Counterterrorism mission ordered by the new commander in chief. And today we know a lot more about what went wrong. But lets begin with the latest diplomatic concerns. Cnns jeff zeleny live at the white house, good morning. Reporter good morning, carol. We heard the tough talk from the president throughout his bid for the presidency. And his tough talk also has been extending to his calls with foreign leaders. The latest, as you said, a dustup with the australian Prime Minister in a call last week that we are just learning about. It was a very confrontational phone call. This morning actually, just a few minutes ago, the president talked about how he is going to give tough talk and Straight Talk to, he says, straighten out the world. Lets listen. The world is in trouble. But were going to straighten it out, okay . Thats what i do. I fix things. Were going to straighten it out. Believe me. When you hear about the tough phone calls im having, dont worry about it. Just dont worry about it. Theyre tough. We have to be tough. Its time were going to be a little tough, folks. Were taken advantage of by every nation in the world, virtually. Its not going to happen anymore. Reporter that may sound good as campaign rhetoric, but as a diplomatic matter its a different situation. Rex tillerson, speaking at the state department in a short time, will have to deal with that tough talk and how our allies receive that. At the Prayer Breakfast this morning the president asked for a prayer for Arnold Schwarzenegger. Take a listen. Wet tremendous success on the apprentice. When i ran for president , i had to leave the show. Thats when i knew for sure that i was doing it. They hired a big movie star, around schwarzenegger, to take my place. And we know how that turned out. The ratings went right down the tubes. Its been a total disaster. And mark will ever, ever bet against trump again. And i want to just pray for arnold, if we can, for those ratings, okay . Reporter so of course, carol, that was a moment of humor, i believe, but we didnt hear much humility from the president there in that national Prayer Breakfast. Of course thats a bipartisan meeting of senators, congress men and women from across the country gathered there in the room. But interesting that he essentially confirmed our reporting this morning about those confrontational calls with foreign leaders. Carol, that is something the world is getting used to this president , as washington is as well, carol. All right, by the way, around schwarzenegg Arnold Schwarzenegger has responded. But were not going to get into that now. Its different, jeff zeleny. Reporter it is. Rex tillerson has to deal with the confrontational phone call between President Trump and the australian Prime Minister. Tough talk against iran after it carried out a Ballistic Missile test. During a phone call with mexicos president , he complained that president is not tough enough against, quote, bad hombres. Cnns Michelle Kosinski is at the state department with more. Reporter the Washington Post has detailed reporting quoting a transcript and talking to u. S. Officials who said that during this phone call, which was with one of americas closest allies and a Prime Minister that is in many ways aligned with Donald Trumps views including on immigration and refugees, that trump was angry about a prior agreement to take more than a thousand refugees from australia, that trump boasted about his win, talked about the call not going well, and saying that he had talked to other World Leaders, but that this call with the australian Prime Minister was the worst one he had had. The reporting was also that that call ended abruptly, although in an interview, the australian Prime Minister said it wasnt rude, trump didnt hang up on him, it ended cordially, although it was supposed to be an hour along and it ended after about 25 minutes. Trump tweeted last night about this, saying, do you believe it, the Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of Illegal Immigrants from australia. Why . I will study this dumb deal. Well, according to both the white house now and australia, during that call, and now, donald trump agrees with this preexisting agreement, that he is going to take these refugees. Im not sure how long that process is going to take. It still needs to go through the vetting process. But that agreement is set and trump isnt going to try to stop that. But this isnt the only contentious call with a world leader. There is also one with mexico that raised eyebrows. And part of that was, in the call, this is according to a transcript that cnn got ahold of, President Trump said you have some pretty tough hombres in mexico that you need help with, were willing to help with that big league, but they need to be knocked out and you have not done a good job knocking them out. Both the u. S. And mexico say we are going to work on these issues even though we have our differences. World leaders are trying to make the best face possible on the relationships and on the phone calls that have happened. But its definitely become another topic of conversation. Meanwhile here at the state department, hundreds of employees are waiting for the new secretary of state who was sworn in last night. He should be here at any minute now. And theyre eager to see how much his views will mesh with the trump administration, how much more clarity hell be able to add for them, as they now go about their business, carol. All right, Michelle