KRISTEN, GET US STARTED.
GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: MATT, GOOD MORNING
TO YOU.
PRESIDENT TRUMPS LATEST WAR OF
WORDS IS PARTICULARLY STRIKING BECAUSE THIS TIME ITS WITH THE
REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN OF THE
SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS
COMMITTEE, BOB CORKER.
SENATOR CORKER, MAKING AN
EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OVERNIGHT.
THAT THE PRESIDENTS ACTIONS ARE
ENDANGERING THE COUNTRY.
AND HIS THREATS TO OTHER NATIONS
COULD LEAD TO ANOTHER WORLD WAR.
THIS MORNING, A MAJOR REPUBLICAN
REBUKE.
TOP GOP SENATOR BOB CORKER
TELLING "THE NEW YORK TIMES","
PRESIDENT TRUMP COULD PUT THE
NATION ON THE PATH TO WORLD WAR
III, AND THAT THE PRESIDENTS TWEETS FROM UNDERMINED AMERICAN
DIPLOMACY
DIPLOMACY DIPLOMACY.
DIPLOMACY. HE CONCERNS ME.
HE TOLD "THE TIMES", HE WOULD
CONCERN ANYONE THAT CARES ABOUT OUR NATION.ONE THAT CARES ABOUT
OUR NATION. HE IS ALARMED BY PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
HE TREATS HIS OFFICE LIKE A
REALITY SHOW.
LIKE HES DOING "THE APPRENTICE" OR SOMETHING.G "THE APPRENTICE"
OR SOMETHING. THE HARSH WORDS CAME AFTER
CORKER MADE THIS COMMENT.
>> I THINK SECRETARY TILLERSON,
SECRETARY MATTIS AND CHIEF OF
STAFF KELLY ARE THOSE PEOPLE
THAT HELP SEPARATE OUR COUNTRY
FROM CHAOS.
FROM CHAOS. >> Reporter: OVER THE WEEKEND,
THE PRESIDENT WENT INTO ATTACK
MODE, SLAMMING CORKERS DECISION
NOT TO RUN FOR RE-ELECTION. CORKER BEGGED HIM FOR HISN.
CORKER BEGGED HIM FOR HIS
ENDORSEMENT ENDORSEMENT.
ENDORSEMENT.
AND SAID, HE DIDNT HAVE THE GUTS TO RUN. DIDNT HAVE THE
GUTS TO RUN. CORKER CONTRADICTED THAT ACCOUNT
TO "THE TIMES."
THE PRESIDENT ASKED HIM TO
RECONSIDER.
RECONSIDER.
ITS A SHAME THE WHITE HOUSE HAS
BECOME AN ADULT DAY-CARE CENTER. SOMEONE OBVIOUSLY MISSED THEIRR.
SOMEONE OBVIOUSLY MISSED THEIR SHIFT THIS MORNING.
THE FACEOFF IS NOTABLE BECAUSE
CORKER, A TENNESSEE REPUBLICAN,
WAS A STAUNCH TRUMP SUPPORTER.
BUT AFTER THE PRESIDENTS
CONTROVERSIAL RESPONSE TO THE
VIOLENCE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, A
RIFT OPENED UP.
>> THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT YET
BEEN ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THE
STABILITY, NOR SOME OF THE
COMPETENCE THAT HE NEEDS TO
DEMONSTRATE IN ORDER TO BE
SUCCESSFUL.
SUCCESSFUL.
>> Reporter: CORKERS CONCERNS
COME AMID THE ONGOING NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR CRISIS, AFTER KIM
JONG-UN TOUTED HIS ARSENAL OVER
THE WEEKEND.
THE WEEKEND. THE PRESIDENT DELIVERING A VAGUE
WARNING, TWEETING, ONLY ONE
THING WOULD WORK.
LATER, ASKED FOR AN EXPLANATION
BY NBCS PETER ALEXANDER.
>> WHATS THE ONE THING THAT
WILL WORK WITH NORTH KOREA?
>> YOULL FIGURE THAT OUT PRETTY
SOON.
SOON.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT
WAGING A NEW BATTLE OVER
IMMIGRATION THIS MORNING, WITH
THE WHITE HOUSE DEMANDING A
BORDER SECURITY CRACKDOWN IN
EXCHANGE FOR PROTECTING YOUNG,
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS, KNOWN
AS D.R.E.A.M.ERSers FROM
DEPORTATION.
THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL REQUEST, FUNDING FOR A BORDER WALL.UEST,
FUNDING FOR A BORDER WALL. A KEY CAMPAIGN PROMISE.
>> WE WILL BUILD A WALL, BELIEVE
ME.
ME.
>> Reporter: ALSO ON PROPOSALS, CRACKING DOWN ON SANCTUARYSALS,
CRACKING DOWN ON SANCTUARY CITIES.
CITIES.
TOUGHER ACTION ON UNACCOMPANIED
MINORS.
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS SAID THE
WHITE HOUSE CANT BE SERIOUS
ABOUT COMPROMISE, GIVEN THE HARD LINE POLICIES THEYRE ASKING HARD
LINE POLICIES THEYRE ASKING FOR.
FOR.
>> LETS GO BACK TO THE WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN BOB CORKER AND THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT.
CORKER HAS ANNOUNCED HES NOT RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION. NOT
RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION. BUT HES A SITTING U.S. SENATOR.
SO, HIS VOTE IS IMPORTANT ON KEY
ISSUES.
ISSUES.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT NEEDS HIS VOTE TO GET TAX REFORM ANDDS
HIS VOTE TO GET TAX REFORM AND IMMIGRATION REFORM.
IMMIGRATION REFORM. MR. TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO
ANNOUNCE A NEW IRAN POLICY.
CORKER MAY BE ESSENTIAL TO
CARRYING THAT OUT, AS WELL.
HES NOT AN ANTI-TRUMPER.
HE WAS SUPPORTIVE DURING THE
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN.
HIS NAME FLOATED AS A POTENTIAL
V.P. NOMINE, SECRETARY OF STATE. THIS BACK AND FORTH COULD SEND A
POWERFUL MESSAGE THAT THE TRUMP
FAITHFUL ARE STARTING TO LOSE
THEIR FAITH.
THEIR FAITH.
>> PART OF THE RIFT THAT OPENED
UP WITH SENATOR CORKER HAD TO DO
WITH SECRETARY OF STATE REX TILLERSON, WHO CORKER SUPPORTS.
OBVIOUSLY, THERES BEEN TENSION
BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND
TILLERSON.
TILLERSON.
WHERE ARE WE ON THAT THIS MORNING?E WE ON THAT THIS
MORNING?
>> WE SAW THAT ON DISPLAY AGAIN OVER THE WEEKEND, WHEN PRESIDENT
TRUMP TWEETED.
TRUMP TWEETED.
HE SEEMED TO UNDERCUT HIS
SECRETARY OF STATE.
AND THEN, HE WAS ASKED ABOUT THE
TWEET IN WHICH HE SAID THAT
NORTH KOREA HAD MADE FOOLS OUT
OF U.S. DIPLOMATS.
AND HE SAID, WHAT IS THE
SITUATION BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR
SECRETARY OF STATE?
AND THE PRESIDENT RESPONDED AND ACKNOWLEDGED THAT, LOOK, THERED
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT, LOOK, THERE ARE SOMETIMES DISAGREEMENTS AND
THAT SOMETIMES HE WISHES HIS
SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD BE A
LITTLE BIT TOUGHER.
AND WHILE THERE ARE SAEBS THAT
THE SITUATION MAY BE UNTENABLE,
THERES NO SCENES THAT A