we' rex. we'll do what has to be done.mes out on the blockade and says saudi arabia should stop it. the president comes out and slams qatar and continued to support saudi arabia. the question i have for you here gloria is there are a the love people in the diplomatic community who say thank god for rex tillerson. somebody who actually doesn't want to up the rhetoric on war with north korea, someone that acknowledges the situation in the middle east is more complicated than taking saudi arabia's side on every issue. losing rex tillerson opens the door to someone that is a complete yes plan to trump. >> that's right. and who is very political and comes from a political background. don't forget rex tillerson was a ceo. he was a master of the universe. he wasn't a master of the congress. so pompeo, if it is pompeo, comes from congress. and he has established a relationship with trump, has done trump's bidding on occasion, has, you know, met with a conspiracy theorists because the president told him to. and so i think, yeah, th

secretary of state rex tillerson he emphasized that the united states did not want to go to war with north korea but that they will be increasing their pressure on the country that is intended to lead to diplomatic talks in the meantime the president's been very clear militarily we are going to be prepared should something go wrong and our military expert or a representative from north korea was able to take the floor at the meeting now the representative from north korea said that it was the united states that was to blame for the crisis in the korean peninsula and that their development of nuclear weapons was only done to deter attack against their country this is the representative of north korea speaking in the u.n. security council chamber our position open you clearly have. individuals do with the prince even with the prince. and the run resistance and development the from the u.s. but on the u.s. you can use that at the end up looking and it's a new one to blame for. the years the run must be. confident now we heard from the representative of russia and he addressed the securi

the trick is that rex tillerson is not very popular within his own state department. on budget cuts and a number of roles remain unfilled. a replacement being touted as the current director of cia, mike pompeo. he is much more of a trump loyalist, a former hardline republican, and it is thought perhaps that he might be a better fit when it comes to this trump administration. politically, would it be damaging for a president to lose the holder of such a high office so early into a residential term? it is certainly highly unusual. in fact, term? it is certainly highly unusual. infact, it term? it is certainly highly unusual. in fact, it has been a number of years and say secretary of state has only lasted one year. i think somebody said it has been 20 presidents since this has happened. but when it comes to this trump administration, well, ithink but when it comes to this trump administration, well, i think it is not entirely unusual. there have in a number of reshuffles, and number of resignations, as this white house tries to figure out its way forward. remember, trum

aquÍ estarÁ rex, exclamÓ el presidente sin hacer mÁs comentarios sobre la supuesta destituciÓn.cir que desde mi perspectiva estÁ funcionando muy bien". mike pompeo tiene una relaciÓn mucho mÁs cercana con el presidente. >> ha pasado mucho tiempo dando los reportes diarios o semanales al presidente del estado de dirigencia en el mundo. a travÉs de eso, tienen una relaciÓn bastante cercana. janet: la salida de tillerson se venerÓ morando hace meses pero la casa blanca insiste en que el secretario de estado, ahora se mantendrÁ en su puesto. " por ahora, su futuro es a seguir sirviendo al presidente y a la administraciÓn asegurando que rex tillerson estarÁ en el cargo hasta fines de aÑo". ilia: el exjefe de la campaÑa electoral de donald trump, paul manafort, alcanzÓ un acuerdo con robert mueller. la jueza del distrito de columbia tiene que aprobar este acordÓ para que manafort salga de su arresto domiciliario. ♪ enrique: un estudio realizado por varias organizaciones establece la lista de las ciudades mÁs hospitalarias para inmigrantes. ilia: tras la me dedico a buscar locaciones,

thinks the most public message signal to rex tillerson? >> the president has been on the outs of the secretary now and with several months there would have to come a reckoning. it feel that is reckoning maybe coming up the next few weeks. close to the end of the year or afterwards. the secretary was at the white house and he went for two different meetings. he's planning to go to europe and dealing with foreign counter parts and wondering will he be around much in the new year and what if it matters with they make a deal with him. >> the president is asking if you want rex tillerson on the job and his response is quote, "rex is here and in ducted to the hall-of-fame." >> not an endorsendorsement. if you listen to sarah sanders, she says there is no personal announcement to be made at this time. we'll see what tomorrow brings and tomorrow or a week from now brings. john kelly is putting together a plan and he's looking into the future and he see as future which rex tillerson is not secretary of state and mike pompeo seems to have the presid

