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Distressed, concerned, frightened, those are the words of growing bipartisan panic after defense secretary james mattis resigned in protest and condemned donald trump's approach to foreign policy. tonight learning new details about why mattis quit over trump's hasty decision to withdraw troops from syria. said made in phone call with erdogan, ignored talking points prepared for him and when pressed on the need for troops, president quickly capt ititulat about withdrawing, shocking them both. reverberating around the world

That letter is a warning that mattis thinks there is something not different between the two points of view but untrustworthy, unreliable, unpatriotic about the president's point of view. >> look at quote from the l.a. "times" tonight, comes from republican senator conversation. think of trump as sitting on island said a top aide to pro-trump senator who requested anonymity, every story like mattis, syria, shutdown is waive that erodes the beach. how much will be left when tidal wave hits? >> bob corker is retiring. been on this show and many others, expressed much his anxiety about what is ha...

Worried might spark something and really mattis who managed to talk him down from there. and mattis did that -- he managed trump. mike pompeo in contrast is somebody who is essentially a yes man to trump. and we all worry about what will happen in that context. >> who is left, who is going to push back and pull donald trump back from his worst impulses? >> you know, katie, i've thought about that. would like to say that someone is left but i don't think there is at this point. that's why it will be very important to see who ultimately becomes next secretary of defense. that is probably at this...

>> headed to sears of grave policy errors but talk is cheap. will republicans do something? he doesn't say that. we ask that. so long as mattis stayed on the job, republicans in congress could indulge the hope that responsible people remained in charge of the nation's security. that hope has been repudiated by very person in whom the hope was placed. james mattis telling you president doesn't treat allies with respect, does not have clear-eyed view of malign actors and strategic competitors. now the question for congress is claxon is sounding, system is failing, what will you do? >> republican...

See anyone in this cabinet who is -- who has what mattis had, which is the authority that was accepted on both sides of the aisle to speak truth to power. he won some and lost some but he could speak in that way both to the president, to the republicans, to the democrats and to our foreign partners. i don't see anyone else in this lineup who can do that with the same authority and respect. >> and would be very fair to wonder no matter who takes the job, how strong they may be, wonder whether donald trump will even listen to them. thank you. coming up, more republican legislators coming forwa...