later defense secretary james mattis speaks to the u.s. institute for peace about the national defense strategy. later we are live in indianapolis for the senate debate between joe donnelly and his opponents. a republican hearing on the change to the code of conduct for u.s. judges. >> german chancellor angela merkel announced she would not seek reelection in 2021. her remarks came in berlin where she also said she would stand out from cheering her party in chairing her party in december. german]ted from chancellor merkel: the facts are bitter both for our friends in hesse and for us on a national level. in treatingpoint this state election as anything but a state election because it is clear that our friends in hesse certainly could have achieved much better results if from thenot suffered negative effects of the politics at a national level. this is most unfortunate. i would like to say this to the emier because the democrats have done well thus far and the work they have done in the last three years, but also in the style of two differe

indeed james mattis has been talking to a number of leaders in the region over the past week or so he mentioned in this conversation tonight that he had hold talks with the saudi foreign minister recently he said he brought up the u.s. as concern about the investigation into the disappearance of jamal khashoggi making very clear that the u.s. is intent on getting to the bottom of this asking for a clear transparent investigation to be held and to be announced in cooperation with turkey this is what he had to say. the president said we want to get to the bottom we will get to the bottom of it and as you know turkey has. so far provided evidence for every allegation that they have made about what happened and show no one nation controls all the information and i spoke to the foreign minister shaadi arabia two days ago in managua and he said there would be a full investigation well there has been a silence of sorts from the trumpet ministration in recent days. did hear a information feedback from his head of the cia who had spoken to her turkish counterpart he's also heard from his secre

s matter james mattis also maintain that songy arabia has promised the u.s. that a full investigation will be conducted into the death of the saudi jenna's mike hanna has more from washington the u.s. secretary of defense has just returned from a security meeting in bahrain where among others he held talks with the saudi foreign minister he said that the issue of jamal khashoggi had been deeply discussed he'd informed the foreign minister that the us administration wants to get to the bottom of the matter it cost him as well to cooperate with tookie in the ongoing investigation into the journalist deaths. the president said we want to get to the bottom we will get to the bottom of it and as you know turkey. so far provided evidence for every allegation that they have made about what happened and show no one nation control all the information and i spoke to the foreign minister shaadi arabia two days ago in managua and he said there would be a full investigation secretary mattis was very careful to separate out the issue of yemen and co shogi saying that these

defense secretary james mattis says the killing of a top afghan security commander will not shake u.s. commitment. i've met general result. it's a loss of a patriot but we remain absolutely committed. to an afghan led afghan reconsolidation. we need to find who's done this. but right now. we are going toward the election and we will continue to defend the people in the nations threatening to cut ties with strain it with a possibility it might read ok to its embassy in is rael australia's prime minister says he's considering the move from tel aviv to jerusalem under thomas as more from sydney. a spokesperson for in these years foreign affairs ministry said that the issue of palestine is very important to indonesia and the people of indonesia and said that depending on what australia did with its embassy in israel they would adjust their policy or actions without spelling out exactly what that meant could that affect a free trade agreement between indonesia and australia which is in its final stages in the go see action could it influence whether military cooperation continues between t

james mattis also maintained that saudi arabia has promised the u.s. that a full investigation will be conducted into the journalists to. the u.s. president donald trump is also visited the scene of a shooting attack on a synagogue in pittsburgh eleven people were killed but there have been protests against the visit with calls for trying to denounce white nationalists and. turn to our top story now in saudi arabia has the most one of the largest best funded lobbying operations in the u.s. the kingdom has been millions of dollars to buy influence in washington and in the wake of the show's chief scandal some p.r. firms are. as a client a white house correspondent. for decades congressional support for saudi arabia has been broad and bipartisan but the conflict in yemen has many in congress questioning the u.s. saudi relationship. despite outrage over attacks on civilians death and suffering from a humanitarian crisis there's been no congressional action to end u.s. support for saudi arabia's targeting of who the rebels in yemen here's why the saudis ar

