bob corker showing he is mad as hell at his ownrty,ay claiming the gop is becoming like a cult under president trump. >> we're in a str ple. mean, almost, you know, it's becoming a cultish thing, isn't it. and it's not a good place for any party to end up with a cult-like situation as it relates to a president that happens to be of purportedly thame party. >> let me remind everyone that reelection but other republicans who are may have received a strong message from last night's primaries. president trump islaiming credit for sinking the reelection bid of mark sanford, in virginia republican votersos cotewart, defended civil war memorials and tweeted removing confederate statues was as bad as isis. and a man who wrote "the art of the pimp" ousted two fellow republicans. rick, let me start with you just on this world cult as in the republican party has become almost cult-like in support of trump, we have now seen the world cult used three times, corker twice, eric eriksson once. think cult is not strong enough. they've almost using trumpism as a religious. any critique of trump

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and gave him a crushing electoral college victory. when bob corker came to nashville where i'm sitting now and he showed up at a donald trump rally, he was booed out of the arena. that's how popular he is. statements like that where corker has become uncorked. it not winning him friends. people are not agreeing with this assessment. i think maybe he has hurt feeling that he wasn't picked to be secretary of state. but aren't we glad he didn't get picked? jesse: can you imagine little bob corker and little rocketman over there. remember the messiah and the worshiping and the fainting and the tears, the guy could walk on water. anything he said or did was brilliant. if anybody is a worshiper of a cult, it's a more apt comparison of the left's president. mike: let's not forget it was bob corker who gave us the iran deal. he worked with obama to let this be an executive order. that's another thing that is embarrassing to him. jesse: that's not a good thing for his legacy. before i let you go, i have to play sound of this madman, this correspondent out pat the press briefing with sar

. >> that's republican senator bob corker who cannot believe his fellow republican senators are relieved their constitutional authority tariffs to the t of the united states. most president of the united states have not had authority to raise tariffs in any way, it wasn't until the 20th century that congress started handing over tiny pieces of tariff authority to the president. at the height of the cold war with the soviet union in 1962, congress decided to give the president the oppoy to raise tariffs for national securityational security was the most important thing to everyone in congress. and in that, washington made some big mies over that, like the vietnam war. and in 1962, congress never anticipated that we would have a president to abuse the president for tariffs for national security. congress never dreamed that a president would impose tarif om-canada for national security. if you asked me what they would do before that happened, i would have told you that the chairmen with jurisdiction over emergency tariffs would have introduced an emergency bill to remove or limit t

versions. my goodness. >>> up next, outgoing rhino republican senator bob corker says the republican party has become cult-like in its support of president trump. corker, well, you remember him. he is a never-trumper, never very original and sort of sad kind of fella. we'll be talking about his outrageous comments with former arkansas governor mike huckabee and current television star mike huckabee joining me after the break. stay with us. we'll be liberty mutual accident forgiveness means they won't hike your rates over one mistake. see, liberty mutual doesn't hold grudges. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise their rates because of their first accident. liberty stands with you. liberty mutual insurance. arkansas governor, presidential candidate, mike huckabee. great to have you with us, mike. let's start with the president's extraordinary success at the sick posingapore summit and thet fun it is to watch the national left wing media contort itself to avoid saying the obvious, which is what an amazing, extraordinary, historic moment for this president an

you and i were talking about before you came on. they called little bob corker, the senator from tennessee. he's going out with a bang. he says people that support donald trump, people running for office that support donald trump are in a cult. listen. >> it's almost, you know, it's becoming a cultish thing, isn't it. and it's not a good place for any party to end up with a cult-like situation as it relates to a president that happens to be of purportedly of the same party. jesse: he looks like a sad, defeated little man. second of all i don't remember a lot of democrats running against barack obama for the last 8 years. and what's wrong with sharing the same principles and ideals as the president who over60 million americans voted for. donald trump understood and tapped into the sensibility of the american people. and if other politicians are tapping into that same vibe. that doesn't make them a cult follower. that makes them in touch with the folks. >> it's a pretty big cult. 60 million people. the nonsense of that is, you know, donald trump got more votes in the republican pri

