it is untruth after untruth after untruth, as bob corker put it, when the president talks about the republican tax plan. untruth one, it is aimed at helping the middle-class. untruth two, it is not a plan of the rich. untruth three, it lowers the deficit. this plan is a disaster for america. it is no wonder our public and colleagues want to rush it through in the dark of night. the more it is exposed to sunlight, the more rotten it smells, and the american people will know that. senator cardin.

it is untruth after untruth after untruth, as bob corker put it, when the president talks about the republican tax plan. untruth one, it is aimed at helping the middle-class. untruth two, it is not a plan of -- plan for the rich. untruth three, it lowers the deficit. this plan is a disaster for america. it is no wonder our republican and colleagues want to rush it through in the dark of night. the more it is exposed to sunlight, the more rotten it smells, and the american people will know that. senator cardin. sen. cardin: the more we are learning about the tax proposal that the republicans will be unveiling next week, the more we have concern that this is certainly not in the interest of the american people. senator schumer talked about the fact that one thing is clear -- it will blow a hole in the deficit. they are knowledge and -- they are acknowledging it will blow a hole in the deficit. they will allow $1.3 trillion to be created on the tax proposal, but in addition we know there will be gaps. secondly, we know it will benefit higher income families. the wealthiest are the ones that are g

so it's untruth after untruth after untruth as bob corker put it when he talks about the republican taxuth one, it's aimed at helping the middle class. untruth two, it's not a plan for the rich. untruth three, it lowers the deficit. this plan is a disaster for america. it's no wonder our republican colleagues want to rush it through in the dark of night because the more it's exposed to sunlight, the more rotten it smells and the american people will know that. senator cardin? >> thank you, senator schumer. the more we're learning about the tax proposal that the republicans -- >> so i just wanted to be able to hear the democratic response about the tax plan, tax restructuring. in a nutshell, they are not fans. let's go over the specifics of president trump's tax plan. it reduces the amount of taxes and number of tax brackets so instead of seven there are three with middle income taxers taxed 25%. while everyone will pay less in taxes, the wealthiest, those making more than $730,000 a year would do much better than the rest, keeping $130,000 more of their ners would see about $60 more a y

untruth.o it is totally untrue, shall we say, that this is not a plan for the rich, which is president has stated. then he says at the heart of our plan is a tax cut for everyday working americans. untruth number two. just wrong. tax policy center, third of the middle class families would pay more. and very few get much of a break. when they talk about getting rid of state and local deductibility, when they talk about limiting 401k's, when they talk about limiting the mortgage deduction, those are all aimed at making the middle class pay more so the rich can get a bigger tax break. that's not what america needs. that's not what america wants. and that is not what's in the plans put together by our republican leadership in the house and senate. that's an untruth. then the president claims this will not increase, this will lower the deficit. untruth number three. absurd. no one believes that this will lower the deficit. "the washington post" fact checker calls this claim a fantasy. no one believ

untruth. so it is totally untrue, shall we say, that this is not a plan for the rich which the president has stated. then he says at the heart of our plan is a tax cut for every day working americans. untruth number two. just wrong. tax policy center a third of middle class families would pay more and very few get much of a break. when they talk about getting rid of state and local deductibility, when they talk about limiting 401 ks, when they talk about limiting the mortgage deduction, those are all aimed at making the middle class pay more so the rich can get a bigger tax break. that's not what america needs. that's not what america wants and that is not what is in the plans put together by our republican leadership in the house and senate. that's an untruth. and then the president claims this will not increase, this will lower the deficit. untruth number three. absurd. no one believes that this will lower the deficit. and the "washington post" fact checker called this claim a fantasy. no on