. —— james mattis. money spent on nato —— jim matters. -- james mattis.we are subsidising germany, that we are subsidising germany or europe and the generals and the secretary of defence james mattis have got to pound hard on him and said no, that is for our benefit also. these are mutual security agreements that have been very effective over the last 70 years. trump is obsessed with the loss of money in these matters. to a person as best i can tell, who knows about this, for the president say he knows about it than james mattis, this, for the president say he knows about it thanjames mattis, what is the word, rubbish? we use that a lot. it is not true. i recount early in the administration where they had dinneron in the administration where they had dinner on this subject and they were trying to tell president trump that nato really works and it is important to american security and finally tour conceded, —— trump conceded, you can have your nato, but you have got to be the rent collector, go around and get more money from the european countries. again i

after the "60 minutes" interview where president trump said he knows more about the nato than james mattisto. overnight, mattis said this. >> i'm on his team. we have never talked about me leaving and you can see right here we're on our way. we just continue doing our job. >> mattis later told reporters he and the president spoke each saying they are 100% with each other. cnn reported on june of differences between donald trump and mattis leading to friction. >>> condolences are pouring in for paul allen. he died monday at 65 from complications of non-hodgkin's lymphoma. he launched microsoft with bill gates when they met in 1975. he left the company in 1982 when he was diagnosed. gates remembers his partner and friend and personal computing would not exist without him. >> allen remained on the board as he launched his foundation and investment firm. he bought the portland trailblazers and seattle seahawks. russell wilson said we lost a friend and giant. mr. allen, thank you for believing in all of us. by your example, you made us all better. he was a legend in the sports world. a part own

one of them addressed to defense secretary james mattis. tonight, that pentagon facility is now under quarantine. all of the letters being investigated. and abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz leads us off. >> reporter: the secret service intercepted a suspicious envelope on monday addressed to the president. the envelope was intercepted before reaching the white house. two other envelopes sent to secretary of defense jim mattis, the other to a member of the joint chiefs, the head of the navy, admiral john richardson, field tested positive for ricin. this is the pentagon mail facility where letters are scanned every day. they are now quarantining all mail received yesterday. >> if these two gentlemen opened these envelopes and they got enough of it in their system, it could have harmed them. >> reporter: ricin is found naturally in caster beans, and in its purest form, can be deadly. in 2013, letters addressed to president obama and other officials did contain ricin. a mississippi man was arrested and is currently servin

defense secretary for all parties involved in the ongoing war in yemen james mattis told between the saudi coalition and who he revels in sweep in november is a statement echoed by other senior members of the trumpet ministration who are ramping up the pressure to balls and to the war in yemen al jazeera has roles in jordan possible. since yemen cratered into civil war in two thousand and fourteen the damage and the carnage have been relentless. an estimated fifty six thousand civilians have died either because of widespread food shortages disease or airstrikes carried out by the saudi led coalition in support of president months or hot now a call to end the war from u.s. defense secretary jim mattis whose forces provide intelligence and equipment support to the saudi coalition are all right now to achieve a level of. capability by those forces fighting against them if they are not killing innocent people. the longer term solution and by longer term i mean thirty days from now we want to see everybody around a peace table based on a ceasefire based on a pullback from the border and t

we should out and been reported in bob woodward's book, "fear" that james mattis said things that weren't casting a good light on the president. the president has said mattis is doing a great job. it'srevolving door. i want to point to a quick statement from the pentagon they put out. secretary mattis is laser focus on doing his job ensuring the military remains the most lethal force on the planet. james mattis isn't a partisan person. the general has spoken out against the iran nuclear deal. we understand according to a source he was offered a potential role in a hillary clinton administration if she had won and he turned it down. >> thanks for that. >>> coming up, a white woman calls police saying a 9-year-old black child groped her but surveillance video shows a did i have story. of my parents and my grandparents. i was getting all these leaves and i was going back generation after generation. you start to see documents and you see signatures of people that you've never met. i mean, you don't know these people, but you feel like you do. you get connected to them. i wish that i could ge

neither by james mattis, by the uk oi’ neither by james mattis, by the uk or the us.ut all of this together, is there a need for to hold the saudi air strikes? yes, there is a need. —— halton the air strikes. we may have a chance here. when you start digging deeper, will the uk or the us have a leverage over the houthi inside yemen, i think no. will the iran threat, will they be able to stop the flow of weapons from iran to the houthi, i think no. we have to the houthi, i think no. we have to be able to take the opportunity but also be careful to how much expectation we have into this and not to fall into the trap because this could also open the appetite for the houthis attempt to swallow morland and there we go back to square morland and there we go back to square one. morland and there we go back to square one. 0k, morland and there we go back to square one. ok, you talk of so many players, you have saudi arabia, the uae who have been quite resistant to talks until now, you have houthis, you have erotic, france, britain, the us as well. none of this is going to hap

