shanahan, or i will not take your name up for a vote before this committee. am i perfectly clear? >> very clear. >> reporter: not everyone disagrees with the president's decision. some republicans favor pulling out, saying the u.s. has been at war for too long in too many places. >> leaving our troops there is sort of like a trip wire to a much larger war. the war has every danger, every day, of becoming an explosive, expansive war, and so i think the president is doing the best thing. >> reporter: other military leaders traveling in the war zone this holiday are hearing a lot from the troops. questions about what will happen next, when will they go home, what will happen in the combat zones they leave behind. a lot of uncertainty and unease. jim? >> and that's no fun for troops deployed abroad in war zones. barbara starr, thanks very much. >>> to the panel now, again, you heard that reporting. and just another detail from the senior administration official, describing the decision-making that john bolton dispatched senior officials around the region to speak to partners -- to spe

is there a level of anger and will thelstick around to hep secretary shanahan? >> the indications right now are not. there ara lot of people said they would join the department when they did to work with fortt secretary is and there are indications as many as a dozen could be gone in the week ahead and so t a real challenge because as we have discussed, secretary shanahan doesn't ve policy experience and he will lose a lot of experience with secretary mattis's departure. >> schifrin: man than of the wall street journal, thank you so much. >> my pleasure. >> >> schifrin: it may be chritsmas eve, but that doesn't mean politics in washington has ang plans of sloown. from the departure of secretary mattis to the government shutdown, our politics mondayis duere to break it all down for us. that is tamara keith of npr and amy walter of the "cook political report." >> schifrin: all right, tamara keith, we have just been talking hanistan, policy of af 0 of syria of this moment with secretary matt'separture. what are the politics of this moment? does it matter that secre

our friend shanahan is a good man. and he's done a great job. and he's a good buyer. i want somebody that can buy. because i'm given a lot of money and i don't want it to be wasted. when i came here, they were spending for a $4 billionaire aircraft carrier, they were up to $16 billion. that's not me. that's them. i inherited that. and many other things. cost overruns all over the place. so far shanahan was at boeing. and did a great job for boeing and he was there for a long time. boeing's a hell of a company. he did a great job. very responsible for the success of a certain plane. and he's -- he's a respected man. he can be there for a long time. i mean, i'm in no rush. i will say that i've got everybody -- everybody and his uncle wants that position. and also by the way, everybody and her aunt. reporter: mr. president -- president trump: everybody wants that position. everybody. everybody. so many people want to be -- who wouldn't want to be secretary of defense? even these folks would like to be secretary of defense. who wouldn't want to be -- he's looking over the

shanahan. before we let you run off, i wanted to let you -- you can choose between to stay or go versions of the mre coffee mug. >> you're a man on the go, everybody. >> thank you very much. >> before everybody runs off. it's 10:05, and our next speaker is coming at 10:30. so we want to thank you colonel. we want to take a break, but i wanted to make a little presentation here. what i'm about to do is give out our first ever journalism service award. >> and at this time i would like to ask louie martinez to come forward. >> on behalf of military reporters and editors, we'd like to present our first journalism service award to you for outstanding dedicated service. you've always gone above and beyond to help your fellow journalists to include setting up the gentleman pressroom. please join me in giving louie a round of applause. [ applause ] >> yes, you look surprise. >> right now we can take a little bit of a break. the coast guard commandant is scheduled to come in around 10:30. maybe he'll sh

trump says mattis will be replaced by deputy defense secretary patrick shanahan on january 1st. mattis resigned thursday saying he would stay on until february 28th but sources say the president was unhappy with how mattis handled the resignation announcement that came shortly after the president announced u.s. troopre a being pulled out of syria. >>> following a developing story overseas where the death toll is sing and the deadly indonesia tsunami. 222 are dead and mor than800 injured. the tsunami hit yesterday. scientists say a volcano eruptionhe triggered under sea landslide but with most tsunamis, tre is usually a warning. this was different because the ground did not ske tolert people to get to safety. officials expect the death toll to rise even more in the coming days. this was the second deadly tsunami to hit this year. yesterday's tsunami triggered memories of the massive9.1 magnitude earthquake that hit in 2004. that killed 230,00 people. >>> back here at home, rain is moving into our area tonight but will it impact your plans for the holidays. storm team four samar t

just that patrick shanahan will take you over on new year's day as acting secretary. he did say that shanahan will be great, even though the former boeing executive has none of mattis' experience or bipartisan approval. mattis resigned thursday, in coordination with the president announced a february 28th departure date. his resignation letter questioned the president's commitment to u.s. guaranteed tt the department's interests are properly articulated and projected and at the nato defenseminsterial meeting. >>> this is what washington looks like when you have a president who refuses to sort of go along the to get along. >> the budget director, due to be the white house chief of staff on january 2nd said roughly 400,000 furloughed federal workers will receive their last paycheck of the yearer on friday. after that. >> it's possible that the shutdown will go beyond the 28th and in to the new congress. >> congress convenes january 3rd, and a democrat majority will rule the house, reducing the white house leverage in the shut down centered dispute over the president's $

