Our reporting begins with drama in d. C. As the click ticks closer to a shut down and another top member of the Trump Administration resigns. First, the showdown over the shut down. President run the says the government will close a long time unless lawmakers give him the money to build a wall along the u. S. Southern border. The house voted on a package to keep the government open with an additional 5. 7 billion in it for the wall. It doesnt have the support it needs in the senate to pass where republicans hold a razor thin majority. The president said ill carry the mantel and ill proudly shut it down and i wont blame you, senator schumer. Today new plan. Its really up to the democrats, totally up to the democrats as to whether or not we have a shut down. Is that he tweeted the democrats own the shut down. The Senate Majority leader, Chuck Schumer slammed President Trumps tactics on the floor. To top it off, President Trump has thrown a temper tantrum and now has us careening towards a trump shut down over christmas. Shepard at midnight, more than 800,000 federal workers will be facing temporary layoffs or forced to work without pay a few days before christmas. This is all playing out on the heels of jim mattis announcement that hes out. The head of the Defense Department handed President Trump his Resignation Letter during a 45 meeting at the white house yesterday. Part of the leader reads because you have a right to have a secretary defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these subjects. I believe its right for me to step down. A senior u. S. Defense official says fox news make no mistake, jim mattis is resigning in protest over the president ss National Security policies. That source says the final straw was the president s order to withdraw all u. S. Troops from syria. John roberts reporting live from the white house. Good afternoon. Im told the president is in a very good mood as the clock marches towards a shut down at midnight. The president had a 90minute meeting with some members of the senate on the republican side. Afterwards, the signing ceremony for the criminal Justice Reform bill. The president said they had a great meeting. Listen here. Tremendous enthusiasm for Border Security. I can speak strongly when i say that they want to see something happen. Its up to the democrats, totally up to them whether or not we have a shut down. Its possible that well have a shut down. I would say the chances are very good. Id say the chances of a shut down are probably good. On the senate floor, senator Chuck Schumer said the chances are pretty good that you may have a shut down. Listen to what he said about the president not getting anything of what he wants. There are not the votes in the senate for an expensive taxpayerfunded border wall. So President Trump you will not get your wall. Abandon your shut down strategy. Youre not getting the wall today, next week or on january 3. January 3 is the day the democrats take over control of the house of representatives. Now, you mentioned this at the top, shep. Lets go more in depth. The president tweeting out this morning, the democrats now own the shut down. After that tweet, the Senate Minority leader was only too happy to remind the president what he said last week when he met with senator schumer and nancy pelosi. Listen here. In our meeting in oval office, President Trump said in we dont get what we want, i, President Trump, will shut down the government for Border Security, chuck. Because the people of thi have problems and drugs pouring into our country. So i will take the mantel. I will be the one to shut it dunn. Im not going to blame you for it. Im not going to blame you for it. Yes, he is going to try to blame the democrats for it. There is a slim glimmer of hope here, shep. It doesnt appear theres any chance that the senate will pass this bill that the house passed last night with some 5. 7 billion for Border Security and a wall it in. If the president can get some money from congress before midnight tonight, might avoid a shut down. If he doesnt, im sure he will veto it. Shepard that Resignation Letter from secretary mattis was extraordinary. It was. They have been at odds over Foreign Policy for sometime. As far as the decision to pull the troops out of syria was the triggering point here. Mattis has long advocating for leaving troops there, to abandon the kurds would be irresponsible and something the president cant do. The president said time am time again, the president doesnt have to stand with the kurds shoulder to shoulder years to a. They continue to disagree. At the end of the day, the American People elected one person to make decisions. If secretary mattis doesnt feel like hes the right person to fill that job, it was the right thing and an honorable thing that he did in stepping aside to put somebody in a position that he feels like is the right person for that time. In has been on a slow burn for a long time. One of the other pivotal points here at the Army Navy Game when the president named the army chief of staff, general mark millie as the successor is to the general chiefs of staff, joe dunford. General mattis wanted somebody else and that was kind of a slap in the face. Yesterday they met for 45 minutes. At the end of the meeting, he handed him his Resignation Letter. I asked an official earlier today whether or not the president would change his mind on syria. I was told a definitive no. Shep . Shepard john, thank you. Lets go to congress for more on the efforts to prevent the shut down. Mike emanuel reporting live on capitol hill. Good afternoon. A preliminary vote is underway on the bill that the house passed last night that would keep the government funded through february 8. 