possibly a critical few days for rex tillerson as well.ting that it's an open secret that his position is in considerable doubt. look, it's not like the world needs stability, what's going on, something happening in north korea and between the us and the uk as well, but will he go the way of flynn, spicer, scaramucci, bannon, priebus. senior white house people, in this case the secretary of, is he going to go out well? this is the biggest clue —— secretary of the. the white house says he is definitely staying so that has to be the biggest clue —— secretary of the. i looked online and i couldn't find anything as to whether or not rex tillerson would leave and the global instability that would cause to some extent, given the stock market is at an all—time high. but i did find bets on donald trump being impeached, that's what people are putting their money on, not rex tillerson. what the odds might be... i saw one line that says when the president loses confidence in someone president loses confidence in someone they will no longer serve in t

secretary of state rex tillerson he emphasized that the united states did not want to go to war with north korea but that they will be increasing their pressure on the country that is intended to lead to diplomatic talks in the meantime the president's been very clear militarily we are going to be prepared should something go wrong and our military is prepared a representative from north korea was able to take the floor at the meeting now the representative from north korea said that it was the united states that was to blame for the crisis in the korean peninsula and that their development of nuclear weapons was only done to deter attack against their country this is the representative of north korea speaking in the u.n. security council chamber oh a position open you clearly have for. individuals to third with the prince even meet up with the prince. and to run. and to build a month from the u.s. but on the u.s. nuclear threat at the end up looking and it's a new one to blame for. the years the run must be so confident now we heard from the representative of russia and he addressed

. >>> and there is a rex it strategy for secretary of state rex tillerson to move him from his post. the conflicting reports that president trump wants him out. mean while, a diplomatic mess is brewing with america's closest ally. british parliament members unleashing anger over the president's tweets. >>> and a late night craving led a man to a waffle house. when he got there, everyone was sleeping. next. >> and call it the perfect remix. we're getting our first listen to the collaboration between ed sheeran and beyonce, the duet that's melting our hearts and moving our souls. that was deep for a friday. it's december 1st. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> melting our souls. >> can i get a breaking news banner for that? beyonce -- >> ed sheeran, beyonce -- oh, i see. it's part of that. >> featuring beyonce. it's not beyonce's new song, even though she's always dropping a new song here and there, right? >> you sound like you want to talk about this a lot. >> that is not our leading story. >> we are going into get into this, but we have to start things off with a little

do you want rex tillerson on the job, mr. president? >> he's here. rex is here. >> reporter: but the question tonight, for how much longer? abc news has learned white house officials have a plan to replace secretary of state rex tillerson, an ouster that could come in a matter of weeks. they've even lined up a possible replacement, cia director mike pompeo. with arkansas senator tom cotton potentially replacing pompeo at the cia. the state department downplaying the news. >> the secretary is someone whose feathers don't get ruffled very easily. >> reporter: president trump has repeatedly and very publicly undercut his own secretary of state, saying tillerson was, quote, wasting his time trying to negotiate with north korea. even calling him weak. >> sometimes i'd like him to be a little bit tougher, but other than that, we have a very good relationship. >> reporter: and there was the report that tillerson told colleagues his boss was, quote, a moron. >> i'm not going to deal with petty stuff like that. >> reporter: the president responding, "if he di

secretary of state rex tillerson he emphasized that the united states did not want to go to war with north korea but that they will be increasing their pressure on the country that is intended to lead to diplomatic talks in the meantime the president's been very clear militarily we are going to be prepared should something go wrong and our military is prepared a representative from north korea was able to take the floor at the meeting now the representative from north korea said that it was the united states that was to blame for the crisis in the korean peninsula and that their development of nuclear weapons was only done to deter attack against their country this is the representative of north korea speaking in the u.n. security council chamber our position open you clearly have. individuals do with the principle with the prince. and the right to resist those and to build up month from the u.s. but in the years you can use that at the end up looking and it's anyone to blame for eight. years the run must be so confident now we heard from the representative of russia and he addressed

