what storm is it, mr. president? we have the world s great military people in this room, we ll tell you that. thank you all for coming. reporter: what storm, mr. president? you ll find out. reporter: give us a hint. thank you, everybody. reporters asked the president today what that storm might be, and with a wink for someone in the room, he kept the mystery going. thank you. thank you very much, everybody. thank you. reporter: mr. president, what did you mean by calm before the storm ? what did you mean by that? you ll find out. then within the hour reporters had a chance to ask the white house press secretary, too. here s how she s answered those questions. as we said many times before,
that will not happen. when you put it out there, we will cover it 6th step along the way is and see what happens with it. let me play a piece of sound for both of you from the president. you guys know what this represents? (inaudible). maybe it s the calm before the storm. what s the storm? could be the calm before the storm. what storm is it, mr. president? thank you all for coming. thank you. what storm, mr. president. you ll find out. congressman curbelo, what storm? tropical storm nate? what s he talking about there? i ll be very honest with you, chris. if you could summarize quickly what he said because i couldn t hear the audio there. he said what you re looking at could be the calm before the storm as he was sitting with his full senior military panel at their yearly meeting.
okay. i have seen that. and he was asked, what storm. he said, you ll find out. i really don t know. perhaps it has something to do with north korea, with something else. i hope the white house will come out and clarify this today because obviously if any kind of storm is coming, whether it s hurricane nate or another foreign policy kind of storm, members of congress should know and i think the american people should know. obviously i m being sarcastic when i say tropical storm nate. seth, is this okay when he says something like that? should it be dismissed as a joke, a rhetorical tphrourb issue by an entertainer? how should we take it? it s not okay, chris. because the problem is we ought to be able to trust our commander in chief. we don t know. maybe this is the time we threatened and our motto is headed towards north korea. shortly thereafter we found out it was headed in the opposite direction. or maybe he s talking about doing something more serious and potentially mor
storm. reporter: what storm, mr. president? and we re going to have a great evening. you ll find out. reporter: what storm, mr. president? you ll find out. reporter: give us a hint? thank you, everybody. reporter: hallie, we tried but didn t get very far. the white house officials knew what the president was talking about. we are hoping to learn more when press secretary sarah huckabee sanders had her press briefing later today. but the president is facing a number of potential storms, one within his own administration with his own secretary of state, but, of course, mounting tensions with north korea. then we are anticipating a big announcement on iran. all the sources pointing to the likelihood that he will announce that he s decertifying the iran nuclear deal. that essentially means he s going to kick further decisions
you guys know what this represents? the calm before the storm. reporter: what s the storm? the calm before the storm. reporter: what storm, mr. president? we have the world s great military people in this room, i will tell you that. thank you all for coming. thank you. reporter: what storm, mr. president? you ll find out. reporter: give us a hint. thank you, everybody. i thought this was the storm. that was the president with a cryptic, almost eerie statement yesterday. today he continued to, i don t know, build suspense by teasing the coming storm. thank you very much, everybody. reporter: mr. president, what did you mean by calm before the storm yesterday? what did you mean by that? thank you very much. you ll find out. reporter: we ll find out? let s bring in our panel to