the president has just gone off without even informing jim mattis, i think he is thought thatis jim mattis, i think he is thought that is a step too far. he did not go quietly as some have done and he says that the president should get a defence secretary hughes is a better aligned with yours on these other subjects. that is really a sting against president trump. —— whose views. one of the key lines was about the importance of good relations with our lives. yes, and i think this all came about, i think the trigger was the president's withdrawal decision, to withdraw troops. and i think there is a feeling that this was premature, withdrawing from the theory and theatre. i think the feeling was that this was premature and that they had been no consultation with any of the allies and that this will affect america's relationships with affect america's relationships with a lot of key allies that had been so strong, especially throughout nato and doa strong, especially throughout nato and do a lot of organisations or the last 50 years. in so far, as things currently stand, we do not know do

defense secretary jim mattis has resigned in protest of trump's policies. the government's on the verge of a shutdown after the president demands money for his border wall. and on wall street, the markets in chaos as stocks tank. market now facing the worst december since the '30s. and on top of the syria troop draw down, another one being considered, half the american force in afghanistan. former secretary of state john kerry will join us as "the 11th hour" gets underway on this thursday night. >>> well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. this was day 700 of the trump administration, and here is what we are dealing with and covering tonight. put it this way. the usual order in our government is not in place tonight. the diligence that dictates the behavior of the white house in normal times is not in place. here is a loose tally of where we are. the president of the united states, under criminal investigation, his children facing possible legal jeopardy, is threatening to shutdown the federal government tomorrow at mid

jim mattis had the latter in spades, an incredibly gifted guy. i would suggest jim mattis is the latter day version of george marshal. what you get in now secretary shanahan is somebody who has that management and leadership capability. we'll see what happens from here. the department of defense will be fine moving forward, it just is a very difficult step for him to take to try to follow and really try to replace jim mattis. >> susan, what's your take on the president's pick? is this someone who will be in lock-step with the president's world view? >> i guess the president hopes so. this is part of a pattern we have seen this year of president trump replacing those, especially on the national security and foreign policy side, who challenged him, with people who have been on notice from day one that that kind of offering your own opinion, disagreeing with the president is no longer welcome in the trump administration. to the extent that this is a more permanent solution, i think, you know, president trump is looking for yems, men, in th job. i fo

defense secretary jim mattis has resigned in protest of trump's policies. the government's on the verge os a shutdown after the president demands money for his border he wall. and on wall street, the markets in chaos as stocks tank. market now facing the worst december since the '30s. and on top of the syria troop draw-down, another one being considered, half the american force in afghanistan. former secretary of state john kerry will join us as "the 11th hour" gets underway on this thursday night. well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. this was day 700 of the trump administration, and here is what we are dealing with and covering tonight. put it this way, the usual order in our government is not in it place tonight. the diligence that dictates the behavior of the white house in normal times is not in place. here is a loose tally of where we are.re the president of the united states, under criminal investigation, his children facing possible legal jeopardy, is threatening to shut down the federal government tomorrow a

jim mattis is excellent. he's a wise sage -- >> they're all saying it. >> keeping donald trump from going off the rails. he's now resigning saying donald trump has gone off the rails so deeply that he cannot countenance being in the administration anymore. what do republicans in congress do. what does a branch of government meant to check an out of control president do when the person they said they trusted in the administration said you can no longer countenance being part of this? when do they -- we can talk all we want about how donald trump acts. but we know how he acts. he's acted this way the whole time. when do republicans in congress stand up and do their job? >> they went up to the white house today and came out having been fed this sandwich that they have to eat, and they just came out with this grin on their face like, oh, well, the president wants the wall. >> and they didn't have to do it. paul ryan, nothing to lose, he's got a few days left. >> yeah. >> he could have said -- >> they could have p

jim mattis is stepping down. his announcement comes a day after the president announced the withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria. in his resignation letter the -- he said the president deserves a defense secretary who's views are in line with the president. he has ongoing conflicts with the president. . >> fox news in washington tonight following the latest on all of this including the budget battle. >> good evening. i can tell you maybe a minute ago the house has approved the new revamped spending bill and will send it to the senate. it was 217 to 195. all the republicans were the yes votes. there were eight republicans who voted no. >> i'm asking congress to defend the border of our nation. >> a lunch meeting between the president and top republicans. >> will add border security and keeping the government open. >> offering below what the president wants. >> the president wants $5 billion for an undefined boarder wall. >> house spanns will -- republicans will try to add $5 billion. but that bill will struggle to