how does shanahan then carry that policy out and critics think that shanahan will be too compliant with the president and carry out some policies that others may not agree with. >> well, i don't think you have a choice. if you will be the secretary of defense you execute the president's orders. if you can't do that, you resign. we've already seen that happen. obviously shanahan is accepting the acting secretary position fully intends to execute the president's orders. but what i'm saying is the president is making some decisions that is likely adjusting those preliminary decisions. he is adjusting them to new information that he has received. that's one of the things i think we should always respect in any leader. if you get new information, you aren't so stuck with a decision that you can't adjust it based on that new information to get a better outcome than what you initially made a decision about. i hope he goes to afghanistan because in afghanistan he will see commanders also -- >> eric: you mean the president. >> that he will give him information that maybe he has in a general sens

shanahan, a former boeing executive with no military experience has been working to develop the space force. mattis stepped down after the president decided to withdraw all u.s. troops from syria. in his resignation letter, the secretary appeared to criticize his approach to world affairs. aides say that's not why he's leaving. >> i think the relationship between those two men have been fray. i think the president no longer relied on mattis to be able to deliver the president's vision. >> reporter: the search for a permanent replacement from mattis will reportedly focus on candidates from outside government. meg oliver, cbs news, new york. >>> and now a live look at the u.s. capital where a partial government shutdown continues tonight. funding has lapsed for roughly a quarter of the federal government. president trump's incoming chief of staff mick mulvaney says the shutdown could last until january. democrats say as soon as they take over the house majority, they will pass legislation to reopen the government. in an earlier deal, it's not possible until the senate reconvenes thursda

the interesting thing about patrick shanahan is we don't know that much about him. he doesn't have any obvious policy preferences. he did learn at mattis' feet for two years. but he's a blank slate in term of how he thinks power should be projected and crucially the importance ever allies. i mention all that because likely shanahan will be in place when nato has summits in february in brussels. what's shanahan going to do? how will he convince allies they are, indeed, the u.s. is committed to the nato alliance. >> jim mattis wanted to stay in place for. obviously leaving early. as the year comes to a close we want to reflect on those who served, including those who lost their lives on the front lines, serving every single day. how does 2018 compare in terms of u.s. troops lost in combat? >> reporter: slightly more than 2017, so in total there were 23 americans who died in combat from somalia, afghanistan, iraq and syria. 13 in afghanistan which is slightly up from last year. nowhere near the numbers we saw in 2010, 2011 at the height of the obama surge. the deadlies

is there a level of anger and will they stick around to help secretary shanahan? >> the indications right now are not. there are a lot of people said th would join the department when they did to work with for secretary mattis and thereasre indicationany as a dozen could be gone in the week ahead, and so that is a real challengea e as we have discussed, secretary shanahan doesn't have policy experience and he will lose a lot of experience with secretary mattis's departure. >> schifrin: man than of the wall street journal, thank you so much. >> my pleasure. >> >> schifrin: it may be chritsmas eve, but that does it mean politiwashington has any plans of slowing down. from the departure of secretary mattis to the government shutdownour politics monday duo is here to break it all down for us. that is tamara keiy of npr and lter of the "cook political report." >> schifrin: all right, tamara keith, we have just been talking about the policy of afghanistan, 0 of syria of this moment with secretary mattis's departure. what are the politics of this moment? es it matter tha

deputy defense secretary shanahan will becoming the acting secretary of defense. cnn's barbara starr joins us. barbara, what do we know about shanahan, and do his policy viewpoints align with mattis'? >> reporter: he deals with things like business practices, budget, acquisition reform, developing the space form that mr. trump wants, all of which go to his experience as an executive at boeing, working on commercial and military programs. but he doesn't have any foreign policy, national security, or military experience. so far he hasn't had to say no to mr. trump. he's been lucky enough to be involved in the issues that trump relates to. now he will be, shanahan will be on the world stage, having to deal with allies and adversaries. and that will present him some very significant new challenges, manu. >> barbara starr at the pentagon, thanks. >>> a new trump tweet. saudi arabia has now agreed to spend the necessary money to help rebuild syria instead of the united states. see, isn't it nice when immensely wealthy countries have rebuild their neighbors rather than a

i am pleased to announce that our very talented deputy secretary of defense, patrick shanahan, will assume the title of acting defense secretary january 1st, 2019. patrick has a long list of accomplishmen accomplishmen accomplishments. previously at boeing, he will be great. the president saidutive at boei he's been with the president, mattis' resignation is seen as a complete rebuke of trump's view on his decision to withdraw troops from syria and his decision to order the pentagon to withdraw troops from afghanistan. but there is another dimension to this, too. because now we have an acting secretary of defense on top of having an acting attorney general, a chief of staff with an acting title, at some point we'll have an active interior secretary, we have an acting epa director. there are no deputies at the department of homeland security, at hud or the va. this is an incredibly vulnerable time for this administration to have all these positions unfilled or staffed by people with acting titles, alex. >> it is quite extraordinary. i hadn't thought about it in that perspective, but i agree