untruths from an utterly untruthful president. this is not an election. this is a sitting president of the united states and a sitting republican senator in a back and forth here, and it's hard to digest. it's hard to make sense of. >> yeah, it's worth taking a moment to be stunned because it is a republican senator with a republican president. this is a fight going on within his own party. it's very 19th srepb khacentury tone, but that is the trump era, right? this is the discourse, the political discourse in the president trump era with a president that very much stands outside of the party system as a populist leader, and we are seeing what that looks like. substantively what corker is getting at is a lot of republicans don't want the president involved in a legislative process that is a priority for them, and it is for him, too, but the mechanics are something they are worried that he will muck up, and that's the issue here. what happened with health care, republicans worry will happen on tax reform as well. they have got very few avenues left to achi

saying untruth from utterly untruthful president. #alert the day care staff. >> it's a reference to a previously insult corker had against the president, saying the white house has become an adult day care. corker spoke to our manu raju on tuesday and did not hold back. >> i don't know why he lowers himself to a low, low standard and debases our country in the way he does, but he does. >> do you regret supporting him in the election? >> let's put it this way. i would not do that again. >> reporter: you wouldn't support him again? >> no way. he's proven himself unable to rise to the occasion. >> reporter: do you think he's a role model to children in the united states? >> no. >> reporter: you don't? >> absolutely not. >> all right, manu has more now from capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning, christine and dave, a bombshell announcement in the senate with the retirement of jeff flake, the republican senator from arizona, who had actually was going to have a sister difficult path to re-election because of the pushback he has been get

president trump is untruthful. it's sad for the nation that the young people here see him as untruthful. president trump is not a role model for children. does corker trust him with the nuclear codes? he doesn't answer when asked. he does say he's concerned about president trump's stability. senator corker says white house staff has asked him to intervene when the president was about to go off the tracks. he says the president's legacy will be his debasement of the nation. this from a man, mr. trump, once considered for secretary of state and vice president. when manu asked whether corker would support the president again, he said no way. now lunch together. john roberts is live on the north lawn. we heard from senator corker again moments ago. >> we did. first, some background here. it's interesting the last time that the feud erupted, which was about three weeks ago, it was the president who threw the first punch out of nowhere on a sunday morning. today it was senator corker that threw the first punch in an inte

look i think the standing up in front of the american people and stating untruths that everybody knows to be untrue and just you know for young people to be watching not only here in our country but . around the world someone of this. mentality or. present united states is something that is i think the basing to our country look i have seen no evolution an upward way i mean he's matter of fact i would say it appears to me that. it's almost the moment devolving truck responded in the president is not known for taking a criticism wind down he hit back on his favorite social media platform tweeting that corker couldn't get elected dog catcher in tennessee the president went on to tweet before going on to criticize the senator's role in the iran nuclear deal which the u.s. recently as you may know threatened to withdraw from senator corker hit back at that describing president trump as utterly untruthful and using the hash tag award the day care staff to imply childishness on the president's part but mr trump he wanted the last word in referring to the senator as little bob corker he said

untruth.s totally untrue, shall say, that this is not a plan for the rich, which the president has stated. then he said at the heart of our plan is a tax cut for every day working americans. untruth number two era just wrong. tax policy center, one-third of middle-class families would pay more, and very few get much of a break. when they talk about getting rid of state and local deductibility, when they talk about limiting 401k's, when they talk about limiting the mortgage deduction, those are all and it making the middle-class pay more so the rich can get a bigger tax break. that is not what america needs. that is not what america wants. and that is not what is in the plans put together by our republican leadership in the house and senate. that is an untruth. and then the president claims -- this will not increase, this will lower the deficit. untruth number three. absurd. no one believes that this will lower the deficit. and "the washington post" fact checker called this claim of fantasy. no

from an unutterly untruthful president. #alertthe daycarestaff. steve bannon claiming a victory against the establishment saying another scalp for his movement. >> i think that they were not likely to be re-elected and i think that shows that the support is more behind this president than it is those two individuals. >> reporter: and overnight in a scathing "the washington post" op-ed senator flake going even further writing it's time to stop pretending this is somehow normal and for the next 14 months he will only be guided by the dictates of conscience. republican leader of the senate mitch mcconnell said he regrets senator flake's decision but he always voted on principle. >> thank you, serena. >>> those blistering attacks by senators corker and flake could pose problems for the republican party. >> yeah, we get more insight from our political director, rick klein. good morning, rick. >> diane and kendis, this is a major moment in the republican party even a major moment in the trump presidency. snores corker and jeff fl

