Country . Chuck schumer should be asked the question. It really is in the president tends to decide. He says its an issue Border Security. Think we know better. Its an issue of his own political and security. Reporter ellison barber joins us from the white house. Expected to serve until february. What changed . Services tell our correspondent Jennifer Griffey and that essentially President Trump became annoyed over a lot of the coverage that mattis was receiving over the last couple days since he resigned. That is what prompted the expedition speeding up of mattis planned departure. I asked the white house about those claims as claims of annoyance but have not yet heard back. A spokesperson at the pentagon told fox news the secretary of defense should set the pleasure. Remain focused on National Security. Sources tell fox news that mattis wanted to stay until february 28th so among other things he could help ensure an orderly transition. Of course very notably resigned about three days ago writing in part, quote, my views on treating allies with respect and also being cleared about line actors and strategic competitors are strongly held and informed by four decades of immersion in these issues. Because you have the right to have a security secretary of defense whose views are better aligned with these and other subjects, i believe it is right for me to step down from my position. Sources tell fox news the early departure is not mattis decision. The president planned to spend christmas in florida appeared he changed his plans because the bush down he decided he would not go and reset the white house instead treating about this particular change in a host of other things. The border wall debate yesterday mr. Trump hosted Border Security lunch with members of the administration and a handful of republican lawmakers notably on the house side with our lawmakers from the House Freedom caucus. The first lady did travel to maralago with their son, baron. They left on friday, the White House Press secretary Sarah Sanders said mrs. Trump would come back to the white house and spend christmas here with President Trump because he would be seen in town due to the shutdown. Trade your reopening the government will require some democratic tiein. If the white house talking with democratic lawmakers trying to cut a deal . They say they are and we know they did yesterday. Mike pence and budget are Mick Mulvaney headed over to capitol hill and they met with democratic senator Chuck Schumer. Matheny says they gave democrats a counteroffer yesterday. The white house not providing details on exactly what that offer rose. A number between the 5 billion the administration wants for Border Security and a physical barrier at 1. 3 billion which mulvaney says is that the democrats are currently offering. Mike ellison barber leaving us off on the north lawn. Its a lot. Following defense secretary mattis at the door, and rep mcgurk who just a couple weeks ago said it would be reckless to pull troops from syria before i says to fully defeated. He does not know mcgurk any quite ahead of the planned february departure, suggesting the envoy was grandstanding. Julian turner has more from washington. Chernenko is never President Trumps National Security team to resign in protest over the decision to withdraw american troops from the ongoing Syrian Civil War is brad mcgurk. They say they dont blame him for leaving. I would not be surprised if they had not had a meeting. He was sleeping in february, but has mattis just did, one of the greatest patriots ive ever met in my public service, general mattis. As mattis did come he followed suit and left. He did the right thing. Reporter mcgurk one of a handful of top brass who served in the bush of in the bush obama and Trump Administration and with his departure goes a deep understanding of iraq and afghanistan and the terrorist organizations that populate the region. President obamas National Security adviser says it is a huge loss to reading yesterday the fact that you say you dont know brad mcgurk speaks volumes about your commitment to fighting a says. Why dont you know the man has done more than any civilian. I can assure you barack obama knows him well. President trump springer chief of staff says mcgurk never briefed the president. The president says he didnt know brett mcgurk. How is it possible the president doesnt know the envoy representing the u. S. To the coalition for the last two years good thats easy because the president will the secretary of state and secretary of defense. Pentagon sources tell fox news to expect more continuous resignations in response to President Trumps decision to withdraw american troops from syria. Julian turner, washington, thanks. Fox news alert at least 220 People Killed after a tsunami strikes indonesia without warning. Waves smashed on the beaches last night ripping houses and hotels from their foundation in a matter of seconds. Officials layman a volcanic eruption and undersea landslide for the disaster. Jeff paul is live in los angeles with the latest. Hi, jeff. Hi, mike. As high as 65 as they crashed onto