the truth also is that rex tillerson isn't very popular within his state department.s. a number of those remain unfilled. and a number of senior staff have been let go. so there is a lot of unrest there. there have been reports of low morale. those reports have not been denied. so when it comes to whether oi’ denied. so when it comes to whether or not he will be in place, they think it's a matter of when —— be replaced. there are also reports within the us that this kind of lea ks within the us that this kind of leaks from the white house have been deliberate to try to both undermine rex tillerson and forced him almost to the finish line. but there is some time to go, we think. we will just have to wait and see. the replacement touted is the current cia director mike pompeo. he is more ofa trump cia director mike pompeo. he is more of a trump loyalist and is a former hardline of a trump loyalist and is a former ha rdline republican of a trump loyalist and is a former hardline republican and it is thought perhaps that he might be a better fit when it comes to this trum

the only comment he made was that rex was here, he said.ting that rex tillerson could be replaced within a matter of. and when it comes to the state department, rex tillerson is not exactly popular. he has concentrated on budget cuts and a number of those have gone unfilled and there have been reports of low morale. so when it comes to his perhaps replacement, the rumour is it made the cia director mike pompeo, a much betterfit within the trump administration. he currently briefs donald trump daily. they share many puzzle —— policy values and he's also a hardline republican. as to whether or not rex tillerson will devolve, on that we are uncertain. we willjust have to wait and see whether this is another one of these unpredictable moments in this presidency. stay with us. also coming up, who is playing who in next year's foot or world cup finals? —— football. it's quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor people living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory. i am feeling so helpless, that the childrens a

was this the most public message, signal to rex tillerson? >> well, it would be hard not to get the message after today. the president has been on the outs with the secretary now for several months, and people have been expecting at some point down the road they would have to come a reckoning, and it feels like it may be coming up close to the end of the year, maybe right afterwards. but if the secretary was at the white house today, he was there today for two different meetings. you know, he's going through the motions of still doing the job. he's planning to go to europe next week. but imagine what that is going to be like dealing with foreign counterparts who are wondering will he be around much in the new year, and what does it matter if they make a deal with him if they don't have that deal signed off on by the president? >> also, peter, the president is asked do you want rex tillerson on the job? his response "he's here, rex is here," was immediately inducted into the faint praise hall of fame. >> not exactly a rousing endorsement. and

saveve your energy rex, we'll do , what has to be done!"ensions also flared between the two after reports that tillerson f-inglled trump, " an moron." trump responded in an interview, "if you did that i guess we'll , have to compare iq tests." well for more, we're joined in grand rapids, michigan by marcy wheeler, an independent joururnalist who covers natitiol security and civilil liberties. she runs the website emptywheel.net. her latest piece is heheadlined, "throwowing h2o on the pompeo to state move." welcome back to democracy now! layout what you understand is happening with tillerson summons to the white house. marcy: the claim is that tillerson is going to be ousted and mike pompeo who is currently in charge of the cia will be moved to the state department, and tom cotton who is a senator on the senate intelligence replace pompeod at the cia. that would be the equivalent of taking someone at the state department who is terrible but still better than pompeo, and putting in two similar people. they are both pro-torture, pro-gitmo. the

we have a status report just ahead. >>> and there is a rex it strategy for secretary of state rex tillersonrom his post. the conflicting reports that president trump wants him out. mean while, a diplomatic mess is brewing with america's closest ally. british parliament members unleashing anger over the president's tweets. >>> and a late night craving led a man to a waffle house. when he got there, everyone was sleeping.

