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 the photographs. benjamin 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 saved $6000 and started a construction company. a friend of mine in my hometown worked for him as he built a shopping center. my friend said i always knew corker would amount to something. after his experience in haiti that senator mcconnell discussed, he began to apply his skills at construction to help find decent homes for 10,000 people in chattanooga. i met bob corker 25 years ago in 1993. his friend jimmy hazlitt, who was his roommate in the university of tennessee called and said he had a friend

asked somebody but not bob corker. he hailed a jeep, drove to the border and inspected the tunnels took photographshs, and as the majority leader said, when he met with benjamin netanyahu that afternoon he showed him the photographs. netanyahu was startled. he may have been surprised by bob corker's conduct that none of us who knew bob corker were surprised. he is always a man on a mission with little regard for the obstacles in the way. 1978 at age 25 he saved $6000 and started a construction company. a friend of mine worked for him in my hometown as he built a shopping center and one county he said i always knew that corker would amount to somethin something. after his experience in hait haiti, he also began to apply his skills to help find decent homes for people in chattanooga. i met bob corker 25 years ago in 1993. his roommate at the university of tennessee called me to say he had a friend who is thinking about public service and wondered if i would talk to him. today he is the owner of the cleveland browns when

about that but not bob corker. he held a jeep road to the border and inspected the tunnels took photographs and as the majority leader said and then medic meeting with benjamin netanyahu that afternoon he was startled. the prime minister may have been surprised by, his conduct , that none of us who knew bob corker were surprised. as senator mcconnell said he is always a man on a mission in 1978 at the age of 25, he saved $6000 and started a construction company. a friend of mine in our hometown workedke for him and my friends said i always knew that corker would amount to something. after his experience in hait haiti, he also began to apply his skilled construction to find a decent homes for nearly 10000 people in chattanooga. 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 wal

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

the president offered to endorse corker and asked corker to reconsider his decision to retire early,he president frequently sensitive to criticism from fellow republicans. he did have enough respect at one time for corker to consider him a potential running mate and secretary of state but, fred, corker is one of several republicans who have been critical to trump who will not be returning to washington in the new year. >> oh, how things have changed, okay. sarah westwood, thanks so much, from the white house. a lot of presidential candidates might think they alone can fix america's problems but donald trump actually said so, outloud. a devastating portrait in the "new york times" details just how alone the president feels or at least how alone he might be. i'm joined by cnn chief media correspondent and anchor of cnn's "reliable sources" brian stelter. all right, brian. good to see you. >> you, too. >> we're talking about him very alone. at least the article kind of paints that portrait, increasingly paranoid even, according to "the times." this, as he sheds staff or fires people. is

corker: senator booker. senator booker: thank you very much and forgive me for not being here when a lot of other questions were asked about yemen that i will go there as well. i will go there as well and just ask first and foremost really, there is a counterterrorism issue that keeps being talked about. and in the midst of the conflict in yemen between the coalition and the hutis, we heard about that in our classified reefing. testimony you noted that the war in yemen had complicated our ongoing counterterrorism efforts. is it possible that as long as the work continues al qaeda on the arabian peninsula will find plenty of ungoverned space to thrive? and that this will create a worse of a threat? henzel: senator, i cannot predict how the situation will progress but it is the case that the war in yemen which has been fueled and exacerbated by iranian weapons has made it more difficult for the united states to pursue its counterterrorism goals mostly in the eastern and southern parts of yemen. senator booker:

mentioned in today's tweet storm is outgoing republican senator bob corker.r 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 i

. ( laughter ) >> jon: come on corker!stephen: she's happy. as long as eshe's happy. >> jon: let her be happy! >> stephen: a reporter asked corker, "what's the path forward for the continuing resolution?" corker answered, "i don't know. y'all have fun. i'm getting ready to drive to chattanooga." ( laughter ) adding -- (car noises) "suck it!" ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) ( laughter ) corker said he doubts there's going to be a new vote. "i saw senators heading out going home." yes, i can tell you with certainty that all 100 senators are not going to be voting tonight because one of them is in my green room. ( cheers and applause ) by the way, that smile and that wave is jeff flake's version of flipping the bird. ( laughter ) that's as angry as he gets! the craziness went on -- "then ted cruz walked by corker and said, 'i think we need to follow through with funding for the border.' corker laughed again. 'you can't make this stuff up.'" so what's the end game here? trump has said he won't sign anything without the

