tweet a short while ago saying he was saddened by the news. but wolf, i just got word from a top house republican who supports the president, is in a national security role up on capitol hill who responded to the departure of secretary mattis this way. quote, the wheels may be coming off. so wolf, even among the president's own supporters, they may not want to say it publicly, but even the president's own supporters, there is some concern. there is just too much chaos happening all at once over here at this white house. >> lots of chaos, indeed. jim, thank you very much. let's go up to capitol hill right now. ryan nobles is standing by there. where do efforts to avoid the government shutdown stand now? >> this was a crazy day by any measure when you talk about house republicans attempting to tack on a funding for a border security on this continuing resolution that would keep the government open. then you throw the jim mattis