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The Trump Administration, the stock markets in turmoil, the generals are out, the government is about to shut down and be in a bit of a crisis mode. This is a presidency in crisis right now. Were going to stay on top of all of the Breaking News. Thanks so much for watching. Erin Burnett Outfront starts erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com good evening, im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, the Breaking News, Defense Secretary jim mattis quits. In a stunning letter to the president of the United States, the four Star General Calling Out President Trump for not ...

Tried to get the president to change his mind to withdraw u.s. troops from syria that abrupt decision that he made yesterday, but the president rebuffed him. he didn't agree and mattis said he was going to have to resign and he offered the president that letter that you've just read there. now, the president said that mattis retired in his twitter feed but of course mattis is already retired from the military and he makes quite clear in that letter that he is resigning over decisions that the president has made, because he says they do not see eye to eye. now, things have not been good between...

Air strikes into libya, clearly in niger, mali. they are more normally on class 5 missions. frequently it's a training optic on why we're there. but we're also running tier one special operation teams in and out of these nations on occasion. very highly classified. and the whole point of it was libya leaking arms and money after the fall of gadhafi. and the potential for isis to take up residence in other parts of africa. so what did congress know? i don't know but the secretary of defense normally keeps the key committees and the senate and the hour, the chairman and ranking member informed o...

A way to treat a friend. whatever you argue about sessions screwing up with the recusal, he's not let go of that, it still chafes, i understand. but man oh man. that's not a way to, you know, instill loyalty. >> i agree. trump, is a very hard man to work for. i think the only people who he's afraid of are the generals. you know, general john kelly, homeland security, and of course mattis at defense. >> neil: everyone is afraid of maddog. >> they ought to be afraid of john kelly. trump rarely mentions him. but he's the most impressive member of the trump cabinet. >> neil: thanks, fred, for goin...

Defense secretary without some assurance that he could speak his mind. and indeed he did today, at that nato press conference. besides talking about the elections, he made very clear that he has a very cautious view about getting too close to the russian military. have a listen. >> we are not in a position right now to collaborate on a military level. but our political leaders will engage and try to find common ground. russia is going to have to prove itself first and live up to the commitments they have made in the russia/nato agreement. >> reporter: russia is going to have to prove itself. o...