all day strong. >> sandra: secretary state of rex tillerson answering questions right now. listen in. biko it's more security for the regime. whether it's possible for them to even sustain an economy if they continue to pad their own. we will continue our diplomatic efforts. those options remain open until other things may foreclose the diplomatic options. with that, i will stop there and think we can take a couple questions. >> reporter: thank you, secretary tillerson. we have heard a lot from you this morning about north korea. i would like to ask you about mainland peered earlier this week, two journals were arrested and their whereabouts are unknown. what is the u.s. government doing to pressure me and mark for their release and are they considering further sanctions? >> our local representatives at myanmar are expressing the concerns over individuals demanding their immediate release or information to the circumstances around their disappearance. we are continuing to examine the circumstances around all of the event since the august attacks that have led to the enormou

amy: well president trump replace rex tillerson with mike pompeo?om cotton to replace mike pompeo at the cia? we will speak with national security reporter marcy wheeler who says trump may fire tillerson but it is unlikely pompeo will be approved or the republicans can defend cotton's seat. the republicans vote on the tax plan as soon as today. a little-known provision that would open one of the worlds and wildernesses to oil fracking guess drilling. -- guess drilling. is a great human rights issue, because the right to survival is one of the first rights people should have. access to their food and water, and that is being seriously threatened in the arctic. amy: a new investigation found strong evidence that u.s. special operations forces massacred 10 unarmed civilians in somalia, despite claims they were armed enemy combatants. back-and-forth and kill these people, including children. those are people who were innocent and not al-shabab fighters. amy: we will speak with christina goldbaum in mogadishu, somalia, and on the trump impeachment. that

security council secretary of state rex tillerson appeared to backtrack on an earlier offer to start talks with pyongyang without preconditions to end the ongoing nuclear crisis r.t. scalable and reports from new york. well the presence of the two officials made it pretty clear that the stakes are getting higher as we watch the meeting in the u.n. security council chamber now we heard from the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson he emphasized that the united states did not want to go to war with north korea but that they will be increasing their pressure on the country that is intended to lead to diplomatic talks in the meantime the president's been very clear militarily we are going to be prepared should something go wrong and our military is prepared a representative from north korea was able to take the floor at the meeting now the representative from north korea said that it was the united states that was to blame for the crisis in the korean peninsula and that their development of nuclear weapons was only done to deter attack against their country this is the representative of

secretary of state rex tillerson says the u.s. is ready for talks with both crew.

rex tillerson. he's a big-shot, head of a big oil company, he came in here at the top of his game, at the top of his world, which is oil. and being a ceo of a big corporation, one of the biggest. he comes in as basically an adjutant, a deputy to a president. has he adjusted to that role? and has trump accepted him as a deputy or as a partner or what? who is rex tillerson in terms of setting u.s. foreign policy? >> so i think the answer to both of those questions is, no. and this is something you often find and you see this with the president a little bit, there are people who are very successful in business, in corporate america, in that skill set for whatever reason does not quite translate to managing a major complicated bureaucracy. in this case too, rex tillerson had some additional challenges in that he was the deputy working for a fairly mercurial boss who was, as we mentioned earlier in the show, making foreign policy on the fly on twitter. but it was a relationship that was never particularl

secretary of state rex tillerson says the u.s. will hold talks with north korea if the regime stops its threatening behavior. we'll tell you how the north is responding to that. >>> and the verdict is out, the numbers are in. how "star wars" episode 8 "the last jedi" is faring at the box office. >> i'm going to guess it might be doing okay. >> maybe. we'll see. >> welcome to "cnn newsroom" from around the world, i'm george howell. >> and i'm natalie allen. "newsroom" starts right now. our top story, attorneys for the u.s. president donald trump are expected the to sit down face-to-face with special counsel robber mueller and his team next week. >> the president's attorneys hope it means the investigation to the election russian meddling is nearing an end. they say all the requests documents have been turned over. they say all requested interviews have been completed. they also point out there's been no request for the president to be interviewed. however, it is still possible that could be ahead. >> other lawyers in the case warn

nada: rex tillerson actually questioned their commitment to solving the crisis. he said that while, obviously, they are following through with the security council operations, they could be taking more unilateral actions. in particular with russia, he called out the guest worker program. he said they were hiring north korean laborers and having them work in slave like conditions with pay going to the north korea nuclear program. he said they could easily cut that off. with china, he said he could cut off the oil flows to north korea because that would have a devastating blow to the north korean economy. laura: thank you. wildfires in southern california oftinuing to burn out control, scorching in the area larger than new york city and arisis combined -- and p combined. one firefighter has been killed battling the blaze. attention is turning to the underlying conditions driving the fire. it is not rained in eight months. the bbc's james cook reports. james: 11 days, and still it burns. more than 8000 men and women are now battling this blaze, saving homes one by o