us defence secretary jim mattis is to quit hisjob in the trump administration. his departure had been anticipated in parts of the us media after president trump decided to withdraw us troops from syria, despite opposition from international allies and members of the us military. china has rejected accusations by the united states and britain that it is involved in cyber hacking in at least a dozen countries. it comes after the us charged two chinese hackers with stealing data worldwide over more than a decade. beijing has urged washington to withdraw the accusation.

i want to talk to you about the resignation of jim mattis. i think this is a critical story. i want to touch first on the shut down because we are keeping an eye on the senate floor here as the votes are proceeding. let's talk about that quickly. this would happen at midnight without a deal on the border wall or on border security. you hear democrats stressing border security. the president is blaming democrats when it comes to not being able to get an agreement. would you be okay with a $5 billion price tag if it's about border security and not about the wall or is the price tag the issue too? >> brianna , it's neither that's the issue. democrats have voted again and again for border security money. we did a comprehensive immigration bill in 2013 with $44 billion. the republicans killed it. we did a proposal to the president with $5 billion of border security money in exchange for protecting dreamers. the president killed it. here's why we are here right now. we just did a bipartisan deal with the white house two days ago. two days ago. two nights ago, it passed out of the s

jim mattis knows that and he popped the flair and said, okay, guys, i got to go. i want do this anymore. >> but also the way he resigned and the word choice in that letter is so important. >> very classy. very professional. >> thank you both very much. have a nice holiday. appreciate it. >>> didn't the president say that he would be proud to own the shutdown over border security? yes. in fact, he did. this morning he's unleashing on democrats hours before the deadline for a deal, blaming them for a shutdown. and those shutdown fears rattling u.s. markets about to open this morning. we will take you live to the new york stock exchange. and this is a very important story that should not be over shadowed eed in its significan. matthew whittaker did not take the advice of the ethics office at the department of justice who said he should recuse himself from overseeing the mueller probe. he didn't. now he's in charge of whatever happens to it. he has been a critic of the probe. we'll dig in. ♪ voice-command navigation with waze wifi wireless charging 104 cubic feet of

the other main stories on bbc news at 5: donald trump's defence secretary — jim mattis — becomes the latest in a string of top white house officials to resign — a day after the president announced he's pulling us troops out of syria. a service in lockerbie to remember the 270 people killed when pan am flight 103 was blown up — 30 years ago. and in half an hour, we take a front row seat, as mark kermode looks back on the big releases of the year — in review 2018: the year in film. it's five o'clock. our top story: nearly two days after the first sighting of a drone above gatwick, passengers are still facing cancellations, even though the runway reopened this morning. the hunt for the drone operators continues — police say they are investigating what they described as ‘persons of interest‘. gatwick was closed on wednesday night after drones were seen flying inside its perimeter. these are the latest developments. today, gatwick said 837 flights were due to go ahead as normal — but 155 have been cancelled. the transport secretary chris grayling says the use of drones to pa

jim mattis resigns in protest. your reaction to what has transpired. >> certainly i don't agree with that decision. there's also a process problem and in a way it may have actually contributed to the frustration that secretary mattis felt. normally when we are considering a big issue like this, there is the meaning of the entire agency recall the national security council. the deputy speaks first in all the principles and we bet all the options in terms of what the risks are, operationally and what political risk are. the intelligent agent to get to speak on what will happen in the event of a decision like this. what is the implication on our allies and how do we communicate all of that to them. that was not done. that's unfortunate. all of those principles did not have a discussion to layout the risk on this with the president of the united is present. i think you finance a new information out now is a result of this. maria: is that what happened in terms of him getting so upset about it? you read the letter that

