we re that mr tillerson was being replaced were not true. sarah huckabee sanders has said that mr tillerson will be continuing to carry out the president's agenda. we do know that they have had their disagreements. let's listen in. they are talking about twitter and the tweets the president sent. that was what he was doing in the process. i think he is going to continue to do that in a number of venues, whether it is through speeches, twitter or other social media platforms. does he know that sharing is videos might incite violence? he's elevating the conversation to talk about a real issue, extreme violence and terrorism which we know is very

of uncertainty around mr tillerson.rtainty around mr tillerson. one of the correspondence asked if he has all this going on and goes to europe next week, how can he be effective, if it looks like the white house doesn't have confidence in him? it also affects his position, even if it means that he is not actually going to be losing it. there is all this question around it. after president troubles —— donald trump's twits, how would dent it is the special relationship? on a fundamental level, i don't think it is. there is a bipartisan commitment. rex tillerson was speaking about this ahead of his trip to europe. it was probably the least america first speech i have heard from anybody any administration, extolling the relationship, its usefulness and history, the fact that the us was committed to it. i think he was reflecting the views of most people in congress. then you have the president triggering a spat with the uk, for reasons that many would say he needn't have done. that does cause some dismay about what sort of e

this was mr tillerson's response to that.s never had to persuade me to remain as secretary of state because i have never considered leaving this post. lets talk to barbara plett—usher. we had a briefing in the last hour from the state department. any clues? well, the message is that it is business as usual. the secretary has had a busy day, didn't give any indication during the day he was about to lose hisjob. lots of during the day he was about to lose his job. lots of meetings, during the day he was about to lose hisjob. lots of meetings, lots during the day he was about to lose his job. lots of meetings, lots of phone calls, twice to the white house. the spokesperson here also said that general kelly, the chief of staff, and who has been reported as being behind the plan to oust him, he called the state department and said there was no such plan. the secretary saves at the pleasure of the president, but he has been given no indication that will change. his feathers do not get easily ruffled, thatis feathers do not get easi

mr tillerson has previously drawn a clear line between aung san suu kyi and the military leadership.rt aung san suu kyi and her government and the military leadership, he held them accountable for what was happening. one of the things he's hoping to do with the visit is not only to send a message to the army but to do as much as he can to support the democratic is thejewish and is of the civilian government. a us official talking about the trip beforehand said it's important that both parts of government work together to deal with this and mr tillerson has always also said this isaof tillerson has always also said this is a of the power—sharing relationship. that's interesting because aung san suu kyi has been criticised for not speaking out about this. in terms of ethnic cleansing, the un, some european governments are calling what is happening to the rohingya ethnic cleansing but the us government doesn't. the us has been more cautious in its wording and there is a deliberate process that date department to determine whether something is ethnic cleansing. that's being looked at. a

mr. tillerson and her.thy thing for relationships between the white house and the state department and certainly not a healthy thing for the way we are representing ourselves to the rest of the world. i would say this particular summit in india is about women. it is perfectly appropriate for ms. trump to go. she is an entrepreneur herself and representathize presides th although they are not sending high level in terms of deputy secretary or policy chief they are sending senior staff to help work her way through that and she will have the full support of the embassy there in india. >> the "new york times" has reporting on inner struggles at the state department perhaps that's why this issue involving ivanka and state department has taken on a bigger life. this is what the "new york times" has in their story reporting in his first nine months in office mr. tillerson turned down repeated requests to brief him according to several top officials in the bureau. finally mr. miller, acting assistant secretary for

add it has to be said, despite their differences over policy, mr tillerson taking one track while mre, he is carrying out policy that mr trump has agreed to in practice on places like north korea and syria. there is something of a working relationship there, but the two men are very different and there is a personal issue there as well as a policy one. thank you for now. barbara plett usher in washington, dc. let's talk further about president trump and his re—tweets of everything by britain first and the diplomatic row that we have seen as a result of that. with me now is raheem kassam, the london editor of the right—wing news website breitbart. good evening to you. why do you think the president did re—tweet those three tweets from britain first? what was behind that?” those three tweets from britain first? what was behind that? i think he saw it in his twitter news feed. he only follows 45 people i think. he only follows 45 people i think. he does not sit there and research who the original tweet was. by the way, jayda fransen who the original tweet was. by the way, jayda fra nsen

