defense secretary james mattis resigns citing differences with president donald trump. american and its many allies know what china's doing. charged with espionage washington indicts to hackers linked to the chinese government. a shake up after outrage saudi arabia revamps its intelligence services in the wake of. the late again the vote elect a new leader of the democratic republic of congo is perspire and. the law has been broken and we will do everything within our power to find those responsible also ahead chaos as the u.k. shuts. out after the roads are flown near the airfield. ok let's get going we begin with yet another major shakeup in the trumpet ministry . the u.s. president has just tweeted that the defense secretary james mattis is leaving his job at the end of february mr masses' departure had been expected since donald trump announced he was withdrawing u.s. forces from syria the president said he would nominate a successor to mr massa's very shortly in his resignation letter he emphasized a multilateral approach writing that one core belief i have is that

the president is awake and he is weighing in on all the events of the morning, the departure of james mattisme. "new day" continues right now. >> for secretary mattis, who has never been known to quit anything, this was the breaking point. >> his decision to resign is our worst nightmare. >> i have made my position very clear. my measure that funds the government must include border security. >> i'm glad the president won't sign the continuing resolution. >> trump will shut down the government, but it will not get him his wall. >> this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> good morning. it is friday, december 21th, 8:00 in the east. the darkest day of the year. and i don't think he's just talking about sunlight. there is a message being sent by u.s. allies, active duty service

he's really upset about james mattis. he put out a blistering statement in mitch mcconnell terms for the resignation of mattis. i wonder what will mcconnell do today? >> well, we'll see. we have been told to expect a vote around noon today. the presumption is the vote is going to fail. when it does, it is likely it will shut down. then it becomes how much pressure comes on trump and the government to reopen. the issue facing trump really, again, i was speaking to a white house official last night who said half in jest, but not really, that this shut down is keeping trump away from his golf course at mar-a-lago. he will not be happy sitting in the white house not golfing, watching the bad coverage on television that will start when the government shut downs. we don't know how mitch mcconnell is going to get out of it. >> when do you think, abbie, the president will leave the white house for march ra la house. >> the white house has committed he will stay here and sara sanders basically reiterated that this morning, but it i

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i think that contrasts between the positive coverage of how james mattis wrote about his departure andhe president's decision-making process has just highlighted that tension and made it hard for the president to want to hear that for two more months until secretary mattis wanted to leave. >> i do think the president was basically pretty tired of hearing people say that james mattis was the only adult left standing in the room. >> yeah, it's a met for that has become tired any way, there are probably other people in various agencies and departments who are doing a good job of trying to prepare this president as well as possible for national security decisions, but james mattis was there from the beginning. james mattis was somebody that on the military side a lot of people put faith in and said at least we know that there is a bulwark there in an ultimate scenario where things are really going downhill, maybe in an actual war, we feel better having jim mattis in that seat. without him things are a little bit less predictable now. >> you mentioned that letter, which he reportedly, jim m

we are with you, megan. >>> james mattis resigned his position after the president revealed the troopsng from syria. >> mattis' resignation is a rebuke to the foreign policy views of the president. mattis using his letter of the importance of the u.s. alliances and unambiguous approach to china and russia. no doubt, the last straw for mattis was the president's plan withdraw for syria. two officials tell cnn that mattis was quote livid. for more, cnn's 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 syr syria. mattis was 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 was a big problem for mattis to leave the kurds behind and withdrawal u.s. troops. he met with president trump at 3:00

i don't think there's any arguing that the departure of james mattis leaves the u.s.commitment to promoting democracy less strong, and the commitment to security less strong. clarissa, we have seen what happens when there's political chaos in afghanistan and political chaos in syria, not to m mention iraq. we know there could be consequences. >> this is what so ironic about this decision, president trump repeatedly hrapb pwased obama, and you are looking at a similar situation in syria right now. has isis been crippled? absolutely. have they been all-out defeated? no, they have not. the fight against isis continues as we speak alongside that border, and it's spreading and mutating and adapting, that's what isis does. it doesn't simply disappear, it goes underground and adapts and rehabilitates itself to deal with the new situation, and if there's a sense the u.s. military is not keeping up with that, how it's mutating and adapting, and if there's a sense as well the u.s. is not committed to the fighting forces on the ground, and the partners in the form of the kurds,