the us defence secretary jim mattis has become the latest senior figure to resign from donald trump's administration. it follows mr trump's decision to pull all american troops out of syria. in his resignation letter, general mattis warned about the need to show respect to allies and to be clear—eyed about america's enemies. 0ur correspondent dan johnson is in washington. why's he gone? the latest in a line of resignations from the white house. it was clear jim mattis's background as a military man who devoted his career to projecting america's power and influence abroad, to building global coalitions and alliances working through partnerships like the un and nato, these were things he was deeply committed to and he felt that donald trump didn't share the commitment that the president's foreign policy of putting america first meant increasingly that america appeared isolated, alone, withdrawing from some of these international agreements and partnerships, leaving allies high and dry, not respecting international organisations like the un and nato. no one should be surprised about th

it's been announced that us defence secretary, jim mattis, will leave his role in february. his departure had been anticipated in the us media, after president trump decided to withdraw troops from syria, despite opposition from international allies. speaking earlier, the former us defence secretary, william cohen, said that general mattis had had enough of his advice being rejected by the president. i think it was absurd with the fact that the presidents chose to send oui’ that the presidents chose to send our troops, pending thanks giving, to the border and is keeping them there, some of them there. i think it was a straw too heavy for him to bear, namely to reject the recommendation about keeping a sufficient laws to really defeat isys as opposed to this false declaration that we won, they are defeated, and now it is well, we are tired of fighting somebody else‘s burden. i think that was just one bridge, one mile too far for him burden. i think that was just one bridge, one mile too farfor him to walk, given his courage, his battle experience, and his scholarship, he

jim mattis could see his influence depleting, and has decided to lead by the end of february. he mentions china and russia in his resignation letter. what kind of impact does this latest resignation have on the trump administration? well, this resignation letter raises some serious questions about the president's foreign policy, and whether he can take people with him in this america —first stance. some of the senators and congressmen have already seized on that. the democrats calling this a national security crisis, saying that it is scary. nancy pelosi says it is a beautiful letter written by a patriotic american. this is not the only resignation there has been. there have been six high—level departures just in the past few weeks, and some of those jobs are still to be filled. there is a big question over whether donald trump can keep people with him, whether he can find the right people to work with him. he says that he hopes to have a new secretary of defence by next week, but when the chief of staff john kelly announced he was going to go, donald trump said there woul

he doesn't need a four star general like jim mattis to tell him about national security. he doesn't need silicon valley to tell him about technology. he believes that he knows better, and i think it explains a lot of the reason why he's much more comfortable on the world stage with autocratic leaders like vladimir putin and xi jinping in china, and let's not forget that many of these week's events were triggered by a phone call with the president of turkey who in many ways is a much more strongman type figure that trump is more comfortable with. >> but most successful people i know in business, and i think most of us know, they will say i hired you, i hired people who know more than me or are smarter on me on certain issues, to make me better. it's odd to hear anyone say i know more because you don't. you don't know what you don't know. david, the acting chief of staff, mick mulvaney is a defender of the president now. i want you to listen to an interview of mulvaney talking about the president's plan to build a wall. this is back in 2015. >> the fence is an easy thing to

defense secretary jim mattis is stepping down. he handed in his resignation to the military judgment and setting up for a shutdown showdown the house passing a spending bill that includes spending for a border wall and the senate has until midnight tonight to vote on it and avert a partial government shutdown. you can see that clock there both of these stories could have a big impact on the markets. let's bring in ceo of commerce street capital dory, thank you for joining us this morning as we talk about the developments in washington, will they have an effect on the markets? is this something that we're keying on right now or are there bigger factors at play in your mind >> well, absolutely i think it will the market is really dwelling on bad news that is out there it's been a bad technical market since october. it's going to continue bad through the end of the year and probably through mid-january so, all this news about china, the administration, the government shutdown and all those things just fuel the fears of an already ner

jim mattis was right, who will protect america now? mr. bolton and the rest of his national security team were overruled with his withdrawal decision. new uncertainty about america's commitment to the middle east and willingness to be a global leader and mr. trump's role as commander in chief sending conflicting orders to soldiers on the battlefield as mr. trump and his administration are doing. it could risk getting american soldiers killed or wounded for objectives their commanders already abandoned. the opinion piece from the new york times, bill joining us next from exeter new hampshire on the democrats line. caller: good morning. why do the republicans who are the majority in the house and senate -- we have been doing this for two years and i think if they were not going to be the minority in the house, why do ony give trump carte blanche everything? verbally been reprimanded by republicans even once. what president can do all the things trump has done and is doing and probably planning to reprimanded by the leaders of his own party?

