NOT YET PLANS FOR ANY SPECIFIC MILITARY ACTION.
>> YEAH. WELL, THE FIGHTING BETWEEN
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND SENATOR CORKER KICKED OFF ON TWITTER
SUNDAY MORNING. PRESIDENT TRUMP BEGAN TWEETING
ABOUT THE SENATOR, WHO RECENTLY ANNOUNCED HE WOULD NOT SEEK A
THIRD TERM IN 2018. QUOTE, SENATOR BOB CORKER BEGGED
ME TO ENDORSE HIM FOR RE-ELECTION IN TENNESSEE.
>> WAIT. JUST STOP.
THAT WAS FALSE. >> THE PRESIDENT LIES
REPEATEDLY. WE ARE DESENSITIZED TO IT.
>> INVITATION TO YOU TO HAVE DINNER WITH HIM.
FIRST SENTENCE SAY LIE. CORKER DID NOT ASK FOR HIS
ENDORSEMENT. THEN I SAID NO AND HE DROPPED
OUT. ALSO A LIE, ACCORDING TO
MULTIPLE SOURCES. SAID HE COULD NOT WIN WITHOUT MY
ENDORSEMENT. THAT ALSO IS A LIE.
HE ALSO WANTED TO BE SECRETARY OF STATE.
I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT WAS A LIE BECAUSE I WAS CALLING BOB CORKER
AND BEGGING HIM -- >> TO BE SECRETARY OF STATE.
>> TO BE SECRETARY OF STATE AND CORKER SAID THAT IT WAS A
POSSIBILITY BUT HE MET WITH HIM AND HE SAID IT WAS SO AWKWARD
THERE WAS NO WAY, BOB CORKER SAID THERE'S NO WAY I COULD HAVE
WORKED WITH HIM, JOE. I WOULD HAVE BEEN GLAD TO SERVE
MY COUNTRY. IT JUST WOULDN'T WORK OUT.
TOLD ME THAT IN REAL TIME. REMEMBER THAT AWKWARD MOMENT ON
THE STAGE? HE SAID I WAS BACKSTAGE AND, YOU
KNOW, I JUST HAD TO TELL HIM NO THANKS, IT WILL NEVER WORK OUT.
>> SAID NO TO THE PRESIDENT. SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE TOLD THE
PRESIDENT CORKER IS NOT A STOOGE.
HE'S NOT GOING TO BACK DOWN TO YOUR TWEETS.
YOUR GOING TO SHOOT YOURSELF IN THE FOOT TIME AND TIME AGAIN AS
YOU DID ALL DAY YESTERDAY. >> KATTY, THIS IS THE THING HE
DOESN'T UNDERSTAND. I MEAN THIS.
THE PRESIDENT IS SO OUT OF IT, HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND --
>> ADULT DAYCARE CENTER. >> -- THAT IF YOU ATTACK BOB
CORKER, A GUY WHO STARTED A BUSINESS ON HIS OWN, BECAME
UNBELIEVABLY SUCCESSFUL IN HIS 30s, HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SUCCESS,
A MAYOR, TWO-TERM SENATOR. YOU ATTACK THIS GUY, HE'S NOT
SCARED OF THE PRESIDENT. AND HE'S GOT NOTHING TO LOSE.
THE DAMAGE THAT DONALD TRUMP DID ADDITIONALLY TO HIS PRESIDENCY
YESTERDAY IS UNSPEAKABLE. HE ALSO -- GUESS WHAT, HE HAS
LOST A VOTE ON TAX REFORM. HE HAS LOST A VOTE ON JUST ABOUT
ANYTHING. IF IMPEACHMENT DOES COME UP, I
WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF BOB CORKER --
>> SEEING THE #25th AMENDMENT NOW.
>> IF SUSAN COLLINS, LISA MURKOWSKI AND JEFF FLAKE AND ALL
THESE REPUBLICANS THAT HE'S GOING AFTER, IF HE'S, AGAIN, NOT
SEALING HIS OWN FATE AND, HOPEFULLY, THERE'S ONE OR TWO
REPUBLICANS OUT THERE THAT I HAVEN'T MENTIONED WHO SAID, YOU
KNOW WHAT, THIS IS JUST TOO DANGEROUS FOR OUR COUNTRY.