james mattis thinks that is 100% wrongs. get your take on the issue of not going back into public service. that is final. how significant is that? he was considered as the favorite. who might replace mattis given all that has happened? >> i was the one who originally reported that jack was in contention. he was in contention now we see the policy going the way it is. i'm not surprised jack has taken himself out of contention. he is for american involvement in the middle east. here is the rumor intelligence as i got it from early this morning. we have deputy secretary of defense patrick shanahan. richard spencer. david mccormick. then a couple of dark horses that are being thrown about. jim talent. a former senator. dan coats. they are looking for someone who has been vetted. someone they can plug and play. that's all speculation and preliminary. it can all change tomorrow. the search has just begun. >> finding someone okay with the syria withdrawal is not okay. josh, great to have you here. >> thanks. >>> a cold, harsh reali

but james mattis has never been one to be shy. whether he is active duty in the military, whether he's the secretary of defense or a civilian. just because he transitions january 1 to a civilian role. it doesn't mean he's unable to speak out and comment. strategically it wouldn't make sense for me to go along with any type of assumption that this decision is one that's intended to or does in fact silence james mattis where he has the ability to speak out. the two-page letter a lot of people made a big deal about. there was only a few word of one sentence where he said the president should have a secretary of defense more align with this views. i agree with that sentiment. but people are making out this two page letter, it's just two pages of criticizing a president and administration. that's not the way i took it. i don't believe james mattis as a civilian will be looking to boost his twitter following to millions of people and become famous on monetizing his position as secretary of defense at the expense of and trying to overthr

donald trump said decision on withdrawing troops from syria speaking in chad to my whole praised james mattis georgia to perform in one of these please i deeply regret the decision taken in syria i would like to pay tribute to general mattis and to the remarks which accompanied his decision over the past year and a half i and the french minister of ahmed forces know he was a reliable representative and constantly reminded us of the importance of what being allies means. on the ground in syria the impact of trumps decision is being felt turkey is sending military reinforcements to its border with northern syria including one hundred vehicles and tanks mounted with weaponry and machine guns a deal agreed between ankara and washington in june has meant turkish and u.s. troops have been holding joint patrols in west of the euphrates river turkey wants the city cleared of y p g fighters so how to reports from the turkish syrian border . turkish military reinforcements are being sent deep into syria to the front lines north of the city of members the message turkey is sending is that it's ready to

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james mattis quits as u.s. defense secretary his protest resignation coming off the donald trump announced troops from syria is also said to be planning to pull u.s. forces will understand so it's not going who will now try and control an unpredictable president this isn't just. hello and welcome to the program. it was seen as a measure of calm and stability in a white house swirling with chaos and unpredictability now james mattis has resigned as u.s. secretary of defense over a serious foreign policy differences with donald trump his departure comes as the president ordered a withdrawal of u.s. forces in syria and suggestions he'll pull thousands out of afghanistan too in his resignation letter to said he believes in treating allies with respect trumps announcement certainly took the u.s. his friends by surprise and left many wondering if the u.s. is a dependable ally we have lots to talk about with our guests in a moment but first mike hanna has this report from washington d.c. . like you here is the real de

james mattis resigned last week after the u.s. president announced his decision to withdraw troops from syria he also advised to keep troops in afghanistan opposing the idea of using private contractors and war now it seems that's precisely what could happen next as jeff explains imagine you're sitting there on your porch reading about guns and huntin and all things good and then you see this as we are coming blackwater judging by the logo the infamous private security group who is trigger happy and dick's further disgrace the very name mercenary but i never heard that. the. there were dead bodies everywhere and this is the argument going to be with you people in society among the dead bodies and i don't mistreat those who are close in the middle of next seven years old. just last week a former blackwater contractor was charged with first degree murder for his part in that slow thought it was then that things went iffy for the mercenary group which was then rebranded renamed and resold into obscurity but it's presumably back now a

new year to you james mattis u.s. secretary of defense will leave his post on the first of january and john bolton trump's security advisor is much more pliable there are always a lot of discussions i find them helpful i'm always open to new ideas but the issue here is different it's more about principles about morals we know how blackwater behaved in iraq we know what they did when they had immunity they ran wild they shot and killed with abandon would you trust the same people to run an entire war trump may do it just to because. it won't have the he won't have the spotlight or the u.s. troops do it's quite conceivable that he might. buy into that idea united states has had over one hundred thousand troops in afghanistan and still the taliban has grown and in terms of its influence the answer will not be the use of private military contractors to resolve the overall problem of afghanistan but it's going to take you go shushan and discussion among the countries in that region. every princes selling point may not be t