jim mattis resigned after trump withdrawed from syria. french president macron was clear about what he thought. i deeply regret the decision taken on syria. i would like to pay tribute to general mattis and what accompanied his decision. and l.a. should be a viable and coordinate with other allies. general mattis understood this perfectly. he will be replaced by hisis deputy, patrick shanahan. trump only brought shanahan into the defense department last year. he is an engineer who spent most of hisis career at boeing. he has no background in politics or military affairs. christine: the war in syria has driven more than a million syrians to seek refuge. mainly they live in poverty and child refugees are often on the streets to help their families. these boys sell flowers for a living when they would rather be at school. >> is almost -- it is almost midnight. the worker is far from over. the brothers from serious health flowers on the streets of beirut. three days away from dust and on. -- dusk til dawn. >> i worked because my parents are s

>> i'm certainly saddened to see jim mattis departing, but i also understand. i think the factors that are contributing to the resignation may maybe not all of it, but decisions in syria and afghanistan, i did speak to jim mattis yesterday. we are both of one mind in our opposition to the decision to pull out forces of syria and what its ramifications would be. i just want to say, jim is a tremendous officer, a tremendous leader, and the quality of the service he has provided to our country is certainly very, very significant. the american people notice that. >> martha: heard from senator schumer and minority leader nancy pelosi, she said she was shaken by this, and she felt all americans should be shaken by it. do you agree? >> no, i'm not shaken in the least by it. i think we are going to miss jim mattis' leadership, to be sure, but i have said many times, i think president trump has managed to surround himself with one of the strongest national security teams i've ever observed. jim mattis was a very important part of that, but he is not the only part of it.

jim mattis resigned over this news in syria. that why you have some republican senators looking so visibl shaken yesterday. >> what does that do for troop morale in. >> think about the larger picture for the president and his hold over the republican party. you now have an economy that isn't as strong. bill clinton hadoo a economy when he got impeached. richard nixon had a bad economy when he waimpeached. that matters. patm toomey f pretty much the most important state in president trump's coalitn, pennsylvania. toomey is one of those republicans that is that sense of the senate of where they are with trump. >> thank you. it could be a busy weekend. as you know. right here on nbc 4. >>> coming up, an i-teamio investig finds a pattern of deadly silic injections where police are investigating. >>> and a big break that led to a people aren't talking about how giant's delici is nature's promise turkfree from antibiotics. they're not talking aboutsy our rab and go chicken wing trays. or that our sustainable shrimp wrapped in prosciut

first you know of course the defense secretary jim mattis resigning this week over that policy and now james mcguirk is the special presidential envoy for the global coalition to counter isis. a senior administration official says he handed his resignation in on friday in response to the president's decision to pull troops out of syria. for the latest on this breaking news, let's go to a cnn global affairs correspondent. what more can you tell us about him, his role, and what inspired his resignation? >> well, fred mcguirk is a decades long career diplomat. he has been working in iraq. working on issues related to the region for decades, and in 2013, he had been appointed deputy envoy to the isis coalition and then took over when general john allen left, and really has been overseeing a 60-plus member coalition of states working not only on the ground but in the -- on the internet, countering messages to counter isis, and by large measure that job has been successful, but just a week ago you heard brett mcgurk at the state department podium talking about the idea that the u.s. was now

the order has been approved after the shock resignation of jim mattis. he announced he would resign after the president's decision to withdraw troops from syria, a decision not welcomed by president trump. he is being forced to leave his post early with patrick shanahan taking over the post on the first of january. shanahan will give up his role as the pentagon's 33rd deputy for the position. he has limited background in foreign policy. president trump took to twitter to defend his stance. >> i just had a long and productive call with president .rdogan of turkey we discussed the highly coordinated pullout of troops from the area. after many years, they are coming home. we also discussed extending trade. >> the turkish president has confirmed his troops will take over the fight against the islamic state group in syria. decisioncs say trump's abandons kurdish allies who have fought to defeat the terror group. president erdogan has pleledgedo dislodge the kurdish militia. he has already deployed troops .n northern syria >> several american allies have openl