the senator fired right back against trump on twitter saying, quote, same untruths from an utterly untruthful president #alertthedaycarecenter. he then elaborated in an extensive interview with cnn's manu raju. >> you didn't run for re-election because you couldn't get his endorsement. is that accurate? >> no, it's into the accurate. you know, nothing that he said in his tweets today were true or accurate. he knows it. people around him know it. i would hope the staff over there would figure out ways of controlling him when they know that everything he said today was absolutely untrue. >> do you regret supporting him in the election? >> let's just put it this way, i would not do that again. >> you wouldn't support him? >> no. no. i think that he's proven himself unable to rise to the occasion. i think many of us, me included, have, you know, tried to, you know, i've intervened, i've had private dinner, i've been with him on multiple occasions to try to create some kind of aspirational approach, if you will, to the way that he conducts himself, but i don't think that that's possible. he's obvi

same deal with jeff word liar day today but he keeps saying untruth.he said he didn't use the l word in his household. i thought that was an hbo show. show time. >> it's astounding, though, to just see this play out first of all on twitter. it seems like yesterday we had michigan start ing the bullying campaign. and then the tweets started this morning. little. he's trying to affect the tennessee ands on are reading it. jeff flake, there's a guy, tooment here's the thing, again, it goes back to the reaction from a lot of people between jeff flake and born corker, these are two guys on the campaign trailment they're embracing as nominee. these guys all for l all intents and purposes, what do you think about that speech? a. he wants to run for president and he was trying so hard. i called it a boring filibuster. when had to sit through 20 minutes of him just talking. >> could you stay focused. >> it's hard to stay focused when you have so many things going on. baltimore guy here, i just didn't know if it would work for me pulling this on. it's a good com

corker saying same untruths from an utterly untruthful president, #alert the day care staff. he told reporters, everyone sees through trump's bullying. >> i think the worst of it is going to be the whole abasement of our nation. >> reporter: you think the president's debasing the nation? >> i don't think there's any question. >> reporter: corker was an early supporter of trump. but asked if he would do it again, he said it all comes the same day the president traveled to the capitol to rally republicans on tax reform. but his feuds are overshadowing his agenda. >> does any of this make the president pause and wonder if he is doing anything wrong? that he bears any responsibility >> i think the voters of these individual senators' states are speaking in pretty loud volumes, i think, that they were not likely to be reelected, and i think that shows that the support is more behind this president than it is those two individuals. >> reporter: now the white house says senators corker and flake had fallen out of favor with their voters and weren't likely to be reelected anyway, but

corker responding, same untruths from the utterly untruthful president. #alertthedaycarestaff. and the president responding, isn't it sad that lightweight senator bob corker who couldn't get re-elect in the great state of tennessee will now fight tax cuts. let me just pick up on the final point, tax cuts, remember the president is still looking for a legislative victory. and he's looking for one as it relates to tax cuts. there's no margin for error. he can't afford to lose bob corker's support. and right now, it's hard to see that he's going to get it this way, hallie. >> what i want to do is get our folks here to cue up some of the bob corker sound we just heard. because i do think it is worth replaying and making sure we underscore how critical this is. but i think you bring up what is sort of the point of all this, right? i want to bring in jonathan and amber here, which is this is not just another day, another day in the republican food fight. in two people going at each other, a republican president going after a republican senator, this matters to people because of the p