we do know a little bit about patrick shanahan, the deputy secretary of defense right now. this is actually somebody who has a little bit of experience with donald trump and the white house. he has been the point person to a certain extent for the president and his space force which is something that the president has made as a high priority as he notes in his tweet about shanahan, that he previously worked with a boeing company and someone who has experience with aviation and that has been part of his major responsibilities for donald trump. but, brian, this is by no means a house hold name. this is not someone with the kind of gravitious with previous secretaries of defense and i think it will be interesting to see how members of congress react to this news, brian. i was on capitol hill all week during the shutdown negotiations and then when the mattis news came down and it's not a stretch to say that leaders both republican and democrat were shaken by the news of mattis leaving his post. this just adds more instability to all of that. not necessarily sure shanahan's repu

--you could say shanahan grew up around the broncos franchise... as his dad mike was head coach for 14- seasons, winning two world championships. --here's kyle...recallling his days in denver. "they won their first super bowl my senior year in high school, which was real neat. that was back when they didn't have wireless cords. i was always the cord boy, holding my dad's cords which got made fun of a lot for it, but it was neat to be up front and personal with everything. the last guy to hold cords for a coach in the super bowl was me, if you want a good trivia question. after that green bay super bowl, they went wireless the next year. i think they only won one more because they didn't have as good of a cord-holder, is what i always tell my dad.." finally tonight, giants fans can say goodbye to a player that's always found a way to step up against them. --big offseason trade today...the diamondbacks have traded all-star first baseman and power hitter paul goldschmidt to the st. louis cardinals. --the cards now land one of the best h

shanahan. i would suggest the president really look very carefully at making sure we have a permanent replacement for secretary mattis in that position as possible. there's too much going on not to do that. >> quickly, if you can also we spond to t -- respond to the fact that the president was supposed to miss with the prime minister but that meeting was cancelled. was that a missed opportunity for the president? >> absolutely. any time you're on foreign soil, it's really an obligation to meet with the head of government and possibly the head of state of the country that's being visited. iraq is not part of the united states. iraq is a sovereign nation. and we owe the courtesy that -- to the prime minister for our head of state and head of government to visit him. so i think it definitely was a missed opportunity. i would also hope that the president would go to oof began stan as well as iraq. >> cedric leighton, appreciate your response. >> breaking news, the stock market bouncing back into th

our friend shanahan is a good man, and he's done a great job. and he's a good buyer. i want somebody that can buy. because i'm giving a lot of money and i don't want it to be wasted. when i came here, they were spending for a $4 billion craft carrier, they were up to $16 billion. that's not me. that's them. i inherited that. and many other things. cost overruns all over the place. so shanahan was at boeing. and did a great job for boeing and he was there for a long time. boeing's a hell of a company. he did a great job. very responsible for the success of a certain plane. the green liner. he's a respected man. he can be there for a long time. i mean, i'm in no rush. i will say that i've got everybody -- everybody and his uncle wants that position. and also by the way, everybody and her aunt. just so i won't be criticized. reporter: mr. president -- president trump: everybody wants that position. everybody. everybody. so many people want to be -- who wouldn't want to be secretary of defense? even these folks would like to be secretary of defense. who wouldn't want to b

our friend shanahan is a good man. and he's done a great job. and he's a good buyer. i want somebody that can buy. because i'm given a lot of money and i don't want it to be wasted. when i came here, they were spending for a $4 billionaire craft carrier, they were up to $16 billion. that's not me. that's them. i inherited that. and many other things. cost overruns all over the place. so far shanahan was at boeing. and did a great job for boeing and he was there for a long time. boeing's a hell of a company. he did a great job. very responsible for the success of a certain plane. and he's -- he's a respected man. he can be there for a long time. i mean, i'm in no rush. i will say that i've got everybody -- everybody and his uncle wants that position. and also by the way, everybody and her aunt. reporter: mr. president -- president trump: everybody wants that position. everybody. everybody. so many people want to be -- who wouldn't want to be secretary of defense? even these folks would like to be secretary of defense. who wouldn't want to be -- he's looking over there

--kyle shanahan, likes the young qb's ability to step up in less than ideal situations shanahan>"but, i was real impressed last week versus seattle. mainly, i knew how hard it would be for him, let alone any quarterback not being used to there and just the situation we were in. he got off to a rough start in the first quarter. but, i was really impressed how he rebounded after that. i think we all settled down a little bit after that first quarter and i thought he played three quarters of pretty good football." 3 keys for victory... first off, keep that broncos pass rush in check...5th in the league in sacks --also, 3 49er turnovers last week...avoid the crucial mistakes. --finally, mullens racked up yardage, but the offense was 1-for-4 in the red zone...end drives with points. your mercedes-benz keys to the game. --over in alameda, for the 2nd week in a row, the raiders are getting ready to face a high-powered offense... last week it was kansas city, this sunday, the pittsburgh steelers. --and you know they'll be coming to the coliseum angry...as they've lost two straight and a