approved by little bob corker.when 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 a

that's not what happened when corker snounsed his retirement. there has been a lot of finger pointing going back and forth across the aisle. the president has been all over the map when it comes to who bears responsibility for the shutdown, initially saying that he would be proud to own the shutdown if it was in pursuit of money for the border wall and then switching to blame democrats. the president has said he wants $5 billion for the border wall and says that must be for the construction of a physical barrier along the southern border and not general border security and senate democrats are signaling they're not willing to give the president any money for construction of a wall but might be willing to support a border security package. mike pence, in a meeting with senate minority leader chuck schumer offered support for $2.5 billion border security package if it included funding for the wall. schumer rejected that approach, so it seems as though the talks are still deadlocked and the president's lack of clarity about what he would support ha

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

let's discuss the stung things we heard from senators graham and corker. he said there is no way this was done without the crown prince's knowledge and he was careful to say open source reports. he wants to be clear that all of the things that we know as the public is out there and being reported, it's clear that mbs was focusing on jamal khashoggi for sometime. >> there was no daylight at all between -- let no question about how they felt. what manu said, these are democrats and republicans and friends of the administration. these are foes of the administration crossing over both parties. these are people who are representatives of their states, the u.s. senators who came out of a briefing appalled by what they saw. they wanted to make clear i think in the language you are talking about not just to the american people, not just to the saudis, but the guy in the white house. he better be ready because they are using this language in order to telegraph. they are going act. the question is how, but they feel the need to act. >> the reports that are out there

the president responded to senator corker's comments earlier writing quote senator corker just statedte for 12 years and that's what i told the people of our state that's what i would do, serve for two terms. that is not true. wanted to run but poll numbers tanked when i wouldn't endorse him. bob corker was responsible for giving us the horrible iran nuclear deal which i ended and bad mouthed me for wanting to bring our young people safely 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. p

senator corker spoke to reporters today soon after the president pulled this rabbit out of a hat and made this surprise announcement. and senator corker said as far as he could tell, not only had he and the foreign relations committee and the congress not been notified about this very big change in u.s. policy, not only had they not been notified about it or consulted about this in any way, he told reporters today that as far as he could tell from his conversations with the pentagon, the pentagon does not appear to have been consulted either. senator corker telling reporters today that as best he could tell, there was nothing that led up to this decision today. there was no process at all. the president just kind of got on twitter and burped it out. senator corker told reporters, though, that he was on his way over to the white house to meet with the president about this apparent snap decision that he made on his own. then a few hours later, senator corker spoke with reporters again and told him that his planned meeting with the president got canceled, and it got canceled while senat

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.

but he's actual crith sized corker for the way corker has been critical of trump and said that he'llir any disputes he'll have with the ministration behind closed doors and not out in public. it's going to be a senate that follows the administration rather than challengin it. robert: at the same time, oving ent trump is rem troops from syria. is this president militaryistic, a hawk or a noninterventionist? >> i think ph.d. thesis onhi topic if not longer and books. i think it- really - he is situational. and i think that he certainly cares about his military posture, how he's perceived as a commander. but i thinkt has yet to be scene what type of information abou america's military is he reacting to? is he thinking stastiegically and how? it's -- strategically and how? he's not communicating with ll congress at they were surprised by the withdr s. these arators that have expertise on these issues. and yet -- and oversight of them. and yet, they were t vovered. so it's tricky. robert: that's at key point me where epublicans like the policy, but they don't like the process. >> yeah,d a

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 given muhammad been some an immunity they know he ordered it they know he killed him and the president should just come out and actually say that let's run through some of this with mike hanna our correspondent on capitol hill w