mr tillerson mentioned the use of chemical weapons.this step take place, because of the recent death ofan place, because of the recent death of an american college student, otto warmbier, who died shortly after returning from north korean custody, although that might not technically be able to be called terrorism. whatever the case, that determination has been made, and there is a lot of support for it in congress and also in the state department. stay with us, because i wa nt to department. stay with us, because i want to ask you some broader questions about the state department. rex tillerson has been denying the state department is in crisis. it's in charge of america's foreign policy and diplomacy. this weekend the new york times editorial board published this — "the trump administration is making war on diplomacy". it accuses rex tillerson of being determined to dismantle his own department. today he responded — briefly. this department is performing extraordinarily well and i take exception to anybody who would characterise it ot

the white house spokeswoman says mr tillerson is continuing to carry out mr trump's agenda.e submarine and there is no chance of finding anyone alive. the government is facing criticism for failing to give schools clear advice on how to deal with the increasing number of sexual assaults by pupils on other children. it's more than a year since mps called for updated guidelines. the government has promised some interim advice and a consultation on bigger changes by the end of this school term. 0ur education editor branwenjeffreys has been talking to the mother of one primary school victim, who feels they were badly let down. i should warn you this report contains some graphic descriptions. primary school playgrounds are meant to be safe spaces but it was at school that six—year—old bella was raped. day after day by boys using theirfingers, penetrating her, hurting bella physically and mentally. she is a shell of who she used to be. they destroyed her spirit. they destroyed who she was. it was hell. we literally retreated into our home. she wouldn't go out to play. she wouldn't

they wanted to have mr tillerson go to the region and form his own impressions before they issued thiscials it was the attendance and planning characteristics of ethnic cleansing which decided them. they used words like organised and systematic, which implicates the military. mr tillerson included the military and security forces in the list of those responsible for what he called atrocities, also local vigila ntes. responsible for what he called atrocities, also local vigilanteslj was surprised to hear him use this language because just last week he met the de facto leader of myanmar, aung san suu kyi, who would characterise this differently?m aung san suu kyi, who would characterise this differently? it is a difficult balance for the americans because they have a number of things they want to achieve. they wa nt of things they want to achieve. they want sort —— strong support for aung san suu kyi and the civilian government, they believe the transition to civilian rule is crucial of myanmar is to be able to deal with the long—term ethnic tensions at the root of this violence. at the

this administration the reality of course is that if the president really truly disagreed with mr tillerson you could always fire him like he did so many people on the apprentice. looking at trump's trip he's going to five countries what is going to constitute for trump a successful tour of asia wall i think that if you.

in terms of the state department's focus on north korea, mr tillerson has spent a lot of his time dealing issue. he is using career diplomats, not political appointees, who are in their positions who know a lot about that. he's been putting them up front as well. he has been quite diligently pursuing his strategy, which he called maximum pressure, to try to get countries to stop any source of funding to the north koreans, which could be used for their weapons programme. that's beyond the un sanctions. so about a month ago, we were told by the state department that 20 countries had taken department that 20 countries had ta ke n ste ps department that 20 countries had taken steps in that regard, sending ambassadors home, north korean workers home, cutting off finances and so on. that is something that the state department and administration has achieved a certain amount of success. the overall objective is to have those talks with the north koreans about denuke larisation. your guest was saying that is unlikely to happen because pyongyang hasn't shown interest in talks based on the idea of

mr putin met each other was at a different some at the g. twenty in hamburg back then the talks lasted three times longer than it was initially expected that was when rex tillerson said that no one could stop the two the leaders including the wife of mr trump melania trump but back then obviously the relationships were in a terrible state be. we are still in that state of course but things did come out of that meeting including the progress on the syrian cease fire and the deescalation zones will then trump bring up syria if the meat's end up meeting here in vietnam most likely yes the enormous difficulties in how washington and moscow get along with each other allegations of russian meddling everyone here is sure that somehow this will surface was ukraine and of course north korea donald trump has been on a tour around east asia so the two presidents must have a lot of things to say to each other and hear from each other on the north korean crisis so we're all waiting for when this happens and we'll have to keep an eye on president trump and president putin here in vietnam. where they do what they don't know is there in vietnam for example brings us all the lat