defense secretary james mattis is ushered out early by president donald trump. wiping protests doctors vote to join anti-government demonstrations in sudan now in their fifth day homelessness at record levels in britain with six hundred people dying on the streets and this year. hello rescue workers are struggling to reach many areas devastated by saturday tsunami in indonesia live pictures right now you're looking at on your screen where these two hundred twenty two people are confirmed dead more than eight hundred injured in the country's second such disaster this year roads have been cut off by the destruction hampering recovery efforts now indonesia lies on what's known as the ring of fire scientists believe this tsunami was triggered by undersea landslides from the eruption of the volcano krakatoa the tsunami swept along this strait and crashed twenty meters inland wrecking homes hotels and buildings on the shores of java. marianna hong reports. the tsunami hit without warning and with such force that this is all that's left of the openness stage with the b

not what james mattis did. said what i disagree with the president about is recognizing enemies, protecting friends and i'm signing this just james mattis, no respectfully. 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 happening. saying nothing that hasn't been said but they're fearful. >> number of republican lawmakers railing against all the chaos, saying hey yeah, going to vote to extend the cr, add $5 billion towards it? could argue that republicans capitulated to t

james mattis quits as u.s. defense secretary his protest resignation coming off the donald trump announced he's withdrawing troops from syria is also said to be planning to pull u.s. forces were on a stand so would not his going who will now try and control an unpredictable president this isn't just. hello and welcome to the program on iran can it was seen as a measure of calm and stability in a white house swirling with chaos and unpredictability now james mattis has resigned as u.s. secretary of defense over a serious foreign policy differences with donald trump his departure comes as the president ordered a withdrawal of u.s. forces in syria and suggestions he'll pull thousands out of afghanistan too in his resignation letter to said he believes in treating allies with respect trumps announcement certainly took the u.s. his friends by surprise and left many wondering if the u.s. is a dependable ally we have lots to talk about with our guests in a moment but first mike hanna has this report from washington d.

healthy, beautiful smiles for life. >>> president trump is angry over defense secretary james mattis' saying trump hates the letter but hates the coverage more, upset that mattis was often called one of the adults in the room, mattis' abrupt resignation stunned u.s. allies, took all of washington by surprise. it came on the heels of president trump's announcement to pull u.s. troops out of syria and possibly afghanistan. so let's discuss. joining me now, cnn military analyst major general spider marks, and national security analyst samantha vinograd. sam served on president obama's national security council. let's go ahead and first of all listen to reaction from lawmakers. >> i think we're going to pay a price for it if it is not reversed. >> hard to imagine any president would wake up and make this kind of decision with this little communication, with this little preparation. >> to say they're defeated is an overstatement and is fake news. >> general, samantha, i'm going to you for your reaction. sam, start with you. what's your view on what this means around the world? >> i think t

however you felt or feel about james mattis, secretary mattis, general james mattis, he was the bulwark between impulse and stability in this administration. he was the last person left who could tell an impetuous president slow your roll. hold your horses. cool your jets. you don't want to do that. so tonight a political earthquake is rolling through washington as the trump administration sinks further into chaos. defense secretary james mattis, hailed as a great military leader, is resigning after the president falsely claimed isis is defeated and announced he is withdrawing troops from syria. mattis also knows that that is a false and dangerous position for the united states military to take. he is also said to be against the president's expected order to withdraw about half of u.s. forces from afghanistan as well. now, in this country the president of the united states is commander in chief of the u.s. armed forces. that is the way it works. it's momentous. it requires a steady hand, a sense of responsibility for the lives of our young men and women in uniform, and adherence to the

in a sector of defense james mattis has resigned citing differences was president trump he said he'sstepping down so the president can have a defense chief with views closer to his own when it comes a day off a trump announced u.s. troops withdrawal from syria michael reports from washington d.c. . thank you he is the real deal is the real deal the president trump initially surrounded himself with generals james mattis the secretary of defense michael flynn as national security adviser followed by another general h.r. mcmaster and of course john kelly who was moved from homeland security to take over as chief of staff all are now gone or going to matter some particular seen as a central figure in keeping a largely dysfunctional white house party functional secretary mabus was one of the few symbols the few items of strength and stability in this administration everything that indicates stability everything that indicates strength everything that indicates knowledge is leaving this administration when president trump criticize nato and threaten to leave it matters was the one reassuri