Kosinski reporting live from the state department, who well return to shortly when Rex Tillerson begins to speak to state Department Employees there. Now the tough talk on iran. The white house saying the country is officially on notice after it carried out a Ballistic Missile test. Cnns Fred Pleitgen is back from iran. Hes from london with more on that. Reporter hi, carol. Certainly tough talk coming from both sides. We heard the statement from National Security adviser mike flynn last night where he said iran was on notice, criticizing the Ballistic Missile test that the iranians conducted last sunday. Irans leader has come out and said iran will continue to test missiles vigorously. He called donald trump an inexperienced politician and said it wasnt the first time the iranians had been threatened in this way. Youre seeing neither side back down. The big question now is how could this possibly escalate, what happens if the iranians continue to test Ballistic Missiles. They say they believe they have a right to do that, it does not violate any sort of u. N. Resolution as long as those missiles are not capable of carrying nuclear warheads. The iranians say theyre not. The u. S. Has a different view. But certainly it seems as though the relations, if there ever were any, between the u. S. And iran that seemed to be warming up a little bit in the obama years, seemed to be getting off to an extremely rocky start. I can tell you, carol, there are many people in iran right now who are quite concerned as to which way all of this could go. It was interesting, i was just there a couple of days days ago. Even hardliners say we dont know about donald trump, we dont know what hes going to do when he actually is president , what his presidency is going to be like. Some of them even thought because hes a former businessman he might be able to do deals with iran. Of course the country has great oil wells, boeing wants to sell a hundred planes to iran and has a deal with iran. Certainly it seems now everything is called into question, as Michael Flynn has made those comments and the iranians are certainly not backing down even an inch at this point, carol. K pleitgen, r live from london. Our Cnn International editor nic robertson, hi, nic. Reporter hi there, carol. The Prime Minister of australia has said that he doesnt really want to get into the details publicly, he says its better to be able to speak frankly and privately in these sorts of conversations. However, what he has said is that the call, while it may have ended abruptly, he said it did end courteously. This is how he put it. The report that the president hung up is not correct. The call ended courteously. And as far as the nature of the discussion, it was very frank and forthright. I stand up for australias interests. I make australias case as powerfully and persuasively as i can wherever i am. Reporter so this is actually done, the Prime Minister, some good at home, this puts him up in the popularity stakes, if you will. He was criticized over the weekend for the initial readout of that phone call on the back of the refugee travel restrictions, that he wasnt being strong enough, that he wasnt being a strong leader. Once this revelation came out in australia, at least, Malcolm Turnbull is now looked upon as being a stronger, firmer leader. For other leaders around the world right now, they will look to that conversation and realize there is a potential for any conversation they have with President Trump, that it may be leaked, and that they may be judged by their people by the strength of that conversation. But lets not forget, the United States and australia have strong counterterrorism ties. There are hundreds of marines based in the northern city, of darwin. This relationship with australia is an important one at many levels. Counterterrorism being a very important narrative for President Trump right now, very important in that context. This is strained, its not a conversation the australians will want to jump into again quickly. Nic robertson reporting live with the reaction from australia. Lets talk about mexico, shall we . According to a phone call transcript, President Trump actually made an offer to the mexico president to help him deal with their drug cartel problems using the term bad hombres. Cnns Shasta Darlington is live in mexico city with reaction on that. Good morning. Reporter good morning, carol. Thats right, whats interesting about this conversation is that it was supposed to be lower the temperature after donald trump signed an executive order saying the wall is going to go up. And after mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto cancelled a trip to washington. This was supposed to be their way to agree on some issues. What is interesting about this excerpt we saw is the colorful language. Basically the president of the United States telling the president of mexico, youve got some tough hombres, were willing to help, but theyve got to be knocked out and youre not doing a good enough job. Its offer of help, but its interpreted here as another humiliation, another slight against the president , youre not doing a good job. At the same time, this contradicts some reports out there that trump had threatened to actually send the army in. Officials on both sides have said that is not true. What we have seen is mexicans are beginning to unite behind what was a very unpopular president. When we see these kind of humiliations, it certainly doesnt help