with rex tillerson his u.s. counterpart in the past twenty four hours the issue of pyongyang in north korea north korea the leadership there wanting talks with the u.s. and security assurances but washington continues to stage military drills in effect ultimately saying that pyongyang is responding to the u.s. military drills in its back yard also the recognition. topic there with more details available for you right now dot com that's all the time we have for now but kate politics will be here in three minutes with the rest of your friday well it had its. well i would agree that they had a good return to london while it's a limited city. it is a cool one no more important. than the plants that aborts in the south and convincing conversant of the in many liberated . why do think you'd need. all to see we have a great team we need to strengthen before the freefall world cold and you're better than a legend to keep it so it's at the back. in one thousand nine hundred two that must qualify for the european champion

quite positive that at least the leaders could sit down formally face to face does president trump and rex tillerson see i die here we hear that rex tillerson is kind of one of the talk all along president saying no the time for talks over and they still say nothing's changed it was actually going on as far as the american side concerned you know who's holding the cards here this is the motor question about u.s. foreign policy of the moment in terms of who is the things and this is the biggest issue really the north korean crisis which is where is a consistency can we truly see. what trumper say will that actually be replicated into action and we've seen this consistently between trump and so the seven times of what will actually happen i think if they do meet then we can say for me that's all that comes about it still really retro to some degree but hopeful rhetoric. it may still be a fortnight until millions around the world celebrate christmas but the decorations are already being put up to brighten the dark winter days and if you're looking for something a little different this year he

during these first ten months of the trumpet ministration the president and his secretary of state rex tillerson frequently broadcast seemingly contradictory policy positions the white house is denying reports trump plans to replace to listen soon when castle was blockaded six months ago by several countries led by saudi arabia tillerson called for talks and unity while trump appeared to back the saudis then there's the president shifting stance on the u.s. embassy in israel during his election campaign mr trump promised to move from tel aviv to jerusalem only to shelve the idea once he was in the white house the latest reports however say he's changing his mind again and trump caused controversy in the u.k. by retreating fake anti muslim that he is british calls are increasing for his planned state visit to be cancelled nearly two million britons signed a petition against his visits and big protests are planned if trump does go to britain ok let's get going let's bring in our guests joining us here in the studio in doha josh on executive director of the arab center of washington d.c.

rex tillerson was speaking at a meeting of the un security council in new york.mmitment of moscow, and especially beijing, in trying to reign in the secretive state's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. there's chinese crude oil flows to north korean refineries. the united states questions china's commitment to solving an issue that has serious implications for the security of its own citizens. recently, the north korean regime has sought to portray un sanctions as harmful to women and children, but this is a regime that hypocritically spends billions on nuclear and ballistic missile programmes while its own people suffer great poverty. the regime could feed and care for women, children and ordinary people of north korea if it chose the welfare of its people over weapons development. let's speak to the bbc‘s nada tawfik who is in new york. many may remember that just on tuesday when rex tillerson was addressing an audience at a think tank event on north korea. he said the us was ready to enter into talks without preconditions. the white house quickly came o

rex is here. >> thank you very much, everybody. >> donald trump would only confirm rex tillerson's locationg to shame him. they're trying to shame him. >> because of calling the president a moron. >> they're trying to shame him. i don't think -- i think you need to be -- here's the deal. >> are you going to give advice right now? donald. >> you need to be careful with rex tillerson. unlike the other people around you, rex tillerson ran i think the largest company in the world, and after this is over, rex tillerson goes back to all of his buddies and all of his friends, and he's accepted back in the community, and he rolls his eyes, and depending on how you treat him from now until when he leaves the office, that's sort of his decision on whether he calls you a moron in private settings or he calls you a moron in public settings. so your leverage thing you like to talk about that you're not good at anymore, you need to be careful with rex, because, i mean, they actually think rex cares. >> yeah. >> and he just does not care. >> i would be very careful. i don't think that rex took the oath. t