quote, same untruths from an utterly untruthful president, #alertthedaycarestaff . >> corker spoke to us on tuesday. >> i don't know why he holds himself to such a low, low standard. >> do you regret supporting him in the election? >> let's put it this way, i wouldn't do that again. >> you wouldn't support him again? >> no way. he's proven himself unable to rise to the occasion. >> do you think he's a role model to children in the united states? >> no. >> you don't? >> no, absolutely not. >> wow. the white house dismissing the criticism from senators corker and flake. press secretary sarah sanders calling their comments, quote, petty and even applauding flake's decision not to seek re-election. >> i certainly think history is going to look at this president as somebody who helped defeat isis, who built an economy that's stronger than it's been in several decades, who brought unemployment to a 16-year low, who's created over 1.7 million jobs since being elected. i think those are the things people actually care about. not some petty comments from senator corker and senator flake. i thi

from an utterly untruthful president. #alertthedaycarestaff." he told reporters everyone sees through trump's bullying. >> and i think that the worst of it is going to be just the whole debasing, if you will, of our nation. >> reporter: you think the president is debasing the nation? >> i don't think there's any question. >> reporter: corker was an early supporter of trump. but asked if he would do it again, he said, "no way." it all comes the same day the president traveled to the capitol to rally republicans on tax reform. >> mr. president, any comment on senator corker? >> reporter: but his feuds are overshad doefing his agenda. >> does any of this make the president pause and wonder if he is doing anything wrong? that he bears any responsibility? >> look, i think the voters of these individual senators' states are speaking in pretty loud volumes. i think that they were not likely to be re-elected and i think that shows that the support is more behind this president than it is these two individuals. >> let's get to mar

corker said same untruths from an utterly untruthful president. he regrets backing the president and says he is defacing the g.o.p. >> the way he conducts himself and goes to such a low level. >> it is the shaking up process. >> the committee chairwoman says trump has proven he can win. he has no sympathy for these senators. >> swallow your pride and personal disagreements with the president and do what the voters asked you to do. >> they stepped around the division with a policy lunch hoping to pass tax reform. >> there is great cohesion among all republicans to achieve this goal. >> all this stuff you see on twitter this and that, forget about it. help people. >> there is a battle over the direction of the party. >> the division is a duel between trump republicans who want change. >> the question is does it get consolidated or do old republicans try to win back the party. flake and corker are trying to inspire other republicans to follow their lead. >> thedespite the spats they did agree on a disaster relief package that the president is plannin

same untruth from an utterly untruthful president -- the extraordinary exchange between a republican president and one of the party's senior statesman devolved from there. corker who also decided against seeking re-election next year said the president did not refuse to endorse him. >> no, it's not accurate. you know, nothing that he said in his tweets today were truthful nor accurate. he know it is. people around him know it. i would hope the staff over there would figure out ways of controlling him. >> reporter: when asked by cnn's manu raju if the president is a liar, corker had this to say. >> the president has great difficulty with the truth. on many issues. >> reporter: asked whether he would support him again, corker did not hesitate. >> no way. no way. no, think that he's proven himself unable to rise to the occasion. >> reporter: taken together, the decision by flake who also has quarrelled repeatedly with mr. trump, underscored the challenges facing the gop and potential complications to the president's agenda. >> reckless, outrageous and undignified behavior has become exc

responded to the president and just tweeted out same untruths from an untruthful president. alert the daycare staff. going to be an awkward lunch with the senators. >> sounds like he wants to be a cnn contributor when he's done. >> bill: we're learning precious new details after the deadly terror ambush that took the lives of four u.s. service members in western africa. we're learning they came under fire from 50 heavily armed militants and the fight lasted for hours. good morning, i'm bill hemmer. big show this morning. nice to have you with us today. >> sandra: good morning. i'm sandra smith. >> bill: when i say that i mean men and women in harm's way anywhere in the world. we're out here today is to take your questions and provide as much information as we have. the only thing i'm asking for today is a bit of patience to make sure that what we provide to you when we provide it is factual. >> bill: we pick up the coverage live at the pentagon. good morning where we start coverage with you. >> good morning, bill. the u.s. military's top officer offered new details into the