." >> senator bob corker of tennessee is one of the few republicans in congress to openly criticize -di arabia's murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. corker is the chairman of the foreign relations committee, but he's retiring from the senate this month -- before he goes, he invited john dickerson to a restaurant in chattanooga for a little lunch. >> introduction to public service, i think that was in my late 20s, i started working in this neighborhood. the good things that are happening in the country are happening -- days like this. our current president he knsher live in communities like this one, just wanting to be engaged. >> reporter: senator corker has tangled publicly with the president from his own party. >> the president has great difficulty with the truth. >> you supported the president, do you regret that now? >> what do you think? >> reporter: where are you right now on your feelings -- >> i like many of the policies, love the deregulation that is taking place. i love animal spirits that have been released in our country. obviously i'm republican. i love the number of ju

and this is bob corker.crown prince ordered the killing, monitored the killing, knew exactly what was happening, planned it in advance. if he was in front of ajury he it in advance. if he was in front of a jury he would be convicted in 30 minutes, guilty. remember — the saudis have charged 11 people with involvement in the killing but deny the crown prince knew of it. the cia has concluded he probably did order the killing. that briefing by cia director, gina haspel, comes after a senate briefing last week in which she was absent. the secretaries of state and defence did attend. and mike pompeo said this afterwards. ido i do believe i've read every piece of intelligence but has come in in the last few hours. there is no direct reporting connecting the crown prince to the order of the murder ofjamal crown prince to the order of the murder of jamal khashoggi, that crown prince to the order of the murder ofjamal khashoggi, that is all i can say. earlier i spoke with barbara plett usher from washington about how

senator bob corker. one of the most hard-working and relentless members of this body.trade. and a fixer by nature.

i saw corker and his staff there part of the time.augh because it is totally encompassing of bob corning ker career. that's the reason why he wouldn't run for election. >> in this case he's talking about the president. is that a good argument he is making? if he couldn't have gotten this done already, why didn't this happen when you got republicans controlling both houses. in a last ditch effort before the house is taken over by democrats, you will try to get this in? >> i understand what you are saying, but the president of the united states of america heard from a lot of constituents and a lot of people that voted for him that said mr. president, we are willing to defend you for a certain point. if you don't fight hard for this border wall which was your core campaign promise, we may not defend and support you the way we have. the president made the right decision to go all in. it is something that many americans feel very strongly about and especially his supporters. for corker to come out and say he could have gotten this done, i

his name is bob corker. senator corker is leaving after this week, assuming congress is going to be out of session after this week or next week. and i think we will. he's chosen to retire, not to run for reelection. so come january, we'll have another senator from tennessee who will be joining us. 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 sa

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

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

. >> there's president carter and senator corker of tennessee.

corker had been here all day and he i am told helped mediate an agreement to get this on to the floor. this came in on the phone the past couple minutes. senator corker smenlt the afternoon meeting with mitch mcconnell, chuck schumer and white house officials including vice president mike pence and mick mulvaney and jared kushner. under the agreement the senate voted to proceed to the house-passed bill which is what happened last night where they added the wall funding. there will be no other votes cast until president trump and the senators have an agreement. it was important that doug jones, the moderate to conservative democratic senator from alabama, he voted yes. that got it to 47-47. mike pence had been up here all day to see if his services were needed to break a tie. i was told by a senior house republican source that there is a sense of optimism. they are look at adding a little bit of wall funding, then doing bills for the entire fiscal year. not stop gaps through early february. these will be spending bills that have been worked out and they fund all parts of government thr

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 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

. >> a shot of rick perry in the foreground, corker of tennessee, talking to merkel. kay bailey hutchison of texas. we saw colin powell talking with prince charles, the kind of thing you don't see every day. >> that's a combination. >> "charlie, how was your flight." >> probably more comfortable than most. jeb bush. >> these men loved their dad, and doro, men and women, loved their dad. it's going to be a hard day for the bush family. >> james baker. no closer friend in the modern era. >> no closer friend, and truly two of the smartest, sharpest, funniest, most charming men to ever grace the republican party. >> there's president carter and senator corker of tennessee. >> we're also losing some of these statesmen in the senate. this is corker, he's retiring. he's on the senate foreign relations committee. he'll be missed. all the kids. doro, her husband, marvin, neil, george w. bush, jeb. >> bobby cook, the son-in-law, doro's husband. >> the bushes are always talking amongst themselves. they struggle with silence. we saw that at the ceremony on monday, george w. bush