the island full of people celebrating the holiday weekend. The number dead likely to rise as many of the same unrest to cruise unable to get to all the devastated areas to search. I was sleeping. It had us at the same time my son pulled the door. I didnt know what was hitting me. I also got some minor wounds, but my husband suffered a broken leg. More than 10800 survivors last night with a massive raid strike in a short carrying away hotels, houses by the hundred including many around the beach concert. The tsunami was likely caused by undersea landslides or by those happening above sea level is on the outside slope the volcano bursts erupted less than a halfhour later. A tsunami giving anyone on the island not much of a chance to get to safety. It was ready for warning. It wouldve only taken 10 minutes for this in homage to hit the coast to the west. But even so, theres still time to get a warning now. Always in this particular area for early warnings. The Indonesian Military is on the ground running search teams as they continue looking for any survivors, but the death toll is expected to only get worse. Mike. Jeff paul live in los angeles. Thanks a lot. The search continues for whoevers behind the drums that try shut down britains second Busiest Airport as authorities release a couple without charges. Police cleared the men and women they arrested friday blasted the drums were spotted over the runway at gatwick airport. Delaying or canceling flights for tens of thousands of holiday travelers. New details on the french Christmas Market shooter a french judicial Officials Say the gun man pledged allegiance to write this before the shooting. Investigators finding the video others pledged on a usb device could the gun man dying in a shootout with police days after the strasburg attack that killed five people. The diplomatic crisis with china keeps escalating as the u. S. Accuses two chinese nationals of hacking u. S. Government Computer Systems and china detains another canadian. How will this impact our relations with china including trade talks . And which side will blink first over funding the border wall and the government shut down showdown . 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President trump committed to budget in 5 billion for a border wall democrats are dead set against the then republican senator bob corker said the president could have had much more money for Border Security a couple months ago for code under a disagreement about daca. We at we had 20 for dylan that couldve been spent on Border Security. Now the government is shut down over what ultimately is going to be 2 billion. This is a madeup fight so the president can look like hes fighting. The associate editor and white house columnist of the hill. Great to have you. Great to be here. Because im optimistic about getting a deal. I think its going to go a little while and neither side seems particularly eager to make the compromises if we need to resolve the. Right now we seem to have a game of hot potato honestly. Everybody trying to say its everyone elses responsibility. That doesnt vote for a world for solution. At a source some of the leftover from the white house was to buy 1 billion for Border Security. Another 400 million or so with priorities. Half of what the president was originally asking for the 5 billion. Does that suggest to you democrats dont want to cut a deal . I think im zero sites are really great political imperatives. The president wants to prove that hes fighting for this wall. His most Famous Campaign promise the importance of that. Democrats for their part dont believe their base can live with any funding for that wall. Thats one of the reasons were in such an impasse. At christmas weekend. Weve got holidays tomorrow and tuesday after the president gave the federal workforce off tomorrow. Do things really start to get serious on tuesday session mark very much so. The effects of the shutdown will become more apparent than more concrete as time goes by. Right now it a holiday. Its not only a matter of people not been on capitol hill, but federal workers would be working anyway. Once people get back to work on both capitol hill and the politics and the human side becomes more pressing. Is the extent in january Committee Republicans risk making nancy pelosi a hero . Shes becoming likely the new speaker of the house and i should get all the credit for reopening government potentially . Dementia could potentially. This is the back story to all of this. Democrats will house the majority in the house of representatives come january january 3rd. Now, some republicans think democrats could overreach or that there could be responsibility put onto them once they take the majority of democrats feel more positively. What happens if the American Public doesnt feel the shutdown . A quarter of the federal government and i dont mean to dismiss what they do for us, but maybe people dont feel it over the holidays. Does that change the political dynamic at all . If that happens that plays to President Trumps advantage. A lot of people critical of him have spoken of this is a