a bully who is actually untruthful. the u.s. says it's considering sanctions against top military officials over a crackdown against her hinge on muslims washington also says it's withdrawing military aid from army units and officers involved in the violence and it won't allow a senior security officials to attend u.s. sponsored events the u.n. has accused me on mars army of ethnic cleansing the military denies the claims. bangladesh have agreed to work together to repatriate hundreds of thousands over him who fled violence in northern iraq and states more than six hundred thousand rangel have crossed into bangladesh in the last two months alone but if lois lerner reports from young gong there's very little detail about how the repository ations will take place the end of one journey but the start of another struggle hundreds of thousands of rohingya refugees have been making their way to bangladesh since the myanmar military launched a brutal crackdown in august the rohingya say they had no choice but to leave. we left our home

corker tweeting back same untruths from an utterly untruthful president. alert the day care staff. claiming a victory against the establishment. saying another scalp for his movement. >> they were not likely to be re-elected and i think that shows the support is more behind this president than it is those two individuals. >> overnight in a scathing "washington post," senator flake going even further. writing it's time to stop pretending that this is somehow normal. for the next 14 months, he will only be guided by the dictates of conscious. >> reporter: president trump can only afford to lose two votes in the senate. right know seems like they still have them. corker, flake, mccain, all voted with the white house to repeal a regulation that would have made it easier for consumers to take lawsuits against banks. live in washington, serena marshal, abc 7 news. >>> if you're a flier, you should know tomorrow marks the beginning of new screenings procedures. longer waits. the procedures include stricter passenger screening and also short security interviews. advising passengers to arri

same untruths from an utterly untruthful president. hashtag, alert the daycare staff. >> i don't know why he lowers himself to such a low, low standard, but he does. >> he supports tax reform, but not if it adds to the deficit. cbs news, capitol hill. >>> the hashtag, alert the day care staff is in reference to an earlier criticism. when senator corker said it's a shame that the white house has become an adult daycare center. gets take a look at how the financial markets are doing. stocks are up this afternoon. the dough is up 167 points. thanks to a rally for industrial companies. coming up, she called to get repairs done. the workers showed up and she realized something wasn't right. the problem with an online listing that left a customer high and dry. >> plus, a snake found on a bay area bus. now the efforts to get it into a good home. >>> there's a new scam that you should know about before you get a google search. a woman googled the name of recommended repair shop. she calledded and made an appointment to have her washing machine

after untruth out there again and again, proven will wrong by political fakt. just because you say it in 140 characters on twitter doesn't make it true. >> a fitting point to pause on. i want to turn as promised to connecticut congressman jim how did you first hear about this and how is the earthquake if you want to call it that? >> i heard about it by surprise like a lot of people. we were taken aback. not entirely unexpected. the numbers, he probably had the same electoral troubles that bob corker had to face knowing we would not know. one thing that's a little undercovered which is mind-boggling about where we are. think back a month or two ago when the thing the republicans who have the senate and the house and the presidency have been promising for several years fails in the senate by one vote. the response of the president of the united states after that happens is to go to war with three senators in his own party. at the very moment when the president and he the republicans are working very, very hard to get tax reform done. from a strategic standpoint,

you you called the president utterly untruthful .re you saying he's a liar. >> we just haven't used that word in our family. he obviously, all of you you guys can easily check and know that's occurred and know that much of what he said is untrue. utterly untruthful. >> corker isn't the only nor in the president's own party with harsh words for the,sdé commandn chief. flake' announced he will the not be seeking reelection. he gave a speech on the senate floor that was clearly aimed at the president. i have children and grandchildren to answer to, so i will not be complacent or silent. i will be better able to serve the people of arizona by freeing myself of the political consideration that consumes far too much bad it with and would cause me to compromise far too many principles. it is clear at this moment this a traditional con servant who believes in limit ed government and free markets, who is devoted to free trade, who is pro immigration has a narrower and narrower path in the nomination of the republican party, the party that has