trumper republican senator bob corker as he hammers out a proposal trying to block the president's tariffs on steel a aluminum with the always alert bob menendez on the other side. canada plans to impose tar you rivers on u.s. goods july 1 last month mexico imposed around rivers and canada never permits dairy into the discussion across their borders. this is not a levellang field. it's just amazing the indoctrination, the propaganda so many administrations have spewed. this president is making certain everybody understanded the high cost of free trade. the administration announcing it will issue tariffs on $50 million in chinese goods. joining me now as i said, the dean himself. ed rollins, great american, great friend. great to have here. ed: thank you, mr. speaker. you are going to send them all home and let the president run the country. lou: what are we to say about this? speaker ryan is a fraud, a sham, a boot liquo -- a boot licker fe establishment. the business round table. d to hell with the american people. this man is so bought out he as well have a nascar suit on. ed: th

conduct during the campaign. also bob corker has been hitting the t serum again and speaks inconvenient truths nald trump and his supporters as cult members. donald trump returns to his favorite foil calling the american press the biggest enemy. it can grow out of control, disrupting business and taking on a life of its own. its multi-cloud complexity creating friction... and slowing innovation. with software-defined solutions, like hpe oneview, you can tame the it monster. hewlett packard enterprise. less complexity. more visibility. >>> as donald trump's lawyers worry about the threat posed by michael cohen in the mueller probe, trump appears to be gearing up for an all-out assault on the investigation and his likely weapon of choice, a report coming tomorrow from the department of justice inspector geral over hillary clinton's e-mails from the washington post today, quote, trump is widely expected to use the inspector general findings to launch fresh political attacks against the law enforcement officials behind robert r's rus probe. for instance, some of mueller's key witnesses in t

bob corker once again challenged his fellow republicans for their absolu absolute -- >> we're in that strange place. it's almost, you know, been a -- it's becoming a cultish thing, isn't it? and it's -- it's not a good place for any party to end up with a cult like situation as it relates to -- to a president that happens to be of purportedly of the same party. >> trying to soften the blow by saying cult like. meanwhile, lindsey graham took a different approach than corker when talking about why conservative congressman mark sanford who criticized president trump's behavior lost his primary bid. take a listen. >> i think being on the wrong side of trump and the way he did it probably hurt. he was a critic and it's okay to be critical but you also have to had value. >> this is paul ryan dismissing the defeat in south carolina was to blame with president trump. >> it was very close election. some of our members have lost primaries. that's just what happens in contested primaries. >> should it be a warning to people who oppose the president? >> every cycle we lose -- people lose pri

chairman bob corker, the former relations committee. he's really been my lead on this in the senate. and ted yoho out of florida and dan smith out of washington in the house. we have a dozen of cosponsors that understand the spectrum. and frankly, this is a great moment to do something that's good policy, good politics and important for our role in the world. as ray said, in my eight years as a senator with the african subcommittee, i went to a dozen countries in africa and saw the united states had been significantly eclipsed by china as its major source of infrastructure investment, export and developer partner. and this is also true in central and south america and asia. all around the world, united states was missing a critical opportunity. and to have the chance to work with ray and a great bipartisan folks in congress, to modernize and strengthen opec, to give it equity authority the opportunity to do advance studies, but also to do -- to issue loans and local currency, to take on investors who are not u.s. ambassadors and strengthen new instruments for its scope and reach is excit

with bob corker. and time invested with him traveling to afghanistan, pakistan, jordan, and us real laid the foundation of a working relationship -- and israel laid the foundation of a working relationship. he's been a tremendous partner. the usglc recognized this at a point where i wasn't certain i deserved the recognition but i know corker did. i get a paycheck every two weeks. my w-2 says legislature. i think as a result every time i cash the paycheck i should be able to identify what's the next bill i'm working on to move. the way our system is structured, i cannot move a bill that's not bipartisan. if i can't fight a republican to work on a bill, why do i introduce it? this doesn't seem complicated to me. this is an area that makes sense, that works, is good policy. it's not in the front page of "the washington post." but -- >> but it'll get you here! >> but it'll get me here! >> and you don't know what other senators, constituents are saying to them. i just know what mine are saying to me. and they say to me literally every week, they get me on the sidelines of a soccer game,

