like mexico is paying for the wall, insinuating trump was just lying, and ending the tweet with the hashtag hashtag, #alertthedaycarestaff. trump gave majority leader mitch mcconnell a shoutout sunday saying, mitch mcconnell just told a group of people and me that he has been in the u.s. senate for 32 years and the last two have been by far the best and most productive of his career. tax and regulation cuts, va choice, farm bill, criminal justice reform, judgeships and much more. great. it's not entirely clear what meeting this was. there's clearly some factual inaccuracies with that. i do want to point out, he was responding to corker's comments yesterday on the "state of the union." corker said the next three months of this presidency could be in

bob corker once again addressing the media just after senator lindsey graham these are some of the most outspoken u.s. senators on the killing of jamal khashoggi and as i was saying just before while corker came to the microphones you are left in absolutely no doubt as to what certainly lindsey graham's feelings and bob corker as well just quickly go through some of the things which were said lindsey graham speaking about mohammed bin someone the crown prince said m.b.'s that since he's refers to mohammed selman is a wrecking ball complicit in the murder to the highest level possible his behavior was beyond disturbing i cannot see him being a reliable partner if saudi arabia is in the hands of this man then i find it difficult to do they will do business with them i think he's crazy he's dangerous he has put the relationship at risk incredibly strong language against muhammad bin salmon but also strong language against the trumpet ministration and that came from senator bob corker as well who was saying the administration the trumpet ministration has spoken to this in a manner that has

we need some help. >>> president trump and bob corker are squaring off on, of all places, twitter. union" this morning and blasted trump for the shutdown saying it is just a political stunt and calling trump's decision to pull u.s. troops out of syria a mistake. not too long after that, president trump went after corker on twitter, writing in part, bob corker was responsible for giving us the horrible iran nuclear deal, which i ended, yet he badmouths me for wanting to bring our young people safely back home. bob wanted to run and ask for my endorsement. i said no and the game was over. senator corker fired back via twitter saying, yes, just like mexico is paying for the wall with the #alertthedaycarestaff. yeah. it's gone there now. give us a fact check on all of this and how the president is spending the day today. >> reporter: bob corker and the president has had a strained relationship to say the least at times bob corker has been a supporter of the president's agenda, at times been a critic. his claim that corker backed the iran nuclear deal is simply not true. he was a critic

sending it to iran as part of the horrific iran nuclear deal, now terminated approved by quote little bob corker.

that's what bob corker should do and others. we don't know who else might be able to beat him.cly, we can do better in 2020. this is the republican party. nominate donald trump in 2016 shall we're not going to relitigate that. going forward do we really want four additional years of this guy? bob corker and other people who are in office, who aren't leaving office started to say that, that would be great. look at that lunch he had at the white house yesterday? that says ittant all, doesn't it? four republicans who have no leadership, three senators, lindsey graham, i don't know if he wants to be secretary of defense, chairman of appropriations and i can't remember who the third senator was, someone of no -- i don't think great importance or stature. that was it. that's who he's going to negotiate? the government is shut down. you can laugh about it over christmas. it doesn't make that much difference but it does begin to matter at some point. plus there's a lot of other crises. look at the markets. treasury secretary put out a statement saying that he called the heads of six la

robert: and some moderate senators, retiring republicans like jeff flake and bob corker they seem to be going on tonight. >> he seemed hesitant take. jeff flake switched his vote. voted no. and then ved yes when he had assurances that negotiations would happen. it's dinitely a last gasp from bob corker who told us literally yesterday that he wa goingome and not coming back and thanked us for all of our work in years.g us for the i guess he decided that he was going to have one more deal-making session. this isn't a complicated deal. cooked for a been long time. the question is will donald trump accept the $1. billion. and we don't have an answer at this point. rort: bob corker told reporters to go have a scotch while everyone waits for these negotiations to finish. i promise we're just having water and cofe. the vice president, mick mule -- mulvaney. and the president said he would be willing to have a government shutdown. is the whoice walking bk -- white house walking back that demand? >> you don't know what he's going to do. one minute he ss yes. the next minute he says no. earlie