. >> he said he's an untruthful president. are you calling -- >> no question. we grew up in our family not using the "l" word, okay, but yeah, just i mean, they're provable untruths. provable. so on the iran deal, everybody knows the role i played there and they're working with me, interestingly, right now, on tax reform. i made the deal with toomey that, you know, that has allowed that to go forward. obviously i want to make sure it's done properly. and then everything else, four times, he encouraged me to run and told me he would endorse me. i don't know. it's amazing. unfortunately, i think world leaders are very aware of much of what he says is untrue. certainly people here are. because these things are provably untrue. i mean, just -- they're just factually incorrect and people know the difference. so i don't know why he lowers himself to such a low, low standard and debases our country in the way he does but he does. i don't like responding. you know, you can let him go unanswered but -- and it's just not me to -- we don't do tweets like that. we've respo

trump of spreading untruths.'s listen to part of what senator bobcorker at the same. -- had to say. >> i think standing up in front of the american people and stating untruths that everyone knows to be untrue -- for young people to be watching, not only here in our country but around the world, someone of this mentality, as president of the united states, is something i think is debasing to our country. look, i have see no evolution in an upward way. matter of fact, it appears to me it is almost devolving. brent: devolving. politics losing its prehensile thumb. trump has responded. of course he's not known for taking criticism lying down and he hit back on his favorite social media platform. he tweeted corker could not be elected dogcatcher in tennessee. he went on to criticize the senator's role in the iran nuclear deal. senator corker hit back describing president trump as utterly hashtag #alert the daycare staff. but mr. trump want to the last word, referring to the center as 'liddle bob corker. other countrie

but just they're provable untruths. provable. >> senator corker, senator flake both absolutely right. we cannot call fake things true and true things fake. we cannot allow the president himself to lie to us. these are words that president trump and his party need to hear. america needs to hear them. it's the reason we're here night after night digging through the events of the day and trying as best as we can to get to the facts. and that is nothing new. i want you to listen to these famous words from the mccarthy hearing back in 1954. asking senator joseph mccarthy this. >> you've done enough. have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? have you left no sense of decency? >> an op-ed published today in the "the washington post" senator corker says this. the moment was a shock to the system. a powerful dose of cure for an american democracy. we have temporarily fraughten who we're supposed to be. we face just such a time again. and the parallel don't stop there. these words from edward r. mural is just as true today

senator bob corker described mr trump as an utterly untruthful president.ed in the coming hours. five of the seven members of the politburo standing committee are expected to retire. analysts will be looking out for possible successors to the current communist party leader, xijinping. final preparations are being made in bangkok for the funeral of the thai king, who died a year ago. the five—day ceremony, which begins on wednesday, is expected to cost around $90 million. the new king will lead the rituals, and around a quarter of million people are expected to take part. a british man who went to syria to fight against so—called islamic state has been killed.

senator bob corker described mr trump as an utterly untruthful president. of the seven members of the politburo standing committee are expected to retire. analysts will be looking out for possible successors to the current communist party leader, xijinping. final preparations are being made in bangkok for the funeral of the thai king, who died a year ago. the five—day ceremony is expected to cost around $90 million. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk.

he said, same untruths from an utterly untruthful president. #alert the day care staff. political report, the state of play this way. senate republicans would prefer that the ongoing corker-trump spat fade away, particularly as they barrel into an ambitious tax reform push that they want to complete by year's end. influential gop senators say succeeding on a tax overhaul is paramount, particularly with the collapse of obamacare repeal efforts earlier in trump's first year in office. >>> but can you imagine corker and trump at that same lunch today? we'll hear more from mike murphy, republican strategist worked for john mccain's first campaign in fwou. and robert costa, national post political reporter moderator of washington week on pbs and an msnbc political analyst. mike, i'd like to start with you. what happened to your party today? and do you believe your party is cleaving in two? >> well, i'll tell you, nothing is a stronger truth serum than politics than not facing a primary. so, you had both corker now, who is retiring, and jeff flake kind of smashed the chains. a

