new york times set liddle bob corker up by recording his conversation. was made to sound a fool, and that's what i'm dealing with. look, the concerns behind the scenes at the white house among top officials, hallie, is that the president is dealing with a lot of things right now. the crises in north korea, tensions with iran, of course, we expect him to unveil a new iran policy later on this week. these are people he needs in his corner. of course, the secretary of state of a bob corker as well, are these feuds making his agenda more difficult, complicating what he needs to do as commander in chief? in addition to that big lunch he has with secretary tillerson and defense secretary james mattis, he's also going to be sitting down with former secretary of state henry kissinger. so a lot here to unpack at the white house, hallie. >> kristen welker, a busy day for you, my friend. see you in a little bit. first, to mount pleasant, south carolina, where garrett haake just talked to another frequent republican donald trump critic, senator lindsey graham.