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chairman bob corker, foreign relations committee, who's really been my lead on this in the senate. and to congressman ted yoho, republican from florida, adam smith, democrat from washington, leads in the house. we have dozens of co-sponsors that span the whole ideological spectrum. frankly, this is a great moment for to us do something that is good policy, good politics, and role in the our world. as ray said, in my eight years as a senator, four chairing the africa subcommittee, i went to a dozen countries in africa and the united states had been significantly eclipsed by china as the major source of infrastructure investment, as its major export and development partner, and this is also true in central and south america and southeast asia, around the world, in frontier markets and developing markets, the united states was missing a critical opportunity. and to have the chance to work th ray missing a critical opportunity. and to have the chance to work with ray in a great bipartisan group of folks in congress to modernize and strengthen owe picks -- opic torques give it equity authority

in south carolina the other night. then bob corker, who is not running for re-election, and says this about his party's refusal to speak out. listen. >> we are in a strange place. it is almost, you know, it is becoming a cultish thing, isn't it? >> it's becoming a cultish thing. rana mcdaniel tweets. complacency is our enemy. anyone that does not embrace the donald trump agenda of making america great again will be making a mistake. have we ever been here before where a party outright refuses to say anything about the president when he goes too far and what are the implications? >> to a certain extent, the president is the leader of the party. i was on the hill yesterday asking republicans for their reflexes ction on the loss. some were critical of mark sanford. saying he took a tone and aggressiveness toward the president which they said was not acceptable. they will disagree on policy where appropriate and direct the concerns to the white house and keep it out of public view. they don't feel you cannot criticize policy. it seems to be that some of the folks think the president himse

, bob corker had another one of those phone calls with the president. a phone call in which they sharply disagreed and eventually the senator actually had to hang up on the president because the senator had something to do and apparently the president could have stayed on the phone all day. be right back. once there was an organism so small no one thought much of it at all. people said it just made a mess until exxonmobil scientists put it to the test. they thought someday it could become fuel and power our cars wouldn't that be cool? and that's why exxonmobil scientists think it's not small at all. energy lives here. wwow, this is quite the busyo. place. right? this is the product for you. (vo) the new bissell crosswave pet pro vacuums and washes at the same time. it's better than ever for homes with pets. >>> i have listened to senators speak to the president of the united states on the phone. but what would it take for a sitting united states senator to actually hang up on the president? because that's something i've never seen. i've never seen a senator tire of speaking to th

retiring. tennessee senator bob corker. here is what he said earlier today about his own party. >> we're in a strange place. i mean it's almost been a -- it's becoming a cultish thing, isn't it. it's not a good place for any party to end up with a cult-like situation as it relates to a president that happens to be of -- >> matt gates is a member of the freedom caucus and he joins me now. congressman, t very foing here. >> good to be with you, katy. >> is the gop a cult? >> the gop is not a cult. we're a party built on principles that right now are increasing economic opportunity for millions of americans. over 3 million americans have gotten bonuses or raises. we've got millions of jobs because being created in the private sector economy so we're a party built on ideas and principles. feels like we're winning. >> do you think that lawmakers in your party who don't agree with the prent are able to speak out and disagree with him without getting the wrath of the president, without getting the wrath of the voters? >> well, this is tics. nobody pitches underhand. if people oppose the agenda

trump. here's senator bob corker of tennessee. an, it's most, you know, e. it's becoming a cultish thing, isn't it? and it's not a good place for any party to end u with a cult-like situation as it relates to a president that happens to be of -- purportedly of the same party. >> let's bring in our political director david chalian, joining us over at the magic wall. david, there were some key primary races last night in the united states. any signs that the gop is becoming the party of trump? >> all signs point that way, a and that's why bob corker's comments are likely to fall on in deaf ears inside the republan party. you can tell by who the voters rejected and who they voted for last night. rejected, mark sanford, republican senator, one of the most conservative members of the house and freedom caucus. he was rejected because of his nd half.mp comments over the he said the president should shut up, that he's the antithesis to everything sanford believed politics should be t. and now he's paying a price for it inside the republican party because of his lack of loyalty to president