I REALLY DON'T THINK THIS MAN IS STABLE AND I DO NOT THINK HE'S
FIT. AND I THINK WE NEED TO START
TALKING ABOUT OTHER ALTERNATIVES.
ALL THAT UNLEASHED BY DONALD TRUMP.
>> SINCE DONALD TRUMP REPEATEDLY SEEMS TO SEE THE ADMINISTRATION
AS JUST DONALD TRUMP, HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THIS CONCEPT OF THE
IDEA THAT HIS SUCCESS DEPENDS ON MORE THAN JUST HIMSELF, WHETHER
IT'S REX TILLERSON, JOHN McCAIN, BOB CORKER, THAT HE HAS TO
KEEP -- WHETHER IT'S EVEN THE MAYOR OF SAN JUAN, DOING HER JOB
DOWN IN PUERTO RICO. HE SEES IT VERY MUCH AS HIMSELF
AND A REFLECTION OF HIMSELF. THAT IS WHY HE GETS INTO THIS
POSITION OF ALIENATING OTHER PEOPLE AND THINKING THERE AREN'T
GOING TO BE CONSEQUENCES. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER BOB CORKER
WAS SAYING DONALD TRUMP WAS FIT MENTALLY OR NOT TO BE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES. WORLD WAR III, THE FACT THAT HE
LIES ON TWITTER, THAT HE RUNS THE PRESIDENCY LIKE A TELEVISION
SHOW. THAT'S AN IMAGE OF SOMEBODY HE
THINKS ISN'T FIT TO BE RUNNING THE WHITE HOUSE.
IT CERTAINLY CALLS INTO QUESTION HIS FITNESS.
>> KATTY, HE ALSO SUGGESTS THAT DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT UNDERSTAND
THE REALITY THAT SPINS OUT OF CONTROL AFTER SOME OF HIS
TWEETS. AND, NICK, REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN
WARNED SO MANY TIMES. WE WARNED REPUBLICANS ABOUT
DONALD TRUMP ASKING ONE OF THE TOP FOREIGN POLICY ADVISERS
THREE TIMES IF HE COULD USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
WE'VE GOT NUCLEAR WEAPONS. WHY DON'T WE USE THEM?
HE SAID BASICALLY THE SAME THING WITH CHRIS MATTHEWS ON
"HARDBALL" BEFORE THAT. WE WARNED THEM OUTRIGHT.
THERE ARE DIRE CONSEQUENCES FOR -- AND THESE REPUBLICAN
SENATORS, BOB CORKER SAID THEY KNOW.
THEY SEE IT BEHIND THE SCENES. HE'S NOT FIT TO BE PRESIDENT.
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A NUCLEAR SHOWDOWN.
AFTER 3 MILLION PEOPLE DIE IN SEATTLE THAT'S TOO LATE FOR THE
REPUBLICANS TO SAY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HE'S NOT FIT TO BE
PRESIDENT. >> RIGHT.
LOOK, JUST COMPARE PENCE AND CORKER IN THIS LAST COUPLE OF
DAYS. IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE
BARGAIN THAIN THAT THE REPUBLIC PARTY HAS BACKED ITSELF INTO
WITH THIS PRESIDENT. YOU HAVE THE VICE PRESIDENT
PARTICIPATING IN WHAT WE ALL RECOGNIZE AS THEATER, THE
CULTURE THEATER HE WANTS TO WAGE INSTEAD OF PASSING BILLS AND
THEN SENATOR CORKER COMING OUT SAYING NO, THIS IS LUNACY.
IT'S NOT THE WAY YOU CONDUCT BUSINESS.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING IF WE'LL SEE MORE OR FEWER CORKERS IN THE
MONTHS AHEAD BUT IT'S CLEAR HE'S CHANNELING WHAT PEOPLE IN
WASHINGTON ARE SAYING PRIVATELY. >> FIRST A LOT OF US -- I WAS
VERY SORRY WHEN CORKER BEAT OUR FRIEND HAROLD FORD.
THAT SAID, CORKER HAS BEEN A TERRIFIC SENATOR.
I WORKED CLOSELY WITH HIM ON THE AUTO RESCUE.
HE HAS A LOT OF FRIENDS ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE OF THE AISLE.
HE'S HIGHLY RESPECTED, NOT SOME FLAKE OUT OF LEFT FIELD.
WHEN HE SAYS THIS STUFF PEOPLE TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.
