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Controversial issue and blaming democrats for a shutdown. when i was in iraq, i had congressional delegations come to visit me. as a member of congress, i visited troops in afghanistan and other combat zones. there are a few things you talk about. one, you start by thanking them and their families for their sacrifice and their service. the other thing you do is express an interest in them. how are you doing? where are you from? what do you need to do your mission and to do it well here in iraq. ...

Like that, from the president, likely have enforcing the democr democrats hand on this issue of a shutdown over a border wall? >> well, one of the things one always tries to do, and trump does this, too, is divide the opposition. hes good as trying to blame individuals for policy issues. the big question is, you know, first we were going to have a wall that mexico was going to pay for. apparently mexico is not going to pay for it. now, he wants the american taxpayer to pay for it. there is, you ...

Troops on the ground in iraq. he spoke for about 20 minutes, and those working with him worked to get that out. to put the presidents trip to iraq in perspective, he was on the ground there for about three hours. think about all the things that happened in the past couple of weeks as it relates to u.s. policy in iraq. the president announces the withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria and he spoke about that saying the commitment was never forever. also lawmakers recently voting to end u.s. support...

Talk to the outgoing missouri senator, claire mccaskill, about mitch mcconnell, his positioning and how she views him as hes dealing with this issue. >> hes a very, very political leader. this isnt somebody who is some -- sitting around at night figuring out how to move the needle on really important policy issues. this is someone who is figuring out how he can win elections, beat democrats like me, and make sure that republicans like cory gardner and thom tillis can hold on to their jobs two ye...

Several vacancies there. who is running things? >> he is. he is running things. meaning president trump. what he shed is the group of advisers with a bit more expertise in the white house on the different policy issues. >> these are the people excha e explaining to him through talking points what was important and the nuances and what happens three steps ahead if you make a certain move. >> they served in the executive branch and congress of the al r alternative view. now you removed them. reall...

The president grew increasingly angry as he watched growing media reports. by sunday trump decided that the two couldnt work together and pushed up mattiss exit up to next week. we have a national political reporter for nbc news joining us with more details. lets talk about the departure of mattis or the updated exit of mattis. what does that reveal about how things went down between president trump and jim mattis, the fact that he is being pushed out ahead of schedule. >> it shows how upset pre...

U.s. secretary of defense james mattis has widely been viewed as a stabilizing force both within the unpredictable us government as well as internationally the four star marine general has been defense secretary since president donald trump took office but now hes on his way out the door the two reportedly clashed on several major policy issues trump surprise announcement to withdraw troops from syria appears to have taken their differences one step too far in his resignation letter mattis stres...

The job since trump took office reports indicate that mattis decided to go after a last ditch attempt to talk the president around failed. u.s. secretary of defense james mattis has widely been viewed as a stabilizing force both within the unpredictable us government as well as internationally the four star marine general has been defense secretary since president donald trump took office but now hes on his way out the door the two reportedly clashed on several major policy issues trump surprise...

U.s. secretary of defense james mattis is widely viewed as a stabilizing force within the unpredictable u.s. government as well as internationally the four star marine general has been defense secretary since president donald trump took office but now hes on his way out the door to two reported the clash and several major policy issues trump surprise announcement to withdraw troops from syria appears to have taken their differences one step too far in his resignation letter to stresses the impor...

Deserves a defense secretary whose views are better aligned with his. surprise announcement coming as the u.s. prepares to pull troops out of syria and afghanistan. lets bring in peter brookes, senior fellow for national security affairs at the davis institute at the heritage foundation. it sounds like the president told the defense secretary he wanted to pull troops out of syria and afghanistan. the defense secretary balked at that and offered his resignation. >> well, it appears they have a di...