security council secretary of state rex tillerson appeared to backtrack on an earlier offer to start talks with pyongyang without preconditions to end the ongoing nuclear crisis on the scale of more pain reports from new york well the presence of the two officials made it pretty clear that the stakes are getting higher as we watch the meeting in the u.n. security council chamber now we heard from the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson he emphasized that the united states did not want to go to war with north korea but that they will be increasing their pressure on the country. it is intended to lead to diplomatic talks in the meantime the president's been very clear militarily we are going to be prepared should something more at the meeting now the representative from north korea said that it was the united states that was to blame for the crisis in the korean peninsula and that their development of nuclear weapons was only done to deter attack against their country this is the representative of north korea speaking in the u.n. security council chamber our position open you clearly

do you want rex tillerson on the job, mr. president?uestion, for how much longer? abc news has learned white house officials have a plan to replace secretary of state rex tillerson, an ouster that could come in a matter of weeks. they've even lined up a possible replacement, cia director, mike pompeo with arkansas senator tom cotton possibly replacing pompeo at the cia. the state department downplaying the news. >> the secretary is someone who does not get ruffled easily. >> reporter: president trump has repeatedly and very publicly undercut his own secretary of state, saying tillerson was, quote, wasting his time trying to negotiate with north korea, even calling him weak. >> sometimes i'd like him to be a little bit tougher, but other than that, we have a very good relationship. >> reporter: and there was the report that tillerson told colleagues his boss was quote, a moron. >> i'm not going to deal with petty stuff like that. >> reporter: the president responding, if he did that, i guess we'll have to compare i.q. tests, and i can te

the us secretary of state rex tillerson says washington is ready to enter into talks with north korearson made the comments in a speech in washington dc. he added that pyongyang must be willing to change course in its nuclear and missile programmes. we have said, from the diplomatic side, we are ready to talking anytime north korea would like to talk, and we are ready to have the first meeting without preconditions. let's just meet, and we can talk about the weather if you want. we can talk about whether it is going to be a square table or a round table, if that is what you are excited about. but can we at least sit down and see each other face to face. and then we can begin to lay out a map, a roadmap of what we might be willing to work towards. i don't think, it's not realistic to say we are only going to talk if you come to the table ready to give up your program, we have too much invested in it. and the president is very realistic about that as well. so it's really about how do you even begin the process of engagement, because we are dealing with a new leader in north korea that r

our other stop story — the us secretary of state rex tillerson says washington is ready to enter into— without conditions. tillerson made the comments in a speech in washington dc. he added that pyongyang must be willing to change course in its nuclear and missile programmes. and if it doesn't, he said the us has its full range of military options ready. we have said, from the diplomatic side, we are ready to talking anytime north korea would like to talk, and we are ready to have the first meeting without preconditions. let's just meet, and we can talk about the weather if you want. we can talk about whether it is going to be a square table or a round table, if that is what you are excited about. but can we at least sit down and see each other face to face. and then we can begin to lay out a map, a roadmap of what we might be willing to work towards. but there seems little sign of pyongyang wanting to change course. north korean state media has since reported kim jong—un vowing to make his country the "world's strongest nuclear power". the north korea leader made the comments in a sp

that's something that rex tillerson echoed at a "new york times" editorial. tillerson writing, "a central component is persuading china to exert its decisive economic leverage on pyongyang. china has applied certain import bans and sanctions but it could and should do more." the big question is why today did the administration decide to take this tough stance on china? there are unconfirmed reports that satellite images picked up chinese ships and north korean ships transferring oil from the chinese ships to the north korean ships and there was a treasury department report in november that accused the chinese of doing the same thing. this would be an effort to get around u.n. sanctions. as of today, there was nothing definitive from the administration. we've reached out to ask specifically why the president chose to take on this topic today and we've not received an answer. at the very least, brianna, this shows as we head into the new year, this administration remains focused on north korea and the president followed up a little later today with another twee

