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Fight isis. the u.s. has put the pedal to the metal trying to take away the territory. i thought the general, the head of central command was compelling. he makes a really interesting case about how the area has narrowed, but that, you know, left unchecked in 6 to 12 months isis could reflourish which is what we saw with with the ig report. >> dana: keeping the foot on the neck of the enemy is important. listen to the president. he was on face the nation, hes gone over this theme over and over a...

Suicide attack in syria which is what republicans like lindsey graham warned what may happen if the us pulls out of syria too quickly. graham and an unnamed senior diplomat putting some of the blame with the president but breaking tonight the commander-in-chief telling top senators in a private meeting hes not going to adjust his plans to draw down us troops in syria and afghanistan. this after us central command confirmed four americans were killed in an explosion in syria and two civilian defe...

Third time in five year hes been furloughed. theyre doing the best they can but just feeling caught in an unbelievable situation they really have no control over and nothing they can do about it. its just really amazing when you come out here and talk to real people about whats going on with this government shutdown. guys. >> ron, thank you so much. i want to talk to workers going to work every single day keeping us safe, thank you. now a tragic development in syria. the images youre about to ...

And major general james "spider" marks. gentlemen, good evening to you. happy new year. so glad you could join us here. >> good evening to you. >> general marks, im going to start with you. i want to play this moment from president trumps cabinet meeting today where he just flat-out lies about the departure of his defense secretary james mattis. here it is. watch. >> whats he done for me? how has he done in afghanistan? not too good. not too good. im not happy with what hes done in afghanistan, ...

Im sure you know people like this that try and make themselves look stronger by making other people look weaker. >> yes. >> in this case, it didnt work. it doesnt work. jim mattis was not fired as the head of central command. the guy actually had a total of six years as a four-star general in two different commands. he had put in his retirement papers a year before he actually left central command. he did have some disagreements with president obama over iran policy, but he was not fired. and ev...

Flat-out lies about the departure of his defense secretary james mattis. here it is. watch. >> whats he done for me? how has he done in afghanistan? not too good. not too good. im not happy with what hes done in afghanistan, and i shouldnt be happy. i wish him well. i hope he does well. but as you know, president obama fired him, and essentially so did i. i want results. >> so its tough, by the way, to say the president lies. dont think i just say that willy-nilly, but it is the truth, general. ...

My voice is not being heard. im not providing sound counsel to the president. im getting pushback as a matter of routine. im trying to have these conversations. theyre not working. so in a term that mark knows very, very well, is jim mattis stole a march on the president. he said, mr. president, youre burning daylight on me. this obviously isnt working. ive reached the decision point before you did. im going to leave. then the president then takes credit for his departure. that i simply dont und...

To that point, he had been talking about border security. that was related to their service. but he did move into border security by talking about the terrorists could come in over -- you know, thats why we need a wall. but im just saying i think that the reaction back in washington was a little bit of shock that he brought up democrats and started slamming them in the speech to the troops that was supposed to be over christmas. . >> first first speech to troops, he went down to tampa, central c...

And this president wants to make sure that members of his cabinet align with his political philosophy as he heads into a re-election effort. and thats something he should have the right to do. griff: corey, general mattis was the unprecedented uleader. the president has reacted by havening the time in which mattis would be departing. is it not that he is creating a problem? i mean, is this really stable leadership on behalf of president trump? >> well, as you guys all know, barack obama fired ge...

Hurtling saying mattis was the calming force. its known he was known as "mad dog" mattis because he was so forceful about the options he wanted the president to consider when it came to iran, and general mattis and president obama had strong disagreements about the tools that the u.s. government should use to counter iranian influence in central command where general mattis was in charge with. the difference was, though, don, while they agreed on tactics, they disagreed on the tactics, excuse me...