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Two officials quoted him as being livid. for more, here is barbara starr at the pentagon. >> reporter: alison and dave, an administration official tells cnn that secretary mattis decided early thursday morning at 7:30 that he needed to go to the white house one more time and meet with president trump and try to convince him not to withdrawal u.s. troops from syria. mattis was very concerned about the fate of the kurdish fighters that the u.s. has backed. as a military man, it is a terrible thing to leave your friends on the battle field that you promised to stay and support. that became a big ...

Stability and security we've erected over the past 60 or 70 years. >> frustration boiling over after jim mattis resigns as defense secretary. the breaking point? the president's decision to pull troops from syria. the government is on track to shutdown at midnight. the president vowing to follow through on the demand for a border wall. the acting attorney general defying ethics officials and will not recuse from the mueller probe. >> a lot going on. i'm alison kosik. >> i'm dave briggs. 5:30 eastern time. we have the countdown clock up. what a day it is. josh rogin on the mattis depar tur.