corker responding on twitter, same untruths from an utterly untruthful president, hashtag alert the daycaretaff. >> trevor: oh, snap! hashtag alert the daycare staff, wow. i know we've gotten used to this but can we just slow down for a second and soak in the fact that america's highest elected officials are having twitter beefs, this is not normal, you realize that, right. a senator trolling the president of the united states is not normal. it's funny, but it's not normal. it's like trump is dragging the entire federal government into trash social media. you know, you realize there going to be emojis in history books now. like in three years they won't even be a capitol building, senators will just vote on instagram stories. it's going to be like a, fan, yeah, just popping in to say that i'm going to vote yes on tax cut, yeah, uh-huh, got to trust my heart on that one, peat out y'all, feel me inside. but beyond the twitter feud, this is a big deal. and it is extremely rare. a senator in open revolt against the president from his own party. not just disagrees with him. corker is saying that

corker responded by tweeting -- "same untruths from an utterly untruthful president. #alertthedaycarestaff" corker also slammed trump in an interview with reporters hours before trump joined senate republicans for a lunch on capitol hill. >> standing up in front of the american people and stating untruths that everyone knows to be untrue, just attempted bullying that he does -- which everybody sees through. just the dividing of our country. the president of the united states is something that i think is debasing to our country. amy: a protester was arrested tuesday after he threw russian flags at president trump and repeatedly shouted "trump is treason" as trump walked into a lunch with senate republicans at the u.s. capitol building. >> trump is treason. trump is treason. amy: the protester, ryan clayton, with the group americans take action, also accused president trump of colluding with russia to steal the 2016 presidential election. new details have emerged showing that the clinton campaign and the democratic national committee funded the research that led to the

senator corker firing back saying same untruths from an utterly untruthful president. #alertthedaycarestaff. corker didn't stop there. after sending that tweet, he went back in front of the camera. >> do you think he's a role model to children in the united states? >> no. >> you don't? >> no. absolutely not. the basement of our nation will be what he'll be remembered most for. >> reporter: president trump responded. senator corker is the incompetent head of the foreign relations committee and look how poorly the u.s. has done. and the insults just kept on coming. when a reporter asked senator corker if he should have supported donald trump during the election, he said no way. reggie aqui, abc 7 news. >>> house speaker paul ryan is weighing in, calling on president trump and senator corker to put aside their twitter dispute. he spoke a short time ago saying washington should focus on the fan fact that they have the chance to fix the tax code and create a healthier american economy. >>> happening today, san francisco may call for president trump's impeachment. a rally is

. >> you said he's an untruthful president. >> no question. i mean, i don't -- we grew up in our family not using the "l" word. but yeah, i mean, they're provable untruths. provable. >> senator corker, senator flake. both absolutely right. we cannot call fake things true and true things fake. we cannot allow the president himself to lie to us. these are words that president trump and his party need to hear. america needs to hear them. it's the reason we're here night after night, digging through the events of the day and trying as best we can to get to the facts. and that is nothing new. i want you to listen to these famous words from the army mccarthy hearings back in 1954. the chief counsel asking senator mccarthy this. >> you have done enough, have you know decency, sir, at long last? have you left no sense of decency? >> in an op-ed published tonight in "the washington post," senator jeff flake remembers those words by saying this. the moment was a shock to the system. a powerful dose of cure for an american democracy that was questioning

here's bober tweeting the same untruths are from an utterly untruthful president alert the day care staffgoing to affect things like tax reform that's the question. as we saw with healthcare, there's a razor thin margin in the senate two republicans defect and it causes a problem for this party in charge trying to get things done they are trying to move forward with tax reform. they have not shown a specific plan yet, an outline we have yet to see the legislation that the president wants on his desk in just a few weeks. >> and he wants to sign it before the end of the year thank you very much for that >>> let's shift gears. spanish prime minister mariano rajoy says the priority is to restore the rule of law in catalonia. taking questions in parliament he said the triggers of article 155 aims to avoid further economic damage to the region. the catalan parliament is set to meet on thursday to agree to a response to madrid a senior catalan politician says pro independence leaders may call a regional election lawmaker carles puigdemont says the option is on the table but his far left party wo