this administration the reality of course is that it's a president really truly disagreed with mr tillerson he could always fire him like he did so many people on the apprentice looking at trump's trip he's going to five countries what is going to constitute for trump a successful tour of asia wall i think that if he can get across the following message that the u.s. commitment to its allies is firm that the u.s. is going to remain engaged in asia not just military wise but also economically and if he can get some measure of cooperation from key allies as well as china regarding north korea all of those are i think aspects of the administration would very much like to achieve for asia i think what they would like to hear also is that the united states is going to remain committed and that various past statements by the president about for example that maybe our commitment isn't as strong our are no longer going to be the case in the coming three and a half years as god's work cut out for him that is saying a senior research fellow with the heritage foundation thanks for being with us on thi

mr. tillerson's recent trip to the country.t is it that drives a person to risk their life to save a stranger? or carry out an act so cruel that they have no regard for another's suffering. psychologist abigail marsh says the answer lies in how our brain responds to people's fear. in her new book called the beer -- fear factor, it's based on her research into part of the brain called the amygdala. how does our response to other people's fear produce such wildly different behavior? >> fearful expressions are really interesting, because it signals that the person experiencing the fear is in acute distress. what is interesting is that people vary a lot in how they are able to recognize and empathize with that year. -- with that fear. it turns out that the amygdala varies in both structure and function and people have strong amygdala responses are motivated to help people feeling that way. people have smaller, less act -- less active amygdalas are not. jane: some of the accounts are disturbing, children who have undeveloped amygdal

mr tillerson called what's happened "horrific." it's hard to watch what's happening.nd until a lot of very deep issues are addressed, and that will take time. barbara plett—usher is at the state department in washington and told me about the questioning of aung san suu kyi. she was asked point—blank about why she had stayed silent about the atrocities committed, and she said i wasn't silent, ijust atrocities committed, and she said i wasn't silent, i just wasn't interesting or exciting. i was trying to be accurate, suggesting in general she had been trying not to further inflame the sectarian tensions behind the violence. her defenders also say she has to tread carefully because if she provoked the army it may roll back further the army it may roll back further the democratic gains that have been made, and it was interesting she said that myanmar could co—operate with the united states and the international community in addressing this crisis is the focus was on peace and security and not on punishment, which seems to have been mr tillerson's approach, because she tha

mr tillerson is expected to call for an end to the violence in rakhine state which has caused six hundredngya muslims to flee to bangladesh in recent months. at least five people, including a gunman, have been killed in a shooting at an elementary school in northern california. several people including three children were injured in the shooting at the rancho tehama school. the gunman is said to have fired randomly until two police officers killed him. at least seven scenes are being investigated and police say there may be more victims. australia has voted in favour of legalising same—sex marriages. the results of an eight week postal survey showed more than 61% of voters were in favour — the government has pledged to introduce legislation before the end of the year. this is the moment the announcement was made. for the national result, "yes" responses 7,817,2a7, representing 61.6% of clear responses. that's 61.6% of clear responses were "yes". "no" responses a,873,987, representing 38.a% of clear responses. that's 38.a% of clear responses were "no". 0ur correspondent phil mercer is in s

600,000 rohingyas have now fled to bangladesh. 0ur washington correspondent barbara plett—usher says mr tillersonnvestigation into those who have committed atrocities. he has spoken out on myanmar a couple of times, he has stopped about the violence they and calling foran about the violence they and calling for an end to it. saying the army has to guarantee it the security of refugees and create conditions so that they can come back. he has called for full access to the media and even terry and organisations and he has called for an incredible organisation that would lead to accountability of those who committed the atrocities. he will press those messages when he goes on wednesday as well although it has to be said, we havejust had wednesday as well although it has to be said, we have just had the myanmar military come out with its own internal investigation saying they did nothing wrong soldiers did not kill, rape or torture anyone. it is not a very auspicious beginning to rex tillerson's trip. his focus will be to try to get stabilisation of the province. also this hour — president trump's aut

