ISOLATED.                       
NBC'S ANDREA MITCHELL NOW WITH  
MORE ON THAT.                   
>>> STOP TEACHING PEOPLE TO --  
>> Reporter: TODAY THE PRESIDENT
ACCUSING A MAJOR U.S. MILITARY  
ALLY IN THE WAR AGAINST ISIS OF 
FINANCING TERROR.               
>> THE NATION OF QATAR          
UNFORTUNATELY HAS HISTORICALLY  
BEEN A FUNDER OF TERRORISM AT A 
VERY HIGH LEVEL.                
>> Reporter: SLAMMING WHAT HE   
CALLED QATAR'S EXTREME IDEOLOGY.
BUT ONLY AN HOUR EARLIER, MIXED 
SIGNALS.                        
HIS SECRETARY OF STATE URGING   
CALM, EVEN CALLING ON QATAR'S   
POWERFUL NEIGHBORS LED BY SAUDI 
ARABIA TO LIFT THEIR EMBARGO ON 
QATAR.                          
>> WE CALL ON THE KINGDOM OF    
SAUDI ARABIA, THE UNITED ARASH  
EMIRATES, BAHRAIN -- ARAB       
EMIRATES, BAHRAIN, AND EGYPT TO 
EASE THE BLOCKADE AGAINST QATAR.
>> Reporter: REX TILLERSON EVEN 
SAYING THE BLOCKADE IS HURTING  
U.S. MILITARY OPERATIONS.       
WITH QATAR HOME TO 10,000 U.S.  
FORCES.                         
>> THE BLOCKADE IS HINDERING    
U.S. MILITARY ACTIONS IN THE    
REGION AND THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST 
ISIS.                           
>> Reporter: BUT THE PENTAGON   
SAYS THAT IS NOT TRUE.          
"THE EMBARGO IS NOT CREATING    
PROBLEMS FOR THE U.S. MILITARY."
AND MORE CONFUSING SIGNALS SINCE
THE SAUDI SUMMIT LAST MONTH.    
ON TUESDAY, THE PRESIDENT SIDING
WITH THE SAUDIS AGAINST QATAR ON
TWITTER.                        
>> THESE MESSAGES ARE NOT IN    
SYNC, AND SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE 
NOT IN SYNC IT COULD CAUSE      
CONFUSION AND DANGEROUS         
ESCALATION IN THE REGION.       
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT MET  
WITH HIS SECRETARY OF STATE AND 
HIS DEFENSE SECRETARY ONLY      
YESTERDAY TO GET ON THE SAME    
PAGE.                           
SO FAR IT HASN'T WORKED, THOUGH 
TONIGHT T                       