you both for joining us, really appreciate it. >>> coming up, bob corker had another one of those phone calls with the president. a phone call in which they sharply disagreed and eventually the senator actually had to hang up on the president because the senator had something to do and apparently the president could have stayed on the phone all day. be right back. over the last 24 hours, you finished preparing him for college. in 24 hours, you'll send him off thinking you've done everything for his well-being. but meningitis b progresses quickly and can be fatal, sometimes within 24 hours. while meningitis b is uncommon, about 1 in 10 infected will die. like millions of others, your teen may not be vaccinated against meningitis b. meningitis b strikes quickly. be quick to talk to your teen's doctor about a meningitis b vaccine. ♪ ♪ legendary jockey vÍctor espinoza is insatiable when it comes to competing. ♪ ♪ so is his horse. ♪ ♪ when it comes to snacking. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ that's why he uses the chase mobile app, to pay practically anyone, at any bank. life, lived vict

and kate republican senator bob corker of tennessee says his party is like a cult when it comes to falling in line behind president trump. the number one sin in today's republic party is crossing donald trump. plus, trump is bragging there's no more nuclear threat from north korea telling everyone here at home they can sleep well tonight. does he believe his own hype after giving so much to north korea for so little in return? and the "hardball" roundtable takes on the republicans cult-like mentality tonight. plus, it sounds like a broken record bcott pruitt's at it again this time raising new and more ethics questions and now a big name on fox says he's got go. meanwhile, let me finish tonight within trump watch. this is "hardball" where the acti it took guts to start my business. but as it grew bigger and bigger, it took a whole lot more. that's why i switched to the spark cash card from capital one. with i i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy. everything. what's in your wallet? >>> the house of representativ will vote next week on two competing immigration bills. th

there are signs that won't even be able to realize these terrorists we've just heard that senator bob corker and via the bills showing these terrorists won't be as easily imposed as a thought maybe another reason why the markets reacted really calm today so if we know the trump is to reduce the trade deficit is the strategy working. right it is indeed a seven month low at the moment so it seems to be working on the first side but some and then the say of these numbers can be misleading and that becomes obvious when you dig a little deeper so you can see for example that the trade deficit with china has actually grown in april so fishman's he told us a story from the new york stock exchange thank you very much. europe as you may know as often referred to as the old continent which is great for architecture enthusiastic and historians but not so much for those who want to move on to the digital age where some countries are lagging behind the e.u. has now proposed and nine point two billion euro budget programme to fund the blocks digital priorities the plan unveiled by they use commissi

that the most critical republican senators are ones who are not seeking the election, mainly bob corker and jeff flake. isolateromney cannot the trump space, but in utah, there was a third-party presidential candidate who did pretty well in 2016. so mitt romney has a bit of a job ahead of him in trying to appease those evan mcmullen voters who did not support trump in 2016, but also cannot totally isolate those utah voters who put trump in office. one more race, in new york. this was significant on a couple of thoughts. could you break this down for us? dan donovan is the republican incumbent. that is the race that we were all watching for the potential next upset on the republican side. republicans so far lose their incumbency in the primaries, and it seems like dan donovan could lose to the former congressman who had actually left and served time in jail. it ended up being not that close. donald trump tweeted in favor of dan donovan and it was not at all the most shocking primary result of last night. pictures of the candidates involved, and in colorado, there was a member of c

: senator bob corker said this could reporters. >> it's almost becoming a cultish thing. it's not a good place for any party to end up with a cult-like situation. howie: joining us, emily jashinsky, and cathy areu. emily, many in the media adopting this label that the republican party is a trumpian cult. what does that tell you about the journalistic mindset. emily: i think there is some glee that bob corker gave them the word. do i believe there is too much deference to the president? absolutely. i think it's tooer to say there is some sort of cult around donald trump. i think it's short-sighted. howie: cathy, even well before corker i did a google search. the "new york times" last week the cult of trump. national journal last year, trump's cult overwhelms the gop. cathy: i guess the press did it first, but the gop jumped on it so the gop is owning this word. trump does have followers. journalists -- right-leaning journalists as george will was talking to bill maher about this and saying it's not so much a cult as a culture of fear. they are dissecting it and analyzing it and take it to