600,000 rohingyas have now fled to bangladesh. 0ur washington correspondent barbara plett—usher says mr tillersonon into those who have committed atrocities. he has spoken out on myanmar a couple of times. he's talked about the violence there, calling for an end to it. saying that the army has to guarantee the security of refugees, create the conditions so that they can come back. he's called for full access to the media and to humanitarian aid organisations in particular, and he's called for a credible investigation that would lead to an accountability of those who've committed the atrocities. he's going to press those messages when he goes on wednesday, as well, although it has to be said, babita, you've just had the myanmar military come out with its own internal investigation saying it did nothing wrong, soldiers did not commit any rape, did not kill anyone, did not torture anyone. so that's not a very auspicious beginning to mr tillerson‘s trip. we'll have to see how he handles that, but his main focus on the trip will be to try to get stabilisation of the rakhine province and get an end to

mr tillerson said he'd received assurances that mr hariri was not imprisoned in saudi arabia and saidhe us supported an independent lebanon. the comedian louis ck has admitted to claims of sexual misconduct made against him by five women. the allegations were first brought to light by the new york times. in responding to the article, louis ck said: the bbc has been speaking with cara buckley, a culture reporter with the new york times and part of the team that broke the story. after harvey weinstein, a lot of women came forward claiming sexual assault by harvey weinstein, we heard that women who have negative experiences with louis ck wanted to talk, and we have this through intermediaries, we had a lot of tips following the weinstein story. and louis ck had rumours swirling around him of sexual misconduct for years and years. it was said that different people, different names were put to those rumours, none were ever substantiated, but now these women decided that they, it was the time to come forward with it because the landscape feels different now, it feels safer now that other wo

this administration the reality of course is that if the president really truly disagreed with mr tillerson you could always fire him like he did so many people on the apprentice. looking at trump's trip is going to five countries what is going to constitute frnt trump a successful tour of asia while i think that if he can get across the following message that the u.s. commitment to its allies is firm that the u.s. is going to remain engaged in asia not just military wise but also economically and if he can get some measure of cooperation from key allies as well as china regarding north korea all of those are i think aspects of the administration very much like to achieve for asia i think what they would like to hear also is that the united states is going to remain committed and the various past statements by the president about for example that maybe our commitment isn't a strong our are no longer going to be the case in the coming three and a half years it's got his work cut out for him that his team chang he's a senior research fellow with the heritage foundation thanks for being with u

tillerson: no. >> mr. secretary. thank you for coming. you talked about the assassination on foreign soil. russia has been accused of assassination on foreign soil, including in london, should they be considered the same sort of designation? sec. tillerson: i think we have to consider every country that would take a substance like that and use it illegally. >> are there talks like that going on right now with russia? sec. tillerson: i don't want to comment on that. >> thank you, mr. secretary. two quick questions for you. how do you balance the impact of sanctions? you talked about the people of north korea paying the price. is this something you're considering when you talk about more sanctions towards the regime of kim jong-un? well, it'sson: always a difficult choice you make when you impose sanctions in terms of who is going to bear the burden. this truth of the matter is the people of north korea already live under enormously difficult conditions and i think what we're focused on is a mission that's going to change north korea's traje

as an iranian my message to mr tillerson is that you sit on the other side of the world and he say you have no problem with the iranian people and that the iranian government is your target no i'm telling you first that you have a problem with the people because these sanctions mostly target the people rather than the government and i don't want to say i'm looking for anyone who wants to invest ten will be one hundred percent successful my oldest son lived in germany for three s and came back to iran because it's a better income iran small business owners appear to be optimistic about their future and they're appealing to european investors not to judge them from afar but to come and see for themselves. to her on twitter is doubling its one hundred forty character limit it means longer tweets for those who struggle to condense the message on the micro-blogging site the company announced that the changes will be effective immediately stop reports. have you ever struggled to write a tweet in just one hundred forty characters and would a few actual letters help you express yourself better