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

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

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

. >>> thank you senator corker. it's good to be in your committee, senator menendez, senator cardin, senator barrasso. it is my privilege today to introduce the committee to mr. arthur b. culvahouse, jr.. i'm going to do that by saying a few words about him and a few words about the country that president trump has nominated him to be the ambassador too. first more about mr. arthur b. culvahouse, jr. . he is the most accomplished lawyer i know and i do not know of many public servants were accomplished and he is. that may sound like an extravagant claim but i mean it sincerely. he had the great advantage of being born and raised in 10 mile tennessee. so that got him off to a good start. then, he went to the university of tennessee, where according to the professors there, he had the highest grades in finance of anybody and that lasted for a long time. he was selected as a scholar at new york university law school, which is sort of a public service scholarship for outstanding students who want to practice law in the

we heard senator corker in an exit interview, how dishartened he is about how things are going. that sends a clear signal to republicans. i don't know how much it will influence them in the end. >> we've seen both corker and jeff flake gave his departing speech. the reality is the republicans left in washington are more likely to be supportive of the president. >> that is true. we saw that. the base is there. the republican party as a whole is probably trumpier now. the republicproblem is there ar people outside that base than inside the base. and even those inside it can't deny some of what we're seeing in terms of what the investigations are revealing, and to the point made earlier that are making trump nervous, there's so much left that we don't know. it seems like everyone is anxious. >> for sure. eugene and alexi, thank you. >>> up next the tangled web of unprecedented support trump got from the nra. not to mention the millions the nra admitted to spending on tru trump's behalf attacking hillary clinton. you're matching msnbc. - [narrator] the typical vacuum head has its li

corker asked for his endorsement and the president said no. >> corker pushed back and saying yes, justike mexico is paying for the wall. #alertdaycarestaff. a quick fact check, cnn reported that the president offered to endorse corker. >>> and steve mnuchin spent sunday calling banks to assure investors over the worst week. the dow fell 6.9%. worst weekly drop since october of 2008. the s&p last week lost 7%. nasdaq with the worst week since november of 2008. a really bad week. nasdaq is officially in a bear market. here is mnuchin's attempt at damage control. in a statement after that call with the six ceos. he said they confirmed they have ample liquidity. steve mnuchin is telling the world that everything is fine when no one said it wasn't. bank no one has said that is not true. all three major averages are down 12% for december. on pace for the worst december since the great depression. the markets are acting like a recession is around the corner. yes, the blockbuster growth of this year is likely to fade and risks like the u.s. and china trade war is still out there. some market v

instead he's pushing bob corker's bill, much more narrow.ly condemn the crown prince, mohammed bin salman, for his role in the murder of jamal khashoggi. is there any situation under which you would support that bill? >> i think that bill probably has a lot of good things in it and i could very well support it. but the main thing right now is that the united states has got to end its participation in the war in yemen, instead of supporting more and more bombs falling on to that horrific situation. what we have got to do is bring the warring parties together, stop the war, and start working with the united nations on humanitarian help for a very -- a country which is suffering terribly. >> now, you know, as you said, you may well, at some point, support senator corker's bill. he, of course, has been on your side when it comes specifically to the person who has been in charge of this war from the beginning, the crown prince of saudi arabia, mbs, he is in charge of this. he is also, of course, according to the cia, the one who directed the horr

and corker suggesting something much broader than just going after the u.s. involvement in yemen, perhaps other measures, sanctions perhaps, things to that nature. so his belief is that if there is a significant bipartisan support, it would be enough to overcome any presidential veto, but as we have seen before, guys, when the president's hand is forced, he may be forced to sign something like he had to do with russia sanctions at the beginning of the administration. >> good point. manu, thank you. >>> eyeing 2020? if you just heard what joe biden said last night, a strong possibility. next. shhh. that's it. sleep tight little one. thanks, mom. you take such good care of him. that's what grandmas do. i don't know what we'd do without you. well, i made sure you'll have help even after i'm gone. after you're gone? mom, are you ok? everything is fine. just so you know, i got a life insurance policy so when the time comes, i won't leave you a financial mess. let's face it: there'll be a funeral, and maybe medical bills. it's not an inheritance or anything, but it