. congressional republicans are fuming. bob corker is working on a plan to push back on the tariffs. it puts the u.s. in another trade dispute after targeting $50 billion of chinese good. china warns this could kill any trade deal at all. china wrapped up the latest round of trade talks. china warns the tariffs is $50 billion in tech tariffs will kill any overall trade deal. peter navarro says the china policy is measured and thoughtful and strategic. >> we love to have a peaceful and friendly relationship with china. we also are standing firm on the idea. the presidis the leader on this. >> how far are you willing to go? >> he says the chinese have been going after this country for decades and we must protect intellectual property here. the structural relationship needs to chain. -- needs to change. >> we have daniel here with us from "politico." the g7 is on friday. the president will not be met with open arms. bob corker, the tweet that christine read, he is working with like-minded republican senators to push back on the tariffs. how will the tariffs play out in congress? >> i think

done. and so for folks like jeff flake or bob corker and in this sense sanford, you see primary voter anxiety about that and i think mark sanford is the latest victim. >> and he said he thinks the president's tweet did cause him. but he thought that would have a chilling effect on other republicans who think about criticizing the president on occasion. he said, quote, they don't want the tweet that got last night. there is no motivation like self motivation. is this the big message f republicans out of yesterday, don't criticize the president, even on policy grounds, or else you'll end up like mark sanford. >> yes. his support is the strongest its been for a republican president in recent history other than george bush after 9/11. so they are completely unified behind him and i'm often at a loss to say why. just because i don't think if you were to have followed republican politics for as long as we have, a lot of stuff he does doesn't seem like the kind of things that republicans used to like and you can only point to gorsuch so many times. but when it comes to other things, i

senator bob corker and a key member of the conservative house freedom caucus, jim jordan. plus we'll ask maryland depth congressman elijah cummings why dems won't put politics aside and vote with republicans. then we'll hear from voters in arizona, where immigration is a fact of life. what do they think of what's going on in washington? >> i'm 100% behind donald trump. we finally got a leader that does something. >> i think that we're stepping on the grounds of human rights. you know, republican or democrat, i think that this is just escalating. very, very dramatically. and very, very badly. >> and in a new cbs news battleground tracker survey, voters nationwide weigh in on immigration and more. plus, plenty of analysis on all the news, all coming up on "face the nation." >>> good morning, and welcome to "face the nation." protests continued over the weekend as the department of health and human services announced that there are 2,053 minors still in their custody, but that they knew the location of all of the children and cry theate created a task force to reunite them with their fa

name at a rally in nashville? katie pavlich. >> senator bob corker. >> tucker: senator bob corker. hold on. this will decide the outcome of tonight's final exam. roll the tape, please. >> senator bob corker. [crowd boos] >> tucker: and the reign was ended. katie pavlich i cannot believe you dethroned griff jenkins. >> congratulations. i took the sling off. i was red i didn't knew i was against a fierce competitor. >> tucker: one of those paradoxes like on the beatitudes. you are not disabled, weaker. >> i should point out, too, a boy from tennessee beat from a gorgeous woman from arizona it's just poetic justice. >> tucker: congratulations to you. >> thank you some. >> tucker: you win our eric wemple mug. there is his picture. can you drink your coffee from it. >> tucker: griff jenkins, good to see you. >> cheers. >> tucker: have you back for the rounding of champions. >> sounds good. >> tucker: fox news nextk week find out which journalists are for the job they are paid to do. they are paid to do. we'll be right back. they are paid to do. we'll be right back. genius. now, the next big

. matter our tariffs and our senator bob corker, and i live in tennessee, our senator bob corker and lamar alexander has pointed out that these tariffs will disproportionately hurt voters in trump country. we have volkswagen plant in chattanooga, tennessee, a mercedes-benz plant in alabama and bmw in south carolina, electrolux, sweden appliance manufacturer, has a giant plant in tennessee. they were planning a $250 million reinvestment into that plant. go back to march. trump announces steel tariffs on a thursday. electrolux comes out on friday, let than 24 hours later, saying we're putting on hold this $250 million investment. i mean, this is not just policy hurting the american people. forget about the fact that these tariffs and this economic policy could be a disaster for the global economy. it's a disaster for the economy of trump country, trump voters. >> why do they buy into the narrative then? >> well, that's the mystery, isn't it? i mean, it's -- it's a cultiocc personality. >> doesn't make sense. >> there was always the argument to be made republican voters especially in rural ar