defense secretary james mattis echoes others and the u.s. government who want the conflict to end. james mattis has also reiterated that president tom hans on says about jamal khashoggi is mete matters also said that saudi arabia has promised the u.s. that a full investigation will be conducted and to his death meanwhile the u.n. has joined calls for saudi arabia tera vale of the whereabouts of remains. the main problem for us globally in the world is impunity and in the case of custody we need first to establish. to do a fact finding mission to make sure that we understand what happened and that we made but i say we. a concrete proposal to the government of saudi out of this we invite us a group of five. to do investigation on what happened and then to present to the global community it does will be the findings of all investigation that is appropriate before the. indonesian search crews think they found the fuselage of the passenger jet that plunged into the ocean on monday killing all one hundred and eighty nine people on board the navy's has a twenty two minutes long object has

that is washington. >> less than a month ago james mattis flatly dismissed reports that he was preparing to depart the administration and today a spokesman for the pentagon respond to the president's remarks saying in a statement, secretary mattis is laser focused on doing his job. ensuring the u.s. military remain the most lethal force on the planet. this week, he is headed to vietnam for the second time this year as part of the u.s. efforts to counter china's military buildup in the region. outwardly at least, there is no indication that he is preparing to leave imminently. as for the president, he is a very busy week coming up as well. he plans to visit georgia and florida early this week. to visit some of the storm damaged areas there. eric: thank you so much. meanwhile saudi arabia is vowing to retaliate after the stock market plunged 7 percent today. on fallout of the mysterious disappearance of "washington post" columnist and journalist, jamal khashoggi. despite claims by turkey that a 15 member hit team flew in two private just to carry out an assassination. here's florida senato

defense secretary for all parties involved in the ongoing war in yemen james mattis announced talks between the saudi coalition and who the rebels in sweden in november statement echoed by other senior members of the trumpet ministration who are ramping up the pressure to force an end to the war in yemen al jazeera roslyn jordan reports. since yemen cratered into civil war in two thousand and fourteen the damage and the carnage have been relentless. an estimated fifty six thousand civilians have died either because of widespread food shortages disease or airstrikes carried out by the saudi led coalition in support of president abdullah robbo monsoor hod now a call to end the war from u.s. defense secretary jim mattis whose forces provide intelligence and equipment support to the saudi coalition our goal all right now is to achieve a level of out of capability by those forces fighting against them that they are not killing innocent people. the longer term solution and by longer term i mean thirty days from now we want to see everybody around a peace table based on ashish fire based on a pull

and james mattis is responding to the boss' claim that he is sort of a democrat. andrea mitchell reports. t he i sort of a democrat. andrea mitchell reports. >>> is it true general mattis said to you that the reason for all of the alliances is to p prevent world war iii? >> that is not true. frankly, i like general mattis, and i think that i know more about it than he does, and i know more about it from the standpoint of fairness and that i can tell you. >> and is he going to leave? >> well, i doibt no, but he has not told me that. i think that he is sort of a democrat if you want to know the truth, but general mat tis is a good guy. we get along very well. he may leave at some point. >>> and despite the broad hints from the president the defense secretary could be on the way out after the midterms, but the president said he is not going anywhere any time soon. >> we have never talked about him leaviabout me leaving. >> did you watch the interview? >> no, i have not. frankly, i didn't watch the interview. e didn't see it. when i was 18 i joined the military and i

defense secretary james mattis has called on the warring parties in yemen to meet within thirty days speaking at the u.s. institute of peace that has said all sides need to do more to prevent the deaths of innocent people we've got to replace combat with compromised and we're working. with mr martin the u.n. special envoy met with shellshock a pompei i was talking to him frequently as we tried to amass more we just met. and this was brought up forcefully not just by my shell but by others as well and it's time to stop. the u.s. secretary of defense has reiterated that president trump wants and says into jamal khashoggi is not a james mattis also maintain that saudi arabia has promised the u.s. that a full investigation will be conducted into the journalist's death. the u.s. president also visited the scene of a shooting attack on a synagogue in pittsburgh where eleven people were killed but there have been protests against the visit with calls for trump to denounce white nationalism senior indonesian officials believe they may have found fuselage from the lion air plane that crashed