TO REINFORCE THE POINT YOU MADE THIS HAS SERIOUS POLICY
IMPLICATIONS. HE'S LEADER OF THE SENATE AND
PEOPLE RESPECT HIM. >> DAVID IGNATIUS, THE MOST
POWERFUL REPUBLICAN VOICE ON FOREIGN POLICY.
>> THE CHAIRMAN OF SENATE COMMITTEE, CRUCIAL IN BARGAINING
OVER THE IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL TOCHLT START THIS TWITTER WAR
LITERAL EYE N THE EVE OF LAUNCHING YOUR IRAN POLICY
SUGGESTS A PRESIDENT WHO IS SO REACTIVE AND FOCUSED ON THESE
VENGEANCE WARS OF PEOPLE WHO CRITICIZE HIM.
NOT THINKING ABOUT WHAT HE NEEDS TO ROLL OUT HIS IRAN POLICY.
HE NEEDS PEOPLE IN CONGRESS TO SAY WE SUPPORT YOU, MR.
PRESIDENT. HE NEEDS PEOPLE WHO WILL
COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER CAPITALS WHERE THERE'S DEEP CONSTERNATION
ABOUT THESE POLICIES. THOSE PEOPLE ARE GETTING BLOWN
OFF RIGHT NOW. >> NICK, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF
"NEW YORK TIMES" STORIES YESTERDAY WERE FASCINATING
REGARDING REPUBLICANS. ONE OF THEM WAS FRANK BRUNI.
SAYING ALL REPUBLICANS KNOW THAT BANNON/TRUMP ARE COMING AFTER
THEM. THEY'RE GOING TO FIND ANYBODY
THEY CAN TO GO AFTER ESTABLISHED SENATORS.
AND SO DONALD TRUMP AT SOME POINT IS GOING TO TURN MORE THAN
FOUR, FIVE OR SIX REPUBLICAN SENATORS AGAINST HIM.
HE IS TURNING THIS INTO AN ALL-OUT WAR WITH THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS.
MAYBE IT MEANS HE JUST DECIDED HE DOESN'T WANT TO PASS
LEGISLATION. HE JUST WANTS TO DO PR STUNTS TO
GIN UP HIS 32%. SFLT FORCES BEHIND BANNON AND
FORCES BEHIND THE PRESIDENT TRYING TO RESHAPE THE PARTY IN
HIS IMAGE. THEY WANT IT TO BE MORE LIKE
PRESIDENT TRUMP NOT LESS. THAT'S A LEGITIMATE STRUGGLE
OVER WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A REPUBLICAN.
IT WILL BE A PITCHED BATTLE. IT'S GOING TO COST THEM SUPPORT,
DISTRACT THEM FROM WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE WANTS TO DO.
TAX REFORM IS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO DO IN WASHINGTON.
>> IT JUST GOT HARDER. >> YOU NEED EVERYBODY PULLING IN
THE SAME DIRECTION FOR A YEAR TO GET THAT DONE.
YOU CAN'T ALSO CARRY ON A GUERRILLA WAR AGAINST YOUR OWN
PARTY. >> IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN. >> SHOWS HE'S NOT FIT.
HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO DO THE MATH.
>> IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW.
WILL CORKER SUPPORT THAT TAX REFORM?
NO. HE WAS SAYING BEFORE ALL THIS
THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DO. IS HE GOING TO GIVE HIM BENEFIT
OF THE DOUBT ON REALLY BAD ELEMENTS IN THIS TAX POLICY?
NO. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> ALSO THERE'S A LOT OF PUSHBACK ON THE STATE AND LOCAL
TAX DEDUCTION ELIMINATION, PRINCIPLE SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR
THE TAX BILL. IT'S GOT POLICY PROBLEMS AS WELL
AS POLITICAL PROBLEMS. >>> STILL AHEAD ON "MORNING JOE"
WITH A WINK AND A NOD, PRESIDENT TRUMP PLAYS WITH THE PROSPECT OF
NUCLEAR WAR. WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT HE SAID AND
DIDN'T SAY ABOUT NORTH KOREA. >>> PLUS, THE PRESIDENT DEFENDS
HIS OUTREACH TO PUERTO RICO. MY GOD.
WHY HE'S BLAMING THE MEDIA FOR NOT GIVING PROPER DUE TO THE,