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

. >> thank you, senator corker. it's good to be in your committee. senator menendez, senator cardin, senator barrasso. it's my privilege today to introduce to the committee arthur b. kuld ahouse jr., and i'm doing to do that by saying a few words about him and a few words about the country that president trump has nominated him to be the ambassador to. first, about a.b. kuldahouse jr. he's the most accomplished lawyer i know. and i do not know many of any public servants more accomplished than he is. that may sound like an extravagant claim but i mean it sincerely. he had the great advantage of being born and raised in ten mile, tennessee. that got him off to a good start. then he went to the university of tennessee, where according to professors there, he had the highest grades in finance of anybody, and that lasts for a long time. he was selected as a scholar at new york university law school. which is sort of a public service scholarship for outstanding students who want to practice law in the grand manner, as he became legislative counsel to howa

corker answered, i don't know. you have fun.attanooga. >> this is how bob corker will depart as will paul ryan. this is their last moment in congress. corker laughed out loud when told about it. >>> 18 hours to go. thanks for joining us. i'm alison kosik. >> thanks for being here. i'm >>> for secretary mattis never known to quit anything, this was the breaking point. >> the deizaticision to design nightmare. i made my decision clear. any measure must include border security. >> it will not get him his wall. >> this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is "new day." it's friday, december 21st, 6:00 here in new york. america is less safe this morning. that's the sentiment i heard overnight from republican lawmakers, and that's the reaction to the resignation of mattis who quit in protest. add to that a looming shut down, and the "washington post" notes that this december 21st will be the darkest day of the year. the headlines in the papers

a reporter asked corker what is the path forward for the continuing resolution, and corker answered,ady to drive to chattanooga. adding, suck it. >> mom's new e harmony boyfriend? >> because that picture is very sort of e harmony. >> thank you, bob corker. >> thank you, late-night comics. >>> there's chaos in washington this morning, from the resignation of defense secretary, james mattis, we will break down the developments. >>> first the new cnn film "love gilda" looks at the life of gilda radner. here's a sneak peek. >> hi, i am gilda radner, and, okay, now. people want to know what made you funny. from the time i was a kid i loved to pretend. she was the very first performer casts for "saturday night live" >> they just love her. >> i basically stole all of my characters from gilda. >> i can do almost anything if people are laughing. >> gilda was just not quite herself. >> one morning she just said i don't know what is wrong with me. >> the comedian gets the most unfunny thing in the world. >> she felt that she could be of help and that's exactly what she did. >> how often do we g

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i understand you just talked to the chair of the senate foreign relations committee, bob corker.did he say? >> yeah, in fact, he was disappointed this briefing is only going to be for six senators. we're not expecting more than a handful of senators. he said it should be done for the full senate, and the white house was preventing the full senate from being briefed and he did not know that, buhe's moving forward with legislation, trying to get a bipartisan bill on the floor to target saudi arabia by monday. now, i also asked him about the contention by the administration that the crown prince of saudi arabia, there was no direct evidence tying him to the murder of jamal khashoggi, and corker pushed back. >> the crown prince that it would appear directed, you know, the dismemberment of a journalist who has children here in the united states, who is a resident here. and there's been no response. i mean, that just, what happens over time is leaders like him believe that they can get away with, you know, killing people around the world that are dissidents or who are criticizing them.

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

is to build convince the president to act himself before they need to act and that's what senator corker said acts before forcing us to act because we will act and what will they do i think what is clear and where they could have more teeth than just rhetoric is by the magnitsky act and if they do consider so india arabia. basically indicted under the magnitsky act then i think saudi arabia is going to have to do something about the how of its own moment thanks very much. we move on the u.n. special envoy say yemen and who the rebels have arrived in sweden for talks the saudi backed government delegation is also on its way it's open to go see a sions will end the four year old war which the u.n. says has led to the worst humanitarian crisis in modern history is pulled to judge him. humanitarian organizations are hoping this who the delegation that arrived in stockholm and a yemeni government delegation arriving from saudi arabia will come to an agreement that will help protect millions of yemenis threatened by fighting famine and disease it would be the first time in more than two years