defense secretary james mattis has called on the warring parties in yemen to meets within thirty days he was speaking at the u.s. institute of peace james mattis said all sides need to do more to prevent the deaths of innocent civilians in the conflict we've got to replace combat with compromise and we are working as we speak with mr martin griffin the u.n. special envoy met with my shellshock a pompei i was talking to him frequently as we try to amass she international support we just met. in the nama in the normal dialogue and this was brought up forcefully not just by my shelf but by others as well that each time to stop fish as mike hanna in washington d.c. mike james bond is saying there that the u.s. is working with the u.n. special envoy for yemen on this meeting do we know more about when and where it's going to happen. well interesting the choice of words from the defense secretary this was brought up forcefully in manama and he said this is in talks with various parties in the region he's making very clear that the u.s. wants to see a meeting take place between the parties i

addition on sanctions i mean put that together for us with what we've been hearing from james mattis as well it's it's a measure of how significant the death of one man is playing out to be across the region indeed around the world that we've got people at that level seeing these things and reacting in the way that they are. yeah it's incredible really isn't it the kind of ramifications that this has had and potentially will have as we go forward that that that statement they have a by the french and the germans looking for a joint takes lee joint strategy joint move on sanctions in europe if indeed it comes to that and very strong language from the u.s. defense secretary as well. saying that she's mudda you know he's a straight to regional stability i mean i think you can compare that to obvious contrast that sort of statement which was the saudi foreign minister said today. in saying that to the media's response to this was hysterical. in. another indication of the fact that seemingly the saudi arabians. the saudi side are really not taking on bold walks in fact he's potentially in

murder of her shoji is undermining regional stability speaking at a security summit in bahrain james mattis went on to say washington would take additional measures against those responsible but he stressed that the core relationship between washington and riyadh would not change the united states does not tolerate that kind of ruthless action to silence mr could show good journalist through violent violent failure of any one nation to adhere to international norms and the rule of law undermine regional stability at a time when it is needed most as president trump noted we're going to get to the bottom of it. israel has launched airstrikes hitting more than eighty locations in gaza after its rockets were fired from there into southern israel the israelis say the targets are linked to hamas and islamic jihad the general security headquarters of hamas was among those areas hit and israeli spokesman says rocket fire was launched from gaza late on friday and continued into saturday morning islamic jihad has told al jazeera it's agreed to stop rocket fire after talks with an egyptian delegation.

defense secretary james mattis sais it's not clear whether the killing of two top u.s. allies will affect the turnout kandahar's police chief and intelligence chief was shot dead on thursday the taliban say they carried out the killings and claimed they were talking to general scott.

and this afternoon, defense secretary james mattis will talk about security and u.s. military strategy at 5:30 eastern time. this evening, indiana democratic senator joe donnelly will debate mike braun and lucy brinton in indianapolis live at 7:00 eastern. you can want all of our cover streaming live online at c-span.org, or you can listen live with the free c-span radio app. c-span is your primary source for campaign 2018. this week on washington journal, we have been focusing on battleground states leading up to the midterms, and today, we focus on new york state. to start us off, we will look at key races to watch as we go over the next week. joining us is john campbell of usa today. he served as their albany correspondent. good morning to you. guest: thank you for having me. host: give us the details. withart with new york 19 those candidates. off telling us a little bit about both of these guys? is thejohn faso republican incumbent, and longtime politician in government official in new york. he has held the seat for two years and he is facing a very, very stiff c

last night on "60 minutes," he made some remarks about defense secretary james mattis' politics and his at the white house. >> what about general mattis? is he going to leave? >> well, i don't know. he hasn't told me that. and i have a very good relationship with him. >> do you want him to? >> it could be that he is. i think he's sort of a democrat, if you want to know the truth. but general mattis is a good guy. we get along very well. he may leave. i mean, at some point, everybody leaves. everybody. people leave. that's washington. >> with me now, retired lieutenant general mark hurt link, a cnn military analyst, and general, always a pleasure, sir. welcome. and we'll get to the "sort of a democrat" comment here in just a second. but out of the gate, did you get the sense that general mattis is on his way out? >> it certainly seems that way. he's probably considering this at the end of this two-year term. and that's, truthfully, brooke, that's not that unusual. president obama had four different secretary of defenses. it's a tough job, a large bureaucratic organization that's hard to