it definitely a last gasp from bob corker who told us literally yeerday that he was going home and not coming back and thanked us for all of our work in covering us for the years. i guess he decided that he was going to have one more deal-making session. is isn't a complicated deal. this deal has been cooked for a long time. the question is will donald trump accept the $1.6 billion. and we don't have an answer at this point. robert: bob corker told reporters to go have a scotc ile everyone waits for these negotiations to finish. i promisere just having water and coffee. the vice president, mick mule -- mulvaney. and the president said he would be willing to have a government shutdown. is the whoice walking back -- white house walking back that nomand? >> you don't what he's going to do. one minute he says yes. the next minute he says no. earlier it looked like he was going to accept a temporary solution. then he got his backup once the conservative media, rush limbaugh began pummeling him for caving i it's hard to negotiate if you don't know that your negotiating partner isicoing to to

bob corker: "i have zero question in my mind that the crown prince, mbs, ordered the killing, monitored the killing, knew exactly what was happening, planned it in advance. if he was in front of a jury he would be convicted in 30 minutes, guilty> (grant) that's senator bob corker, a tennessee republican who chairs the senate foreign relations committee. democrat bob menendez out of new jersey -- a ranking member of that committee... said "the united states must have a strong response" to the killing of khashoggi... as well as the war in yemen. and republican richard shelby of alabama.... today said "somebody should be punished." san francisco san francisco state senator scott wiener is trying again -- renewing his push for higher density housing near transit hubs throughout the state. wiener attempted to pass a similar bill earlier this year. he spoke with us today from sacramento about his new proposal. (pam) the senate bill has already been endorsed by the mayors of san francisco, oakland, and emeryville. coming up... a group from san francisco travels hundreds of miles on a mission o

killing of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi the head of the senate foreign relations committee bob corker says gina housefull will speak about the murder on tuesday she did not take part in a trumpet ministration briefing on the death of last week john hendren now from washington. cia director gina haskell will speak to members of the u.s. senate about the murder of jamal khashoggi that is after she did not appear last week when the secretary of state and secretary of defense held a closed door briefing with members of the senate several members of the senate afterwards republicans and democrats alike said they were unsatisfied and an persuaded by what they heard in that room afterward madison pompei oh that is jim that is the defense secretary and mike pompei of the secretary of state came out and said there was no smoking gun that links the crown prince of saudi arabia mohammed bin some on to the killing of chris shoji that is despite reports that the cia has concluded with a high level of confidence that the crown prince did in fact order that killing so members of the senate were diss

mohammed bin soundman ordered hushovd his murder and must be held to account of nikken senator bob corker chaired that session he says there must be a price to pay for the killing mike hanna reports the cia director paused on her way in paying respects to president george h.w. bush lying in state in the capitol the briefing took place behind closed doors only a small group of eight senators invited. all in. agreement about one basic fact i have zero question in my mind that the crown prince n.b.s. ordered the killing monitor to killing knew exactly what was happening planned in advance if he was in front of a jury you would be convicted in thirty minutes guilty. so. the question is what we do about that i want to make sure that saudi arabia is put on notice that business as usual has come to an end for me oh not look at the kingdom the same way that i used to look at it i will not support arms sales until all responsible for the death of mr cruise shogi have brought them brought to justice. yes and i will no longer. support the war in yemen as constructive only a strong response by the un

he's also been someone who democrats liked and kind of a gentleman in the same way bob corker was soave a handful of republicans who are in purple or blue states, a corey gardner from colorado who's going to be in a lot of trouble. you have a nucleus of five or six on the republican side who donald trump isn't necessarily going to be able to count on apply a huge role in confirmation of appointees as these people go out the door, have to resign in disgrace. it's going to mean legislation,s it's going to mean in some instances republicans cooperating with investigations, whereas they did not do so in the past. so i think as we watch donald trump's bubble burst, and as he careens out of control, becomes more and more hysterical, his poll numbers go down, the country is drifting, they're not getting their agenda through, i think you could see a mini revolt. i don't suppose that they're going to do anything extraordinary, but little steps lead to bigger steps and bigger steps lead to who knows what. >> that is true. and jason johnson, i think people often forget that the senate intellige