the same effect on iran's economy as sanctions i don't want to see as an iranian my message to mr tillerson is that you sit on the other side of the world and he say you have no problem with the iranian people and that the iranian government is your target no i'm telling you first that you have a problem with the people because these sanctions mostly target the people rather than the government that it was that we were going to before anyone who wants to invest a will be one hundred percent successful my oldest son lived in germany for three s and came back to iran because it's a better income iran small business owners appear to be optimistic about their future and they're appealing to european investors not to judge them from afar but to come and see for themselves as in basra the old zero to one. pollution levels in india's capital new delhi are a dangerous levels with some rating so bad that all thin air quality scale young children have been going to school on wednesday older children won't be allowed to play outdoors the president of the indian medical association is calling it a poll

told reporters that there was unequivocal reassurance coming from the white house indicating that mr tillerson who apparently enjoys his work is going to be staying on in the position that chief of staff kelly called our department this morning and said that the rumors are not true that those reports are not true the white house statement confirmed that there will be no personnel changes it is a fact that secretary tellers and serves at the pleasure of the president as we all do as does every political appointee and cabinet member secretary tillerson enjoys this job he has a lot of work to do the question also came up whether secretary rex tillerson would be believed when he meets with foreign ministers at a number of european capitals next week the message from the state department as long as the secretary is representing the president and is serving at his pleasure he will be advancing and speaking for the u.s. when it comes to its foreign policy. now russia has accused the united states of doing everything it can to provoke north korea and it says that cutting diplomatic and trade ties is n

mr. tillerson: i don't think there's anything we lack. we think the current authorizations we have are sufficient to allow us to pursue this enemy wherever they choose to fight us. again, i think this is all about fighting them over there. so they don't come here to attack us on the homeland again. sen. portman: the threat has evolved and it will continue to evolve. geographic limitations as an example would make no sense, i assume given the fact we are seeing a metastasizing of the threat through countries we would never imagine would be part of isis or former al qaeda. let me ask a broader question, and this is a tough one. but i have as with many of my colleagues been frustrated with regards to syria. you called it a complex battlefield. i know the president and our administration has focused on defeating isis as is appropriate. but there's a broader issue here, which is how did isis evolve in the first place? and how do we deal with the underlying problems and chaos in that region, the instability that fueled the rise of isis in the f

mr. secretary. secretary tillerson: thank you, sarah. as sarah indicated, the president announced it in the cabinet meeting and it is just the latest step in a series of are -- of ongoing steps to increase pressure -- i call it the peaceful pressure campaign, the president calls it the maximum pressure campaign so there is no confusion they are one and the same, and this is to hold north korea accountable for the actions they have taken the last several months, the last year or so. some of you will know north korea was designated as a state sponsor of terrorism in 1988 so they have been designated before. that designation was lifted in 2008 as part of an effort to andtiate with north korea end their nuclear program. that obviously failed because we can see where we are today. as a result of actions they have taken including assassinations outside of their country, using banned chemical weapons they are serious actions that put the public at risk, as well as a that, along with a number of other actions they have taken, has resulted in the

mr. tillerson to handle his frustrations? on't know that it's necessarily the right or mature way to handle his frustrations. i do think you have to feel for rex tillerson. he's been washing ivanka trump and jared kushner basically behave as though they are the desfak toe secretaries of state in this administration. we've seen jared kushner negotiating peace deals in the middle east, making routine trips to skrab. we've seen ivanka trump interacting with global leaders on these foreign trips. those are traditionally roles that the secretary of state has fulfilled. so i do think there's a bit of frustration that's warranted. i don't know that stripping ivanka trump of a high-level delegation for a trip that is very important for this white house -- entrepreneurship is something they've promoted heavily -- is the right way to go about doing that. >> errol, let me switch subjects. president trump heading to the hill on tuesday to meet with senate republicans on tax reform. the senate hopes to vote next week, quite a few senators