he said, the kind of leadership that causes a dedicated patriot like jim mattis to leave should give pause to every american. >>> simple question. will americans be less safe because james mattis is leaving? >> yes, don, i think so. i mean, obviously the sun will come up tomorrow and somebody will follow jim mattis -- i can't think of anybody that's going to replace him. i find this disturbing, but not surprising. knowing jim as i do, i figured it was a question of time when he would reach the point where he would have to do what he did. his letter is classic. you know, it will go down in history. it was compelling both for what it said and what it didn't say. >> what are you hearing, director, from others in the national security and intelligence community? >> well, i think everyone is -- that i've engaged with is, you know, upset and disturbed about it. i got an e-mail from somebody earlier this evening saying, this makes me very nervous. tell me something that will make me calm. and i said, i don't think i can. >> you know, this president has insisted -- and when he was a candidat

jim mattis was the best of this administration. this is not an administration that is overloaded with talent. he is the pinnacle of the administration. someone who clearly was trying to stay in that job as long as possible, as long as he felt that he could make a positive impact on president trump. and he's seeming to say now this president sun educable, uninfluenceable by reason, by expert xwreez, by respect for tradition. and when you hear that, it is impossible not to feel great fear about the direction of this country. >> nick, what do you think? >> when president trump took office, there were competing theories. one was he would learn more about the world, he would be restrained by advisers, he would grow into position. and the other was that he would gradually shake off the constraints and go his own way. i think clearly the second course has taken effect. at the end of the day, i think that domestically he's constrained by institutions, by congress, by laws. and the area where he has -- the president has the greatest autonom

jim mattis resigns with a skating two-page letter to the president as the government looks set to shut down over funding for the border wall. busy morning. matt? matt: less than half an hour from the start of european trading. take a look at where we see futures after the stock rout continued to roll around the globe. the dow was off another 400 plus points yesterday. x was down 1.9% at the close. the ftse is currently treading water. if you look at treasuries, you also see a little water treading because we come from such low levels. the yield on the 10 year treasury right now, 2.8%. this is a three-day chart. we dropped down to 2.4 yesterday, so we are seeing some traders sell treasuries, pushing yields up a little but at a low level. what do you see on the gmm? anna: pretty next, but the japanese story is negative. let's talk about the overnight equities session. pretty mixed to negative. the japanese equity market going further into bear market territory. the nasdaq was flirting with that labeling yesterday. s&p down more than 1% in yesterday's session. one of our blogs this mornin

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look, i understand it with jim mattis. i understand it with john kelly. they've shown us that they have become part of the problem. jim mattis might have been the least part of the problem, but that doesn't mean he was part of the problem. that same goes for john kelly. >> let me play you a sound bite from another retired general. this is a four star stanley mccrystal. he commented on the importance of the letter explaining his resignation since you brought that up. >> i personally think it was valuable. i think maybe it causes the american people to take pause and say wait a minute, if we have someone who is as selfless as committed as jim mattis resigns his position walking away from all the responsibility he feels for every service member in our forces and he does so in a public way like that, we ought to stop and say okay, why did he do it? we ought to ask what kind of km commander in chief he had that jim mattis, the good marine, felt he had to walk away? >> and the other thing is that stanley mccrystal also said that he believes the president is imm

had it not been for jim mattis and syria, this would be a different conversation. particularly the shutdown. i don't think a lot of americans will will feel except for maybe this week because you have tsa agents and air traffic controllers furloughed. be nice to the people in line today. they're not get paid today or until we pass another, you know, bill to get them paid. a lot of the listeners are like yeah it's a shutdown but this is like d.c. today. >> we're going to pause on that. but that's the problem. made the shutdown too easy. there is no political pain with it anymore. until there is, they may act more responsibly. >>> one of the very first democrats to file for 2020. likely presidential candidate julian castro joins me next. hey. i heard you're moving into a new apartment. yeah, it's pretty stressful. this music is supposed to relax me, though. ♪ maybe you'd mellow out a bit if you got geico to help you with your renters insurance. oh, geico helps with renters insurance? good to know. yeah, and they could save you a lot of money. wow, suddenly i feel s

defense secretary jim mattis has resigned citing policy differences with president of trump trump said on twitter that mattis would leave his job at the end of february his departure came a day off to trump an arch the withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria in a move criticized by major allies and top u.s. military officials. u.s. prosecutors have indicted two alleged chinese hackers accused of stealing trade secrets on behalf of beijing's main intelligence agency.