defense secretary james mattis resigns citing differences with the u.s. president donald trump. american and its many allies know what china's doing charged with espionage washington indicts to hackers linked to the chinese government. a shake up after the outrage saudi arabia revamps its intelligence service in the wake of the murder of jamal khashoggi. also heard downhill dreaming will hit the slopes into g q starlin with a new generation of skiers hoping for sporting glory. we begin this news with another big shakeup within the trumpet ministration the u.s. defense secretary james mattis has resigned and will leave office in february one republican senator described the former nato commander as an island of stability in the chaos at the white house mike hanna joins us live now from washington mike did he suffer on the on the cost on if you will of policy or was it personality well i think it was clearly both james mattis making very clear in his resignation letter that he differed from the president on a number of issues but the core issue he pointed out was a belief in elect

of february 28th. >> admiral, your reaction to yesterday's events and the departure of if the james mattis. >> you know, i've known jim mattis for decades, of course. and when he was a colonel, his call sign was not mad dog. his actual call sign was chaos, which stands for colonel has an outstanding solution. it was an affectionate term for a full colonel who flew around the battlefield and inflicted chaos on his opponents. that's a pretty appropriate word for today. and i think the thing to key in on here is that letter. the three salient points are allies, partners and france. this network that our country enjoys that he saw being taken apart. number two is the rise of strategic competitors, russia, china, and in particular the way we're essentially ceding the middle east to russia. deep, deep concern to jim. and thirdly, not staying firm, going after terror, the maligned actors piece. so allies, partners, friends, strategic competitors and going after the terrorists, the last one to be to pull out of syria and the supposedly planned pullout of afghanistan. those ought to worry us deeply

president trump just tweeting secretary of defense james mattis will be retiring at the hand release i find it sad. i love general mattis. this is a tough guy. one of the biggest criticisms. i guess he wasn't really listening to his generals regarding syria but one of the biggest criticisms was that he wasn't going to follow the advice of his advisors and he wasn't going to surround himself with necessarily the best people. in choosing general mattis, that helped give a lot of confidence to naysayers and people that were concerned about the kind of decisions this president would make. i find it disappointing and sad that general mattis is leaving particularly at a time when we are dealing with north korea. we've got china on the rise as well. >> juan: jason, the thing is president trump recently said that mattis was like a democrat. now you have him, the president defying mattis' suggestions with regard to pulling the troops out of syria. >> jason: the country will owe a lot to general mattis. four decades of service to the country in the marines. in afghanistan, iraq. he will be rem

defense secretary james mattis quits a day after president tom says he's pulling all american troops out of syria. follow him down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. american and its many allies know what china's doing washington charges two chinese nationals accusing them of a massive rocking operation denied by china. the election for a new leader in the democratic republic of congo was postponed by a week following a law isn't followed. the law has been broken and we will do everything within our power to find those responsible and chaos as the u.k. shuts down gatwick airport and a major security scare off the drones are detected flying nearby. u.s. secretary of defense james mattis has resigned citing differences with president trump he said he's stepping down so the president can have a defense chief with views closer to his own comes a day off the trump announced u.s. troops would withdraw from syria michael reports from washington d.c. . like it says here is the real deal is the real deal think the president trump initially surrounded himself with general

defense secretary james mattis quits over a difference of opinion with president donald trump and fast syria now reports that the u.s. may also be pulling out about gonna start. a missed audiotape and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up protestors in catalonia march in the regional capital boss alone or as the spanish national cabinet meets in the city. stranded travelers at britain's second largest airports are back on the move after drone sightings grounded all flights. there's been another major shake up in the trumpet ministration with u.s. defense secretary james mattis quitting in a tweet president donald trump said the retired marine general will leave his post at the end of february in his resignation last amasses said trump deserves a defense chief whose views align more closely with his own his decision to step down comes just a day off to trump abruptly announced that all u.s. troops will be pulled from syria that decision was criticized by close allies but praised by russia and u.s. media are reporting trump has also ordered the withdrawal of up to seven thousa

