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Its interesting to see how that would work out moving forward. as we are hearing, too, from our own reporting that the president may not be very happy with secretary mnuchin at this point, despite his efforts to smooth things over, as we saw, and that only helped to sphaobg took thes on monday. what is playing out at the white house, its hard not to think about who is left, right? with secretary mattis leaving, and with every other vacancy we have seen, the people now in acting positions, and ou...

The last voice of reason leaves the administration. in france a former diplomatic adviser said this is big bad. even china is acknowledging that while mattis was tough, chinese military tefelt assured dealing with this type of military man adding our concern is next. theres one kcountry that doesnt seem concerned, russia. one lawmaker says this is an interesting signal. a positive one. general clark, thank you for being with us. as a former commander of nato here, do you agree with our allies ar...

By my colleagues about his hopes for this meeting. here is what he said. >> are you hopeful about this white house meeting, sir? >> the republicans meeting with the president things have gotten worse. >> republicans are calling on him to negotiate. >> we have three offers on the table, one came from mcconnell, two came from pelosi. take one. >> should there be a negotiation, congressman? is there room to negotiate? same question to you. >> yes, plenty of room to negotiate. >> okay. but thats not...

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...

>> my family calls me that. >> back to the subject of mattis, i heard that ivanka trump left the white house and went home early yesterday, earlier than she normally does, but she was not there at the time that that news broke, and maybe it doesnt mean anything, but it fits with this idea that jared kushner and ivanka trump really wanted adults in the room, they wanted help supervising the president which sounds like a ridiculous thing to think about with the president of the united states, but ...

We know from what the president says that he doesnt believe in these alliances. hes immediamade that clear bef. mattis held the line as long as he could. he feels he cant be there in good conscious and serve this president. yes, our allies are right to be concerned about what happens next and so is the american public. >> he derided histrionics and said secretary mattis would be dismayed to be hearing this reaction. do you think thats right? >> i think secretary mattis, for him, its not personal...

>> hes helping. >> he made sure we have the strongest military on the face of the planet. >> given the push back from so many corners, given what secretary mattis said on his way out the door, is there any universe in which you see the president changing his mind here? >> i dont see the president changing his mind. the real question for the american people and especially the republican lead united states senate is whose drum beat is the president marching to. why is he making actions that help a...

Since he took office, he has made clear that we should all be lucky that hes the president of the united states, but again i think we have a more divided america. we have definitely gotten to the point theres a lack of unity in politics, and thats all because of him. >> fatima, what stood out for you? >> the fact that he cannot make this entire thanksgiving about -- but also the divisive comments, like dismisses his own cias report, the khashoggi murder, saying random things about how the milita...

President surrounded by people who know how dangerous he could be. secretary mattis is talking to a president about something they are doing in korea. and mattis says we are doing it to prevent world war iii sir, that is a conversation that i can hear mattis voice saying. >> thank you both. still to come, 63 days to the midterm. the republican party could be in its worse position. have you been so mad that you decided to light your stuff on fire? that is tonights thing one, thing two, next. to l...

Bashar al assad. after a meeting in which mattis explained to trump the importance of the u.s. defense secretary mattis has denied saying any such thing. white house press secretary said this sbobook is nothing more th fabricated stories. first here is an extraordinary part of an 11-minute phone conversation the author had with the president last month after the manuscript was finished. >> hello, bob. >> president trump, how are you