how do you juxtapose the briefing that took place with mike pompeo, jim mattis, it did not have gina haspel. she's coming up on the hill afterwards on her own. the optics of this certainly not lost on anyone. is that sentiment shared by others on capitol hill? >> no, i think right now as usual you've got a divide i think within the administration over what the reality is. we have this negotiation all the time, but you know, sometimes jim mattis is on one side of things or the cia's on another or president trump is in different spot, and i think it's very hard sometimes. we've seen this administration, and i have said this administration is complicit to a certain degree in helping the saudis engage in a cover-up regarding jamal khashoggi's murder, and that complicity also has huge bearing on saudi domestic politics, another dimension we're not even discussing. there's a lot of discomfort in saudi arabia about their current crown prince, his behavior, and what he has done, and we're propping up in a sense that crown prince and trying to sort of hold him there because they think there's

jim mattis resigned yesterday after two years on the job and some profound disagreements with mr. trump. mattis was seen as a moderating force in the administration. politicians on both sides of the aisle are expressing regret and some say they fear for american military policy. weija jiang reports. >> reporter: secretary mattis explained why he was resigning in a letter to president trump, because you have the right to have a secretary of defense whose views are better aligned th yours, ma wi believe it is right for me to step down from my position. the move comes one day after the president announced he plans to pull troops out of syria. shocking allies and even top advisers. for mattis, the withdrawal as the last straw. in his resignation letter he called for using all tools of the american power to provide for a common defense. president trump is now considering a drawdown of u.s. troops in afghanistan which mattis also opposes. >> we are going to appoint mad dog mattis. >> reporter: the former marine corps general was one of several military men to join the trump administrati

so, margaret, jim mattis is now being ordered out of his post. what happens next? >> well, this is going to be hugely consequential, because one of the things that defense secretary mattis was doing was trying to figure out how to execute the president's orders to draw down troops. so pulling out of syria and afghanistan will be hugely influenced by now the deputy who is stepping into that role, someone who came from the business world named patrick shanahan. but i would argue more broadly, this puts a lot more power in terms of policy in the hands of the secretary of state. and so, how this is managed and how this is managed through with our allies really matters, and that was sort of the basis of what secretary mattis laid out as his grounds for resignation in the first place. though, he said he was going to be leaving in february, the president now saying you're out now. you can't quit. i'm firing you. >> quijano: well, envoy brett mcgurk was supposed to leave his job in february. president trump tweeted last night: "mcgurk, who i do not know." how should we und

but he's not jim mattis. and though he has military experience, he doesn't have that kind of military experience. and while he's not necessarily a yes man, he's much more of a -- of the president's man than anybody else you'll find anywhere near him in the national security apparatus, i mean, there was a comment from several people when jim mattis quit that the wheels have come off. and somebody else said, well, there aren't any wheels. i think we're in very, very dangerous train now. there is no leadership. there's no leadership in the congress. and there's no leadership among the cabinet in the white house. and we're at a time when we have a wide variety of threats. you know, it's kind of interesting. if vladimir putin says you're doing the right thing, then you're most decidedly not doing the right thing. i think we're in that mode right now. these are dangerous times that require much more leadership than wheef got. >> colonel jack jacobs, as always, thank you, colonel jack. >> thank you, richard. >> all

