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Departure. we start with the guardrail of the administration. he will leave at the end of february. he tendered his resignation the day after the president revealed his plans to withdrawal troops from syria. his departure shaking washington and creating uncertainty at the pentagon and at military bases around the world. >> mattis resignation is a rebuke to the presidents foreign policy views. mattis using his letter to promote the importance of u.s. alliance and unambiguous approach to russia an...

Extraordinary news day. im dave briggs. >> im alison kosik. it is the first day of winter. 5:00 a.m. in the east. >> it is pouring rain. >> 60 degrees in new york. >> the world is upside down. only fitting new york is too. a new secretary of defense. james mattis considered by many the guardrail of this administration will leave at the end of february. he tendered his resignation a day after the president revealed the plan to withdrawal u.s. troops from syria. his departure shaking washington ...

>> josh, good morning. >> this is a rebuke of president trumps overall world view which is to shift america away from the role of leader and promoter of the international world order since we led since world war ii. there is something political going on here. the relationship with secretary mattis and the white house has been fraying for months. jim mattis was looking for a way out. this probably was the straw that broke the camels back. it also gave him an opportunity to get out on his own term...

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 he is raising a ...

Then a couple of dark horses that are being thrown about. jim talent. a former senator. dan coats. they are looking for someone who has been vetted. someone they can plug and play. thats all speculation and preliminary. it can all change tomorrow. the search has just begun. >> finding someone okay with the syria withdrawal is not okay. josh, great to have you here. >> thanks. a cold, harsh reality on the first day of winter. a partial government shutdown is likely over christmas. it looked lik...

Two officials quoted him as being livid. for more, here is barbara starr at the pentagon. >> reporter: alison and dave, an administration official tells cnn that secretary mattis decided early thursday morning at 7:30 that he needed to go to the white house one more time and meet with president trump and try to convince him not to withdrawal u.s. troops from syria. mattis was very concerned about the fate of the kurdish fighters that the u.s. has backed. as a military man, it is a terrible thing...

Stability and security weve erected over the past 60 or 70 years. >> frustration boiling over after jim mattis resigns as defense secretary. the breaking point? the presidents decision to pull troops from syria. the government is on track to shutdown at midnight. the president vowing to follow through on the demand for a border wall. the acting attorney general defying ethics officials and will not recuse from the mueller probe. >> a lot going on. im alison kosik. >> im dave briggs. 5:30 eas...