defense secretary james mattis says the killing of the top afghan security commodity won't shake america's commitment i've met general result. it's a loss of a patriot but we remain absolutely committed. to an afghan led afghan reconsolidation. we need to find. but right now. we are going toward the election and we will continue to defend the people lived out of the afghan capital al-jazeera has come charlotte bellus is in kabul so shall it why has the election commission decided that the best course of action is to postpone voting for a week in kandahar. the election commission recommended that it should be delayed by a wait purely for security concerns i just don't think they could guarantee people's safety to more then the palace also spoke to people in kandahar they reiterated that saying it's just not appropriate and so decision was made at the highest level to perspire in this by one week which is going to affect roughly six to seven hundred thousand verses it follows this attack in kandahar at the governor's compound. very interesting how this played out in a high level meeting with

defense has called on both sides in the war in yemen to me since we next month the peace talks james mattis made that statement just a short time ago at the u.s. institute of pace yemen has had it more problems than any people deserve to carry and we're calling on all the parties share specifically the cooties and the arab coalition to meet inch wheaten in november. and come do a solution not talk about subordinate issues about what town they're going to meet in a what size table if they meet around a talk about demilitarized in the border shows that the saudis and the emirates do not have to worry about missiles coming into their their or their homes and cities an airport. well now human patterns of consumption and development are pushing the natural world to the brink according to a major biodiversity survey the worldwide fund for nature's living climate report found a sixty percent decline in global populations of vertebrates over the last fifty years the worst affected region was south and central america which saw a decline of eighty nine percent in its fish birds mammals amphibians an

james mattis the u.s. defense minister i think james mattis has addressed the murder of john mark karr shorty saw the journalist was killed inside the kingdom's consulate in istanbul on a tie the second mike hanna has more the u.s. secretary of defense has just returned from a security meeting in bahrain where among others he held talks with the saudi foreign minister he said that the issue of jamal khashoggi had been deeply discussed he would inform the foreign minister that the u.s. administration wants to get to the bottom of the matter it asked him as well to cooperate with turkey in the ongoing investigation into the journalist deaths. the president said we want to get to the bottom we will get to the bottom of it and as you know turkey. so far provided evidence for every allegation that they have made about what happened and show no one nation controls all the information and i spoke to the foreign minister shaadi arabia two days ago in managua and he said there would be a full investigation secretar

secretary of defense has reiterated that president wants answers about because she's murder james mattis also said saudi arabia had promised the u.s. that a full investigation will be conducted into the journalist's death the u.s. president donald trump is also visited the scene of a shooting attack at a synagogue in pittsburgh eleven people were killed but there have been protests against the visit with calls for trying to denounce white nationalism. backus nonstop court has overturned the conviction of a christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy the mother of four had been on death row since two thousand and ten on charges of insulting islam. bibi is the first woman in black is found to be sentenced to death under its strict blasphemy laws the landmark case incited deadly violence of the country and has attracted international attention and condemnation at least seven people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack near afghanistan's largest prison in the capital kabul the interior ministry says five others were injured after a prison stuff vehicle was targeted there have been

defense secretary, james mattis, president trump saying he thinks he knows more about nato than mattise man who once served as nato supreme allied commander for transformation. and president trump revealed he doesn't trust everyone in his administration. cnn's jeff zeleny is at the white house. jeff, the president said he thinks mattis is, quote, sort of a democrat. mattis has always seemed to me to be pretty independent, and he did not have a particularly good relationship with president obama. >> jake, that is an understatement. in fact, president obama dismissed general mattis six months early or so from leading central command. general mattis has served commanders in chiefs in both parties, republicans and democrats. president trump hailed him as a true general's general. that was then, though, when he joined the administration. it's clear now that admiration is waning. >> to see this personally, it's very tough. very, very tough. total devastation. >> reporter: in florida today, president trump getting a first-hand look at devastation from hurricane michael. from the ground -- >>

defense secretary james mattis others in the trunk administration who want the conflict to end. reiterated the president says about jamal khashoggi. the un human rights chief is pushing for international experts to be a part of the investigation into the saudi journalists. and supreme court judges in pakistan have acquitted a christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy as he was convicted of insulting the prophet muhammad eight years ago farmworker was accused of insulting islam up to two muslim women refused to drink from a water container. a military helicopter has crashed in western afghanistan killing at least twenty five people on board including a member of the far a provincial council bad weather district is being blamed for the crash but she spokesman says there was no survivors. and a suicide bomb blast in afghanistan's largest prison has killed at least six people the explosion in the capital kabul follows similar attacks during the recent election which the taliban and i still hold to disrupt. indonesian search crews think they found the fuselage of the passenger