but bob corker is going to go back into the private sector. so today i want to talk a little bit about chairman corker, the person you saw on the floor if you were watching earlier, and a friend but also a very valued member of the united states senate. the reason other people aren't on the floor talking about him right now is he chose not to give a departure speech, which is unusual. most senators choose to take to the floor and give a speech about their departure and their reflections being here and what they might do in the future and then other members come and talk about them. bob corker in his typical style, being a guy who's here for all the right reasons and that's not him, it's about others for him have said, i don't think i'm going to give a departure speech so i don't think we'll have a chance to talk about him as we have with other colleagues in their presence because he's not growing to give that speech. but i will say he deserves to have others like me talk about his record because he has had so many accomplishments. he's been a l

we've heard what bob corker and others have to say. the senate is on record as voting for a much smaller amount for border security, not a barrier. and so when, in fact -- if, in fact this goes to january 3rd when the house is taken over by nancy pelosi and democrats and they pass something, the senate will clearly pass something in a much lower figure. the question is will the president sign it? >> and so here's the thing. mike just alluded to this. the votes are not there. that's not just the sentiment of anyone watching this. that's even from republicans themselves who said this. we played for you bob corker highly critical of trump's anticks. are we seeing other republicans starting to feel the same way, or are there -- is the camp within the republican party that is opposed to the president's tactics here not speaking up enough? >> i think they're not speaking up enough. really -- >> are they there? or are they silent? >> they're not there and they're silent. a lot of these republicans have lost their jobs. they're not coming back

bob corker's opposition which has mr.mystified many makes more sense when you realize he has received half a million dollars from private prison companies over the years. never mind cocaine, this is corrupt. put people first, not donors. do the right thing, pass this bill. tell me what you think at steve hilton next and let's see what our guests think. katrina you wrote about this just today. >> i did i wrote about it because of something that is close to me, it's personal. a occasionally in politics you come across a policy that means something to you. being a woman of color, born to a teenage single mother, growing up in poverty, somehow navigating my way through this government imposed learned helplessness community, managed to be the first to graduate from college and broke the poverty cycle in my family and it was because i had access to people who actually cared and offered tools and resources so i can make better decisions for my life. everyone deserves that chance. you have people today, and don't get me wrong, we

bob corker was responsible for giving us the horrible iran nuclear deal which i ended and bad mouthedfely back home. bob wanted to run and asked me for my endorsement. i said no and the game was over. #maga i love tennessee. corker then responded to the president yes, just like mexico is paying for the wall #alert the day care staff. he opposed iran nuclear deal with the obama administration finalized it in 2015. corker is retiring at the end of this year, rick. >> rick: i just googled how tall is bob corker and according to google he is 5'7". >> okay. >> rick: these two have locked horns before also. >> 2017 he called the white house an adult day care center adding someone had missed their ship after the president tweeted similar criticism of corker. president attacked corker after the tennessee republican claimed secretary of state rex tillerson, defense secretary james mattis and white house chief of staff john kelly separating our country from chaos. all three are left or are leaving the administration, rick. >> rick: no dull days in washington. rich edson, thank you very much. su

republican senator bob corker. and republican senator rand paul as well as the incoming house intelligence committee chairman, democrat adam schiff. it all starts at 9:00 a.m. and noon eastern. you can follow me @jaketapper. our coverage on cnn continues right now. >>> happening now. breaking news. coming to tyranny. a top republican senator says conservative talk show host influenced president trump's position on funding his border wall, leaving the country now barreling toward a government shutdown. >>> supreme surgery. a new health scare for supreme court justice, ruth bader ginsburg, undergoing surgery to remove cancerous nodules from her lung. >>> judicial rebuke. the chief justice, john roberts, sides with the court's four liberals to uphold a federal judge's order, blocking president trump's asylum ban. >>> and this is scary. lawmakers voice anxiety over the resignation of defense secretary, james mattis, and the growing chaos rocking the trump administration with one republican congressman who supports the