development president trump has tweeted in the last few minutes that his secretary of defense james mattis will be retiring at the end of february this is a shock in a number of ways not beliefs the way in which it is being made public clearly james matters very upset it is said with the decision to withdraw troops from syria withdraw which many contend the president carried out unilaterally there's also be the increasing talk in the last forty eight hours of a trump inspired unilateral withdrawal from of the stan now the secretary of defense very very clear that he want to troops kept in syria that he wants the troops kept in afghanistan clearly at odds with what is an emerging policy a by his president and now an announcement by that president in the form of a tweet that is secretary of defense will be retiring by the end of february. and just very briefly my madness has said that it's the right time for him to step down and he has made it explicit that he's doing so said that trunk can have a defense secretary with views that are more aligned with his. that is correct the james matters

defense secretary james mattis has quit his post over a difference of opinion with trump said trumpet deserves a defense chief whose views align more closely with his own kurdish syrian democratic forces are meeting in paris for talks in the wake of trump's abrupt decision france has said it will stay in syria. then what are dr joins us now live from the turkish town of. the border with syria they know what kind of reaction have we seen from kurdish fighters who've received so much u.s. assistance in the past. well the kurdish led syrian democratic forces issued a statement really questioning the u.s. president donald trump's decision to withdraw troops from northeastern syria saying it's just not the right timing according to the us if it is the decisive phase in its ongoing war against iceland this could affect the war against isis but this is much more about the. men taining and protecting the territories it has gained over the years the u.s. military presence was significant you're talking about two thousand troops in an area thirty percent of syrian territory it's militarily sign

defense secretary james mattis resigned citing differences with president donald trump. will come on peter w. watching all to see or a line from joe also coming up delayed again the election for a new leader in the democratic republic of congo is perspire by one week. america and its many allies know what china's doing charged with espionage washington indicts to hackers linked to the chinese government. has been broken and we will do everything within our power to find those responsible kale says the u.k. shuts down gatwick airport in a major security alert after drones that detected flying me about. ok let's begin with yet another major shake up in the trumpet ministration in washington the u.s. president has announced on twitter in the last hour or so that the defense secretary james mattis is leaving his job at the end of february his departure had been expected since mr trump declared u.s. troops are to pull out of syria the president said he'll be nominating a replacement shortly. in his resignation letter he emphasized a multilateral approach writing that one core

defense secretary james mattis is ushered out early by president donald trump. widening protests doctors about to join anti-government demonstrations in sudan now in a fifth day. the french president calls for calm and all to cation between protesters and police in paris there is a viral. indonesian president joko widodo has been touring areas devastated by saturday's tsunami he visited a shelter housing hundreds of people who escapes the nice high waves at least two hundred eighty one people are dead and more than a thousand injured in the country's second such disaster this year indonesia lies on what's known as the ring of fire scientists believe this tsunami. by undersea landslides from the eruption of the volcano. the tsunami swept along a strait and crashed twenty meters inland wrecking homes hotels and buildings on the shores of java and sumatra islands reports. the tsunami hit without warning and with such force that this is all that's left of the openness stage with the band seventeen had been performing. the wave struck on saturday night at the tender

defense secretary james mattis is quitting this is the latest high profile resignation in the trumpet ministration it comes a day off for the president announce that all u.s. troops will be leaving syria and there are reports that trump is also ordered the withdrawal of up to seven thousand u.s. troops from afghanistan that would haul of the number of american soldiers in the country. than independents activists are protesting in wasilla as spain's prime minister holds a cabinet meeting in the city tensions are running high a year off to spain's government ruled the castle learning a six secession referendum was illegal. some flights resume to the u.k. second biggest airport off to drones brought it to a standstill on thursday british troops have been sent to gatwick airport south of london as police continue to hunt for the operation of true drones the device has reappeared nearby every time the airport tried to reopen its runway. is that it got to work airport. well after thirty six hours of chaos the misery for passengers here at gatwick airport is now tentatively reopening a very