foreign policy in the age of trump, and those two names consistently have been james mattis, defenseecretary, and nikki haley, the ambassador to the u.n., because on the issues that trump himself has had very public disagreements, even with u.s. allies whether it is the eu, the nato alliance, the role of the u.n., but more critically those key defense alliances, it is nikki haley and james mattis who have come out and issued reassurances, sometimes to contradict the president frankly, the comments contradicting the president, particularly on issues such as russia. nikki haley much more forward-leaning in her public statements than the president has been, criticizing russia for interference in the election, its maligned activities abroad. so you hear with her now leaving concern who replaces her and who can those officials and leaders turn to when they have concern about where the u.s. stands on these issues. that's a real concern, wolf, and i have heard it from a number of folks overseas. they will be watching very closely as to who fills her shoes. >> the president says he could mak

we will be live again this afternoon as james mattis talks about the importance of partnerships and alliances in u.s. military strategy. live from the u.s. institute of peace of peace at 5:30 eastern. joe donnelly will debate mike brenton inucy indianapolis. you can also watch live online at c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. ♪ >> this week on washington journal, we're looking at battleground states. the most competitive races of the midterms. york,nesota, new california, pennsylvania, and florida. join us for a live campaign 2018 during washington journal at 7:00 on c-span. is sendingt trump more than 250 troops to the mexico border. in response to large amounts of immigrants coming. a joint news conference was held yesterday in washington, d.c., to outline the deployment efforts. they took questions from reporters for about 20 minutes. >> good afternoon and welcome. i am general osh o'shaugnessy, and i want to discuss the u.s. border and the so-called care of him. as of this afternoon, we continue to track a large group of approximately 3500 traveling through southern mex

defense secretary james mattis and his chinese counterpart. given the deteriorating state of relations between the united states and china we don't know exactly what was discussed what was the outcome but the fact that they met at all is being seen as progress here given the fact that mattis is a visit to beijing where he was meant to meet with way that was canceled as their relations have deteriorated with the u.s. accusing china of meddling in its elections of stealing get military technology and more pressingly for the delegates here at this meeting accusing the chinese of a military build up in the south china sea both the united states and china seem to accept that keeping high level relations going between their two defense ministers is important as a way of diffusing any possible clashes in the future or misunderstandings as we saw recently in the past couple of weeks with a very near collision between two warships in the south china sea still the united states insists that it will continue to carry out what it calls these freedom of na

murder of her show she is undermining regional stability speaking at a security summit back rein james mattis went on to say that washington would take additional measures against those responsible but stressed that the core relationship between washington and riyadh would not change and his radio strikes have hit more than eighty locations in gaza which the military says a link to hamas and islamic jihad but israeli spokesman says the rocket fire was launched from gaza late on friday and continued into saturday morning in the last hour or so islamic jihadists holed up to syria but it's agreed to hold rocket fire after talks with an egyptian delegation. the leaders of france germany turkey and russia are holding talks in istanbul to try to find a solution to the conflict in syria it's the first summit to bring all four leaders together they're expected to back a russia and turkey agreed ceasefire in syria's northwestern provinces it did in september let's take you live out of istanbul. is that zeta turkey's defense minister met with his russian counterpart ahead of this summit the president o

this is james mattis his first visit to france as the u.s. defense secretary he met the french president about all my hard behind closed doors and then later had this meeting with france's defense minister ross probably now to really focus on counterterrorism issues matters praised france's efforts in what he called the fight against terrorism in africa's sorrow and in syria and iraq when it came to syria the french defense minister said that french forces would stay halt all of the u.s. led coalition in the region for as long as it would take. france has from the first day been part of the coalition against terrorism in syria and iraq and as has been indicated here today the work isn't over yet but france will stay for as long as it takes in syria and iraq in the months following the final defeat we will continue this creating security that prevents isis from returning but every step of the way the coalition is united behind the u.n. special envoy and this is definitely missed europe and the geneva process this is the truth lucian to the tra