mr. tillerson is they are continuing to explore diplomatic options. i have to assume, i don't know that there are some behind the scenes quiet diplomatic measures being pursued. hopefully that will lead to confidence building measures that will allow us to get to the table with kim jong-un at some point. >> you hear people like lindsey graham saying the american people should be prepared. he believes war is a possibility higher because the tensions keep escalating. >> certainly, i don't think you can ever take military options off the table. that would be foolish particularly with a regime like that in pyongyang. that said, i don't find the senator's comments necessarily helpful to the situation right now. what we need is to des escalate the rhetoric, the tensions and finding a way again through confidence building measures to try to get to a negotiating position with pyongyang even if it's indirectly. yes, the military has to be ready and secretary mattis has made sure they are. but that kind of rhetoric is not helpful. kim jong-un is not going to be

tillerson. this possible shake-up in the cabinet. this is what president trump said when he was asked about this very issue earlier today. >> mr. president, do you have rex tillerson on the job? >> rex is here. >> stay in his job? >> thank you very much everybody. thank you. >> with me now, cnn diplomatic correspondent michelle, so michelle, play this out for me. i mean, if this reporting is correct, and that secretary tillerson is out, tell me about when that departure may be and who might replace him. >> you heard those words rex is here. that's in response to the questions. i think if your employer was asked that of you, and that's how they responded, i don't think i would feel so great about that. but let's talk about the sources. we've been, of course, hearing the buzz that first of all secretary of state is unhappy in washington for sometime. we know that there have been these instances of the president under mining his efforts or the secretary not speaking exactly in alignment with the president for sometime. so that's added to the tensions and to the buzz. but never since then, in the last couple of days, have we heard s

. >> do you want rex tillerson on the job, mr. trump? >> he's here. rex is here. >> thank you. >> will he stay in his job? >> thank you very much, everybody. thank you. >> and senator bob corker, a vocal critic of the president, appeared to throw cold water on this reporting. >> i don't think secretary tillerson is getting ready to be ousted. i don't. i'll be embarrassed if that happens in a couple weeks. >> but nbc news has confirmed that the white house is at least considering a plan to replace tillerson. when exactly and with whom remains unknown. just moments ago state department spokesperson heather nourd claimed chief of staff john kelly told the definite the reports are not true. for more on this, nbc's hallie jackson joins me from the white house briefing room where we are expecting sarah huckabee sanders any minute. hallie what do you know about the tillerson speculation? what is real and what is still coming together. >> reporter: what's real, you heard the president say, statement of fact. rex tillerson was in fact in the building. as far a

mr. tillerson to carry out his job as secretary of state with all of these questions surrounding whether or not he will be in the administration through january of next year? >> look, i don't know where those stories are coming from but i don't spend most of my day figuring that out. i would rather focus on the point that i know on the point that we are driving through the administration and the secretary of state is a tough guy. i think will be just fine. >> we often hear the president talk about the stock market but we haven't had them talk about crypto currency. has he been following this at all? specifically bit.? does he have an opinion on it or does he feel this is something that needs to be regularly by the government. >> it is being monitored by our team in terms of specific briefings and announcements i don't have anything i can share with you right now but i'll be happy to follow back up with yo you. >> which kind of monitoring. >> this is an issue homeland security team and advisor to the president who has brought this up in a meeting earlier this week. i know it's something h

told reporters that there was unequivocal reassurance coming from the white house indicating that mr tillerson who apparently enjoys his work is going to be staying on in the position that chief of staff kelly called our department this morning and said that the rumors are not true that those reports are not true the white house statement confirmed that there will be no personnel changes it is a fact that secretary tellers and serves at the pleasure of the president as we all do as does every political appointee and cabinet member secretary tellers and enjoys this job he has a lot of work to do the question also came up whether secretary rex tillerson would be believed when he meets with foreign ministers at a number of european capitals next week the message from the state department as long as the secretary is representing the president and is serving at his pleasure he will be advancing and speaking for the u.s. when it comes to its foreign policy. this from al jazeera still to come on the program relations between the u.s. and turkey a strained at a trial in new york threatens to make them