but this is what prompted jim mattis', you know, resignation. and then the backlash from that, the heat on the president is what prompted the president to get mattis out of there before he could be -- either do a goodbye tour with troops so everybody could see how much everyone loves him or before he could go to capitol hill to be grilled. now the president is defensive about the backlash he's faced. >> the backlash is real and remarkable, over the weekend. when you look at how james mattis, respected for his years of service across the aisle, both sides of the aisle, supposed to leave at the end of february, until trump tweets on sunday that he was dismissing him. and the reason we're all learning about is because of the news coverage, not what mattis said initially, but how it was perceived. help us understand, help our viewers understand how the president processed this decision and why he responded to the news coverage rather than the decision to resign itself. >> this is nothing but personal pique. mattis was being hailed, in recognition of

defense secretary jim mattis announced his resignation this afternoon. he resigned one day after mr. trump said, u.s. troops would be withdrawn from syria, a move that jim mattis refused to endorse. in the retirement letter he said resident trump should choose a successor whose views better align with other factor may hav this afternoon, we learned that president trump wanted to withdraw about half of the 14,000 u.s. troops by summer. earlier this year, the defense secretary persuaded president trump to keep troops on the ground to counter the talib and and islamic state. >>> the government shutdown is looming tomorrow with funding for 25% of the government in the air. president trump is holding firm on his desire for a border wall. now the republican-led house has thrown their support behind him. the u.s. senate, that is another story. >> reporter: the clock is ticking on a potential partial government shutdown just when the solution seemed to be in sight. house republicans chose to to find the border wall. now all eyes are on the senate. the house answ

. >> jim mattis retiring at the end of february. he cited differences with president trump over the direction of u.s. foreign policy. the presidents of the successor would be named soon. decision to pull troops out of syria was seen as a clear rebuke to the former army general. democrats quickly weighed in. i am shaken by the resignation of general mattis is what it means for our country, messages into our troops. indication of what his view is of the commander-in-chief. the u.s. will dramatically country blows in afghanistan, this coming year after he said he did pull forces from syria. the pentagon will draw about half of the troops in afghanistan which would fulfill trump's long-standing promises to bring military or snow home. the u.s. house of representatives have increased the chance on a government shutdown by voting to give president trump's wall. the bill goes to the senate where it is certain to be projected -- rejected. notpresident said he would sign a bill with of the port of money after the white house entity would acc

we get started with the latest on jim mattis. defense secretary mattis is the latest high-profile official to quit the trump administration , citing differences over foreign policy. he announced the resignation after the president called for the withdrawal of u.s. forces from syria, followed by the pentagon being ordered to plan a pullout from afghanistan. planhite house said the did not have a rethink on deployments. >> they have a good relationship. the president has a great deal respect for secretary mattis. he will stay on for another couple of months, a great indicator of the cooperation they have. wasews of the resignation swiftly followed by reports that president trump wants u.s. forces out of afghanistan. 14,000 troops are still serving there. , althoughbe withdrawn there is no timeline. that could trigger more criticism from friends and foes. his decision to withdraw from syria prompted adverse comment a home and abroad. beijing of acusing decade-long espionage campaign to steal ip and data from dozens of u.s. companies

don't expect to see jim mattis completely fade away. it's our understanding hein wants to let some time pass. we'll have to see whether he writes a book or starts speaking much more publicly about his experience as defense secretary. >> it's hard to top the way he came utility against president trump and his resignation letter. barbara, thank you souch for that report. appreciate it. >> and with democrats taking the gavel in just nine days, many are promising to reign in the president. the president said that could amount to, quote, presidential harassment. is that even a thing? (burke) parking splat. and we covered it. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ if you have postmenopausal osteoporosis and a high risk for fracture now might not be the best time to ask yourself are my bones strong? life is full of make-or-break moments. that's why it's so important to help reduce your risk of fracture with prolia®. only prolia® is proven to help strength

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while president said he will name a replacement for defense secretary jim mattis shortly. the retired four-star general resigned a day after president trump unveiled plans to pull the remaining 2000 troops out of syria. mehta said he is stepping down because of differences in views with the president. mehta said he will leave the position in february to give the president a chance to find his successor. >>> happening today, a suspended san francisco police officer accused a bank robbery is due in court. 44-year-old rain daugherty will learn if he will be granted bill today. prosecutor say he robbed a bank in sunset district last month. he made off with about $9000. his alleged crime extends further, he is facing criminal charges in san mateo county as will. the dl there said he stole more than $24,000 from an elderly man in burlingame last year. >> we have accused him of committing a felony elder abuse by stealing from a person who is suffering from alzheimer's and dementia. in september 2017, over a three month period, he made will over 30 different withdrawals from the a