. >> mason: will rex soon be ex? >> he's here. is here. >> mason: also tonight, britain's retweet rebuke. >> action is needed now. >> mason: pressure is growing. >> congressman conyers should resign. >> mason: but he's not going. >> nancy pelosi sure as hell won't be the with one to tell the congressman to leave. >> which is smarter, dog or cat? what a new study found. >> what's your name? >> gomer pyle. >> mason: remembering jim nabors. >> shazam! >> mason: and, 60 years on the job in the air. >> it's the people. of course i like being paid, too this is the "cbs evening news." >> mason: and this is our western edition. good evening. i'm anthony mason. in ten months as america's chief diplomat, rex tillerson has found no world leader a greater challenge than the president of the united states. relations between president trump and the senior member of his cabinet, the former c.e.o. of exxon-mobil, have been strained almost from the start. now cbs news has confirmed the white house has a plan to force tillerson out. here's white ho

he has tweeted today but what about rex tillerson. yesterday, we we re about rex tillerson.ing if rex tillerson could survive. whether his future was extremely uncertain. there have been tensions between the two for several months. in donald trump's tweet, he describes reports rex tillerson was to be pushed out the door as fake news. he says rex tillerson is here to stay and admitted that they had differences but they are working on it. it looks like, for the moment at least, the secretary of state will keep his job. 0k, thank you for that. we can cross now to washington dc and talk to elizabeth wydra, a supreme court litigator and legal expert. thank you very much forjoining us. it is all about the deal. how is this deal working, as you understand? absolutely. it is a deal that we have the former national security adviser to president trump pleading guilty to lying about talking to russian contacts. the even bigger deal is what did he agree to give robert —— robert mueller in exchange that plea deal? we know that he is implicating senior presidential transition officials. r

rex tillerson's time as secretary of state is apparently coming to a close.te house has been making plans to remove the former exxon chief and replace him with the current cia director, mike pompeo. tillerson has had a strained relationship with president trump, and it did not get any better when he was quoted as calling the president a moron. here is margaret brennan. >> he is here. rex is here. >> reporter: today president trump refused to answer questions about a white house plan to replace secretary of state rex tillerson after less than year on the job. mr. trump has been publicly frustrated with his top diplomat. >> we disagree on a couple of little bit tougher. >> reporter: that comment came just three days after tillerson held an extraordinary news conference last month to shoot down reports that he had called the president a moron. >> there has never been a consideration in my mind to leave. i serve at the appointment of the president, and i am here for as long as the president feels i can be useful to achieving his objectives. >> reporter: the two h

how many hands are on rex's back pushing him towards the door?ssue that is leaving tillerson in his seat. it is is ativan teenage kwrous for him to leave blond. so he continues to say he is doing just fine. he often describes it as a very difficult job. he's happy to keep on with this job. >> he has to stay for financial reasons. >> which is why he wanted to stay a year. he didn't want to be booted out december 2017. so when he gets to this year mark in january, i can pretty much -- i'm betting my house that tillerson will not be secretary of state in february. >> that is a short tenure. like alexander haig. is that relevant at all to him? >> i think it is very clear he was left alone to do his job. he didn't have to answer to reporters. he didn't have to answer to a west wing of a trump white house and jared kushner being de facto secretary of state. he's fed up. they're fed up with him. it is a disservice to us. around the world, every head of government, adversary or ally knows this administration does not speak in one voice. >> this administr

rex?replace rex tillerson with mike pompeo. ♪ good morning and welcome to "bloomberg markets: european open." we are 30 minutes into the trading day. let's see how things are shaping up. this is a breakdown of the groups on the stoxx 600. the tax companies are coming back. -- the tech companies are coming back. beyond thes are disaster we saw happen over the past few days. you see finances doing well, industrial goods, auto-parts doing well. chemicals, utilities. most of the groups are doing quite well year-to-date here. if you look at the bottom, you see telecomms commedia, and retail the problems as well as oil and gas. the lastear-to-date, 11 months. let's get the first word news. u.s. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has a spending votes on the tax bill until later today. the gop has a slim majority in the senate and can only afford to lose to members of the want to pass the tax bill without democratic support. in the u.s., the white house is weighing a plan to replace rex tiller

have the latest on rex tillerson. we start with the stunning verdict.alifornia murder case that gets a seven times convicted. five times deported z undocumented immigrant. he was charged in the 2015 shooting death