tillerson: thank you mr. chairman. corker, ranking member cardin, distinguished members, i appreciate the opportunity to speak to you today. desire to senate's understand the legal basis for military action is grounded in your constitutional role related to foreign policy and national security matters. i understand your sense of obligation to the american people well in this regard. in the 2001 authorization for use of military force, or aumf, congress authorized the president to "use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed or aided terrorist attacks that occurred on september 11, 2001 or harbored such organizations or persons." congress granted the president in order toity, " prevent future acts of terrorism against the united states by such nations, organizations or persons." statutoryumf provides authority for ongoing u.s. military operations against al qaeda, the taliban and associated forces including against the islamic stat

the white house is evading both of those questions tonight. >> do you want rex tillerson on the job, mr. president? >> rex is here. >> reporter: it's a new episode of cabinet apprentice that feels like a rerun. rex tillerson appears to be on his way out. sources tell cnn president trump is considering a plan to replace tillerson with cia director mike pompeo but the white house is pushing back. >> look, as we've said many times before, as many of you love to write these type of stories when the president loses confidence in someone, they will no longer serve in the capacity that they are in. >> some days i feel like i need to do that. >> curl up in a ball? >> reporter: it's no secret that tillerson has been on thin ice after calling the president a moron. mr. trump responded by challenging tillerson to an iq test. >> he never implied that the secretary of state was not intelligent. he made a joke. maybe you guys should get a sense of humor and try it sometime. >> reporter: tom cotton is leading contender to replace p pompeo at the cia even echoing mr. trump's views on torture. >> we do

one of tillerson's closest ally, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee bob corker, said mr. trump has effectively neutered tillerson. >> he said the president has "castrated you before the world stage." >> i checked. i'm fully intact. >> reporter: tillerson's cost-saving plan to restructure the state department, including slashing around 2,000 positions, has not helped his popularity. today corker defended him. >> it's been evident to me that for some time somebody is, you know, seeking to undermine his presence here. i don't know who that is. >> reporter: the white house insists that no change is imminent. the leading uandidate to replace tillerson is current c.i.a. director mike pompeo. that would leave a vacancy at the c.i.a., likely to be filled by either republican senator tom cotton of arkansas or retired vice admiral robert harworth. >> mason: margaret brennan at the white house. thanks, margaret. the non-partisan joint commission on taxation estimated today that the senate republican tax bill would add $1 trillion to the deficit over the next decade. that conflicts

mr. tillerson who has gotten his fair share of criticism for the downsizing going on at the state department>> right. >> and the number of diplomats who have left or posts gone unfilled but i'm sure that's not at the crux of any disagreement between tillerson and trump. >> my little world tillerson's a great man. hero exxon survived its downturn because of things he did i know that's not -- it takes a 15-year perspective. he's always said that. i think he was taking a 15-year perspective of buying what he learned at exxon and maybe that's not what the president wanted but that's tillerson. i just want to but the in a good word for him because he created a company that handled the downturn better than a lot of the other companies. he's a very good businessman just very good. >> we'll watch developments out of that. that's just a report dow still up italmost 100 points back in a minute >>> gyp, what's on mad" tonight? >> people love the humanization of pets. they used to be in your basement, then your living room. now they're on your bed. that's why we have onyx labs on tonight, the premier co

tillerson with cia director mike pompeo. president trump would only say, quote, he's here. >> mr. president, should rex tillerson on the job? >> he's here, rex is here. >> today white house press secretary sarah sanders said there are no personnel announcements to make at this time and that tillerson continues to lead the state department. >> only on news4, video that will make any parent cringe. punching, strangling, hair pulling. we first told you about big fights breaking out at g week. well, now we are seeing more video. and it is tough to watch. chris gordon has new reaction today, and some say school officials aren't doing enough to stop this. chris? >> reporter: erika, we were sent nine videos from a source who is employed here at gaithersburg high school, saying that they show students fighting inside the school and on school grounds. now, we have been told that the videos were shot by students on their cell phones and posted by students on social media. there is an instagram page dedicated exclusively to gaithersburg high fights on which students share the videos. now, we