. >>> secretary of defense james mattis making it clear overnight he has never talked about president trump about leaving the administration. this comes after a bruising "60 minutes" interview where the president said mattis was sort of a democrat and claimed he knew more about nato than his secretary of defense. was once a top nato commander. on a plane to vietnam overnight, mattis said this. >> i'm on his team. we have never talked about me leaving. as you can see right here, we're on our way. we just continue doing or job. >> mattis told reporters he and the president spoke and they are 100% with each other. cnn reported in june on differences between mr. trump and mattis leading to friction in the pentagon. >>> could we witness a preview of the 2020 election? president trump and elizabeth warren duking it out over a dna test that confirms the distant native-american ties dating back six to ten generations. she is win 1/64 and 1/1024 native-american. when asked about the pocahontas talk? >> she owes the country an apology. what is her percentage? >> at a rally in july, the presiden

strongly backed calls for since fire in yemen saying it's time to replace combat with compromise james mattis says u.n. special envoy to gammon will hold talks with the saudi coalition and with the rebels in sweden in november secretary of state my compatriot has also spoken saying it's time for peace. and the u.s. secretary of defense has reiterated that president donald trump wants answers into jamal khashoggi james mattis also maintained that saudi arabia has promised us that a full investigation will be conducted into the journalist's murder inside the saudi consulate in istanbul earlier this month and the u.n. says international experts should be part of that investigation into the murder of . turkey's president meanwhile says a game is being played to protect someone involved in to my show g.'s matter. now saudi arabia has amassed one of the largest and best funded lobbying operations in the us the kingdom has spent millions of dollars to buy influence in washington but in the wake of murder and scandal some p.r. firms a drop in riyadh as a client white house correspondent kimberly hawk

secretary of defense has called for a deadline to end the war in yemen james mattis says it's time to replace combat with compromise and he says the u.n. envoy for yemen has told the saudi coalition and who feast to hold talks in sweden in the next thirty days and the u.s. defense secretary has reiterated that president trump wants answers into. james mattis also maintain that sound yes promising us that a full investigation will be conducted into the journalist's murder inside the saudi consulate in istanbul the united nations meanwhile says international experts should be part of an investigation into the murder of the saudi journalist that he's president of. a game is being played to protect someone involved in jamal matter. and other world news the u.s. president has intensified his hardline stance on immigration ahead of midterm elections he says he wants to end birthright citizenship donald trump made the comments on a. channel saying it's the only country in the world where babies born in the u.s. to non-citizens had a constitutional right to citizenship he says it can be imple

defense secretary james mattis is warning the khashoggi case is threatening stability in the middle east the united states does not tolerate this kind of ruthless action to silence it could show journalists through violence. failure of any one nation to adhere to international norms and the rule of law undermine regional stability at a time when it is needed most as president trump noted we're going to get to the bottom of it child fed live in istanbul for us hi charles does it look like we're basically heading for another standoff here president erdogan of turkey wants those suspects extradited to turkey and the saudi arabian foreign minister just saying that won't be happening. that's right i mean i think. in all honesty that nobody expected certainly mr de wine is being said did not really expect that the saudis were going to to hand over these eighteen suspects for extradition and to come here we all know that the turkish president is very of the kind of problems exe internationally legally to get people extradited because of course he has for so long we wanted the man that he accuse

defense secretary james mattis has called on the warring parties in yemen to meet within thirty days speaking at the u.s. institute of peace matters said all sides need to do more to prevent the deaths of innocent civilians we've got to replace combat was compromised and we are working as we speak with mr martin griffins the u.n. special envoy i've met with him my shellshock a pompei i was talking to him frequently as we try to amass the international support we just met in in menominee in the nama dialogue and this was brought up forcefully not just by myself but by others as well that it's time to stop this. as mike hanna has more from washington. well interesting the choice of words from the defense secretary this was brought up forcefully in manama he said this is in talks with various parties in the region he's making very clear that the u.s. wants to see a meeting take place between the parties involved within the next thirty days that by the end of november he's also throwing his lot of behind if it's by the u.n. special representative for yemen martin griffith quite clearly b

he is unsure defense secretary james mattis will stay in his position. >> what are about general mattis? >> i don't know. he hasn't told me yet. i have a very good relationship with him. i had lurch with him two days ago. i have a good relationship with him. he is sort of a democrat, if you want to know the truth. general mattis is a good guy and we get along very well. he may leave at some point. at some point everybody leaves. people leave. that's washington. >> i want to bring in boris sanchez. what are you hearing in response to his interview? >> reporter: hey there, fred. considering that president trump really hasn't made any negative statements about his secretary of defense up to this point and the way he speaks about democrats and attacking liberals at rallies and other places. i asked if they believe president trump was possibly making light of disagreements that he has with the secretary of defense when it comes to american foreign policy. the president has been public when it comes to his belief that multinational organizations and allies are taking advantage of american mil

