This is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im Anthony Mason. In ten months as americas chief diplomat, Rex Tillerson has found no world leader a greater challenge than the president of the United States. Relations between President Trump and the Senior Member of his cabinet, the former c. E. O. Of exxonmobil, have been strained almost from the start. Now cbs news has confirmed the white house has a plan to force tillerson out. Heres white house and Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan. Hes here. Rex is here. Reporter today President Trump refused to answer questions about a white house plan to replace secretary of state Rex Tillerson after less than a year on the job. Mr. Trump has been publicly frustrated with his top diplomat. We disagree on a couple of things. Sometimes id like him to be a little bit tougher. Reporter that comment came just three days after tillerson held an extraordinary News Conference last month to shoot down reports that he had called the
Mason and this is our western edition. Good evening. Im Anthony Mason. In ten months as americas chief diplomat, Rex Tillerson has found no world leader a greater challenge than the president of the united states. Relations between President Trump and the Senior Member of his cabinet, the former c. E. O. Of exxonmobil, have been strained almost from the start. Now cbs news has confirmed the white house has a plan to force tillerson out. Heres white house and Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan. Hes here. Rex is here. Reporter today President Trump refused to answer questions about a white house plan to replace secretary of state Rex Tillerson after less than a year on the job. Mr. Trump has been publicly frustrated with his top diplomat. We disagree on a couple of things. Sometimes id like him to be a little bit tougher. Reporter that comment came just three days after tillerson held an extraordinary News Conference last month to shoot down reports that he had called