crisis that if this goes on in people beyond those directly affect you dont feel some kind of Great National crises come and then he can hold out for longer if he wants to do so. Mike do you think theres concerns among republicans but if the president gets pushback from his his base that he may back away from the table of a deal they may have cut . Yeah, theres absolutely that dynamic going on. For example mitch mcconnell, republican leader in the senate talking about the fact he doesnt want to, but with specifics to have his people sign on to something if he doesnt know the president is going to sign it. Republicans on capitol hill feel that they need clarity from the president as to exactly what he will agree to. Mike when you consider the lunch the president had yesterday, one of the toughest in terms of the illegal immigration guys in the house along with the appropriations chairman shelby of alabama, do you think was a sense they were trying to give him an earful to know that theyre really serious about this . It seems to be shelby has struck a somewhat more moderate line. If you look at the rest of the attendants about lunch, it was pretty hardline supporters of the president. People who favor holding the line against democrats even if he gets criticism from the media and the political word generally. So that is really where that meeting was going on. With addiction do you think it gets done later this record later this week or does it stretch out . I think thatll stretch out a little bit but not indefinitely. Midjanuary, famous last words. Thanks for your time. Pleasure. Mike some states are getting by christmas, others getting a white christmas. Meteorologist adam klotz is here to break it all down. Hi, adam. Cave bear, mike. It is going to be for some folks at least a white christmas. Others is just the rain. Temperatures are too warm across parts of the country. Youre sober look look like on the sunday were not a lot of weather across the country but temperatures in plenty of places above freezing. Even in spots where you might think if there was snow would melt 37 degrees in chicago. Way too warm for snow along the east coast. 43 degrees in new york. A couple systems were tracking her the next couple days for this one is going to bring some flurries. One for the east coast a bit of a low pressure system now getting its way into the midatlantic. The front side of the temperatures way too warm. The backside weve seen a little bit of dusting stretching from illinois to indiana and ohio and into the upper midwest another system dropping by flurries across portions of Northern Michigan towards wisconsin. All areas seen some light snow. Purchase system and one that gives us the best chance of seeing those folks away christmas. This is a system coming off the west coast of Northern California running you all the way to the pacific northwest. It comes on is a big rainmaker. If you along the coast this is nothing but heavy rain. Its going to continue the next couple days. As you get to upper elevations it becomes no one that is going to stay snow all the way into the christmas holiday. If youre traveling today youre so going to be traveling, really looking at green conditions across the country which means pretty much everybody. Its clear you build to get out the door pretty easily. The only spot the only spot would seem to live so far today and will continue into tomorrow is where the big system has been rolling on the pacific northwest. Just a couple delays in portland running up towards seattle. Things are going to be clear across the country so its going to be good for travel for folks who want to get to grandmas house weird Christmas Eve precipitation gets cold in some parts across the country but it just isnt snow. The only place to see the snow is in the mountains. I continues from Christmas Eve pretty much the same story on Christmas Day weather is going to be spots and rain but the only spot are going to stay in the west coast for the upper elevations. The east coast mostly clear, but i dont think why christmas is on the way for folks in the east, mike. Mike my kids are cool with it kids are core database is made for is made the snow days until school reopens. Thanks a lot, adam klotz. Adding to the bitter divide a nations capitol, decision to pull u. S. Troops out of syria. Why critics are so concerned and where the president is finding support and asked. The president promised when we went into syria our goal is to wipe out isis. We took 99 of the land on the run. Can the people who live there and not do anything . We spent joins of dollars arming the entire middle east, army and the afghan army. Can they not do anything . Your s. Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea. Try pepto with ultra coating. Mike Prime Minister benjamin Prime Minister benjamin midnight says the withdrawal of forces will not affect his countrys policy. The Prime Minister vowing to step up israels fight against irans military presence in the region. Trade yanks live in jerusalem with the latest. The Trump Administration is pulling u. S. Troops out of syria. Israeli