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>> well, i think he believes, and he may have some -- you know, there may be some truth to this, that it is a potentially popular position with the american people to bring troops home. to not have them involved in somebody elses civil war or somebody elses mess. he tapped into a vein of support across the country with that kind of world view, kate, so i do think he sees some appeal there to voters, but you are right? you dont hear any support for the way in which hes done this and the policy an...

>> im alison kosik. it is 30 minutes past the hour. president trump scouring for a new secretary of defense. james mattis will leave at the end of february. he tendered his resignation a day after the president revealed plans to withdrawal u.s. 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 importanc...

Of our secretary of defense, and oh, by the way, the stock market is crashing as well. theres a steady diet of chaos that is going on that i think puts our nation at risk. and i think jim mattis to a large extent sensed that degree of chaos and recognized as a man of integrity that there comes a time when the secretary of defense has to stand up for what he believes. thats who jim mattis is, and i think thats what he did today. >> you know, the slam at the president, the rebuke over the syria de...

Over well on one of the presidents favorite tv shows. >> sara, he is giving russia a big win, vladimir putin praised him. he is doing what he criticized president obama for doing. he said president obama is the founder of isis. he just refounded isis. >> brian, i have to respectfully and vehemently disagree with you. the idea that the president has had anything to do with helping isis re-emerge is absolutely outrageous. >> leaving is helping. >> the president -- >> reporter: now, in just the las...

Out from syria its letter of resignation a stunning rebuke to the presidents policies and treatment of our lives and in the world just like that dortmunds and glove box because the last match take the head of the christmas break. and dirt bags are all ready it best to emerge and deep down some supporters joined in a single line at the stadium or look ahead to tonights top at the top clash. with morning. yeah but. dont let her walk a welcome to the show everyone standish police have arrested at l...

A comment or an insult. and as you point out this letter is a kind of bureaucratically worded rebuke to the president where hes saying look, i believe in a world where, you know, our allies need to be our friends. we need to treat them with respect. our alliances are substantial and critical to american power in the world. and we cant sort of treat russia as a friend when russia and china want to reorient the world in a way that fits their autocratic aims. >> yeah. and noticeably absent, and geo...

Including that money last night. the president this morning urging the senate majority leader to go nuclear. here on the hill, the waiting game. everyone not at the white house just has to wait and see whats going to happen inside that meeting. and so do we. were going to keep you posted as soon as that wraps up. we also expect to hear from the president at a separate event this hour. he is reportedly in a tail spin facing the shutdown. an erratic stock market, backlash from his own party about ...

Between president trump and american service members is walking away. defense secretary jim mattis is leaving the administration in what the "new york times" calls an extraordinary rebuke of the president. from "the washington post," the president has single handedly propelled the u.s. government into crisis. "the wall street journal" editorialal board is sounding the alarm and former defense secretary and cia chief leon panetta says the constant state of chaos immediate may satisfy the presiden...

We have been speaking to sources and it seems as the decision to pull troops out of syria, which mattis disagreed with. that was something that mattis just couldnt abide by. he tried to convince the president otherwise. wasnt able to do it. then he issued that stunning resignation letter in which he said the president deserves to have a defense secretary who shares his views and is aligned with his views on these key policy points. it was a stunning rebuke because he broke with him not only on t...

What his view is of the commander-in-chief. >> the dow plunged again, nearly 500 points, erasing all of this years gains. the u.s. government is poised to shut down at midnight and the last past man standing is walking away. defense secretary jim mass it is leaving the administration in what the "new york times" calls an extraordinary rebuke from the president. he single handedly propelled the u.s. into crisis. they are sounding the alarm. former defense secretary and chief leon panetta says the...