bob corker, the senate foreign relations chairman, told me moments ago that the full senate should bes briefing. this, of course, after last week, james mattis as well as mike pompeo briefed senators about the saudi-led war in yemen but were not able to provide many answers to their questions about the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. today, when they're briefed by the cia director with a small group of senators, they do expect to hear what the cia believes happened with khashoggi and the role the saudi crown prince had in this. of course, we know that the white house has said there's, quote, no direct evidence to tie the crown prince to that killing, and when i asked that question to bob corker just moments ago, he pushed back. >> whether he directed it or not, i think he did, he owns it because it was an agency that he directs that carried it out. so you know, they have shown no ownership of this issue whatsoever. and it's just inappropriate. so regardless, if he directed it, which i think he did, or if it indirectly occurred through an agency he controls, he's taken no ownersh

approved by little bob corker. hen corker knocked the white house shutdown demands. >> this is a purposely contrived fight over, at the end of the day, no matter who wins, our borders are still going to be insecure. this is a made up fight so that the president can look like he's fighting. but even if he wins, our borders are going to be insecure. >> reporter: as to the president's twitter criticism is responsible for the iran deal, the senator responded, quote, yes, just like mexico is paying for the wall. hash tag, alert the day care staff. corker opposed the nuclear deal when the obama administration finalized it in 2015 and reis retiring at the end of this year. >> this isn't their first fight? >> no. they've covered this very ground before. in october 2017 corker called the white house an adult day care center adding someone missed their shift after the president tweeted similar criticism. the president tacted corker after the tennessee republican claimed remembering tillerson, defense secretary james mattis an

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but the chairman of the foreign relations committee, bob corker, republican senator bob corker, he expressed big concern about this earlier on capitol hill directly to the vice president. so he came over here a short time ago for a meeting with the president. but wolf, that meeting never happened. the president apparently did not meet with bob corker. he told reporters on capitol hill, the white house has no explanation for why that meeting didn't go forward. wolf, all of this is coming as the president made this major announcement, a reversal in u.s. policy. this morning around 9:30 here in washington, in a tweet, 16 wo s words. the white house held a conference call that didn't answer anything. under fire on multiple fronts in washington, president trump suddenly changing the subject tonight. announcing a rapid withdrawal of u.s. troops in syria. blindsiding the pentagon, capitol hill and countries in the region, the commander-in-chief delivering his decision in a tweet, saying, we have defeated isis and syria. my only reason for being there during the trump presidency. the president has l

republican senator bob corker, the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee announced todaythe senate is taking further steps to punish saudi arabia for the murder of that journalist. in addition to a resolution yesterday condemning the crown prince for ordering the murder. senators are working on two new measures, one that would suspend of the sales of weapons to saudi arabia and impose sanctions, and another that would pull back u.s. military support for the war in yemen. and today the senate judiciary committee's confirmation process came to a grinding halt again because republican senator jeff flake is refusing to vote for any judicial confirmations in the judiciary committee until the senate votes on his bipartisan bill to protect special prosecutor robert mueller from being fired by the president. >> i still encourage the majority leader to bring this to a vote. we need to protect special counsel. the message that needs to be sent to the white house is we do not have the president's back if he fires the special counsel. i do think there are a number of judges that we s

conflict steve between the administration particularly the president and the senate lindsey graham bob corker and others although senator corker is leaving at the end of the year but whether or not the senate may ultimately not just in the next little bit of time but here going forward take a divergent view and actually force the administration's hand on taking a policy position opposed to what the administration would like to do i mean i don't see that happening i mean they could pass they could pass bills and laws and . people in the senate now they're conflating the many participation that we have with the defense contracts with the selling of weapons they're putting everything on the table and this senator says yes to that and no to that and i like that but i don't like that so i don't know if they'll ever get their act together there may be some kind of resolution binding or otherwise i find it hard to believe that they will take severe action although we've sanctioned seventeen saudi individuals european nations have a travel ban some twenty some odd nations a travel ban on eighteen. sa