5 billion plus for the border and 8 billion in disaster relief. A number of senators had gone home for christmas after they passed their extension wednesday night. Jeff flake is a no on even taking up the bill. Senate republican put it in these terms. Were trying to work it out by trial and error. I dont want to mislead you. Its more error than trial at this point. The weekend is early. Day is early. Im prepared to stay here as long as it takes. We can get this worked out. A source familiar tells fox Nine Senate Republicans were with President Trump in the oval office. I asked one of them if these bracing for a partial shut down. We heard of a president that is willing to negotiate. This is all about the democrats actually backing up from negotiated agreements that theyve had. The president is still willing to deal. We should go to the floor and vote this bill. Im stole senator purdue has spoken several times with the president and the president is still willing to negotiate. Shepard what are you hearing from democrats . Those near washington d. C. Are concerned about their constituents. Theres only one person in the United States that is continually had a glean in his eye when he talks about the shut down. Thats donald trump. Hes been pleading for it and threatening it for his entire time in office. Theres a bipartisan deal on the table that the white house blessed just 48 hours ago. A connecticut democrat says this is not just politics. He had principles and convictions. He had a vote in favor of the bill that we already passed. If the president would go back to his accepting it, which he did and then he reversed himself, we would be done. About nine hours out, it feels congress is stuck. Shepard mike emanuel reporting live. With the defense secretary mattis on his with way out, we can expect more resignations at the Defense Department. Jennifer griffin reporting live from the pentagon what do you know, jen . Im told the final straw for mattis was the president s order to withdraw from syria. The last 18 hours sealed his decision. It appears his Resignation Letter was written when he went over to the white house yesterday at 3 00 p. M. With the letter in hand. He spent about 45 minutes with the president. Before leaving for the white house, he watched the president s video for explaining the pullout with mr. Trump pulling to the skies saying he had done it for the troops that died. 50 copies of the letter were printed and ready to be distributed upon his return. Mattis says pulling out is a betrayal of the kurds and the Syrian Democratic forces who will probably be slaughters after the u. S. Leaves syria and refugees there being protected by u. S. Forces. Heres the highlights from mattis Resignation Letter. You have the right to have a secretary defense whose views are better aligned with use. My views on treating allies with respect and being cleareyed about being strategic competitors are strongly held and informed by over four decades of immersion in these issues. From the beginning, mattis was concerned about how President Trump treated u. S. Allies and spent much of his team as defense secretary reassuring the allies after President Trump disrespected them repeatedly and made decisions without consulting with nato and south korea and others, shep. Shepard jennifer, any talk of possible replacements yet . Its not clear who will take the job of defense secretary if the president sticks to his plan to pull out of syria. General jack keane has said that he wont take the job. Senator tom cotton is mentioned as a top choice. Cotton, a former army captain, served in iraq and afghanistan. Hard to imagine him overseeing a pullout from syria. Hes signed a letter with other senators including some democrats opposing the pullout. Most likely Mattis DeputyPatrick Shanahan who gave President Trump cover for his space force, which the pentagon opposed, will be asked to stay on as acting defense secretary, shep. Shepard where do things stand on afghanistan . Weve been hearing about a poll troop pullout there . The president has indicated that he wants the pentagon to begin planning to pull out about 7,000 or half of the u. S. Troops in afghanistan. He stopped short of issuing an order. Its still being debated. All of this creating a good deal of discomfort here at the fourstar level. The president liked to brag at the start of his president about his team of generals, mike flynn, h. R. Mcmaster, john kelly and jim mattis who he loved to call mad dog and in a few weeks all of these generals will be gone and mike flynn is now facing jail time. Shep . Shepard Jennifer Griffin reporting live. Well keep an eye on the hill and more on the reaction from around the world as President Trump prepares to pull troops out of syria and afghanistan. And a health scare on the Supreme Court. Ruth Bader Ginsberg undergoing surgery on her lungs. An update on her condition as reporting continues on this friday afternoon. If you like geico commercials, youre gonna love the best of geico. Its geicos alltime greatest hits back on tv for a limited time. And if you love the best of geico, youre gonna really love voting online for your favorite. You can even enter for a chance to appear in an upcoming geico commercial. This fires toasty, linda but the best of geico collection sounds even hotter. To vote for your favorite geico ad and enter to win, visit geico. Com bestof. Thats geico. Com bestof. Mauntil i held her. Diabetes wasnt my top priority. I found my tresiba® reason. Now im doing more to lower my a1c. 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The 85yearold has dealt with a number of health issues. Gillian turner reporting live in washington. Hi, jillian. As of now, Justice Ginsberg remains in new york city at the kettering cancer center. The Supreme Court announced a short while ago, she underwent a procedure earlier today that removed two cancerous growths from her left lung. Her doctors say shes now in the clear. However, theres no remaining traces of the disease anywhere in her body. A statement from the court reads in part no further treatment is planned. Justice ginsberg is resting comfortably and expected to remain in the hospital a few days. She suffered a fall last month in her Security Office her in d. C. That resulted in three fractured ribs and it was during that hospital stay on november 7 that doctors discovered the cancerous growth that they removed today, shep. Shepard she had been back at work since that fall. She went back almost immediately. Thats right. Since the fall shes been back in full swing here. 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