he was one of my generals, tonight general james mattis is on his way out. the president tweeting late tonight, general jim mattis will be retiring with distinction at the end of february after having served my administration as secretary of defense for the past two years. the announcement comes a day after the president announced to withdraw plans from syria. they were also at odds after president trump asked the military for plans to withdraw troops from afghanistan. tensions have been simmering for months and trump seemed to criticize mattis in a recent interview. >> i think he's a democrat. >> reporter: in a lengthy resignation letter mattis said the president deserved a secretary of defense hossa lines were better aligned with his, a reference to the riffs he had with mr. trump over mr. trump's treatment of historically strong allies. mattis was among the president's first cabinet picks. >> general "mad dog" mattis. >> reporter: and now he joins the ranks of departed top officials within the trump administration. the president tweeting, a new secretary o

james mattis was the only person that didn't. he said i'm grateful for the opportunity to serve the people and to serve our troops. you see that again here. he is not thanking trump in some slavish personal way. he's thanking the country for the opportunity to lead the armed forces. >> why this point, then? it wasn't the muslim ban. it wasn't separation of children. so why is this the straw? >> i think as i say because probably he felt he had had these conversations with trump, they had agreed on a policy. that policy was then put in place, implemented. alliances -- you know, allies were roped together into making that policy work. adversaries were put on notice. and then all of a sudden he just upends the entire policy. you know, i think that with every cabinet official you're always choosing. you know, you don't win every battle. you make a recommendation, the president goes with it, sometimes doesn't. but in this case these are big decision that's mattis had had the president make just a year ago and they're all reversed. i th

for president donald trump james mattis couldn't leave quickly enough the defense secretary resigned thursday in protest over trump's decision to pull all two thousand u.s. troops out of syria but he wasn't due to leave till late february then came the outcry first on capitol hill we count on him to be there and to stop this president from his worst impulse i think general mattis has put his finger on where the president has views that are very very distinct from the vast majority of republicans and probably democrats alike that and an elected then from american allies themselves in one of the soon please and i very deeply regret the u.s. decision on syria and i would like to pay tribute to general mattis and what he wrote in his resignation that i have witnessed over the last year and a half of how reliable general mattis has been that he has a west tries to meaning of what being allies was being allies it's fighting shoulder by shoulder it was those allies madis felt abandoned in syria saying in his resignation letter my views on treating allies with respect and also being clear ri

let's get more on our top story the resignation of james mattis mike hanna has just filed this report from washington. like it says here is the real deal is the real deal thank you president trump initially surrounded himself with generals james mattis the secretary of defense michael flynn as national security adviser followed by another general h.r. mcmaster and of course john kelly who was moved from homeland security to take over as chief of staff all are now gone or going mattison particular seen as a central figure in keeping a largely dysfunctional white house party functional secretary mabus was one of the few symbols the few items of strength and stability in this administration everything that indicates stability everything that indicates strength everything that indicates knowledge. is leaving this administration when president trump criticize nato and threaten to leave it matters was the one reassuring allies behind the scenes he helped push the president to moderate his position on the g.c.c. crisis. and he was able to get the president to make an open ended commitment in

a stunning resignation of defense secretary james mattis, once described as one of the three people keeping the u.s. from plunging into full chaos. now it appears that president trump's decision to withdraw troops from syria and possibly afghanistan was mattis' breaking point. we go live to the pentagon where mattis is actually at work today, certainly not business as usual. ryan has agreed to stay on until the end of february. it shouldn't be surprising he's at work but this resignation letter was a complete rebuke of the president and his policies. what more are we learning about his exit? >> that's right, pam. this letter hanging over this building right now, these events of yesterday, one right after another, the news of the syria withdraw, potential afghan sist withdraw and general mattis's resignation hitting back to back to back, leaving people in shock and dismay. secretary mattis saying he's going to work a couple months to see a successor come in. there are several issues he has to oversee, one being the withdrawal from syria. there are some 2,000 u.s. troops in syria. there's sti

following and that is the shockwaves across washington and the world as defense secretary general james mattis announced his official resignation in protest of the president. what was he protesting exactly? in a letter to the president mattis addressed the concern about the two not exactly aligning on world views. beginning, mdear, mr. president one core belief i have always held is that our strength as a nation is linked to the strength of our unique partnerships. while the u.s. is the nation in the free world we cannot protect our interests or serve that role effectively without maintaining strong alliances and showing respect to those allies. he goes on. because you have the right to a secretary of defense whose views are better aligned with yours i believe it is right for me to step down from my position. now, all this comes as the president recently announced the plan to withdraw troops from syria and if you need a recap, secretary mattis didn't quite agree with that. >> we all saw what happened when isis came in to syria, rose -- came into syria. we have been fighting them and we have sa

