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The decision today. he doesn't name president trump but he doesn't really have to. it's pretty explicit whose decision it is that he's disagreeing with it. >> how significant is it that the republicans are, without mentioning the president by name, but clearly rebuking, distancing themselves from his policy? >> i think both parts are equally significant. they are rebuking the policy but not criticizing him by name. one of the most interesting things about this entire episode is what it says about president trump's belief of his control over republicans. he is at a moment where he needs the rep...

Houston, texas. garrett, you stand as a reporter in the middle of i think the two biggest stories right now. this sort of surge in public profile, beto o'rourke getting his groove back, and the tragedy of the mass shootings in odessa and el paso, texas. what did you think personally when you saw that last night? >> look, i've spent the last six months on the road talking about to these candidates and talking to democratic primary voters and while orourk's comments scared some people the sense i get is he's squarely within the main stream of what democratic primary voters want to hear. you've g...

With us. garrett, you stand as a reporter in the middle of i think the two biggest stories right now. this sort of surge in public profile. beto o'rourke getting his groove back. and the tragedy of the mass shootings in odessa and el paso, texas. what did you think personally when you saw that last night? >> reporter: look, i've spent the last six months on the road talking to these candidates and talking to democratic primary voters. and while o'rourke's comments last night scared some people, the sense i get is that he's squarely within the mainstream of what democratic primary voters want t...

Did as well as i could for as long as i could. when my concrete solutions and strategic advice especially keeping faith with our allies no longer resonated, it was time to resign. joining us now is cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. we also have cnn political analysts with us. thank you for being with us early because, you know, this is significant. people wanted to know the back story. they wanted to know why jim mattis was resigning as the secretary of defense, and now he's explaining it. your thoughts. >> well, he is explaining it, but i think he goes even a step further that is real...

I did see something in there. he said the republican ideas he looks to me fishing for some areas where he can bring the republicans over to him. i think where the republicans could run into trouble we have the exact opposite. what he does is insults the republican leader in the senate. he insults him. he doesn't name mitch mcconnell. reach out to. work with you, to be on the same team. the last thing you do is first of all say they haven't presented an alternative which is false. the next to last thing do you is insult them. >> is he in full political mode. this is his political offensive. aga...