mike: we'll get reaction to the naming of a new secretary of defense weeks before jim mattis was scheduled to leave the administration. the partial shutdown of the government is under way over border funding. who is responsible? it depend on who you ask. building a better bank starts with looking at something old, and saying, "really?" so capital one is building something completely new. capital one cafes. inviting places with people here to help you, not sell you. and savings and checking accounts with no fees or minimums. because that's how it should be. you can open one from right here or anywhere in 5 minutes. seriously, 5 minutes... this is banking reimagined. what's in your wallet? .. >> breaking developments out of the white house concerning the next leader of the as president remains deputy defense secretary patrick shanahan to become in defense secretary come january january 1st. this announcement after james mattis resigned from his post what was expected to remain until late february. let's bring in kristin white was former state department senior adviser to president trump and

that's the role jim mattis played. he is gone now. >> secretary mattis disagreed with the president on a lot. he wanted to stay in iran deal. he disagreed on the paris accord. he wanted to stay in. the president took us out. he disagreed on a number of different things including the syria options. there are some senators who are not unhappy to see general mattis go provided that the executive branch acts like the nfl, next man up. if carson wentz goes down, you better have a nick foles. i heard the same thing that amy heard. do not send us an outlier. you better send tom cotton or bob kimmet, someone in the mainstream of national security this is for president trump what the red line controversy was for president obama. except when president obama erased the red line, no one resigned. there wasn't a crisis. here there's a crisis because someone resigned over the policy. >> red line or ten times bigger than that? >> the thing that really struck me is when senator toomey said we don't report to him. if you hear more sena

the bomb shell resignation of defense secretary jim mattis shaking lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. here's global affairs correspondent martha raddatz. >> reporter: jim mattis was back at the white house today in a seemingly deliberate display of solidarity with fellow marine general john kelly, wh thnistration. it's been less than 24 hours since mattis resigned in protest of president trump's policies. and the backlash against the president has been profound. >> it's beyond scary. it is evidence of chaos. >> reporter: majority leader mick mcconnell, normally hesitant to criticize trump, saying he was particularly distressed that mattis was resigning due to sharp differences with the president on key aspects of america's global leadership. a key concern of mattis -- abandoning america's partners in the fight against isis. trump's withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria, the last straw. even hosts of trump's favorite program, "fox & friends" blasted the president's judgment on the pullout from syria. >> he just refounded isis. they have 30,000 men there. and they are already striking b

definitely pro jim mattis. you heard lindsey graham being stic in his response saying this is an obama-like mistake. you've got this odd dichotomy whige he's with the on the border wall. and he's against the right onom pulling and in his view this is all of a peace. it's all about the same thing, america first. he sees a connection that is ideologically coherent. but it exposes a lot of fissures. robert: when you think about this idea that secretary tattis wa adult in the room that's wilingds wildly talked about in washington. who plays a role that measure are america first instinct? is it secretary pompeo or john bolton the national security advisor? >> i think nobody knows. and this's why so many are frightened. you heard a real sense of panic from some of the most sober-minded and patrician minds in washington members of the national security establish kwloment even up to n have -- evelopment even up to now have experienced hands who are there literally ho would swat his finger away from the brtton if it got

even jim mattis defense of the kurds is a situational issue. what about all of the syrian civilians? many who will suffer greatly because they were living under the protection of the coalition and will be to longer and no plan to provide for them. they have no information. i focused on this one refugee camp because they are actually living under the protection of u.s. military forces. i know people in the camp. they did not believe me. they said that's impossible. you cannot tell me u.s. forces will leave us here. we will get slaughtered. i had to be the one to say make preparations. the forces are leaving. they will get slaughtered. we can talk about the 50,000-foot view of the syria policy, but real people will be killed and that blood will be on our hands. >> josh, there is the threat to our national security. i never hope lindsey graham is wrong than this tweet. the loss of all of our gains and paving the way toward a second 9/11. when you put if perspective syria and afghanistan. how serious a threat is this to our own security? >> i think