of his interview, the audiotaping with the "new york times." all right, mr. acosta, talk about what you know on both prongs of this, the president versus senator corker, the president versus secretary tillerson, and yes, this is the plot line of today. >> brian, first on the secretary of state, associates of the secretary of state tell me that tillerson has been frustrated with his position. he talked with the president on friday. he talked with general kelly over the weekend, again with the president today trying to get the relationship repaired between him and president trump. they know it's been really at odds with each other for weeks now, and for the sake of the upcoming summit with china, for the sake of the crisis that's unfolded in north korea, the white house believes it's a priority to make sure tillerson stays at least for the moment in spite of all the problems. and then when you think about senator corker, it's revealing of where the president is with