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what senator bob corker said about republicans and the party right now. >> we are in a strange place. it's almost -- it's becoming a cultish thing. it's not a good place for any party to end up with a cult-like situation as it reles to a president that happens to be reportedly of the same party. >> martha: what you think about that? >> what my opponent said last night, her words were this is the party of donald drake from. i don't believe it's the party of donald drake trump. it is the party of the taxpayers of south carolina and georgia and florida and go across every state in this u. there were a lot of republicans out there who worked their souls, they worked hard for years stuffing envelopes and doing all the things you do in politics. that's who the party belongs to in this notion that anybody at the top -- we are a nation of laws and not men, should somehow be the person -- >> martha: it sounds to me that you just don't like him personally, but most of the time, 90% of the time you like what he's doing. is it personal for you, and is that necessarily we? when you lk at th

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saying president trump promised to lift sanctions. >>> uncorked. senator bob corker unloads on fellow republicans say they are in a cult-like situation with president trump. what is behind the criticism? and why were tempers high during a pvate gop luncheon? >>> and tweeting punchy. president trump unleashes a twitter barrage praising kim jong-un while attacking his critics. but why is he alling the actor robert de niro punchy. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room". >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>aking news. president trump's personal lawyer michael cohen is splitting with his own legal team as prosecutors focus on his financial dealings including the payment to the porn star stormy daniels, there is now growing pressure on cohen said to be looking for lawyers experienced with the fed southern district of new york and a source said cohen has not yet met with prosecutors to discuss a deal but trump allies say they worried he could flip at any moment. i'll speak with senator james langford of the intelligence committee and our correspondents are standing by with full cov

know what? bob corker, senator bob corker, is talking about it right now. let's listen. >> i'm sure sarah will have something to say but i haven't seen it. >> broadly do you trust this ig process that produced a fair report? >> honestly i don't know what's happened. i have staffers that have been following it. it is just not part of my daily activity. i can't even weigh in on it properly. now i'm no good, right? >> have you -- you mentioned the texts. have you read any of them and what do you think? >> one of them was read out. but again -- >> that was senator bob corker reacting. we also have an editorial by james comey in the "new york times" talking about this conclusion by the ig. it says, james comey, this report says i was wrong but that's good for the fbi. some of the highlights include the inspector general's team went through the fbi's work with a microscope and found no evidence of biased or improper motivation affecting the investigation. he also said second, this report is vital in shedding light for future leaders on the nature and quality of our investigation and the d

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. he said the gop is acting like a cult. senator bob corker tennessee has been pushing to limit te president's power over trade after the president slapped taxes on s and aluminum imports from our closest allies. senator corker claims 95% of his fellow republican senators would support the bill but they're worried about upsetting the president. >> we might poke the bear is the language i've been hearing in the hallways. we might poke the bear. the president might get upset with us as united states senators if we vote on the corker amendment. so we're going to do everything we can to block it. >> shepard: of course, senator corker doesn't have to worry about re-election because he's announced he's leaving the senate when his term is up. he's pushing back. president trump is celebrating after the latest primary election results. he congratulated coreyrton twit virginia's republican senate primary. stewart is known for defending the president and confedera mbo. says he has of a vicious campaign against tim kaine who was hillary clinton's vice presidential nominee. in south carolina, t

bumpy. so far, i do not anticipate any effect in the security arena. >> in congress, senator bob corker tells us the president called him and to back off the effort. the president telling corker this would hurt negotiations. corker says he has a duty to push ahead. maybe so, mitch mcconnell telling sirius xm that the president does not need to rein in legislation. >>> the g7 summit tomorrow. larry kudlow says president trump is not backing down from the aggressive trade stance. setting a showdown with u.s. allies. >> we will do what is necessary to protect the united states, its businesses and its work force. he has always said and agree tariffs are a tool in that effort. people should recognize how serious he is. >> he is serious. that stance has isolated the united states at the g7. it has been called the g6 plus 1. the united states is alone here. you can expect the first chance for g7 leaders to confront donald trump about the tariffs. it will confront the separate meetings with justin trudeau. last week, metal tariffs unleashed a rebuke on the finance ministers. now the eu making good on