james mattis was the only person that didn't.e said i'm grateful for the opportunity to serve the people and troops. you see that again here. he is not thanking trump in a slavish way. he's thanking the country for the opportunity to lead the forces. >> why this point, then? it wasn't the muslim ban. why is this the straw? >> probably he felt he had had these conversations with trump. they had a policy implemented and alliances into making that policy work. i think that with every cabinet official, you're always choosing, you don't win every battle and you make a recommendation, the president goes with it sometimes and doesn't. these are big decisions that mattis had the president make a year ago and all reversed. that is one of the problems, you know, people privately tell me about working in this administration. you don't know everything you worked on will be over ruled tomorrow because the president gets up and sees something on fox. >> so reportedly, that mattis had a pact with rex tillerson, do you think other officials will

he is announcing that outgoing secretary of defense james mattis, who was supposed to stay in his post until february is officially out on new years day. instead, the president tweeting just moments ago, quote, i am pleased to announce that our very talented deputy secretary of defense patrick shanahan will assume the title of acting secretary of defense starting january 1st, 2019. patrick has a long list of accomplishments. he will be great. more reaction and news on that front. we'll have the white house weighing in on that in a moment. >>> meanwhile, it seems the president has made an offer to end the partial government shutdown, now demanding less than the $5 billion he wanted to build the border wall. a white house budget director and the incoming chief of staff mick mulvaney said the offer was made to chuck schumer. >> we had given an offer, a counter offer to mr. schumer late yesterday afternoon. i don't think things are going to move very quickly here for the next couple of days. it is possible this shutdown will go beyond the 28th and into the new congress. >> the offer is som

defense secretary james mattis quits ivrit difference of opinion with president donald trump. hello i'm mr and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. first syria now reports that the u.s. may also be pulling out of afghanistan. chaos at britain's second biggest airport was forced to cancel all flights to use a drone sightings. and downhill dreaming we hit the slopes and to stone with a new generation of scale is creeping for sporting glory. there's been another may just shake out in the trumpet ministration with u.s. defense secretary james mattis quitting in a tweet president donald trump said the retired marine general will leave his post at the end of february and his resignation less amasses said trump deserves a defense chief whose views align more closely with his own in his decision to step down comes just a day after trumpet abruptly announced that all u.s. troops will be pulled from syria a move that was criticized by close allies but praised by russia and u.s. media reporting trump has also ordered the withdrawal of up to seven thousand troops from afghani

president trump tweets that he's removing defense secretary james mattis two months early and names his temporary replacement. >> this effectively turns secretary mattis resignation into a firing. >> quijano: also tonight. no in sight. for the government shutdown as lawmakers still can't reach an agreement to fund the border wall. t is wt wgtoliken you along. >> quijano: more than 200 are dead, many more are missing. the latest on the devastating tsunami that swept through a popular indonesian island. reaction from around the country after a high school wrestler is forced to cut off his hair just before a match. >> he went viral with something that he didn't want to go viral for. >> quijano: are smart toys spying on children? how parents are banning high-tech gifts this holiday season. ♪ ♪ >> quijano: good evening. i'm elaine quijano. just days before the end of the year developments are unfolding at a rapid pace in washington. president trump forced out secretary of defense james mattis today, two months earlier than planned. the abrupt exit comes four days after the general resigned i

real deal he is the real deal the president trump an issue lisa rounded himself with generals james mattis the secretary of defense michael flynn as national security adviser followed by another general h.r. mcmaster and of course john kelly who was moved from homeland security to take over as chief of staff all are now gone or going to matter some particular seen as a central figure in keeping a largely dysfunctional white house party functional secretary mabus was one of the few symbols the few items of strength and stability in this administration everything that indicates stability everything that indicates strength everything that indicates knowledge is leaving this administration when president trump criticize nato and threaten to leave it matters was the one reassuring allies behind the scenes he helped push the president to moderate his position on the g.c.c. crisis. and he was able to get the president to make an open ended commitment in afghanistan while loosening restrictions on u.s. troops fighting there. and when trump tweeted out that he was banning transgender service member