. >>> defense secretary james mattis telling officials from the pacific rim saying no one can rewritef the road. that is efforts to take part of the south china sea controversy. we have matt rivers with the latest here. this is a big concern with the united states and allies for some time. >> reporter: absolutely. part of the reason why this secretary of defense is here in southeast asia is to rally support against what he calls china's militarization of the south china seas and installing equipment on the islands, china continues to threaten the open commerce. that is why the united states is taking the freedom of navigation operations where they transit close. navy ships transit close to the islands to challenge the chinese claims. it is worth mentioning here as the tensions in the part of the world between china and u.s. continue to increase. you have bombers flying over the sea and china wasn't happy about that. you had an incident where a navy destroyer came been 45 yards of the chinese war ship during a freedom of and a half ginavigat. clearly the secretary of defense is stickin

where does the president really stand on defense secretary james mattis? lf has to say about it. that's next. this place isn't for me. that last place was pretty nice. i don't like this whole thing. i think we can do better. change is hard. try to keep an open mind. come on, dad. this is for me, son? principal. we can help you plan for that. >>> all right, defense secretary jim mattis said he's staying put. he's on the president's 250e8. this is after the president said in that "60 minutes" interview that mattis may leave and is, quote, kind of a democrat. >> a kiss of death, you might say. here's how secretary mattis responded to the president's words. >> i am on his team. we have never talked about me leaving. and you can see right here, we're on our way. we just continue doing our job. >> cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr joins us live now. so barbara, this is a consistent pattern with this president. he'll often make public comments like that, often over months. you saw it with attorney general jeff sessions. is mattis himself worried about his j

james mattis, the secretary of defense is so concerned about this caravan that we are sending troops to the border. let me repeat that again. we are sending troops to the border because of this urgent national emergency. i only hope they go there stocked with two things. one, halloween candy and two, thanksgiving turkeys because halloween and thanksgiving and the beginning of december, the start of christmas season, will all again before the migrants even come close to the border if they even get there. you know, in april, when we heard this was happening -- and oh, my god, it's horrible, an invasion. they ended up arresting 12 people that tried to cross the border. did you see yesterday while pipe bombs were being sent to secretaries of state and presidents, did you say that the department of homeland security wasn't concerned about public officials getting pipe bombs? she instead went down and it was sort of this top gun moment where -- went down to the border -- >> it looks so cool. >> to talk about the urgency of this migrant crisis which, again, i remind you it's not coming for

defense secretary james mattis had a meet and greet with the afghan president in kabul they finally decided to play nice in a bid to get the taliban down to talks but just one day before their words of peace washington dropped a big f. thirty five b. bomb on the taliban looks like the peace process is getting off on the right foot especially when the u.s. has for years led up to this moment promising both talk and terror i want to reinforce to the taliban that the only path to peace and political legitimacy for them is through a negotiated settlement to the taliban when their choices are to reconcile living a relevance. to have the taliban and willing to come to the negotiating table there's no talking to the taliban we don't want to talk to the taliban we're going to finish what we have to finish so it's no surprise the taliban is reluctant to trust promises of peace and why would they seek it anyway in the past several months the taliban has made substantial territorial gains their spring offensive took coalition forces completely off guard seizing regions all over afghanistan over one hu

james mattis will sign an order sending 800 troops to the border. they will provide support to national guard members who are already deployed. the trump administration is pressuring mexico to try to stop the migrants progress. last night the president told supporters he is determined to prevent them from crossing into the u.s. >> it will not happen. we can't let it happen. >> when the troops get to the border what they will encounter is a large number of children, of women with children. >> advocates say most do not want to enter the u.s. illegally, rather, they are looking for asylum. while many are from honduras some of the caravan are from el salvador, and guatemala. they are not expected to reach the border until after the elections. >>> a young couple in yosemite falls to the death from a popular but dangerous overlooked. that story is coming up next. >>> englade marcus thorpe restaurant in berkeley is suddenly no more. i will have that story coming up. >>> a lost letter from albert einstein has been found in the home of a novelist. >>> we are