far, i do not anticipate any effect in the security arena. >> in congress, senator bob corker tells us the president called him and to back off the effort to curb the power on trade. the president telling corker this would hurt negotiations. corker says he has a duty to push ahead. maybe so, mitch mcconnell telling sirius xm that the senate does not need to rein in the president on legislation. >>> the g7 summit tomorrow. a meeting of the world's largest economies. larry kudlow says president trump is not backing down from the aggressive trade stance. setting a showdown with u.s. allies. >> we will do what is necessary to protect the united states, its businesses and its work force. he has always said and i agree tariffs are a tool in that effort. people should recognize how serious he is. >> kudlow says the trading system is broken and the united states will fix it. this is the first chance to address the steel and aluminum tariffs. this will set the meeting with macron and trudeau. canada and mexico hit back with tariffs on their own and now the eu targeting $3 billion in tariffs

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senator bob corker talked about being supportive of a person over policy. >> we are in a strange place. you know, almost becoming a cult-ish thing, isn't it? >> a cultish thing. any doubt where the party stands. the tweet last night. complacency is our enemy. anyone that does not embrace the donald trump agenda of making america great again will be making a mistake. >>> the trump administration gearing up for the next trade battle. planning to hit china with $50 billion in tariffs. officials plan to pursued, but still needs the president's final approval. experts want if north korea could give trump second thoughts. especially whether he wants pyongyang's help. >> i think very strongly. you see over the next couple weeks with, they understand what you -- weeks, they understand what you can do. >> beijing will deny tariffs just ascanada. a response to the metal tariffs due to national security concerns. a fact canada's foreign minister calls absurd and hurtful. >> canada has truly more in sorrow than anger, announced a perfectly reciprical measured dollar for dollar retaliation expense.

bob corker or speaker ryan, where is the head of the legislative branch? >> people are running for the hill. the name of the game is stay in the game. >> those comments after tennessee bob corker says, the gop refused to stand up to president trump. what do you think it is going to take, kevin, when the president offers the opposite of that. >> it is pretty ironic to hear mark sandford talking about running for the hill. with that said, look i think there is no question that you had the republican establishment still very much behind president trump. i would note however that house speaker paul ryan who of course is retiring did say publicly just ahead of the singapore summit that he does not believe president trump would be able to pardon himself and he said in the same interview that he was not a constitutional expert. you know i think you have actually seen a very separation in terms of some of the republican establishment starting to note their differences with president trump. you are absolutely correct in the sense that they have not gone as full out as senator flake or corke

disappointing. congressional republicans are fuming. bob corker is working on a plan to push back on the tariffs. it puts the u.s. in another trade dispute after targeting $50 billion of chinese good. china wrapped up the latest round of trade talks. china warns the tariffs is $50 billion in techariffs wil kill any overall trade deal. peter navarro says the china policy is measured and thoughtful and strategic. >> we love to have a peaceful and friendly relationship with china. we also are standing firm on the idea. the president is the leader on this. >> how far are you willing to go? >> he adds the relationship with china structurally needs to change. this is the beginning of that. >>> remember this wild claim during the campaign from then candidate donald trump? >> i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody and wouldn't lose any voters. >> if you thought that was extreme. rudy giuliani took that one step further. if the president shot someone he would not face prosecution. quote, if he shot james comey, he'd be impeached the next day. >> that capped off the whirlwi

first time r bob corker has been critical of the president, b this criticism was particularly stinging. >> we're in a strange place. i mean, it's almost, you know, it's becoming a cultish thing, isn't it? and it's not a good place for any partyo end up with a cult-like sit it relates to a president that happens to be of purportedly of the same party. >> as a reminder, senator is not running for reelection, but other republicans who are may have received a strong message from last night's primaries. president trump today is claiming victory on twitter for sinking the reelection bid of south korea senator mark sanford. one south carolina candidate who did win his primary is lee bright, a trump supporter who vigorously opposed removing the confederate flag from the str s statehouse and once said transgender people have a mental illness. in virginia republican voters chose cory stewart. he made a name forward defending civil war memorials after a woman was killed by a white supremacist during a march in charlottesville. >> this is a symbol of -- it's not a symbol of racism. i'm pr