i spoke with bob corker this morning about whether he feels the crowned prince of saudi arabia has receivedent for his alleged role in the killing of that journalist, jamal khashoggi. it's an exclusive on msnbc. >> do you think that saudi arabia has been punished enough for what happened in the killing of jamal khashoggi? >> no. and so we have a difficult situation here. we have a relationship with a country. i think people blow out of proportion. it's important, but it is a relationship that we've had for decades. we've got a crowned prince that's out of control. i was in the most recent intelligence briefing. the most crisp and clear intelligence briefing i've been a part of in 12 years, by far. if he was before a jury, the crowned prince, he would be convicted in my opinion in 30 minutes. okay? i've never seen such compelling evidence in an intelligence briefing, never. you cannot have a crowned prince who is 33 years old feeling that he's able to get away with murdering a journalist inside a consulate. you cannot let that stand. >> and msnbc correspondent garrett haake joins us from cap

howie: the press is playing up the lindsey grahams and bob corkers. mollie: tim kaine has been trying to get a resolution passed for this endless situation in syria and he has had no success. phillippe: lindsey graham says this is a stain on the presidency. lindsey graham golfed with the president, he's the biggest defender on mueller. these are significant things. howie: widely respected and leaving a very big story with james mattis. is the press going overboard as the last man standing between donald trump and the alliance? sara: of course. he was one of the most of fund amountal blocks when it comes -- most of fundamental blocks when it comes to foreign policy. i was watching cnn. they had bob corker and rand paul on. we have to take into account which views they put on. it's not always so one-sided. mollie: not all the media coverage has been bad. 8 months ago donald trump told general mattis we need to be out of syria in six months, 8 months ago. for years trump said we need to get out of syria. howie: things are pretty volatile. washington is r

senator bob corker, republican of tennessee. senator, thank you so much for joining us.e appreciate it. >> jake, good to be with you during these festive times. >> that's right. merry christmas. you were heavily involved in the negotiations. you helped secure a deal requiring all of the parties involved -- pelosi, ryan, schumer, mcconnell and president trump to publicly agree before a vote to end the shutdown. i found it striking that part of this deal was that president trump needs to publicly endorse it before there's any vote. why? >> well, look, jake, this is a purposely contrived fight over, at the end of the day even -- no matter who wins, our borders are still going to be insecure. i think you know that back in 2013, john hogan and i drafted a border security amendment that passed with 69 votes in the senate where republicans were in the minority. i'm a junior senator from tennessee and 69 people voted for $46 billion to secure our border. it was overly prescriptive and it was overkill but our borders would have been secure. not long ago, just a few months ago, th

gop senator bob corker says he believes the president made the consequential decision on the spur ofhe moment without consulting anyone. >>> this hour i will talk with congressman jim himes, a member of the house intelligence committee, and our correspondents and analysts are standing by. >>> first, we have breaking news coming in right now unfolding in the russia investigation. i want to bring in our crime and justice reporter she moan prokupecz and our cnn chief political correspondent dana bash. dana, first of all, what are you learning? >> this is coming from "the washington post", wolf, breaking just moments ago, a story that the special counsel robert mueller has formally requested transcripts of roger stone's testimony to the house intelligence committee. why is this important? what does this tell us? perhaps, perhaps that after months of waiting and wondering what is going to happen with roger stone -- of course, a long-time ally, sometimes adviser of president trump, then candidate trump -- that perhaps they are going to make a move inside the special counsel's office to pre

bob corker laid it out pretty well. i want to make a quick note. that's the longest vote in modern senate history. that vote has been held open since about 12:30 this afternoon. >> congratulations. >> reporter: a little bit of history made there. really, as you know, process hurdles here in washington can be big steps forward. they are often confusing and sometimes it's two steps forward and three steps back. the big wild card remains president trump. the fact that his son-in-law and mike pence and mick mulvaney were here negotiating. it means they want to be in the room. they want to try to avoid this shutdown. we still have a long ways the go. i think the president is still a very unpredictable wild card here. it sounds like we're getting indications those conservatives in the house, they may not be on board with this appropriations process idea that the senate has been focused on and that we talked about at the top of the show. that could throw a wrench in it since those were the people on the phone with the president convincing him not to do th