tillerson with mike pompeo. and today president trump was asked precisely about this. >> mr. president, do you have rex tillerson on the job, mr. president? >> he is here, rex is here. thank you very much, everybody. thank you. >> so let's begin with cnn global affairs correspondent here with me in new york. and this is your beat. you know all things state department. when is the move? when might this happen? >> we think perhaps it might happen in early january, brooke. other officials have said maybe towards the end of january, early february. i think we need to be careful that secretary tillerson continues to say that he's on the job. his aides are saying that he's hard at work on the issues that you are talking about, north korea, syria, other type of issues. but he's also been reported to not be happy in the job. and there has been this tore re tore rent of criticism from madeline albright about the management at the state department. how members of foreign service are leaving in droves. now the numbers don't suggest droves but the morale is pretty bad. and i think one of

mr. rex tillerson to carry out his job of secretary of state surrounding the questions if he will be in the administration through january of next year? >> i don't know where those stories are coming from. i don't spend most of my day figuring that out. i'd rather focus on the points that i know and the points we're driving through the administration. the secretary of state is a pretty tough guy. he will be fine carrying this job out. blake? >> we hear the president or see the president talk about the stock market. we haven't yet heard from him on a separate but similar issue, which is crypto currency. has the president followed this at all? bitcoin and the run up in it. does he have an opinion on it or does he or the administration feel this is now something that needs to be regulated by the government? >> i know this is something that is being monitored by our team here in terms of specific briefings. i don't have anything i can share right now but i will follow back up with you. >> what kind of monitoring? >> this is an issue that tom bossert with the homeland security team and adviser t

mr. secretary, the floor is yours. [applause] secretary tillerson: well, good morning and thank you, jane, for that very kind flukes and also thanks to the wilson center for this opportunity to address you today. the wilson center has made important contributions to public policy and it is very fitting venue for our discussion today on europe considering 100 years ago, the united states entered world war i under the leadership of president wilson. while we tend to associate wilson with america in europe's affairs, our commitment to europe was championed by a predecessor of his, theodore roosevelt. when he died in 1919 as wilson was striving for peace in joined together in mourning and praise. and another british politician said he had been the greatest of all americans in the moment of dire stress. a senator said he had been the apostle of the cause of right on the other side of atlantic. president wilson was beloved in europe because of his commitment to the in the event in the years before, during and after world war i. as he adhered to a neutrali

saad hariri mr hariri announced he was stepping down whilst in riyadh last saturday blaming interference from iran and its lebanese ally hezbollah but the u.s. secretary said rex tillerson says mr hariri must return to his country to make his resignation official zana holder reports from beirut citizens of saudi arabia and its gulf allies visiting or living in lebanon are leaving it's not the first time gulf countries tell their citizens it is not safe to stay lebanon has long been entangled in the saudi iranian power struggle across the region. but the latest warning heightened tensions after the resignation of lebanon's prime minister saad heavy but alongside the tensions there are growing signs of lebanese unity in what many see as saudi interference in their country saturday his resignation was sudden raising concerns about the circumstances behind the decision there is also concern about how to ease freedom of movement he may have been seen since he made the announcement in riyadh but the prime minister hasn't made any more statements lebanon's president michel aoun believes how he is under house arrest he told saudi arabia the fear in beirut bihari that the circum

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mr. tillerson and much of his or its workforce.hat story about the growing discard -- discord in the state of art. yuri, pennsylvania on the democrat line. caller: good morning. just for the simple fact that right now, this whole nation is gripped with fear. as i begin to think about how trump got voted in, obama was the president for two terms and i think that really made it a because anle angry, african-american guy was voted for two terms. instead of voting with some type of sense, they went all the way to the other end because republicans were actually met another republicans, because they actually let him have a chance to win again. fear and equality sometimes makes me angry but have to understand one thing and i'm talking to myself as well as talking others, that that fear comes from people being in power for many years, and they are so afraid of letting them go, they will do anything to hold onto it, even if it means destroying this whole country. need to pray as christians for trump, but trump off the ramp is so with his id