him. Hes busy trying to figure out what can be renegotiated with mexico, whats on the table, what isnt. He needs all the support he can get, carol. Shasta darlington live from mexico city. Lets turn to another potential hit to u. S. Diplomacy, reports of civilian casualties in yemen in the raid that left one american soldier dead. Reporter thats right, carol, this raid was months in the works. But because of certain operational requirements, mainly the need for the absence of movement to conceal the special operations teams movements, the mission was delayed, and trump green lit the mission. The mission encountered some problems while entering yemen. They were detected, the uae navy s. E. A. L. Teams were detected by the Al Qaeda Group there early. So a gun battle broke out involving grenades, heavy weapons, air strikes. This was a very intense fight. It saw the navy s. E. A. L. Fatally wounded, 14 al qaeda fighters killed. And as well, were learning, a number of civilians likely killed. The military working to confirm that. Yesterday, last night, they released a statement saying the initial information showed that civilian casualties were likely, including children a possibility. Local reports also showing there was a number of civilian casualties as well, pictures of that being released. Were trying to understand a little bit what happened there. The military is actually fairly happy with some of the intelligence that was gathered. We know they recovered hard drives that the military says is already yielding intelligence about the terror group, considered the al qaeda franchise most capable, most able to attack western targets. All right, ryan brown, thanks so much. Were seeing the new secretary of state Rex Tillerson, hes affirmed at t arrived at the state department now. Hes in the lobby there. The state department has been through much turmoil. Lots of people have left in light of the new trump administration. So Rex Tillerson will presumably talk about mr. Trumps Foreign Policy and how exactly that Foreign Policy will be carried out. Lets listen to secretary of state Rex Tillerson. Well, good morning, all. We apologize for being late. It seemed that this years Prayer Breakfast, people felt the need to pray a little longer. [ laughter ] but i certainly welcome you all. Thank you for such a warm reception. Its a pleasure to be here, obviously. Ive been anxious to be here. Im so pleased to have my wife brenda of more than 30 years, she has been steadfast through this process, encouraging me on and reminding me what this is really all about. And so thank you. [ applause ] i also want to thank acting secretary tom shannon, who has just been superb through this entire process. Tom, thank you so much. [ cheers and applause ] it was truly and indeed an honor that tom joined this office last night for my swearingin, and i appreciated that he was there. I obviously also want to recognize and thank all of you here at headquarters of our state department, the staff and partners around the world, who have faithfully performed your duties regardless of who was in charge. It was so important. I know many of you have assisted ambassadors and other officials during the Senate Confirmation process and indeed some of you have been through it yourself. Having just come through it for the first time, i can assure you, the senate still takes it as serious as ever. Theyre as energetic as ever, theyre as thorough as ever. But were here. [ applause ] in the days and weeks ahead, well have plenty of opportunity to discuss in more detail the goals, the priorities, and the Strategic Direction for our organization. But for now, i really want to take a few minutes to communicate my high regard for the men and women of the state department and share with you some principles for all of us to live by as we pursue our shared mission. The individuals who comprise this department are among the finest Public Servants in the world. Many of you serve our nation abroad and have served our nation abroad. State Department Staffers in the field are not just conduits for policies and plans. You are our emissaries of our nation and the ideals we stand for. When people see you, they see america. When i wake up each morning, the very first thing i ask myself is, are all of our people safe. The safety of every Single Member of our state Department Family, regardless of where he or she is posted, is not just a priority for me. Its a core value. And it will become a core value of this department. [ applause ] this means the state Department Family here in the u. S. And all those agencies serving under chief of missions abroad, including Civil Service, Foreign Service officers, and specialists, locally engaged staff of host country and third country nationals, interns, fellows, support contractors, and implementing partners, and not least of all, the family members who support us at home and in our service to our country overseas. The Foreign Service is not the only component of the state department. The Civil Service workforce at the state department plays an indispensable role in all we achieve. And we cannot attain success without the Mission Critical services that you provide. We often live in a world of headlines, working outside of the public eye does not make you any less essential to our operations. Your dedication, your intelligence, and your sound judgment are the brick and mortar elements of all we do. We all depend on your good work. And i know it will co