republican senator bob corker. rand paul as well as the incoming house intelligence committee chairman, democrat adam schiff. it all starts at 9:00 a.m. and noon eastern. you can follow me @jaketapper. our coverage on cnn continues right now. >>> happening now. breaking news. coming to tyranny. a top republican senator says conservative talk show host influenced president trump's position on funding his border wall, leaving the country now barreling toward a government shutdown. >>> supreme surgery. a new health scare for supreme court justice, ruth bader ginsburg, undergoing surgery to remove cancerous nodules from her lung. >>> judicial rebuke. the chief justice, john roberts, sides with the court's four liberals to uphold a federal judge's order, blocking president trump's asylum ban.

>> right. >> stephen: so -- but then you're just getting the hell out of town like bob corker, right?ht crime? >> first in chattanooga and then in arizona, yeah. >> stephen: okay. president trump is withdrawing from syria and says we have defeated i.s.i.s. did we? >> not yet. >> stephen: so what's your reactions to the rite drawl? there has been a lot of anger especially on the republican side. >> frankly on both sides, on both the policy and the process. on the policy, obviously. they're not quite defeated yet. in fact, one agency of our government just less than a week ago put out a report saying they're still there and we need to be vigilant. we only have 2,000 forces there, 2,000 troops. that's a pretty skeletal staff to remain, but they are important. they are training people, they are providing intelligence, they're forward deployed. there's no reason why they can't stay, and they should. but then the process to just, you know, when the pentagon is flat-footed on a statement, a tweet that the president makes, not even knowing it was coming -- >> stephen: right, he didn't pick up

prince mohammed bin sound man ordered her murder and must be held to account republican senator bob corker chaired that session he says there must be a price to pay for the killing. i have zero question in my mind that the crown prince m.b.'s ordered the killing monitor to killing knew exactly what was happening planned in advance if he was in front of a jury you would be convicted in thirty minutes guilty. so. the question is what we do about that. mike hanna joins us live from capitol hill in washington mike outright condemnation from the senators. well it was quite extraordinary in a number of ways there were eight senators in that briefing the chairman and the ranking senators of each of the key intelligence committees they emerge from that briefing making absolutely clear there was total agreement about one fact that the crown prince mohammed bin salman was involved directly in the murder of jamal khashoggi certainly this is a very bipartisan issue as well both republican and democrat senators present at that briefing were absolutely adamant that is the case this is what senator linds

they -- and then there were bob corker. esident meanly referred to him as lil bob. >> when the president refers to you by a mean nickname. >> bob corker couldn't resist this sideswipe. >> i think whether the president hurts himself and our country is unnecessary. it's an unforced error. the unorthodox nature of the trump presidency has caused people to be closer on each side of the aisle in some ways. still vast differences in policies. >> what makes them closer? >> everybody's in the same boat, right? >> laura: trump is letting the usmeras come in and see how the sausage is made. he made hundreds of millions of dollars in construction. a smart businessman? he went on to say that he likes the judges, the economy. at the end -- he doesn't like his style? >> everybody got in the boat just not his boat. and the prevailing winds of the party, it was a populous win. his people abandoned him. in the last polling he slid into the 30s and lower among republicans. that's why he couldn't run again. everyone we are showing you have los

you don't have bob corker on the foreign committee any more. eve lost john mccain on armed service.es inhofe is the same way. rarely if ever said a bad word about donald trump in public. in the positions of power on the senate side those critics are gone and the discrepancy between two chambers will be extraordinary come that first week of january. >> i wonder, garrett, any chances that they may become, in their new positions, feel the need to become critical at times over mattis' departure, over america's retreat from the fight against isis and russia. >> beal see. inhofe will get pushed. he said publicly he doesn't see his role as much as an oversight, he sees it as giving the military the tools they need. there will be people underneath him who are very upset. confirmation hearings for those who replace james mattis will be intense and you'll have pressure from hawks who are still over there like lindsey graham, marco rubio, rubio is an interesting case. he doesn't talk to the national press very much. he sought us out last week to complain and light up the president on decision